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* {{Hypocrite}}: Wants revenge more than anything on the Capitol after it carpet-bombed District 12, screaming at how he was forced to watch the District 12 children burn to death. However, he sees nothing wring in killing Capitol children out of revenge, as he considers them just as guilty as every other Capitol citizen for the atrocities committed against the districts.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals love her. The family cat, Buttercup, only responds positively to her. She has a pet goat as well.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals love her. The family cat, Buttercup, only responds positively to her. She has a pet goat named Lady as well.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Mr. Everdeen.
* ParentalAbandonment: Though eventually Mom got better. Though [[spoiler:Katniss would likely have preferred her to still be around when she enters her "exile" at the end of Mockingjay]].
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* PunchClockVillain: Darius hangs out at The Hob with the rest of the residents of District 12 when he's off the clock.
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* RichBitch: Mrs. Mellark belongs to the wealthier merchant class of District 12, but loathes the Seam residents for being poorer than her and abuses her own son.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: We only ever see Mrs. Mellark through Katniss' eyes, and she despises Peeta's mother. We have no idea whether or not she does have a softer side as well, or what the real reason for her behavior is. Some speculate that she is constantly worried that she won't be able to feed her three growing sons, and that this is the reason for her strong reaction to Peeta burning two loaves of bread and why she won't give Katniss any food earlier that day (as it would mean taking food from her own children's plates). Some of the things Peeta says suggests that there's a lot Katniss doesn't know about that might influence Mrs. Mellark's actions - for instance he reveals that they often had to eat stale bread that couldn't be sold, which implies that they weren't safe from starvation either. It doesn't excuse her being abusive towards her children, but it suggests that she's far more complex a person than Katniss believes her to be.
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* AmbiguousSituation: When Peeta is about to leave for the Hunger Games, Mrs. Mellark comments that maybe District 12 will finally have a winner. He assumes she means Katniss because of her hunting skills, but she could just as well be having a PetTheDog moment and referring to him: he's strong and stocky, and good and wrestling.wrestling.
* HenpeckedHusband: At the Hob, Gale and Katniss always wait to trade with Mr. Mellark when his wife isn't around, because he's much nicer then.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Mr. Mellark wanted to marry Katniss' mother, but she fell in love with Mr. Everdeen instead.
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* AmbiguousSituation: When Peeta is about to leave for the Hunger Games, Mrs. Mellark comments that maybe District 12 will finally have a winner. He assumes she means Katniss because of her hunting skills, but she could just as well be having a PetTheDog moment andcalled him a "stupid creature". referring to him: he's strong and stocky, and good and wrestling.
* AmbiguousSituation: When Peeta is about to leave for the Hunger Games, Mrs. Mellark comments that maybe District 12 will finally have a winner. He assumes she means Katniss because of her hunting skills, but she could just as well be having a PetTheDog moment and
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Peeta's mother, father, and two older brothers, who work as bakers. They are among the wealthier residents of District 12.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:They all die in the bombing of District 12.]]
* NoSympathy: Katniss recalls that when she was eleven years old and searching through their trash bins for food, Peeta's mother chased her off, threatening to call the Peacekeepers and shouting about how she was tired of seeing these "brats from the Seam" going through their trash.
* RichBitch: Peeta's mother belongs to the wealthier merchant class of District 12, but hates the Seam residents and abuses her own son.
* TastesLikeFriendship: Peeta's father gives Katniss a packet of cookies before she leaves for the Hunger Games.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Peeta's father always buys Katniss' squirrels at the Hob. He comments on how the arrows always pierce the eye, never the body.
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Peeta's mother, father, and two older brothers, who work as bakers. They are among the wealthier residents of District 12.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:They all die in the bombing of District 12.]]
* NoSympathy: Katniss recalls that when she was eleven years old and searching through their trash bins for food, Peeta's mother chased her off, threatening to call the Peacekeepers and shouting about how she was tired of seeing these "brats from the Seam" going through their trash.
* RichBitch: Peeta's mother belongs to the wealthier merchant class of District 12, but hates the Seam residents and abuses her own son.
* TastesLikeFriendship: Peeta's father gives Katniss a packet of cookies before she leaves for the Hunger Games.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Peeta's father always buys Katniss' squirrels at the Hob. He comments on how the arrows always pierce the eye, never the body.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being the mayor's daughter, she leads a much more privileged life than a lot of the other District 12 residents and has never had to worry about her survival in the same way that they do. Some of the comments she makes to Gale prior to the reaping make him angry, but Katniss sticks up for her, knowing that the blame lies with the Capitol and not with Madge or her family.
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->''"Just try to win, maybe you can!"''
Katniss' beloved younger sister, a kind, lovely AllLovingHero. When her name is drawn [[MillionToOneChance against all odds]] at the Reaping, Katniss volunteers to take her place in the arena.
