The Hunger Games (novel)/Awesome

The Books:

 * Katniss
 * Finnick
 * Cinna
 * Katniss
 * Haymitch winning the 50th Hunger Games Quarter Quell by . This troper found it even better than the stint.
 * The part where Katniss goes to the interview in her wedding dress, which starts out as a Dethroning Moment of Suck until she starts spinning,  Of course, it's apparent to some that , but it's practically a Dying Moment of Awesome.
 * Katniss
 * All of District 12 gets one early on, with their refusal to applaud Katniss volunteering to take her sister's place in the Games, described as the highest form of rebellion available to them.
 * Katniss' performance in her private archery session, scoring several hard bullseyes after getting the feel of the bows, and getting angry because they don't bother watching so she shoots the apple out of the mouth of the pig that the Gamemakers are eating, causing one to lose his footing with surprise and fall into a bowl of punch. She storms out and immediately thinks that the conseqences of her impulsive behavior may be dire, they may even give her an immediate death sentence.
 * This scene, and Katniss's subsequent "Thank you for your consideration" and sarcastic bow got her cheers and applause from everyone in this troper's movie theater.
 * This troper thought it was more a curtsy than a bow, but it still counts - he was sorely tempted to pump his fist into the air and only just restrained himself.
 * Katniss blowing up the mines around the Careers' food stash with three well-placed arrows.
 * Thresh
 * "You... hung... Seneca Crane?"
 * "You... hung... Seneca Crane?"

The Film:

 * When Marvel throws a spear at her, Katniss twists to the side and fires an arrow into his chest, all in the space of about a second.
 * Katniss' rescue of . Or more precisely, her
 * Peeta gets one in the movie that wasn't in the book. Namely, picking Cato up and judo-throwing him off of Katniss during the fight at the end.
 * The Tribute's parade. Lalala, the victors look lovely, blahblahblah... who is that in the back?
 * One of the most simply awesome moments of the film however is when Thresh in a rage kills  in revenge after hearing her boasting about  . He simply grabs her head and slams it against the wall until she stops yelling. The guy's largely a walking Offscreen Moment of Awesome, but we get to see exactly why everyone respects him.
 * It's just topped off by him sparing Katniss for . He's even an honourable badass.
 * Seneca Crane's  Not for Seneca himself, mind you-   Guy might be a villain, but the irony is truly delicious, and you can literally see him dreaming it up.