| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''[[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilm The Hunger Games]]'' '''[[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilm Film Series Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmDistrict12 District 12]] | [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmTributes 74th Hunger Games]] | [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmPastTributes Past Tributes]] | [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmCapitol Capitol]] | [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmSpoilerCharacters Spoiler Characters]] | '''''The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'''''-]]]]] |
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| 4 | Characters from ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', a prequel film to ''Film/TheHungerGames''. For character tropes as applied to the book, see [[Characters/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes here]]. |
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| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Main Characters |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder:Lucy Gray Baird]] |
| 11 | !!Lucy Gray Baird |
| 12 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thehungergamestheballadofsongbirdsandsnakeslucygraybaird.png]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You really wanna take care of me in that arena, Coriolanus? Start by thinking I can actually win."'']] |
| 14 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RachelZegler |
| 15 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ->''"I think there’s a natural goodness born into us all. No, really. You can either cross that line into evil… or not. And it’s our life’s work to stay on the right side of that line."'' |
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| 19 | The female District 12 tribute of the 10th Hunger Games as well as its eventual victor (making her the only District 12 victor until Haymitch Abernathy). A strange girl who gains the attention of her Capitol mentor, future Panem president Coriolanus Snow. |
| 20 | ---- |
| 21 | * ActionSurvivor: Unlike Katniss, she has no training in any forms of combat or survival prior to the tournament and has to rely on her wit and will to survive. |
| 22 | * AnimalMotifs: Songbirds and snakes. She has an affinity for both, and they usually return it. She often uses bird metaphors while speaking, is referred to as a "songbird" throughout the book due to her singing, is part of a group called "the Covey", and her last name is 'Baird'. At the Reaping, she uses a snake to get revenge on Mayfair for trying to kill her, and manages to tame the snake mutts in the arena (with help from Coriolanus). |
| 23 | * BeautifulSingingVoice: She is the singer of a traveling musical troupe, so this is to be expected. She uses her singing to help win her sponsors. |
| 24 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Falls for Coriolanus Snow because he did his best to care for and guide her both before and during the Games (while knowing it was for their mutual benefit) |
| 25 | * BondingOverMissingParents: Their shared status as orphans is one of the first things that her and Coriolanus realize they have in common. |
| 26 | * TheCharmer: Lucy is naturally very charismatic and good with people and figures out quickly how to endear herself to viewers of the Games and use their love of her to her advantage. |
| 27 | * ColourfulThemeNaming: Like other members of the Covey, Lucy Gray have two given names, one of which is taken from a traditional ballad while the other is a colour. She's always referred to by both names, and is quick to correct a Capitol reporter who addresses her simply as "Lucy". |
| 28 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Katniss in numerous ways: |
| 29 | ** Katniss was a skilled hunter and fighter who had no interest in how she looked and wore exclusively drab and simple clothing when not on display for audiences while Lucy Gray is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about fashion, weaving, makeup and takes great pride in her appearance and so wears very colorful outfits. |
| 30 | ** Katniss was aloof, distant, cynical and had terrible people skills while Lucy Gray is naturally charismatic, outgoing, has excellent social skills and knows how to charm others. |
| 31 | ** Katniss is a very talented fighter but a poor planner and leader while Lucy Gray is not a combatant but is very good at using her charm and wits to survive and get people to root for her, even being the first Tribute to get sponsors. |
| 32 | ** Katniss despised Snow and saw him as nothing more than a monster while Lucy Gray knows him decades before he became President and sees his softer side, genuinely caring for him. |
| 33 | ** Katniss led a revolt against the government through her participation and later settles down with Peeta while Lucy Gray is simply trying to survive and disappears after she wins, her fate left a mystery. |
| 34 | ** Katniss had a family and was born and raised in District 12 while Lucy Gray's past is a mystery and she simply arrived in the District after losing her own parents and siblings |
| 35 | ** Katniss volunteered for the Games to spare her sister going while Lucy Gray was was forced into it simply because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time (and was dating the wrong person). |
| 36 | ** The contrast can be best summed up by the popular description that Katniss was a fighter forced into being a performer while Lucy Gray is a performer who was forced into being a fighter. |
| 37 | * DefiantToTheEnd: She doesn't die, but she doesn't know that her safety is basically guaranteed as the Rainbow Snakes slither around her. So as she sings in what she thinks are going to be her final moments, she defiantly and angrily glares into the camera right above her. |
| 38 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the second most important character in ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'', after Coriolanus Snow. |
| 39 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: We first see her at the Reaping, where she slides a snake down [[RichBitch Mayfair Lipp's]] dress while wearing an eye-catching rainbow dress and sings a song afterwards about how you can't keep her down. |
| 40 | * FinalGirl: She is the lone survivor of the 10th Hunger Games, like in the book. |
| 41 | * {{Foil}}: To Volumnia Gaul, oddly enough. |
| 42 | ** Both women have a strong and lasting influence on Coriolanus' life. One inspires love, defiance, freedom, and a departure from Capitol life. The other inspires brutality, betrayal, and support of the Capitol's classist ideals. After his failed romance with Lucy Gray, he ultimately chooses to [[StartOfDarkness side with Gaul]]. |
| 43 | ** Both Gaul and Lucy Gray have snakes and birds as their animal motifs (though both are more prominent for the latter). Lucy Gray's musical talent earned her the nickname "Songbird" and her affinity for snakes helps her get revenge, though she never uses them to poison anyone to death in the film. Gaul has a whole tankard of rainbow-colored snakes, representing her desire to "see a rainbow of destruction engulfing the world" and is more than happy to use them to kill people for the sake of research and subjugation. Gaul also uses Jabberjays for espionage and torture while Lucy Gray's songs are mimicked by Mockingjays as a symbol of defiance and an echo of her legacy. |
| 44 | ** Both women have a CloudCuckooLander side and they easily stand out in their respective environments. |
| 45 | * FriendToAllChildren: Is notably good with kids. The Capitol children she interacts with adore her. |
| 46 | * GirlyGirl: Likes dramatic makeup, pretty dresses, and weaves wildflowers in her hair. |
| 47 | * GoodBadGirl: Downplayed. Lucy Gray is sensual and flirtatious, although she uses her charms to entertain, rather than seduce. She's also one of the more good-hearted characters in ''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'', despite not being [[IncorruptiblePurePureness "made of sugar"]]. She'll kill in self-defense and will play a humiliating prank on someone who tried to murder her, but she'll do anything for her family and is able to empathize with Mayfair even after the latter [[MurderTheHypotenuse arranged for her to be sent into the Hunger Games]]. |
| 48 | * GuileHero: Both she and Coriolanus know she's not really a physical threat, especially against the boys, so their strategy to is to be smart. She charms the audience into getting enough sponsorships to keep her well fed and from there it's just a waiting game to let the crowd thin from fighting, disease, and starvation. She gets the hell out of dodge as soon as it starts and stays hidden with Jessup, only coming out for food. From there, she lets the poison do its thing and never directly has to fight anyone. |
| 49 | * HeroAntagonist: While she's [[VillainProtagonist Coriolanus's]] [[LoveInterests love interest]] the majority of the film and the two are mostly on the same page, she's clearly not for the Capitol and their stronghold on everything while he is—or he at least is more uncertain about it. Lucy Gray immediately begins to realize how dangerous their connection is the moment that she suspects [[spoiler:Coriolanus got Sejanus executed]]. It's once she confirms this suspicion that she [[spoiler:tricks him into getting bitten by a snake and then attempts to make a run for it]]. |
| 50 | * HistoryRepeats: Her conduct during her Hunger Games is similar to that of Katniss and Peeta, future tributes from her district. They both end up singing for the audience, become close with their mentors, and poison another tribute (though Peeta does this unwittingly). The only difference is that she wins her Games alone, while Katniss and Peeta do it together. |
| 51 | ** Lucy Gray and Katniss are both affiliated with [[spoiler: the song ''The Hanging Tree''.]] |
| 52 | * IconicOutfit: Her ruffled rainbow dress is her most remembered outfit, in part because she wears it so often. It also functions as this in-universe. She wears it to comfort herself on Reaping Day because it belonged to her mother, and its colorfulness stands out on such a somber occasion where most people are dressed for the serious event that Reaping is. |
| 53 | * IDontWantToDie: She eventually admits that she is scared of dying in the Hunger Games after she becomes close with Snow. This motivates him to start helping her win the Games for real. |
