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| “ | Gentlemen, it's time! Time to do war, time to take back what's rightfully ours! To the Citadel! Lets party! | „ |
| ~ Dementus leading his horde to attack the Citadel. |
| “ | Dementus: Little D? I've been waiting. I've been waiting for someone like you, someone worthy of me. No honor, no rule of law to sort things out. Just two evil bastards out in the wasteland. You do this, you do this right... you become me. Furiosa: I am nothing like you. |
„ |
| ~ Dementus finally recognizes Furiosa |
| “ | To feel alive, we seek sensation -- any sensation to wash away the cranky black sorrow! It leaves us for a moment, but then it comes back. And we have to do it all again. Only more, and each time, we ignore until too much is never enough. We are the already-dead, Little Dee! You and me. The question is... do you have it in you to make it epic? | „ |
| ~ Dementus' last words and his most famous quote. |
Warlord Dementus, usually referred to as just Dementus, is the main antagonist of the 2024 post-apocalyptic action film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the fifth installment in George Miller's Mad Max franchise and a prequel spin-off film centered on the origin story of Imperator Furiosa.
He is an insane and power-hungry warlord and the founder of the Biker Horde, who aims to take over the Wasteland, thus sparking a war between himself and his rival Immortan Joe over the Wasteland's dominance in the Citadel altogether. Dementus is also the sworn archenemy of Imperator Furiosa after murdering her loved ones, in-between which he held Furiosa captive after she was taken away from his home and groomed into becoming his adopted daughter in the process.
He was played by Chris Hemsworth, who also plays Rowan North whilst he possessed Kevin in the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, Billy Lee in Bad Times at the El Royale, Steve Abnesti in Spiderhead, and King Thor in What If...?.
Appearance[]
Dementus was a large, muscular man. He had a long beard and hair, which was typically auburn, but became bright red from the paint bomb flare until eventually turning grey. He had a prominent nose that ended in a point. His teeth indicated severe neglect.
His typical attire was a leather vest and leather pants. Once he took over Gastown, he swapped his leather vest for the circus ringmaster vest from the former Gastown Protector. He almost always used a parachute as clothing, first as a shaman-like shroud, before the most common use as a cape, with a fold sometimes acting as a hood. The parachute was initially white but became red like his hair for the same reason as the paint bomb, and after 15 years running Gastown, it had turned almost completely black with some red trimmings.
A small teddy bear from his dead child or children was kept attached to his outfits, from tied to his back or chest, before finally chained to his belt; by the time of his defeat, one of the bear's arms had been lost and replaced by a plastic doll's arm.
Personality[]
| “ | Where were you going, so full of hope?! THERE IS NO HOPE! | „ |
| ~ Dementus' breakdown to Jack and Furiosa as he berates them for harboring hope. |
As fitting his name, Dementus was functionally insane, although he is still highly charismatic, intimidating, and cunning, though he is also self-aggrandising, cruel, and amoral. As the years went by, his mental stability decayed, yet he was still able to orchestrate complicated plans; if they required greater long-term thinking, they were less effective but were still workable for at least years. He welcomed the label of "evil," as he believed it justified any action he may take, since he accepted it as a part of his nature. Despite his malevolence, he was capable of compassion and sentimentality of sorts, as he became attached to the young Furiosa, both out of admiration for her bravery as well as believing she would replace the family he lost.
While sometimes treating Furiosa with kindness, he predominantly gave her harsh treatment, such as keeping her trapped in a cage and killing her mother in front of her; most of his violence was out of his nihilistic worldview, but for Furiosa, he held the delusion that his actions were actually making her stronger, and he thought it was the only way she would learn to survive in the wasteland; however, he did display a semblance of protectiveness as he saved her from the War Boy assault and the subterranean maggot farmers. Similarly, he was fond of his closest followers, sharing more salvage and supplies with them than the rest of the Horde.
In spite of his attachments, in pursuit of his own indulgences or well-being, he'd abandon them instantly. As he killed most of one of his subordinate gangs to hide a Trojan Horse, he forfeited the incredibly useful Organic Mechanic to Immortan Joe, took moments to acquiesce to Joe's other trade condition by surrendering Furiosa to his involuntarily harem (although he did look a bit saddened for doing so), and upon facing defeat from the 40-Day Wasteland War, bid farewell to his closest allies, dismissing them so he could wander off alone, finding it easier to fend for himself.
