25 Hunger Games Memes in Honor of the 21st Century’s First Quarter Quell

Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."

Jan 1, 2025 1:00 PM EST

Welp, happy 2025, y'all. It's been a year, hasn't it? The only thing that could make 2025 more intense than 2024 is if we were in The Hunger Games universe. Why? If we lived in the districts, we'd be celebrating the 21st century's first Quarter Quell! For all of The Hunger Games heads out there, you know what that means.

Luckily, our names aren't picked out of a lottery every year just so we can be the last ones standing in a nightmarish arena with our fellow peers long gone all around us. Instead, we are in the comfort of our own homes, curating resolution lists that we probably won't stick to. You know what they say, though—everything is relative. It's okay to feel beaten down about how your year went, but it's completely okay to be glad about the fact that you won't be fighting alongside heroine Katniss Everdeen and her bread boy Peeta Mellark. Or maybe you do—you do, you.

In honor of the 21st century's Quarter Quell, below, you'll find a compilation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games memes that'll probably make you feel a bit better about the upcoming year. May the odds be ever in your favor.