74th Hunger Games

The 74th Hunger Games were the first Hunger Games in history to feature two victors, which became somewhat controversial, as it was seen as an act of rebellion by some, such as President Snow, while others saw it only as Katniss trying to protect her love.

Tributes
The 74th Hunger Games, like most Games, had 24 tributes. Like most games many died during the bloodbath at the Cornucopia.

Placing

 * 1st- Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark - Victors
 * 3rd- Cato - Day 17 (gnawed raw by wolf-tribute Muttations after Katniss shot him with an arrow to free Peeta from his grasp, and out of pity, shot him in the head.)
 * 4th- Foxface - Day 15 (unwittingly killed by eating nightlock berries that Peeta gathered for himself and Katniss. Places 5th in the film)
 * 5th- Thresh - Day 14 (probably killed by Cato, in the film by mutts; places 4th in the film)
 * 6th- Clove- Day 12 (killed by Thresh when he smashed a rock to Clove's temple during the Feast; in the film, Thresh smashed her against the Cornucopia.)
 * 7th- Rue- Day 9 (killed by a spear through her abdomen thrown by Marvel)
 * 8th- Marvel - Day 9 (killed by arrow through the throat shot by Katniss after spearing Rue, in the film, it was through the heart.)

All of District 6, District 7, and District 9 Tributes died on the first day, along with District 4 in the movie.
 * 9th- District 3 male - Day 8 (killed by getting his neck broken by Cato in a moment of rage)
 * 10th- District 10 male - Day 8 (killed by Careers but may be a different reason)
 * 11th- Glimmer - Day 5 (killed by being stung to death by tracker jackers, after Katniss dropped a nest on her)
 * 12th- District 4 female - Day 5 (In the book, stung to death by tracker jackers, after Katniss dropped a nest on her. In the film, killed by Glimmer at the Cornucopia.)
 * 13th- District 8 female - Day 2 (killed by Peeta and Cato in the book, but by Glimmer in the film.)
 * 14th-23rd: (All Killed on Day 1 at the Cornucopia)
 * District 3 female
 * District 4 male (Killed by Cato)
 * District 5 male
 * Both from District 6
 * Both from District 7
 * District 8 male
 * Both from District 9
 * District 10 female
 * District 9 male (Stabbed by Clove while fighting over a backpack with Katniss)

Victors
That year, for the first time ever, two tributes were permitted to win, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. The two tributes were playing star-crossed lovers, each not wanting to kill the other. Despite Peeta's pleading to Katniss to kill him after the Gamemakers stated that there would again only be one winner, she organized a plan to eat poisonous berries, called nightlock, to kill both of them. The Gamemakers, afraid of having no victor and humiliating the Capitol, ended the Games promptly, allowing two winners for the first time. Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker, was executed shortly after allowing this.( in the film it shows that he died because President Snow had him put in a room with only a bowl of nightlock berries so that he can die the same way Katniss and Peeta were supossed to) President Snow became furious with Katniss after the Games ended due to her plan.

Arena
The arena for the 74th Hunger Games begins with a large flat area with hard packed dirt that had the Cornucopia in the center of it. Like always, the 24 tributes were set up in a ring around the Cornucopia, which was filled with weapons, food and camp supplies as well as some types of medicine. The arena contained forests, streams, meadows, pools, a wheat field, caves, and a lake. The arena was enormous, and it would probably haven taken a tribute several days to walk from one end of the arena to the other. In addition, there were some Capitol-made creatures, including tracker jackers and the wolf-like creatures. The forest was rigged with several Gamemaker-made traps, including a device that sent fireballs at the tributes.

Uniform
"The material in the jacket is designed to reflect body heat. Expect some cool nights."

- Cinna to Katniss before she enters the arena

The uniforms are brand new, and are the same for every Tribute. The designers have no say in the tributes' outfits. The uniform is simple tawny trousers, light green shirt, sturdy brown belt, and thin, hooded black jacket that falls down to the thighs. The outfit includes boots, which are worn over skin-tight socks. The boots are very nice, being made of soft leather with a narrow, flexible rubber sole. Tokens are worn with them as long as they can't be used as an advantage to a tribute.

Impression
When Katniss and Peeta pulled out the nightlock berries, it was interpreted as a sign of rebellion by the many of the people of the districts which led to uprisings. Katniss wanted to show that if Peeta and herself could not live, then there would be no victor. The official reason, given in interviews, was that they did it so they both would survive, as neither wanted to live without the other. The underlying reason was that the Hunger Games had to have a victor, so Katniss thought of nightlock to kill them both and leave the Games without a winner. In the following books, this one move caused increasing problems. President Snow came to Katniss's house and threatened her and Gale in Catching Fire and decreased her chances of survival for her and her family and friends.