"Hunger Games: Catching Fire" parody: Cookie Monster aims to win Cookie Monster enters the arena in a new "Sesame Street" parody of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire." "The Hungry Games: Catching Fur," released Monday, is replete with "Hunger Games" references, kicking off with an announcement by a Muppety version of Effie Trinket. "The time has come to choose who will play in the Hungry Games," the pink puppet says. And may the cookies be ever in your flavor. Cookieness Evereat - Cookie Monster with a Katniss Everdeen braid - is lured in by the promise of cookies. Me volunteer! Cookieness yells. Me volunteer to play! Puppet versions of Finnick Odair (who is a finicky eater), Peeta Mellark (a piece of pita bread) and Wiress (who carries a clock with her) also make appearances. QUIZ: Test your "Hunger Games" knowledge Cookieness and company must solve food-related puzzles to fend off the horrors of the Hungry Games arena, which are, of course, far less horrible than their counterparts in the bestselling young-adult novels by Suzanne Collins. Instead of "Catching Fire's" poisonous fog and murderous monkey muttations, the cast of "Catching Fur" faces off against a light mist and adorable, if annoying, monkeys. Why these monkeys poking me? Cookieness asks. It's not the first time a "Sesame Street" character has appeared in kid-friendly versions of more grown-up fare. Previous parodies include "Sons of Poetry," "Homelamb," "Birdwalk Empire," "A's Anatomy," "Upside Downton Abbey" and more. "Catching Fire," which of course stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, is due in theaters Friday. Directed by Francis Lawrence ("Water for Elephants," "I Am Legend"), the film also stars Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone and Stanley Tucci, among others. Click through the gallery below for a look at the film. "Catching Fire": Francis Lawrence adapts to Panem life "Hunger Games" quiz: Test your "Catching Fire" knowledge "Catching Fire" final trailer: Katniss enters the arena "Divergent" trailer: Shailene Woodley's Tris is on the run "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" soundtrack enlists Lorde, Aguilera