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The Hunger Games film series is composed of science fiction dystopian adventure films, based on The Hunger Games trilogy of novels by the American author Suzanne Collins.The movies are distributed by Lionsgate and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik. The Peacekeepers ensure that the laws of the Capitol are obeyed and publicly punish those who break them. During the Second Rebellion, it is noted that District 1 was one of the first to rebel against the Capitol. The victor was In the later years of the Hunger Games, the location of the arena varies for each Game. The force in each region is led by an appointed Head Peacekeeper of the district. In the Games, special uniforms are designed specifically to help the tributes fend against harsh conditions. As a result, District 1 has a generally favorable relationship with the Capitol, though it is still not excused from the annual Hunger Games. Victors who are particularly attractive will be sold by the Capitol as prostitutes to the highest bidder. The only area where there was no attack was the Cornucopia and the saltwater lake. It is the only district to lose both of its tributes in the bloodbath of both the 74th and 75th Hunger Games and the only one to have no named characters in the trilogy. The Victory Tour usually starts at District 12 and then goes in descending order, ending at District 1.
Finnick and Annie take to water like, well, fish. By refusing to respect the prescribed rules, the District 12 tributes were believed to have manipulated and outwitted the Capitol, and encouraged an uprising in the Districts in the process. Most tributes make for the Cornucopia to find food, water, weapons, tools, backpacks or other useful items; the most valuable and useful items, including weapons, are often placed closest to the Cornucopia itself. In the film the male was targeted by Cato, who accused him of taking his knife during a pre-Games training exercise (though it was in fact stolen by Rue). Each tribute is given special clothing to wear, depending on the environment, and then confined to an underground room, referred to as the "Launch Room" by the Capitol and the "Stockyard" by the Districts, until game time.
In the film adaptation, the mutts resemble The 75th Games included "muttation" monkeys, with razor-sharp claws, wickedly sharp teeth, and orange fur that would attack during the 4th hour of the "clock".
In 74 years before the events of the Second Rebellion, Panem fell into the First Rebellion, commonly known as the Dark Days. The Gamemakers have complete control of the arena environment and can create any hazard they wish. These glasses were used in District 11 to help farmers see at night. Nightlock is a wild bush with extremely toxic berries. District 1 is one of the wealthiest districts of Panem. In the first movie, Katniss nicknamed the female tribute from District 5 "Foxface" because she looked similar to a fox, with a slim face and sleek red hair. In most Games, a well-stocked, often well-trained group of tributes band together to hunt down other individuals, until they are the only ones left to fight each other.
There is some speculation that it was created specifically to kill him, to ensure that the victor was not a mad cannibal. District 2 is in charge of stone cutting, supplying Peacekeepers and weapons manufacturing, though it was revealed in District 2 is made up of many small villages, each based around a mine. Some of the tributes that Katniss and Peeta met in the arena brought knowledge and tools with them that reflected those industries. Katniss notes that it resembles the forests of District 12, which gives her a slight advantage in navigating and surviving in the game. As a result of both their own experiences and having to mentor tributes who ultimately die, most, if not all of the Victors frequently resorted to at least one kind of substance abuse as a coping mechanism, usually becoming alcoholics, like Haymitch or Chaff, or addicted to morphling, like the District 6 Victors, Katniss, or Johanna, sometimes both. A sixty-second countdown to the start of the Games begins, during which any tribute who steps off the plate will be killed immediately by The Games begin with the sound of a loud gong. The series takes place in the fictional nation of Panem, which at an unspecified time in the future has replaced the nations of 21st century North America following a series of ecological disasters and a devastating war.
The Treaty of Treason was the treaty that would ensure peace between the Districts and the Capitol. To 'quell' is to 'suppress', giving meaning to the special name 'Quarter Quell'.