The Hunger Games (2012)
Josh Hutcherson: Peeta Mellark
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Caesar Flickerman : So, Peeta, tell me, is there a special girl back home?
Peeta Mellark : No. No, not really.
Caesar Flickerman : No? I don't believe it for a second. Look at that face. Handsome man like you. Peeta... tell me.
Peeta Mellark : Well, there, uh... there is this one girl that I've had a crush on forever.
Caesar Flickerman : Ah.
Peeta Mellark : But I don't think she actually recognized me until the Reaping.
Caesar Flickerman : Well, I'll tell you what, Peeta. You go out there, and you win this thing, and when you get home, she'll have to go out with you. Right, folks?
Peeta Mellark : Thanks, but I, uh, I don't think winning's gonna help me at all.
Caesar Flickerman : And why not?
Peeta Mellark : Because she came here with me.
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[last lines]
Peeta Mellark : So what happens when we get back?
Katniss Everdeen : I don't know. I guess we try to forget.
Peeta Mellark : I don't wanna forget.
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Peeta Mellark : Okay, uh, I'll take the bow.
[Katniss looks at him]
Peeta Mellark : I'm just kidding!
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Katniss Everdeen : Listen to them.
Peeta Mellark : Yeah. I just don't want them to change me.
Katniss Everdeen : How will they change you?
Peeta Mellark : I don't know. Turn me into something I'm not. I-I-I just don't want to be another piece in their game, you know?
Katniss Everdeen : You mean you won't kill anyone?
Peeta Mellark : No... I mean, you know, I'm sure I would just like anybody else when the time came, but I just keep wishing I could think of a way to show them that they don't own me. You know, if I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me. Does that make any sense?
Katniss Everdeen : Yeah. I just can't afford to think like that. I have my sister.
Peeta Mellark : Yeah, I know.
[looks at each other]
Peeta Mellark : [sighs] Guess I'll see you tomorrow.
Katniss Everdeen : See you tomorrow.
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Peeta Mellark : You definitely smell better than I do.
Caesar Flickerman : Well, I've lived here longer.
Peeta Mellark : That makes sense.
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Peeta Mellark : Together?
Katniss Everdeen : Together.
Peeta Mellark : Okay. One.
Katniss Everdeen : Two.
Peeta Mellark : Three.
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Katniss Everdeen : [to Haymitch] Peeta's strong.
Peeta Mellark : What?
Katniss Everdeen : He can throw a hundred pound sack of flour right over his head. I've seen it.
Peeta Mellark : Okay, well, I'm not gonna kill anybody with a sack of flour.
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Peeta Mellark : I mean, she saved my life.
Katniss Everdeen : We saved each other.
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Katniss Everdeen : Peeta! Peeta! Oh!
Peeta Mellark : Are you okay?
Katniss Everdeen : I heard the cannon. I thought...
[noticing the berries he's picked]
Katniss Everdeen : That's nightlock, Peeta! You'll be dead in a minute!
Peeta Mellark : I-I didn't know.
Katniss Everdeen : You scared me to death. Damn you.
[hugs him]
Peeta Mellark : I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
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Peeta Mellark : Run! Run! Run! Katniss, go! Get outta here! Go! What are you doing? GO!
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Peeta Mellark : Have you ever met him? Haymitch? You know, Katniss, he is our mentor. He did win this thing once.
[Katniss ignores him]
Peeta Mellark : Look, if you don't want to talk, I understand, but I just don't think there's anything wrong with getting a little bit of help.
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Peeta Mellark : What was that?
Katniss Everdeen : It's the finale.
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Katniss Everdeen : [discovers Peeta painting his arm] Hi.
Peeta Mellark : Hey.
Katniss Everdeen : How did you do that?
Peeta Mellark : I, ah... I used to decorate the cakes down at the bakery.
Katniss Everdeen : Oh.
Peeta Mellark : I'll show you. See?
[He holds his painted arm against the bark of a tree; the match is perfect]
Katniss Everdeen : Wow.
Peeta Mellark : Yeah.
