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%% * BladeOnAStick: Jael uses a spear during the one time she actually fights. The District 4 tributes, almost stereotypically given their district's industry, use tridents.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Autumn, being from the lumber district, uses an axe in the Games. Dragan also uses one, but that's because he's AxCrazy.
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%% * IllGirl: Atarah, Jezebel Renn's sister. [[spoiler:She dies.]]
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* %% * Also, all of Roan's girlfriends are named after animals.



* %% * Also, Louka and Lindi are able to get married and live happily with their child.

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* %% * Also, Louka and Lindi are able to get married and live happily with their child.



* %% * The Halberd family is named for the most effective poleax. And, appropriately, Emily actually uses one at one point.

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* AccidentalHug: [[spoiler:Angelo and Janie share one after Janie saves Angelo from falling to his doom.]]
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Anya's death.]]
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Diana gets it after [[spoiler:deserting her previous best friend.]]
* ActionGirl: Nearly all the female tributes.
* ActionSurvivor: Many of the tributes who aren't Careers, outright insane, or Action Girls. Colten is a shining example.
* AerithandBob
* AlcoholicParent: Dragan's, Emily's, Liviana's and Aria's mothers.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The classic nice girl Janie finds herself falling for Angelo, a Blood Knight from District 2, who is the complete opposite of nice.
* AlliterativeName: Berk Boyle, Dusty Dizzer, Fiver Flynn, and Thorn Trappe.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Even women in the distant future, as demonstrated by Janie and Annabel.
* AloofAlly: Dragan from Death is Just a Game and Liviana from Freedom is Just a Dream.
* AlphaBitch: Whimsical. Also, all four female District 1 tributes.
* AmbiguousGender: One of Sabine's prep team members, and Traxxton's stylist.
* AnalogyBackfire: This exchange in Freedom.

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%% * AccidentalHug: [[spoiler:Angelo and Janie share one after Janie saves Angelo from falling to his doom.]]
%% * AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Anya's death.]]
%% * AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Diana gets it after [[spoiler:deserting her previous best friend.]]
%% * ActionGirl: Nearly all the female tributes.
%% * ActionSurvivor: Many of the tributes who aren't Careers, outright insane, or Action Girls. Colten is a shining example.
%% * AerithandBob
%% * AlcoholicParent: Dragan's, Emily's, Liviana's and Aria's mothers.
%% * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The classic nice girl Janie finds herself falling for Angelo, a Blood Knight from District 2, who is the complete opposite of nice.
%% * AlliterativeName: Berk Boyle, Dusty Dizzer, Fiver Flynn, and Thorn Trappe.
%% * AllWomenLoveShoes: Even women in the distant future, as demonstrated by Janie and Annabel.
%% * AloofAlly: Dragan from Death is Just a Game and Liviana from Freedom is Just a Dream.
%% * AlphaBitch: Whimsical. Also, all four female District 1 tributes.
%% * AmbiguousGender: One of Sabine's prep team members, and Traxxton's stylist.
%% * AnalogyBackfire: This exchange in Freedom.



* 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."
* AndThisIsFor: Three instances, said by different people.
* AnimalThemeNaming:
** Leo and Rex Long.
** Also, all of Roan's girlfriends are named after animals.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: A lot of them.
* AntiHero: [[spoiler:Sadie]] gradually morphs from a Type II into a Type IV during the Games.
* ApologeticAttacker: Louka in the second-to-last chapter of ''Fear''.
* AudienceMurmurs: Happens after Emily mentions her brother during her interview.
* 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.

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%% * 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."
%% * AndThisIsFor: Three instances, said by different people.
%% * AnimalThemeNaming:
** *%% * Leo and Rex Long.
** *%% * Also, all of Roan's girlfriends are named after animals.
%% * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: A lot of them.
%% * AntiHero: [[spoiler:Sadie]] gradually morphs from a Type II into a Type IV during the Games.
%% * ApologeticAttacker: Louka in the second-to-last chapter of ''Fear''.
%% * AudienceMurmurs: Happens after Emily mentions her brother during her interview.
%% * 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.



