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1	The ''Just Series'' is a series of fanfictions written by misticalcookie, based on the young adult series ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.
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3	The series consists of "Death is Just a Game" (which focuses on the 52nd Hunger Games), "Fear is Just a Word" (which focuses on the 53rd Games), "Freedom is Just a Dream" (the 54th), and 2 prequels of sorts, one called "Happiness is Just a Memory", which focuses on the lives of some of the tributes before the Games, and another called "Survival is Just a Maize", which is a full-fledged prequel and is set during the 33rd Hunger Games.
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5	Can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2515632/misticalcookie in FF.net]].
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8	!!Tropes in this series include:
9	%% * AccidentalHug: [[spoiler:Angelo and Janie share one after Janie saves Angelo from falling to his doom.]]
10	%% * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Anya's death.]]
11	%% * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Diana gets it after [[spoiler:deserting her previous best friend.]]
12	%% * ActionGirl: Nearly all the female tributes.
13	%% * ActionSurvivor: Many of the tributes who aren't Careers, outright insane, or Action Girls. Colten is a shining example.
14	%% * AerithandBob
15	%% * AlcoholicParent: Dragan's, Emily's, Liviana's and Aria's mothers.
16	%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The classic nice girl Janie finds herself falling for Angelo, a Blood Knight from District 2, who is the complete opposite of nice.
17	%% * AlliterativeName: Berk Boyle, Dusty Dizzer, Fiver Flynn, and Thorn Trappe.
18	%% * AllWomenLoveShoes: Even women in the distant future, as demonstrated by Janie and Annabel.
19	%% * AloofAlly: Dragan from Death is Just a Game and Liviana from Freedom is Just a Dream.
20	%% * AlphaBitch: Whimsical. Also, all four female District 1 tributes.
21	%% * AmbiguousGender: One of Sabine's prep team members, and Traxxton's stylist.
22	%% * AnalogyBackfire: This exchange in Freedom.
23	-->'''Diana:''' I look like Dragan from two years ago.\
24	'''Amethyst:''' Yeah, that girl really decked him good, she had quite a right hook, and all you got decked with was a tiny little bitty stone.
25	%% * AndIMustScream: "He couldn't move, couldn't talk, but he could still hear her." and "Jewel tried to talk, tried to scream, but it was no use."
26	%% * AndThisIsFor: Three instances, said by different people.
27	%% * AnimalThemeNaming:
28	%% * Leo and Rex Long.
29	%% * Also, all of Roan's girlfriends are named after animals.
30	%% * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: A lot of them.
31	%% * AntiHero: [[spoiler:Sadie]] gradually morphs from a Type II into a Type IV during the Games.
32	%% * ApologeticAttacker: Louka in the second-to-last chapter of ''Fear''.
33	%% * AudienceMurmurs: Happens after Emily mentions her brother during her interview.
34	%% * AxCrazy: There's at least one in all 4 Games, notable examples being Sarah from the 33rd, Dragan from the 52nd, Aria from the 53rd, and Amira from the 54th. Some of the Careers are like this, too, especially Lenea, Emily, and Diana.
35	* BackForTheDead: Dragan disappears for two chapters during ''Death is Just a Game''. The next chapter he appears in, he dies.
36	%% * BeastandBeauty: Dragan and Emily.
37	%% * BecauseISaidSo: Emily's BerserkButton.
38	%% * BelligerentSexualTension: Traxxton and Emily, Amethyst and Diana, Angelo and Janie.
39	%% * BerserkButton:
40	%% * Never say "because I said so" to Emily if you'd like to live.
41	%% * Also, Sadie would like to remind you that her name IS NOT SALLY!
42	%% * BettyandVeronica: Jace is the Betty and Angelo is the Veronica.
43	%% * BigBrotherInstinct: Dragan toward Emily, Colten toward his younger sisters, and Angelo toward his sister.
44	%% * BigBrotherWorship: Emily with regard to Dragan, Thorn with regard to Hunter, and Sadie with regards to Jael.
