District 9 male (74th HG)

The District 9 male was a male tribute from District 9 who participated in the 74th Hunger Games.

74th Hunger Games
In the film, he is seen on the chariots with his district partner in the parade wearing silver suits.

Bloodbath
In the book, the District 9 male died in the bloodbath. Shortly after the 74th Hunger Games began, the District 9 male fought with Katniss over a small backpack during the bloodbath at the Cornucopia. Clove threw a knife him into his back. He placed 24th.

He was not shown at all in the bloodbath in the film, along with his District partner and the females from District 8 and 10. It is presumed they were not even on set at the time of filming the bloodbath, as a long shot of the Career's supplies at the Cornucopia shows only 20 pedestals, confirming 4 tributes missed out. Although his corpse is seen at the end of the bloodbath along with his portrait behind Claudius and Ceasar sfter the bloodbath,



it can be assumed that he indeed did participate in the bloodbath but just wasn't shown. It is shown behind Cladius and Caesar during this scene that the tribute survived at least 10 minutes into the games. He placed 13th.

Muttation
After his death, the District 9 male, like all the other dead tributes, had his DNA mixed with a wolf to form a muttation which had similar characteristics to the fallen tribute. It's unknown whether his mutt surived or was killed in battle. His mutt was also identified by Katniss.

Film portrayal
He was portrayed by Imanol Yepez-Frias in the The Hunger Games.

Trivia

 * In the film, he weighs 90 pounds and is 14 years old.
 * In training, his odds of winning were 22-1.
 * In the arena, he wears a bottle green jacket.
 * In the book, he has the only explicit death at the bloodbath.
 * The District 9 male was one of the five mutts that Katniss recognized in the book, and the only mutt to be recognized that is not named.
 * The District 9 boy, Imanol Yepez-Frias and the District 7 boy, Sam Ly, switched roles in the film. Due to this role switch, the District 9 boy was not killed as told in the book version.
 * The District 9 boy's portrait is not shown during 'The Fallen' along with the girl from 10. This most likely a production error.