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o Her Games took place in a swampland.

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o * BubblegloopSwamp: Her Games took place in a swampland.
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* DropTheHammer: His main weapon was a war hammer during his Games, and he did great work smashing other tributes' skulls and taking off their heads.
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* TheCreon: Bronze Marley has no official position in the Capitol hierarchy and, as a district-born citizen, is ineligible for the presidency, but he is President Snow's closest and longest-lasting advisor and has no greater ambition than to wallow in luxuries whenever Snow doesn't need him. It's likely that Bronze's district citizenship and lack of an official title are the reasons for this stability: he and Snow both know that Bronze couldn't threaten to supplant Snow even if he wanted more power (and the cumbersome responsibility that comes with it).

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* TheCreon: Bronze Marley has no official position in the Capitol hierarchy and, as a district-born citizen, is ineligible for the presidency, but he is President Snow's closest and longest-lasting advisor and has no greater ambition than to wallow in luxuries whenever Snow doesn't need him. It's likely that Bronze's district citizenship and lack of an official title are the reasons for this stability: he and Snow both know that Bronze couldn't threaten to supplant Snow without a ridiculously complicated and difficult effort for a job Bronze probably wouldn’t even if he wanted more power (and enjoy (given the cumbersome responsibility that comes with it).it when he already has plenty of luxuries).
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* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: If she had been found before the Victor Party, she would've tied the vote for the Capitol Games.]]

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* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: If she had been found before the Victor Party, she would've tied the vote for the Capitol Games.]]



* ForWantOfANail: His victory allowed a Capitolian mother to pay for her daughter's cancer treatment. Said girl was Effie Trinket, who would grow up and become the escort for District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games, where the reaping would lead to Katniss and Peeta becoming tributes, setting in motion a historic victory that would fan the sparks of rebellion.

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* ForWantOfANail: His victory allowed a Capitolian mother to pay for her daughter's cancer treatment. Said girl was Effie Trinket, who would grow up and become the escort for District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games, where the reaping would lead to Katniss and Peeta becoming tributes, setting in motion a historic victory that would fan the sparks of rebellion.



* ForWantOfANail: Helped a little boy from Twelve on his Victory Tour who turned out to be Katniss' grandfather.

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* ForWantOfANail: Helped a little boy from Twelve on his Victory Tour who turned out to be Katniss' grandfather.
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* TheCreon: Bronze Marley has no official position in the Capitol hierarchy and, as a district-born citizen, is ineligible for the presidency, but he is President Snow's closest and longest-lasting advisor and has no greater ambition than to wallow in luxuries whenever Snow doesn't need him. It's likely that Bronze's district citizenship and lack of an official title are the reasons for this stability: he and Snow both know that Bronze couldn't threaten to supplant Snow even if he wanted more power (and the cumbersome responsibility that comes with it).

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!!Treasure Romantic, Dreamer Luna, Ramesses Firebird, and Fantastic Tzar (50th Hunger Games)
* AMoltenDateWithDeath: The lava consumes Dreamer after she trips during the volcanic eruption.
* OCStandIn: Treasure is the District One girl who dies from Haymitch's force field trick.



* EmotionlessGirl: Pearl does not get a reaction from killing other tributes during the Games, [[spoiler:Park (the District Three girl) committing suicide in front of her]], or the siren mutts attacking her allies. [[spoiler:Subverted near the end of the Games where she screams and feels afraid after a siren mutt claws her]].

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* EmotionlessGirl: Pearl does not get a reaction from killing other tributes during the Games, [[spoiler:Park [[spoiler: Ratchet Park (the District Three girl) committing suicide in front of her]], or the siren mutts attacking her allies. [[spoiler:Subverted near the end of the Games where she screams and feels afraid after a siren mutt claws her]].

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Triumph got stuck to tree sap and in trying to free himself ''ripped off his own face''.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: !!Candy Spicer and Triumph got stuck Washington (40th Hunger Games)
* CruelAndUnusualDeath:
** Triumph's face sticks
to Lammy's tree sap and in trap. His face rips off while trying to free himself ''ripped off himself.
** Candy is burned alive in the cornucopia.

!!Shine Rares and Midas Battalion (42nd Hunger Games)
* TheAce: Midas is described to make the social rules in
his own face''. district's training academy.
* AcidAttack: Spool throws acid at Shine, where it dissolves her face and throat.



* InterclassFriendship: Averted. While Midas's family comes from the ruby mines and Shine is a noble, Shine can't stand Midas in-arena because of his overbearing personality.



* OCStandIn: In ''Literature/CatchingFire'', Katniss and Peeta notices that the tribute placing fourth in the 50th Hunger Games died from combat. Rod is that tribute where he is decapitated by Patric from District Eight.

