Apple Kid is a character in EarthBound. The first time Ness talks to him, Apple Kid asks for a food item and $200.00 to fund his experiments. Of the two inventors residing in Twoson, Apple Kid is largely seen by local residents as lazy, incapable and lonely. However, if the player chooses to fund Apple Kid, they quickly realize that these residents are only right on two counts, as Apple Kid excels at making useful items for Ness and his friends including the Pencil Eraser, which is useful for erasing statues shaped like pencils that may be blocking their path. After this he invents Zombie Paper, which is delivered to Ness by a Mach Pizza deliveryman. This item is used much like fly paper, but for zombies and proves to be helpful in the zombie-infested town of Threed.