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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: In "''Mockingjay''" [[spoiler:she and Peeta have a sex scene that's so discreet it left many wondering if they had sex at all.]]

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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: In "''Mockingjay''" ''Mockingjay'', [[spoiler:she and Peeta have a sex scene that's so discreet it left many wondering if they had sex at all.]]



* FamilyOfChoice / FoundFamily: In the end [[spoiler: she forms a family with Peeta and Haymitch, as her father and Prim have both died and her mother doesn't return to District 12.]]

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* FamilyOfChoice / FoundFamily: FamilyOfChoice: In the end [[spoiler: she forms a family with Peeta and Haymitch, as her father and Prim have both died and her mother doesn't return to District 12.]]

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

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



* AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Mockingjay'', she'll frequently hide away in closets or storage rooms and end up falling asleep.



* BadLiar: According to Peeta. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin." [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on, when she gradually becomes more effective at fooling people -- starting with Peeta himself in the form of their initial romance, which he believes to be more genuine on her part than it is. In fact, shortly after they have the above conversation, she tricks him into eating sleep syrup.]].
-->''Who can't lie, Peeta?''

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* BadLiar: According to Peeta. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin." [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on, when she gradually becomes more effective at fooling people -- starting with Peeta himself in the form of their initial romance, which he believes to be more genuine on her part than it is. In fact, shortly after they have the above conversation, she tricks him into eating sleep syrup.]].
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* AnOddPlaceToSleep: In ''Mockingjay'', she'll frequently hide away in closets or storage rooms and end up falling asleep.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Subverted. The torture he undergoes makes him initially hostile to Katniss but only out of fear for his own life thanks to capital brainwashing. He never becomes truly evil - his support on television for the capital was always clearly under duress and his bouts of homicidal rage is shown to be outside of his true personality. As the novel goes on, it's clear that the torture has taken its toll on his mind, but with a few weeks of treatment he regains lucidity and can express his anger mostly rationally. What he did lose however was his trademark idealism and his unconditionally loving heart, which emotionally shatters Katniss to learn given how much she valued it. Thankfully he is able to heal over time.]]

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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Subverted.[[spoiler:Subverted. The torture he undergoes makes him initially hostile to Katniss but only out of fear for his own life thanks to capital brainwashing. He never becomes truly evil - -- his support on television for the capital was always clearly under duress and his bouts of homicidal rage is shown to be outside of his true personality. As the novel goes on, it's clear that the torture has taken its toll on his mind, but with a few weeks of treatment he regains lucidity and can express his anger mostly rationally. What he did lose however was his trademark idealism and his unconditionally loving heart, which emotionally shatters Katniss to learn given how much she valued it. Thankfully he is able to heal over time.]]



* TheBerserker: [[spoiler:Becomes this in "Mockingjay" as he has multiple violent outbursts that causes him to attack friend or foe like the berserkers of the old that flew into a rage and could not tell who they were fighting.]]

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* TheBerserker: [[spoiler:Becomes this in "Mockingjay" ''Mockingjay'' as he has multiple violent outbursts that causes him to attack friend or foe like the berserkers of the old that flew into a rage and could not tell who they were fighting.]]



* CatchPhrase: "Real or not real?"

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "Real or not real?"



* CityMouse: Being from District 12's merchant class, he has little in the way of survival skills during the 74th Games, besides his ability to camouflage himself, and is [[WithCatlikeTread really bad at sneaking around.]]

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* CityMouse: Being from District 12's merchant class, he has little in the way of survival skills during the 74th Games, besides his ability to camouflage himself, and is [[WithCatlikeTread really bad at sneaking around.]]around]].



* TheConscience: Katniss tends to place him on a pedestal when it comes to morality, treating him as the ideal embodiment of a person not corrupted by the savagery of the games. She muses that if Peeta knew how to swim he would've tried diplomacy first before immediately jumping to violence during the Quarter Quell, despite hardly knowing the other contestants.[[note]]The other Victors knew each others for years as friends but tragically threw it all aside the moment the gong rang.[[/note]] Later as she begins to ruminate on the morality of [[spoiler: causing an avalanche to bury the soldiers and workers of [[ElaborateUndergroundBase the Nut]] ]]she wishes Peeta was there to articulate why it's wrong her allies. There is some element of UnreliableNarrator at play though, since while Peeta is fairly upstanding and outspokenly noble [[GoodIsNotSoft he's also quite capable of violence]] [[GuileHero and manipulation as the situation requires]].

