45-483: [REDACTED] Look up sprog in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sprog may refer to: Sprog, son of the fictional character Max Rockatansky (Mad Max) Sprog (software) , a graphical tool for Perl programs SPROG, a Sierra club summer training program for youth Sprog, nickname for snooker player Mark Williams See also [ edit ] Sprogg,
90-537: A breaking point when a gang of criminally insane bikers led by the "Toecutter" burn Max's partner Goose alive inside a borrowed ute . The sight of Goose's charred body in a hospital bed prompts Max to resign from the MFP. However, he is convinced by his commanding officer to take a vacation before committing to his decision. The MFP's officers are increasingly infuriated with the Australian prosecutors' inability to convict
135-519: A character in the TV series Rupert Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sprog . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sprog&oldid=1020767905 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
180-492: A different vehicle (an MFP Interceptor) earlier in the first film. Between the second and third films, after the destruction of the Pursuit Special, Max acquires a roll-cage equipped vehicle based on a pick-up truck and set up to be used as a camel-drawn wagon at need. This is later stolen from him. He later steals it back after it has been modified to run on methane and uses it during the final chase sequence. He wears
225-547: A hunchbacked mechanic named Chumbucket, an overzealous individual that's hell-bent on crafting the perfect vehicle, the Magnum Opus. After giving Max hope of exacting vengeance on Scrotus, the two form an unlikely partnership and set out in the base of the Opus in search of food, water, allies, upgrades, and redemption in a world devoid of sanity. During the first two films, Max makes use of a Pursuit Special , though he drives
270-424: A moment of self-parody. Max possesses considerable skill with firearms and is an excellent shot, but his most apparent skill is combative driving: he can shoot accurately with one hand while driving with the other. At the time of Mad Max , he was considered the "top pursuit man" in the MFP. He can easily pursue or evade gangs in the wasteland, whether overrunning another vehicle at high speed or ramming vehicles off
315-515: A replacement throughout the game known as "the Magnum Opus", so he may cross the Plains of Silence, a barren stretch of salt flats that Max believes will relieve him of his nightmarish memories. In the final battle of the game, the Opus, now on par with the Interceptor, is destroyed along with both Scrotus' Land Mover, and the designer/caretaker of the Opus, Chumbucket. Max thinks he is now without
360-935: A result of the crash of the Pursuit Special in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is evident years later in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Entertainment Weekly ranked the character eleventh on its list of the top twenty "All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture" in April 2009. The magazine also listed the characters portrayed by Kevin Costner in Waterworld and The Postman as "copycat descendants" of Max Rockatansky. Total Film ranked him #75 in their Top 100 Movie Characters of All Time. Pursuit Special The Pursuit Special , also referred to as
405-431: A sequel, Mad Max 2 . For the film, the Pursuit Special was reacquired by Kennedy and Miller. The rear wheels and side pipes were changed. For the second film, the original Weiand blower, which was removed and subsequently lost, was replaced. Unlike in the first film, this time the supercharger was functional (connected directly to the engine's crankshaft pulley ) and the effect of the blower being engaged or disengaged
450-581: A skyscraper so that Max, if he so chooses, can find his way to Sydney. Sometime after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , the opening to Fury Road finds Max haggard and alone with his car. After his Interceptor is wrecked and he is captured by a gang known as the "War Boys", he is imprisoned and used as a live blood donor for the gang. Strapped to the bonnet of a car in pursuit of the War Boys' renegade general, Imperator Furiosa , Max escapes and reluctantly helps Furiosa in her quest to help five women escape from
495-532: Is a 1972 HQ Holden Monaro V8 coupe stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil ), an escaped cop killer, who dies in an accident that destroys the vehicle. The more famous Pursuit Special is a heavily modified Ford Falcon XB GT , built on a vehicle originally assembled stock at the Ford plant in November 1973. Maxwell "Mad Max" Rockatansky ( Mel Gibson ) is offered the new Pursuit Special, as an incentive to stay on
