History Film / TheHungerGamesCatchingFire

* CaliforniaDoubling: UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia is shown doubling for both Panem and for the Districts:

** Effiw's other gift is also intended to be this by Peeta. He requests a locket with Katniss's family (and Gale) so that he can use it to remind her that she's got people to live for where he doesn't.

-->'''Snow's granddaughter:''' Everyone at school wear it like this now, Grandpa.

-->'''Snow's granddaughter:''' This is how Katniss does her hair. All the girls at school wear it like this.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Annie, who is described as having brown hair, has red in the film.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Katniss goes to Haymitch for one after the special rule for the Quarter Quell is announced.

Speaking of not minding, in an interview, Creator/JenaMalone explained that they were filming in a hotel elevator. One "lucky gentleman" with a cup of coffee walked into the elevator in which this scene was being filmed while Jenna was stripping.

** Peeta's lie about Katniss [[spoiler:being pregnant]] in order to gain sympathy is kept in, but is just played as a last-ditch attempt to cancel the Games and is never brought up again after the interview. In the book, Finnick mentions it multiple times in the arena.

** Speaking of "special talents," apparently Peeta demonstrated his painting skills for them, by painting a beautiful portrait of Rue, dead and surrounded by the flowers Katniss placed around her .

->''There's a way we can still win. It's what we Gamemakers like to call a '[[MovingTheGoalposts wrinkle.]][='=]''
-->--Plutarch Heavensbee

''Catching Fire'' (advertised as ''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'') is the second film in the ''[[Film/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' series. Released in 2013.

She is then ordered to help pacify the districts by convincing them that her love for fellow victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is genuine, but when she fails, only cementing her as a symbol of defiance, Snow and the new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) makes preparations for the Third Quarter Quell, which is a special edition of the Hunger Games held every 25 years with a twist in the rules. This year, the Tributes can only be reaped [[DreamTeam from the existing pool of victors]]: Katniss is being forced back into the arena.

* AdaptationalBadass: More of a scene than a particular person, but Katniss' marksmen session during training is described as her just hitting a bunch of clay pigeons in quick succession. In the movie she faces holograms who try to attack her. She dodges each one's attack while hitting each one at the same time.

** Bonnie and Twill, the refugees from District 8 that Katniss meets and tell their theory that District 13 still exists.

** Plutarch showing Katniss his mockingjay clock [[spoiler:to hint that he's part of the rebellion]] is completely dropped. Thus his ClockKing motiff is also dropped.

** Katniss' score of 12 is dropped, probably to not ensure repeats of too many scenes from the first film.

** Katniss and Peeta do not begin researching the past victors after the Quarter Quell is announced.
*** But to make up for this, there ''is'' a scene of Haymitch briefly telling them about some of the victors while watching video of the reapings.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Annie who is described as having brown hair, has red in this.
* AdaptationExpansion: And as with the first film, the transition to film allows a lot more to be shown.

** To show her PTSD without showing nightmares, one scene has Katniss having a flashback of shooting Marvel while shooting a turkey.

* ArcWords: "Remember who the true/real enemy is"!

* AscendedMeme: Effie's love for mahogany gets a brief moment.
** When Katniss [[spoiler: paints former Head Gamemaker]] Seneca Crane's [[spoiler: name on a dummy and hangs it in effigy, she also paints his memetic WeirdBeard]].

--> This is how Katniss does her hair. All the girls at school wear it like this.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: That pool of water certainly was convenient for the make-up department.

* BigBad: President Snow. Though he arguably has a more hands on role this time around.

--> "People are starving in 12. Here they're just... throwing it up so they can stuff more in."

* BloodlessCarnage: Replacing the JitterCam of the first film as a way to keep the PG-13 rating. This becomes almost jarring when the District 11 man is executed offscreen but his body is shown being carried away, with no visible exit wound or blood on the ground from having just been shot point blank in the skull.

