Effie Trinket

"Up, up, up! It's going to be a big, big, big day!"

- Effie Trinket

Effie Trinket is the escort of the District 12 tributes. She will be portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games.

Biography
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Physical description
In The Hunger Games, Effie Trinket has pink hair, speculated to be a wig, and during the reaping wears a spring-green suit. As she gives speeches, she constantly adjusts her attire.

In Catching Fire, Effie is adorned with brilliant orange locks, just as stunningly vibrant as the garish pink. She later changes her hair to a golden color in order to match Katniss's mockingjay pin.

In Mockingjay, Effie continues to wear her freakish golden wig. It it also mentioned in Mockingjay that she has "a vacant look in her eyes."

Effie is presumably fairly young as she makes multiple refrences to wanting to get promoted to a better district, indicating that she is in the beginning of her career when the books take place.

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's manners.

Effie can be described as oblivious to the sorrows and misfortunes that fall upon District 12. As the quote above states, she is very strict about manners and being "proper", as that is the Capitol's way. This angers Katniss as she can't help but think of the poor people from District 12 where having a meal is a rare occasion, so of course the District 12 tributes are going to stuff themselves. In an act to annoy Effie, Katniss starts to display some rude table manners on purpose and act disgusting. Effie is a classic Capitol resident with impeccable manners, although in Mockingjay it is revealed she rebelled against the Capitol.

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

Katniss Everdeen
Effie annoyed Katniss greatly due to her manners and appearance. Katniss hated this and often bothered Effie by purposely using poor manners. Effie was upset when Katniss and Peeta joked about Haymitch being drunk during the reaping and making a fool of himself on national television. Effie attempted to teach Katniss manners but she continued to struggle with this as well as personality during her preperation for the interviews with Caesar Flickerman. Effie did her best to help Katniss and Peeta. Effie could not bear to say goodbye to Katniss during the 74th Hunger Games since she did care for her. Effie annoyed her during the Victory Tour by flipping out about the sudden stop during the train ride to District 11, which caused Katniss to lose it and yell at Effie. She later apologized to Effie when she cooled down. Effie asisted Katniss again during the Third Quarter Quell. Effie let her make more choices during the preperation for the Games. Effie was taken away the night before the Third Quarter Quell, which Katniss felt bad about because this could be the last time she saw her and she wasn't able to say goodbye to her in person. However, she told Haymitch to tell her she said goodbye and to make it special since it was Effie. Katniss was surprised when Effie came back to her before Snow's trial and that she was on the rebellion side instead of the Capitol. Katniss made a mental note to give Effie immunity from being killed by Coin, because she liked Effie.

Peeta Mellark
Peeta seemed to get along well with Effie, never giving her much trouble. Peeta did anger her when he and Katniss joked around about Haymitch being drunk during the reaping and making a fool of himself on national television. Effie yells at them telling them he is their only source of real help when it comes to surviving. Peeta is kind to her and always follows her plans. Effie did try to do her best for him and Katniss during the Games. Effie was sad the night before the 74th Hunger Games and couldn't bear say her goodbyes because she truly does love him. When he goes back to the training center he hugs her and they greet each other. Peeta tolerated her nagging during the Victory Tour and was a bit disgusted when Katniss yelled at her. Peeta is a slightly annoyed when Effie nags or goes crazy about her plans. When Effie is taken away by the Capitol, Peeta feels bad because it would be the last time he would see her and he didn't say goodbye. Ultimately, Peeta and Effie do care about each other.

Haymitch Abernathy
Effie annoys Haymitch greatly with her prim Capitol ways. Since Haymitch isn't familiar to Effie's points of behaviour like manners, dead lines and appearance, he becomes frustrated when she nags him about this. He annoys Effie as well by being at his worst and demonstrating a horrible appearance and manners like when he eats with his hands like an animal.

They first encounter each other when Haymitch shows up drunk and in poor conditions at the reaping for the 74th Hunger Games. He throws up and hugs her which messes up her pink wig. He reappears again when he throws up on the train which only makes Effie more enraged. Haymitch and Effie work together to help Katniss and Peeta and she helps him line up sponsors. Haymitch and Effie are shown to be the same during the Victory Tour as he shows poor manners and Effie annoys him with her nagging about his overal demeanor. The two seem to let Katniss and Peeta make their own decisions during preperations for the Third Quarter Quell. The night before the start of the Quell, the two say their final goodbyes before she is taken away and Haymitch is shown to care for her.

Film portrayal
She will be portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in The Hunger Games film.