History Characters / TheHungerGamesLiterature

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Like Gale, described as "olive-skinned" with black hair. In the movie, [[RaceLift played by the white (and brown haired in the first movie while black haired in the second) Jennifer Lawrence]]. However, there are Europeans with that color, and her sister Primrose was described as blonde with blue eyes.

* BlackGirlDiesFirst: [[spoiler:She's far from the first Tribute to die (in fact, her death marks the point where 3/4 of the Tributes have been eliminated), but she's the first true ally of Katniss's to die in the series.]]

* TokenBlack: District 11 has some parallels to the American slave-run plantations.

* TokenBlack: District 11 has some parallels to the American slave-run plantations.

* BiTheWay: Calls Glimmer "sexy all the way."

* FacelessMooks: The Peacekeepers.

* CompositeCharacter: The film versions of [[TheHungerGamesMockingjay Mockingjay]] combines her with Fulvia.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''Mockingjay''. She isn't seen till much later. Appears to not be the case in the movies however...[[http://www.hggirlonfire.com/2014/05/15/what-we-learned-from-the-mockingjay-filmmaker-roundtable-part-1/]]

* GenreSavvy

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Oddly, in spite of everything he and Katniss with both having gone through massive amounts of [[DysfunctionJunction dysfunction junction]], being saddled with tons psychological trauma from going through the games ''twice,'' losing almost everyone they are close to, participating in and being the figureheads of a revolution that nearly destroys [[CrapsackWorld what little remains of human civilization]], and, in Peeta's case, [[ColdBloodedTorture cold blooded torture]] and [[MindRape mind rape]], Katniss and he still seem to end up this way. In fact, it heavily implied that the only reason ''either'' of them is still functional is because of the other. The same goes for Haymitch, in a non romantic way.]]

* JadeColoredGlasses:
** Most people who grow up in the Seam wear them.
** Most victors, too.

* MeaningfulName:
** Katniss is a real plant. Its common name is "Arrowhead" (and its scientific name is ''Sagittaria'', which means 'archer' in Latin).

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler:After killing Coin in Mockingjay]]

* PromotionToParent

* FragileSpeedster

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While both Coin and Snow are power-hungry villains, what makes Snow a slightly better person than Coin is that if he makes a threat or promises to do something, [[IGaveMyWord he keeps his word on it]]. Coin, on the other hand, is willing to manipulate others and lie to order gain power. [[spoiler: This led Katniss to realize that is was Coin, rather than Snow who was responsible for the bombing of the Capitol's children and the death of her sister, Prim.]]

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: If the story of Snow's ascension to power is anything to go buy.

** Panem citizens may not be ''evil'' as much as they are ignorant, but they ''freak out'' when its [[spoiler:(falsely) revealed that Katniss is pregnant and a tribute of the slaughtering Quarter Quell.]]

[[spoiler:*RebelLeader: She's the leader of District 2's rebels and works with District 13 to bring them to the rebellion's side in the war.]]

* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save The Boy With The Bread]]: Continuously prioritizes Peeta's survival over what's best for her own survival, the rebellion and her squad. Even after [[spoiler:he's been hijacked into hating her and she believes she can never be with him.]]

* [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes The Baker's Children Have No Bread]]: Katniss assumes that since Peeta grew up a merchant kid he doesn't know starvation like she does. She is surprised to find out that he rarely had enough to eat either and that the only bread they got to have was the stale, tasteless bread they could no longer sell.

* [[MandatoryMotherhood Mandatory Fatherhood]]: It's heavily implied that President Snow expects him to father children by Katniss as means of controlling them both and keeping them in line. He's no more happy about becoming the parent of a future tribute than Katniss is. [[spoiler:Once the war is over and the Games have been abolished he changes his mind about having children. In fact, the reason why Katniss changed ''her'' mind about children was because Peeta wanted them so badly.]]

* [[ThroughHisStomach Through Her Stomach]]: Katniss ''really'' likes cheese buns.

* [[UptownGirl Uptown Boy]]: A member of the merchant class who's in love with a girl from the Seam. Once they're both victors they're on equal social standing, though.

* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Girl Dies First]]: [[spoiler:She's far from the first Tribute to die (in fact, her death marks the point where 3/4 of the Tributes have been eliminated), but she's the first true ally of Katniss's to die in the series.]]

* [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Deuteragonist]]: [[spoiler: Offed before the 74th Hunger Games end]].

* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: She just couldn't hope to win in a fight against some of the other tributes, which may have been one of her biggest weaknesses.

* [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Girl]]: Like the other "Career" tributes, she comes across this way to some extent due to her District's practice of [[TheSpartanWay training kids for the Games]].

