Cornucopia bloodbath

The Cornucopia bloodbath is an event that has always occurred at the very beginning of every Hunger Games since they began, as most of the tributes compete for valuable weapons, food, water and packs full of other valuable supplies that could be useful during the games. These supplies are spread in and around the Cornucopia.

Tributes always die at the bloodbath. The Gamemakers or the Capitol probably set up the Cornucopia for optimal entertainment value and quick deaths at the beginning of the game to keep audiences interested. In the end, the Cornucopia is often taken over by a group of tributes who fought in the bloodbath, usually this is the pack of Career Tributes.

Location
The Cornucopia is usually located in the center of the arena and is where the Career Tributes normally set up camp during the majority of the games, as many tributes would attempt to return to scavenge what is left of the supplies there. The area around the Cornucopia varies between games, such as being surrounded by forests like in the 74th Hunger Games or surrounded by seawater like in the 75th Hunger Games.

Tactics
There are a variety of ways tributes will approach the bloodbath, but these strategies depend on how the Cornucopia has been positioned. Some tributes ignore the Cornucopia completely and try to put as much distance as they can between themselves and the tributes with weapons from the Cornucopia. This means they will get little or no supplies at all and will have to rely on the arena and their skills or perhaps a rich sponsor to give them some. In the 74th Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark avoided the Cornucopia at first under Haymitch's orders, but later joined the Career Tributes and had access to their supplies until he betrayed them. Other tributes, including Katniss Everdeen, grab what they can from the outskirts of the Cornucopia and flee before things get too dangerous. This means they still get supplies, but are not very valuable and have little or no weapons. Other tributes, mostly the Careers, dash for supplies as an opportunity to kill as many as possible while they are all together. This means they will get the most weapons and supplies, but they also run the highest risk of getting killed or badly injured. Some tributes are agile and can reach the inside of the cornucopia to swiftly gather supplies and leave or stay, like Thresh.

74th Hunger Games
In the novel and film, Katniss Everdeen was taken to a launch station, where her stylist, Cinna, was waiting. He put on her arena jacket and gave her the Mockingjay pin for good luck. The timer gave them 60 seconds to say their goodbyes. After kissing her, Katniss walked inside the tube, and it closed, beginning to lift her up into the arena. Cinna nodded to her as the ascended her into the arena.

In the film, as she ascended, light blinded her view for a few moments. When she could finally see clearly, she looked toward the silver horn-shaped Cornucopia and its supplies. Before the 50 seconds prior to the game's commence counted down, she turned her head to see the other tributes besides her. At 10 seconds, she spotted a bow and quiver of arrows and turned toward Peeta Mellark, her district partner, who noticed her idea and gestured with his head a no, before facing the Cornucopia again. Loud horns signaled the games.

75th Hunger Games
In the novel, Katniss described the scene as quick and similar to the 74th Hunger Games. But when she walked into the tube and was elevated into the arena, peacekeepers came in and beated up Cinna. Katniss cried and screamed, as he was dragged away, leaving a trail of blood.

In the film, the scene was similar, but when she was ascending, she was crouching down to try and stop the elevator to save Cinna as he was dragged away, without leaving a blood trail. Once again light blinded her view, before she could see the Cornucopia, which was surrounded by seawater this time. The countdown begin at 10. Katniss was angry after seeing Cinna get killed and when the games began with a gunshot, she determinedly dived into the water.

50th Hunger Games
In the 50th Hunger Games, 18 people were killed in the opening bloodbath, most of them likely by the Careers. However, the arena was so beautiful, the tributes were awed at first sight. Haymitch Abernathy, the victor from District 12, managed to get supplies before the bloodbath began, being the only one not stunned by the beauty of the arena.

74th Hunger Games
In the novel version of the 74th Hunger Games, ten people were killed in the opening bloodbath. In the film version of the 74th Hunger Games, eleven people were killed instead as the District 4 tributes were not considered careers and the District 4 girl was killed off.