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#1732772760278540-620: Is a 1972 HQ model Holden Monaro, which is rusty and used. It is stolen by the Night Rider, a member of a motorcycle gang called the Zed Runners (also known as the Acolytes), while escaping police custody, and is later wrecked. Pursuit Special, when the term is used, generally refers to Max's more famous V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special, a 1976 - 1979 Ford XC Falcon GT 351, commissioned at great expense by Police Commissioner Labatouche and
585-457: Is destroyed by being crushed between two larger trucks. In the 2015 video game, Immortan Joe's son, Scabrous Scrotus, is a warlord of Gastown (the settlement referred to in Fury Road ). His men steal the Pursuit Special (referred to as the 'Black-on-Black' in the game by Chumbucket) from Max at the start of the game and dismantle it. Max spends time with Chumbucket, an expert mechanic, building
630-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Max Rockatansky Max Rockatansky is the title character and antihero protagonist of the Australian post-apocalyptic action film series Mad Max created by director George Miller and producer Byron Kennedy . Max was played by actors Mel Gibson in the first three films from 1979 to 1985, Tom Hardy in
675-418: Is exiled into the desert, where he is rescued by a tribe of children living in a wilderness oasis. Max initially tries to leave the children, who mistakenly see him as a quasi-religious savior. However, he eventually agrees to help the children escape to the ruins of Sydney with one of the last remaining planes in the wasteland. In a climactic desert battle, he sacrifices his own seat on the plane to ensure that
720-579: Is injured in an ambush set for him by the Toecutter, where he is shot in the left leg and has his right arm run over at the elbow. Despite his injuries, he manages to fatally shoot gang lieutenant Bubba Zanetti and pursues the Toecutter to his death. After hunting down final gang member Johnny the Boy and leaving him in a death trap, Max drives out into the wasteland, leaving the fading remnants of civilization behind him. In Mad Max 2 , set about three years after
765-594: The Last of the V8 Interceptors , is a modified Ford Falcon muscle car prominently featured in much of the Mad Max franchise and driven by the titular character , where it appears in Mad Max , Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior , Mad Max: Fury Road , and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , the canon comic book prequel , as well as both video games . The first car shown in the film with the title of Pursuit Special
810-596: The fourth film in 2015, and in a cameo appearance by Jacob Tomuri in the prequel spin-off film Furiosa in 2024. According to film critic Justin Chang , Miller (a doctor by training) picked Max's last name as an homage to Carl von Rokitansky , a pathologist "who pioneered a method of examining organs at autopsies to determine the cause of death." In Mad Max , Max Rockatansky is a Main Force Patrol (MFP) highway patrolman tasked with maintaining law and order on
855-606: The Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne -based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon. Peter Arcadipane, Ray Beckerley, John Evans, and painter Rod Smythe transformed the car as specified for the film. The main modifications are the black paint scheme, roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, and front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). Also, eight individual exhaust side pipes were added (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of
900-502: The Main Force Patrol's (MFP) commander, Fifi Macaffee. Assembled by the MFP's mechanic, Barry, it features port exhaust pipes and a Weiand "blower" supercharger (nonfunctional film props). When Max's family is murdered by the gang, he steals the Pursuit Special from the MFP garage and goes on a vengeful rampage. In Mad Max 2 , set roughly five years after the events of the previous film, the Pursuit Special has suffered from
945-497: The Pursuit Special shortly after Max refuels it. However, Max develops a mutual respect for the settlers and bonds with an innocent child, who helps him partially rediscover his humanity. In a fierce road battle, he helps the settlers escape to the Sunshine Coast . However, the mentally scarred Max still cannot form any significant bonds with others. At the end of the film, he leaves the survivors, choosing to continue wandering
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#1732772760278990-547: The War Boys' despotic leader, Immortan Joe . After the group defeat their pursuers, Max parts ways with the survivors of the group and disappears. Max makes a cameo appearance in the prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , which is set between Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road . He watches from a distance as an injured Praetorian Furiosa struggles to walk back to the Citadel. He is played by Tom Hardy's Fury Road stuntman, Jacob Tomuri . The first video game to feature
