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''The Hunger Games'', by Suzanne Collins, is a trilogy of young adult novels that take place [[After the End]] in [[Meaningful Name|Panem]], a nation in what used to be North America that is divided into numbered districts and a large capital city.

* [[My Own Private I Do]]: In ''Catching Fire'', {{spoiler|Peeta claims he and Katniss did this, so that he can then claim Katniss is pregnant to garner extra sympathy}}.

* [[Mystery Meat]]

* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: People from the Capitol are often named after Ancient Roman historical figures: Cinna, Caesar (Flickerman), Seneca (Crane), Coriolanus (Snow), Claudius (Templesmith), etc.

* [[Neck Snap]]: Cato to {{spoiler|the boy from District 3}}.

* [[Phobia]]: {{spoiler|Johanna}} develops a fear of water after being tortured with drowning / electrocution.

* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: Katniss is flustered by people's nudity on several occasions.

* [[Police State]]: Panem is one. {{spoiler|District 13}} is less openly cruel but even more restrictive.

* [[Portmanteau]]:

** Although nonverbal, Finnick's compulsive knotting in ''Mockingjay''.

** Katniss shares Finnick's knotting habit for a bit in the third book, but has one of her own.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|The climax of Book 1.}}

* [[Take Me Instead!]]: In the first book, Katniss volunteers to take Prim's place as tribute for District 12.

** In ''Catching Fire'', Katniss describes the Cornucopia as being 40 yards away from the launch platform, which is located in a circular lagoon. There are twelve spokes of land separating the 24 tributes, and Katniss is equidistant from the land strip and the adjacent tribute platform. If you do all the calculations, it turns out that Katniss is about seven yards from the nearest land strip. Katniss has to swim this distance, and describes it as "a longer distance than [she's] used to swimming" back in the lake outside District 12.

** Reapings are supposed to take place in early springtime. The reaped go to ceremonies, etc, that last about a week or two at most, the 75th Hunger Games last a few days ''tops'', and {{spoiler|Peeta is captured on the last day.}} Roughly four weeks pass between the end of the 75th games and the beginning of ''Mockingjay'', and yet somehow five or six weeks after {{spoiler|Peeta's kidnapping}}, it's a week from September.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: There are just as many girls as boys in each Hunger Game, ensuring a lot of this. {{spoiler|Marvel kills Rue, and Thresh kills Clove.}}

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Isn't that right, {{spoiler|Marvel}}?