-->'''Caesar''': You became everyone's brother and sister. I don't know how we're going to let you go.
-->'''Gloss''': We aren't going by choice.

* ChewingTheScenery: Patrick St. Esprit as Commander Romulus Thread

* DeterminedExpression: Katniss does one while facing the viewer at the end, showing how [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed she is with Snow]] [[spoiler: for destroying District 12.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: The Capitol citizens draw the line at the thought of [[spoiler: a pregnant Katniss being sent into the Games.]] and start demanding that the Games be stopped

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Katniss attempts to shoot [[spoiler: the forcefield]] early in the games. Come the climax...

* HandicappedBadAss: Implied with one of the victors who is missing one hand.

* HeldGaze: Katniss and Peeta, before she leaves with Joanna.

* HeroicSacrifice: Sure, it's pretty obvious that [[spoiler: Mags has exactly zero chance of surviving the Third Quarter Quell]]. Still, there's something to be said for going out on your own terms.

* LoveTriangle: This movie ups the drama between Katniss, Peeta and Gale, much more than the book counterpart. In the book [[spoiler:Katniss is falling for Peeta but confused about how to feel about Gale after he professes his love for her.]] In the movie [[spoiler:scenes were added that imply that Katniss and Gale are in a relationship, while the majority of the scenes that show her budding love for Peeta were removed]].
* MadnessMantra: "Tick tock, tick tock..." In this case, it's brought on by dehydration and provides a vital clue about the arena trap system. [[spoiler:When Wiress' throat is cut, her silence immediately warns the other tributes the Careers are attacking.]]

* MisplacedWildlife: Visible in the heavily forested Arena is a collared lizard. Which lives in the ''desert''.
** Justified, as the Arenas are artificially created environments.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Johanna casually strips down while in an elevator with Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch. Katniss finds it incredibly awkward, Peeta and Haymitch [[MaleGaze don't seem to mind.]]
** Haymitch even says thank you!
*** Speaking of not minding, in an interview, Jenna Malone explained that they were filming in a hotel elevator. One "lucky gentleman" with a cup of coffee walked into the elevator in which this scene was being filmed while Jenna was stripping.

* NeverTrustATrailer: According to one of the trailers, Katniss says 'Go ahead' to the new Head Peacekeeper Thread when he points a gun at her for stepping in during Gale's whipping. In the film, Katniss says this when he threatens to use the whip on her again, to which the gun is the response.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In the opening moments of the Quarter Quell, another tribute pulls Peeta underwater. [[spoiler:Peeta manages to kill him with his bare hands. Particularly impressive given that the tribute would have been an "all experienced killer."]]

** Haymitch does this after Peeta donates a portion of he and Katniss's winnings to the families of fallen tributes in District 11.

** He tries to hide it, but it's pretty obvious this is Caesar Flickerman's reaction as he gradually loses control of the pre-Games interview, culminating with all twenty-four tributes holding hands in solidarity.

** Katniss also gets one at the beginning of the film. After returning from hunting, her mother and Prim cheerfully ask how her walk was. Just before she corrects them, a pair of black-suited men show up, letting Katniss know that she's in trouble.

* PresidentEvil: Well, duh.

* PuttingOnTheReich: The ominous vertical red banners hung all around the Capitol. Also, Panem's coat-of-arms, which is a conflation of with its Francoist arrows and naziesque eagle.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Plutarch, Haymitch, Finnick, Johanna, and several of the other tributes were all operatives of District 13.]]

* SecretTestOfCharacter: This is the idea for putting Katniss back in the games. By forcing her into a situation where she has to ally with others to survive, then ultimately betray them when it comes down to it, her status as a symbol of hope will be trampled.[[spoiler:What Snow doesn't realize is that the opposite is true: when it comes down to it, Katniss gives up an opportunity to kill one of her allies after he uses a phrase Haymitch used, thus further cementing her position.]]

** According to Caesar, President Snow is always right. The leader always being right was the mantra of Boxer in Literature/AnimalFarm.