* BeastandBeauty: Dragan and Emily.
* BecauseISaidSo: Emily's BerserkButton.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Traxxton and Emily, Amethyst and Diana, Angelo and Janie.
* BerserkButton:
** Never say "because I said so" to Emily if you'd like to live.
** Also, Sadie would like to remind you that her name IS NOT SALLY!
* BettyandVeronica: Jace is the Betty and Angelo is the Veronica.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Dragan toward Emily, Colten toward his younger sisters, and Angelo toward his sister.
* BigBrotherWorship: Emily with regard to Dragan, Thorn with regard to Hunter, and Sadie with regards to Jael.
* BigEater: Amethyst and Aria.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
* BigGuyRodeo: Autumn does it to Dragan, and later Anika does it to Marin.

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%% * BeastandBeauty: Dragan and Emily.
%% * BecauseISaidSo: Emily's BerserkButton.
%% * BelligerentSexualTension: Traxxton and Emily, Amethyst and Diana, Angelo and Janie.
%% * BerserkButton:
** %% * Never say "because I said so" to Emily if you'd like to live.
** %% * Also, Sadie would like to remind you that her name IS NOT SALLY!
%% * BettyandVeronica: Jace is the Betty and Angelo is the Veronica.
%% * BigBrotherInstinct: Dragan toward Emily, Colten toward his younger sisters, and Angelo toward his sister.
%% * BigBrotherWorship: Emily with regard to Dragan, Thorn with regard to Hunter, and Sadie with regards to Jael.
%% * BigEater: Amethyst and Aria.
%% * BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
%% * BigGuyRodeo: Autumn does it to Dragan, and later Anika does it to Marin.



** Also, Louka and Lindi are able to get married and live happily with their child.
* BladeOnAStick: Jael uses a spear during the one time she actually fights. The District 4 tributes, almost stereotypically given their district's industry, use tridents.
** The Halberd family is named for the most effective poleax. And, appropriately, Emily actually uses one at one point.

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** *%% * Also, Louka and Lindi are able to get married and live happily with their child.
%% * BladeOnAStick: Jael uses a spear during the one time she actually fights. The District 4 tributes, almost stereotypically given their district's industry, use tridents.
** *%% * The Halberd family is named for the most effective poleax. And, appropriately, Emily actually uses one at one point.



* BloodKnight: Many of the Careers.
* BondVillainStupidity
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The author often engages in short conversations with one of the tributes at the end of the chapter.
* BrickJoke:
** [[spoiler:The "Caesar's mom" comment in ''Freedom''.]]
** 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."
* BrokenBird: Emily, after [[spoiler:her brother died and her other best friend deserted her.]]
* TheBully: Several background characters.
* BullyHunter: Dragan, who simultaneously manages to be both this and TheBully.
* CallForward: The D1 chariot prep in ''Survival''. Almost all of it.
* CaptainObvious: Seneca Crane gets called exactly this.
* CarryABigStick: Angelo uses a mace at the beginning of his Games.

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%% * BloodKnight: Many of the Careers.
%% * BondVillainStupidity
%% * BreakingTheFourthWall: The author often engages in short conversations with one of the tributes at the end of the chapter.
%% * BrickJoke:
** %% * [[spoiler:The "Caesar's mom" comment in ''Freedom''.]]
** %% * 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."
%% * BrokenBird: Emily, after [[spoiler:her brother died and her other best friend deserted her.]]
%% * TheBully: Several background characters.
%% * BullyHunter: Dragan, who simultaneously manages to be both this and TheBully.
%% * CallForward: The D1 chariot prep in ''Survival''. Almost all of it.
%% * CaptainObvious: Seneca Crane gets called exactly this.
%% * CarryABigStick: Angelo uses a mace at the beginning of his Games.



* CheerfulChild: Sadie during Happiness is Just a Memory.
* ChekhovsGunman: Tilly and Flamiken.
* ChildHater: Melinoe Halberd doesn't exactly hate children, per se, but she certainly doesn't like raising her son or daughter.
** Liviana would be a better example, as she's explicitly mentioned to hate babies.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Sadie in ''Happiness is Just a Memory''.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Tilly from ''Death'', Silas from ''Fear'', and both Amethyst and Diana from ''Freedom''.
* ColdBloodedTorture: The Careers' specialty. Ivexonna and Emily seem to be particularly fond of it. Unfortunately, this backfires on both of them.
* TheConfidant: Dragan is this to Emily, heck; he's even called this in Emily's point of view chapter of Fear!
* ContinuityNod:
* CoolBigSis: Jael Cross.
* CrapsackWorld: This is the Hunger Games universe, after all.
* CrazyCatLady: Paisley from Freedom is mentioned as someone who would probably become one of these.
* CreepyChild: Aria, definitely.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Just about everyone, but especially how [[spoiler:Stelz, Tod, Emily, Diana, Amethyst, and Rex die.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Sadie]], Aria, Diana, and Amira.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Definitely Meleana.
* 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.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Any girl tribute who is an ActionGirl is most likely this.