45	%% * BigEater: Amethyst and Aria.
46	%% * BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
47	%% * BigGuyRodeo: Autumn does it to Dragan, and later Anika does it to Marin.
48	* BittersweetEnding:
49	** Obviously, since it's a Hunger Games fanfic, this is the case.
50	** Obviously, most of the named characters are dead, included the tributes are dead from each year, [[spoiler: a Capitol citizen, a Gamemaker, and even the Victor of the 51st Games]]. It is also stated that [[spoiler: Shyla Henley]] has been murdered between stories.
51	** [[spoiler: Rosylin and Colten are killed and turned into an Avox, respectively]]. However, [[spoiler: Flamiken and Delaney survive and reach District Twelve, where they become the canon characters Greasy Sae and Hazelle]].
52	%% * Also, Louka and Lindi are able to get married and live happily with their child.
53	%% * The Halberd family is named for the most effective poleax. And, appropriately, Emily actually uses one at one point.
54	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Liviana (blonde), Amethyst (brunette), and Diana (redhead), the Career girls from Freedom.
55	** Also, from the first story, Lenea (blonde), Sadie (brunette), and Anya (redhead).
56	** And from Fear, we have the Girl Power Alliance: Delaney/Tilly (blonde), Meleana (brunette) and Myrrah and Rosylin (redheads)
57	** Male example: Stelz (blond), Dragan (brunet) and Nemo (redhead), the Career guys from Death. The Careers seem to have a lot of these.
58	* BloodBath: Diana mentions wanting to bathe in blood in chapter 29 of Freedom is Just a Dream.
59	%% * BloodKnight: Many of the Careers.
60	%% * BondVillainStupidity
61	%% * BreakingTheFourthWall: The author often engages in short conversations with one of the tributes at the end of the chapter.
62	%% * BrickJoke:
63	%% * [[spoiler:The "Caesar's mom" comment in ''Freedom''.]]
64	%% * Death is Just a Game, chapter 6: "Better watch it, soon that will be your heart." 10 chapters later, "I told you I was going to get your heart."
65	%% * BrokenBird: Emily, after [[spoiler:her brother died and her other best friend deserted her.]]
66	%% * TheBully: Several background characters.
67	%% * BullyHunter: Dragan, who simultaneously manages to be both this and TheBully.
68	%% * CallForward: The D1 chariot prep in ''Survival''. Almost all of it.
69	%% * CaptainObvious: Seneca Crane gets called exactly this.
70	%% * CarryABigStick: Angelo uses a mace at the beginning of his Games.
71	* CatFight: Given that most of the main characters in the Games are girls, this happens a lot. The fight between Myrrah and Ivexonna toward the end of ''Fear'' actually gets called this. Similarly, the fights between Autumn and Lenea, and between Diana and Amira from the first and third stories are very good examples of this.
72	%% * CheerfulChild: Sadie during Happiness is Just a Memory.
73	%% * ChekhovsGunman: Tilly and Flamiken.
74	%% * ChildHater: Melinoe Halberd doesn't exactly hate children, per se, but she certainly doesn't like raising her son or daughter.
75	%% * Liviana would be a better example, as she's explicitly mentioned to hate babies.
76	%% * ChildrenAreInnocent: Sadie in ''Happiness is Just a Memory''.
77	%% * {{Cliffhanger}}:
78	%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Tilly from ''Death'', Silas from ''Fear'', and both Amethyst and Diana from ''Freedom''.
79	%% * ColdBloodedTorture: The Careers' specialty. Ivexonna and Emily seem to be particularly fond of it. Unfortunately, this backfires on both of them.
80	%% * TheConfidant: Dragan is this to Emily, heck; he's even called this in Emily's point of view chapter of Fear!
81	%% * ContinuityNod:
82	%% * CoolBigSis: Jael Cross.
83	%% * CrapsackWorld: This is the Hunger Games universe, after all.
84	%% * CrazyCatLady: Paisley from Freedom is mentioned as someone who would probably become one of these.