Perhaps stemming from his grief and mania, he found the concept of hope to be abhorrent, becoming enraged when he sees someone whose actions imply a sense of optimism. Although he was aware that his own ambitions could be interpreted as "hope," he therefore had an excuse prepared about his actions not indicating hope but rather being exercises of instinct or emotionless calculation. He does, however, hold an enthusiastic belief in hatred, believing it to be one of the "great forces of nature."
Dementus imagined a kinship between himself and Furiosa, believing themselves to be survivors and stronger than most. When reuniting with her as an adult, he felt his cruelty and abandonment of her to Immortan Joe were worthwhile, since she had become a formidable warrior that was able to best him; her capabilities made him believe that she was as evil as him, since he thought that only the worst can survive and thrive in the wasteland. While at her mercy, he was completely unafraid, since his degraded mind and years of violence had made him practically incapable of feeling anything anymore; rather than scared, he was excited as he felt his death at her hands would only prove his nihilism right again. He had longed for death but only wanted someone he felt was more dangerous than him to kill him, as to make his demise "epic." Something he would clearly come to regret, for if what Furiosa said about his death being used as living nutrients for a peach tree she planted underneath him... his death would take a very long time, leaving him a prisoner of his own body.
Biography[]
Background[]
The man who would become Dementus was once in some version of armed forces before the world fell; he was married and had at least one child, but both died either from the nuclear war or by raiders in the wasteland. Dementus would carry his dead child's teddy bear, using it as a deranged ornament for his attire. He would find a biker gang, eventually adding other gangs, building up to a force of thousands, until culminating into the Biker Horde, which would roam the wasteland in search for supplies and sanctuary.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga[]
A dispatch of Dementus' bikers locate the Green Place, home of the Vulvalini; young Furiosa tries to sabotage their bikes, so they cannot alert others to Oasis; however, she is caught before ruining a second bike. Escaping briefly, she blows a warning whistle, while Valkyrie asks for help from the residences; some of the bikers are shot, but two manage to escape, one carrying a bound Furiosa. Her mother, Mary Jabassa, pursue them on a stolen bike, managing to snipe one, but the other is able to make it to the safety of the Horde's large encampment.
As she is being transported slowly by her captor biker, Furiosa grabs the spinal column that was used to trap her, attaching it to his bike's back wheel, which yanks him off the bike with the vertebrae gouging out his neck. In an attempt to curry favour, the one-eyed lieutenant presents Furiosa himself; the lieutenant presents Furiosa to Dementus, stealing the information the biker gave about the Green Place. However, as the lieutenant is unable to answer Dementus' questions about specific origins, he is forced to bring in the biker; the biker was suffering from the injury to his neck, so before he can point out the directions, Furiosa kicks his wound, making him collapse and bleed out. Instead of angered, Dementus is impressed by the girl's fire, and thanks to his doctor's analysis, which reveals Furiosa is a rare full-life, he is also motivated by the realization that she can replace the child he lost. Dementus sends Furiosa to be cleaned up by one of his servant women.
Around the cleaning tent, Mary kills the guards and embraces her daughter; the servant woman begging for her life, claiming she too has a child, thus Mary spares her as she took her daughter away on a stolen bike. The servant woman runs to alert Dementus, who leaves with a squadron of bikers to chase Furiosa and her mother. Mary orders Furiosa to flee, to return home or at least find shelter to hide; the mother is able to kill many attacking bikers, but eventually numbers overwhelm her, taking her captive. Dementus crucifies Mary on an X-shaped cross, with a fire burning beneath her, attempting to interrogate the location of the "place of abundance" from her; Furiosa is found due to rushing to save her mother, but she is held back, forced by Dementus to watch her mother burn to death.