In the novel, Katniss grappled with the District 9 boy over an orange backpack, until the boy began coughing blood in her face and finally fell onto the ground dead with a knife protruding out of his back. Katniss looked to see the District 2 female, Clove, with a knife in her hands, indicating she had done the deed. Clove threw a knife right toward Katniss's head, almost killing her. However, Katniss shielded herself with her backpack, gaining herself a knife, before running off into the forests.



In the film, including the behind the scenes, Katniss And the other tributes are risen to their podiums. The timer counts down from 50. The tributes look around at the forest arena. and take their positions. Most are aimed towards the Cornucopia, including Katniss, who is aimed at a bow in the center of the Cornucopia, but Peeta distracts her by shaking his head. The playing of music signals the game and the tributes run off their podiums, the District 10 male being the first one off. Peeta and Rue run straight towards the forest. Katniss circles the pedestals in an attempt to run towards Peeta, passing by Foxface who runs into the forest the other way, but he runs swiftly into the forests surrounding them, forcing her to stop and watch the bloodbath unfold. Thresh is the first one at the Cornucopia, with the District 4 male close behind. They both run to the back of the Cornucopia; Thresh gathers supplies and the District 4 male hides. Cato punches the District 6 male and then beats him up. The District 8 male attempts to punch Marvel but he blocks, trips, and slashes him with the kukti. Marvel then gets onto of the District 8 male and stabs him multiple times. The District 6 male sees this and runs. The District 10 male grabs a yellow duffel bag, but as he turns around he gets cleaved by Cato and falls to the ground in pain. The District 3 male pushes the District 7 female and steals her throwing axe. The District 3 male gets into a fight with Marvel over the axe. When he refused to let go, Marvel smacks him with his backpack, winning the axe. The District 6 male and the District 10 male fight on the floor for a backpack. Marvel swings his axe at the District 10 male but he dodges, however when it comes back around it smacks the District 10 male in the face, knocking him to the ground. The District 3 male and the District 7 female fight for a spear. The District 3 female grabs a black backpack and runs, but the District 5 male grabs her and pulls her back into the bloodbath. The District 5 male trips and falls, allowing the District 3 female to escape. The District 4 female grabs a sword and slashes the District 3 female's legs, causing her to fall in pain. Clove looks threw a pack and finds throwing knifes and a vest and the District 5 male grabs a sickle and, as the she gets up, slashes the District 3 female and steals her bag, leaving her to bleed to death. The District 7 female sees this and ducks behind a crate to avoid conflict. The District 6 female grabs the District 10 male's yellow duffel bag and pulls it out of his hands. He moves to get it back but Glimmer grabs the District 6 female by the hair and pulls her away. Glimmer pins her down and when the District 6 female refuses to give her the bag, she brutally punches her in the face, knocking her out. The District 4 female confronts Cato. She swings a sword at Cato but he ducks. Cato smacks the sword out of her hands and smacks her with a baton. He then throws her over a crate. Cato then aims for the District 