This love triangle proved to be one of the many elements that garnered widespread interest in the dystopian series.

Before Katniss leaves, there is an earlier and more subtle indication of the series' romantic endgame.

He jokes about the bread being something he hunted before sharing it with Katniss.

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The bakery also gives him the physical strength and camouflage skills that prove useful during the Hunger Games.

Peeta became physically strong from carrying heavy sacks of flour and developed camouflage skills from decorating cakes.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) looking shocked and standing in front of The Hunger Games book covers

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The Hunger Games is the first of four in the action-drama movie series based on the novels by Suzanne Collins. Set in a dystopian world where people are separated into twelve districts to maintain order, this first film in the franchise focuses on Katniss Everdeen as she is forced to participate in The Hunger Games: a draconian gladiatorial survival event where there can be only one winner.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.

A composite image showing Peeta in the Hunger Games and an older Katniss holding her baby.

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