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%% * CheerfulChild: Sadie during Happiness is Just a Memory.
%% * ChekhovsGunman: Tilly and Flamiken.
%% * ChildHater: Melinoe Halberd doesn't exactly hate children, per se, but she certainly doesn't like raising her son or daughter.
** %% * Liviana would be a better example, as she's explicitly mentioned to hate babies.
%% * ChildrenAreInnocent: Sadie in ''Happiness is Just a Memory''.
%% * {{Cliffhanger}}:
%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s: Tilly from ''Death'', Silas from ''Fear'', and both Amethyst and Diana from ''Freedom''.
%% * ColdBloodedTorture: The Careers' specialty. Ivexonna and Emily seem to be particularly fond of it. Unfortunately, this backfires on both of them.
%% * TheConfidant: Dragan is this to Emily, heck; he's even called this in Emily's point of view chapter of Fear!
%% * ContinuityNod:
%% * CoolBigSis: Jael Cross.
%% * CrapsackWorld: This is the Hunger Games universe, after all.
%% * CrazyCatLady: Paisley from Freedom is mentioned as someone who would probably become one of these.
%% * CreepyChild: Aria, definitely.
%% * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Just about everyone, but especially how [[spoiler:Stelz, Tod, Emily, Diana, Amethyst, and Rex die.]]
%% * CuteAndPsycho: [[spoiler:Sadie]], Aria, Diana, and Amira.
%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Definitely Meleana.
%% * 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.
%% * DamselOutOfDistress: Any girl tribute who is an ActionGirl is most likely this.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Many of the tributes.

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%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Many of the tributes.



* DeadlyGame: Well, duh.
* DeadlyLunge: Happens a lot in the arena.
* DeadlyPrank: Fret from ''Death is Just a Game'' apparently pulled one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mallow. Also Diana, and Fiver from ''Survival''.

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%% * DeadlyGame: Well, duh.
%% * DeadlyLunge: Happens a lot in the arena.
%% * DeadlyPrank: Fret from ''Death is Just a Game'' apparently pulled one.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Mallow. Also Diana, and Fiver from ''Survival''.



* ADeathintheLimelight: Many of the chapters of all three stories are like this.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Whenever any of the Careers (especially the male Careers) die.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Aria.
* DestinedBystander: Again, Tilly and Flamiken.
* DiedStandingUp: Silas.
* DiesWideOpen: Richard.
* DisneyDeath: Colten, Rosylin, Jael and Dragan (the first time, at least)
* DisneyVillainDeath: Dragan, although he doesn't die.

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%% * ADeathintheLimelight: Many of the chapters of all three stories are like this.
%% * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
%% * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Whenever any of the Careers (especially the male Careers) die.
%% * DeliberatelyCuteChild: Aria.
%% * DestinedBystander: Again, Tilly and Flamiken.
%% * DiedStandingUp: Silas.
%% * DiesWideOpen: Richard.
%% * DisneyDeath: Colten, Rosylin, Jael and Dragan (the first time, at least)
%% * DisneyVillainDeath: Dragan, although he doesn't die.



* DramatisPersonae: At the beginning of every story in the series.
* DriventoSuicide: [[spoiler:Mallow. And Emily, which really works if you think about it.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Ritch]] in ''Death''.
* DrivenToVillainy: [[spoiler:Sadie.]]

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%% * DramatisPersonae: At the beginning of every story in the series.
%% * DriventoSuicide: [[spoiler:Mallow. And Emily, which really works if you think about it.]]
** %% * Also, [[spoiler: Ritch]] in ''Death''.
%% * DrivenToVillainy: [[spoiler:Sadie.]]



* DueToTheDead
* DuelToTheDeath: Happens so often, you lose count.
* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:What eventually happens to Diana.]]

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%% * DueToTheDead
%% * DuelToTheDeath: Happens so often, you lose count.
%% * DyingAlone: [[spoiler:What eventually happens to Diana.]]



* EarlyBirdCameo: Myrrah appears briefly in Death, and Diana gets a mention in Fear.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Flamiken.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The whole Halberd family.

