Funny / Catching Fire

• When Snow talks to Katniss about the uprisings in the districts, he talks to her about Peeta and Gale. He speaks about them sarcastically as if he’s her teenage friend who knows she lying about the boys she likes:
  How’s the love of your life?. How’s the handsome cousin? (Gale)
• "Then there's Peeta, who will be my partner in this deception, but how do I begin that conversation? Hey, Peeta, remember how I told you I was kind of faking being in love with you? Well, I really need you to forget about that now and act extra in love with me or the president might kill Gale."
• "As far as I can tell, [my prep team] never get[s] up before noon unless there's some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair."
• Katniss at the Capitol banquet during the Victory Tour:
  I act delighted, but I have zero interest in these Capitol people. They are only distractions from the food.
  • In general, Katniss' constant focusing on food, prioritizing it over thinking or talking of strategy and letting plot points and romance drama fly right over her head, is often pretty funny... when and if you forget she's been hungry her entire life.
• Haymitch to Katniss, about Effie, and Katniss and Peeta's impending wedding: "Do you know she asked me if I'd like to give you away? I told her the sooner the better."
• This exchange between Peeta, Prim, Haymitch, and Katniss to cover in front of the Peacekeepers.
  Peacekeeper: May we ask where you've been, Miss Everdeen?
  Katniss: Easier to ask where I haven't been.
  Haymitch: So where haven't you been?
  Katniss: Well, I haven't been talking to the Goat Man about getting Prim's goat pregnant, because someone gave me completely inaccurate information as to where he lives.
  Prim: No, I didn't. I told you exactly.
  Katniss: You said he lives beside the west entrance to the mine.
  Prim: The east entrance.
  Katniss: You distinctly said west, because then I said 'next to the slag heap?' and you said 'yeah'.
  Prim: The slag heap next to the east entrance.
  Katniss: No. When did you say that?
  Haymitch: Last night.
  Peeta: It was definitely the east. I'm sorry, but it's what I've been saying. You don't listen when people talk to you.
  Haymitch: Bet people told you he didn't live there today and you didn't listen again.
  Katniss: Shut up, Haymitch. (Haymitch, Peeta and Prim laugh) Fine. Somebody else can arrange to get the stupid goat knocked up.
  • Peeta, Haymitch, and Prim then proceed to steal the bag of peppermint candy Katniss bought in town and play keep away with it.
    Katniss: None of you deserve candy!
• The Katniss/Haymitch/Peeta banter is often hilarious, even in rather serious situations.
  Peeta: And, Haymitch? We decided we don't want any other allies in the arena.
  Haymitch: Good. Then I won't be responsible for you killing off any of my friends with your stupidity.
  Katniss: That's just what we were thinking.
• Katniss calls Peeta during a snowstorm to see if he got home safely:
  Katniss: Hey, I just wanted to make sure you got home.
  Peeta: Katniss, I live three houses away from you.
• The mention of the killer squirrels during the Second Quarter Quell.
• Due to the condition of the third Quarter Quell, the Reaping was pretty hysterical as Effie reaches into a bowl filled with only one ballot when choosing the female Tribute, and while there were more options for male Tributes, one of them flat out volunteers and renders the choosing pointless.
• The outfits the District 10 Tributes wear to the Chariot Ride before the Quarter Quell. Apparently, stylists are trying to replicate the success of Cinna's flaming outfits. District 10 works on livestock, though, so the tributes are dressed as... cows with flaming belts.
• The Victors screwing with Katniss and Peeta in the Capitol in Catching Fire. There's Finnick's creepy "want a sugar cube?" scene, Johanna stripping off her clothes, and Chaff randomly kissing Katniss, pretty much just to mess with the "star-crossed lovers."
  • Katniss and Peeta's ensuing argument right after is pretty funny too, with Katniss getting all defensive and Peeta trying to calm her down...while still kind of laughing. And then the scene hits some Mood Whiplash...
  • Katniss meeting Finnick for the first time, from him coming up and offering her a sugar cube, to her agreeing to tell Peeta more about it when her "skin stops crawling".
  • Johanna Mason's first appearance in particular, where she's naked in the elevator and casually chatting with Katniss and Peeta.
