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The 76th Hunger Games was not an official Hunger Games. It refers to two separate phenomena: the first being the Battle of the Capitol[1] and the second being a proposal put forth after the end of the Second Rebellion.[2]

Battle of the Capitol

Main article: Battle of the Capitol
Finnick Odair: "Ladies and gentlemen..."
Katniss Everdeen: "Let the Seventy-sixth Hunger Games begin!"
Mockingjay, Chapter 18

After passing their exams, rebel soldiers assigned to Squad 451 were immediately directed to Command in District 13. There, they received a presentation from Plutarch Heavensbee briefing them on what to expect in the Capitol. Upon seeing a holographic map of the city marked with pods, victors Katniss Everdeen and Finnick Odair immediately recognized its similarity to a Hunger Games arena, and they compared the upcoming battle to a 76th Hunger Games.[1]

The conflict continued to bring back memories of the Games for Katniss and Peeta Mellark.[3][4] Even Capitol media drew on the comparison: they showed images of the presumed-dead Squad 451 on television over the sounds of the anthem,[5] as was the practice with each day's dead tributes every evening inside the arena.[6]

Known "tributes"

Squad 451

Squad 451

"This time Snow will be a player, too."
—Katniss to Finnick[src]

"Tributes" are listed from the latest known death to the earliest, mimicking the placing of a typical Hunger Games. Members of Squad 451 are marked with an asterisk (*).

Survivors

Casualties

  • Coriolanus Snow - The Capitol - either choked on his own blood, or was trampled by the crowd[7]
  • Alma Coin - District 13 - shot with an arrow by Katniss at Snow's execution[2]
  • Primrose Everdeen - District 12 - killed coming to the aid of the wounded in the City Circle bombing[8]
  • Capitol children, Peacekeepers, and District 13 medics - City Circle bombing[8][9]
  • Capitol refugees - shot by rebels; also killed by a number of different pods[9]
  • Unidentified Capitol woman - shot by Katniss in her home[10]
  • Finnick Odair* - District 4 - killed by lizard mutts[10]
  • Homes* (District 13) and Castor* (The Capitol) - killed by mutts[10]
  • Jackson* and Leeg 1* - District 13 - died trying to hold off mutts at the Meat Grinder[10]
  • Messalla* - The Capitol - killed by a pod; immobilized by a beam that melted off his flesh[10]
  • Mitchell* - District 13 - killed when Peeta pushed him on top of a pod; caught and speared in a net of barbed wire[4]
  • Boggs* - District 13 - legs blown off by an explosive pod;[3] died moments later from blood loss[4]
  • Leeg 2* - District 13 - killed by a mislabeled pod that sent out a "sunburst of metal darts"; one shot through her brain[1]

Proposal

After the war, there were calls for the "complete annihilation" of Capitol citizens. The interim government of Panem opposed this idea, not on moral grounds, but in order to maintain a sustainable population. District 13's President Alma Coin, also the interim head of state for the whole country, put forward a proposal. However, she and her "colleagues" could not come to a consensus, so it was put to a vote among the seven surviving victors.[2]

Coin calling the victors to a vote in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

Coin calling the victors to a vote in Mockingjay - Part 2.

The proposal was that the children of the Capitol's highest officials should be reaped to participate in one "final, symbolic Hunger Games." If it was approved, the new Games would be announced with the support of the victors, but their votes would remain anonymous for their own security.[2]

Voting breakdown

Below is a table illustrating the division of votes.

For Against
Victors Johanna Mason Peeta Mellark
Enobaria Annie Cresta
Katniss Everdeen Beetee Latier
Haymitch Abernathy
Total 4 3

Sequence of events

Peeta initially questioned whether the proposal was a joke, and then immediately rejected it. He was rebuffed by Johanna, who said it seemed "fair", and even put in that President Snow had a granddaughter. Enobaria also voted in favor, saying to "Let them have a taste of their own medicine."[2]

When Peeta appealed to the other victors, stating that this was the reason they rebelled, Annie voted no with him. She also put in that Finnick would have voted against it too. Johanna replied that Finnick couldn't because "Snow's mutts killed him." Next, Beetee cast a third vote against the proposal. He said that it would "set a bad precedent", and he emphasized the necessity of unity and not seeing each other as enemies.[2]

Internally, Katniss was revolted; she took the idea as a sign that Coin would continue the same evils of Snow's regime. She voted in favor, though, in order to gain Coin's trust, and she claimed it was "for Prim". Furious, Peeta rounded on Haymitch with an impassioned plea about the atrocity they would be party to if they approved of this. However, Haymitch caught onto Katniss' line of thinking and finally voted in favor of another Hunger Games.[2]

Aftermath

Once all the votes were cast, the proposal was approved by a narrow 4-3 majority. However, it was never carried out because Katniss assassinated Coin later that day, at what would have been the execution of President Snow.[2] After an emergency election, Commander Paylor became Panem's new president,[7] the Hunger Games were abolished, and all previous arenas were destroyed to make way for memorials.[11]

Trivia

  • Most known casualties of the Battle of the Capitol were from District 13 or the Capitol itself.
    • Nine out of fourteen members of Squad 451 died: seven soldiers— six of them from District 13— and two members of the propaganda film crew, both from the Capitol.
  • Snow's granddaughter was only mentioned once in Mockingjay,[2] but she appeared in a minor role in the films as an apparent fan of Katniss and Peeta.[12][13]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mockingjay, Chapter 18
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Mockingjay, Chapter 26
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 19
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mockingjay, Chapter 20
  5. Mockingjay, Chapter 21
  6. The Hunger Games, Chapter 11
  7. 7.0 7.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 27
  8. 8.0 8.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 25
  9. 9.0 9.1 Mockingjay, Chapter 24
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Mockingjay, Chapter 22
  11. Mockingjay, Epilogue
  12. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  13. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
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