Effie Trinket

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"*I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or if she'll be sporting some other unnatural color especially for the Victory Tour.*"
―Katniss Everdeen on Effie Trinket**Effie Trinket** was the escort of the District 12 tributes, accompanying them to the District, including Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, being an advisor to the pair. She was the only escort from the 74th and 75th Hunger Games alive after the Second Rebellion.

She was very posh like many other Capitol residents. However, over the last two years of the Hunger Games, she grew more emotionally attached to the people of the rebellion and realized the Capitol's mistakes.

## Biography

Effie worked as a mentor for the Hunger Games tributes of District 12 prior to its destruction. She was most notable for mentoring and advising Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, but she was also the escort for Rhonda,Milo, Sage Blanken, Abigail Harding, and many more. Her responsibilities included drawing the tributes' names every year at reapings and subsequently escorting them to the Capitol via a train which travelled at a speed of 250 mph. She was very well known for her Capitol accent, upbeat attitude for the Games, her overuse of the phrase, "May the odds be *ever* in your favor!"

Effie tried to encourage tributes to be happy about their upcoming participation in the Games, though her efforts were mostly in vain. When Katniss volunteered to take her twelve-year-old sister's place when her name was pulled during the 74th Hunger Games reaping, the audience remained silent, and Effie was left on stage clapping by herself in an effort to lighten the atmosphere. Effie lived in the Capitol and remained there for most of the year. The only reason she travelled to District 12, or any of the other districts, was because of the Games or the Victory Tour.

### 74th Hunger Games

At one point in the reaping, a drunk Haymitch Abernathy stumbled onstage and hugged Effie without her consent, causing her wig to become crooked, then promptly fell face-first off of the stage and lay on the floor, unconscious. Effie attempted to shake this off, although her wig remained askew, and continued the reaping ceremony. She then concluded the reaping with her famous line, "Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be *ever* in your favor!"

Effie took the tributes on the train to transport them to the Capitol. She told them about the pre-Games routine on the train and her plans. Effie ate dinner with Katniss and Peeta and was relieved when she saw that Katniss and Peeta had manners, unlike Sage Blanken and Abigail Harding. Irritated by Effie's insensitivity, Katniss began to eat like an animal by wiping her fingers with the tablecloth, upsetting Effie. Afterward, she sat with Katniss and Peeta and watched the recap of the reapings in the other districts. Katniss and Peeta played and joke about Haymitch during the reaping which annoyed Effie and she yelled at them, saying he was their lifeline. Just after this statement Haymitch entered the room and vomited all over the floor. Effie was obviously disgusted and told them "So laugh away!" before leaving the room.

Effie ate breakfast with them and retired to her room to make arrangements for their arrival at the Capitol. Effie contributed to the positive proceedings. She was filled with joy and celebrated after their amazing performance in the parade through the Capitol. Effie helped prepare them for the training sessions with Haymitch, hoping they'd achieve high scores in order to attract more sponsors. She was shocked and surprised when Katniss told them about her seemingly disastrous private session where she shot an arrow at the Gamemakers' balcony. She attempted to comfort Katniss due to her fear that they'd attack her family. Effie stated that it served the Gamemakers right and that it wasn't kind to ignore Katniss because she was from District 12. Effie overflowed with joy and excitement when Katniss and Peeta both managed a high score from the Gamemakers.

Effie tried, but failed, to help Katniss with her Interview with Caesar Flickerman. She attempted to teach her how to sit, smile, and talk like a lady, but only got frustrated with this. After the interview and Peeta's astonishing declaration of love, Katniss fought with Peeta, pushing him and causing him to trip into an urn. Effie broke up the fight and cooled her down while Haymitch told her about the logistics of his and Peeta's plan.

The night before the Games began, she wished them good luck and was heartbroken because she grew to like them and left the room before she could become more upset. She assisted Haymitch in lining up sponsors for Katniss and Peeta and helped them throughout the Games. After Katniss and Peeta's victory, Effie gloated about winning them sponsors by comparing them to coal, explaining that when you put enough pressure on coal, it becomes pearls. Effie helped them get ready for their final interview with Caesar. After their respective interviews, she said goodbye to them before they headed back to District 12.

### 75th Hunger Games

Effie came back during Katniss and Peeta's Victory Tour. She told them they had to start off with District 11. On the way there, the train made an unplanned stop which angered Effie because it changed her schedule. This also irritated Katniss, causing her to yell at Effie and told her that no one cared about her complaints, which in turn hurt Effie's feelings. When Katniss came back, she apologized to Effie, who graciously accepted. When they arrived at District 11, she was displeased with the way they were being treated. Later, Effie ensured that everything was prepared for the victory speech Katniss and Peeta had to give to Rue and Thresh's family. After an elderly man, Selby Hoffman, was killed for whistling Rue's tune, the Peacekeepers forced them all to leave quickly, which annoyed Effie due to their lack of manners. She noted that the Peacekeepers were very strict when she was looking around District 11's Justice Building. They ordered her to get back to her quarters and one even poked her with her gun. After the Victory Tour was complete, she went to the final dinner for Katniss and Peeta in District 12 and was touched when Peeta proposed to Katniss.

