History Awesome / TheHungerGames

* Katniss blowing up the mines around the Careers' food stash with three well-placed arrows.

* The part where Katniss goes to the Quarter Quell's interview in her wedding dress, which starts out as a Dethroning Moment of Suck until she starts ''spinning,'' [[IncendiaryExponent setting her dress on fire]] and turning her wedding gown into a mockingjay dress. Of course, it's apparent to some that Cinna's as good as dead for what he just did, but it's a huge TakeThat to the Capitol, and the fact that he did it knowing full well what it might cost him served as an inspiration to all the rebels still on the fence because of what they stood to lose.
* Peeta sets the entire Capitol afire and ''destroys'' President Snow's plans to use the Quarter Quell to bring Panem fully back under his control with six words: "if it weren't for the baby."
** Really, all the victors are awesome in that series of interviews, as they remind you that, unlike most tributes, they are not scared kids dazzled by the spotlight, but hardened mentors who know ''exactly'' how to manipulate the crowd. One after the other, they talk about how sad they'll be to leave the people of the Capitol, how they wonder whether the new rules are actually legal, whether President Snow maybe doesn't understand/care/have the power to resolve the problem and so on until Peeta drops his bomb in the final interview. Basically, they turn the Quarter Quell into a [[HoistByHisOwnPetard spectacular own-goal for Snow]], and leave his hold on the hearts and minds of Panem far weaker than it was before he changed the rules to avoid this precise situation.
* Katniss, before the Quarter Quell interviews: ''However much President Snow may hate me, this Capitol audience in mine.'' The poor girl has been scared and desperate the whole book, been personally threatened by Snow, had a minor HeroicBSOD after the Quell announcement, didn't get to say goodbye to her family and friends before leaving, and is pretty sure she won't come out alive this time.]] But the Capitol citizens adore her and Peeta, so she isn't even nervous about the interview this year, and may even get in on the Victors' collective guilt trip about sending them back into the Games. It's the first time she seems truly confident in the book, you just want to cheer because she's basically saying, "To hell with President Snow, I got this."

* The Tribute's parade. Lalala, the Tributes look lovely, blahblahblah... ''who is that in the back?''

* Awesome/TheHungerGamesMockingjay

** The First thing they do after they unmask themselves to Panem is save Katniss, the symbol of the rebellion who they were gunning for the most, two other victor tributes, Finnick and Beetee, from the hunger games, during the third quarter quell (that's victors vs victors) in catching fire. No other district has ever even dreamed of rescuing tributes from the dreaded hunger games, especially during a quarter quell, which is extra special due to the rule changes and how special the arena's would be, showcasing how strong District 13 has become to accomplish such a feat

** How they act during the air raid on the district is also worth mentioning. Most people would be terrified in a sudden attack from a powerful enemy like the Captiol, but the citizens of 13 are perfectly calm during the whole thing. No one shoved, screamed, panicked or otherwise the entire time. They all just moved calmly in an orderly fashion, not even needing Katniss to be an example of calm for them like Coin thought. Seems that even she underestimated her own people.

** How they act during the air raid on the district is also worth mentioning. most people would be terrified in a sudden attack from a powerful enemy like the Captiol, but the citizens of 13 are perfectly calm during the whole thing. No one shoved, screamed, panicked or otherwise the entire time. They all just moved calmly in an orderly fashion, not even needing Katniss to be an example of calm for them like Coin thought. Seems that even she underestimated her own people.