| 54 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 55 | ** "Lucy Gray" is the title of a poem by Creator/WilliamWordsworth. In the poem, the titular Lucy Gray disappears during a snowstorm, though her body was never found. Like her namesake, [[spoiler:Lucy Gray eventually disappears after Snow tries to kill her, although it's not explicitly stated whether she dies, decides to retreat to the wilderness, attempts to make it to what we know is District 13, or changes her identity to escape her pursuers.]] |
| 56 | ** Her last name, Baird, sounds similar to 'bird' and 'bard', which fits both her connection to mockingjays and her occupation as a writer and singer of ballads. |
| 57 | * MistakenForMurderer: Mayor Lipp suspects Lucy Gray of murdering [[spoiler:his daughter, Mayfair.]] The actual murderer was [[spoiler:Coriolanus Snow.]] |
| 58 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She's visibly remorseful over [[spoiler:accidentally killing Dill with a poisoned water bottle meant for Coral and the tributes allied with her and quietly apologizes after seeing Reaper mourn her.]] |
| 59 | * MysteriousWaif: Her past and overall life is an enigma. She herself states that, as a Covey, she didn't actually come from District 12 and only got stranded there because of Capitol policies. Her parents and two siblings are all dead, she shares her name with a very old poem in which her namesake died a mysterious death, and finally, she disappears from the face of the earth without any explanation at the end of ''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes''. |
| 60 | * NeverFoundTheBody: After she finds out Snow's [[spoiler:betrayal of Sejanus, she disappears without leaving a trace on the world.]] |
| 61 | * ProudBeauty: Is a pretty girl who likes to take care of her appearance. |
| 62 | * RainbowMotif: One of the most memorable pieces of imagery in ''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'' is her attending the Reaping in her rainbow dress. She wears the same dress during her time at Capitol Zoo, at her Interview, and in the Arena. Finally, the final obstacle to her survival are the Rainbow Snakes that she tames with her singing and a little outside help from Snow. The result is that they engulf her like she is a living flowing rainbow herself. |
| 63 | * ShroudedInMyth: She was until now (see UnseenNoMore). [[spoiler:What happens to her at the end of the book is never revealed.]] |
| 64 | * SilkHidingSteel: Turns up at the Reaping in a frilly rainbow dress with flowers in her hair... and then proceeds to stuff a snake down Mayfair Lipp's dress. |
| 65 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Develops feelings for Snow because he worked hard to care for her and protect her during the Games. Unfortunately, his ambition and loyalty to the Capitol eventually overshadow any feelings he had for her in return. |
| 66 | * SouthernBelle: Her accent, dress, and overall demeanor give her the impression of one. |
| 67 | * SnakeCharmer: She's a gorgeous singer who has an affinity for snakes. In her home district, she can easily bond with them, and in the arena, she tames the rainbow snakes with her singing (and a little scent-based help from Snow). The way the rainbow snakes harmlessly slither all over her makes it clear that they're as comfortable with her as they are with their true master, Volumnia Gaul, not that Lucy Gray is aware of this. |
| 68 | * StarCrossedLovers: With Snow. Even after she wins her Games, she's a District 12 citizen and Snow is a Capitol loyalist. [[spoiler:They do eventually get a chance to be together, but it falls apart after Snow inadvertently reveals that he killed Sejanus.]] |
| 69 | * SympathyForTheDevil: As Coral, the most vicious of the tributes, is dying by the Rainbow Snakes, Lucy Gray looks upon her with pity, especially when Coral laments her efforts to survive meant nothing in the end. |
| 70 | * ThemeNaming: All Covey have a system on how to name their children. Their first name is a reference to a ballad, while [[TwoFirstNames their second name]] [[ColorfulThemeNaming is a color]]. Lucy Gray is special in that regard, as ''both'' her names refer to the poem "Lucy Gray", though she herself says that the "Gray" part also refers to the gray sky of a snowy day. |
| 71 | * UncertainDoom: Just what happens to her at the end of the film? [[spoiler:Does she return to District 12 and adopt a new persona after she's sure Snow has left the woods? Does she succeed in escaping Panem? Or does she die in the woods trying to get to what we know is District 13 in the north or when Snow shoots her? Like the character from the poem she was named for, her fate is unclear.]] |
| 72 | * {{Unperson}}: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Thanks in no small part to Snow and Dr. Gaul, Lucy Gray is all but scrubbed from the record, only recognized as an obscure victor from District 12. The legacy she inspired, however, proves far harder to erase.]] |
| 73 | * UnseenNoMore: She's the unnamed previous District 12 victor who's mentioned a handful of times in the original books. [[spoiler: She's also the composer of ''The Hanging Tree''.]] |
| 74 | * YouCannotKillAnIdea: [[spoiler:It takes a few generations, but her legacy will eventually come to fruition. Just in time for Snow himself to still witness it.]] |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Coriolanus Snow]] |
| 78 | ->See his entry [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmCapitol here]]. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | !! District 12 |
| 82 | !!!The Covey |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 85 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Vaughan Reilly (Maude Ivory), Honor Gillies (Barb Azure), Eike Onyambu (Tam Amber), Konstantin Taffet (Clerk Carmine) |
| 86 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 87 | The Covey are the family of musicians Lucy Gray Baird comes from. They were originally nomads who travelled around the country to entertain, but by the time of ''The Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes'', they are stranded in District 12 due to the Capitol's polices. Aside from Lucy Gray, the members include Maude Ivory, Barb Azure, Clerk Carmine, Tam Amber, and Billy Taupe. Maude Ivory and Barb Azure are both Lucy Gray's cousins and her sole living relatives, while Clerk Carmine and Billy Taupe are brothers. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * ColourfulThemeNaming: Members of the Covey all have two given names, one of which is taken from a traditional ballad while the other is a colour. They are always referred to by both names. |
| 90 | * DemotedToExtra: Aside from Lucy Gray and Billy Taupe, all of them have lesser roles in the film. |
| 91 | * FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Covey seem to be inspired by the UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}, being a group of itinerants who feel that they don't belong to any single regional border, wear colorful clothing, and provide musical entertainment to make a living. |
| 92 | * LivingRelic: The Covey are a leftover of sorts from an earlier era in Panem’s history, before the Dark Days and the restrictions on travel between the Districts. |
| 93 | * MeaningfulName: A covey is a group of quails, tying in with Lucy Gray's avian theme. |
| 94 | * MusicalThemeNaming: All members of the Covey are named after real-life ballads and poems. The most prominent, of course, is Lucy Gray (named after the poem by Creator/WilliamWordsworth; this is even pointed out in-universe). Another is Barb Azure (named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Allen_(song) Barbara Allen]]). |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Billy Taupe]] |
| 98 | !!Billy Taupe |
| 99 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Dakota Shapiro |
| 100 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 101 | The brother of Clerk Carmine and a former member of the Covey. Dated Lucy Gray Baird until Lucy Gray found out he was cheating on her with Mayfair Lipp and broke up with him. |
| 102 | ---- |
| 103 | * DomesticAbuse: He acts entitled and controlling towards Lucy Gray both during and after their relationship, and two-times her for the mayor's daughter, Mayfair, whom he continues to date even ''after'' she tries to get Lucy Gray killed. Despite this, he continues to pursue her, even though she made clear that she wants nothing to do with him. |
| 104 | * InterClassRomance: Billy Taupe, who comes from the Seam, is in a relationship with [[UptownGirl Mayfair Lipp, the Mayor's daughter]]. |
| 105 | * MoralityPet: He actually seems to care about Mayfair to the point of [[spoiler:turning on his fellow Rebels when they shoot her.]] |
| 106 | * TokenEvilTeammate: The only member of the Covey to be antagonistic, and he was kicked out because he cheated on Lucy Gray. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | !!!Other District 12 Residents |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Jessup Diggs]] |
| 112 | !!Jessup Diggs |
| 113 | [[quoteright:637:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2632b2b1_a808_4019_a87b_517d7cfbc9de.jpeg]] |
| 114 | [[caption-width-right:637:]] |
| 115 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Nick Benson |
| 116 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 117 | The male District 12 tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Lysistrata Vickers. |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * DiesWideOpen: Lucy has to close his eyes after he falls to his death. |
| 120 | * MeaningfulName: His surname refers to the act of digging, which is something coal ''miners'' would do a lot. |
| 121 | * NotTheIllnessThatKilledThem: He doesn't succumb to the rabies he contracted. Instead, he dies when Coriolanus convinces Lysistrata to send a drone with water to hit him (as people with rabies have hydrophobia) which makes him plummet to his death. |
| 122 | * UndignifiedDeath: He contracts rabies from a bat biting him in the filthy train car he and Lucy Gray were transported to the Capitol in. In his death throes, he runs around in a confused state as he tries to reach Lucy Gray, who understandably stays away from him, before Coriolanus manages to convince Lysistrata to send a drone with a water bottle to scare him off, causing him to fall to his death. |
| 123 | * WorfHadTheFlu: He's a fairly big and strong guy which should've made him a decently formidable tribute. Unfortunately, he gets bitten by a bat and contracts rabies while protecting Lucy Gray on the train ride, and since nobody in the Capitol bothers to give the poor guy any proper medical attention, he can barely even walk by the time the game actually starts. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Spruce]] |
| 127 | !!Spruce |
| 128 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' George Somner |
