The Starving Games

***The Starving Games*** is a 2013 American parody film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.

## Plot

In a dystopian future, Kantmiss Evershot practices archery in the forest, but her boyfriend Dale surprises her; the arrow accidentally hits Oz. They return to District 12, where children afraid of getting picked for the games injure and mutilate themselves to avoid selection. At the gathering for the 74th annual Starving Games, President Snowballs explains his reason for separating America into districts as well as ridiculous prizes for winning. During the drawing for District 12's contestants, Petunia, Kantmiss' sister, tricks Kantmiss into volunteering when she gets picked by crying fake tears. Dale tries volunteering as well, but the town idiot Peter Malarkey beats him to it.

When the games begin Kantmiss grabs a backpack and tries fleeing, but Seleca, the games' producer, sends Angry Birds to attack her; she defeats them and squashes the Annoying Orange in a Fruit Ninja parody. Peter teams up with a group of contestants led by Marco, who aim to kill Kantmiss. Kantmiss climbs up a tree using stairs. Marco tries to kill her with a spear but it kills one of his allies instead. Kantmiss sits atop and gets her face covered in bird poo. They flee when she knocks down a beehive using a chainsaw, but instead the beehive falls on her own head and she gets severely stung. The venom causes her to hallucinate being a Na'vi. She is slapped back to her senses by fellow contestant Rudy; they team up, vowing to kill the other contestants first. After the halftime show is played, Marco again tries to kill Kantmiss, but Rudy kicks his shin. Marco then kills Rudy.

Wanting to spice up the games, Snowballs decides to implement a lesbian love story, but learns Kantmiss is the only woman left; thus, only a straight romance is possible. After it is announced only a couple can win the games, Kantmiss tries to team up with Marco over Peter, but Seleca fakes being killed to convince her to find Peter instead. Kantmiss kills all of the contestants but Marco, and flees with Peter to a cave. As Peter starts to have a fever, he reveals that he had been in love with Kantmiss for most of his life. Since Kantmiss is keeping her distance from Peter, Seleca offers to send medical supplies to treat Peter if she gets more intimate with him. Kantmiss has sex with Peter, which is televised. Dale is disgusted by this and storms the Starving Games arena, expressing his hatred for Peter.

The next day, Kantmiss and Peter attack Marco, but Snowballs orders Seleca to send in the Expendables. An armed Dale arrives, kills them, and asks Kantmiss to come back with him. When Kantmiss orders him to leave, he breaks up with her. Marco holds Peter hostage, but Kantmiss shots a loaf of bread into his eye, killing him. Seleca then announces there can only be one winner again. Peter tries convincing Kantmiss to commit suicide with him ingesting poisonous berries, to deny those in charge the satisfaction of them fighting to the death. Instead, Kantmiss injured Peter with an arrow. Afterwards, Nick Fury and the Avengers show up, with Fury saying he wants Kantmiss to join the Avengers team as a replacement for Hawkeye. Then the Avengers all die after stepping off their platforms and onto mines.

## Cast

* Maiara Walsh as Kantmiss Evershot
* Cody Christian as Peter Malarkey
* Brent Daugherty as Dale
* Kennedy Hermansen as Petunia Evershot
* Diedrich Bader as President Snowballs
* Lauren Bowles as Effoff
* Chris Marroy as Stanley Ceaserman
* Michael Hartson as Bob Hylox
* Theodus Crane as Cleaver Williams
* Dean J. West as Seleca
* Ross Wyngaarden as Marco
* Eryn L. Davis as Rudy
* Juhahn Jones as Cinnamon
* Taylor Murphy as Glammer
* Nick Gomez as Na'vi Guy
* Rob Steinberg as Gandalf
* Gralen Bryant Banks as Nick Fury
* Jordan Salloum as Hawkeye
* Trenton Rostedt as Thor
* Aaron Jay Rome as Oz
* Bryan McClure as The Annoying Orange