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* AllLovingHero: Prim seems incapable of bearing any ill will towards anything.
* BreakTheCutie: Averted. Despite all that happens, she manages to remain relatively optimistic and kind. [[spoiler: Later turns into KillTheCutie]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Prim is ''burned alive'' by a detonating bomb.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Not that Katniss wasn't already on her way there, but [[spoiler:Prim's death]] ''breaks'' her.
* FloralThemeNaming: Primorose is a kind of flower, while her sister's name comes from an aquatic plant.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals love her. The family cat, Buttercup, only responds positively to her. She has a pet goat as well.
* GenerationXerox:
** Katniss looks like Mr. Everdeen, has inherited his hunting abilities and talent for singing and, like him, will [[spoiler:marry someone from the town]]. Prim looks like Mrs. Everdeen and has inherited her passion for healing. Also, Mrs. Everdeen was close friends with Katniss' friend, Madge's mother, as a teenager and the father of Katniss' love interest Peeta had a crush on Mrs. Everdeen.
** Like her father, Prim [[spoiler: dies horribly in an explosion]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Prim is a compassionate young blonde girl with blue eyes who loves all living creatures and becomes a good healer at an early age, often helping her mother with patients. When Katniss leaves her family she doesn't bother suggesting that Prim learn to hunt because her attempts were disastrous, since the woods terrified Prim and whenever Katniss shot something it would make Prim teary and she'd talk about how they might be able to heal it.
* HollywoodGenetics: Prim managed to inherit her mother's blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin despite her father having dark hair, grey eyes and olive skin. It's strongly implied that merchants and Seam people haven't interbred for generations which makes it rather miraculous that Prim inherited her mother's looks (although it's not ''impossible'').
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Prim is practically like a shining light in the CrapsackWorld she lives in. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this doesn't prevent her from being killed]].
* InnocentBlueEyes: While Prim is WiseBeyondHerYears, her softness, kindness, and sweetness qualify her for this trope. Averted in the film - the actress has hazel eyes.
* InSeriesNicknam: Prim's full name is Primrose, but everyone calls her Prim.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: She is killed in the third book.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Prim; she simply adores her cat Buttercup, who is [[CatsAreMean utterly nasty to everyone]] except her, but then, she's the only one who seems to treat him with kindness.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Gale.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Prim starts out as being this for Katniss. Eventually Peeta takes over the role instead.
* TheMedic: Grows into one.
-->'''Katniss:''' ...What's funny was, Prim, who's scared of her own shadow, stayed and helped [with the man's burnt leg]. My mother says healers are born, not made.
* MoralityPet: Prim, for Katniss and Buttercup; she is one of few people they show any kindness to.
* NiceGirl
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion ]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the first book. She isn't present for most of the plot, but it's because of her that Katniss ends up in the Games in the first place.
** And by extension, Katniss's role in those Games were what ended up sparking the rebellion.
* TeamPet: Buttercup, especially during the rebellion.
* TenderTears
* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Prim's shirt is always untucked. Katniss describes this as resembling a ducktail. She uses this fact to express how innocent and unready for combat Prim would be if thrust into the Arena.
* WideEyedIdealist: At first. She loses the wide-eyed part, but keeps the idealism.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: In ''Mockingjay''.
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Katniss's parents. As a girl, her mother was a member of the merchant class but fell in love with and married a poor coal miner anyway. Katniss' father was killed in a mine explosion and her mother disappeared under the veil of crippling depression for years, but she's okay now.
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* BrokenBird: Mrs. Everdeen never gets over her husband's death, and after she finally gets over her HeroicBSOD, [[spoiler:her youngest daughter dies and her oldest daughter moves back home, leaving her all alone.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Katniss views her dead father more highly than she does her loving but not-quite-there mother.
* DisappearedDad: Mr. Everdeen passed away five years before the story starts.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Living things just seem to ''like'' Katniss's mother, although moreso before Mr. Everdeen was killed and she fell into a HeroicBSOD.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Mrs. Everdeen is described with blonde hair and blue eyes, the typical merchant look. Katniss is always amazed when her mother brought a wounded or sick patient: "she morphs from someone who calls her daughter to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear", Katniss says.
* HappilyMarried: Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen, apparently, before Mr. Everdeen's death.
* HeroicBSOD: Mrs. Everdeen had one after Mr. Everdeen died that was so bad it left her unable to take care of Katniss and Prim.
* IWasQuiteALooker: In Catching Fire, Katniss said that she was told her mother used to be quite beautiful before her husband's death.
* TheMedic: Mrs. Everdeen runs District 12's apothecary. She ends up teaching Prim.