| 129 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 130 | A District 12 rebel who wants to escape Panem. |
| 131 | ---- |
| 132 | * GunNut: He has a large cache of firearms. [[spoiler:He eventually uses one to kill Billy Taupe when he tries to attack Coriolanus for killing Mayfair.]] |
| 133 | * HideTheEvidence: After [[spoiler:killing Billy Taupe, he hides the guns used to kill him and Mayfair in the cabin where the Covey frequented whenever they had their lake picnic.]] |
| 134 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: He proudly states that Coriolanus is a rebel after he kills Mayfair, unaware that he will eventually become the tyrannical ruler of the very regime that Spruce is fighting to topple.]] |
| 135 | * RunForTheBorder: He was already planning to get out of there but really lights out of there after being forced to shoot [[spoiler:Billy Taupe. Unfortunately, he ends up caught.]] |
| 136 | [[/folder]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | [[folder:Commander Hoff]] |
| 139 | !!Commander Hoff |
| 140 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BurnGorman |
| 141 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 142 | The Head Peacekeeper in District 12 during Coriolanus Snow's and Sejanus Plinth's time working there. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | * AdaptationalBadass: Actually puts in effort to thoroughly search the district for the murder-weapons of Mayfair and Billy Taupe instead of brushing it off as a random act of violence like in the books, thus raising the stakes in the final act. |
| 145 | * PoliceBrutality: As the head of the District 12 Peacekeepers, it's in his job description. Hoff is very fond of public executions and arbitrary arrests. |
| 146 | * PetTheDog: He wonders what the son of General Crassus Snow is doing as a grunt Peacekeeper in the ass end of Panem, and assigns Coriolanus to officer school to give him a path to climb back to the top, as well as to better apply his talents. |
| 147 | * PunchClockVillain: Hoff is generally pleasant with his men but quick to order executions. |
| 148 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: ZigZagged. Commander Hoff is good-tempered and decent to the Peacekeepers he commands, but rules over the citizens of District 12 with an iron fist. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Mayfair Lipp]] |
| 152 | !!Mayfair Lipp |
| 153 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Isobel Jesper Jones |
| 154 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 155 | The daughter of Mayor Lipp. Has a personal vendetta against Lucy Gray due to Lucy Gray being the ex-girlfriend of Mayfair's boyfriend, Billy Taupe. |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * AssholeVictim: She was a horrible person, so there isn't much sympathy for her when [[spoiler:she's shot to death by Snow]]. |
| 158 | * EvilCounterpart: To Madge Undersee from the original series. Madge is SpoiledSweet and a close friend of Katniss, Mayfair is a SpoiledBrat and hates Lucy Gray. The only thing they have in common is that they are both the mayor's daughter. |
| 159 | * InTheBack: [[spoiler:Snow shoots her from behind when she tries to tell her father about the rebel's plans.]] |
| 160 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: Sets Lucy Gray up to be Reaped in order to remove her as a romantic rival for Billy's affections. |
| 161 | * {{Nepotism}}: She used her father's influence to send Lucy Gray to the Games, which of course prevents her from being Reaped as well. |
| 162 | * RichBitch: She's the mayor's daughter and uses her wealth and status for her advantage, like [[spoiler:[[MurderTheHypotenuse getting rid of Lucy Gray]] by sending her off to the Hunger Games]]. |
| 163 | * SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Snow shoots her dead when she tries to squeal to her father about the rebel cell.]] |
| 164 | * TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Telling a group of rebels who have ''rifles'' that she'll report them to her father so they'll get hanged is just plain idiotic. The fact that it ''wasn't'' one of the rebels who decided to pick up one of these rifles and gun her down is just the cherry on top.]] |
| 165 | * UptownGirl: Is the Mayor's daughter, and is dating Billy Taupe, a boy from the Seam. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Mayor Lipp]] |
| 169 | !!Mayor Lipp |
| 170 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Marc Aden Gray |
| 171 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 172 | The Mayor of District 12 during President Snow's youth and father of Mayfair Lipp. |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | * CorruptPolitician: Uses his power to try and get the innocent Lucy Gray killed, all because his daughter has her eyes on Lucy Gray's boyfriend and wants her out of the way. |
| 175 | * MayorPain: He's the evil variety. He sends Lucy Gray off to what he thinks is her death, and assaults her. |
| 176 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Mayfair, his only known child, dies in the book.]] |
| 177 | * WouldHitAGirl: Hits Lucy Gray, leaving a purple bruise. |
| 178 | * WouldHurtAChild: He slaps Lucy Gray, a 16 year old girl, in the face for putting a snake in his daughter's dress—not to mention he may have knowingly read her name because Mayfair asked him to too. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!Other Tributes of the 10th Hunger Games |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Facet and Velvereen]] |
| 184 | !!Facet and Velvereen |
| 185 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Tim Torok (Facet), Varvara Kanellakopoulou (Velvereen) |
| 186 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 187 | The District 1 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games. They are mentored by Livia Cardew and Palmyra Monty, respectively. |
| 188 | ---- |
| 189 | * DemotedToExtra: The film does not show their bodies being dragged by horses during the opening of the Games. |
| 190 | * MeaningfulName: Since both Facet and Velvereen hail from District 1, both of their names reference their District's industry of producing luxury items for the Capitol. |
| 191 | ** The word 'facet' refers to a small flat surface cut onto a [[RockThemeNaming precious stone]]. |
| 192 | ** Velvereen is one letter away from 'velveteen', a type of cloth which imitates velvet. |
| 193 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: They take advantage of the sabotage to try and run for their lives. |
| 194 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Before the Games even start, both are shot dead when they attempt to flee the arena during the rebel bombing. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Marcus]] |
| 198 | !!Marcus |
| 199 | [[quoteright:459:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5fef7d02_f9cb_4e8f_97d0_59404b29bc86.jpeg]] |
| 200 | [[caption-width-right:459:]] |
| 201 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Jerome Lance |
| 202 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 203 | The District 2 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Sejanus Plinth, who also happens to be his former classmate from school. |
| 204 | ---- |
| 205 | * ColdBloodedTorture: After the Capitol captures him, they put him on display during the opening of the Games, still alive but battered and bloodied and an easy prey for other tributes to kill. |
| 206 | * CommonalityConnection: Defied; he and his mentor Sejanus come from the same district and were even once classmates, but this only serves to make Marcus hate Sejanus ''more'', and thus he refuses to engage with Sejanus on any level, not even to improve his own chances of survival in the Games. |
| 207 | * GreatEscape: When the stadium is bombed, Marcus flees and tries to escape the Capitol. However, sometime before the Games start, he is captured and then put on display in the stadium. |
| 208 | * HistoryRepeats: Like [[Characters/TheHungerGamesLiteratureTributesOfThe74thHungerGames Cato]], the District 2 male tribute in the 74th Hunger Games, he was tortured by the Gamemakers and eventually [[MercyKill mercy killed by a female tribute.]] |
| 209 | * MercyKill: When Lamina approaches him during the Games, he begs her to end his misery. She proceeds to slash his throat. |
| 210 | * SlashedThroat: Lamina kills him by slashing his throat three times. |
| 211 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Or rather, classmates. Before Sejanus moved to the Capitol, he and Marcus attended the same school. Sejanus still keeps a class photo featuring him and Marcus. |
| 212 | * WrongSideOfTheTracks: He and Sejanus. They were both raised in the same District 2 neighborhood and even attended the same school. However, Sejanus' family rose up the ranks and moved to the Capitol, freeing him from having to participate in the Hunger Games. Marcus, on the other hand, did not. He is still bitter about this and refuses to talk to Sejanus during their mentorship. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Sabyn]] |
| 216 | !!Sabyn |
| 217 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Yuli Lam |
| 218 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 219 | The District 2 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Florus Friend. |
| 220 | ---- |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Circ and Teslee]] |
| 224 | !!Circ and Teslee |
| 225 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Felix Audu (Circ), Vanessa Blanck (Teslee) |
| 226 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 227 | The District 3 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games. They are mentored by Io Jasper and Urban Canville, respectively. |
| 228 | ---- |
| 229 | * DemotedToExtra: Perhaps the most egregious examples of the film. While in the book they were huge threats in the games, here they are both killed on the first day. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Mizzen]] |
| 233 | !!Mizzen |
| 234 | [[quoteright:798:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5e83dfc8_6b36_4d7a_9fcb_bde5056c9604.jpeg]] |
| 235 | [[caption-width-right:798:]] |
| 236 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Cooper Dillon |
| 237 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 238 | The District 4 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Persephone Price. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * BadassAndChildDuo: With him as the child and Coral as the badass, though Mizzen's not bad himself. |
| 241 | * DevouredByTheHorde: He meets his end when snake muttations devour him to death. |
