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A 3D anime adaptation was also under development.
 
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* [[The Thunderdome]]: the [[Trope Namer]].
 
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* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: Averted, and '''how'''! Max get shot in the leg in first film, rendering him into limping for rest of the series.
* [[Peek-a-Boo Corpse]]: Subverted in the second film, as Max doesn't even blink when the crashed semi's long-dead driver falls out of the cab.
* [[Post-Peak Oil]]: It is the cause of the collapse of society by the time of the 2ndsecond and 3rdthird films.
* [[Post -Apunkalyptic Armor]]: Pretty much defines the trope, especially ''Mad Max 2'' & ''Beyond Thunderdome''.
* [[Product Placement]]
* [[The Promised Land]]: In ''Mad Max 2'', the villagers are trying to locate their own promised land. The kids in ''Beyond Thunderdome'' believe that Max is Captain Walker, who will rescue them and take them to Tomorrow-morrow Land, which also counts.
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* [[Sword Over Head]]: Inverted at the end of ''Beyond Thunderdome''.
* [[There Are No Rules]]: Thunderdome, except "Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves."
* [[The Thunderdome]]: the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: In video releases, the packaging revealed that {{spoiler|Max's family are killed}} in the first film, and {{spoiler|the fuel was in the bus, not the tanker}} in the second film.)
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: The first movie starts with the words "A Few Years From Now..."