* OpenHeartDentistry: Mrs. Everdeen is described as an apothecary yet seems to treat any number of medical emergencies. Justified in that District 12 doesn't seem to have much by way of doctors (at least not if you live in the Seam) so they'd have nowhere else to go.
* TheOneThatGotAway: For Peeta's father.
* ParentalAbandonment: Though eventually Mom got better. Though [[spoiler:Katniss would likely have preferred her to still be around when she enters her "exile" at the end of Mockingjay]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Mr. Everdeen.
* RoguishPoacher: Katniss's father taught her everything she knows about hunting and survival.
* UnnamedParent: We never find out Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen's first names.
* UptownGirl: Mrs. Everdeen was born into the merchant class but married a coal miner.
* WouldNotHurtAChild
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->''" They just want a good show, that's all they want."''
Katniss' childhood friend, who became the primary breadwinner for his family after his father died in the same accident that killed Katniss' father. She sees him as a big brother/role model due to his proficiency with snares and his loyalty to his family, although there [[{{JustFriends}} could be something more.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Olive-skinned and black-haired.
* AntiHero: Cynical and hot-tempered, with a burning hatred of the Capitol.
* AscendedExtra: He doesn't see much action until Mockingjay with smaller roles in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.
* AdvertisedExtra: In the movie. Liam Hemsworth was featured in many publicity materials despite being a tertiary character.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Peeta's Betty for Katniss.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Him and Katniss. Both lost their fathers in a mine explosion and became the breadwinners of their respective families. According to Katniss, they're also very alike personality-wise. They even look extremely similar. [[spoiler:In the end, this is part of the reason she chooses Peeta over him.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Explicitly defied by the Capitol highers-up, who think that Gale's TallDarkAndHandsome childhood friend character could damage viewers' opinions of Katniss and Peeta's onscreen romance.
* CombatPragmatist
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Mockingjay''.
* DieForOurShip: In-universe. President Snow threatens to have him killed if Katniss shows romantic interest in him over Peeta.
* DisappearedDad: His dad died in the same explosion that killed Katniss's.
* EverybodysDeadDave: At the end of ''Catching Fire''.
-->'''Gale''' (to Katniss): [[spoiler:There is no District Twelve]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: Occasionally behaves this way about Katniss.
* FreeRangeChildren: Begins to go out to the woods (which is strictly forbidden) at the age of fourteen and spends a lot of time hunting out there. Despite the fact that it's dangerous his mother is never shown to object.
* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: The love triangle evolves into this as the series progresses, with Gale being the scoundrel revolutionist who desires to entagle Katniss in that world.
* GracefulLoser: Eventually becomes this, as evident when Katniss overhears him talking to Peeta during the night in Tigris' basement.
* GrayEyes: He and Katniss are supposed to look so alike they could pass for siblings.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Fits the bill from time to time, occasionally focusing more on his attraction to Katniss and his jealousy than on more pressing matters such as the war.
* {{Hunk}}: To contrast Peeta's "boy next door" looks.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:He helped create the bombs that killed Prim, which leads him and Katniss to feel guilty about it. This is likely the biggest cause of the shattering of he and Katniss' already fractured relationship as neither feels they could face each other with what happen to Prim]].
* KickTheMoralityPet
* TheLancer: Becomes Katiniss' most trusted ally in Mockingjay. He's even given the CodeName Mockingjay-1.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: When besieging the Nut, Gale suggests causing an avalanche to destroy the fort, a plan ended up killing thousands. He wanted to bomb the entrance to ensure nobody could escape from the Nut, but the others would not agree to this part of the plan. See "WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide" below.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Surrogate big brother to Prim. Katniss thinks of him this way in the first book as well.
* ManlyMenCanHunt: Just like in the days of old, Gale provides for his family by hunting.
* MeaningfulName: He has a stormy personality.
* MrFanservice: He maintains quite a healthy amount of fangirls for someone who was a tertiary character in the first book.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The roguish male to Peeta's noble male. Gale is hot blooded and passionate, believes that the ends justify the means, eager to go out and fight, and became his family's main provider at age thirteen when he began poaching.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Katniss' handsome best friend and hunting partner, who makes the Capitol nervous that people will see him as a rival to Peeta. He turns out to have romantic feelings for Katniss [[spoiler:but they are never requited]]. WordOfGod has revealed that [[spoiler:he was initially Katniss' cousin but the publisher insisted on a love triangle so he was changed to Katniss' best friend who has feelings for her]].
* PromotionToParent: After his father died, Gale took it upon himself to care for his many younger siblings.
* RebelliousSpirit
* RoguishPoacher
* RomanticFalseLead
* RomanticRunnerUp: [[spoiler:In the end, Katniss picks Peeta over him]].
