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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sandra's sister Carolyn was a Tribute in the 48th Hunger Games, but despite being a martial arts prodigy with a score of eight, she was killed in the bloodbath with only one victory because she was only twelve and wasn't strong enough to do more damage.
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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Basically invoked by [[spoiler:Laurel when she rescues Oliver and brings him to her alliance; when the de la Vega siblings and Cisco doubt her decision to save Oliver, they accept Oliver's presence when Laurel challenges any of them to kill Oliver while he's unconscious]].
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* PragmaticHero: While [[spoiler:convincing her allies to give Oliver a chance to join their alliance, Laurel assures them that they can kill Oliver if he tries to kill them after he wakes up, even if she makes it clear that she's not going to let anyone kill him while he's unconscious]].
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* SinsOfTheFather: Emiko informs Oliver that she wants to kill him because she wants to punish his father, but Oliver initially has no idea what could have motivated such an attack as he doubts that his father killed any of Emiko's relatives in his own Games (and in any case he can't imagine Emiko being that driven to avenge some relative who died thirty years ago who she would never have met).
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* TakeAThirdOption: Basically Laurel's argument for [[spoiler:Oliver joining her alliance after Emiko tried to kill him; he can't go back to his own alliance as Emiko has almost certainly convinced them that ''he'' is the traitor rather than her, and going out on his own with three alliances still active in the Games would be basically suicide, whereas Laurel and her allies can at least be trusted not to stab Oliver in the back]].
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* CatchAndReturn: In [[spoiler:the first clash between Laurel's alliance and the Careers, Laurel is able to not only catch Helena's arrow, but ''throw it back'' with sufficient force to penetrate Helena's arm]].
* SelectiveObliviousness: Invoked; Malcolm muses that the Capitol were fully aware of Laurel training on the roof, but deliberately avoided showing they were aware of her hand-to-hand skills in the belief that it would make the Games more interesting if she only showed those skills off in the arena.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sandra's sister Carolyn was a Tribute in the 48th Hunger Games, but despite being a martial arts prodigy with a score of eight, she was killed in the bloodbath with only one kill because she was only twelve and wasn't strong enough to do more damage.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sandra's sister Carolyn was a Tribute in the 48th Hunger Games, but despite being a martial arts prodigy with a score of eight, she was killed in the bloodbath with only one kill victory because she was only twelve and wasn't strong enough to do more damage.
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** When Laurel's team of Tributes discover what seems to be an old temple, one of the final traps is a giant boulder rolling after them as they run to the exit (''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'').
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** When Laurel's team of Tributes discover what seems to be an old temple, one of the final traps is [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk a giant boulder rolling after them as they run to the exit (''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'').exit]].
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: As the Games unfold, Laurel not only tries to protect the de la Vega siblings, but even [[spoiler:makes a choice to save Cisco from a booby-trapped temple, even though it would be easier for her if he died early so that she doesn't have to kill him herself]].
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** When Laurel's team of Tributes discover what seems to be an old temple, one of the final traps is a giant boulder rolling after them as they run to the exit (''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'').
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* WouldHurtAChild: Tributes such as Chase have no problem torturing younger Tributes such as Leslie or Pamela in brutal, drawn out manners.
* WouldntHurtAChild: While Oliver killed the male Tribute from Five in the opening bloodbath, he immediately realises afterwards that he can't bring himself to do that again, to the extent that he had Pamela (the female Tribute from Eleven) in his sights for a few minutes before accepting that he couldn't shoot her under these circumstances.
* WouldntHurtAChild: While Oliver killed the male Tribute from Five in the opening bloodbath, he immediately realises afterwards that he can't bring himself to do that again, to the extent that he had Pamela (the female Tribute from Eleven) in his sights for a few minutes before accepting that he couldn't shoot her under these circumstances.