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Cato : [holding Peeta in a rear-arm choke] Go on! Shoot, then we both go down and you win. Go on. I'm dead anyway. I always was, right? I didn't know that till now. How's that? Is that what they want? Huh?
Peeta Mellark : No...
Cato : I can still do this. I can still do this. One more kill. It's the only thing I know how to do - bring pride to my district. Not that it matters.
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Peeta Mellark : [to Katniss] You know what my mother said? She said "District 12 might finally have a winner," but she wasn't talking about me. She was talking about you.
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Katniss Everdeen : We'll just get you some medicine.
Peeta Mellark : Katniss, I don't get many parachutes.
Katniss Everdeen : We'll figure something out.
Peeta Mellark : Like what?
Katniss Everdeen : Something.
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[the Careers observe Peeta falling off a climbing net during group training]
Katniss Everdeen : Throw that metal thing over there.
Peeta Mellark : What? No. Haymitch said we're not supposed to show our skills...
Katniss Everdeen : I don't care what Haymitch said. Those guys are looking at you like you're a meal. Throw it.
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Peeta Mellark : I think about that all the time. How I tossed you that bread.
Katniss Everdeen : Peeta...
Peeta Mellark : I should have gone to you. I should have just gone out in the rain and...
Katniss Everdeen : Shh.
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Katniss Everdeen : Peeta, I got it! I got the medicine!
Peeta Mellark : What happened to you?
Katniss Everdeen : I'm fine.
Peeta Mellark : No, you're not. What happened?
Katniss Everdeen : The girl from 2, she threw a knife. I'm okay.
Peeta Mellark : You shouldn't have gone! You said you weren't gonna go!
Katniss Everdeen : You got worse.
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Katniss Everdeen : What was it?
Peeta Mellark : A sword. It's bad, huh?
Katniss Everdeen : It's gonna be fine.
[Katniss tries to tend to his wound]
Peeta Mellark : Katniss.
[Katniss doesn't reply and just tends to his wound]
Peeta Mellark : Katniss...
Katniss Everdeen : No! I'm not gonna leave you. I'm not gonna do that.
Peeta Mellark : Why not?
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Peeta Mellark : I remember the first time I saw you. Your hair was in two braids instead of one. And I remember when you... you sang in the music assembly and the teacher said...
Katniss Everdeen : Shh.
Peeta Mellark : ..."Who knows The Valley Song?" and your hand shot straight up. After that, I... I watched you going home every day... Every day... Well, say something.
Katniss Everdeen : I'm not good at saying something.
Peeta Mellark : Then come here... Please.
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Katniss Everdeen : Your medicine.
Peeta Mellark : You're not going alone!
Katniss Everdeen : Yeah. You need it and you can't walk.
Peeta Mellark : Katniss, you're not gonna risk your life for me. I'm not gonna let you.
Katniss Everdeen : You would do it for me! Wouldn't you?
Peeta Mellark : Why are you doing this?
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Haymitch Abernathy : Where's the ice?
Peeta Mellark : I don't... I don't know.
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Katniss Everdeen : You too?
Peeta Mellark : Oh, hey.
Katniss Everdeen : Can't sleep?
Peeta Mellark : No, course not.
Katniss Everdeen : I'm sorry I went after you.
Peeta Mellark : You know, I meant that as a compliment.
Katniss Everdeen : I know.
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Peeta Mellark : They have to have their victor.
Katniss Everdeen : No. They don't. Why should they?
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Peeta Mellark : Katniss. Shoot straight.
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Katniss Everdeen : So, why are you here, then?
Haymitch Abernathy : Oh. The refreshments.
Peeta Mellark : Okay, I think that's enough of that.
[tries to grab the drink and gets pushed down]
Haymitch Abernathy : You made me spill my drink on brand-new pants!
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Peeta Mellark : Now there's no way I'm letting you go.
Katniss Everdeen : Peeta...
Peeta Mellark : Please. Stay.
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Katniss Everdeen : We could go home. We could. We're the only team left.
Peeta Mellark : We could go home.
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Peeta Mellark : I have NO chance of winning! None! All right?