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%% * EarlyBirdCameo: Myrrah appears briefly in Death, and Diana gets a mention in Fear.
%% * EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Flamiken.]]
%% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The whole Halberd family.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Careers, at least, the more evil ones.
* EvilGloating: A rather common tactic of the Careers.
* 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.
* EvilRedhead: Rhine, the mean girl from District 8 whom Torrence hated. Also Diana.
* {{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.
* EyeScream: Belle kicks Dragan right in the eye.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sadie]] pulls one midway through ''Death is Just a Game''.
* FakingTheDead: Delaney and Rosylin.

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%% * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The Careers, at least, the more evil ones.
%% * EvilGloating: A rather common tactic of the Careers.
%% * 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.
%% * EvilRedhead: Rhine, the mean girl from District 8 whom Torrence hated. Also Diana.
%% * {{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.
%% * EyeScream: Belle kicks Dragan right in the eye.
%% * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sadie]] pulls one midway through ''Death is Just a Game''.
%% * FakingTheDead: Delaney and Rosylin.



* FieryRedhead: Autumn, Myrrah, and Flamiken. Also, Jace's sister Eileen.
* FinalGirl: Skylar, Tessa, and Anika.
* FinishingStomp: Myrrah to Ivexonna.
** Also, Amira to Amethyst.
* FirstKiss: Nolan and Mallow's kiss qualifies, as it was both of their first kisses.
** Same goes for Janie and Angelo's kiss.
* ForTheEvulz: Dragan's motivation for killing Sadie's kitten.
* FosterKid: Sabine.
* FourGirlEnsemble
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
* FreudianExcuse
* FriendlessBackground
* FriendtoPsychos: Emily. Although she later becomes a psycho herself.

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%% * FieryRedhead: Autumn, Myrrah, and Flamiken. Also, Jace's sister Eileen.
%% * FinalGirl: Skylar, Tessa, and Anika.
%% * FinishingStomp: Myrrah to Ivexonna.
** %% * Also, Amira to Amethyst.
%% * FirstKiss: Nolan and Mallow's kiss qualifies, as it was both of their first kisses.
** %% * Same goes for Janie and Angelo's kiss.
%% * ForTheEvulz: Dragan's motivation for killing Sadie's kitten.
%% * FosterKid: Sabine.
%% * FourGirlEnsemble
%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble
%% * FreudianExcuse
%% * FriendlessBackground
%% * FriendtoPsychos: Emily. Although she later becomes a psycho herself.



* GirlonGirlisHot: Volouth thinks so.

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%% * GirlonGirlisHot: Volouth thinks so.



* GladiatorGames: In addition to the regular Hunger Games, they apparently have these in District 4.
* GoodisNotNice: Some of the Careers are like this.
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* GranolaGirl: Tessa and Romy.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: Nobody's really evil in the Arena, not even the Careers.
* GreyRainOfDepression: In the beginning of Fear's Games.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Largely averted.
* HairFlip: Sadie does it after she kills Dragan.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Evidently, where Ivexonna gets her weapons.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: The District 3 tributes in the chariot ride for Freedom.
* HappilyAdopted: Sabine.
* HappilyMarried: Louka and Lindi, along with 6 out of the 7 tributes that were released from the arena in Freedom.
* HatesBeingTouched: Angelo. This changes later on in the story, though.
* 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.
* HeroicSacrifice: Nat makes one for her brother Colten in both the real and alternate versions of the ending of ''Death is Just a Game''.
* HeroicSecondWind
* HiddenDepths

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%% * GladiatorGames: In addition to the regular Hunger Games, they apparently have these in District 4.
%% * GoodisNotNice: Some of the Careers are like this.
%% * GoodScarsEvilScars
%% * GranolaGirl: Tessa and Romy.
%% * GreyAndGreyMorality: Nobody's really evil in the Arena, not even the Careers.
%% * GreyRainOfDepression: In the beginning of Fear's Games.
%% * GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Largely averted.
%% * HairFlip: Sadie does it after she kills Dragan.
%% * {{Hammerspace}}: Evidently, where Ivexonna gets her weapons.
%% * HandOrObjectUnderwear: The District 3 tributes in the chariot ride for Freedom.
%% * HappilyAdopted: Sabine.
%% * HappilyMarried: Louka and Lindi, along with 6 out of the 7 tributes that were released from the arena in Freedom.
%% * HatesBeingTouched: Angelo. This changes later on in the story, though.
%% * 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.
%% * HeroicSacrifice: Nat makes one for her brother Colten in both the real and alternate versions of the ending of ''Death is Just a Game''.
%% * HeroicSecondWind
%% * HiddenDepths



* HowDareYouDieonMe: Emily's reaction to [[spoiler:her brother's death.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Mr. and Mrs. Braxus.
* TheHunterBecomestheHunted
* HypocriticalHumor: Belle from the first story says it's not nice to curse. Then she goes ahead and curses anyway.
* IceQueen: Melinoe Halberd and her daughter Emily. Also Liviana, who even gets called this.