85	%% * CreepyChild: Aria, definitely.
86	%% * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Just about everyone, but especially how [[spoiler:Stelz, Tod, Emily, Diana, Amethyst, and Rex die.]]
87	%% * CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Sadie]], Aria, Diana, and Amira.
88	%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Definitely Meleana.
89	%% * DamselInDistress: Any girl tribute who isn't an ActionGirl is most likely this. Nat Henley from the 52nd Games, Meleana from the 53rd and Nyx from the 54th come to mind.
90	%% * DamselOutOfDistress: Any girl tribute who is an ActionGirl is most likely this.
91	* DarkActionGirl: Lenea, Ivexonna, Amethyst, Tory, Sadie (eventually), Emily, Diana, Tallulah, Liviana, Amira, Sarah, and Aria. Jael was also supposed to be one in her days as a Hunger Games competitor.
92	%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Many of the tributes.
93	* DarkerAndEdgier: The first story starts out as a light and possibly even funny Hunger Games story. Once it gets to the arena, it doesn't hesitate to get darker instantly. From there, each story gets significantly more dark and edgy.
94	%% * DeadlyGame: Well, duh.
95	%% * DeadlyLunge: Happens a lot in the arena.
96	%% * DeadlyPrank: Fret from ''Death is Just a Game'' apparently pulled one.
97	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Mallow. Also Diana, and Fiver from ''Survival''.
98	* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation: Delaney, who is supposed to be dead, impersonates Tilly, who is actually dead.]]
99	* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Rex from the 54th Games is eaten by a sea lion.]] His brother's name is Leo, which means lion.
100	* DeathGlare: Liviana is apparently very good at giving these. The tributes of District 2 also tend to glare at each other an awful lot.
101	%% * ADeathintheLimelight: Many of the chapters of all three stories are like this.
102	%% * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
103	%% * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Whenever any of the Careers (especially the male Careers) die.
104	%% * DeliberatelyCuteChild: Aria.
105	%% * DestinedBystander: Again, Tilly and Flamiken.
106	%% * DiedStandingUp: Silas.
107	%% * DiesWideOpen: Richard.
108	%% * DisneyDeath: Colten, Rosylin, Jael and Dragan (the first time, at least)
109	%% * DisneyVillainDeath: Dragan, although he doesn't die.
110	* DisproportionateRetribution:
111	-->"And he does deserve to die, mother, Dexter pushed Emily around at the playground today."
112	%% * DramatisPersonae: At the beginning of every story in the series.
113	%% * DriventoSuicide: [[spoiler:Mallow. And Emily, which really works if you think about it.]]
114	%% * Also, [[spoiler: Ritch]] in ''Death''.
115	%% * DrivenToVillainy: [[spoiler:Sadie.]]
116	* DualWielding: Diana wields a pair of knives.
117	** Also, both Dragan and Aria are described as having a knife in one hand and a sword in the other at one point.
118	%% * DueToTheDead
119	%% * DuelToTheDeath: Happens so often, you lose count.
120	%% * DyingAlone: [[spoiler:What eventually happens to Diana.]]
121	* DysfunctionalFamily: The Arrwood, Halberd, Maurice, and Meneme families seem to be very dysfunctional. Justified for the first three, as they're from Career districts.
122	%% * EarlyBirdCameo: Myrrah appears briefly in Death, and Diana gets a mention in Fear.
123	%% * EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Flamiken.]]
124	%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The whole Halberd family.
125	* EnemyWithin: One of the tributes from Survival is Just a Maize, Hannah, has this in the form of her evil other personality, Sarah.
126	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Autumn gets one when she [[spoiler:stands up for Nan and challenges the biggest, meanest tribute in the arena.]]
127	%% * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Careers, at least, the more evil ones.
128	%% * EvilGloating: A rather common tactic of the Careers.
129	%% * EvilLaugh: Ivexonna, Dragan, Diana, Sarah and Jael are each noted to have one. Jael's laugh, in particular, is mentioned to scare Sadie very much.
