Talk show host Stephen Colbert took his running “Hunger Games” gag to a new level Sunday night when he stormed the stage at the Republican National Convention to deliver a message in character as Caesar Flickerman.

Donning a blue wig as the dystopian young adult novel’s own talk show star, Colbert took to the stage to announce that Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE "has formed an alliance with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election MORE.”

Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, announced last week that he had chosen Pence as his running mate.

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The bit with Colbert as Flickerman will be familiar to viewers of “The Late Show,” where it had become the preferred means of informing audience members that a primary contender had been eliminated.

Colbert’s antics were cut short by a convention official who rushed to escort him off the stage.

But the comedian got off one last jab, telling the official, "Look, I know I’m not supposed to be up here, but to be honest, neither is Donald Trump.”