Dementus gives the teddy bear of his dead child to Furiosa, while keeping her in a cage with the History Man, with Dementus making an earnest yet delusional attempt to bond with her; Furiosa merely dropped the bear, so Dementus returned it to his parachute cape. The Horde travels across the wasteland, until locating a lone War Boy, who had a bolt pierced in his head and believed he had died to enter Valhalla. Dementus interrogates information of the war boy's origin, so he provides directions to three massive plateaus, which have the symbol of the Cult of the V8 carved into them, all of which make up the Citadel. Dementus uses his speaker system to announce his identity and strength, as well as inviting the residents on the ground and within the Citadel to overthrow their oppressors so that he could replace it with an egalitarian society.
From above in the Citadel, leaders of the Cult, from the Bullet Farmer, People Eater, Joe's sons Rictus and Scrotus, as well as Immortan Joe himself, watch Dementus' presentation. On behalf of Joe, the People Eater retorts to Dementus by asking that he choose any random war boy, which was done; Joe tells the chosen War Boy that he is awaited in Valhalla; therefore, the chosen War Boy zip-lines down via the wires, enacting a kamikaze attack that killed dozens of the Horde. Joe monologues that any one of his war boys would do the same, hence launches an attack with several more War Boys detonating more explosions throughout the Horde, while others hook up random bikes for material; the cage with Furiosa and the History Man is grappled, with the latter escaping, but Furiosa is still chained. Dementus frees Furiosa from the cage and is forced to order a retreat, with the Horde leaving the Citadel grounds. After his rescue of her, Furiosa seemed willing to hold the teddy bear.
Dementus organises hidden scouts to watch the activities of the Cult of the V8; after cataloguing the regular rig routines between the Citadel and Gastown, the oil refinery, Dementus disguises a handful of his men from the Octoboss' crew as war boys, and once killing all in the latest rig, orchestrates a Trojan Horse with the rig. The Guardian of Gastown is initially suspicious when seeing an approaching rig followed by members of the Horde, yet no casualties appear to be happening; Dementus orders to make the attack real, so he kills most of his own men on the rig, but it fools the Guardian, thus it enters Gastown. His personal men exit from within the rig and open the gates, which enables the Horde to occupy the fortress.
Dementus coerces a negotiation with Immortan Joe, threatening to blow up Gastown if his demands aren't met; Dementus had the previous Gastown Guardian rigged in a device that will trigger a skull spike. Joe's dumbest son Rictus tries to overpower Dementus but sets off the device, killing the Guardian. Despite this loss, Joe agrees to enter negotiations. Dementus demands that he be made Lord Guardian of Gastown, and the Horde be given a share of food and water from the Citadel; Joe agrees to appoint him Lord Guardian of Gastown and agrees to share food and water, but a much smaller percentage. Joe, however, adds the condition that Dementus yield the Organic Mechanic and Furiosa; at first, Dementus claims that he won't because she is his daughter, but when Joe asks her if that's true, she answers truthfully that he isn't her father and he killed her mother; however, Dementus argued that he did it to make her stronger. While briefly reluctant, Dementus accepts giving up Furiosa to Joe, although he seizes the teddy bear back from her.
Dementus is Lord Guardian of Gastown for 15 years, yet his mental state becomes increasingly unstable during that time, and he also withholds more and more food and water for himself and his lieutenants, rather than properly supplying the people of Gastown. The people become closer to revolting every day, as their overworked and underfed lives drive them further into desperation; Dementus, however, periodically appears to claim that he isn't responsible for their suffering, blaming outside forces, although this has a declining rate of efficiency as the people cease believing the Lord Guardian's delusions and lies.
One War Rig run to Gastown, Dementus os unknowingly close to his abandoned adopted daughter, Furiosa, who is a Praetorian partnered with Praetor Jack; Dementus claims he isn't at fault for Gastown's difficulties, blaming everyone else, yet on a speaker system to try to quell the uprising crowd; however, instead the discord of the people launches a riot that forces the War Rig to flee back to the Citadel without the expected fuel allowance.