130	%% * EvilRedhead: Rhine, the mean girl from District 8 whom Torrence hated. Also Diana.
131	%% * {{Expy}}: Dragan seems to be an Expy of Drake Merwin from the Literature/{{Gone}} series, mainly because they're both evil guys who enjoy torturing and whose names sound the same.
132	%% * EyeScream: Belle kicks Dragan right in the eye.
133	%% * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sadie]] pulls one midway through ''Death is Just a Game''.
134	%% * FakingTheDead: Delaney and Rosylin.
135	* FauxActionGirl: Anya, Doris, and Amethyst qualify.
136	** First off, Anya does a really good job showing off to the Gamemakers, and thus gets a training score of 8...but once we get to the arena, she does absolutely nothing, makes a point of not killing because "her brothers are watching" and skirts through almost the entire Games before [[spoiler:getting killed off simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]
137	** Doris volunteered for the Games, got a slightly good score of 7, and got into the Career pack, yet she's shown to do hardly anything in the arena, not kill anyone, and get killed off herself fairly early.
138	** Finally, Amethyst volunteers, presents herself as a formidable opponent, gets a good training score, but by the time she gets to the Arena, she alternates between annoying as heck and giggly girly girl. And then she [[spoiler:starts slowly descending into the realm of insanity before dying in agony.]]
139	%% * FieryRedhead: Autumn, Myrrah, and Flamiken. Also, Jace's sister Eileen.
140	%% * FinalGirl: Skylar, Tessa, and Anika.
141	%% * FinishingStomp: Myrrah to Ivexonna.
142	%% * Also, Amira to Amethyst.
143	%% * FirstKiss: Nolan and Mallow's kiss qualifies, as it was both of their first kisses.
144	%% * Same goes for Janie and Angelo's kiss.
145	%% * ForTheEvulz: Dragan's motivation for killing Sadie's kitten.
146	%% * FosterKid: Sabine.
147	%% * FourGirlEnsemble
148	%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble
149	%% * FreudianExcuse
150	%% * FriendlessBackground
151	%% * FriendtoPsychos: Emily. Although she later becomes a psycho herself.
152	* GenderBlenderName: The names of both District 3 tributes in Freedom. Even the Gamemakers aren't quite sure which is which.
153	** Um, Seneca Crane, anyone? The character is in fact male, but the name could easily be used for a female.
154	%% * GirlonGirlisHot: Volouth thinks so.
155	* GirlPosse: Whimsical is mentioned to have one, but her only named evil minions are Sapphire and Diana. Diana later gets dropped from the group because she beat Sapphire to volunteering for the Games.
156	%% * GladiatorGames: In addition to the regular Hunger Games, they apparently have these in District 4.
157	%% * GoodisNotNice: Some of the Careers are like this.
158	%% * GoodScarsEvilScars
159	%% * GranolaGirl: Tessa and Romy.
160	%% * GreyAndGreyMorality: Nobody's really evil in the Arena, not even the Careers.
161	%% * GreyRainOfDepression: In the beginning of Fear's Games.
162	%% * GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Largely averted.
163	%% * HairFlip: Sadie does it after she kills Dragan.
164	%% * {{Hammerspace}}: Evidently, where Ivexonna gets her weapons.
165	%% * HandOrObjectUnderwear: The District 3 tributes in the chariot ride for Freedom.
166	%% * HappilyAdopted: Sabine.
167	%% * HappilyMarried: Louka and Lindi, along with 6 out of the 7 tributes that were released from the arena in Freedom.
168	%% * HatesBeingTouched: Angelo. This changes later on in the story, though.
169	%% * HeartbrokenBadass: Colten and Angelo, and Jewel to a lesser extent (because she wasn't really in love at all). Emily qualifies in the "sibling love" way.
170	%% * HeroicSacrifice: Nat makes one for her brother Colten in both the real and alternate versions of the ending of ''Death is Just a Game''.