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%% * HowDareYouDieonMe: Emily's reaction to [[spoiler:her brother's death.]]
%% * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Mr. and Mrs. Braxus.
%% * TheHunterBecomestheHunted
%% * HypocriticalHumor: Belle from the first story says it's not nice to curse. Then she goes ahead and curses anyway.
%% * IceQueen: Melinoe Halberd and her daughter Emily. Also Liviana, who even gets called this.



* IfICantHaveYou: Said nearly word-for-word by Seth in Freedom.
* IllGirl: Atarah, Jezebel Renn's sister. [[spoiler:She dies.]]

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%% * IfICantHaveYou: Said nearly word-for-word by Seth in Freedom.
%% * IllGirl: Atarah, Jezebel Renn's sister. [[spoiler:She dies.]]



* ImprovisedWeapon: Corinne demonstrates the use of a tube of toothpaste as a weapon.
* IncendiaryExponent: Flamiken sets the 53rd Games Arena on fire.
* IncestSubtext: Some subtext between Colten and Nat, Colten and Delaney, and Dragan and Emily.

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%% * ImprovisedWeapon: Corinne demonstrates the use of a tube of toothpaste as a weapon.
%% * IncendiaryExponent: Flamiken sets the 53rd Games Arena on fire.
%% * IncestSubtext: Some subtext between Colten and Nat, Colten and Delaney, and Dragan and Emily.



* InsultBackfire
* InTheBack: How [[spoiler:Traxxton, Finn, Hunter, and Jewel]] die.

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%% * InsultBackfire
%% * InTheBack: How [[spoiler:Traxxton, Finn, Hunter, and Jewel]] die.



* InWithTheInCrowd: Diana.

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%% * InWithTheInCrowd: Diana.



* IShallTauntYou: A preferred tactic of Autumn.
* ItGetsEasier: Jael says this to Sadie before Sadie goes into the arena.
* IThinkYouBrokeHim: Said almost word-for-word by one of the Gamemakers.
* 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.]]
* JadeColoredGlasses: Terra Rockefeller seems to wear them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Angelo, as it turns out.]]
* KavorkaMan: Roan.
* KillitWithFire: [[spoiler:How Dori dies.]]
* KillSteal: Bound to happen during the Games, most often with the Careers.
* TheKlutz: Meleana.
* KnifeFight: One happens between Amira and Diana during the bloodbath of ''Freedom''.
* KnifeNut: [[spoiler:Sadie, after her FaceHeelTurn.]] Also Ivexonna, Emily and Diana.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Dragan qualifies.
* LackofEmpathy: Many of the Career characters.
* LadyDrunk: Oliviana Faustus and Melinoe Halberd.
* LadyOfWar: Jael, while not being in the Games anymore, demonstrates she can still kick serious ass when necessary.

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%% * IShallTauntYou: A preferred tactic of Autumn.
%% * ItGetsEasier: Jael says this to Sadie before Sadie goes into the arena.
%% * IThinkYouBrokeHim: Said almost word-for-word by one of the Gamemakers.
%% * 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.]]
%% * JadeColoredGlasses: Terra Rockefeller seems to wear them.
%% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Angelo, as it turns out.]]
%% * KavorkaMan: Roan.
%% * KillitWithFire: [[spoiler:How Dori dies.]]
%% * KillSteal: Bound to happen during the Games, most often with the Careers.
%% * TheKlutz: Meleana.
%% * KnifeFight: One happens between Amira and Diana during the bloodbath of ''Freedom''.
* KnifeNut: [[spoiler:Sadie, after her FaceHeelTurn.]] Also Ivexonna, Emily and Diana.
%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Dragan qualifies.
%% * LackofEmpathy: Many of the Career characters.
%% * LadyDrunk: Oliviana Faustus and Melinoe Halberd.
%% * LadyOfWar: Jael, while not being in the Games anymore, demonstrates she can still kick serious ass when necessary.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Dragan and Emily seem to be this to each other, if that makes sense.
* LonersAreFreaks: Emily.
* LoveatFirstSight: Colten and Casey.
* LoveTriangle: Colten, Casey and Nat, and later Colten, Rosylin and Delaney.
** Also, Janie, Jace and Angelo.
* MeaningfulEcho: "It will be okay."
* MeaningfulName: A girl named Belle Petals certainly can't be ugly, can she?
* MeetCute