* SatelliteLoveInterest: The film adaptation effectively treats Gale this way. The book was a little more even-handed, but many fans suspect ExecutiveMeddling after the success of ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'' being the reason that a secondary-at-best plot in the book turns into a full-fledged love triangle from the first minutes of the movie.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Katniss begins to see potential love interests in two guys, Peeta, the baker's son who decorates the cakes and Gale, her hunting partner. Gale is angry with the Capitol for making them participate in the games while Peeta is reflective on how he can maintain his identity in the games despite the Capitol using them.
* TheStrategist
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Gale shares Katniss' dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes and is said to be over six feet tall by Katniss. Muscular and good-looking, girls flock to him - Katniss herself says that Gale would have no trouble finding a wife because he's handsome and strong.
* ATasteOfTheLash: After he's caught hunting in Catching Fire.
** Changed in the film to interfering when a Peacekeeper is beating an old woman.
* TooMuchAlike: One of the reasons why [[spoiler:Katniss ends up falling in love with Peeta over Gale.]]
* TheUnfettered: Sort of leaning into this territory in Mockingjay.
-->If I could hit a button and kill every living soul working for the Capitol, I would do it. Without hesitation.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Although he doesn't seem too perturbed by it.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: For about a second in ''Catching Fire'', in-between everything going horribly wrong.
* WhyCantIHateYou: Despite Peeta being a rival for Katniss (and in ''Catching Fire'' her fiancé) he admits to Katniss that Peeta is so nice it's difficult to dislike him.
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: During the assault on a Peacekeeper mountain fortress in District 2, Gale comes up with the idea of causing a landslide to trap them inside; he even wanted to bomb the railway leading out of it to ensure there are no survivors (they decide to leave the railway open). When told that there were District 2 civilians inside, he said that he felt they deserved to die as well. The rebels go through with the plan, and hundreds (if not thousands) die as a result of Gale's actions.
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[[folder:Greasy Sae]]
A vendor at The Hob, District 12's black market. She usually sells and buys food from Katniss. [[spoiler:She and her granddaughter survive the bombings of District 12 and live in District 13 with the other survivors.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: A minor one; Gale mentions to Katniss that it was Greasy Sae who started a collection to help sponsor Katniss and Peeta in the 74th Hunger Games.
* DemotedToExtra: In the films, Greasy Sae doesn't have as much of a role. However, she gives Katniss the Mockingjay pin, instead of [[AdaptedOut Madge]].
* CoolOldLady: Katniss likes her enough, and she seems pretty alright, despite her odd choices in cooking ingredients.
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[[folder:Madge Undersee]]
The mayor's daughter and Katniss's schoolmate, Madge gives the Mockingjay pin to Katniss. She is later revealed to be the niece of one of Katniss's mother's best friends and Haymitch's District partner Maysilee, who was killed in the second Quarter Quell.
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* AdaptationDistillation: No Madge = no Maysilee's niece = no meaningful BackStory for the source of the heroine's InSeriesNickname.
* AdaptedOut: She's cut out entirely from [[Film/TheHungerGames the film adaptation]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up in the middle of a snowstorm to bring medicine for Gale after he was nearly flogged to death... and disappears just as quickly.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: After not being seen for the better part of two books, Madge is killed in the District 12 bombing]].
* ElegantClassicalMusician: A lovely girl who plays the piano.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Young, sweet and feminine.
* LonelyRichKid
* LonelyTogether: With Katniss. The two of them would always sit alone together during lunch at school.
* NiceGirl
* OnlyFriend: For Katniss, along with Gale.
* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a pink hair ribbon with her white dress to the reaping of the 74th Hunger Games.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:She and her family are the only nominal District 12 residents killed in the bombing. Especially painful for Katniss, as Madge was her only other friend besides Gale]].
* ShipTease: After she shows up with morphling for Gale, Haymitch teases Katniss that Madge and Gale might be involved. Nothing comes out of it.
* SpoiledSweet: The Mayor's daughter is a surprisingly nice kid.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She and Prim are the girly girls to Katniss's tomboy. To drive this home, at one point Katniss teaches her how to shoot and Madge teaches Katniss how to play the piano.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberries.
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[[folder:Cray]]
Head Peacekeeper at District 12. [[spoiler:Replaced by Romulus Thread in the second book.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Buys the same white liquor as Haymitch.
* DemotedToExtra: Not that he has major role in the second book, but the second film reduces his appearance to a single scene.
* DirtyCop: He turns a blind eye to the activities in the Hob (Distric 12's black market) because its his source of booze and and Gale's and Katniss' poaching because they are his source for wild turkey.
* DirtyOldMan: Cray takes advantage of poor, starving young women of District 12 to get them to sleep with him. Katniss says that if she didn't know how to hunt, she'd have been forced to go to Cray.
