Master Blaster

The brains and the brawn rule the underworld as one unstoppable force in Bartertown.

In the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Master Blaster is a pair of characters: Master, a dwarf who rides around on Blaster, his giant bodyguard. They are not enforcers for Aunty Entity but her rivals, controlling Bartertown's underworld and its vital methane production.

Quick Facts

First appears: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Reader's Guide

Master runs Underworld, the subterranean refinery that turns pig feces into methane for Bartertown's energy, and Master Blaster has begun to challenge Aunty Entity for control of Bartertown. Aunty wants Max to kill Blaster so she can subvert Master to her will. After Max reveals her plot and Master threatens to shut down the refinery, Aunty has Blaster killed; Max and the children later free Master and escape with him.