Dementus leads his Horde to invade the Bullet Farm, while the Bullet Farmer is away at a meeting in the Citadel; he kills all of the workers and prepares an ambush for the War Rig. Praetor Jack and Praetor Furiosa arrive, with him driving the Rig into the Farm, and her in a ute with two bikes, prepares for their escape to the Green Place. Dementus executes the ambush, killing their squad of War Boys, forcing Jack to drive deeper into the Farm to defend Furiosa, but she entered the Farm to mount a ridge to snipe various targets; Furiosa eventually aims at Dementus, but he is able to use one of his men as a shield while he fires an RPG at her. The rocket doesn't kill her but collapses the ridge beneath her. Furiosa emerges from the debris, using a grappling hook attached to a motorbike to save Jack from a cliff, after which they ride the bike to the exit; they switch to drive the ute, but they are followed by a detachment of the Horde, led by Dementus himself.
The chase goes across the desert, yet Dementus is able to shoot Jack in the chest and grind Furiosa's left arm between her vehicle and his massive tires, after which he flipped Jack and Furiosa's vehicle. Dementus rants at them for having hope, as he believes none have hope, not them, his men, and especially not himself. He chains Furiosa's left arm to the back of his monster truck-like vehicle to make her experience pain by provoking her injury and forcing her to watch while having his men tie Jack's arms behind two motorbikes to be pulled then dragged when he fell; Dementus orders his men to ride in a circle. The circle goes for hours, with Jack dying well before the night, from blood loss from his bullet wound or choking on the sand. Bored of the circle, Dementus orders them to stop, deciding to punish Furiosa next; however, he realises that she escaped by ripping off her own arm. He tries to chase her motorbike, but she had attached his tow cable to a rear wheel, which ripped it off the axle, leaving him to rely on his bikers, yet they fail to catch her.
Dementus triggers smoke belching from the Gastown, making it appear like a massive fire is happening, in the hope of luring out Immortan Joe and his forces. However, Furiosa manages to convey that the smoke is a deception, while the Bullet Farm had been seized, and convinces Joe about Dementus' strategy; thus, Joe sends a small unit to Gastown to make it seem like he was fooled while waiting from a position of strength in the Citadel, ready to counterattack against the treacherous Dementus.
The 40-Day Wasteland War leads to slaughter on both sides, but the bulk of losses are suffered by the Horde. Eventually, the Horde is whittled down due to death and desertion, so Dementus and his few remaining lieutenants flee into the wasteland. After Furiosa snipes two of his men, Dementus, believing there is no point to continuing any association, releases his lieutenants from their obligations to him, noting that they accomplished a lot, but their time is over, although he had an added motivation of hiding his escape by the division.
Furiosa hunts down Dementus, cutting his water pouch and stealing his bike's tire; he is amused about his pursuer's "freakish" mind, as he could have been killed, but the assailant instead aimed to torture his psyche, which he found amusing. Furiosa slowly follows Dementus in a vehicle she took from Scrotus, stopping and reversing if he tried to approach her. Eventually, Dementus falls to his knees, seeming to surrender due to thirst and exhaustion, so Furiosa finally meets with him. He wonders if they know each other, while Furiosa answers, "Remember me." However, Dementus doesn't recall her, and his rambling guesses anger her.
When Furiosa reveals her face, Dementus still doesn't recognise her. Furiosa demands the childhood, her mother, and years he took from her, but Dementus taunts her back, reminding her that he lost his entire family and that revenge will not make her whole. He grabs the knife from her calf-holster; however, the blade has been rigged to break and therefore is worthless; Dementus wryly argues his action isn't out of hope but instinct, after which Furiosa knocks him unconscious.
Dementus awakens, continuing his tirade about hopelessness and cruelty, with Furiosa beating him to only his amusement, but he appears to suffer a seizure, falling to his back. Furiosa cuts his dead child's teddy bear from its chains on his belt. Revealing he faked the seizure, seeing Furiosa take the teddy bear finally makes him remember her, and he becomes thrilled to see her again. He expresses excitement, claiming he has been waiting years for someone like her to kill him. He also claims that whatever she does to him, he won't feel it, as he had become numb to sensations, needing greater and greater violence to feel anything, yet she can't beat his threshold of pain; she beats and pistol whips him regardless, yet halts upon finding it, causing him no suffering. Dementus claims that he and Furiosa are exactly the same kind of evil, twisted creatures that thrive in the hell of the wasteland.