171	%% * HeroicSecondWind
172	%% * HiddenDepths
173	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Sadie. Need proof?
174	-->'''Sadie:''' When I was an infant, she picked me up and threw me down the hall, mom wasn't thrilled at all. Then when I was three she tried to drown me in our bathtub at home. When I was seven she locked me in the attic, it was during that really hot bout of summer we had, I almost cooked to death, so yes, you could say we got along swell.
175	%% * HowDareYouDieonMe: Emily's reaction to [[spoiler:her brother's death.]]
176	%% * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Mr. and Mrs. Braxus.
177	%% * TheHunterBecomestheHunted
178	%% * HypocriticalHumor: Belle from the first story says it's not nice to curse. Then she goes ahead and curses anyway.
179	%% * IceQueen: Melinoe Halberd and her daughter Emily. Also Liviana, who even gets called this.
180	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All the chapters in ''Fear'' and ''Freedom'' follow a naming pattern of "To (verb) (article or pronoun) (noun)"
181	%% * IfICantHaveYou: Said nearly word-for-word by Seth in Freedom.
182	* ImprobableAimingSkills: Whenever someone in this series throws a knife or just thrusts one forward, it always lands perfectly on target, right where they wanted it to be.
183	%% * ImprovisedWeapon: Corinne demonstrates the use of a tube of toothpaste as a weapon.
184	%% * IncendiaryExponent: Flamiken sets the 53rd Games Arena on fire.
185	%% * IncestSubtext: Some subtext between Colten and Nat, Colten and Delaney, and Dragan and Emily.
186	* IneffectualDeathThreats: Dragan tells Sadie he's going to kill her. [[spoiler:It...doesn't happen.]] However, [[spoiler:he tells Nan he's going to kill her, and he does.]]
187	* InformedAbility: Sadie is apparently a more-than-competent archer, and she is also very good at tolerating pain. The first thing is never mentioned again, and the second is only mentioned in the span of about three sentences during only one fight and is never used again.
188	%% * InsultBackfire
189	%% * InTheBack: How [[spoiler:Traxxton, Finn, Hunter, and Jewel]] die.
190	* IntoxicationEnsues: Diana and Amethyst seem to be high in chapter 29 of ''Freedom'' because of some suspicious flowers found in the Arena.
191	%% * InWithTheInCrowd: Diana.
192	* IronicEcho:
193	-->[[spoiler:'''Ivy''' (to Louka): You wanna put Jewel out of her misery, or shall I?\
194	'''Jewel''' (to Louka): You wanna put Emily]] out of her misery, or shall I?
195	%% * IShallTauntYou: A preferred tactic of Autumn.
196	%% * ItGetsEasier: Jael says this to Sadie before Sadie goes into the arena.
197	%% * IThinkYouBrokeHim: Said almost word-for-word by one of the Gamemakers.
198	%% * IWasBeatenByAGirl: In the first story, [[spoiler:Stelz gets a stab and a skull-crushing courtesy of Lenea, and Dragan gets a knife through the heart thanks to Sadie.]]
199	%% * JadeColoredGlasses: Terra Rockefeller seems to wear them.
200	%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Angelo, as it turns out.]]
201	%% * KavorkaMan: Roan.
202	%% * KillitWithFire: [[spoiler:How Dori dies.]]
203	%% * KillSteal: Bound to happen during the Games, most often with the Careers.
204	%% * TheKlutz: Meleana.
205	%% * KnifeFight: One happens between Amira and Diana during the bloodbath of ''Freedom''.
206	%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Dragan qualifies.
207	%% * LackofEmpathy: Many of the Career characters.
208	%% * LadyDrunk: Oliviana Faustus and Melinoe Halberd.
209	%% * LadyOfWar: Jael, while not being in the Games anymore, demonstrates she can still kick serious ass when necessary.
210	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: This phrase is used to describe Casey and Nat from the first story, and Traxxton and Emily from the second.
211	%% * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Dragan and Emily seem to be this to each other, if that makes sense.
212	%% * LonersAreFreaks: Emily.
