History WMG / TheHungerGames

* A Quarter Quell where the tributes from each district act as TagTeams, with only one being allowed in the Arena at a time. The last team standing wins.

So let's see, they are both masters of archery, Katniss' favorite color is green (Oliver being the Green Arrow) Both heavily skilled in combat, both have a sense of justice and always take the blame and puts others before themselves, and despite their names being different both have the same ending. The Hunger Games takes place in a post apocalyptic world, maybe a universe where Damien Darkh actually succeeded in his plans to destroy the world or at least most of it leading to the creation of panem and also would be the reason as to why Panem is the only nation left in the world cause Damien destroyed all the other ones, Maybe he was the one who actually created Panem and the idea of the Hunger Games in the first place. But then who would carry on the lineage of Oliver Queen that would lead to Katniss Everdeen decades later? Why William of course, their both brunette after all, and William and possible maybe more of Team Arrow including Oliver himself could've hid in an underground bunker, not to mention Hunger Games came out the same year Arrow did. Just a fun thought I had

So let's see, they are both masters of archery, with Katniss it seems to be natural born talent, Katniss' favorite color is green (Oliver being the Green Arrow) Both heavily skilled in combat (Katniss though no where near as skilled as Oliver but still able to defend herself despite living in a world where I doubt she had time or was even allowed to train before taking part in the Hunger Games), both have a sense of justice and always take the blame and puts others before themselves, and despite their names being different both have the same ending. The Hunger Games takes place in a post apocalyptic world, maybe a universe where Damien Darkh actually succeeded in his plans to destroy the world or at least most of it leading to the creation of panem and also would be the reason as to why Panem is the only nation left in the world cause Damien destroyed all the other ones, Maybe he was the one who actually created Panem and the idea of the Hunger Games in the first place. But then who would carry on the lineage of Oliver Queen that would lead to Katniss Everdeen decades later? Why William of course, their both brunette after all, and William and possible maybe more of Team Arrow including Oliver himself could've hid in an underground bunker, not to mention Hunger Games came out the same year Arrow did. Just a fun thought I had

So let's see, they are both masters of archery, with Katniss it seems to be natural born talent, Katniss' favorite color is green (Oliver being the Green Arrow) Both heavily skilled in combat (Katniss though no where near as skilled as Oliver but still able to defend herself despite living in a world where I doubt she had time or was even allowed to train before taking part in the Hunger Games), both have a sense of justice and always take the blame and puts others before themselves, and despite their names being different both have the same ending. The Hunger Games takes place in a post apocalyptic world, maybe a universe where Damien Darkh actually succeeded in his plans to destroy the world or at least most of it leading to the creation of panem, Maybe he was the one who actually created Panem and the idea of the Hunger Games in the first place. But then who would carry on the lineage of Oliver Queen that would lead to Katniss Everdeen decades later? Why William of course, their both brunette after all, and William and possible maybe more of Team Arrow including Oliver himself could've hid in an underground bunker, not to mention Hunger Games came out the same year Arrow did.

You know this theory to be true.

So, crazy theory here. Sometime during the first Hunger Games, a Sponsor gave Rue a Peeta costume. It is a TARDIS in actuality. When Rue dies, it is really Peeta. Everyone who ever dies after this goes inside the suit too. Haymitch knows.

[[WMG: Panem isn't the remains of America - It's the remains of the OnePiece world]]
And, some of the Districts match up perfectly with locations in OnePiece - District 4 would be Water Seven, District 2 would probably be Alabasta, District 10 or 11 would be that island Ace was on in his cover story, and the Capitol would be Enies Lobby/Impel Down/Marineford/Mariejois. Plus, don't the Capitol residents who have dyed skin kind of remind you of Fishmen?

The characters' names usually have some relation to the district they're from. Coins are made from metal, and District 2 works in masonry and metalworking. Also, This Troper thinks Coin was a tribute. Why? The only way Coin would know that the Games would be the perfect punishment for the Capitol would be to have been in them. Also, the Games harden you, and you have to not care about others in order to win. Coin definitely shows these aspects. This is also why Coin hates Katniss so much, [[ItsPersonal because Coin could have been The Mockingjay or whatever she would have been and the leader of the revolution at the same time when she was younger.]] Also, if that had been the case, the revolution would have taken place much earlier, giving the new regime more time fore state building.

This Troper does not think that District Thirteen pulled a GenghisGambit, but the Capitol made it look like they did. From the beginning: Snow promised Katniss he would not lie to her. But given the sort of character he is, he never intended to keep that promise. But Katniss thinks he'll keep his word. So when he knows he realizes he's toast, he decides to bring Coin and her regime down with him. First, he sends out a Capitol helicopter to bomb the children and medics. Then, when Katniss talks to him, he tells her that it was the rebels impersonating the Capitol. That's right, the Capitol's impersonating the rebels impersonating the Capitol. Now that Katniss "knows" that Coin was behind the bombing, she assassinates Coin instead. Also, Peylor was always supposed to take over if anything happened to Coin.

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[[WMG: Well, jumping off of that, maybe the Hunger Games are the apotheosis of … wait for it … ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', which gets more insane every season.

[[WMG: Well, jumping off of that, maybe the Hunger Games are the apotheosis of … wait for it … ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' and its increasingly insane sequels.]]