    • It's even funnier in the movie. The face Katniss makes in that scene is just hilarious to look at.
• During the pre-Quell training sequence in Catching Fire, Katniss remarks that the District 3 tributes are "a little strange," but is confident that they won't pull any crazy stunts like Johanna's post-Opening Ceremony striptease. The very next paragraph, as Katniss is looking around the Training Center for other things to try:
  Johanna Mason is naked again and oiling her skin down for a wrestling lesson. I decide to stay put.
• In training, Finnick makes a noose and mock hangs himself to try and make Katniss laugh. She rolls her eyes and goes over to the fire-building station.
  • Becomes less funny in light of Mockingjay: Finnick was killed by mutts ripping off his head. Decapitation can occur in botched hangings.
• During training for the Quell:
  Katniss: Great. Now I have to go back and tell Haymitch I want an eighty-year-old and Nuts and Volts for my allies. He'll love that.
  • And in the same vein, a little later:
    Katniss: (shrugs) But I don't want Brutus. I want Mags and District Three.
    Haymitch: Of course you do.
    (Haymitch sighs and orders a bottle of wine)
    Haymitch: I'll just tell everybody you're still making up your mind.
• The victors joking at lunch about trolling the Gamemakers during their private sessions later by singing, stripping, telling jokes, and in Mags' case, napping.
• "I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane's name on it."
• "...if it weren't for the baby"... Peeta, you did it again! Not only trumping his surprise from the previous year, but also completely unsuspected since he played the "we're already married"-card moments before. Doubles as a Moment of Awesome, with Peeta having mastered audience manipulation, and this being the drop that sends everyone off the deep end.
• Another smartass moment:
  Finnick: Where did you learn [to swim] in District 12?
  Katniss: We have a big bathtub.
  • Also note, this was being said while he was pointing his trident at her, and she was pointing a loaded bow at him. Which just makes if funnier.
• Following a dramatic moment:
  Peeta: Careful... There's a forcefield up ahead.
• Katniss spent her first Games thirsty and terrified, while Haymitch screwed around with her sponsorship gifts in order to reinforce what she's doing right and discourage what she'd doing wrong. In her second games, she's not having it.
  Katniss: Hey, Haymitch, if you're not too drunk, we could use a little something for our skin. *parachute promptly descends and lands on her open palm*
• After Katniss and Finnick observe how awful their newly-received salve makes them look, they agree to wake Peeta with both of their faces right in front of his and go into uncontrollable fits of laughter at his startled reaction and subsequent efforts at looking disdainful.
  "Hey, Finnick, come on in! We figured out how to make you pretty again!"
• The conversations that ensue over the skin ointment:
  Finnick: It's like you're decomposing.
  Katniss: Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven't looked pretty?
  Finnick: It must be. The sensation's completely new. How have you managed it all these years?
  Katniss: Just avoid mirrors. You'll forget about it.
  Finnick: Not if I keep looking at you.
• Finnick recognizing a distant, bright red thing as Johanna by how angry it is.
  The dragger stamps the ground in frustration and, in an apparent fit of temper, turns and shoves the circling, deranged one over.
  Finnick's face lights up. "Johanna!" he calls, and runs for the red things.
  • Later, Finnick tossing Johanna over his shoulder and dunking her in the ocean repeatedly until she stops screaming insults at Katniss.
• While it's not as funny a moment later, because she's dead, Wiress' walking around in circles muttering "tick, tock" is pretty funny. Plus how fed up Johanna is with her.
• The joke about "coal turning to pearls" from the first book is called back, when Peeta finds a pearl in an oyster and repeats the line. Finnick, who's been teaching them to dig for oysters, isn't in on the joke:
  Finnick: (dismissively) No, it doesn't.
• Katniss thinking about the possibility of killing her allies during the Quarter Quell:
  Johanna, frankly, I could easily kill if it came down to protecting Peeta. Or maybe even just to shut her up.
• When Peeta is trying to get Katniss to remember that they interview family members at the final eight, and Peeta asks her "What happens at the Final 8?", she responds, "Seven more of us die."
• This line:
  Haymitch: So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why you don't make the plans!