5 male, who notcies and runs to the cornucopia. The District 7 male gets punched by the District 6 male. As Katniss watches the District 4 female grab a red backpack and run, she spots an orange backpack and runs to it, passing Glimmer stabbing the District 6 female to death as Marvel watches and the District 6 male looking through a backpack frantically. The District 9 male (played by the District 7 male's actor) sees a orange backpack, grabs a two-holed axe, and runs towards it. Katniss grabs the backpack but trips. She turns around and sees the District 9 male about to slash her, but he falls to the ground dead. She sees Clove, who had thrown a knife into his back, who throws a knife toward her head, but she shields herself with her backpack and runs away. Glimmer finishes off the District 6 female, grabs the yellow sleeping bag and runs straight into the District 10 male, who takes it and runs. He then pushes the District 7 male to the ground, with his sleeping bag in his left arm. The District 5 male smacks the District 7 female with his backpack. The District 7 male sees this hostile act and grabs a spear and pushes the District 5 male to the ground. Thresh runs out of the Cornucopia as Glimmer runs inside and The District 7 male is about to kill the District 5 male when Thresh runs in between. The District 5 male leaves his stuff, still holding onto his sword, and crawls away. The District 7 male tries to slash Thresh but Thresh dodges, knocks the spear out of his hands, and slashes him with a curved sword. The District 3 male and the District 7 female now fight over a black backpack as Marvel grabs a yellow sleeping bag and jumps over a crate and Thresh escapes. The District 5 male chases the District 6 male to the back of the Cornucopia. The District 6 male strangles the District 5 male to a crate, but the District 5 male gets the upper hand and smacks the District 6 male into another crate. Glimmer comes into the Cornucopia and targets the District 5 male, but the District 10 male runs in and fights Glimmer, taking her yellow duffel bag. The District 6 male grabs a sword and pushes Glimmer to the ground, causing her to scream, gaining the attention of Cato. The District 5 male and District 10 male gang up on Cato, but Cato pushes the District 10 male to the ground. The District 5 male attempts to slash him but Cato pushes him and the District 10 male attempts to get up but Cato pushes him again. Cato then slashes the District 5 male across the abdomen and shoves him outside, leaving him to bleed out. The District 10 male runs away with the bag. The District 4 male grabs a sword and attempts to escape, but when he turns around Cato slashes him. The District 7 female, haven beat the District 3 male for the backpack, attempts to escape, but Clove rams her to the ground. Marvel sees her on the ground and skewers her in the heart with a spear. Cato trades his machete for a scythe. He pushes the District 6 male away from Glimmer, who attempts to slash Cato, but Cato grabs his arm, trips him, and then stabs him in the gut. Cato then finished him with one last stab. Cato looks up and finds a perfect colada sword and grabs it. Katniss crashes into Foxface and has a short run-by encounter with Thresh. Katniss, Peeta, Rue, Thresh, the District 8 female, the District 4 female, the District 10 male, Clove, Glimmer, Marvel, and Cato all escape the bloodbath alive, but the District 4 female is later found and killed by Cato only a few minutes after the bloodbath ended.