* StepfordSmiler: Katniss when parading her 'wedding' dress. Also, Katniss and Peeta during the Victory Tour, to show that they're happy and in love victors who are ''not'' trying to provoke rebellion.

-->'''Snow''': That's not possible.

** Snow's granddaughter appears, even though she was only barely mentioned in ''Mockingjay.''

** To show her PTSD without showing nightmares, one scene has Katniss having a flashback of shooting Marvel while shooting a turkey

->''"There's a way we can still win. It's what we Gamemakers like to call a '[[MovingTheGoalposts wrinkle.]]'"''\\
--'''Plutarch Heavensbee'''

** Plutarch showing Katniss his mockingjay clock [[spoiler:to hint that he's part of the rebellion]] is completely dropped.

** We get a lot more of President Snow, including his chats with Plutarch and having breakfast with his granddaughter.

** One deleted scene confirms a fan theory regarding the Quarter Quell: Plutarch is shown entering a vault containing hundreds of safes marked with Quarter Quell numbers, removes the card with the original rule change for the third Quell, burns it, and replaces it with the "existing pool of victors" rule change.

--> "People are starving in 12. Here they're just...throwing it up so they can stuff more in."

* DeterminedExpression: Katniss does one while facing the viewer at the end, showing how [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge pissed she is with Snow]] [[spoiler: for demolishing District 12.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: The Capitol citizens draw the line at the thought of [[spoiler: a pregnant Katniss being sent into the Games.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: President Snow is so focused on keeping Katniss under thumb (and ultimately discrediting her) [[spoiler:that he cannot see the huge conspiracy going on right under his nose until it's already outwitted him]].

* LaResistance: This movie shows an organized rebel movement for the first time. [[spoiler:It's based in District 13. Haymitch and Plutarch Heavensbee are its point men, and several of the victors/tributes in the Quarter Quell are operatives with one goal: to jailbreak Katniss and get her to 13.]]

* PuttingOnTheReich: The ominous vertical red banners hung all around the Capitol. Also, Panem's coat-of-arms, which is a conflation of [[CommieNazis Fascist and Communist symbolism]].
* RecognizableBySound: In both the book and film versions, both Katniss and Finnick hear the sounds of their loved ones and run toward them. It turned out to be jabberjays, not their actual relatives, leading to their being trapped.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: This is the idea for putting Katniss back in the games. By forcing her into a situation where she has to ally with others to survive, then ultimately betray them when it comes down to it, her status as a symbol of hope will be trampled. [[spoiler:What Snow doesn't realize is that the opposite is true: when it comes down to it, Katniss gives up an opportunity to kill one of her allies after he uses a phrase Haymitch used, thus further cementing her position.]]

* InstantSedation: Katniss gets a nice dose of an off-button syringe at the end.

* HandicappedBadAss: Implied with one of the victors who is missing one hand

** A quick shot of the geography of Panem can be seen in the train at the beginning of the movie.

* FiveManBand: Katniss's allies in the Quarter Quell:
** TheLeader: Katniss
** TheLancer: Finnick
** TheSmartGuy: Beetee
** TheBigGuy: Johanna
** TheChick: Peeta

** Peeta. In the book, the only time we hear of him physically exerting himself is when he fights off the monkey mutts with Katniss and Finnick, and he still is saved by the morphling. He says he killed Brutus in the third book, but in this one, he can't even get off his platform until Finnick goes off and gets him, and spends most of the Games recovering from hitting the force field, or too clunky to help because of his artificial leg. The movie drops his artificial leg and instead of Finnick finding him on his platform, he's in the water, fighting with another tribute, overpowering him and drowning him. He gets the second on-screen kill in the Games.

* RecognizableBySound: In both the book and film versions, both Katniss and Finnick hear the sounds of their loved ones and run toward them. It turned out to be mockingjays, not their actual relatives, leading to their being trapped.