Caesar Flickerman

* 61 ATT
* 74 ATT
* 75 ATT

"*Can we get a round of applause for that, folks!*"
―Caesar Flickerman requesting the Capitol to applaud Barley Mayes' enthusiasm**Caesar Flickerman** was the host for the Hunger Games. He was famous for turning any conversation around for the positive and changed the color of his lips, hair, and eyelids for each Hunger Games. He always wore a midnight blue suit with small lightbulbs decorating it. He did interviews for over 40 years. Due to surgery, he remained virtually the same.

## Biography

Caesar's grandfather, Lucretius "Lucky" Flickerman, was the first person be the interviewer for the Hunger Games. Caesar took over for the 35th Annual Hunger Games because Lucky got severe dementia and could no longer even remember the tributes' names. Caesar started going through extreme facial surgeries in 41 ATT. On extremely action-packed days, he would join Claudius Templesmith and Peony Albina in announcing the Games.

### The Games

* The 35th Hunger Games
* The 61st Hunger Games
* The 73rd Hunger Games
* The 74th Hunger Games
* The 75th Hunger Games

This was the first year that Caesar started taking over his grandfather due to his dementia. His hair, lips, and eyebrows were lime green this year and in this time the interviews were broadcasted only to the Capitol, not the districts.

His hair, lips, and eyebrows were a shade of violet. He interviewed all of the tributes. On Barley Mayes' turn, who was wearing a beautiful short white dress with a ribbon bow, he started out by asking her if there was anything she wanted to say to her fans in the Capitol. She dishonestly replied that she was very happy to represent her district.

Caesar than asked her about her family. She explained that the mayor of District 9, Mayor Whitaker. He acted enthused about this twist in the story to help engage the audience. She also explained how emotional the departure was, as her brother was sad but tough, her mother gave her a necklace from the first Quarter Quell, and her father was devastated.

He asked her what she considered her talents to be. She sarcastically replied, "Well, I'm really into drawing and growing plants, but something gives me the impression that's not what you mean." The crowd laughed along with Caesar, who then asked her to elaborate on her arena-specific abilities. Barley said she's made some connections with the other tributes and exaggerated that she was a "killer" with a machete.

Caesar gave her a chance to address her family specifically. Barley assured her family that she will always love them, no matter what would happen in the arena, and they shouldn't play mind games convincing themselves otherwise. She said that she would always feel incredibly close to them even when she's thousands of miles away. This speech was popular with the audience.

When it was Dagan Starche's turn, he was doing an excellent job being funny and answering Caesar's questions. This surprised Barley because he was usually reclusive around anyone other than the members of their alliance, prep team, and mentorship. He was charismatic and addressed the crowd with charm.

This all changed when Caesar asked him what things he was looking forward to at home that he wouldn't get to experience due to the Games. This question caused Dagan to completely blank out, replacing his smile with a monotonous, robotic expression. Caesar desperately attempted to get Dagan to talk to him again, but he was quiet the whole time. The buzzer went off and Caesar ushered him off the stage, panicking.
In the 73rd Hunger Games, his hair, eyebrows, and lips were crimson, and he looked like he was bleeding. His look the next year was much better.

In this year, his hair, lips and eyelids were dyed powder blue. While Caesar interviewed Rue, they discussed her chances of winning because the odds were against her. Rue said that she was fast and "if they can't catch me, they can't kill me" and to not count her out, to which Caesar replied *"I wouldn't in a million years*."

While interviewing Katniss, he helped her because she didn't do well in front of cameras. For example, when he asked Katniss what she liked the most since she came to the Capitol, she answered, "The lamb stew." He remarked that he can eat it by buckets and made a horrified face when he asked the crowd if it showed. The crowd reassured him that it didn't.

When he interviewed Peeta, the two of them were a good team, feeding off of each other and bantering easily. It was to Caesar in this interview that Peeta first revealed his love for Katniss, shocking everyone. The interview was said to have gone down amazingly with the audience.

After the Games were over and they had an interview with Katniss and Peeta, he mainly conversed with Peeta since Katniss was not very talented when it came to speaking for the cameras and televised interviews.