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* OCStandIn: In ''Literature/CatchingFire'', Katniss and Peeta notices notice that the tribute placing fourth in the 50th Hunger Games died from combat. Rod is that tribute where he is decapitated by Patric from District Eight.

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!!Starboard Neverland and Shipwreck Fischbach (42nd Hunger Games)
* MeaningfulName: Shipwreck's last name means "fish stream" in German.
* MercyKill: Getafix slashes the back of Starboard's neck after she falls into the acid river and pleads for a mercy kill.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Starboard volunteers so she can get the funding to ensure her dad can walk again.
* PaedoHunt: Implied with Shipwreck. He is described to "like and love them younger". He knows a friend who can source people who can "satisfy his desires" and "could hardly wait".
* SlainInTheirSleep: Subverted. 30 minutes after going to sleep, Shipwreck wakes up to a slashed throat and sees Spool before choking on his own blood.



* OCStandIn: In {{CatchingFire}}, Katniss and Peeta notices that the tribute placing fourth in the 50th Hunger Games died from combat. Rod is that tribute where he is decapitated by Patric from District Eight.

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* OCStandIn: In {{CatchingFire}}, ''Literature/CatchingFire'', Katniss and Peeta notices that the tribute placing fourth in the 50th Hunger Games died from combat. Rod is that tribute where he is decapitated by Patric from District Eight.


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!!Urchin (74th Hunger Games)
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Urchin is Finnick's nephew.
* VoteEarlyVoteOften: Implied. It's not unusual for relatives of victors (such as Urchin) to enter the arena.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Urchin does not survive the bloodbath.
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!!Wave "Knifey" Igliak and Pearl "Punchy" Pinto (28th Hunger Games)
* AlliterativeName: '''P'''earl '''P'''into.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Pearl's trivia fact is how she cannot stand sushi despite coming from District Four.
* EmotionlessGirl: Pearl does not get a reaction from killing other tributes during the Games, [[spoiler:Park (the District Three girl) committing suicide in front of her]], or the siren mutts attacking her allies. [[spoiler:Subverted near the end of the Games where she screams and feels afraid after a siren mutt claws her]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Teff kills Wave 1 minute and 35 seconds into the bloodbath.

!!Guppy Charles, Beach Pekali, Dylan Keen, and Rod Blacktide (50th Hunger Games)
* DoomedByCanon: It's clear that Haymitch won the Hunger Games, meaning that it's not if they die but when and how.
* OCStandIn: In {{CatchingFire}}, Katniss and Peeta notices that the tribute placing fourth in the 50th Hunger Games died from combat. Rod is that tribute where he is decapitated by Patric from District Eight.
* TheRival: Rod becomes one to Patric from District Eight over who would use the sword training station first.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: She constantly made herself sick by eating poisonous plants out of sheer desperation to evade starvation. After a while, she gained some measure of resistance to their effects, allowing her to fool the career pack into swallowing poison.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''Speak Not the Dead'', Cecelia doesn't make an appearance in the fanfic. But during the post 126th Hunger Games party, Sock says to Beth that "Old Cecelia" says that most Victors don't enjoy attending post-Games parties. Makes sense as the Third Quarter Quell twist did not happen because of Katniss dying in her arena.



* KillTally: At least eight - all six careers and both District 6 tributes.

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* KillTally: At least eight Eight people - all six careers and both District 6 tributes.
* YoungerMentorOlderDisciple: Both of her district's tributes, Button Goose and Pleat Christmas, are fourteen and fifteen respectively.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In ''Speak Not the Dead'', Katniss and Peeta die in the 74th Hunger Games.
** Katniss dies at Cato's hands during the feast.
** Peeta dies from his leg infection.

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[[folder: Sock Northsilk (125th Games Victor)]]
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Twelve when she entered and won her Hunger Games.
* KillTally: At least eight - all six careers and both District 6 tributes.



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[[folder: Fallen Tributes]]Blossom Underwood (98th Games Victor)]]
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Fifteen when she volunteered for her Games to escape her sacrifice.
* CultDefector: Was part of a cult called "Fire Folk". After her cult wanted to sacrifice her for having red hair (an insult to their sun god), she volunteers for the Hunger Games.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Briefly describes her Hunger Games to Beth on the train ride to the Capitol.


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* CultDefector: Beth grew up in "Village" where her parents make her pretend to summon fallen tributes for money. She volunteers for the Hunger Games and exposes her parents' scam in front of Panem.

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* OddFriendship: Calculus and Homer's alliance from the Twelfth Games becomes this, with the omniscient narrator noting that Homer really, truly became fond of her.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Tells Gwenith in his final letter that he saw her as a sister just like how Maisie was to her.