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%% * LivingEmotionalCrutch: Dragan and Emily seem to be this to each other, if that makes sense.
%% * LonersAreFreaks: Emily.
%% * LoveatFirstSight: Colten and Casey.
%% * LoveTriangle: Colten, Casey and Nat, and later Colten, Rosylin and Delaney.
** %% * Also, Janie, Jace and Angelo.
%% * MeaningfulEcho: "It will be okay."
%% * MeaningfulName: A girl named Belle Petals certainly can't be ugly, can she?
%% * MeetCute



* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Tod's and Emily's deaths.]]
* MomentKiller: Plenty of them, especially with the Official Couples of the stories.
* MomentOfSilence: After [[spoiler:Nat's and Autumn's deaths.]]

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%% * MercyKill: [[spoiler:Tod's and Emily's deaths.]]
%% * MomentKiller: Plenty of them, especially with the Official Couples of the stories.
%% * MomentOfSilence: After [[spoiler:Nat's and Autumn's deaths.]]



* MoralityChain: Emily and Dragan to each other.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Prominent in all three stories. Although in the first two, [[spoiler:males do end up winning.]]
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:Jace and Angelo]] do this.

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%% * MoralityChain: Emily and Dragan to each other.
%% * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Prominent in all three stories. Although in the first two, [[spoiler:males do end up winning.]]
%% * MutualKill: [[spoiler:Jace and Angelo]] do this.



* NamesToTrustImmediately
* NeckSnap: Traxxton to Berk, and Dragan to Sadie's cat.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Skylar to her brother when he's chosen for the Games.
* NonchalantDodge: Diana does this while fighting Amira.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened the last time the Gamemakers laughed at one of the tributes.

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%% * NamesToTrustImmediately
%% * NeckSnap: Traxxton to Berk, and Dragan to Sadie's cat.
%% * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Skylar to her brother when he's chosen for the Games.
%% * NonchalantDodge: Diana does this while fighting Amira.
%% * NoodleIncident: Whatever happened the last time the Gamemakers laughed at one of the tributes.



* {{Ojou}}: Diana, the second type.
* OneSteveLimit: There are multiple characters in this series that share names with other people in the series.
* OnlyFriend: Diana to Emily.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Janie's full name is Janette Swartzchild, but everyone just calls her Janie.

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%% * {{Ojou}}: Diana, the second type.
%% * OneSteveLimit: There are multiple characters in this series that share names with other people in the series.
%% * OnlyFriend: Diana to Emily.
Emily.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Janie's full name is Janette Swartzchild, but everyone just calls her Janie.



* TheOphelia: Amethyst and Diana.
* ParentalNeglect: The Halberd parents.
* PassThePopcorn: Somewhat of a RunningGag with the Gamemakers. Thorn also makes a joke relating to this at some point.
* PayEvilUntoEvil
* PeacefulinDeath: [[spoiler:Sares and Belle.]]
* PersonalEffectsReveal: Done at one point in Fear.

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%% * TheOphelia: Amethyst and Diana.
%% * ParentalNeglect: The Halberd parents.
%% * PassThePopcorn: Somewhat of a RunningGag with the Gamemakers. Thorn also makes a joke relating to this at some point.
%% * PayEvilUntoEvil
%% * PeacefulinDeath: [[spoiler:Sares and Belle.]]
%% * PersonalEffectsReveal: Done at one point in Fear.



* PluckyComicRelief: Hunter from the 52nd Games, Thorn from the 53rd, and Nolan from the 54th.

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%% * PluckyComicRelief: Hunter from the 52nd Games, Thorn from the 53rd, and Nolan from the 54th.



* PrecisionFStrike: Aria in ''Fear''.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Two particularly awesome ones, spoken by Sadie and Myrrah.
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: Seth.

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%% * PrecisionFStrike: Aria in ''Fear''.
%% * PreMortemOneLiner: Two particularly awesome ones, spoken by Sadie and Myrrah.
%% * PrinceCharmingWannabe: Seth.



* PsychopathicManchild: Dragan.
* PsychoticSmirk: Many of the Careers seem to do this a lot.