75th Hunger Games
In the 75th Hunger Games, eight people were killed in the opening bloodbath. Unlike the previous games, the only things held in the Cornucopia were weapons.

In the novel, Katniss swam quickly to the Cornucopia. She acquired a bow and arrow and readied it as she heard someone behind her. She sees Finnick Odair, who yelled for her to duck and uses a trident to spear the District 5 male, who had approached Katniss from behind. He showed her a golden bracelet, giving to him by Haymitch, to symbolize their alliance. The two realize there are only weapons and no food or survival supplies. Career tributes arrive at the Cornucopia, but are driven off by them. Katniss shoots Gloss's calf when he attempted to dive into the water for safety when he was too slow. She also attempted to shoot Enobaria, but she dives into the water faster. As Brutus approaches, she attempted to shoot him in the liver, but he used his tribute belt to stop it. After realizing Peeta is stuck on his podium and cannot swim, Katniss readies to go retreive him, but Finnick offered to. He swam and retrieved him, along with his district partner Mags. The four of them team up and collect supplies, but are forced to leave before the career tributes could come back. Also, it is mentioned by Johanna Mason that Beetee was stabbed in the Cornucopia before she went to retrieve him.

In the film, Katniss is coming up into the arena. She is distraught about what happened to Cinna. As she is in the arena, she takes a look around. She finds Cashmere next to her, she appears to be looking around as well. Katniss turns frantically looking for Peeta, but is nowhere to be seen, she then thinks that he is behind the Cornucopia. As Claudius announce the Games to begin, the countdown begins. The cannon is heard and Katniss dives into the water and quickly arrives onto the narrow rocky wedge. However, she sees Brutus arriving right behind her and begins dashing toward the Cornucopia. Besides her on the rocky edge at her right, Gloss is running, but he trips, gaining her to an advantage. When she reached the Cornucopia, she retrieved a bow and quiver of arrows, she turns and shoots Gloss in the calf, but is then startled by a sound, revealed to be Finnick Odair, who quickly shows her his golden bracelet that symbolizes their alliance. Finnick then yelled for her to duck before spearing the District 5 male, who had approached Katniss from behind wielding a spear, with a trident. Katniss began to drive the arriving Career tributes away. Finnick told Katniss that he will search for Peeta, and for her to hold the Careers off. Katniss then shoots an arrow at Enobaria, but dives in, before the arrow could find her. Finnick told Katniss, that Mags found Peeta. Finnick and Katniss run to the rocky wedge where Mags was, where she was pointing to Peeta fighting male tribute from District 9. Finnick dives him to save him, but the two tributes pull eachother underwater. A few moments later a corpse floats up and Peeta ascends, thrashing for air. When they return onto the rocky wedge, the Career Tributes have already formed an alliance and have gathered supplies, forcing them to leave. It is then mentioned by Johanna Mason that Beetee got a knife in the back when he went to retrieve a spool of wire.

Photo Gallery (74th Hunger Games)
Notes: In the film, the order of clips were changed around therefore creating a different order from the original.



Trivia

 * There are several goofs and errors during the bloodbath in the film adaption of The Hunger Games. The District 8 female, District 9 male and female, and District 10 female do not appear in the bloodbath scene as their portrayers are not stunt actors. The District 10 boy is shown being killed by Cato, but he still survived up to the point where Glimmer was killed. His statistics were then given to the District 5 boy. All the times are based on the portraits. Several errors occurred during the portrait and the actual time listing. Some timings are blurred out, excluding info. The sequences of events isn't in chronological order. Instead of the District 9 boy being killed by Clove, the District 7 boy is shown instead. However, he is shown again fighting and being killed by Thresh. The District 10 boy is shown being killed by Cato, but he still survived up to the point where Glimmer was killed. His statistics were then given to the District 5 boy.
 * In the film adaption of the 74th Hunger games, there are eleven tributes killed during the bloodbath instead of ten. With observations, you can make out which tributes kill eachother, although unconfirmed. The District 3 female can be seen getting grabbed by the District 5 male and then getting slashed by him. The District 4 female is seen fighting with Cato, before he throws her into a crate after knocking down her weapon and batting her in the abdomen. The District 4 male is clearly seen getting slashed in the neck by Cato. The District 5 male's death isn't clear, but he was shown getting strangled by the District 6 male. Also, he was given the time stats of the tribute who was slashed by Cato, who was portrayed by the same person that portrayed the District 10 male. The District 6 female is seen getting pushed around my Glimmer and then punched in the face. The District 6 male is seen trying to stab Cato, being tripped and stabbed twice in the process by him. The District 7 female is seen crawling away from Marvel, whilst he aims a spear towards her heart. The District 7 male was seen confronting Thresh and trying to stab him but was knocked away, slicing his throat. The District 8 male was seen getting pushed onto the ground by Marvel and slashed repeatedly. The District 9 female, District 9 male, and District 10 female were all not seen but killed, with the exception of the District 8 female.
 * In the film adaption of the 74th Hunger Games, the podiums with the tributes seem to be in this order: (From left to right) District 5 male, District 4 male, Rue, Glimmer, District 3 male, District 3 female, District 10 male, Peeta Mellark, District 7 female, District 6 male, Cato, District 7 male, Foxface, Katniss Everdeen, Marvel, Clove, District 4 female, District 8 male, District 6 female, Thresh. (Missing: District 8 female, District 9 male and District9 female, and District 10 female.)
 * In the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss, Peeta, and the District 3 male are the only survivors to not have killed someone. However, the District 3 male did assist in a kill, but didn't actually make it.
 * The District 9 male (74th HG), and the District 5 male (75th HG) are both similar, as they fought with Katniss in some way and are then killed by a career tribute, Clove and Finnick in this case.

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