25 Jokes And Tweets About Josh Hutcherson As Peeta In "The Hunger Games" Movies That Are, Honestly, Just So Perfect

    Josh Hutcherson's delivery of, "If it weren't for the baby" in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire lives in my mind rent free.

    Nora Dominick
    by Nora Dominick

    BuzzFeed Staff

    If you've been on the internet over the past few weeks, then chances are you've noticed that we've all re-entered our The Hunger Games era thanks, in part, to the release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

    Screenshot from "The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes"
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    The new movie starring Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Viola Davis, and more has already crossed $200 million at the worldwide box office, making it one of the biggest movies of 2023.

    While the newest installment in The Hunger Games franchise is set 64 years before the events of the first movie, that hasn't stopped everyone from remembering how iconic the original movies and books by Suzanne Collins are.

    Screenshots from "The Hunger Games"
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    Namely, Josh Hutcherson and Peeta Mellark are everywhere — like, I cannot escape the Josh "Whistle" edit video — and rightly so because he's one of the best characters ever, IMO.

    Andreas Rentz / Getty Images

    Need I remind everyone he gifted us with THE most iconic moment in Catching Fire.

    "If it weren't for the baby."
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    Anyway, while I never left my Hunger Games and Josh era, I'm loving the resurgence of everyone's love, so here are just 25 of the funniest and best tweets about Josh and Peeta:

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    1.

    am i trippin or is that the josh hutcherson whistle photo https://t.co/xk8XcQMdlG

    — max 🐍🪽⎕ 卌 | ineffable ☆ ⋆⭒˚｡⋆ (@ANTH0NYJCROWLEY) November 17, 2023
    @ANTH0NYJCROWLEY / Via Twitter: @ANTH0NYJCROWLEY

    2.

    WAIT OMG?!!! pic.twitter.com/FTjjYLC0Eq

    — Emma 🐍🕊️ᱬ (@bewitchedwanda) November 29, 2023
    @bewitchedwanda / Spotify / Via x.com

    3.

    there's nothing stronger than the bond between a girl and josh hutcherson

    — laly (@getawayeverlark) November 21, 2023
    @getawayeverlark / Via Twitter: @getawayeverlark

    4.

    josh hutcherson was the casting decision of a lifetime like he walked into that audition room measuring in at 5’2, brunette, brown eyes and encapsulated peeta mellark so hard they had no choice but to give it to him

    — val (@persabth) April 30, 2023
    @persabth / Via Twitter: @persabth

    5.

    peeta’s mom while he’s decorating cakes:

    pic.twitter.com/tj1UWXnV6a https://t.co/0E45QUWrIH

    — isabella (@burkhydcs) November 25, 2023
    @burkhydcs / FX / Hulu / Via Twitter: @burkhydcs

    6.

    THERE WAS A POST CREDITS SCENE IN TBOSAS.. THE KATNISS CAMEO HELLO???? pic.twitter.com/CggVXeF9Vc

    — kimi 🥝 (@kimichkis) November 18, 2023
    @kimichkis / Lionsgate / TikTok / Via tiktok.com

    7.

    How did he do this https://t.co/k8A9aFWOVi pic.twitter.com/isMrDPoJXW

    — collin (@fiendformojitos) November 25, 2023
    @fiendformojitos / Lionsgate / Everett Collection / Via Twitter: @fiendformojitos

    8.

    @simplytomh / TBS / Via youtu.be

    9.

    the “love triangle” in thg books is basically just katniss being disgusted by the idea of being romantically involved with gale but feeling like she has to bc everyone expects it and then being obsessed with peeta but in denial

    — kie (@criminalplaza) November 25, 2023
    @criminalplaza / Via Twitter: @criminalplaza

    10.

    peeta was being hunted down for sport and still found time to get katniss a gift…..bring back real men https://t.co/ln5tI88d5z

    — tay 💌 (@takenbytherain) November 27, 2023
    @takenbytherain / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @takenbytherain

    11.

    peeta: if it wasn't for the baby...

    the capitol: pic.twitter.com/d2nzuegsLM

    — zae (@itszaeok) November 20, 2023
    @itszaeok / Via Twitter: @itszaeok

    12.