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* KillTally: Eight



* SwitchingPOV: His chapter switches between his POV and Lothar’s.

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* SwitchingPOV: His chapter switches between his POV and Lothar’s.ruthless SerialKiller Lothar, who serves as Ron's final opponent.

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* KillTally: In his original games, seven. In the Quarter Quell, one - Neon.

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* KillTally: In his original games, seven.seven - his final kill being the boy from Five. In the Quarter Quell, one - Neon.



* BreakTheCutie: As she's first sold as a SexSlave to a ''very'' depraved Capitolian, she's obviously on the verge of losing it and only avoids a full-blown breakdown due to Finnick's presence and support.

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As she's first sold as a SexSlave to a ''very'' depraved Capitolian, she's obviously on the verge of losing it and only avoids a full-blown breakdown due to Finnick's presence and support.support.
** Then by the Third Quarter Quell, she loses Bentley to the Games, her parents die during the rebellion, and she’s separated from her sister.

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* BubblegloopSwamp: Her Games took place in a grotesque swamp.



* KillTally: Eleven.

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* KillTally: Eleven. Eleven - The girl from Three, the girl from Ten, the girl from Twelve, the girl from Five, one from Eight, one from Nine, the boy from Eleven (Til), the boy from One (Prince), the girl from Seven, the girl from Four (Reef), and her District Partner (Mercury).



* KillTally: Four.

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* KillTally: Four.Four - The girl from Seven, the girl from Ten (Millie), the boy from Eleven (Rhett), and the girl from One (Beauty)



* KillTally: Two - The boy from One (Marble) and one unknown.
* TheMaze: Her Games took place in a concrete maze.



* BubblegloopSwamp: Her Games took place in a swampland.

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* BubblegloopSwamp: o Her Games took place in a swampland.

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* OCStandIn: The District One male tribute in ''Catching Fire''.

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* OCStandIn: The District One male tribute in ''Catching Fire''.Fire'', the chapter expands on his backstory and why he became a Career.



* HumanNotepad: Honours his lost tributes by tatooing their names on his body. He takes this decision after hearing one Capitolian too much dismissing them as not worth remembering.

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* HumanNotepad: Honours Honors his lost tributes by tatooing their names on his body. He takes this decision after hearing one Capitolian too much dismissing them as not worth remembering.remembering.
* KillTally: Eight.



* SwitchingPOV: His chapter is told from various interactions he had with the previous Victors of Two (plus one from Snow)



* ShiftingSandLand: Her Games took place in a desert with black sand.



* ForegoneConclusion: His Chapter ends during his final match with Lothar, and given how Ron's a Victor, it's clear he won.



* KillTally: Two - The girl from Six and the boy from Three (Lothar).
* TheLostWoods: His games took place in a dark forest with purple mist and fog.



* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Bear. [[spoiler: They ultimately confess their feelings before the Victor Purge fully commences and share a LastKiss as he holds off the forces in the Mentors' Room, which ultimately leads to his death. She comments at the Victor Party she wished they acted on their feelings sooner.]]

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: ShipTease: With Bear. [[spoiler: They ultimately confess their feelings before the Victor Purge fully commences and share a LastKiss as he holds off the forces in the Mentors' Room, which ultimately leads to his death. She comments at the Victor Party she wished they acted on their feelings sooner.]]



* ShipTease: With Gwenith. [[spoiler: They ultimately do confess before his death in the Rebellion.]]



* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Gwenith. [[spoiler: They ultimately do confess before his death in the Rebellion.]]


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* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: Over three decades after he wasn't reaped, he's chosen to be a mentor for the Capitol Games. He's not happy in the least.]]

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* JungleJapes: His Games took place in a large jungle.



* BigDamnHeroes: Saved Crimson in the Second Rebellion when she was about to be raped again ny Brozne.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Saved Crimson in the Second Rebellion when she was about to be raped again ny Brozne.by Bronze.



* ShipperOnDeck: His final letter to Gwenith states he sees her feelings for Bear and hopes they get together someday.



* KillTally: Two.

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* KillTally: Two.Two - the boy from Eight (Needle) and the boy from Seven (Bud).


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* TheUnchosenOne: Chaff wrongfully reaped due to the escort reading the reaping slip wrong, but still won the Games.


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* BigDamnHeroes: Saved Crimson in the Second Rebellion when she was about to be raped again ny Brozne.
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* NoodleIncident: Once ate a thousand eggs for breakfast when Boulder said more than a hundred is dangerous.


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* HiddenDepths: During the Victors Party he's seen playing chess with Beetee, and he's surprisingly good at it.

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