It’s been a while now since The Hunger Games wrapped up it’s series -- with the books
and films showcasing children mercilessly killing other children under the order of
the capital.
It’s crazy stuff, but nothing is as crazy as some of the theories fans have posed about
The Hunger Games universe.
So, today on Beyond the Screen, we’re going to be counting down the Top 10 Dark Hunger
Games Movie Theories.
Let’s jump in.
10 Prim’s Death Was Planned By Coin Posted to Reddit by LicrtSdow, they theorize
that Prim’s death was planned all along by Coin, I quote, “As we all know, in the
last few chapters of Mockingjay, Katniss’s sister Prim dies.
In the rest of the book, everyone is theorizing if Prim was killed by President Snow or President
Coin.
In the end, Katniss comes to the conclusion that Coin was the one.
I think that Coin knew that Prim was there, maybe even sent her there herself.
Here is the evidence: 1.
Prim has caused Katniss to be the Mockingjay.
Katniss went to the games as a volunteer for Prim.
That caused everything that happened, including Coin having to listen to Katniss if she wanted
to win the war.
2.
Coin had planned for Peeta to kill Katniss, but before she could do that, Katniss ran
away, so killing Prim could have been a punishment for her.
3.
When Katniss traveled to the Capitol, Prim was still at District 13, so when the attack
happened, Prim could have been sent there by Coin, who hope that the attack would kill
her.
So, how is this beneficial for Coin?
Well, Coin wanted to make the final Hunger Games with the children of the Capitol, and
she knew that if she killed Prim and made it look like Snow dod it, Katniss would vote
for yes.
9 Panem Is Alone In The World Now, this theory was posted to Reddit by user
Willmatron, who said, “We all know the basic Hunger Games story, what we haven’t thought
about is how isolated Panem is.
It’s more isolated than North Korea in 1984.
Maybe there’s another reason than just an oppressive government.
What if Panem is alone in the world?
During the years before the first rebellion no countries are mentioned and during the
first rebellion District 13 doesn’t seek out help from outside of Panem.
Also, during the 75 years before full on rebellion, District 13 doesn’t seek out other countries
help.
Finally, the two other clues to this are in the epilogue.
During the 15 or 20 years after the 2nd Rebellion, there’s no mention of contact with other
countries or a look into the Capitol’s secret archives to see if they’ve kept contact
secret.
The rest of the world either doesn’t have functioning governments or are dictatorships
themselves.
8 Shared Universe Uploaded to Reddit by Baxterminator, they
said, “I have a theory: The Truman Show and Hunger Games happen in the same universe.
It sounds crazy but hear me out.
In the Truman Show the public is obsessed with watching Truman.
He is a major part of their culture that seemingly everyone watches.
And a society that allows such a program may be using it to soothe the masses due to underlying
societal unrest.
The show may have been the glue that helped hold them together.
But when Truman walked out on the show that glue was gone.
Then the country slowly dissolved into political unrest, and a war started.
After the war was over the capitol needed a way to better control their new nation re-purposed
the Truman dome to hold the Hunger Games.
The society already had a predilection towards unsavory, voyeuristic programming, and now
that they had recently been in a brutal war the Hunger Games was a perfect tool.”
7 The Purge Uploaded to Reddit by CaityJaaane.
As we know, The Purge is set in a not-so-distant, slightly dystopian, and highly politically
charged future where crime has been made legal for 12 hours.
And the Hunger Games is set in a future where America is split into 12 districts, and is
very much a dystopian country where two citizens are sent from each district to fight to the
death for the nation to see.
So, her theory goes that, The Purge was eventually revolted against by the people of America,
with the election ultimately splitting the country into divisions that were sorted by
class.
A compromise was eventually reached that The Purge would no longer be a free-for-all night
of crime, and insead an organized competition that would serve as entertainment for the
rest of the nation.
6 Was Katniss Hijacked?
Posted to Reddit by Lightning_Fire, they said “In the third book we’re show the effects
of hijacking, using tracker jacker venom to alter someone’s mind, specifically making
Peeta try to kill Katniss.
Now, as we know, Katniss was stung several times by the tracker jackers in both the book
and first film.
Before the strings she was trying to decide how she would be able to kill Peeta; after
she saw him with the careers, she didn’t think she would have a problem with it.
However, after she got stung, she sees Peeta.
Instead of killing her, he urges her to run, and then saves her from Cato, sacrificing
himself in the process.
She was still aware enough to process this, but the venom had already started working.
After the strings, she’s not sure how she feels, or what is real, then she learns they
can both win and instinctively cries out for Peeta.”
Now, ultimately what they’re saying is that Katniss suffered a primitive form of Hijacking.
That it altered her mind, causing her to fall in love with Peeta.