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* TheConscience: Katniss tends to place him on a pedestal when it comes to morality, treating him as the ideal embodiment of a person not corrupted by the savagery of the games. She muses that if Peeta knew how to swim he would've tried diplomacy first before immediately jumping to violence during the Quarter Quell, despite hardly knowing the other contestants.[[note]]The other Victors knew each others for years as friends but tragically threw it all aside the moment the gong rang.[[/note]] Later Later, as she begins to ruminate on the morality of [[spoiler: causing [[spoiler:causing an avalanche to bury the soldiers and workers of [[ElaborateUndergroundBase the Nut]] ]]she Nut]]]], she wishes Peeta was there to articulate why it's wrong for her allies. allies to do so. There is some element of UnreliableNarrator at play play, though, since while Peeta is fairly upstanding and outspokenly noble [[GoodIsNotSoft noble, he's also quite capable of [[GoodIsNotSoft violence]] and [[GuileHero and manipulation manipulation]] as the situation requires]].requires.



* FamilyOfChoice / FoundFamily: Never seems particularly close with his biological family [[spoiler: even before they were killed in the bombing, but forms a close bond with Katniss and Haymitch, and they rebuild their lives together in District 12.]]

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* FamilyOfChoice / FoundFamily: FamilyOfChoice: Never seems particularly close with his biological family [[spoiler: even [[spoiler:even before they were killed in the bombing, but forms a close bond with Katniss and Haymitch, and they rebuild their lives together in District 12.]]
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* LittleHeroBigWar: Seventeen-year-old RoguishPoacher and GladiatorGames survivor Katniss ends up as a PropagandaHero for the Rebellion against the tyrannical Capitol. She is an excellent HopeBringer who is good at inspiring people and causing the occasional HeelRealization. That said, her impromptu efforts to lead a commando team for a DecapitationStrike on the enemy leader turn into a ShaggyDogStory.
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Spends most of the third book being in talks to get in line with the revolution.

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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Ironically, given that she became the InUniverse MovementMascot. Spends most of the third book being in talks to get in line with the revolution. revolution, the idealism built up across the second book evaporated in wake of the rebels' decision to treat her as an unknowing pawn. She is so bitterly disillusioned that that she considers deserting, but her fear for Peeta's safety and a desire for revenge after walking through the aftermath of District 12's destruction drives her to act as the Revolution's spokesperson. Her actual personal investment in the ideals of the Revolution see-saws throughout the novel, for the most part she alternates between protecting the people she loves and almost being consumed by her desire for revenge.
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* TheConscience: Katniss tends to place him on a pedestal when it comes to morality, treating him as the ideal embodiment of a person not corrupted by the savagery of the games. She muses that if Peeta knew how to swim he would've tried diplomacy first before immediately jumping to violence during the Quarter Quell, despite hardly knowing the other contestants.[[note]]The other Victors knew each others for years as friends but tragically threw it all aside the moment the gong rang.[[/note]] Later as she begins to ruminate on the morality of [[spoiler: causing an avalanche to bury the soldiers and workers of [[ElaborateUndergroundBase the Nut]] ]]she wishes Peeta was there to articulate why it's wrong her allies. There is some element of UnreliableNarrator at play though, since while Peeta is fairly upstanding and outspokenly noble [[GoodIsNotSoft he's also quite capable of violence]] [[GuileHero and manipulation as the situation requires]].
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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Subverted for a point, but ultimately played straight.

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Subverted for a point, but ultimately played straight.straight. Katniss's narration indicates that she prizes his ability to stick to his humanitarian, pacifistic principles in face of the death and desperation the Capitol, the Games and later [[spoiler: the War]] imposes on people. Even severe brainwashing ultimately is incapable of preventing him from ultimately choosing to put the lives of Katniss and his friends in front of his own as well as strongly oppose unjust retribution against the Capitol in the form of [[spoiler: another Hunger Games.]]



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Katniss. After he gets [[spoiler:captured by the Capitol at the end of ''Catching Fire'', Katniss spends the first chunk of ''Mockingjay'' moping.]]

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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Katniss. After he gets [[spoiler:captured by the Capitol at the end of ''Catching Fire'', Katniss spends the first chunk of ''Mockingjay'' moping.]]]] By the end of the series she admits that she needs his hope and compassion to survive, and given some of the things that happen to her during the series it's no exaggeration.
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* HopeBringer: An act that Peeta was completely unaware of at the time but [[spoiler: his giving bread to Katniss in their first encounter restored her will to live when she was on the brink of being a DeathSeeker.]]

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* HopeBringer: An act that Peeta was completely unaware of at the time but [[spoiler: his giving bread to Katniss in their first encounter restored her will to live when she was on the brink of being a DeathSeeker.]]]] Her symbol of hope, throughout the trilogy his wellbeing becomes basically a barometer for Katniss's mental status, especially in Mockingjay where his health is almost directly proportionate to her will to live.