213	%% * LoveatFirstSight: Colten and Casey.
214	%% * LoveTriangle: Colten, Casey and Nat, and later Colten, Rosylin and Delaney.
215	%% * Also, Janie, Jace and Angelo.
216	%% * MeaningfulEcho: "It will be okay."
217	%% * MeaningfulName: A girl named Belle Petals certainly can't be ugly, can she?
218	%% * MeetCute
219	* MenAreTheExpendableGender: In ''Death is Just a Game''; ''11'' out of 12 boys got killed off in the first three days of the Games.[[spoiler:The only other boy ends up winning, though.]]
220	%% * MercyKill: [[spoiler:Tod's and Emily's deaths.]]
221	%% * MomentKiller: Plenty of them, especially with the Official Couples of the stories.
222	%% * MomentOfSilence: After [[spoiler:Nat's and Autumn's deaths.]]
223	* MonsterMisogyny: For some reason, Dragan only attacks, threatens, or kills younger girls. (Except for Hunter)
224	%% * MoralityChain: Emily and Dragan to each other.
225	%% * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Prominent in all three stories. Although in the first two, [[spoiler:males do end up winning.]]
226	%% * MutualKill: [[spoiler:Jace and Angelo]] do this.
227	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Dragan's full name is Dragan Azrael Halberd, which should give an indication that he is not someone to be trifled with.
228	** His parents' names are Vladimir Stanislav and Melinoe Desdemona Halberd. His sister's name, however, is the comparatively nicer Emily Lilith.
229	*** Also, Liviana's last name is Faustus, and Amethyst's last name is Diabla.
230	** Diana's name combines both a name to trust and a name to run away from- Diana Lucrezia Rockefeller. Is it any wonder she goes crazy during the Games?
231	%% * NamesToTrustImmediately
232	%% * NeckSnap: Traxxton to Berk, and Dragan to Sadie's cat.
233	%% * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Skylar to her brother when he's chosen for the Games.
234	%% * NonchalantDodge: Diana does this while fighting Amira.
235	%% * NoodleIncident: Whatever happened the last time the Gamemakers laughed at one of the tributes.
236	* OddNameOut: The Halberd family seems to have a tradition of NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast. The parents are named Vladimir and Melinoe, and their son is named Dragan. Then there's their daughter, who has the decidedly normal and non-evil name of Emily.
237	** Also, Fiver Flynn is the only one in her family who has a numerical name, and the only one named after her birth order. (She's the fifth child out of six) To poke fun at this, her nicknames for her siblings are their birth orders.
238	* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Colten and Casey (before she died), Colten and Rosylin (before she died), Louka and Lindi, Angelo and Janie (before both of them died), Lenea and Ritch (before both of them died).]]
239	* OffWithHisHead: How [[spoiler:Corinne, Autumn, Erli and Rosylin ]] die.
240	%% * {{Ojou}}: Diana, the second type.
241	%% * OneSteveLimit: There are multiple characters in this series that share names with other people in the series.
242	%% * OnlyFriend: Diana to Emily.
243	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Janie's full name is Janette Swartzchild, but everyone just calls her Janie.
244	** Also, Romy from ''Fear'' is never addressed by her full name, Andromeda, in the story.
245	%% * TheOphelia: Amethyst and Diana.
246	%% * ParentalNeglect: The Halberd parents.
247	%% * PassThePopcorn: Somewhat of a RunningGag with the Gamemakers. Thorn also makes a joke relating to this at some point.
248	%% * PayEvilUntoEvil
249	%% * PeacefulinDeath: [[spoiler:Sares and Belle.]]
250	%% * PersonalEffectsReveal: Done at one point in Fear.
251	* PersonAsVerb: To "pull a Ritch" means in this story that you commit suicide because your lover is dead.
252	** Also, a "Trax and Emily relationship" is a relationship between two Careers, sometimes from the same district, sometimes not, and always laden with BelligerentSexualTension.