| 242 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: He dies being devoured by the snake mutts rather than falling from a great height and breaking his neck. |
| 243 | * MeaningfulName: His name brings to mind the ''mizzen''-mast of a ship. |
| 244 | * VillainousFriendship: He seems to have a good rapport with Coral, and she gives a look of sadness when she sees him being devoured by the snakes. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Coral]] |
| 248 | !!Coral |
| 249 | [[quoteright:684:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c8fb2558_24f0_4a63_b68a_84d434989831.jpeg]] |
| 250 | [[caption-width-right:684:some caption text]] |
| 251 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Mackenzie Lansing |
| 252 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 253 | The District 4 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Festus Creed. |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Her PetTheDog moments with Mizzen from the books did not make the film edition (though she does briefly look back as Mizzen is killed with regret), and she's much more overtly aggressive in leading her pack, ruthlessly hunting down Lucy Gray after taunting Coriolanus about it. |
| 256 | * AlasPoorVillain: As the snakes kill her, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone she laments that she killed several children,]] and it was AllForNothing. |
| 257 | * BadassAndChildDuo: With her as the badass and Mizzen as the child, though Mizzen's not bad himself. |
| 258 | * BigSisterInstinct: She seemed protective of Mizzen, her thirteen-year-old district partner. |
| 259 | * CombatPragmatist: She betrays Tanner and uses the beam to kill Lamina. |
| 260 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: She was killed by being bitten to death by the snake mutts. |
| 261 | * DarkActionGirl: She is the most dominant tribute during the Games, and effectively the leader of the Career pack. |
| 262 | * DevouredByTheHorde: She meets her end when snake muttations grab her feet and bite her to death. |
| 263 | * EvilRedhead: She has ginger hair and is the most brutal and aggressive tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. |
| 264 | * TheHeavy: She's the main physical threat during the second act, even if she's ultimately another victim in the grand scheme of things. |
| 265 | * MeaningfulName: She's most likely named after the underwater organism known as coral. |
| 266 | * ProngsOfPoseidon: Her weapon of choice is a trident. |
| 267 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: She [[AintTooProudToBeg begs Lucy Gray to help her from the snake mutts]], at first suggesting a hypocrite given her mercilessness previously. But as she is about to die she reveals she really is a PunchClockVillain at worst as she weeps that all the wicked things the Games forced her to do amounted to nothing. This more or less supports Lucy Gray's belief that the Arena reveals nothing as Coral would likely have never hurt anyone if she didn't have to. |
| 268 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Kills Tanner by stabbing him with her trident because he let Lucy Gray go free. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Hy and Sol]] |
| 272 | !!Hy and Sol |
| 273 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Kittipong Ace Cunjanagan (Hy), Samia Hofmann (Sol) |
| 274 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 275 | The District 5 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games. They are mentored by Dennis Fling and Iphigenia Moss, respectively. |
| 276 | ---- |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:Otto and Ginnee]] |
| 280 | !!Otto and Ginnee |
| 281 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Nova Just (Otto), Kyra Reinert (Ginnee) |
| 282 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 283 | The District 6 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games. They are mentored by Apollo and Diana Ring, respectively. |
| 284 | ---- |
| 285 | * AdaptationalBadass: Otto, who never got to show his skills before his death in the book, reveals himself to be quite deadly when given a crossbow. |
| 286 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Otto makes it to the Games instead of dying in the arena bombing. Averted with Ginnee who dies the same way she did in the book. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Treech]] |
| 290 | !!Treech |
| 291 | [[quoteright:715:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e33bc6bd_5065_4fd8_8076_563e4c7817c0.jpeg]] |
| 292 | [[caption-width-right:715:]] |
| 293 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Hiroki Berrecloth |
| 294 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 295 | The District 7 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Vipsania Sickle. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * AdaptationalVillainy: He becomes part of the Career pack in the film. |
| 298 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Lucy Gray kills him through the rat poison, rather than her pet venomous snake. |
| 299 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He refuses to hunt Lamina when the Careers corner her, since she came from his district. |
| 300 | * MeaningfulName: His name is ''Tree''ch, from the District filled with trees. You do the math from there. |
| 301 | * MightyLumberjack: He's a very good fighter from the lumber District. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Lamina]] |
| 305 | !!Lamina |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[quoteright:571:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0d4fe3ee_f5c3_4848_ba73_cdfb9c4436c9.jpeg]] |
| 308 | [[caption-width-right:571:]] |
| 309 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Irene Böhm |
| 310 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 311 | The District 7 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Pliny Harrington. |
| 312 | ---- |
| 313 | * AdaptationalWimp: The film depicts her as ''extremely'' hysterical upon being Reaped, even until the Games start. That said, she still manages to survive the opening bloodbath. |
| 314 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Blonde in the books, ginger in the film. |
| 315 | * HistoryRepeats: She gets cornered by a pack of tributes, just like Katniss does in her Games. Unlike her, however, Lamina does not survive the encounter, being speared by Coral. |
| 316 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets skewered by Coral using her trident. |
| 317 | * LastStand: Coral, Mizzen, and Tanner corner her in the stadium and ultimately kill her. |
| 318 | * MeaningfulName: Her name refers to the botanical term of the flat part of the leaf, or in layman's terms, the leaf blade. |
| 319 | * MercyKill: Does this to Marcus on the first day of the Games to put him out of his suffering. |
| 320 | * MortonsFork: Coral and Mizzen force Lamina into one of these by cornering her on the beam from opposite sides, giving her only enough time to attack one before the other is upon her. She is subsequently knocked off the beam by Coral and falls to her death. |
| 321 | * MightyLumberjack: A skilled axe-wielder. |
| 322 | * WrongGenreSavvy: She thought that staying on the beam would keep her safe, and didn't expect Coral, Mizzen and Tanner to team up on her. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Bobbin]] |
| 326 | !!Bobbin |
| 327 | [[quoteright:816:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/58d7f04d_a676_45aa_90fb_4c39fc4b965e.jpeg]] |
| 328 | [[caption-width-right:816:]] |
| 329 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Knox Gibson |
| 330 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 331 | The District 8 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Juno Phipps. |
| 332 | ---- |
| 333 | * BludgeonedToDeath: Snow kills him by picking up a piece of concrete and whacking him in the head with it multiple times. |
| 334 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: He is an amputee in the film, but there is no mention of him having any sort of disability in the book. |
| 335 | * ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Coriolanus beats him to death with a piece of concrete attached to a rebar when he hits Coriolanus in the back with his sword and wounds him. Initially, Coriolanus was just planning on defending himself with that rebar but after he got hit, he got consumed by anger. |
| 336 | * HandicappedBadass: Having only one arm doesn't stop him from being a PintSizedPowerhouse. |
| 337 | * MeaningfulName: He's most likely named after the spindle/cylinder which holds thread in a sewing machine. |
| 338 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: He is small, but still able to spar with Coriolanus and Sejanus at the same time. |
| 339 | * StartOfDarkness: Bobbin is Coriolanus' first kill. Even when he tries to justify his murder as self-defense, his death obviously impacts his mental state, as he becomes more ruthless after that. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Wovey]] |
| 343 | !!Wovey |
| 344 | [[quoteright:785:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d48fadc3_9823_48e5_b69a_1f3eb835483f.jpeg]] |
| 345 | [[caption-width-right:785:]] |
| 346 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Sofia Sanchez |
| 347 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 348 | The District 8 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Hilarius Heavensbee. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * DesperatePleaForHome: When the snake mutts are being carried to the Arena, she hopefully mutters whether the Games have ended and they can go home now. |
| 351 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Devoured by the snake mutts, rather than being poisoned by Lucy Gray's rat poison. |
| 352 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: She has Down syndrome in the film, but there is no mention of her having any sort of disability in the book. |
| 353 | * MeaningfulName: "Wove" is the past simple form of 'weave', which is something her District is known for -- woven products. |
| 354 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: The most innocent and harmless of the tributes and one that faces a horrible death at the hands of snake mutts. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
| 356 | |
| 357 | [[folder:Panlo and Sheaf]] |
| 358 | !!Panlo and Sheaf |
| 359 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lucas Wilson (Panlo), Joan Marie Laux (Sheaf) |
| 360 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 361 | The District 9 tributes of the 10th Hunger Games. They are mentored by Gaius Breen and Androcles Anderson, respectively. |
| 362 | ---- |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Tanner]] |
