


One of the artists who worked on the episode was Brendan McCarthy, who would later go on to serve as co-writer and concept artist on Mad Max: Fury Road.
MAD MAX COSTUME SERIES
The animated series ReBoot features an episode titled "Bad Bob", which is heavily influenced by this film.Other videogames inspired by Mad Max or its sequels include Max Payne, Twisted Metal, Carmageddon, Borderlands, Rage and Fuel.The Fallout series of video games, which has a post-apocalyptic world as their setting, lists Mad Max as one of its influences.The music video for Phil Collins' " Don't Lose My Number" features a sequence inspired by Mad Max 2.Both films share the same cinematographer, Dean Semler. Waterworld co-writer David Twohy cited Mad Max 2 as a major influence on the film.Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, creators of the comic heroine Tank Girl, describe her as "Mad Max designed by Vivienne Westwood".Akira Toriyama's 1982 manga Mad Matic was inspired by Mad Max 2.Filmmakers Guillermo del Toro, David Fincher, Robert Rodriguez and Zack Snyder, and video game director Hideo Kojima have cited Mad Max 2 as one of their favorite movies.Cameron used the same low shot from behind when the Terminator is struck by a semi-truck (similar to Toecutter's death) and walks from the back of the truck toward the cabin dragging his leg in the same manner as Max. There is a low shot from behind of him dragging his leg to get back to his car in the 1979 film. After Max is shot in the leg he limps severely. James Cameron also credits the series, along with Star Wars, for having a major influence on him.Several of the costumes she and her friends wear throughout the show are very reminiscent of characters throughout the Mad Max franchise. Pop singer Kesha noted that the vibe of her Get $leazy Tour (2011) was "very heavily influenced" by the Mad Max series.Two Falcon XB coupes were used in the video - one painted in the livery of the MFP vehicles seen in the film. The music video for the 2001 single " Addicted to Bass" by Puretone was heavily inspired by the opening chase sequence in Mad Max featuring a Pursuit Special.

James Wan and Leigh Whannell credit the film's final scene, in which Max handcuffs Johnny's ankle to an overturned car and gives him a hacksaw to cut off either the handcuffs or his own foot to escape imminent death, for inspiring the entire Saw series.Manga author Buronson stated the setting of his manga and anime series Fist of the North Star was "heavily influenced by the film Mad Max.".Mad Max references are deeply embedded in popular culture references to its dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and bizarre landscape and desolate wasteland imagery have inspired some artists to emulate the look and feel of some aspect of the series in their work. The Mad Max series of films, which debuted in 1979, has had a significant impact on modern popular culture.