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%% * PsychopathicManchild: Dragan.
%% * PsychoticSmirk: Many of the Careers seem to do this a lot.



* PunnyName: Terra Rockefeller, from the stone quarry district.
* RedOniBlueOni

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%% * PunnyName: Terra Rockefeller, from the stone quarry district.
%% * RedOniBlueOni



* ReluctantWarrior: Louka and Sadie.
* {{Retirony}}: Deliberately avoided with Louka.
* {{Revenge}}: A very common theme in this series.
* RingOfFire
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Happens to Diana and Amethyst via poisonous flowers.]]

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%% * ReluctantWarrior: Louka and Sadie.
%% * {{Retirony}}: Deliberately avoided with Louka.
%% * {{Revenge}}: A very common theme in this series.
%% * RingOfFire
%% * [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Happens to Diana and Amethyst via poisonous flowers.]]



* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Janie does exactly this in ''Freedom'''s bloodbath chapter.]]

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%% * SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Janie does exactly this in ''Freedom'''s bloodbath chapter.]]



* SeeYouInHell: Jace says something to this effect just before he kills Angelo and Angelo kills him.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Aria.]]
* [[spoiler:SettleForSibling: Colten, who fell in love with Casey, but then she died, so Colten then fell in love with her sister, Rosylin.]]
* ShoutOut: One of the chapters from ''Death'' is called "How to Train Your Dragon".
** There's an ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' reference in ''Freedom''.
* ShirtlessScene: Louka gets one in the penultimate chapter of ''Fear''.
* SiblingYinYang: Tamiscius and Flamiken, Dragan and Emily.
* SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Hans and Meleana]] die.
* SlasherSmile: Emily and Aria smile like this in the bloodbath chapter of Fear.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Traxxton seems to believe this.
* SmugSnake: Most of the Careers.
* TheSnarkKnight: Mallow.
* TheSociopath: Dragan, full stop.
** Traxxton and Angelo also count, as well as Castiel. District 2 seems to produce a lot of these.
* SplitPersonality: Hannah/Sarah from Survival is Just a Maize.
* StalkerWithACrush: Seth.

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%% * SeeYouInHell: Jace says something to this effect just before he kills Angelo and Angelo kills him.
%% * SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Aria.]]
%% * [[spoiler:SettleForSibling: Colten, who fell in love with Casey, but then she died, so Colten then fell in love with her sister, Rosylin.]]
%% * ShoutOut: Shout Out: One of the chapters from ''Death'' is called "How to Train Your Dragon".
** %% * There's an ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' reference in ''Freedom''.
%% * ShirtlessScene: Louka gets one in the penultimate chapter of ''Fear''.
%% * SiblingYinYang: Tamiscius and Flamiken, Dragan and Emily.
%% * SlashedThroat: How [[spoiler:Hans and Meleana]] die.
%% * SlasherSmile: Emily and Aria smile like this in the bloodbath chapter of Fear.
%% * SleevesAreForWimps: Traxxton seems to believe this.
%% * SmugSnake: Most of the Careers.
%% * TheSnarkKnight: Mallow.
%% * TheSociopath: Dragan, full stop.
** %% * Traxxton and Angelo also count, as well as Castiel. District 2 seems to produce a lot of these.
%% * SplitPersonality: Hannah/Sarah from Survival is Just a Maize.
%% * StalkerWithACrush: Seth.



* StayInTheKitchen: Ethen from ''Freedom'' thinks this about girls.
* StealthInsult: Paisley's dad named a poisonous flower after her.
* StepfordSmiler: Jael is an implied type C. Diana, on the other hand, is definitely type C.
* SternChase: One of the plots of ''Freedom is Just a Dream''.
* StraightGay: Pontus from ''Survival''.
* StuffBlowingUp: Virus's expertise, and how Aria dies.
* SwitchingPOV
* SympatheticMurderer: Nearly everyone.
* TakeAThirdOption: Everyone in Panem was rooting for either Jace or Angelo, but [[spoiler:Anika]] won instead.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Careers in all 3 stories.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Referenced and mocked in Freedom is Just a Dream.
* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Mentioned to be a running joke in District 12.
** Anika says it in chapter 43 of Freedom.
* TitleDrop: The original title of Death is Just a Game is dropped in chapter 19.
* TogetherinDeath: Ritch and Lenea.
* TomboyandGirlyGirl: Sadie and Jael, Anika and Ruby.
* TroubledFetalPosition
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: There's loads of it, especially in a story like this.
* Tsundere: Most of the girls, especially the Career girls, are type A.