| 366 | !!Tanner |
| 367 | [[quoteright:512:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d7bedf09_3515_4388_87b6_328f9c83b195.jpeg]] |
| 368 | [[caption-width-right:512:]] |
| 369 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Kjell Brutscheidt |
| 370 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 371 | The District 10 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Domitia Whimsiwick. |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets impaled by Coral. |
| 374 | * MeaningfulName: His name is a occupational name denoting a person who makes leather from animal skins. |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Brandy]] |
| 378 | !!Brandy |
| 379 | [[quoteright:606:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/214d2941_d226_41d4_b177_5fc065dfadc2.jpeg]] |
| 380 | [[caption-width-right:606:]] |
| 381 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Luna Kuse |
| 382 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 383 | The District 10 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Arachne Crane. |
| 384 | ---- |
| 385 | * TheDogBitesBack: After Arachne treats her like an animal too many times, Brandy slits her throat. Though she is immediately gunned down after this, making it a PyrrhicVictory. |
| 386 | * GrievousBottleyHarm: How she kills Arachne, when the latter was taunting her with a drink bottle, she manages to grab it, smash it against the bars of the cage, and shove the broken end into her neck. |
| 387 | * MeaningfulName: Her name references the branding of farm animals to mark who they belong to. |
| 388 | * MultipleGunshotDeath: The peacekeepers riddle her with bullets after she kills Arachne. |
| 389 | * SympatheticMurderer: She kills Arachne... after Arachne taunted her with a sandwich when she was in the monkey cage and starving. The fact that she was scheduled to be publicly executed as a message to the districts doesn't hurt her cause either. |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:Reaper Ash]] |
| 393 | !!Reaper Ash |
| 394 | [[quoteright:576:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/875cac12_bbef_4134_b3ca_a8cef26303a7.jpeg]] |
| 395 | [[caption-width-right:576:]] |
| 396 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Dimitri Abold |
| 397 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 398 | The District 11 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. He is mentored by Clemensia Dovecote. |
| 399 | ---- |
| 400 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He makes a defiant tirade at the Capitol after wrapping the tributes' bodies in a Capitol flag, which briefly encaptivates everyone, before it is cut off by Gaul's speech. |
| 401 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Devoured by the snake horde rather than being poisoned by Lucy Gray's rat poison. |
| 402 | * DueToTheDead: After Dill's death, he wraps bodies of the dead tributes in a Capitol flag. |
| 403 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: When the snake mutts reach him, he calmly closes his eyes and lets them bite him. |
| 404 | * TheGrimReaper: Befitting his name, he picks up bodies of dead tributes and [[DueToTheDead respectfully arranges them inside the stadium, wrapping them with Capitol flags]]. |
| 405 | * HistoryRepeats: He shares elements with Thresh, a future male tribute from his district. Like Thresh, he is isolated during the Games, as no one dares to approach him because of his reputation. He is also close with the female tribute from his district, as seemingly looking after her and having a breakdown when she dies. |
| 406 | * MeaningfulName: Outside of his status as a ScaryBlackMan as perceived by others, to 'reap' means to "cut and collect a grain crop". |
| 407 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: A person named ''[[TheGrimReaper Reaper]]'' is not someone you want to mess with. |
| 408 | * ScaryBlackMan: Aside from Lucy Gray, he is the most mysterious and undoubtedly the most feared tribute of the 10th Hunger Games, having killed a Peacekeeper back home and not being afraid to physically intimidate Snow, a mentor, when he wanders into the tributes' truck. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | [[folder:Dill]] |
| 412 | !!Dill |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[quoteright:707:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6c284a59_e75e_429b_9168_eea1076c81df.jpeg]] |
| 415 | [[caption-width-right:707:]] |
| 416 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Luna Steeples |
| 417 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 418 | The District 11 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games. She is mentored by Felix Ravinstill. |
| 419 | ---- |
| 420 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Accompanies her constant coughing. |
| 421 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Dies drinking a water bottle that has been poisoned by Lucy Gray, rather than succumbing to her tuberculosis. |
| 422 | * DiesWideOpen: Her eyes are seen still open when Reaper turns her cadaver over. |
| 423 | * IncurableCoughOfDeath: She constantly coughs during the pre-Games stage. Just before she dies, Lucky identifies her as a sufferer of tuberculosis. |
| 424 | * MeaningfulName: Her name refers to a [[FloralThemeNaming type of herb]]. |
| 425 | * NotTheIllnessThatKilledThem: Rather than succumbing to her tuberculosis like in the book, she instead dies by drinking a water bottle poisoned by Lucy Gray. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | !!The Capitol |
| 429 | [[folder:President Ravinstill]] |
| 430 | The President of Panem during the early years of the Hunger Games. |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | * CorruptPolitician: For funding the reconstruction of Panem, the president allowed the Plinths to move to the Capitol. It's mentioned that the Plinths can get away with basically everything, since they have money. |
| 433 | * TheGhost: He is never actually seen. |
| 434 | * GreaterScopeVillain: As the President of Panem, he is in charge of the Capitol's authoritarian regime which holds the people of Panem in chains and institutes the Hunger Games. Indeed, it's his consideration of ending the Hunger Games that drives the plot, and he ultimately is the one who decides to keep it going—as implied heavily though, Gaul likely holds a lot of pull over him. |
| 435 | * LastNameBasis: His first name is never revealed. |
| 436 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:His son, Felix, eventually succumbs to the injuries he sustained during the stadium bombing.]] |
| 437 | * PresidentEvil: While we never see much of his villainy onscreen, he is the leader of the Capitol's brutal rule over Panem. |
| 438 | * PuppetKing: He's ultimately displayed as being so despite being the President of Panem, as most decisions for what happens in both the Districts and the Capitol seem to be made more by Gaul than anyone else—either that or her input is that indispensable to Ravinstill that he can't rule without it. |
| 439 | * WouldHurtAChild: While Dr. Gaul was the catalyst for the start of the Hunger Games, the president was likely the one who approved it, since he had the final say in state matters. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[folder:Volumnia Gaul]] |
| 443 | !!Volumnia Gaul |
| 444 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thehungergamestheballadofsongbirdsandsnakesvolumniagaul.png]] |
| 445 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I want my enemies to see a rainbow of destruction engulfing the world."'']] |
| 446 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ViolaDavis |
| 447 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 448 | |
| 449 | ->''"You wanna protect people, Mr. Snow? To govern them like your father? Then it’s essential you accept what human beings are and what it takes to control them."'' |
| 450 | |
| 451 | The Head Gamemaker of the 10th Hunger Games who oversees the Capitol's experimental weapons division, including the infamous muttations. |
| 452 | ---- |
| 453 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: Volumnia Gaul is one for Professor Annalise Keating, a character Creator/ViolaDavis had portrayed in ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'' before playing Gaul in this movie. Both Gaul and Annalise are well-known professors working for universities who have taken a special liking to one of their students (Snow for Gaul; Wes for Annalise), excel at their profession (science for Gaul; law for Annalise) and are very [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]]. However, Gaul has none of Annalise’s sympathetic or redeeming qualities, with even Gaul’s liking to Snow being just something she can mold into sharing her nihilistic view on the world, which contrasts with Annalise’s genuine love for Wes. |
| 454 | * DestroyTheEvidence: [[spoiler:Dr. Gaul at the end has a hand in scrubbing all incriminating data pertaining to the 10th Hunger Games, in no small part to [[{{Unperson}} to erase Lucy Gray from the record in all but name]].]] |
| 455 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Gaul has Clemensia injected with snake venom for lying to her about working on an assignment that both she and Snow were supposed to do. |
| 456 | * DragonInChief: Any decisions President Ravinstill makes in ruling Panem pretty much seem to be effected directly by whatever she thinks or wants—as displayed by her insistence that the Hunger Games be implemented when the idea was first introduced to her. |
| 457 | * {{Evil is Hammy}}: Courtesy of Viola Davis, who leaves no doubt about Gaul being the biggest villain of the film. |
| 458 | * EvilerThanThou: However terrible a person Coriolanus is, Snow never even comes close to just how sociopathic, vindictive, petty, insane and misanthropic Gaul was. Case in point, she arranges for Clemensia to be poisoned due to the girl lying to her over an assignment Clemensia was supposed to work on with Snow. Snow himself indulges in DisproportionateRetribution, but never for something so banal as lying on a homework assignment. |
| 459 | * EvilMentor: To Coriolanus both before and by the end of the story. |
| 460 | * EvilOldFolks: Gaul is depicted as an old woman, and she is a vile woman who performs experiments on innocent people and [[spoiler:was responsible for the Hunger Games becoming a part of Panem.]] |
