The People Eater

The People Eater

Background

The People Eater is a member of the Citadel. He eventually becomes the ruler of Gastown.

During the events of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) played by John Howard

Dementus and his horde arrive in the center of the Citadel and loudly rev their engines. The History Man introduces Dementus, who calls himself The Red Dementus. Dementus tells the inhabitants of the Citadel to throw down their leaders and they will rule together in the splendor of a new wasteland. Immortan Joe walks out from an opening of a cliff along with The People Eater, Rictus Erectus, Scrotus, The Prime Imperator, and Shotgun Praetorian.

Dementus introduces members of his horde and afterwards The People Eater picks up a microphone and tells Dementus to choose one warrior from his horde. He then tells Dementus to choose a War Boy. Dementus has Smeg choose a War Boy and Smeg points to a group of War Boys. At first First Pick War Boy steps forward, but Smeg says he chose Chosen War Boy. Chosen War Boy sprays himself in the mouth with silver spray paint and Immortan Joe tells him he is awaited. Chosen War Boy then takes two explosive spears and leaps to his death, causing a large explosion when he lands. The People Eater then says that anyone of Immortan's Joe's War Boys will do the same and calls Dementus and his horde fools. Scrotus and Rictus then take the microphone, introduce themselves and tell the horde they are going to kill them. The War Boys then start attacking the Horde who start to ride away.

Big Jilly and Smeg ride to the Citadel and Smeg hands a box with the finger of Guardian of Gastown to Winchman. Immortan Joe agrees to a meeting and during the meeting is guarded by Watch Tower Praetorian Guards while Praetorian Pup hands out food. Rizzdale Pell walks in first and tells Immortan Joe that if they are not back to Gastown by sunset then Gastown will be blown up. Dementus follows behind carrying a contraption with a harpoon pointed to the back of Guardian of Gastown's head. Dementus lists his demands and releases the device when Rictus grabs for the bomb code input device and Guardian of Gastown is killed. Immortan Joe notices Furiosa, who is standing in the back and Dementus says Furiosa is his daughter, Little D. Immortan Joe calls Furiosa pale and the Organic Mechanic tells him that she is pale, because the Organic Mechanic takes her blood to make blood sausage for Dementus. Immortan Joe asks Furiosa if she wants to stay with him and eventually become one of his wives. The History Man tells Dementus that they will be bonded by blood. Immortan agrees to make a deal in exchange for Furiosa and the Organic Mechanic. Before leaving the meeting Dementus takes back the teddy bear from Furiosa and declares that he shall now be known as The Great Dementus.

Time passes and when Praetorian Jack and Furiosa return from Gastown, Immortan Joe, Scrotus, The People Eater, The Bullet Farmer and Rictus hold a meeting. Scrotus wants to attack Dementus, but The People Eater is afraid Dementus will blow up Gastown. Immortan Joe tells The Prime Imperator to turn off all the generators and all vehicles, then tells Jack and Furiosa to leave for The Bullet Farm in the morning and to collect every round of ammunition they can carry in the War Rig.

Immortan Joe, Scrotus, The People Eater, The Bullet Farmer and Rictus are holding another meeting when Rictus notices Gastown appears to be on fire. Immortan Joe thinks it is a trick and Furiosa arrives and tells them that Dementus has taken The Bullet Farm. Scrotus, The People Eater and The Bullet Farmer argue what to do next and Immortan Joe decides on the plan to make Dementus think they are going to Gastown. The People Eater sees Dementus heading towards the Citadel and two flairs are fired into the air. The Forty-Day Wasteland War then happens.

During the events of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) played by John Howard

The convoy to recover the wives begins its chase of Furiosa. Furiosa drives into a series of canyons and a group of Rock Riders detonate bombs that cause a large rockslide blocking Immortan Joe's war party. Immortan Joe follows after Furiosa and tells his war party to clear the rocks. An Imperator tells Immortan Joe that Nux says that he was on the War Rig and Immortan Joe tells Nux to climb aboard. Furiosa escapes from the canyons, but the War Rig gets stuck in the salt marshes as does Immortan Joe's war party. The Bullet Farmer in his ripsaw continues after Furiosa and the War Rig, while The Organic Mechanic cuts out the baby from The Splendid Angharad, but tells Immortan Joe it has died, but was a perfect male specimen.

Later, Polecat Lookout spots the War Rig driving back towards The Citadel and yells out. An Imperator tells Immortan Joe that it is indeed the War Rig and Immortan Joe realizes what Furiosa is planning on doing. Immortan Joe’s remaining war party get back into their vehicles and start chasing after the War Rig. Max’s stolen vehicle with Slit riding on the hood is the first to reach the War Rig and drops some spike strips. The Valkyrie shoots the driver of the Interceptor and then she and Maadi the Vuvalini the driver of the motorcycle fall back towards the back of the War Rig. The Valkyrie kills another driver, but Maadi is hit in the head and blinded and they crash their motorcycle. The Valkyrie and Maadi are then run over by The People Eater. A group of Bullet Boys fire harpoons that start to drag the War Rig. A large War Boy truck drives next to the War Rig and fires a harpoon into the cab, and a Vuvalini kills the driver. She is then killed when part of the War Rig is pulled away when the War Boy truck crashes.

Max manages to cut all the harpoon chains, but the War Rig is then attacked by a group of polecats. A polecat drops a smoke grenade into the cab of the War Rig while another one attaches a snare pole around Furiosa's neck. The Keeper of the Seeds is attacked by Polecat Lookout and struck in the neck with his chainsaw. Furiosa then kills Polecat Lookout and then throws out the smoke grenade and removes the snare pole from her neck. Black Mask jumps onto the War Rig and attacks a Vuvalini. Black Mask then shoots a bolt at Max's forehead. A polecat grabs Toast the Knowing and drops her into Immortan Joe's vehicle. Max manages to kill a few more polecats, but Furiosa is stabbed in the side by Black Mask. The Keeper of the seeds shoves a bullet through the eye of Black Mask and The Dag kicks Black Mask out of the cab. Slit who is driving Max's car tries to ram Max, who is hanging from the War Rig. Furiosa crushes Max's vehicle between the War Rig and The People Eater's vehicle and Max's vehicle explodes. Nux nudges Max onto The People Eater's vehicle and a Vuvalini shoots The People Eater's gunner in the head. Max removes The People Eater's driver and kicks The People Eater unconscious. Max drives The People Eater's vehicle across from Immortan Joe's and Immortan Joe fires at Max, hitting and killing The People Eater.