District 9 male (74th HG)

District 9 male
Age	14 (film)
Occupation	Tribute
Home	District 9
Gender	Male
Height	4'11"
Weapon	Axe, Sword (training)
Fate	Deceased
Portrayed by	Imanol Yepez-Frias

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

74th Hunger Games

The District 9 tributes in their parade costumes.

District 7, 8 and 9 during the tribute parade.

District 3 and 9 males light a fire.

Tribute Parade

In the film, he is seen on the chariots with his district partner in the Tribute Parade wearing silver suits and headpieces, possibly representing Silos (where they store grain). He and his district partner are hardly seen in the chariot scene; as the camera focuses on the District 8 partners, they are both seen waving.

Training

In the training he was first seen using a sword. After this he was also seen making a fire and backing away with the District 3 male. In the behind the scenes DVD, the District 9 male can be seen in the line to the left as Peeta runs on the gauntlets.

Cornucopia bloodbath

The District 9 male was killed in the initial Cornucopia bloodbath. He grapples over backpack with Katniss , until Clove throws a knife into his back, coughs blood up on her Katniss's face and falls to the ground dead. In the film, he doesn't cough blood on Katniss's face, instead, he drops to the ground dead when he was about to kill her. He places 24th out of 24 in the book, 19th out of 24 in the film and is presumably the first tribute to die.

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. His mutt had ashen fur and hazel eyes. It's unknown whether his mutt survived 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 film.

The District 9 male's Tribute Identification Card.

Trivia

• In the film he weighs 90 pounds.
• It was confirmed the District 9 male, female and the District 10 female, were considered extra characters and they only shot the parade, but he appeared in the training.
• In training, his odds of winning were 22-1.
• In the arena, he wears a bottle green jacket.
• 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.
• In the film he was the 6th dead, but when his the District 8 female was killed, on the scoreboard behind Caesar it can be seen that he was the 1st dead.
• In the book he is confirmed the first tribute dead, as after she states she sees a knife in his back Katniss then says 'The other tributes had already reached the cornucopia.
• Imanol Yepez-Frias, the District 9 boy's actor, does not appear on set for the filming of the bloodbath so the District 7 male (Sam Ly) had to take his part, making him to appear having two deaths.
• The District 9 boy's portrait is not shown during 'The Fallen' along with the District 10 female. This is most likely a production error.
• He lives for approximately 45 seconds, dying before his district partner.