"*We have never seen anything like it before... And we will never see anything like it again.*"
―Caesar Flickerman
As he did with the previous Games, Caesar helped the tributes in the 75th Hunger Games with their interviews. This year, his hair, lips and eyelids were dyed lavender. While interviewing the tributes, his questions were met with snide remarks from tributes. Most of them were bad mouthing the Capitol as a sign of rebellion before they went into the arena for a second time.

When he interviewed Katniss, he mentioned her upcoming nuptials to Peeta. As per Snow's request, Katniss was wearing her wedding dress. Katniss was unaware that Cinna had made a few adjustments so that as she twirled, the dress morphed into a mockingjay outfit. Caesar then interviewed Peeta, who claimed that he had been unofficially married to Katniss for months and that she was pregnant. While both claims were false, they explained Katniss' sudden "breakdown" and obtained sympathy. This revelation caused the audience to go wild, upstaging all of the other tributes' interviews (as Peeta also did the year before). This also upset the Capitol audience enormously because they had grown to love Katniss and Peeta, and the thought that they would not both survive after being so close to each other, and that an unborn baby would probably be killed in the arena, overwhelmed them. This resulted in a few of them supporting the rebellion.

At the end of Caesar's interviews, all of the victors stood and held hands as a show of unity; this further influenced the Capitol audience still.
### Capture of Peeta Mellark

During the Second Rebellion, Caesar interviewed a tortured Peeta. Caesar asked him questions about how he feels about the rebels and Katniss. Peeta explained to Caesar and the audience how it felt to be in the Hunger Games, which fascinated them because no victor had ever spoken of this. Caesar tried to make Peeta as comfortable as possible during the interview. It was cut short when Peeta asks to go back to his cell, due to Caesar's comments on Katniss and her role in the rebellion.

Caesar interviewed Peeta a second time. This interview was short, as the two only exchanged empty comments to each other. Caesar asked Peeta about the rumors of Katniss shooting a propo. Peeta told him that she probably didn't know what they were doing to her and to not trust them. The last thing Peeta said before the interview ended was for Katniss to find out what they were doing. The third time Caesar interviewed Peeta, Peeta states he thought they should end the war with a ceasefire because if they had a war, it could have meant mean the end of all living things. Caesar questioned Peeta's statement and asked him more on his thoughts of the rebellion. Peeta warned the rebels of the impending bomb attack from the Capitol on District 13. The interview was cut short when the Peacekeepers went on stage and beat Peeta and took him away to be tortured and hijacked.

### Against the Rebellion

While Squad 451 was hiding in an abandoned building, Caesar was featured in a Capitol announcement about the alleged death of Katniss and the other members of Squad 451 in a Peacekeeper attack, when in actuality Leeg 1 and Leeg 2 were the only casualties.

Once the rebels overtook the Capitol, there was much controversy over the execution of Caesar Flickerman. Some parties claimed he was merely being a manipulated mouthpiece for the Games, while others took the more cynical opinion that he intentionally contributed to the glorification and desensitization of the Games. In the end, the jury decided he was to be executed in November of 76 ATT by lethal injection.

## Personality

Caesar was known for being helpful and bringing out the best in the tributes. Caesar acted like this so the tributes didn't get worried or nervous. He loved the Capitol's lamb stew and thought of himself as a little on the "tubby" side. He loved Katniss' interview dress and asked her to twirl. Caesar could make a weak response into a memorable one. Like most Capitol citizens and TV personnel, Flickerman had noticeable surgery done on his face and was rather interested in the arts of fashion as displayed with his vibrant and colorful costumes and suits. He was well liked by the Capitol citizens audiences, yet had some sympathy for the tributes of the Games and honestly tries to bring the best out of them and increase their chances of survival.  For some District citizens, on the other hand, he was creepy and falsely generous by using duplicity. Even though he made attempts at legitimately trying his best to make each tribute appear as palatable and likely for victory as possible, many of his phrases and sayings were exaggerated.

## Relationships

* Claudius Templesmith, Peony Albina (friends, co-announcers)