What is the silver stuff in Mad Max?

Chrome is a slang term used by War Boys
War Boys
War Boys are the paramilitary arm of The Citadel and serve as Immortan Joe's servants and soldiers. They appear in both Mad Max: Fury Road and Mad Max (2015 video game).
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. It can mean a variety of different things, due to the value placed on chrome as an alloy, it is primarily used in a religious context. It is also believed that the more chrome something is, the more glorious it is.
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What is the Chrome stuff in Mad Max?

The "chrome spray" is a drug called Night Fume. Nux mentions Night Fume in passing when the redhead finds him lying down at the back of the trailer. She finds him sweating and shaking, both symptoms of withdrawal.
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What are they spraying in their mouths Mad Max?

In case you have not seen Mad Max: Fury Road, the War Boys are known to spray their mouths with silver spray paint before shouting “WITNESS ME!” and sacrificing themselves for their leader Immortan Joe, on the promise of an eternal trip to feast in Valhalla. Buyers beware.
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Why did the Warboys spray their mouths?

The actor who invented and portrayed Immortan Joe, Keays-Byrne, explains the backstory of the War Boys' silvery mouth spray. He says while the hoard believes it's a ritual, it actually involves inhalation of “a very euphoric drug” that, in reality, keeps the War Boys high and suicidal in their devotion to Immortan Joe.
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Why do the Warboys need blood transfusions?

Most of them are plagued by cancer, the most common one being lymphoma, others resulting in partial or complete blindness. They require blood transfusions to prolong their lives and it's one of the reasons they hunt for unsuspecting wanderers of The Wasteland such as Max.
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Why does Furiosa put grease on her forehead?

The highlight really enhanced her cheekbones and made the eyes pop. Furiosa probably would have used a bit of grease or oil to get that sheen, and Charlize [Theron] thought for her character, she'd reapply it like war paint.” “There are different products we used to keep the girls shiny and sweaty.
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Is Furiosa Immortan Joe's daughter?

Furiosa was born in a fertile land known as the Green Place. A daughter of Mary Jo Bassa, she is one of the Vuvalini of Many Mothers. She was taught how to read by the many mothers. Her initiating Mother was K.T.
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Is Immortan Joe sick?

His health is failing. His back is covered in large boils. He seems to have respiratory problems but due to his rank in society, he breathes clean air through a respirator mask (decorated with horse teeth to resemble a skeletal jaw) connected to a large breathing apparatus (resembling bellows) worn on his shoulders.
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What is mother's milk Mad Max?

Mother's Milk is milk gathered from female humans via makeshift milkers. The women hooked up to them, possibly Breeders, are seen with dolls in place of infants. The War Rig had some on board, as revealed when they were stuck in the swamp.
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What is Valhalla Mad Max?

Valhalla (possibly rendered in writing as "Walhalla") is the supposed paradise that War Boys who serve Immortan Joe enter upon death.
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Why is Mad Max a blood bag?

In the Mad Max universe, the term 'Bloodbag' refers to a person of perfect health who is forced to donate their blood to a person who has fallen ill. In Mad Max: Fury Road, Max Rockatansky is taken by a War party to the Citadel in order to give blood to Nux, who was dying from a blood-borne disease.
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What does shiny and chrome mean?

The more violent their death, the more glorious the afterlife will supposedly be, so in their dying moments, they spray paint their faces "shiny and chrome" and ask their brothers to "witness" their deaths.
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What does Immortan Joe say to Nux?

Immortan Joe: [sprays Nux's mouth with chrome spray paint] You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome.
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Why do they spray paint their mouths silver in Mad Max?

It is also believed that the more chrome something is, the more glorious it is. Most prominently, near death War Boys will huff chrome spray paint in their final moments to enter into a dissociative high that will lead them on the road to Valhalla, and give them cool chrome coloured teeth and mouth.
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Is Immortan Joe Toecutter?

For example, the late Hugh Keays-Byrne returned to the Mad Max series to play Fury Road's primary villain Immortan Joe, decades after he played the original Mad Max's antagonist, Toecutter.
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What is wrong with Nux in Mad Max?

Turns out the irradiated wasteland is bad for your health, and Nux has a couple of gnarly neck tumours which he draws smiley faces on and nicknames Barry and Larry. He's not drinking the blood... It's a blood transfusion. It's going directly from Max's veins to Nux's.
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What is Aqua Cola in Mad Max?

aqua cola (n.): Water pumped by Immortan Joe from under The Citadel. Since water is so rare, he uses it as a leverage commodity to control everyone and everything.
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Why do they call it Guzzoline?

Etymology. "Gasoline" is an American word that denotes fuel for automobiles. The term is thought to have been influenced by the trademark "Cazeline" or "Gazeline", named after the surname of British publisher, coffee merchant, and social campaigner John Cassell.
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What is water called in Mad Max?

Yes, that's right. Immortan Joe has taken control of the only water to be found in the Wasteland, branded it, and trades it as if it's something that everyone in the world—right down to the Wretched—should have access to. By calling water Aqua Cola, he makes it into something he created—something he can sell.
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Why was Furiosa not a breeder?

In an interview, Charlize Theron revealed that Furiosa was originally to be a wife of the Imperator, but was infertile: "[George Miller and I] talked about backstory, about how she ended up with no arm and that she was discarded. She couldn't breed, and that was all that she was good for.
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How did Immortan Joe get his wives?

The Five Wives were hand picked by Immortan Joe, most likely from the crowds of The Wretched, much like War Pups and other valuable people.
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Why is there a guy playing guitar in Mad Max?

The Doof Warrior is played by iOTA (AKA Sean Hape), an Australian actor-musician whose management company pitched the role to him as a “a mix between Keith Richards and a scarecrow”. He has form for this kind of thing. You may remember him as “Trimalchio the Orchestra Leader” in The Great Gatsby.
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What is the green place in Mad Max?

The Green Place was a fertile area of The Wasteland. It appears in Mad Max: Fury Road. "Further on was the oily bog. Once there had been life and colour here.
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Why did Max leave at the end of Mad Max?

Even Max feels a sense of purpose after using his blood to save Furiosa. Still, Max can't escape his past, which is both a curse and a remedy, and so he leaves. Hardy's character needs to roam this world alone, as he doesn't know any other way to survive.
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What happened to the baby in Mad Max: Fury Road?

According to Max, she went under the wheels of Joe's vehicle. Joe wound up crashing in a futile attempt to avoid her. Angharad later succumbed to her injuries. Joe had The Organic Mechanic perform an emergency C-section to save her child, but the infant died as well.
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