"Foxface"

Foxface is the nickname that Katniss gave to this mysterious female tribute from District 5 (whose real name was never revealed) in The Hunger Games.

Biography
A mysterious character, this female tribute is known by no other name. She was chosen to be the female tribute of District 5 for the 74th annual Hunger Games.

The 74th Hunger Games


Sly and elusive, Foxface never spoke throughout the book, preferring to stay hidden and out of sight; her goal was to survive. Quick and clever, she dashed in and out of traps to collect what she needed without bloodshed or contact with anyone. She outwitted everyone, even the Career alliance, but in the end, Peeta Mellark accidentally killed her by leaving nightlock he intended to eat at his and Katniss's last camp. Katniss believed that if the tributes were to be given a written test, Foxface would be the smartest. She also believed that if she allied herself with Foxface, she would earn a knife in her back.

She didn't participate in the Cornucopia bloodbath, as she had no weapons or supplies at the Games until she found a knife in the ruins of the Careers' supply cache which Katniss had destroyed by detonating the land mines.

Later on during the Games, she is seen by Katniss Everdeen at the Cornucopia near the Careers' camp. Foxface made a variety of movements, which Katniss describes as a dance sequence, which brings Katniss to discover that the area was booby-trapped with mines. Foxface made her way into the Career's Camp and reached the bulk of supplies, takes an unnoticeable amount of food, and then runs back to the safety of the woods.

Katniss, seeing that Foxface was able to get past the traps, figured out that there are mines there. Foxface discovers a path through the mines, demonstrating her cleverness. Katniss noticed a hanging bag of apples, which could well be some of the apples Foxface took from a burlap bag, and fired three arrows at it; the bag of apples ripped apart, and when the apples fell, they set off the mines. This results in the destruction of the Careers' supplies, and the District 3 male's death by Cato's hands. In the ruins of the explosion, Katniss saw Foxface laughing as she was able to find a knife blade and a metal pot. At first, she didn't understand why, but later comes to the conclusion that with the Careers stores eliminated, Foxface as well realizes that she might actually stand a chance in the Games.

The feast
After several days in the arena, all the remaining tributes needed something desperately. Due to this, it is announced by Claudius Templesmith that there would be a feast. Foxface, as well as the other tributes, readies herself for the upcoming event.

As Foxface arrived at the feast, she didn't waste her time with battle. She had been hiding in the Cornucopia, and upon seeing her bag, she sprinted out, took her bag, and quickly evacuated the area. She is not attacked, as the other tributes feared of having their backpack taken away. Katniss was both impressed and angry that she had not come up with a plan so risky and devious. Katniss pulled out one of her arrows to shoot at Foxface, but let her grab her backpack and flee back into the woods. Foxface's green pack most likely contained food, as her strategy was to stay hidden and avoid any confrontation.

Death
Foxface placed fourth in the Games, a very rare thing for District 5. In the movie, Foxface died before Thresh meaning that in the movie Foxface placed 5th. She dies after stealing and eating the poisonous Nightlock berries that Peeta Mellark had collected. Katniss believed that if Peeta had known about the poison and was attempting to trick Foxface, she would have known not to eat them and could have won. When her body was then taken away by a hovercraft, Katniss mentioned that her body was emaciated, so she would've died sooner or later from her lack of food supplies.

Muttation
Foxface is one of the tributes who have their DNA used for wolfish-muttations. Katniss noticed many mutts, as they had similar characteristics to their fallen tributes. In this case, Foxface was a small wolfish-muttation. She had large razor-sharp claws, fire-red fur and amber eyes. It is unknown if Foxface's mutt survived the attack at the Cornucopia.

Tactics


Foxface avoided confronting the other tributes and kept a reasonable distance between her and anyone else. She intelligently observed other tributes from afar, which allowed her to understand their plans. She took an unnoticeable amount of food from others without their knowledge and was careful when she was in the Career's camp, for she knew that it contained mines. She was clever enough to trace a path through the mines where she could step without being blown to pieces. She has no alliances with other tributes and kept completely to herself.

Physical description


Foxface is the perfect nickname for this sly and sneaky tribute. She has fire-red like hair, amber eyes, and fox-like features. Foxface is also smaller than most of the tributes.

Personality
Foxface proved to be one of the smartest, trickiest, and most clever tributes in the Games. She demonstrates this several times throughout the book by doing various things, such as stealing supplies from other tributes, which benefits her and the victims usually don't notice, and she can find things that others don't look hard enough for.

She also demonstrates the attribute of being wily, when she deciphers a path through the explosives to reach the Careers' pyramid of food and supplies, making sure to take enough to survive, but not so much that it would be noticed by the others when they arrived back at their camp. She was independent, always working alone and was sly, elusive, and probably untrustworthy. In the Hunger Games movie, Katniss runs into Foxface while the two girls were fleeing from Cornucopia bloodbath, however in the book this is not the case. While Katniss considered forming an alliance with Foxface, she concluded that it would only endanger her rather than keeping her safe, and something about Foxface's expression made her think that she would be earning herself a knife in the back if she made an alliance.

Another one of her clever ideas was demonstrated at the Feast. Foxface hid in the Cornucopia, waiting for the others to come. She didn't waste time with a battle — she ran up, snatched her bag, and quickly evacuated the area. No one would follow her in fear of not getting their own bags, containing something they "desperately needed", taken away by another Tribute.

Foxface was careful not to make enemies or even to make herself noticed (as Katniss and Rue were unable to remember her on Day 7). Remarkably, she managed to get through to the final four tributes without making a single kill, showing either her morals, luck, or her intelligence.

Trivia

 * Foxface is given the name "Finch" in the film, which Ceaser Flickerman calls her during her interview.
 * In earlier versions of the script she was given other names including "Melanie" and "Marissa".
 * In the movie adaption of The Hunger Games, Foxface wears two animal ear-like braids that are also known as "fox ears" in the arena.
 * Although never mentioned in the book, she receives a training score of 5, either having no real skill that could be shown to the Gamemakers, or she was using a strategy similar to Johanna Mason's, which involved appearing mediocre and non-threatening to deceive the other tributes.
 * A scene was added where she and Katniss accidentally bump into each other while fleeing the Cornucopia. Terrified, both girls flee in opposite directions.

Film portrayal
Foxface is portrayed by Jacqueline Emerson in the The Hunger Games