1035-535: The War Rig and the fuel transporter, the People Eater. When asked in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter whether Fury Road is a reboot or sequel , George Miller implied that it may not be, saying that "the films are loosely connected". However, the comic book prequel to the film, for which Miller received a story credit, places it after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome . The comic also shows how he got
1080-514: The black MFP issue uniform of heavy duty riding leathers, which become ripped and patched through the course of the series. During his time with Main Force Patrol, he is armed with a revolver which he does not use, favouring a sawn-off shotgun which he uses in the second and third films. In the third film, he uses a more traditional shotgun, and, after accumulating even more weapons, surrenders them all in Bartertown , which The Scotsman calls
1125-498: The character was released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System . The game's plot is loosely based on Mad Max 2 . Max's journey to the Plains of Silence takes an unexpected turn when a group of War Boys run him off the road and steal his clothes, his supplies, his weapons, and his car before leaving him to rot in the desert sun. Traversing the wasteland in search of his prized Interceptor, Max meets
1170-462: The children can take off safely. After arriving in Sydney, the children use pre-apocalyptic technology to begin rebuilding civilization, but Max is once again stranded in the wasteland. In this movie, Max arguably comes full circle, regaining his humanity and sacrificing his own well-being for the sake of others. The narrator (one of the children Max saves) explains that every night, she leaves a light in
1215-465: The creditors, so the black Interceptor was given to mechanic Murray Smith. The blower and side pipes were removed to make it suitable for use as a road vehicle. Murray then toured it around locally to try and sell it. Warner Bros. contacted Murray to acquire the car as they were now making Mad Max 2. He gave them a price and also said to bring a battery and off it went. In the meantime, the low-budget Australian film had gained worldwide success, prompting
1260-401: The criminals that they arrest, and Max's commanding officer gives him license to do as he pleases with the biker gang. Max goes on holiday with his family, but runs across Toecutter's gang, which kills Jessie and Sprog. Overwhelmed with grief and rage, he takes the MFP's Pursuit Special ("the last of the V8 Interceptors") and systematically pursues and kills each gang member responsible. Max
1305-458: The effects of the desert: it loses the front end early in the first chase sequence of the film (as Max forcefully rear-ends a raider vehicle), the car is rusty, and the tires appear to be in a poor state. The car itself has been modified, presumably by Max: the rear window and the boot lid have been removed to make room for two huge fuel tanks. (With a capacity of over 150 L (40 US gal) of petrol , these would have significantly improved
1350-401: The film, includes a story arc where Max gathers parts to rebuild the vehicle before the events of Fury Road . The car is shown very briefly in the silm, having been driven by Max before it is destroyed by Immortan Joe's men. It is then repaired by Joe's War Boys, taken back to bare metal, giving it a silver appearance. It is then redubbed the 'Razor Cola' and used as one of their vehicles. It
1395-420: The first film, Max wanders the wasteland of the outback in his battle-scarred Pursuit Special. He runs out of petrol and seeks refuge with a human settlement manning a remote oil drilling station and refinery , which is besieged by Lord Humungus and his horde of marauding bikers. Initially acting out of self-interest, Max agrees to help the settlers in exchange for petrol, although ironically, Humungus destroys
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1440-486: The force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the new vehicle to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and son. The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) Australian built 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began preproduction on Mad Max . The film's art director Jon Dowding designed
1485-424: The fourth film in the franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road . Miller stated that "all the vehicles are kind of hybrid, cobbled together, from the wrecks of the past". The vehicle only features briefly in the film; it is captured along with Max in the opening sequence, and is shown being repaired by a group of Immortan Joe 's followers. It returns in the final battle, driven by one of the War Boys, only to be crushed between
1530-531: The intact Pursuit Special was sold to a wrecking yard in Broken Hill , along with other wrecks from the film. The GT Falcon was then onsold to another wrecker Hilliers Auto Salvage in South Australia and in the mid-1980s, the car was rescued by Bob Fursenko, who restored the interceptor by having a new nose cone and air dam fitted, but retaining the fuel tanks from Mad Max 2 . Fursenko confirmed