* MookLieutenant
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Katniss notes that, despite his preying on young women, Cray is nothing compared to Romulus Thread.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Cray' whereabouts are unknown after [[spoiler:Romulus arrives to 12.]] The film shows him [[spoiler:being arrested and implies he's a victim of Forced Disappearance]].
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[[folder:Darius]]
A friendly peacekeeper in District 12. [[spoiler: He gets made into an Avox for trying to protect Gale from Thread.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Teases Katniss about her looking "unpresentable."
* NiceGuy: Friends with Katniss despite her hatred for the Capitol.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Darius steps in to try and prevent Thread from whipping Gale to death. He gets knocked out and later made into an Avox by the Capitol.]]
* PunchClockVillain: Darius hangs out at The Hob with the rest of the residents of District 12 when he's off the clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The only Peacekeeper in the series who seemed to have an actual moral compass.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Amongst the Peacekeepers.
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[[folder:Delly Carwright]]
Peeta's childhood friend and one of few of the merchant class who [[spoiler:survives the bombing of District 12]]. Like Peeta she is genuinely nice and sweet and she plays an important role in [[spoiler:his recovery from the hijacking]].
She is mentioned in passing in the first book but doesn't actually appear until "Mockingjay".
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* BigFun: Comparatively. Katniss says that Delly wasn't really fat, but she had a few pounds to spare (in contrast to the majority of District 12). Fittingly, shes friendly, cheerful, and a total NiceGirl.
* ChildhoodFriends: She and Peeta are of the LikeBrotherAndSister variety.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Peeta mentions her in the first book but she doesn't appear until "Mockingjay".
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Appears to like everything and everyone.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Peeta when they were children. They have shades of this in the present as well, to the point that Delly is one of the few people who can calm him down after [[spoiler: his brainwashing by the Capitol]].
* NiceGirl
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents [[spoiler:died in the District 12 bombing]].
* ThePollyanna: Always remains optimistic and upbeat despite the bad things that happen to her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Peeta and Katniss. Hard.
* SpoiledSweet: Compared to the Seam kids she's lived a comfortable life, and she's one of the sweetest characters in the book.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The books never clarify what happens to her.
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[[folder:Primrose "Prim" Everdeen]]
->''"Just try to win, maybe you can!"''
Katniss' beloved younger sister, a kind, lovely AllLovingHero. When her name is drawn [[MillionToOneChance against all odds]] at the Reaping, Katniss volunteers to take her place in the arena.
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* AllLovingHero: Prim seems incapable of bearing any ill will towards anything.
* BreakTheCutie: Averted. Despite all that happens, she manages to remain relatively optimistic and kind. [[spoiler: Later turns into KillTheCutie]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Prim is ''burned alive'' by a detonating bomb.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: Not that Katniss wasn't already on her way there, but [[spoiler:Prim's death]] ''breaks'' her.
* FloralThemeNaming: Primorose is a kind of flower, while her sister's name comes from an aquatic plant.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Animals love her. The family cat, Buttercup, only responds positively to her. She has a pet goat as well.
* GenerationXerox:
** Katniss looks like Mr. Everdeen, has inherited his hunting abilities and talent for singing and, like him, will [[spoiler:marry someone from the town]]. Prim looks like Mrs. Everdeen and has inherited her passion for healing. Also, Mrs. Everdeen was close friends with Katniss' friend, Madge's mother, as a teenager and the father of Katniss' love interest Peeta had a crush on Mrs. Everdeen.
** Like her father, Prim [[spoiler: dies horribly in an explosion]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Prim is a compassionate young blonde girl with blue eyes who loves all living creatures and becomes a good healer at an early age, often helping her mother with patients. When Katniss leaves her family she doesn't bother suggesting that Prim learn to hunt because her attempts were disastrous, since the woods terrified Prim and whenever Katniss shot something it would make Prim teary and she'd talk about how they might be able to heal it.
* HollywoodGenetics: Prim managed to inherit her mother's blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin despite her father having dark hair, grey eyes and olive skin. It's strongly implied that merchants and Seam people haven't interbred for generations which makes it rather miraculous that Prim inherited her mother's looks (although it's not ''impossible'').
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Prim is practically like a shining light in the CrapsackWorld she lives in. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this doesn't prevent her from being killed]].
* InnocentBlueEyes: While Prim is WiseBeyondHerYears, her softness, kindness, and sweetness qualify her for this trope. Averted in the film - the actress has hazel eyes.
* InSeriesNicknam: Prim's full name is Primrose, but everyone calls her Prim.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: She is killed in the third book.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Prim; she simply adores her cat Buttercup, who is [[CatsAreMean utterly nasty to everyone]] except her, but then, she's the only one who seems to treat him with kindness.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Gale.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Prim starts out as being this for Katniss. Eventually Peeta takes over the role instead.
