District 1-4 Victors | District 5-12 and 14 Victors | The Capitol | Other Focus Tributes
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Citywide Tropes
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: Downplayed. Letting children watch teenagers kill each other on live television is socially acceptable, but hearing them swear is not (and thus have to be censored).
- Football Hooligans: The Hunger Games has inspired their own hooligans in the Capitol as seen during the 96th Hunger Games, where it's mentioned that a handful burned signs related to District Three and Atomica over her ascension to the final three.
- Hypocrite: Are glad to cheer on the deaths of district children when they enter the arena, yet thinks that their children fighting in an arena is savage.
- Settling the Frontier: After the conclusion of the Grand Final of the 100th Hunger Games, several commanders with private hovercrafts (including Coriolanus Snow II) and both their respective families and security teams colonize a "new Capitol" south of what was once London, in the wastelands of England.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: The Reclaimers are portrayed as freedom fighters from the Capitol's perspective, where they're depicted to bring back power to the Capitol after low morale from the districts ruling over them. They sabotage the first twelve districts' means of production while framing District Thirteen, so they're forced to depend on the Capitol for essentials.
Hunger Games Preparation Teams
Ariadne Fling
- The Mole: She is actually a UNIDAD spy.
- Spin-Offspring: She's a descendant of Dennis Fling or a sibling of him.
Government
Coriolanus Snow I
- Adapted Out: Lucy Gray's account doesn't specifically mention that he helped her cheat. Justified because his involvement is covered up in return for doing a 20-year-term with the Peacekeepers.
- Named After Someone Famous: A power plant is named after him, while the viewing square of the Hunger Games is renamed to "Snow Square" following the Reclamation.
Salazar Gaul
The president of Panem following the Reclamation.
- Accidental Murder: It's revealed during the 100th Hunger Games that a then-teenage (and intoxicated) Salazar accidentally killed both Sinitta Fling and Flint Harrison in a confrontation following the 72nd Hunger Games.
- Named After Someone Famous: A library in England is named after him.
- Spin-Offspring: He's the great-grandnephew of Volumnia Gaul.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate isn't mentioned by the conclusion of the 100th Hunger Games Grand Final. All we know is that President Cardew replaces him.
- Young and in Charge: Salazar becomes president of Panem at 32 following the execution of Paylornote .
Gamemakers
Seneca Crane
- Adapted Out: Seneca's death by nightlock isn't mentioned in the series, instead mentioning that he retired from his position and moved to the European Lands. Justified because TOTHG is told from a Capitol-centric perspective.
Plutarch Heavensbee
- Demoted to Extra: Downplayed. Plutarch is only mentioned during the interviews of the 75th Hunger Games, where he talks to Caesar about the upcoming Hunger Games.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Plutarch's fate isn't mentioned in the series.
Artulia Fling
- Spin-Offspring: She's a descendant of Dennis Fling or a sibling of him.
Other Characters
Atala Jasper
- The Bus Came Back: Atala's fate isn't disclosed during the trilogy. However, she survived both the Second Rebellion and the Reclamation, where she returns back during the 77th Hunger Games to mentor the District Seven tributes.
- Named by the Adaptation: She's given the Jasper surname, implying that she's a descendant of Io Jasper.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After she mentors Asha to victory, she disappears from the plot and her fate isn't mentioned by the conclusion of the series.
Caesar Flickerman
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After the 85th Hunger Games, he isn't mentioned in the series again.
Eugenia Ravinstill
Host of the Hunger Games following the Reclamation.
- The Fashionista: Eugenia is portrayed as this. She tends to wear outfits inspired by past Hunger Games and comments on the tributes' clothing.
- Spin-Offspring: She's a descendant of either President Ravinstill or his great-nephew, Felix.
The Narrator (Unmarked Spoilers)
Coriolanus Snow VI
Portrayed By: Christian "Blanco" White
- Famous Ancestor: He's a descendant of Coriolanus Snow.
- No Name Given: His name isn't given for most of the series. Subverted near the end of the series when he mentions to Arabella that her great-grandfather is Coriolanus Snow III, implying that his last name is also "Snow".
Word of God also mentions in one Q&A that the character he played when filming the epilogue is named Coriolanus Snow VI. - The Storyteller: At the conclusion of the series, it's revealed that Coriolanus took stories from the Gaul Library and read them to Arabella.
- Unreliable Narrator: The series is written from the Capitol's perspective. As a result, events that paint rebellious tributes like Katniss in a positive light are omitted. For example, it's heavily implied by the story and Christian that the Victor's Choice was no such thing and Katniss and Peeta were forced into the 76th Games. Supposed "technical difficulties" or "accidents" that result in rebellious tribute's deaths (such as Potenza from District 5's Games) are also common. Coriolanus discusses this with Arabella where he mentions that stories that he read to her may not be accurate.Narrator: One can never trust what is written in history and what I have read to you [Arabella] over the last year may not be completely accurate. The only ones who will know for sure are those who are in Panem.
- The Voice: We hear his voice throughout the series, but we don't physically see him until the series finale.
Arabella (Unmarked Spoilers)
Portrayed By: Freya (no last name given)
- Famous Ancestor: She's a descendant of Coriolanus Snow. However, it's unclear if the narrator is her father or her uncle.
- Legacy Character: Word of God confirms that her name is Arabella Snow VI.