1575-401: The motor for the salvage car and ends with Max driving it for the first time. The Pursuit Special briefly appears in the prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga , as Max Rockatansky watches Furiosa return to the Citadel. On screen, Pursuit Specials are unique, undercover police cruisers which also serve as interceptors. At the opening of the first film in the series, the only Pursuit Special
1620-513: The road. This skill is apparent with trucks as well as automobiles, as he drives a semi truck after sustaining serious injuries in the second film. Max displays fast reflexes in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior by grabbing a snake before it can bite him and in Mad Max: Fury Road stomping a two-headed lizard that runs towards him from behind. This leads Aunty Entity to choose him to kill Master Blaster in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , as he
1665-421: The roads of a dystopian Victoria, Australia . Max is quiet, rarely speaking to any great extent, and never paying much attention to his steadily increasing reputation. He and his wife, Jessie, have an infant son, referred to only as "Sprog" (slang for "child") in the film. Though the best officer on the force, he is secretly afraid that he is becoming as cold and heartless as the criminals he pursues. He reaches
1710-411: The vehicle in matte rather than gloss black, and the paint was scrubbed off to appear rusty. The front end was also modified by removing the air dam . A duplicate car was also put together for the film. When the script required it to be destroyed by rolling down an embankment and eventually exploding, the duplicate interceptor was used, leaving the original vehicle intact. When production was completed,
1755-828: The vehicle's authenticity with Kennedy Miller. It was subsequently shown widely in Australia before being sold by Fursenko and shipped to the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum in England , where it stayed until its closure in 2011. It was then relocated to the Dezer Car Museum in Miami , Florida . While the Pursuit Special was absent in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , the vehicle returned for
1800-424: The vehicle's range.) The car only appears at the beginning of the film, where Max escapes a group of raiders, then rescues a mortally wounded member of an oil rig settlement; and then again later, when it is destroyed during Max's failed attempt to escape the settlement. The Pursuit Special returns in Mad Max: Fury Road . The film never explains its reappearance; however, the Fury Road comic series, set just before
1845-423: The vibrations the first two created). The most famous feature of the car is a Weiand 6-71 supercharger protruding through the bonnet . The impressive looking supercharger, in reality, was nonfunctional; functional superchargers are typically driven constantly by the engine and cannot be switched on and off, as portrayed in the first two Mad Max films. At the completion of filming, the producers could not pay all
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1890-512: The wasteland alone. The narrator (the child Max bonds with) notes that he never saw Max again. In Mad Max 3 , set fifteen years after the second film, Max is still wandering through the wasteland, scavenging whatever he needs for survival. His hair has grown long, and very few remnants of his old police uniform remain recognizable. After robbers steal Max's camels and possessions, Max visits the settlement of Bartertown to reclaim his belongings. He falls foul of Aunty Entity, Bartertown's dictator, and
1935-537: The wasteland and can tolerate discomfort and pain in achieving a goal, but unlike many movie protagonists, Max is susceptible to realistic and sometimes permanent injury: his left knee is blown out by a gunshot towards the end of the first film, he walks with a slight limp with the help of a leg brace in the second film, and the knee is still tightly bandaged in the third film. In Fury Road , Max's left knee brace makes another appearance and still appears to affect his mobility, albeit only slightly. An injury to his left eye as
1980-406: Was created by placing the vehicle on a low loader , and while in motion, the interceptor's engine was simply started or stopped. The car was cosmetically modified for the new post-apocalyptic setting with the addition of a pair of large cylindrical fuel tanks fitted in the rear (requiring the back window and boot lid to be removed) and its general appearance was given a more used look by painting
2025-399: Was the first to survive her "audition." Max also displays a fair amount of mechanical and electronics ability, performing minor repairs on his own vehicle and rigging two to explode should someone tamper with them or his fuel tanks. He also improvised a time delay fuse with only a cigarette lighter, a lamp housing and the leaking fuel of an overturned vehicle. Max is primarily a survivalist in
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