Alternatively, the ''Total Drama'' franchise itself is running well into the future, even surviving the Dark Days, and quite possibly tolerating greater and greater abuse and violence with each annual iteration; by the time of the Dark Days, it's common for contestants to ''die'' on the show, just not at their competitors' hands (at least, not by show mandate). At which point, the Capitol's media producers strike a deal with the ''TD'' producers to buy out the franchise. Once ''Total Drama'''s been nationalised and included into the lineup of Capitol propaganda, the new producers add a newer, deadlier twist: ''why not require the contestants to actually kill each other?''

Alternatively, the ''Total Drama'' franchise itself is running well into the future, even surviving the Dark Days, and quite possibly tolerating greater and greater abuse and violence with each annual iteration; by the time of the Dark Days, it's common for contestants to ''die'' on the show, just not at their competitors' hands (at least, not by show mandate). At which point, the Capitol's media producers strike a deal with the ''TD'' producers to buy out their show. Once ''Total Drama'''s been nationalised and included into the lineup of Capitol propaganda, the new producers add a newer, deadlier twist: ''why not require the contestants to actually kill each other?''

I mean think about it: the islands were the original arenas, and those shows ''already'' had massive helpings of borderline-lethal challenges, ''actually lethal'' intern working conditions, arena manipulation (see ''Revenge of the Island'', or even more so ''Pahkitew Island'', [[spoiler:which was revealed to be largely artificial]]), and a sadistic host to boot. It's not farfetched to imagine that, soon after the Rebellion, when the Capitol first consolidates control, its media department went out researching effective propaganda methods to keep the districts in line, but nothing was clicking … until one of the would-be Gamemakers comes across a broadcast of old ''Total Drama'' reruns.

Alternatively, the ''Total Drama'' franchise itself is running well into the future, even surviving the Dark Days, and quite possibly allowing greater and greater abuse with each iteration; by the time of the Dark Days, it's common for contestants to ''die'' on the show, just not at their competitors' hands (yet). At which point, the Capitol's media producers strike a deal with the ''TD'' producers to buy out their show. Once ''Total Drama'''s been nationalised and included into the lineup of Capitol propaganda, the new producers add a newer, deadlier twist: ''why not make the contestants actually kill each other?''

I mean think about it: the islands were the original arenas, and those shows ''already'' had massive helpings of borderline-lethal challenges, ''actually lethal'' intern working conditions, arena manipulation (see ''Revenge of the Island'', or even more so ''Pahkitew Island'', [[spoiler:which was revealed to be largely artificial]]), and a sadistic host to boot. It's not farfetched to imagine that, soon after the Dark Days, when the Capitol first consolidates control, its media department is researching effective propaganda methods, but nothing was clicking … until one of the would-be Gamemakers comes across a broadcast of old ''Total Drama'' reruns.

** Maybe President Snow is [[ASongOfIceAndFire a bastard from the North]]?

Even if they weren't both played by the same actresses, there are an incredible number of similarities. Teenage girls in a hardscrabble mountain environment, burdened with mentally ill mothers, with absent fathers and younger siblings depending on them, hunting to keep food on the family's table...it's no wonder that JenniferLawrence wasn't too sure about playing Katniss so soon after playing Ree, fearing being typecast.

[[WMG: The {{Pokemon}} universe is set in Panem centuries after Katniss overthrew the Capitol; Pokemon evolved out of Capitol muttations set loose after the war]]

[[WMG: ''The Hunger Games'' occurs in the future after {{Fahrenheit451}}.]]

[[WMG: District 9 is DistrictNine.]]

** Wouldn't Africa be ''DistrictNine''? (Har-har)

[[WMG: Stories like Fanfic/{{Day of The Barney|Series}} and Cupcakes are told as bedtime stories in District 2.]]

[[WMG: Panem is within a [[AValleyWithoutWind Time Shard]].]]

[[WMG: Stories like DayOfTheBarney and Cupcakes are told as bedtime stories in District 2.]]

* District 12: Low and poor enough to be beneath notice, clearly the Lumpenproleteriat. The fact that the protagonist comes this place despite Marxists ussually looking down on the lumpenproleteriat suggests AnAesop towards other DirtyCommies about even degraded and degenerated elements being capable of achieving class consciousness.

District 1: Workers who have a higher standard of living then the rest of the proletariat, by virtue of the sectors they work in, and have a better relationship with the ruling classes clearly the Labor Aristocracy.

District 2: The Military Caste, as they provide the bulk of peacekeepers; they aren't a perfect analogue to the Prussian aristocratic officers as their status is below that of District 1 and they serve mostly as canon fodder but it comes close enough.

District 3: Engineers and programmers, probably the 'Bourgeois specialists'.

District 4: Fishermen, they come the closest to the Petite Bourgeois as they own their own means of production (their boats).

Districts 5,6,7 and 8: (Electricity, transportation, wood and textiles) the Proletariat.

District 9 and 11: (grain and agriculture) the Peasantry obviously.

District 12: Low and poor enough to be beneath notice, clearly the Lumpenproleteriat. The fact that the protagonist comes this place despite Marxists ussually looking down on the lumpenproleteriat suggests An Aesop towards other Dirty Commies about even degraded and degenerated elements being capable of achieving class consciousness.