* TheMedic: Grows into one.
-->'''Katniss:''' ...What's funny was, Prim, who's scared of her own shadow, stayed and helped [with the man's burnt leg]. My mother says healers are born, not made.
* MoralityPet: Prim, for Katniss and Buttercup; she is one of few people they show any kindness to.
* NiceGirl
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion ]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the first book. She isn't present for most of the plot, but it's because of her that Katniss ends up in the Games in the first place.
** And by extension, Katniss's role in those Games were what ended up sparking the rebellion.
* TeamPet: Buttercup, especially during the rebellion.
* TenderTears
* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Prim's shirt is always untucked. Katniss describes this as resembling a ducktail. She uses this fact to express how innocent and unready for combat Prim would be if thrust into the Arena.
* WideEyedIdealist: At first. She loses the wide-eyed part, but keeps the idealism.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: In ''Mockingjay''.
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[[folder:Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen]]
Katniss's parents. As a girl, her mother was a member of the merchant class but fell in love with and married a poor coal miner anyway. Katniss' father was killed in a mine explosion and her mother disappeared under the veil of crippling depression for years, but she's okay now.
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* BrokenBird: Mrs. Everdeen never gets over her husband's death, and after she finally gets over her HeroicBSOD, [[spoiler:her youngest daughter dies and her oldest daughter moves back home, leaving her all alone.]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Katniss views her dead father more highly than she does her loving but not-quite-there mother.
* DisappearedDad: Mr. Everdeen passed away five years before the story starts.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Living things just seem to ''like'' Katniss's mother, although moreso before Mr. Everdeen was killed and she fell into a HeroicBSOD.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Mrs. Everdeen is described with blonde hair and blue eyes, the typical merchant look. Katniss is always amazed when her mother brought a wounded or sick patient: "she morphs from someone who calls her daughter to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear", Katniss says.
* HappilyMarried: Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen, apparently, before Mr. Everdeen's death.
* HeroicBSOD: Mrs. Everdeen had one after Mr. Everdeen died that was so bad it left her unable to take care of Katniss and Prim.
* IWasQuiteALooker: In Catching Fire, Katniss said that she was told her mother used to be quite beautiful before her husband's death.
* TheMedic: Mrs. Everdeen runs District 12's apothecary. She ends up teaching Prim.
* OpenHeartDentistry: Mrs. Everdeen is described as an apothecary yet seems to treat any number of medical emergencies. Justified in that District 12 doesn't seem to have much by way of doctors (at least not if you live in the Seam) so they'd have nowhere else to go.
* TheOneThatGotAway: For Peeta's father.
* ParentalAbandonment: Though eventually Mom got better. Though [[spoiler:Katniss would likely have preferred her to still be around when she enters her "exile" at the end of Mockingjay]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Mr. Everdeen.
* RoguishPoacher: Katniss's father taught her everything she knows about hunting and survival.
* UnnamedParent: We never find out Mr. and Mrs. Everdeen's first names.
* UptownGirl: Mrs. Everdeen was born into the merchant class but married a coal miner.
* WouldNotHurtAChild
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[[folder:Gale Hawthorne]]
->''" They just want a good show, that's all they want."''
Katniss' childhood friend, who became the primary breadwinner for his family after his father died in the same accident that killed Katniss' father. She sees him as a big brother/role model due to his proficiency with snares and his loyalty to his family, although there [[{{JustFriends}} could be something more.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Olive-skinned and black-haired.
* AntiHero: Cynical and hot-tempered, with a burning hatred of the Capitol.
* AscendedExtra: He doesn't see much action until Mockingjay with smaller roles in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.
* AdvertisedExtra: In the movie. Liam Hemsworth was featured in many publicity materials despite being a tertiary character.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Peeta's Betty for Katniss.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Him and Katniss. Both lost their fathers in a mine explosion and became the breadwinners of their respective families. According to Katniss, they're also very alike personality-wise. They even look extremely similar. [[spoiler:In the end, this is part of the reason she chooses Peeta over him.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Explicitly defied by the Capitol highers-up, who think that Gale's TallDarkAndHandsome childhood friend character could damage viewers' opinions of Katniss and Peeta's onscreen romance.
* CombatPragmatist
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of ''Mockingjay''.
* DieForOurShip: In-universe. President Snow threatens to have him killed if Katniss shows romantic interest in him over Peeta.
* DisappearedDad: His dad died in the same explosion that killed Katniss's.
* EverybodysDeadDave: At the end of ''Catching Fire''.
-->'''Gale''' (to Katniss): [[spoiler:There is no District Twelve]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: Occasionally behaves this way about Katniss.