Effie left to go back to the Capitol and soon came back to District 12 at Katniss' house for the wedding photoshoot, using her manipulative nature to order the crew about, and watching to make everything went perfectly to plan. Effie was unaware of the rebellion, President Snow's threats, or of the tension between Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch. When the third Quarter Quell was revealed and was announced to be reaping the victors of previous Games, Effie had to draw the lots out of the same spherical glass bowl, in the same way as in all other Games. Effie started by reaping the female tribute first and called Katniss's name since she was the only living female victor of District 12. Effie then called Haymitch's name, but Peeta volunteers for Haymitch in order to protect Katniss. Effie once again escorted Katniss and Peeta to the train that took them to the Capitol, where she began planning.

Effie and the others arrived at the Capitol on time, something which pleased her, because she loved being orderly and on time. She was joyful when Cinna Goldridge made Katniss and Peeta unforgettable again with his choice of costume, causing great discord and awe to ripple among the other tributes. Effie celebrated just like the previous year when the parade went according to plan. She agreed to let Katniss and Peeta go to the training session alone, but to satisfy herself, she took them to the elevator herself and led them to the door. Effie was even more shocked than last year about their private training sessions with the Gamemakers when it transpired that they deliberately sabotaged them to protest the brutality of the Games. She was on the verge of tears when Katniss and Peeta told her and the others about this and retired to her room until it was time for Katniss and Peeta to receive their training scores. Effie's eyes were red and puffy from crying. After they got their training scores of 12, she became distressed because they were only presented to them so they would be seen as obvious targets in the Games. She decided to allow them to spend the entire day to themselves before the next day, which was their interview with Caesar Flickerman. After the interview, Effie was asked to leave them, and she wasn't able to say goodbye to them.

After Katniss destroyed the arena and escaped with the other rebels, Effie was arrested by the Capitol along with Portia, and Peeta's prep team. She was tortured for months, but never killed, as they wanted to put her in the most pain as possible.

### *Mockingjay*

After President Snow was found guilty and was about to be executed, Effie was released from prison and went to Katniss to get her ready for Snow's trial. Effie had a vacant look in her eyes. Katniss made a mental note to put her on the list of people to be granted immunity since she didn't want Effie to be killed by President Coin. Effie got Katniss dressed in her mockingjay uniform and set everything up to schedule, as usual. Effie watched as Katniss was about to kill Snow but instead killed Coin. Later after Katniss's trial, Effie went back home to the Capitol.

Before going home to District 12, Haymitch told Effie not "to be a stranger" and gave her a kiss on the lips. As Katniss and Haymitch walked toward the gates of the mansion, Effie began to cry and quickly composed herself for aesthetic reasons.

## Appearance

"*Effie Trinket, District 12's escort, fresh from the Capitol with her scary white grin, pinkish hair and spring green suit.*"
―Katniss, on EffieBeing an eccentric Capitol citizen, Effie had a unique and flamboyant interest in fashion, and constantly wore colorful stylized outfits and wigs. She was regarded as a fashion icon among the people of the Capitol, proceeding Katniss Everdeen's successful appearance in the 74th Hunger Games and eventual victory.

In 74 ATT, Effie Trinket had a pink wig, and during the reaping wore a spring-green suit. As she gave speeches, she constantly adjusted her attire.

In 75 ATT, Effie was adorned with brilliant pumpkin-colored locks, just as stunningly vibrant as the beautiful pink. She later changed her hair to a golden color in order to match Katniss' mockingjay pin. Effie wore this wig again after the Battle of the Capitol.

Her distinct Capitol accent was often mocked.

## Personality

"*At least you two have decent manners. The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion.*"
―Effie Trinket, on Peeta and Katniss' manners.Effie was initially oblivious to the sorrows and misfortunes that fell upon the districts. She was very strict about manners and being "proper", as that was the Capitol's way. She was not on very good terms with Haymitch at times because he was an alcoholic and due to their conflicting personalities. She always insulted Katniss and Peeta's manners. This angered Katniss, due to the fact that she came from a poor district, where most people faced starvation. Effie was a classic Capitol resident with impeccable manners.

Effie was a perfectionist and extremely punctual, complaining about how a five-minute train delay would hugely affect her tightly packed schedule. However, she was known for being bright and bubbly at times when she was not being publicly humiliated or in the presence of undesirable manners.

Effie, like most Capitol citizens, saw the Hunger Games as just fun entertainment, as shown by her extreme happiness at the reaping regarding tributes being chosen. However, Effie is also had a "keen instinct" and was at least partially aware of the political uproar caused by Katniss and Peeta's attempted suicide. In the Reaping for the 75th Hunger Games, she was noticeably less excitable than previous years, presumably having grown fond of the two younger Victors. She lost some of her shallow nature as the series progresses, eventually defecting from the Capitol during the Rebellion while captured and tortured.

She eventually felt extreme guilt over her actions and almost became an alcoholic like Haymitch, but reminded herself to stay strong so to not be like him.

## Relationships

* Peeta Mellark, Katniss Everdeen (escortees)
* Haymitch Abernathy (frenemy)
* Portia, Venia, Flavius, Octavia (friends)
* Rhonda, Milo (escortees)
* Sage Blanken, Abigail Harding (escortees)

## Trivia

* The name Effie is an anglicization of the Greek name Euphemia, which means "well-spoken". This is a reference to Effie's career in elocution and public speaking in the districts.
	+ "Trinket" refers to a small ornament or item of jewelry that is of little value. This is very fitting for Effie, and the rest of the Capitol citizens, as they prized meaningless possessions that, though may have costed a lot, had no real purpose and were just for show. This emphasized the poverty and starvation in the districts, where people could not even afford to eat, let alone waste money on flashy objects and clothing.