The History Man, as an unreliable narrator, relays potential outcomes, from Furiosa simply shooting him in the head or ironic punishments like dragging him as he did to Jack or crucifying and burning him like he did to her mother; however, the narrator posits the truth is that Furiosa took Dementus and imprisoned him in a hidden alcove in the Citadel, chaining him to the ground after planting a peach seed beneath him, which grew up through his flesh, leaving a peach tree bursting from his body, yet he is kept alive by the steady stream of water, and decay doesn't spread due to an infestation of maggots cleaning necrotic flesh.
Skills and Abilities[]
- Expert Motorcyclist
- Expert Driver
- Strong Hand-to-hand Combatant
- Extremely High Pain Tolerance
- Marksmanship
- High Charisma
- Cunning Strategist
Quotes[]
| “ | Who do we have here? What's your name? What do they call you? | „ |
| ~ Dementus meets Furiosa. |
| “ | I am the great Dementus, and I rule the wasteland! Let's party! | „ |
| ~ Dementus. |
| “ | You've had a hard day, haven't you? An awful day. You must be exhausted. there's only one thing I need you to do right now, and that is rest. You don't have to tell us anything. You don't have to say a word, I promise. Just rest. Tomorrow, I'll take you home. We'll follow the tracks that brought you here, and I'll take you home. | „ |
| ~ Dementus makes a promise to the young Furiosa. |
| “ | Take her. Feed her, wash her, use our best drinking water. You two, keep an eye on her, keep her safe, don't let any of these brutes near her. | „ |
| ~ Dementus orders his people to take care of Furiosa. |
| “ | Oh, she's your mother? Perfect! Tell me where you came from, and we will cease and desist. All you have to do is point. Point me in the right direction and I'll take you home. No, no, no, don't look away. You mustn't look away. | „ |
| ~ Dementus tries to extract the location of the Green Place from Furiosa, before he murders her mother and sadistically forces her to watch. |
| “ | Now... we have a problem: there are twenty of you and only five bikes. How do we choose? Who's got the goods, the bollocks, the testes to ride with Dementus?! You're gonna have to show me who you are! Yes? Because today, we dance to Darwin. Today, we do the Five Bike Teddy! Ready... steady... GOOOOO!!! | „ |
| ~ Dementus when beginning a blood match to reduce recruits from 20 to 5. |
| “ | Lady and gentlemans! Start your engines! | „ |
| ~ Dementus starts the blood match. |
| “ | All of you, all who protect and honour this magnificent Citadel, you have a choice. A very attractive choice. I want your leaders. I want those who hold dominance over you! Bring me your leaders and throw them down! Throw them down, and you will avoid more suffering and sorrow! hey exploit you, they enslave you, they wash their feet in your sweat and blood and they give you nothing in return! Listen to this truth: big shots rule only because you choose to follow. The power is with you! You are free to choose! Come to me! Come to me, with your pain and burden, and I will double your grub! Food and water for everyone, as much as you like! We will share the wealth! You will rule with me in the splendor of a new Wasteland! | „ |
| ~ Dementus' address to the Citadel. |
| “ | Dementus: One full tank of water for half a tank of guzzoline! People Eater: Can't do that, not possible! Dementus: Then he gets a spike in the nut! [...] My boys need all the protein they can get! |
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| ~ Dementus tries to negotiate with Immortan Joe, whilst holding the Keeper of Gastown hostage. |
| “ | Oh, you idiot! I've forgotten the numbers! [...] Yep, it's in there! Got it, got it, got it, got it, got it, got it! The pleasure flushed them clean out of my head. Don't ever do that again, comrades, I'm a man with a fragile brain! | „ |
| ~ Dementus after killing the keeper. |
| “ | Immortan Joe: Who's that? Dementus: That... is my daughter, Little D. Little Dementus. Immortan Joe: She looks nothing like you. Dementus: Yes, well she has her mother's perfections and none of my deficiencies. Immortan Joe: Where's the mother? Dementus: Magnificent woman. Fierce, intelligent; taken so cruelly protecting this little one from marauders. Immortan Joe: She looks pale. Dementus: You look pale. She's perfect. Not like the genetic absurdities you have for sons. |
„ |
| ~ Dementus talks with Immortan Joe |
| “ | Immortan Joe: Would you like to stay here in the Citadel? Dementus: Eh? Immortan Joe: If I let you stay and you grow to be a strong, healthy woman, you could become one of our wives. Dementus: No, she's my daughter. History Man: It will be a royal intermarriage, the bonding of dynasties. Dementus: Her whole life, I've protected her from the sun, the wind, every lecherous gaze. No! History Man: You'll be bonded by blood. Dementus: No, she's not for sale! She's mine! |
