Funny / Mockingjay

• Buttercup moments:
  • When Katniss returns from District 12 with Buttercup in her bag:
    My mother and sister are home for 18:00-Reflection, a half hour of downtime before dinner...I empty my game bag and it becomes 18:00-Cat Adoration. Prim just sits on the floor weeping and rocking that awful Buttercup, who interrupts his purring only for an occasional hiss at me. He gives me a particularly smug look when she ties the blue ribbon around his neck.
  • Much like people being amused by funny cat videos on social media in the early 21st century, people in District 13 are entertained by Katniss playing Crazy Cat with Buttercup:
    He attains celebrity status with his evening game of Crazy Cat. I created this by accident a few years ago, during a winter blackout. You simply wiggle a flashlight beam around on the floor, and Buttercup tries to catch it. I'm petty enough to enjoy it because I think it makes him look stupid.
    • The truly unbelievable fact that cinches the funny here is that, in an environment where every resource is tightly controlled, Katniss is actually issued batteries for the specific purpose of playing Crazy Cat.
      The citizens of 13 are truly starved for entertainment.
• "And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies."
• Finnick playing up his sexy image for laughs:
  Katniss: Finnick? Maybe some pants?
  Finnick: Why? Do you find this (strips off hospital gown and strikes a ridiculously provocative pose) ...distracting?
  • Later when Katniss and Boggs are asked how Gale looks in a military jumpsuit:
    The normally serious Boggs: Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.
  • The soldiers' reactions as Katniss and Finnick leave.
• Haymitch threatening to put a head shackle on Katniss
• A rather dramatic moment, but with a funny line. Haymitch describes how they used a recording of Katniss telling the story of how she got Prim's goat while attempting to re-hijack Peeta's mind.
  Haymitch: When he came out, the only thing he asked about was the goat.
• Johanna really has got a pretty cavalier attitude to things that would scare the crap out of anyone else. Take this summary of one of Peeta's meltdowns in Mockingjay for example:
  Johanna: You missed the best part. Delly lost her temper at Peeta over how he treated you. She got very squeaky. It was like someone stabbing a mouse with a fork repeatedly. The whole dining hall was riveted.
  Katniss: What'd Peeta do?
  Johanna: He started arguing with himself like he was two people. The guards had to take him away. On the good side, no one seemed to notice I finished his stew.