* District 13 in general. Prior to the first rebellion, their principal industry was nuclear development and they were the center of the capitols military (which was then passed to district two after the dark days when they won their freedom). Meaning any uprising there would have most likely been the most difficult in Panem, and yet they not only started the first rebellion but led it as well. When it became clear a rebel victory for all the districts was no longer possible, they threatened to blow up the Capitol itself to get them to agree to a deal for their independence in exchange for playing dead for the other districts for Propaganda. Then, for 75 YEARS, they have done nothing but prepare to take down the Capitol in the next rebellion to help the other districts win their freedom. Even after their surface city was destroyed, driven underground, cut off from the outside world, no one to turn to for help, even facing a small pox that killed so many of them and left many survivors infertile, they still did not give up, made their own government, learn to survive on their own, turn their people into an army of freedom fighting soldiers, set up a conspiracy throughout the districts, even into the Capitol itself (Plutarch Heavensbee the prime example and he was the head game maker for the hunger games quarter quell), got plenty of victors on their side, rebuilding rebel strength, uniting their fellow districts (with help from Katniss as their Mockingjay) to defeat the Capitol, and win freedom for all their fellow districts once and for all. Now THAT'S determination.

** The first thing they do after they unmask themselves to Panem is save Katniss, the symbol of the rebellion who they were gunning for the most, two other victor tributes, Finnick and Beetee, from the hunger games, during the third quarter quell (that's victors vs victors) in catching fire. No other district has ever even dreamed of rescuing tributes from the dreaded hunger games, especially during a quarter quell, which is extra special due to the rule changes and how special the arena's would be, showcasing how strong District 13 has become to accomplish such a feat
** the Second thing they do is rescue Gale and over 800 survivors of the district 12 bombing, evacuating them to District 13 where they would be safe and trained for work and help fight the Capitol, basically solving their infertility problem, as well as show absolute defiance to President Snows decision to destroy district 12 completely as retribution to Katniss destroying the arena to escape. Talk about BigDamnHeroes and CombatPragmatist rolled into one

** the second thing they do is rescue Gale and over 800 survivors of the district 12 bombing, bringing them the 13 where they would be safe, basically solving their infertility problem as well as show absolute defiance to the capitols decision to destroy district 12 completely as retribution to Katniss destroying the arena to escape. Talk about BigDamnHeroes.

* District 13 in general. Prior to the first rebellion, their principal industry was nuclear development and they were the center of the capitols military (which was then passed to district two after the dark days when they won their freedom). Meaning any uprising there would have most likely been the most difficult in Panem, and yet they not only started the first rebellion but led it as well. In their foundations in the first rebellion, when it became clear a rebel victory for all the districts was no longer possible, they threatened to blow up the Capitol itself to get them to agree to a deal for their independence in exchange for playing dead for the other districts for Propaganda. Then, for 75 YEARS, they have done nothing but prepare to take down the Capitol in the next rebellion to help the other districts win their freedom. Even after their surface city was destroyed, driven underground, cut off from the outside world, no one to turn to for help, even facing a small pox that killed so many of them and left many survivors infertile, they still did not give up, made their own government, learn to survive on their own, turn their people into an army of freedom fighting soldiers, set up a conspiracy throughout the districts, even into the Capitol itself (Plutarch Heavensbee the prime example and he was the head game maker for the hunger games quarter quell), got plenty of victors on their side, rebuilding rebel strength, uniting their fellow districts (with help from Katniss as their Mockingjay) to defeat the Capitol, and win freedom for all their fellow districts once and for all. Now THAT'S determination.

* District 13 in general. In their foundations in the first rebellion, when it became clear a rebel victory for all the districts was no longer possible, they threatened to blow up the Capitol itself to get them to agree to a deal for their independence in exchange for playing dead for the other districts for Propaganda. then for 75 years they have done nothing but prepare to take down the Capitol in the next rebellion to help the other districts win their freedom. Even after their surface city was destroyed, driven underground, cut off from the outside world, no one to turn to for help, even facing a small pox that killed so many of them and left many survivors infertile, they still did not give up, made their own government, learn to survive on their own, turn their people into an army of freedom fighting soldiers, set up a conspiracy throughout the districts, even into the Capitol itself (Plutarch Heavensbee the prime example and hes the head game maker for the hunger games quarter quell), got plenty of victors on their side, rebuilding rebel strength to defeat the Capitol and win freedom for all their fellow districts. Now THAT'S determination.