    it’s the way peeta mellark pulled the ‘if it weren’t for the baby’ card outta nowhere, plunging the entire capitol into chaos with nothing but his wits, he really was THAT bitch pic.twitter.com/quzQ70juHF

    — lou (@iemcarstairs) August 18, 2020
    @iemcarstairs / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @iemcarstairs

    13.

    peeta “if it weren’t for the baby” mellark https://t.co/z7GdWGhCM6 pic.twitter.com/ULziCfmjV4

    — julia (@glitterjuj) March 26, 2023
    @glitterjuj / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @glitterjuj

    14.

    when you're a bad bitch who went into the hunger games with nothing but charm, a good pr management and a dream and you still won the games pic.twitter.com/XrxvfHKbPP

    — laly (@getawayeverlark) November 23, 2023
    @getawayeverlark / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @getawayeverlark

    15.

    i braided my hair like katniss all four years of high school and worked at a bakery because of peeta and lost a friend because i talked about josh hutcherson too much https://t.co/1iZMj9iofq

    — day (@balladofsongs) May 30, 2023
    @balladofsongs / Via Twitter: @balladofsongs

    16.

    https://t.co/riCCQe88Gb pic.twitter.com/D1Dve8qNd6

    — harper 🎄peeta mellark’s lawyer (@jmasonsgf) November 23, 2023
    @jmasonsgf / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @jmasonsgf

    17.

    everytime I rewatch the first hunger games and peeta brings up the “girl from back home” and then he reveals it’s katniss i literally gasp for air like EVERYTIME pic.twitter.com/ERTfRE6C0V

    — emily (@emilyuribe) November 25, 2023
    @emilyuribe / NBC / Via Twitter: @emilyuribe

    18.

    peeta went from being a boy terrified and convinced he had no chance of winning to willingly volunteering to go back into the hunger games just so he could protect katniss…there was never a team peeta/team gale competition pic.twitter.com/bYzQzFvqnm

    — tarrin (@hearteyespeeta) November 25, 2023
    @hearteyespeeta / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @hearteyespeeta

    19.

    imagine it’s surprise song o’clock. we’re all on the edge of our seat on a grainy livestream seeing if she’ll make the rep tv announcement, she makes her little speech and points to the screen. we think omg it’s time! it’s happening! it’s the 2014 josh hutcherson whistle edit.

    — ellie! (@redtvslut) November 26, 2023
    @redtvslut / Via Twitter: @redtvslut

    20.

    taylor swift played safe and sound without me there so i blocked josh hutcherson pic.twitter.com/kcG3PTvMzC

    — mads 🦌 (@televanglsm) November 26, 2023
    @televanglsm / Josh Hutcherson / X / Via Twitter: @televanglsm

    21.

    i like how katniss just automatically assumed finnick was making out with peeta's dead body before the possibility that he was doing cpr crossed her mind

    — clem ✰ (@mockingjvys) May 2, 2023
    @mockingjvys / Via Twitter: @mockingjvys

    22.

    peeta mellark after he technically died for 2 seconds in catching fire pic.twitter.com/9O5eqFRy9V

    — kimi 🥝 (@kimichkis) October 31, 2023
    @kimichkis / Via Twitter: @kimichkis

    23.

    peeta in that cave: pic.twitter.com/EV21FEozmn

    — Brooklyn (@bklynb4by) November 26, 2023
    @bklynb4by / Via Twitter: @bklynb4by

    24.

    Finnick realizing that katniss is in love with peeta before she even realizes it herself pic.twitter.com/hx4KJiHJ9P https://t.co/9lMuhFLbT6

    — rev (@whyrev) November 25, 2023
    @whyrev / Lionsgate / Via Twitter: @whyrev

    25. And finally:

    you’re wrong because peeta rizzlark takes the cake
    pic.twitter.com/omWiPNnEwA https://t.co/5vA9fMR0fC

    — sam saw tbosas (@girlonprior) November 22, 2023
    @girlonprior / Lionsgate / Summit Entertainment / Via Twitter: @girlonprior