| 461 | * FashionVictimVillain:[[invoked]] Invoked, and she's implicitly the first in the series, chronologically. Gaul wears ostentatious outfits with bright colors, big hair, and patterns that feel very out-of-place in the solemn postwar Capitol, and her flashy clothing makes her stand out in her role as a ruthless monster--her fashion sense was chosen to evoke both ''Frankenstein'' and [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]. It's indicated that Gaul's unusual tastes had a big influence on the gaudy, freakish style later adopted by the whole ghoulish Capitol. |
| 462 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Volumnia is this for the entire series, and in multiple ways. |
| 463 | ** Even though Casca Highbottom was the one who wrote it and Crassus Snow suggested it, it was Gaul who proposed to actually ''implement'' the Hunger Games as a way to punish the Districts to the extent that their ability to rise again will be severely diminished. As a result, she's responsible for the deaths of at least 23 children every year up until the 74th Hunger Games, even though by that time, she's long dead.[[note]]Accounting for the 50th Hunger Games having twice the tributes, the 74th having two victors, and the 75th being interrupted with six remaining tributes alive, that's 1743 casualties.[[/note]] |
| 464 | ** She is also the one who grooms Snow into the ruthless president he is today, by engaging him in mind games to harden him up and make him believe that only the Capitol is able to provide control over the Districts. |
| 465 | ** Even with her only being the Gamemaker and leading the Science Department at the University, being the head of the War Department as well, she still being the one to implement the Games and having overseen them since their inception—as well as having asked for creative and cruel new ways to punish the Districts—and ordering the snake attack on the Tributes—be it to wipe them all out or not, would indicate that ''she'' despite not being the President is the true malevolent ruler of Panem in her lifetime more than anyone else—and basically indicates that actions against the Districts pretty much always go through her before they do anyone else as well. |
| 466 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: By the end of ''The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes'', she gets everything she wants, including an understudy to succeed her reign of terror. Since there's no mention of her in the main series, it can be assumed that she died in peace--though would still have died obviously. On the other hand, Finnick in ''Mockingjay: Part 1'' reveals that Snow killed allies as well as enemies, so there's a strong possibility that Snow killed her and took her resources once he graduated and had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness learned everything he could from her]]--and it would also be a KarmicDeath for her at that too (especially with [[AssholeVictim all her varied crimes over the decades making it all the more well-earned]]). |
| 467 | * MadScientist: To say that she's a mad scientist is putting it mildly. Gaul has wild hair, wears an ominous lab coat that looks like it was dipped in blood, and conducts genetic experiments on animals to serve the purposes of espionage and torture, with absolutely no empathy for any living being. |
| 468 | * TheManBehindTheMan: She serves this role to President Ravinstill. In a story where Gaul is both told and implied to be singlehandedly responsible for the biggest problems with the Capitol (implementing the Hunger Games and becoming Head Gamemaker, seeking to increase viewer retention on the games through spectacle, pioneering muttations, grooming Coriolanus Snow into the villain he becomes, dictating war policy, and even setting tastes for vain and ridiculous fashion), President Ravinstill, the ostensible chief authority of Panem, is never seen or heard even once and could be as good as her puppet for all we know. |
| 469 | * MeaningfulName: Volumnia is the name of the [[MyBelovedSmother domineering mother]] of Caius Martius Coriolanus, the protagonist of [[Theatre/{{Coriolanus}} the Shakespearean tragedy]] from whom President Snow got his name. Gaul was the nation that would become France, and was an enemy of Rome's characterized as barbarians who needed to be civilized. Dr. Gaul is a cruel, ruthless person in power in the Roman-styled Capitol who believes all people are barbarians and need to be tamed with measures like the Hunger Games. |
| 470 | * MisanthropeSupreme: She is firmly of the opinion that all humans are inherently evil and in fact uses this to justify the Capitol's totalitarian rule over Panem, because of course those savage animals of the Districts couldn't possibly dream of placing themselves to order. |
| 471 | * ObviouslyEvil: Gaul sticks out like a sore thumb with her extravagant fashion, dresses like a textbook MadScientist in her laboratory, and has a dominating, contemptuous, grandiose demeanor that singles her out immediately as a very classical theatrical villain to the audience. |
| 472 | * PragmaticVillainy: Everything she does while also ForTheEvulz is rooted in it too and not because of any special kinds of standards. Specifically when she has Clemensia bitten by a snake to prove she's lying, has Coriolanus retrieve Sejanus from the arena so the Capitol isn't embarrassed—which involves the latter endangering himself as well, takes on Coriolanus as her associate at the Academy to further instructing him in her ideals, treating his injuries just to assure her Mentee stays healthy, allows Lucy Gray to live just because she wanted to prevent an uprising if she died and when she decided to execute all the Tributes left in the 10th Games before that just because she wanted to send a message and retaliate for their mockery—claiming it's because of the President's son dying. Anyone she keeps around is always in service to her agenda and not because she actually cares about any of them. |
| 473 | * ProfessorGuineaPig: Alluded to with her character design having scars, mismatched eyes, and always-covered hands, with suggestions that her experiments have backfired and damaged her when she got too close or tested things on herself. |
| 474 | * PsychologicalProjection: Gaul believes people are brutes and animals who must be kept in check with reminders of their cruelty, while being the objectively most brutal and cruel person in the story as an authoritarian MadScientist who engineers death for a living. It's implied she has placed her own alarming flaws onto society to justify herself. |
| 475 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: She sends Snow to take part in Peacekeeping duties in District 12 to make him be able to see the chaotic world, realize that the Capitol's domination over the Districts is right, and, by sneaking and reporting on Sejanus' treachery, prove that he is loyal to the Capitol. |
| 476 | * TheSociopath: She shows no remorse for the various atrocities she commits. |
| 477 | [[/folder]] |
| 478 | |
| 479 | !!!Capitol Academy |
| 480 | |
| 481 | [[folder:Casca Highbottom]] |
| 482 | !!Casca Highbottom |
| 483 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thehungergamestheballadofsongbirdsandsnakescascahighbottom.png]] |
| 484 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Do you hear that, boy? Finally. The sound of snow falling."'']] |
| 485 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterDinklage |
| 486 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 487 | |
| 488 | ->''"Eager to learn who’s won that Plinth Prize, no doubt. And a golden future. However, I am here to tell you that there has been a change this year. One final assignment to prove your worth."'' |
| 489 | |
| 490 | The dean of the Capitol Academy in the early years of the Hunger Games who presides over its first mentorship program. He is historically significant as the man who drafted the plan to pit District children against each other in a game of death as punishment for their rebellion during the Dark Days, a spectacle that later came to be called the Hunger Games. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * AddledAddict: He has become dependent on Morphling [[spoiler:due to his guilt over unintentionally creating the Hunger Games]] to the point that he is only barely functional. His students even express surprise that he's allowed to speak at public functions. |
| 493 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:He's partly (if somewhat unwillingly) responsible for the Hunger Games and abused Coriolanus [[RevengeByProxy to take out his hatred of the boy's father]]. It's still hard not to feel pity for him when he becomes one of the first of many victims of Snow's rise to power, especially as he dies a guilt-ridden addict.]] |
| 494 | * CruelToBeKind: DeconstructedTrope - [[spoiler:while part of his reasoning for treating Snow the way he does is because he does not want Snow to TurnOutLikeHisFather, a significant portion of it is also a case of RevengeByProxy on said father for using Highbottom to create the Hunger Games in the first place. Because Highbottom never explains ''why'' he and Crassus had a falling out, though, Snow just views the Dean as someone who bullies him for no reason and grows to hate him. By the time Highbottom finally explains his actions, Snow no longer cares and is already in the process of poisoning the older man]]. |
| 495 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: He has dwarfism in the film, but the book contains no mention of him being of below average height. |
| 496 | * DrowningMySorrows: After his plans for [[spoiler:the Hunger Games were carried out without his consent]], Highbottom became addicted to Morphling and is always seen intoxicated as a result. |
| 497 | * EtTuBrute: He felt personally betrayed when his erstwhile best friend, [[spoiler:Crassus Snow, stole his plans for the Hunger Games and then presented it to Dr. Gaul without his consent]]. |
| 498 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 499 | ** Highbottom never intended for [[spoiler:the Hunger Games to be carried out]]. No matter how much he hates the Districts, even he puts a line on [[spoiler:pitting their children into gladiator games]]. |
| 500 | ** It's also seen in how he treats Lucy Gray. [[spoiler:He could easily have had her executed for her role in cheating in the Hunger Games, but he states that sending her back to District 12 is punishment enough, and in private he apologizes to her for what she's been through and gives her a wad of money, which she admits that she's grateful to have since the Covey couldn't perform while she was gone.]] |
| 501 | * HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler: His goal is revealed to ultimately let the Hunger Games fall from grace enough to be canceled. Sadly, his antagonism of Coriolanus only furthers the young man's desire to see them continued.]] |