5 Foxface Posted to Reddit by Circlemanfan, they believe
that Foxface actually committed suicide.
And, here’s their evidence.
I quote, “It’s stated in Catching Fire that in the training station for edible plants,
only the plants that are going to be featured in the games are described.
Foxface is described and shown as incredibly intelligent.
Wouldn't someone this smart know to memorize all of the poisonous plants listed?
She knew that her strategy was to not attack, so wouldn’t she put priority during training
to master survival skills?
Foxface knew what would happen if she blatantly committed suicide, it would look like defiance
to the Capitol and her family would be killed.
She decided to end it this way to make sure no one would think she was trying to outsmart
anybody.”
4 The Mormon Church This one is really interesting, hear me out.
Posted to Reddit by MountainDude95, they say, “I have a suspicion that Panem is a result
of the Mormon Church taking over the United States government.
My first tip-off was President Snow.
The Mormon Church was led by President Snow from 1898-191.
They looked very similar, at least in the movie’s depiction.
Old White guys with long bears.
The second piece of evidence is the location of the Capitol has the Rocky Mountains on
the east side of the city, and also sits by a large lake.
Evidence is looking good for Salt Lake City, head of the Mormon Empire.
The final piece of evidence is the fact that the Capitol is laid out on a grid, which Salt
Lake City is famous for incorporating and perfecting in its city layout.
Third, President Coin’s first name is Alma, which was also a character in the Book of
Mormon who led a rebellion against the church, which sounds surprisingly similar to how President
Coin leads a rebellion against the Capitol.
3 The Mockingjay Now, I saw this theory posted a couple of
times online, but I’m going to be focusing on the one uploaded to Reddit by FameofHouseWives,
who said, “A common theme throughout the book is Katniss as a pawn -- used by the capitol
and the resistance as a symbol.
Katniss doesn’t become this until she volunteers as tribute and is sucked into the game.
Their theory is that Katniss was set-up to be the Mockingjay way earlier.
She was pre-selected, and maybe even genetically altered by the scientists in District 13,
to be a successful huntress, demonstrate incredible compassion and heroics by the powers that
be to ultimately change the world.
D12 was close to D13 for the resistance to keep an eye on Katniss and maybe influence
the tribute selection to make Prim be selected.
Knowing Katniss as well as they did, they knew she would have volunteered as tribute
and get the wheels in motion.
2 It’s An Analogy For Soldiers In America Posted to Reddit by BurnNoticeLover, they
said, “In the Hunger Games the Capitol pick children from the community to send to their
death, in a lottery process known as The Reaping, highly reminiscent of the lottery system
used for the Vietnam draft.
The new conscripts are given the royal treatment, idolized by the press and congratulated on
their sacrifice by the capitol.
They are given a small amount of training and then are deployed to an unknown land,
far away from home, to kill other young people, much like them, were sent to die by the old
and powerful.Catching Fire is “Thank you for your service:The Book” It’s how society
treats veterans.
The returning veterans are given a hero’s welcome, and are given heaps of respect and
adoration, but their pleas to not let it happen again are ignored.
They are treated more as objects of fashion than heroes, and the same society that welcome
them home sends them back into the meat grinder.
Mockingjay is about how politicians treat veterans.
Katniss spends this film being shunted from Propaganda shoot to Propaganda shoot, and
serves as President Coin’s mouthpiece.
With Katniss ultimately realizing that Coin doesn’t truly care about her.
She’s just going to send more children to die, with Katniss feeling used and betrayed,
just like a number of American Vets.
1 The Revolutionary War Posted to Reddit by The Martian Manhunter,
they state that back in 1775, the british empire employed its mighty empire into North
America and seeked to take their colonies.
The colonists were fed up with the empire and decided to attack with brute force, sparking
a revolutionary war.
I quote, “In the hunger game, the districts do this too.
They are fed up with the Capitol and initiate war.
It has been noted by Suzanne Collins that Panem occurs in North America many years from
present day.
Now -- what if Britain won that war.
Would they decimate all 13 colonies?
No.
They would kill the signers of the declaration of independence, and then strike fear into
the hearts of the remaining 12 colonies by killing one off.
Britain would kill off the colony making the least amount of money, Georgie.
Which, being the furthest South and thus farthest away from the Capitol, geographically matches
up with D13.
Britain having gone through a large war with the rebellious colonists, would set up a small
center of command to regulate the colonies.
This would be the Rockies and have a leader similar to the Governors that Britain placed
in Massachusetts and others before the Revolution.This would be Snow.
Well, there we have it!
What did you guys think of these theories?
Were there any that we missed?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below and perhaps we can
do a part 2?
If you enjoying the dark content we’re doing, be sure to give this video a big thumbs up,
subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss another beyond the screen vid.
And until next time, see ya later!