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A series of films that constitute the most famous things to come out of [[Useful Notes/Australia|Australia]] since kangaroos and sexy women with accents. Starring [[Mel Gibson (Creator)|Mel Gibson]] in his Australian accent as the title character 'Mad' Max Rockatansky.
 
The first film, ''Mad Max'', was made with practically no money and released in 1979. Although it was surprisingly successful in Australia it was barely noticed in America - in fact, in the original American release all the characters' voices were dubbed with American accents because distributors [[Viewers Areare Morons|thought the audience wouldn't understand what they were saying]]. In the first film, Max Rockatansky is a cop with the Main Force Patrol in a town that is barely clinging to civilisation, with a wife and young son -- until he loses everything, and then goes on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] in the film's climax.
 
The second film, ''Mad Max 2'', was released in 1981 and is almost unanimously regarded as better than the first -- it was a surprise hit in America, where, out of fears that no one would see it if they hadn't seen the original, it was retitled ''The Road Warrior''. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic Outback, a few years after the original film, wherein Mad Max is now [[Walking the Earth|wandering]] the wastelands in his [[Cool Car]] until he runs into a small ragtag group of survivors who are being threatened by a vicious gang of bandits. After at first resisting their pleas for him to help them, he ends up assisting them in their plan for escape to the north, exorcising some of his own personal demons.
 
The third film, ''Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome'', is a [[Dolled -Up Installment]]: the original idea was of a man in a post-apocalyptic world who came across a group of wild children who were survivors of a plane crash, and series creator George Miller proposed "how about that man is Mad Max?" Unlike the first two films, ''Beyond Thunderdome'' was an American co-production rather than a fully Australian film.
 
A fourth film -- a prequel, set in the time when society was just starting to collapse, called ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' -- has been in [[Development Hell]] for years. It was scheduled to begin filming by the end of 2010, but was delayed due to higher-than-normal amounts of rainfall, resulting in the area around [[Australian States and Territories|Broken Hill]] being too green. A 3D anime adaptation is also under development and may be released in addition to the live action film.
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* [[All Hail the Great God Mickey]]: Kids treat records and radios as magical in Mad Max 3.
* [[And Man Grew Proud]]
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Max begins on the more brutal end of the scale, but slides toward the idealistic side in subsequent films.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: Aunty Entity. Power-hungry bitch, yes, but she's genuinely trying to restore a little civilization, and is forced to be ruthless to maintain order in a [[Crapsack World]].
* [[The Apunkalypse]]: Pretty much [[Trope Codifier|codifies the trope]], especially in ''Mad Max 2'' & ''Beyond Thunderdome''.
* [[Attack Attack Retreat Retreat]]: In ''Beyond Thunderdome''.
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* [[Genre Shift]]: The first movie portrays Australia as a crime-ridden, crapsack world, and Max is a [[Cowboy Cop]]. The second film is post-apocalyptic, and Max is more like a traveling ronin or gunslinger.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Max sees one of the children scampering after them in the desert and states, "He holds his own." Cut to Max carrying him on his back in the blazing sun.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Tina Turner (age 46 at the time) as Auntie Entity. Not many women in their 40's would dare to wear a one-piece chainmail ensemble.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Max becomes a hard and bitter man by the end of the first film due to his battles with criminals. He quits the force because he's scared this will happen.
{{quote| ''Any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, a terminal psychotic, except that I've got this bronze badge that says that [[Designated Hero|I'm one of the good guys]].''}}
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* [[Shout Out]]: Max being referred to as "The Man With No Name" in ''Beyond Thunderdome''
* [[Solid Gold Poop]]: Bartertown in ''Beyond Thunderdome'' is fueled by methane, a byproduct of fecal decomposition. This choice of fuels was clearly made just for the arguments that could result.
* [[Star -Making Role]]: For [[Mel Gibson (Creator)|Mel Gibson]].
* [[Sword Over Head]]: Inverted at the end of ''Beyond Thunderdome''.
* [[There Are No Rules]]: Thunderdome, except "Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves."
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** He appears to have terrible burn scars underneath his mask, as evidenced by the back of his head, though the rest of his body is completely unblemished.
** His speeches about losing the people you care about and "ending the suffering" seem to hint at a more conflicted and tragic personality.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Once Max quits the force around halfway through the first movie, Fifi, Roop and Charlie are never seen again.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: All MFP officers carry a S&W .357 Model 28 revolver at all times. This could have been very useful to Max when he dropped his shotgun while facing the bike gang.
** Given the lack of funding that the MFP appears to have (Fifi has to cajole an investor to give him money for a new car for the force), [[Fridge Brilliance|it's possible that Max's pistol wasn't even loaded]].
* [[Wild Child]]: the "Feral Kid"
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