| 502 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Highbottom was horrified when [[spoiler:his draft plan of the Hunger Games was stolen and subsequently proposed by Crassus Snow]], as he considers it inhumane. However, he was too late to stop the plan from being carried out. |
| 503 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:His decision to send Snow to the Peacekeepers gave Gaul a chance to fully assess the boy's loyalties and cement his devotion to the Capital, ensuring the perpetuation of the Hunger Games]]. More generically, [[spoiler:his intentional humiliation of Coriolanus and unwillingness to explain why he hates Snow only cemented the boy's classism and other issues, which play a large role in Snow turning out so evil in the future]]. |
| 504 | * OpposedMentors: He and Gaul are this to Snow, with Casca being the good mentor to Gaul being the evil one. {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, though, in that Casca hates Coriolanus for [[spoiler:being the son of the man who betrayed him]] and treats Snow like shit, making Snow much more receptive to Gaul's advice than his. |
| 505 | * RevengeByProxy: He has a personal vendetta against [[spoiler:Crassus since their falling out. Since Crassus died during the first rebellion, however]], he resorted to making the life of [[spoiler:his son]], Coriolanus, a living hell as a result. |
| 506 | * TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: At the end of ''The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'', [[spoiler:Coriolanus poisons Highbottom to eliminate a potential opponent of his rise to power]]. |
| 507 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Hunger Games is revealed to have been a drunkenly-made draft plan that was never intended to be proposed ''at all''.]] |
| 508 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Snow's father used to be best friends but had a falling out and now Highbottom takes out his hatred of Crassus on his son. [[spoiler:Said falling out was caused when Crassus gave Highbottom's draft plan for the Hunger Games to Gaul against his own wishes to have them burned.]] |
| 509 | [[/folder]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | [[folder:Sejanus Plinth]] |
| 512 | !!Sejanus Plinth |
| 513 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thehungergamestheballadofsongbirdsandsnakessejanusplinth.png]] |
| 514 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You're monsters! All of you!"'']] |
| 515 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Josh Andrés Rivera |
| 516 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 517 | |
| 518 | A student of the Capitol Academy who is the son of an influential Capitol family and Coriolanus Snow's best friend. His family originally came from District 2. |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | %%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* BigFancyHouse: Lives in one in the Capitol. |
| 521 | * ChildOfTwoWorlds: His family were residents of District 2 who moved to the Captiol in his youth thanks to his father's wealth and influence. This earns him disdain from both the Capitol natives, who view him as a NouveauRiche [[FantasticRacism District boy]], and the District 2 citizens, who see him as a CategoryTraitor for escaping subjection to the Hunger Games and participating as a mentor. |
| 522 | * ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:It's strongly implied that he was subjected to this before his public hanging]]. |
| 523 | * DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler:Sejanus is Coriolanus' first real friend, and Coriolanus' betrayal of him, which leads to his death, serves as his definite StartOfDarkness]]. |
| 524 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Sejanus always has a rebellious mind and loudly voices his opinion against the Capitol's mistreatment of the Districts. [[spoiler:It all culminates with him joining the District 12 rebels' plot to escape Panem and head north, which eventually costs him his life]]. |
| 525 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: One of his defining traits. He wants to help the people of the Districts, but he always fails to think about the potential risks, complications, or consequences of his actions. He fails to understand how patronizing Marcus would find him loudly trying to give him some food while the tributes were on display at a zoo, risks his life to [[spoiler:give Marcus a [[DueToTheDead District 2 funerary custom]]]], joins Coriolanus in exile as a Peacekeeper instead of using his family's wealth to better the Districts, tries to help a woman that is imprisoned for making a scene at her husband's execution and ends up unknowingly [[spoiler:arming a Rebel cell and leading to the deaths of the mayor's daughter and her boyfriend. He ends up getting executed for that last one.]] [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney His dad constantly bailing him out of trouble with their money]] probably contributed to this. |
| 526 | * DueToTheDead: He goes to cover up [[spoiler:Marcus's]] corpse while the Games are still going on. |
| 527 | * FatalFlaw: His HotBlooded personality makes him impulsive and prone to making bad decisions which [[spoiler:eventually gets him killed]]. |
| 528 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Tragically averted. When his execution is carried out, he screams for his mother]]. |
| 529 | * FriendlessBackground: The only friend he ever had was Coriolanus Snow. [[spoiler:Who betrayed him.]] |
| 530 | * HotBlooded: Is impulsive and prone to having pro-District/anti-Capitol outbursts in class. |
| 531 | * IWantMyMommy: Played seriously. [[spoiler:His last words, which the jabberjays pick up and which visibly haunt Coriolanus, are "Ma! Ma! Ma!"]]. |
| 532 | * KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:He gets hanged while screaming for his ma]]. |
| 533 | * MeaningfulName: "Sejanus" was the name of a powerful friend and confidant of the Roman emperor Tiberius. This story's Sejanus is powerful and influential due to his family's wealth and is a confidant of future president Coriolanus Snow. [[spoiler:Like the historical Sejanus, he is also suddenly executed on accusations of treason.]] |
| 534 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After he and Coriolanus escape the arena, he's visibly shaken up and apologizes to Coriolanus since [[spoiler:he got injured and was forced to kill one of the tributes to save Sejanus and himself]]. |
| 535 | * NiceGuy: He's a kind, caring young man who has compassion for the people in the Districts. |
| 536 | * NouveauRiche: His family were wealthy residents of District 2 who were allowed to move into the Captiol after the Rebellion was crushed. They're still viewed with disdain from Capitol natives. |
| 537 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red (impulsive, passionate, outspoken) to Coriolanus Snow's Blue (reserved, composed, less emotional). |
| 538 | * LaResistance: Is sympathetic to the rebels and [[spoiler:ends up betraying the Capitol in order to aid them]]. |
| 539 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Sejanus faces few, if any, consequences to his rash actions by way of his father throwing money at the problem. He mentions how his dad had to buy a new gymnasium for the Academy so he could still graduate after he [[spoiler:snuck into the arena during the Games to give Marcus a DueToTheDead]]. Unfortunately, this lack of consequences leads him [[DidntThinkThisThrough never thinking his actions through]] and [[spoiler:he gets swiftly executed for treason for one of his misguided attempts to help. His family is never even told about his arrest or execution to keep them financially supporting the Capitol.]] |
| 540 | * SpoiledSweet: Despite his family's wealth, Sejanus is a kindhearted and compassionate young man. Despite this, he foolishly believes that his family's wealth can allow him to get away from any consequences his reckless actions bring him. [[spoiler:This ends up getting him killed in the end]]. |
| 541 | * TooDumbToLive: Entering the arena late at night to mourn and pay respects to Marcus's dead body when the games are still ongoing and there are still ''tributes in the arena'' was just plain stupid of him. Had Coriolanus not come there to convince him to leave, a tribute would have certainly murdered him without hesitating. |
| 542 | * TreacheryCoverUp: Since his family is still influential, [[spoiler:the Capitol opts not to reveal the fact that Sejanus is working with the rebels. Even after he is publicly executed, he is merely reported to have died in his Peacekeeping duties and his parents decide to financially adopt Coriolanus in good faith, believing that he is upholding Sejanus' legacy, when in truth he betrayed him]]. |
| 543 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Many of his reckless actions indirectly lead to Coriolanus' descent to villainy. Entering the arena to [[spoiler:cover up Marcus' corpse leads to Coriolanus going there to rescue him and being forced to kill Bobbin to defend himself and Sejanus, which ends up being Coriolanus' StartOfDarkness]] and [[spoiler:allying himself with the a rebel cell leads to Coriolanus killing the mayor's daughter to protect Sejanus again, which leads to Sejanus being hanged and Lucy Gray disappearing]]. The latter event ends up cementing Coriolanus' turn to villainy and jumpstarting his path to becoming the ruthless, tyrannical president of Panem. |
| 544 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Having Coriolanus Snow as a best friend does ''not'' work out well for Sejanus. |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder:Arachne Crane]] |
| 548 | !!Arachne Crane |
| 549 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lilly Cooper |
| 550 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 551 | The mentor of the District 10 female tribute of the 10th Hunger Games, Brandy. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:She is an incredibly unpleasant AlphaBitch and Coriolanus doesn't even like her, calling her "poison with perfect teeth". She even brought her death onto herself by taunting her tribute. Nevertheless, Coriolanus is deeply upset when she's killed, and the incident is portrayed as an example of what the system of Panem makes people into.]] |
| 554 | * TheGadfly: She always knows how to rile people up and she ''loves'' doing so. [[spoiler:This ends up costing her her life [[BullyingADragon when she pushes the buttons of her tribute too much]]]]. |
| 555 | * GirlishPigtails: Wears her hair like this in her later scenes, [[spoiler:including the scene where she dies]]. |