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* BodyHorror: Invoked; Helena spends two hours torturing Leslie Willis to death to put on a good show for the Capitol.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Suggested as Quentin observes that Tributes like Cisco appeal to him on a personal level, musing that he would want to root for someone like Cisco any other year if he wasn't competing against Laurel.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: HeroOfAnotherStory:
** Suggested as Quentin observes that Tributes like Cisco appeal to him on a personal level, musing that he would want to root for someone like Cisco any other year if he wasn't competing againstLaurel. Laurel.
** Caitlin Snow of District Three was the Victor of the 68th Hunger Games by manipulating the underground laboratory of her arena to freeze the rest of the Tributes to death, but has since begun using morphling to cope with her grief over losing her next few Tributes so early in the Games.
** Suggested as Quentin observes that Tributes like Cisco appeal to him on a personal level, musing that he would want to root for someone like Cisco any other year if he wasn't competing against
** Caitlin Snow of District Three was the Victor of the 68th Hunger Games by manipulating the underground laboratory of her arena to freeze the rest of the Tributes to death, but has since begun using morphling to cope with her grief over losing her next few Tributes so early in the Games.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Sandra's sister Carolyn was a Tribute in the 48th Hunger Games, but despite being a martial arts prodigy with a score of eight, she was killed in the bloodbath with only one kill because she was only twelve and wasn't strong enough to do more damage.
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** Jack Ryder (AKA the Creeper) has basically taken on the role of Caesar Flickerman as the man responsible for interviewing the Tributes before the Games.
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** Jack Ryder (AKA the Creeper) has basically taken on the role of Caesar Flickerman as the man responsible for interviewing the Tributes before the Games. Games, and Glorious Gordon Godfrey, his broadcast partner, takes on the role of Claudius Templesmith as his co-host for the Games.
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* DoWellButNotPerfect: Quentin observes that Laurel's score of seven is basically this, showing that she can handle herself to appeal to potential sponsors before the Games begin without being such a threat that the Careers go after her in the opening bloodbath.
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* DoWellButNotPerfect: Invoked. Quentin observes that Laurel's score of seven is basically this, a sound strategy, showing that she can handle herself to appeal to potential sponsors before the Games begin without being such a threat that the Careers go after her in the opening bloodbath.bloodbath. Ted and Sandra are the ones who counseled Laurel to do this, as they knew their performances in the arena would've colored everyone's opinion of her had she shown what she was capable of from the beginning.
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* HeelRealisation: Oliver basically has one when he makes his first kill in the Games and realises that, even if he knows how to kill from training in his District, he's genuinely not comfortable killing innocent people.
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* HeelRealisation: HeelRealization: Oliver basically has one when he makes his first kill in the Games and realises that, even if he knows how to kill from training in his District, he's genuinely not comfortable killing innocent people.
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** Laurel and the District Seven tributes, Rory Reagan and Evelyn Sharpe. Interestingly, the alliance isn't formed out of mutual interest but rather because Laurel pities them as the youngest tributes in the Games (Rory and Evelyn are both twelve, the youngest possible age to be reaped) and wants to give them some semblance of a chance to win. She has to go out of her way to convince her mentors to let her ally with them, as Ted and Sandra point out the two are only going to drag her down in the long run and make her feel worse about their inevitable deaths. They later add Joanna and Danny to their alliance after the two groups become friends.
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** Laurel and the District Seven tributes, Rory Reagan and Evelyn Sharpe. Interestingly, the alliance isn't formed out of mutual interest but rather because Laurel pities them as the youngest tributes in the Games (Rory and Evelyn are both twelve, the youngest possible age to be reaped) and wants to give them some semblance of a chance to win. She has to go out of her way to convince her mentors to let her ally with them, as Ted and Sandra point out the two are only going to drag her down in the long run and make her feel worse about their inevitable deaths. They later add Joanna and Danny to their alliance after the two groups become friends. [[spoiler:Ultimately it doesn't matter, as Rory and Evelyn are killed during the opening bloodbath before they can actually do anything]].
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: During [[spoiler:the opening bloodbath, Adrian Chase not only decapitates Evelyn Sharpe but proceeds to mutilate her body just for the sake of it]].
