History Film / TheHungerGamesCatchingFire

She is then ordered to help pacify the districts by convincing them that her love for fellow victor Peeta Mellark (Creator/JoshHutcherson) is genuine, but she fails and is cemented as a symbol of defiance. Snow and the new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman) make 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]].

She is then ordered to help pacify the districts by convincing them that her love for fellow victor Peeta Mellark (Creator/JoshHutcherson) is genuine, but when she fails, only cementing her as a symbol of defiance, Snow and the new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman) make 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]].

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

* TakeThatAudience: Katniss is horrified when she meets a little girl who admires her so much that she ''also'' wants to volunteer for the Hunger Games. It is likely directed to [[MisaimedFandom fans who glorify the games and want to be a tribute]].

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

[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Katniss is being forced back into the arena.]]

** Pulled off twice by [[spoiler: Mags. She volunteers for the Quarter Quell in place of Annie, despite knowing that she herself has no chance of getting out of the games alive. During the actual game, she stays behind in the poison fog so that the rest of the group can escape, since Finnick can't carry both her and the injured Peeta and Katniss can't carry either of them.]]

She is then ordered to help pacify the districts by convincing them that her love for fellow victor Peeta Mellark (Creator/JoshHutcherson) is genuine, but when she fails, only cementing her as a symbol of defiance, Snow and the new Head Gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman) 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.

** 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.
** [[spoiler:Mags volunteering for Annie in the first place could be seen as a HeroicSacrifice as well, since she likely knew her chances of getting out of the arena alive were nil.]]

* TakeThatAudience: One little girl tells Katniss that she wants to volunteer as a tribute, just like her, and Katniss is horrified. It is likely directed to [[MisaimedFandom fans who glorify the games and want to be a tribute]].

* 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 "experienced killer."]]

** As in the first movie, we get to see the gamemakers working during the games, and Plutarch advising Snow. [[spoiler:Given how he's a ReverseMole, that may explain a few of his bad ideas.]]

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

* CallBack:
** Effie points out mahogany furniture, again.
** After learning the judges are behind a force field during training, Katniss says it's probably because she shot at them last year.
** Katniss also does a curtsey once again, after displaying her "special talent."
** Speaking of "special talents," apparently Peeta demonstrated his painting skills for them by painting a beautiful portrait of Rue.
** One of Snow's discussions with Plutarch includes what he told Seneca Crane: fear is not an effective means of control.

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

* FanNickname: In-universe, Caesar likes to refer to Katniss and Peeta as the "Lethal Lovers."

* GoryDiscretionShot: Interestingly played with--during the Games, violence is shown pretty explicitly, but when the Peacekeepers publicly execute the man who saluted Katniss in District 11, all we see is the flash of the gunshot as the doors to the building quickly close.
* HandicappedBadAss:

** 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.
** [[spoiler: Mags volunteering for Annie in the first place could be seen as a HeroicSacrifice as well, since she likely knew her chances of getting out of the arena alive were nil.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Katniss' budding romance with Peeta was the one thing in the movie keeping her from going over the edge. It's one long extended HopeSpot showing, that in all of this despair, she has one person capable of keeping her grounded. All this naturally builds up so that it makes the blow that Peeta didn't get rescued with Katniss even harder.]]

* 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 have joined them with one goal: to jailbreak Katniss and get her to 13.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: Peeta says his favourite colour is orange, "like a sunset". When one of the Morphlings is dying, he tells her to look at how orange the sunset is.
* MessianicArchetype: Katniss. [[spoiler: During her removal from the Arena, the light from the collapsing ceiling initially centers on her, and her arms are stretched out as she is lifted into the sky. Plenty of symbolism there.]]

* 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, 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 Jena was stripping.

** Also, Snow's reaction to seeing [[spoiler: the Mockingjay dress]] in the trailer is actually used [[spoiler: when Katniss is about to shoot Finnick.]]

** President Snow when [[spoiler: Katniss destroys the arena]], obviously, but a couple of much subtler ones when he sees that his own granddaughter is becoming more and more enamored with Katniss.

** FridgeHorror: Brought up In-Universe by Finnick. Jabberjays copy sounds they hear, so how did they hear the sounds and screams of their loved ones?

* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: The poster above
* 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 [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay uses a phrase Haymitch used]], thus further cementing her position.]]

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler: "Remember who the real enemy is." Haymitch first says this to Katniss alone. In the arena, Finnick repeats it, hinting to her that he is truly on her side.]]

* ThisCannotBe: President Snow's reaction when Katniss [[spoiler: manages to shut down the whole Arena]].

* VillainousBreakdown: Very, very subtle. But from the moment [[spoiler: Katniss refuses to shoot Finnick,]] to [[spoiler: realizing that he's been betrayed by Plutarch,]] President Snow spends the climax in a near-constant state of OhCrap.

* AdaptationalHeroism: While President Snow is still an evil bastard like he is in the books, this movie adds a PetTheDog [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes moment with his granddaughter]].

* ArcSymbol: The Mockingjay.
* ArcWords: "Remember who the true/real enemy is!"

** Johanna has several more lines in this movie, and her hostile relationship with Katniss in the book cools over the course of the movie [[spoiler:(foreshadowing their eventual friendship in ''Mockingjay'')]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: Whereas the entirety of the first movie was shot in North Carolina, ''Catching Fire'' and both parts of ''Mockingjay'' were filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia. Notably:
** The town square and Justice Building of District 11 is actually a warehouse complex on Murphy Avenue, southwest of downtown Atlanta
** President Snow's mansion is the 1920s Swan House in Buckhead, in northern Atlanta. The estate's Morning Room was transformed into Snow’s office.
** The Justice Building of District 12, where Katniss and Peeta once again find themselves drafted to fight the deadly games, is the Goat Farm Arts Center, a complex of 19th Century former industrial buildings on Atlanta’s west side.
** The victors’ living quarters in the Capitol is actually Atlanta’s Marriott Marquis Hotel
** The backstage area for the chariot parade, where Katniss meets Finnick, is actually the parking garage for the Georgia World Congress Center. The Victory Tour stage itself is the city’s Peachtree [=DeKalb=] Airport – embellished with CGI.
** The island of Oahu, Hawaii represents the Quarter Quell arena.
** Because Georgia apparently couldn’t provide the wintery backdrop for the opening scenes of Katniss suffering post-traumatic flashbacks as she hunts in the woods with Gale, the scene was filmed in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in northern New Jersey.

** The subplot of theorizing that District 13 exists is also dropped, with 13 having only one mention early in the film.
*** And then being given as [[spoiler:their destination]] after Katniss [[spoiler:is rescued from the arena]].

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

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

* ChekhovsGift: Effie's gold bracelet for Haymitch. When Katniss meets Finnick at the Cornucopia, he's wearing it, making her realize that he's an ally.

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

* CaliforniaDoubling: Whereas the entirety of the first movie was shot in North Carolina, ''Catching Fire'' and both parts of ''Mockingjay'' were filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}}, Georgia. Notably:
** The town square and Justice Building of District 11 is actually a warehouse complex on Murphy Avenue, southwest of downtown Atlanta
** President Snow's mansion is the 1920s Swan House in Buckhead, in northern Atlanta. The estate's Morning Room was transformed into Snow’s office.
** The Justice Building of District 12, where Katniss and Peeta once again find themselves drafted to fight the deadly games, is the Goat Farm Arts Center, a complex of 19th Century former industrial buildings on Atlanta’s west side.
** The victors’ living quarters in the capital is actually Atlanta’s Marriott Marquis Hotel
** The backstage area for the chariot parade, where Katniss meets the apparently arrogant Kinnick, is actually the parking garage for the Georgia World Congress Center. The 'Victory Tour’ stage itself is the city’s Peachtree [=DeKalb=] Airport – embellished with CGI.
** The island of Oahu, Hawaii represents the Jungle arena.
** Because apparently Georgia couldn’t provide the wintery backdrop for the opening scenes of Katniss suffering post-traumatic flashbacks as she hunts in the woods with Gale, the scene was filmed in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in northern New Jersey.

!!This film provides examples of:

** President Snow's reaction to [[spoiler: Katniss destroying the Arena]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Every revolution begins with a spark]].]]

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