| 556 | * {{Jerkass}}: She badmouths both Snow and Sejanus, and later treats her tribute like an animal. [[spoiler:The latter ultimately kills her.]] |
| 557 | * SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Brandy kills her by stabbing her throat with a broken glass bottle.]] |
| 558 | [[/folder]] |
| 559 | |
| 560 | [[folder:Clemensia Dovecote]] |
| 561 | !!Clemensia Dovecote |
| 562 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Ashley Liao |
| 563 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 564 | The mentor of the District 11 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games, Reaper Ash. She is the daughter of the Secretary of Energies. |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Chooses to try and steal credit for writing the proposal from Snow in front of Dr. Gaul in this adaptation, rather than merely claiming to have cowritten it in the original (and Coriolanus had promised to cover for her earlier in the books). Her friendliness to Coriolanus in this version is implied to be more of a case of her being a FalseFriend and AcademicAlphaBitch rather than a genuinely close relationship, bringing up that they were often academic partners in order to edge her way onto the proposal writing team in the first place (in the original she was elected along with Snow to do it). |
| 567 | * DemotedToExtra: Her trials after being bitten by the snake mutt are not shown. The film thus makes it ambiguous as to whether she survived her ordeal. |
| 568 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While not to the extent of Sejanus, Clemensia disapproves of the Hunger Games, considering it cruel and sadistic. |
| 569 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Non-lethal example. [[spoiler:Everyone except Coriolanus, Dr. Gaul, and the doctors think that Clemensia just has a bad flu. The truth is that she is infected by a powerful snake venom which requires days to heal]]. |
| 570 | * MeaningfulName: Her name means "mild" or "merciful". She is usually one of the nicest students in the Academy. |
| 571 | * TokenGoodTeammate: One of the few mentors who actively questions the Games, viewing them as amoral. |
| 572 | * UncertainDoom: It's unknown what happens to her after she is bitten by the snake mutt. Gaul even invites Snow to think of the possibilities of her fate. |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder:Lysistrata Vickers]] |
| 576 | !!Lysistrata Vickers |
| 577 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Zoe Renee |
| 578 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 579 | The mentor of the District 12 male tribute of the 10th Hunger Games, Jessup Diggs. |
| 580 | ---- |
| 581 | * AffectionateNickname: Coriolanus briefly calls her "Lyssie". |
| 582 | * EnemyMine: Since both are mentoring District 12 tributes, she [[spoiler:briefly]] teams up with Coriolanus to look out for their tributes together. |
| 583 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Like Sejanus and Clemensia before her, she realizes how cruel the Hunger Games are. [[spoiler:When Jessup is rabid and delirious, Lysistrata manages to protect Lucy Gray from him by sending water bottles to distract him.]]. |
| 584 | [[/folder]] |
| 585 | |
| 586 | [[folder:Felix Ravinstill]] |
| 587 | !!Felix Ravinstill |
| 588 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Aamer Husain |
| 589 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 590 | The son of the President and the mentor of Dill, the District 11 girl. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the film, he is one of the casualties of the stadium bombing, and, although he initially survives, he eventually succumbs to his injuries.]] |
| 593 | * {{Jerkass}}: Like Arachne, he doesn't think too highly of Sejanus for being from the Districts. |
| 594 | * RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: He is President Ravinstill's son instead of his great nephew. |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | !!!Family of Coriolanus Snow |
| 598 | |
| 599 | [[folder:Grandma'am]] |
| 600 | !!Grandma'am |
| 601 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/FionnulaFlanagan |
| 602 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 603 | The patriotic, slightly senile grandmother of Coriolanus Snow and Tigris. |
| 604 | ---- |
| 605 | * FantasticRacism: She makes no secret of the fact she views people from the Districts as inferior. |
| 606 | * GrannyClassic: Her racism towards District people aside, she seems genuinely nice and is a classic grandmother figure to Coriolanus and Tigris. |
| 607 | * NoNameGiven: We never find out her real name. |
| 608 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Tigris and Coriolanus call her "the Grandma'am" and we never find out her real name. |
| 609 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: She outlived Coriolanus' and Tigris' parents, forcing her to raise them by herself. |
| 610 | * RacistGrandma: Sort of. While Panem is a post-racial dystopia, the Grandma'am sees District people as barbaric and inferior to Capitol culture. |
| 611 | * RichesToRags: Comes from the OldMoney Snow family, who lost their money during the Dark Days. |
| 612 | * SomethingAboutARose: Grows roses on the roof of the Snow's penthouse apartment. |
| 613 | [[/folder]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | [[folder:Crassus Snow]] |
| 616 | The father of Coriolanus Snow. He was killed by a rebel sniper in District 12 during the Dark Days. |
| 617 | ---- |
| 618 | * BlueBlood: The patriarch of the aristocratic Snow family. |
| 619 | * DisappearedDad: Died when Snow was eight years old. |
| 620 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: His second child was stillborn with his wife [[DeathByChildbirth dying while giving birth to her]]. |
| 621 | * PosthumousCharacter: Dies during the Dark Days, but his shadow looms large on the Snow family. |
| 622 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: While he doesn't appear, and we only know of him from Snow and Casca Highbottom talking about him in the prequel, his actions had a big influence on the series. He was the one who presented Casca Highbottom's draft of the Hunger Games to Volumnia Gaul, who thought they were a good idea and put them into action (despite Highbottom not wanting his idea to become a reality), so the Hunger Games are partially his fault. |
| 623 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Casca Highbottom and Tigris Snow note that Coriolanus Snow greatly resembles his father, Crassus. |
| 624 | [[/folder]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | [[folder:Mrs. Snow]] |
| 627 | The deceased mother of Coriolanus Snow. |
| 628 | ---- |
| 629 | * DeathByChildbirth: She died giving birth when Snow was five years old. Her unborn child didn't survive either. |
| 630 | * NoFullNameGiven: We never find out her first name. |
| 631 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died years before the Dark Days. |
| 632 | * TheTragicRose: Smelled like roses and died in childbirth. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:Tigris Snow]] |
| 636 | ->See her entry [[Characters/TheHungerGamesFilmCapitol here]]. |
| 637 | [[/folder]] |
| 638 | |
| 639 | !!!Other Capitol Residents |
| 640 | [[folder:Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman]] |
| 641 | !!Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman |
| 642 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thehungergamestheballadofsongbirdsandsnakeslucretiusluckyflickerman.png]] |
| 643 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Keep your chins down, heads up, shoulders back. And smile. It’s why we have teeth."'']] |
| 644 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JasonSchwartzman |
| 645 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 646 | |
| 647 | ->''"How wonderful is this night that we all get to be here for someone’s final performance."'' |
| 648 | |
| 649 | The Capitol TV weatherman around the events of the 10th Hunger Games. He is assigned to interview tributes before the Games, in a show called ''The Hunger Games: A Night of Interviews'', as well as to provide commentary during the Games itself. |
| 650 | ---- |
| 651 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: To Caesar Flickerman, the host of the Hunger Games 65 years later. While they share a last name and job, no exact relation is confirmed, as this is a prequel. This is emphasized in the film adaptation, where Creator/JasonSchwartzman as Lucky is made up to look very similar to [[Creator/StanleyTucci Stanley Tucci's]] take on Caesar. Also in the film, there's a scene during the first night of the Games where he reschedules a restaurant reservation for two "and a highchair", revealing he has a young child who is likely meant to be Caesar. |
| 652 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Lucky is an amateur magician, and does a magic coin trick whenever he opens the show. |
| 653 | * TheHost: The very first host of the Hunger Games, in fact. |
| 654 | * LargeHam: He is overly excited about everything |
| 655 | * SlimeBall: Despite being a LargeHam, he comes off as a lot less charismatic than his successor and shows a lot less sympathy for the tributes as well, showing more disgust at when a mentor throws up at the pure horror of the games. |
| 656 | * SmarmyHost: Like his successor. |
| 657 | * WeatherReport: His permanent job is this. Whenever the Hunger Games runs slow, he will return back to providing weather forecast. |
| 658 | [[/folder]] |
| 659 | |
| 660 | [[folder:Strabo and Ma Plinth]] |
| 661 | !!Strabo and Ma Plinth |
| 662 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Michael Greco (Strabo), Daniela Grubert (Ma Plinth) |
| 663 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheHungerGamesTheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' |
| 664 | Sejanus' parents. Strabo is a very wealthy man who made his money in the munitions industry. Originally from District 2, he managed to buy his family a place in the Capitol with his incredible wealth. |
| 665 | ---- |
| 666 | * NoFullNameGiven: Ma Plinth's first name is not revealed. |
| 667 | * NouveauRiche: They're originally from District 2, but Strabo made a fortune in munitions during the war and managed to buy his family a place in the Capitol. |
| 668 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ma Plinth. Apparently, Sejanus' peculiar term for his mom is well-known among the Capitol Academy, since Felix briefly references it. |
| 669 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Their only known child is executed.]] |
| 670 | * TheQuisling: Strabo was a district resident who sold out to the Capitol for citizenship. |
| 671 | [[/folder]] |
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