„ |
| ~ Immortan Joe bargains with Dementus for Furiosa. |
| “ | Immortan Joe: Is he your father? Furiosa: No. He slaughtered my mother. Dementus: True -- that is true. And I can tell you, it made this child tough. Tough enough to survive all sorrows when they come her way. I did that for her! I did that for her. |
„ |
| ~ Dementus' justification for murdering Mary Jabassa. |
| “ | Immortan Joe: I will increase your shipment of water, but only by a third. I will increase your food, but only by a quarter, potatoes only. You'll get you delivery once every ten days, but only if my War Rigs return safely full of high grade guzzoline. Dementus: Deal. Immortan Joe: And I will take this girl who is not your daughter and also him. Otherwise, it's war. Dementus: You behave, I'll behave. I'll protect Gastown from all treachery, it will be as impenetrable as this Citadel. Stability born from a world of chaos. You. Me. We. |
„ |
| ~ Dementus strikes a deal with Joe. |
| “ | Henceforth, I will be addressed as the Great Dementus! Beloved ruler of Bikerdom, Lord Guardian of Gastown! Gotta go, gotta go! Don't want Gastown to go boom! What a day, what a deal! What a day! | „ |
| ~ Dementus after claiming Gastown. |
| “ | Didja see that? You saw how they fought for each other, this little army of two? Where were they going, so full of hope? THERE IS NO HOPE!!! Not for them, not for you, certainly not for me! The day I acquire a Bullet Farm, these two destroy it! I had that down, I mean, I had a Bullet Farm! With that, I could've crippled the Citadel and ruled the wasteland! The wasteland would've been a far better place for all of us! No! In truth, you two break my heart. You break my heart... and it's not fair! You make me the Dark Dementus. And the Dark Dementus cannot afford to be soft! It's the price I pay to be your leader! It's the price we all pay to survive in the wasteland; we cannot be soft! There must be retribution! Justice... and retribution! | „ |
| ~ Dementus' breakdown. |
| “ | Hey, hey, hey! I want her to watch a while. String her up. | „ |
| ~ Dementus orders his men to force Furiosa to watch Jack die. |
| “ | That wasn't hope, it was instinct. | „ |
| ~ Dementus to Furiosa. |
| “ | You fabulous thing. You crawled out of a pitiless grave, deeper than hell. Only one thing that is going to do that for you. Not hope. Hate. No shame in hate. It's one of the greatest forces of nature. | „ |
| ~ Dementus' final confrontation with Furiosa. |
| “ | Furiosa: Fifteen years ago, there was a woman. Dementus: Oh, so there's more to this! Furiosa: Do you remember her? Dementus: Do I get a clue? Right, okay, erm... Redhead. Even her pubes— Was she your mother? Sister? Did she beg? Did she scream? The ones that yell the least tend to stick in my mind. Furiosa: Despite everything you did to her, she was magnificent. Dementus: Oh, you were there? Furiosa: My childhood... my mother... I want them back. Dementus: Of course you do. Furiosa: I WANT THEM BACK! |
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| ~ Furiosa confronts Dementus. |
| “ | Dementus: If I may... If the shooter goes around the back, the shootee won't know the precise moment of the execution. Minor torture, but every little bit counts. Either way, that rat shot will turn my brain into a pink mist so fast I won't even hear the sound of the gun. Furiosa: I'll hear it. I'll hear it for the rest of my days. |
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| ~ Dementus as Furiosa puts her gun to the back of his head. |
| “ | What you want dear, are my cries of anguish. Anguish without end. And if I could give you that I would. But I don't fear the loss of bliss in heaven. Or retribution in hell. And I've got a fiendishly high pain threshold. | „ |
| ~ Dementus as Furiosa repeatedly strikes him with her gun. |
| “ | She took away his voice, and they spent the rest of the day in silence. There are those who prefer that she did more than shoot him. They claim that she ended him in ways more fitting. They tell of righteous perversities and witty mutilations. But this is the truth whispered to me by Furiosa herself. Deep in the Citadel, high up in the hydroponic gardens, there is a tree unlike any other. Its soil is human. Its nutrients human. Maggots debriding his necrotic flesh. It was an echo growing out of a human being. | „ |
| ~ The History Man's account of what happened to Dementus, relaying different fates, before revealing the truth. |
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Trivia[]
- Dementus is the only Mad Max villain to never have any conflict with Max Rockatansky.