* FreeRangeChildren: Begins to go out to the woods (which is strictly forbidden) at the age of fourteen and spends a lot of time hunting out there. Despite the fact that it's dangerous his mother is never shown to object.
* TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: The love triangle evolves into this as the series progresses, with Gale being the scoundrel revolutionist who desires to entagle Katniss in that world.
* GracefulLoser: Eventually becomes this, as evident when Katniss overhears him talking to Peeta during the night in Tigris' basement.
* GrayEyes: He and Katniss are supposed to look so alike they could pass for siblings.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Fits the bill from time to time, occasionally focusing more on his attraction to Katniss and his jealousy than on more pressing matters such as the war.
* {{Hunk}}: To contrast Peeta's "boy next door" looks.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:He helped create the bombs that killed Prim, which leads him and Katniss to feel guilty about it. This is likely the biggest cause of the shattering of he and Katniss' already fractured relationship as neither feels they could face each other with what happen to Prim]].
* KickTheMoralityPet
* TheLancer: Becomes Katiniss' most trusted ally in Mockingjay. He's even given the CodeName Mockingjay-1.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: When besieging the Nut, Gale suggests causing an avalanche to destroy the fort, a plan ended up killing thousands. He wanted to bomb the entrance to ensure nobody could escape from the Nut, but the others would not agree to this part of the plan. See "WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide" below.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Surrogate big brother to Prim. Katniss thinks of him this way in the first book as well.
* ManlyMenCanHunt: Just like in the days of old, Gale provides for his family by hunting.
* MeaningfulName: He has a stormy personality.
* MrFanservice: He maintains quite a healthy amount of fangirls for someone who was a tertiary character in the first book.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The roguish male to Peeta's noble male. Gale is hot blooded and passionate, believes that the ends justify the means, eager to go out and fight, and became his family's main provider at age thirteen when he began poaching.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Katniss' handsome best friend and hunting partner, who makes the Capitol nervous that people will see him as a rival to Peeta. He turns out to have romantic feelings for Katniss [[spoiler:but they are never requited]]. WordOfGod has revealed that [[spoiler:he was initially Katniss' cousin but the publisher insisted on a love triangle so he was changed to Katniss' best friend who has feelings for her]].
* PromotionToParent: After his father died, Gale took it upon himself to care for his many younger siblings.
* RebelliousSpirit
* RoguishPoacher
* RomanticFalseLead
* RomanticRunnerUp: [[spoiler:In the end, Katniss picks Peeta over him]].
* SatelliteLoveInterest: The film adaptation effectively treats Gale this way. The book was a little more even-handed, but many fans suspect ExecutiveMeddling after the success of ''{{Literature/Twilight}}'' being the reason that a secondary-at-best plot in the book turns into a full-fledged love triangle from the first minutes of the movie.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Katniss begins to see potential love interests in two guys, Peeta, the baker's son who decorates the cakes and Gale, her hunting partner. Gale is angry with the Capitol for making them participate in the games while Peeta is reflective on how he can maintain his identity in the games despite the Capitol using them.
* TheStrategist
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Gale shares Katniss' dark hair, olive skin, and grey eyes and is said to be over six feet tall by Katniss. Muscular and good-looking, girls flock to him - Katniss herself says that Gale would have no trouble finding a wife because he's handsome and strong.
* ATasteOfTheLash: After he's caught hunting in Catching Fire.
** Changed in the film to interfering when a Peacekeeper is beating an old woman.
* TooMuchAlike: One of the reasons why [[spoiler:Katniss ends up falling in love with Peeta over Gale.]]
* TheUnfettered: Sort of leaning into this territory in Mockingjay.
-->If I could hit a button and kill every living soul working for the Capitol, I would do it. Without hesitation.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Although he doesn't seem too perturbed by it.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: For about a second in ''Catching Fire'', in-between everything going horribly wrong.
* WhyCantIHateYou: Despite Peeta being a rival for Katniss (and in ''Catching Fire'' her fiancé) he admits to Katniss that Peeta is so nice it's difficult to dislike him.
* WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide: During the assault on a Peacekeeper mountain fortress in District 2, Gale comes up with the idea of causing a landslide to trap them inside; he even wanted to bomb the railway leading out of it to ensure there are no survivors (they decide to leave the railway open). When told that there were District 2 civilians inside, he said that he felt they deserved to die as well. The rebels go through with the plan, and hundreds (if not thousands) die as a result of Gale's actions.
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[[folder:Greasy Sae]]
A vendor at The Hob, District 12's black market. She usually sells and buys food from Katniss. [[spoiler:She and her granddaughter survive the bombings of District 12 and live in District 13 with the other survivors.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: A minor one; Gale mentions to Katniss that it was Greasy Sae who started a collection to help sponsor Katniss and Peeta in the 74th Hunger Games.