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* BadLiar: According to Peeta. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin." [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on, when she gradually becomes more effective at fooling people -- starting with Peeta himself in the form of their initial romance, which he believes to be more genuine on her part than it is. She also successfully convinces him that she was going to stay away from the dangerous feast]].

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* BadLiar: According to Peeta. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin." [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] later on, when she gradually becomes more effective at fooling people -- starting with Peeta himself in the form of their initial romance, which he believes to be more genuine on her part than it is. She also successfully convinces In fact, shortly after they have the above conversation, she tricks him that she was going to stay away from the dangerous feast]].into eating sleep syrup.]].
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* TheMedic: Ends up defaulting into this role in both games, despite actively avoiding being present when patients are brought to her mother. She's not entirely terrible at it either, correctly guessing the purposes of various medications sent to her and her party as well as doing a reasonably decent job at treating the injuries of Rue, Peeta, Finnick, Beetee, Wiress, and herself.
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* ObliviousToLove: Cannot see that Gale and Peeta clearly love her until they outright state it to her. Even for Peeta, it took some time for her to realize after he blatantly says it.

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* ObliviousToLove: Cannot see that Gale and Peeta clearly love her until they outright state it to her. Even for Peeta, it took some time for her to realize after he blatantly says it.it - she's convinced he's just a really skilled liar pretty much until [[spoiler: he throws away his sword and peacefully accepts his death rather than betray her to survive]]. Even then she's pretty confused, say nothing about her own feelings about both.
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* InformedLoner: Perceives herself as closed off and solitary, with no friends but Gale, her mother (who she's on poor terms with), and her sister at the start of the story. Early on we (and Katniss) come to find out she actually was friends all along with Madge and later learn that she actually has quite a good deal of people rooting for her including her fellow traders at the hob, her customers (including Peacekeepers), various classmates like Delly, and two boys independently have crushes her on.

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* InformedLoner: Perceives herself as closed off and solitary, with no friends but Gale, her mother (who she's on poor terms with), and her sister at the start of the story. Early on we (and Katniss) come to find out she actually was friends all along with Madge and later learn that she actually has quite a good deal of people rooting for her including her fellow traders at the hob, her customers (including Peacekeepers), various classmates like Delly, and two boys independently have crushes her on.on her.



%%* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: To both Peeta and Gale. Peeta eventually calls her on it.

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%%* * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: To both Peeta and Gale. Thanks to her traumatic childhood experiences watching her mother collapse into depression after losing her OneTrueLove in a mine accident and her own fears that love inevitably leads to marriage, children and the possibility of losing them to the reaping, she struggles to understand or comprehend her feelings for both boys. Consequently she has a bad habit of kissing both in moments of intimacy, pushing them away with callous words/actions when they get too close, and blurring the lines between friendship and romance. Peeta eventually calls her on it.it in the third book, calling her a piece of work. Gale likewise dismisses her as a ruthless survivor. The truth is she is not ready for love and would rather be JustFriends with both during the events of the series, something she struggles to articulate amid personal turmoil and external pressures.



%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* MoreHeroThanThou

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* MoreHeroThanThou* MoreHeroThanThou: Gets into one with [[spoiler: Peeta]] in the climax of the first book when it's clear only one can survive, a scenario that gets repeated several times in the rest of the series. Each time, the situation gets more dire [[spoiler: and both insist on taking the bullet for the other. It's not until the ending that Panem is free and the two are able to grow old together.]]

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* IneffectualLoner

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* IneffectualLoner* IneffectualLoner: Her reluctance to work with others has a tendency to backfire (causing others to sideline her from major decisions and stripping her of agency), especially in the extreme media conscious world she ends up pulled into. Thankfully her various friends and allies help her project a more positive image and her genuine moments of compassion help her to move her country.



* InformedLoner: Perceives herself as closed off and solitary, with no friends but Gale, her mother (who she's on poor terms with), and her sister at the start of the story. Early on we (and Katniss) come to find out she actually was friends all along with Madge and later learn that she actually has quite a good deal of people rooting for her including her fellow traders at the hob, her customers (including Peacekeepers), various classmates like Delly, and two boys independently have crushes her on.



%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* KnightInSourArmor

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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* KnightInSourArmor* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler: Becomes Panem's revolutionary hero, the Mockingjay]], but extremely reluctantly. Befitting the series themes of real or not real, Katniss for the most part really only cares about her, her family, and her friends' survival and is basically coerced by circumstances and threats to her loved one's safety into taking action against Panem's tyranny.

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