- Interestingly, Dementus' hair became red for a while, which is actually closer to the original mythological design of the norse deity Thor, whose Marvel Comics' superhero incarnation is portrayed by Hemsworth in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Early on during filming of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, it was erroneously reported that Chris Hemsworth would play a younger Immortan Joe in the film. However, by the time the first trailer was released, it was clarified that Hemsworth would play Warlord Dementus, whereas Lachy Hulme would play a younger Joe.
- To play Warlord Dementus, Hemsworth had to use a big prosthetic nose and let his beard grow into a big, bushy one. He also acted scenes like if his character were right on his actions, saying that as an actor, he must defend, empathize and understand his character's actions, yet he acknowledges that there is a "light and darkness" surrounding Dementus. He furthermore clarified that Dementus sees a "paternal" nature and qualify in his relationship to Furiosa, even though Furiosa fervently hates him.
- A Dr. Dementus was first mentioned in the Mad Max video game, where it's mentioned that Scabrous Scrotus defeated him during the Wasteland Wars. It's unknown if Dr. Dementus was meant to be a reference to Warlord Dementus, as the video game is canonical and the developers were given the Furiosa script in advance back in 2015.
- Dementus faces and eventually uses flamethrowers along Gastown's gate. This tactic was used years ago back in Mad Max 2 where the people living at the oil plant used this same defense system to keep away Lord Humungus and his Marauders.
- Dementus has two modes of transport in the film. The first is a chariot pulled by motorbikes and the second is a monster truck similar to the one Rictus drives in Fury Road.
- Dementus acts as a foil to both Max Rockatansky and Praetor Jack:
- Like Max, he had a leg brace, and wore clothing that hinted at their pasts, with Max wearing his Main Force Patrol uniform, and Dementus wearing a parachute, which suggests either Air Force or paratrooper background.
- Max and Dementus both suffered similar traumatic losses with deaths of family, but Max chose to wander alone and avoid his pain through peace, while Dementus amassed followers and enacted horrible violence as to drown his grief. Max, and it is implied Dementus also, achieved revenge against whatever took their families, yet found no peace from it.
- Max is initially hostile against Furiosa, but eventually allies with her out of necessity and then genuinely for a good cause. Dementus acts kind in his first meeting with Furiosa, but then murders her mother, Mary Jabassa, forcing to watch out of a delusional belief his cruelty is helping her.
- Dementus and Jack both fill paternal roles, however, the warlord forces Furiosa to stay in his Horde, and only "teaches" through suffering and aggression, albeit no physical torture. Jack leaves the choice up to her, and is compassionate, nurturing, and teaches her further wasteland survival skills beyond base violence.
- Dementus felt attached to Furiosa, but was willing to abandon her to Immortan Joe when his lie about their blood connection was revealed. Jack remained loyal, and tried to sacrifice himself to save Furiosa, yet she was equally willing to save him due to accepting him as an honorary Vulvalini, as opposed her rejection and hatred of Dementus for his callous murder of her mother.
- Jack provided an option to escape from Immortan Joe's reign out of hope, yet Dementus kept her trapped with her desire for vengeance for her mother.
- When she confronts Dementus at the end of the movie, Furiosa asks him, "Remember me?", the same line she would echo to Immortan Joe before she kills him at the end of Fury Road.
- Given that Fury Road picks up immediately after the end of Furiosa, it is likely that Dementus is still alive and imprisoned by the end of Fury Road.
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