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%% * StayInTheKitchen: Ethen from ''Freedom'' thinks this about girls.
%% * StealthInsult: Paisley's dad named a poisonous flower after her.
%% * StepfordSmiler: Jael is an implied type C. Diana, on the other hand, is definitely type C.
%% * SternChase: One of the plots of ''Freedom is Just a Dream''.
%% * StraightGay: Pontus from ''Survival''.
%% * StuffBlowingUp: Virus's expertise, and how Aria dies.
%% * SwitchingPOV
%% * SympatheticMurderer: Nearly everyone.
everyone.
* TakeAThirdOption: Everyone in Panem was rooting for either Jace or Angelo, but [[spoiler:Anika]] won instead.
%% * TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Careers in all 3 stories.
%% * ThemeTwinNaming: Referenced and mocked in Freedom is Just a Dream.
%% * ThatsWhatSheSaid: Mentioned to be a running joke in District 12.
** %% * Anika says it in chapter 43 of Freedom.
%% * TitleDrop: The original title of Death is Just a Game is dropped in chapter 19.
%% * TogetherinDeath: Ritch and Lenea.
%% * TomboyandGirlyGirl: Sadie and Jael, Anika and Ruby.
%% * TroubledFetalPosition
%% * TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: There's loads of it, especially in a story like this.
%% * Tsundere: Most of the girls, especially the Career girls, are type A.



* UsedtoBeaSweetKid: Sadie, Aria, Ivexonna, Emily, and Diana.

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%% * UsedtoBeaSweetKid: Sadie, Aria, Ivexonna, Emily, and Diana.



* ValleyGirl: Nolan's sister, Odie.
* WeaponofChoice:
** Colten, TheHero of sorts, uses a sword to kill his last opponent in the Arena.
** Autumn, from the lumber district, and Dragan, being a classic AxCrazy, both use axes.
** Angelo, the resident Brute of Freedom is Just a Dream, uses a mace during the Games.
** Liviana, an experienced gladiator-type fighter, uses her bare hands.
** Jezebel, a morally ambiguous girl, uses a bow and arrows. Sadie does too, but only during training.
** The District 4 tributes, being from the fishing district, are adept with spears and tridents.
** Emily uses a halberd at one point, which is appropriate given her last name.
** Most of the characters use knives.
** Mallow uses a sling fairly often.
* WeUsedtoBeFriends: Diana and Emily.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: Many of the chapters of Fear is Just a Word.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"No. I'm Delaney."]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Mallow.
* WhiteSheep: Emily, the only relatively good person in her (mostly) villainous family.

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%% * ValleyGirl: Nolan's sister, Odie.
%% * WeaponofChoice:
**
Weaponof Choice:
%% *
Colten, TheHero of sorts, uses a sword to kill his last opponent in the Arena.
** %% * Autumn, from the lumber district, and Dragan, being a classic AxCrazy, both use axes.
** %% * Angelo, the resident Brute of Freedom is Just a Dream, uses a mace during the Games.
** %% * Liviana, an experienced gladiator-type fighter, uses her bare hands.
** %% * Jezebel, a morally ambiguous girl, uses a bow and arrows. Sadie does too, but only during training.
** %% * The District 4 tributes, being from the fishing district, are adept with spears and tridents.
** %% * Emily uses a halberd at one point, which is appropriate given her last name.
** %% * Most of the characters use knives.
** %% * Mallow uses a sling fairly often.
%% * WeUsedtoBeFriends: Diana and Emily.
%% * WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: Many of the chapters of Fear is Just a Word.
%% * WhamLine: [[spoiler:"No. I'm Delaney."]]
%% * WhenSheSmiles: Mallow.
%% * WhiteSheep: Emily, the only relatively good person in her (mostly) villainous family.



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes

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%% * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes



* WillNotBeAVictim: Sadie.

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%% * WillNotBeAVictim: Sadie.



* WriteWhoYouKnow
* YouHaveNoChancetoSurvive

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%% * WriteWhoYouKnow
%% * YouHaveNoChancetoSurvive
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Emily and Diana.

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* UnfortunateName: The District 7 mayor has the last name Hardrict, which can easily be changed into...something different.
** Also, Duncan Hiney, Laurant Peddler, and Whimsical Darling. Seriously, WHIMSICAL DARLING? Doesn't help matters that she's the resident co-Libby of District 2.

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