253	* PerspectiveFlip: In ''Death is Just a Game'', Dragan was portrayed as a vicious amoral psychopath. Fear is Just a Word and Happiness is Just a Memory beg to differ.
254	%% * PluckyComicRelief: Hunter from the 52nd Games, Thorn from the 53rd, and Nolan from the 54th.
255	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle[=/=]DoubleMeaningTitle: The title of chapter 19 of ''Death'', "How to Train Your Dragon". Obviously refers to the movie and book, but also relevant to what happens in the chapter, i.e., [[spoiler:Dragan (who is called a dragon in the chapter) gets killed.]]
256	%% * PrecisionFStrike: Aria in ''Fear''.
257	%% * PreMortemOneLiner: Two particularly awesome ones, spoken by Sadie and Myrrah.
258	%% * PrinceCharmingWannabe: Seth.
259	* ThePromise: Dragan makes one to his sister that he's going to come home to her and always protect her. [[spoiler:This...doesn't work out.]]
260	* PromotionToParent: Natina Henley gets it after her parents both die. Likewise for Autumn's older brother Leo.
261	%% * PsychopathicManchild: Dragan.
262	%% * PsychoticSmirk: Many of the Careers seem to do this a lot.
263	* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
264	-->'''Autumn:''' You! Utter! MONSTER!\
265	'''Tessa:''' I.AM. NOT. A. DOG!\
266	'''Angelo:''' STOP. TALKING. TO. ME!\
267	'''Angelo:''' I. DO. NOT. LIKE. HER.\
268	'''Sabine:''' Never. Ever. Mention. That. Night. Again.
269	%% * PunnyName: Terra Rockefeller, from the stone quarry district.
270	%% * RedOniBlueOni
271	* RedShirt: The "Bloodbath tributes", although some of them become Mauve Shirts like Hunter and Torrence.
272	* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:Angelo and Janie officially start pursuing some kind of relationship in chapter 29 of ''Freedom''.]]
273	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: The Rockefeller family, whose names are Minerva, Vulcan, Diana and Terra.
274	%% * ReluctantWarrior: Louka and Sadie.
275	%% * {{Retirony}}: Deliberately avoided with Louka.
276	%% * {{Revenge}}: A very common theme in this series.
277	%% * RingOfFire
278	%% * [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Happens to Diana and Amethyst via poisonous flowers.]]
279	* SavageWolves: [[spoiler:Diana]] is eaten by a pack of these.
280	%% * SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Janie does exactly this in ''Freedom'''s bloodbath chapter.]]
281	* SayMyName: "MYRRAH!"
282	%% * SeeYouInHell: Jace says something to this effect just before he kills Angelo and Angelo kills him.
283	%% * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Aria.]]
284	%% * [[spoiler:SettleForSibling: Colten, who fell in love with Casey, but then she died, so Colten then fell in love with her sister, Rosylin.]]
285	%% * Shout Out: One of the chapters from ''Death'' is called "How to Train Your Dragon".
286	%% * There's an ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' reference in ''Freedom''.
287	%% * ShirtlessScene: Louka gets one in the penultimate chapter of ''Fear''.
288	%% * SiblingYinYang: Tamiscius and Flamiken, Dragan and Emily.
289	%% * SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Hans and Meleana]] die.
290	%% * SlasherSmile: Emily and Aria smile like this in the bloodbath chapter of Fear.
291	%% * SleevesAreForWimps: Traxxton seems to believe this.
292	%% * SmugSnake: Most of the Careers.
293	%% * TheSnarkKnight: Mallow.
294	%% * TheSociopath: Dragan, full stop.
295	%% * Traxxton and Angelo also count, as well as Castiel. District 2 seems to produce a lot of these.
296	%% * SplitPersonality: Hannah/Sarah from Survival is Just a Maize.
297	%% * StalkerWithACrush: Seth.
298	* StarCrossedLovers: Ritch and Lenea, Colten and Casey, Angelo and Janie, Jace and Janie, and as it turns out,[[spoiler:Colten and Rosylin.]]