* DemotedToExtra: In the films, Greasy Sae doesn't have as much of a role. However, she gives Katniss the Mockingjay pin, instead of [[AdaptedOut Madge]].
* CoolOldLady: Katniss likes her enough, and she seems pretty alright, despite her odd choices in cooking ingredients.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Madge Undersee]]
The mayor's daughter and Katniss's schoolmate, Madge gives the Mockingjay pin to Katniss. She is later revealed to be the niece of one of Katniss's mother's best friends and Haymitch's District partner Maysilee, who was killed in the second Quarter Quell.
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* AdaptationDistillation: No Madge = no Maysilee's niece = no meaningful BackStory for the source of the heroine's InSeriesNickname.
* AdaptedOut: She's cut out entirely from [[Film/TheHungerGames the film adaptation]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up in the middle of a snowstorm to bring medicine for Gale after he was nearly flogged to death... and disappears just as quickly.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: After not being seen for the better part of two books, Madge is killed in the District 12 bombing]].
* ElegantClassicalMusician: A lovely girl who plays the piano.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Young, sweet and feminine.
* LonelyRichKid
* LonelyTogether: With Katniss. The two of them would always sit alone together during lunch at school.
* NiceGirl
* OnlyFriend: For Katniss, along with Gale.
* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a pink hair ribbon with her white dress to the reaping of the 74th Hunger Games.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:She and her family are the only nominal District 12 residents killed in the bombing. Especially painful for Katniss, as Madge was her only other friend besides Gale]].
* ShipTease: After she shows up with morphling for Gale, Haymitch teases Katniss that Madge and Gale might be involved. Nothing comes out of it.
* SpoiledSweet: The Mayor's daughter is a surprisingly nice kid.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She and Prim are the girly girls to Katniss's tomboy. To drive this home, at one point Katniss teaches her how to shoot and Madge teaches Katniss how to play the piano.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberries.
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[[folder:Cray]]
Head Peacekeeper at District 12. [[spoiler:Replaced by Romulus Thread in the second book.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Buys the same white liquor as Haymitch.
* DemotedToExtra: Not that he has major role in the second book, but the second film reduces his appearance to a single scene.
* DirtyCop: He turns a blind eye to the activities in the Hob (Distric 12's black market) because its his source of booze and and Gale's and Katniss' poaching because they are his source for wild turkey.
* DirtyOldMan: Cray takes advantage of poor, starving young women of District 12 to get them to sleep with him. Katniss says that if she didn't know how to hunt, she'd have been forced to go to Cray.
* MookLieutenant
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Katniss notes that, despite his preying on young women, Cray is nothing compared to Romulus Thread.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Cray' whereabouts are unknown after [[spoiler:Romulus arrives to 12.]] The film shows him [[spoiler:being arrested and implies he's a victim of Forced Disappearance]].
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[[folder:Darius]]
A friendly peacekeeper in District 12. [[spoiler: He gets made into an Avox for trying to protect Gale from Thread.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Teases Katniss about her looking "unpresentable."
* NiceGuy: Friends with Katniss despite her hatred for the Capitol.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Darius steps in to try and prevent Thread from whipping Gale to death. He gets knocked out and later made into an Avox by the Capitol.]]
* PunchClockVillain: Darius hangs out at The Hob with the rest of the residents of District 12 when he's off the clock.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The only Peacekeeper in the series who seemed to have an actual moral compass.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Amongst the Peacekeepers.
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[[folder:Delly Carwright]]
Peeta's childhood friend and one of few of the merchant class who [[spoiler:survives the bombing of District 12]]. Like Peeta she is genuinely nice and sweet and she plays an important role in [[spoiler:his recovery from the hijacking]].
She is mentioned in passing in the first book but doesn't actually appear until "Mockingjay".
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* BigFun: Comparatively. Katniss says that Delly wasn't really fat, but she had a few pounds to spare (in contrast to the majority of District 12). Fittingly, shes friendly, cheerful, and a total NiceGirl.
* ChildhoodFriends: She and Peeta are of the LikeBrotherAndSister variety.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Peeta mentions her in the first book but she doesn't appear until "Mockingjay".
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Appears to like everything and everyone.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Peeta when they were children. They have shades of this in the present as well, to the point that Delly is one of the few people who can calm him down after [[spoiler: his brainwashing by the Capitol]].
* NiceGirl
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents [[spoiler:died in the District 12 bombing]].
* ThePollyanna: Always remains optimistic and upbeat despite the bad things that happen to her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Peeta and Katniss. Hard.
* SpoiledSweet: Compared to the Seam kids she's lived a comfortable life, and she's one of the sweetest characters in the book.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The books never clarify what happens to her.
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