District 8 female (74th HG)

The District 8 female was the female tribute from District 8 who participated in the 74th Hunger Games.

Tribute Parade


In the film, the District 8 female was first seen in the Tribute Parade with her district partner, wearing pink and blue costumes that symbolize jesters with a star pattern and bow hats on them. She was seen in quite a few shots during parade scenes, waving at the audience.

Training
The District 8 female was only shown listening to Atala. However, it is likely she was very powerful and talented as she was estimated to have a 5-1 odds of winning. This was quite odd, considering she was not a Career tribute or at least didn't come from a Career district. She was seen as stronger than Glimmer, in the Gamemaker's point of view.

Cornucopia Bloodbath
The District 8 female survived the initial Cornucopia bloodbath. Like the other tributes, she ran for supplies. As she got a sword, she slashes the District 5 male's leg before he was killed by Cato and fought Marvel over a backpack. She also rammed the girl from 9 over a crate.

The 74th Hunger Games
On the first night of the Games, she gave in to the cold and started a fire near a tree which Katniss Everdeen was resting in, which Katniss described as a "foolish" decision. Sure enough, the smoke from her fire attracted the Career tributes (Cato, Clove, Glimmer, Marvel and Peeta Mellark) to her location. Cato eventually attacked her with his sword, and her scream was heard by Katniss. In the movie, Cato hands Glimmer his sword to kill her. When no cannon sounded, Peeta agreed to go back and finish her off, effectively killing her. She placed 13th out of 24 in the book and 12th out of 24 in the film.

Muttation
Following her death, her DNA was mixed with that of a wolf-like creature to create the "Muttations", which were the key figures for the finale of the 74th annual Hunger Games. One mutt was specifically described as having "red curls" by Katniss. That mutt could possibly symbolize the District 8 or 9 females, since both tributes share the red locks of bright auburn hair. Foxface, the last remaining redhaired tribute, already had her mutt singled out from her red hair and auburn eyes.

Trivia

 * In the film, she weighs 116 pounds and is 15 years old, but on the odds board she is 13 years old.
 * It was confirmed that the District 9 male, District 9 female, District 10 female and District 8 female were considered extra characters and they only shot the parade; the only characters who participated after the chariot rides was District 8 female after the bloodbath, and the District 9 male in training.
 * The night that Katniss was without a sleeping bag, she began to "have more sympathy" for the District 8 girl.
 * She is probably one of the most powerful tributes with a 5-1 odds of winning, which are the same odds as both Clove and Marvel.
 * She, along with Cato, was one of the tributes in the 74th Hunger Games to be mortally wounded and then mercifully killed. She was mortally wounded by Cato and then mercifully killed by Peeta in the book, while Cato was mauled by mutts, and mercifully killed by Katniss.
 * Her death was changed in the movie because when she sees the Careers, Cato gives Glimmer his sword instead of Cato killing her himself. Her cannon is also heard shortly after her scream whereas in the book, her death is held, as Cato only wounds her and Peeta has to finish her.
 * In the tribute parade, the females were standing on the left of the chariot and the males on the right except for District 8 were she stood on the right and the male on the left.
 * She was Peeta's only known kill in the 74th Hunger Games.
 * She lasted 8 hours, 12 minutes and 8 seconds in the Hunger Games.
 * In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire she, like her district partner, appears as a holographic portrait in Katniss and Peeta's Victory tour.
 * In the 74th Hunger Games the tributes of District 8 seemed powerful, and skilled because her district partner received the odds of 3-1 higher than Katniss and the same as Cato.

Film portrayal
She is portrayed by Mackenzie Lintz in the The Hunger Games film.