* [[FauxActionGirl Faux Dark Action Girl]]: She's one of the Careers, who are said to have been intensely trained their whole lives for the Games beforehand and are usually the winners if nothing in the arena takes out all their food supplies at once first. However, she doesn't display any notable skills, is noted by Katniss to be an incompetent shot with a bow, and [[spoiler:gets brutally killed by tracker-jackers early on in the Games before she can actually do anything]].

* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Grandfather]]: To [[spoiler:Katniss' and Peeta's children]], according to fanon.

** [[{{Fanon}} Generally assumed]] to be the [[spoiler: [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Grandfather]] of the Mellark children in the epilogue.]]. Also somewhat of a meta example as both Lawrence and Hutcherson have referred to Harrelsson as [[HonoraryUncle Uncle Woody]] in interviews.

* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Woman]] In the films.
* {{Token Evil Teammate}}: [[spoiler:Sorta. While never really on the good guys' ''team,'' she and [[TheOphelia Annie]] are the only Career victors still breathing at the story's end.]]

* [[spoiler:SexSlave: What President Snow turned him into, whoring him out to Capitol citizens. Apparently, this in not uncommon among physically-attractive victors.]]

* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Girlfriend]]: [[spoiler:Captured by the Capitol to be used as leverage against Finnick. Fortunately, the rebels save her.]]

* [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim What Does He See In Her]]: Out of all the rich and powerful lovers that Finnick's had, "the mad girl he left behind him" is the only one he truly loves.

* [[SirSwearsALot Lady Swears a Lot]]: She dropped the (censored) ClusterFBomb on live TV.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Water]]: [[spoiler:In ''Mockingjay'', after going through torture at the hands of the Capitol by being soaked and then shocked, she has a fear of water]].

* [[FirstGirlWins First Boy Wins]]: [[spoiler:She met Peeta first, he declared his feelings for her first and she never did develop romantic feelings for Gale.]]

* [[SupremeChef Supreme Baker]]

* [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway What Kind Of Lame Power Is Cake Decorating Anyway]]

* TheWoobie: He is abused as a child, he almost dies in the 74th games (and still loses a leg), then he is captured by the Capitol after the 75 games. While here he is tortured and hijacked brutally.

* Woobie: He is abused as a child, he almost dies in the 74th games (and still loses a leg), then he is captured by the Capitol after the 75 games. While here he is tortured and hijacked brutally.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Panem citizens may not be ''evil'' as much as they are ignorant, but they ''freak out'' when its [[spoiler:(falsely) revealed that Katniss is pregnant and a tribute of the slaughtering Quarter Quell.]]

** There ' ' is' ' a possibility that he never intended to keep his promise to Katniss.

* LadyOfWar

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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: While both Coin and Snow are power-hungry villains, what makes Snow a slightly better person than Coin is that if he makes a threat or promises to do something, [[IGaveMyWord he keeps his word on it]]. Coin, on the other hand, is willing to manipulate others and lie to order gain power. [[spoiler: This led Katniss to realize that is was Coin, rather than snow who was responsible for the bombing of the Capitol's children and the death of her sister, Prim.]]

* CripplingOverSpecialization: Katniss notes that while Careers are breed and trained for the actual combat, they're FatalFlaw is actually surviving without their supplies. [[spoiler: Cato completely loses it after Katniss destroys his supplies.]]

** Capitol medicine is able to not only heal wounds suffered in the arena but remove every scar and blemish from their skin (presumably [[FridgeHorror as part of preparing them to be sold to shallow Capitol customers]]). The one exception appears to be saving limbs that have been too severely damaged or deprived of blood for too long (Peeta's leg, Chaff's hand). In "''Mockingjay''" neither Katniss nor Peeta are considered important enough for such resources to be spent on them, giving them quality treatment for [[spoiler:their severe burns]] but making no effort to [[spoiler:give them the best skin grafts or remove the burns entirely the way they were able to do with Katniss' burns in the first book]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: Peeta manages to be this to ''everyone'' by virtue of wanting to remain himself, rather than doing his best to survive the games at the cost of his humanity. [[spoiler: His confession, and later Katniss going along with it, triggers the rule change that allows both of them to win. His determination to make sure Katniss survives messes with the rebellion's plans during the Quarter Quell, when he refuses to let Haymitch go into the arena, and claiming Katniss was pregnant led to unrest in the very Capitol at the worst possible time for Snow. And then during the rebellion, Snow and Coin both try to use Peeta as a time bomb to kill Katniss, only for him to respond by recovering from his hijacking through ''sheer force of will,'' something never done before.]]