299	%% * StayInTheKitchen: Ethen from ''Freedom'' thinks this about girls.
300	%% * StealthInsult: Paisley's dad named a poisonous flower after her.
301	%% * StepfordSmiler: Jael is an implied type C. Diana, on the other hand, is definitely type C.
302	%% * SternChase: One of the plots of ''Freedom is Just a Dream''.
303	%% * StraightGay: Pontus from ''Survival''.
304	%% * StuffBlowingUp: Virus's expertise, and how Aria dies.
305	%% * SwitchingPOV
306	%% * SympatheticMurderer: Nearly everyone.
307	* TakeAThirdOption: Everyone in Panem was rooting for either Jace or Angelo, but [[spoiler:Anika]] won instead.
308	%% * TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Careers in all 3 stories.
309	%% * ThemeTwinNaming: Referenced and mocked in Freedom is Just a Dream.
310	%% * ThatsWhatSheSaid: Mentioned to be a running joke in District 12.
311	%% * Anika says it in chapter 43 of Freedom.
312	%% * TitleDrop: The original title of Death is Just a Game is dropped in chapter 19.
313	%% * TogetherinDeath: Ritch and Lenea.
314	%% * TomboyandGirlyGirl: Sadie and Jael, Anika and Ruby.
315	%% * TroubledFetalPosition
316	%% * TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: There's loads of it, especially in a story like this.
317	%% * Tsundere: Most of the girls, especially the Career girls, are type A.
318	* UnusualEuphemism: The Career characters seem to use "playing with your food" or some variation thereof as a euphemism for "torturing an opponent". This is never really explained.
319	%% * UsedtoBeaSweetKid: Sadie, Aria, Ivexonna, Emily, and Diana.
320	* VagueAge: Almost all of the characters don't have their age mentioned or their age is only mentioned in passing. The tributes are between the ages of 12 and 18, though, and the mentors are most likely older than 18.
321	%% * ValleyGirl: Nolan's sister, Odie.
322	%% * Weaponof Choice:
323	%% * Colten, TheHero of sorts, uses a sword to kill his last opponent in the Arena.
324	%% * Autumn, from the lumber district, and Dragan, being a classic AxCrazy, both use axes.
325	%% * Angelo, the resident Brute of Freedom is Just a Dream, uses a mace during the Games.
326	%% * Liviana, an experienced gladiator-type fighter, uses her bare hands.
327	%% * Jezebel, a morally ambiguous girl, uses a bow and arrows. Sadie does too, but only during training.
328	%% * The District 4 tributes, being from the fishing district, are adept with spears and tridents.
329	%% * Emily uses a halberd at one point, which is appropriate given her last name.
330	%% * Most of the characters use knives.
331	%% * Mallow uses a sling fairly often.
332	%% * WeUsedtoBeFriends: Diana and Emily.
333	%% * WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: Many of the chapters of Fear is Just a Word.
334	%% * WhamLine: [[spoiler:"No. I'm Delaney."]]
335	%% * WhenSheSmiles: Mallow.
336	%% * WhiteSheep: Emily, the only relatively good person in her (mostly) villainous family.
337	* WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler:Sadie, although she turned evil not to get her revenge, but because she got her revenge.]]
338	%% * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes
339	* WideEyedIdealist: Diana Rockefeller. Stands in direct contrast to her sister, who wears JadeColoredGlasses.
340	%% * WillNotBeAVictim: Sadie.
341	* WouldHitAGirl: Dragan, along with most other male Careers, certainly would.
342	** It's even referenced at one point: "Dragan had never been taught that it was rude to hit a girl. And even if he had been taught that, he probably wouldn't care."
343	%% * WriteWhoYouKnow
344	%% * YouHaveNoChancetoSurvive
345	* YouMonster: [[spoiler:Autumn]] says this to [[spoiler:Dragan]] after [[spoiler:he kills Nan.]]
346	-->'''[[spoiler:Autumn]]:''' You monster. You! Utter! MONSTER!

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