Threed

Threed
Game	EarthBound
Region	Eagleland
Theme	"Threed"

Threed (Threek), is the third main city and the fourth overall town visited in EarthBound.

Sypnosis

The first mentioning of Threed is when Ness arrives in Twoson. Some NPCs, especially around the Bus Station, will talk about ghosts inhabiting the Two-Three Tunnel, which seperates the two towns. Ness can also attempt crossing the tunnel by foot or by bus, but the ghosts will stop him, rendering it impossible to emerge from the other side. After Ness rescues Paula and they pay the Runaway Five's debt, the band will give them a ride to Threed in their tour bus as compensation. Since the band plays loud music when traveling through the tunnel, the ghosts are unable to stop them from passing through.

When they arrive in Threed, the town is quite creepy as it is overrun by Zombies and other monsters working for someone named Master Belch. Most of the town's people are living in the immediate center of town, as there is a graveyard near outskirts of town, and that's where all the monsters are coming from. Ness and Paula first head to the back of the graveyard, but are turned down by two Zombies guarding a strange passageway. Upon return to the center of town, the two are lured by a mysterious woman into a hotel room, where they are ambushed by the Zombies.

Ness and Paula awake in a room under the graveyard, and discover that the exit is locked. Paula uses her telepathy to call "a friend [she has] never met before." Some time later, the Sky Runner circles around the skies of Threed and crashes in the graveyard, straight into the room where Ness and Paula are being held. The friend, Jeff, emerges from the craft, introduces himself, and joins the party. He uses his Bad Key Machine to unlock the door, and the three climb the stairs and exit the graveyard.

After wandering around town, they encounter Boogey Tent, a monster in the shape of a large circus tent. When he is defeated, the tent disappears and Zombies attempt to evacuate the matierals inside, but they leave behind one trash can. The party opens the trash can and recovers a Jar of Fly Honey.

The party wanders around town more, and soon Ness gets a call from Apple Kid, talking about a new invention. He delivers the invention, Zombie Paper, to Ness via Mach Pizza. The party proceeds to the Zombie Relief Headquarters, a former circus tent at the center of town, and places the paper on the floor. When the party stays overnight at the hotel, all of the zombies, including the ones guarding the passageway behind the graveyard, move into the tent overnight. The party returns to the tent the next day to discover that all the town's zombies have stuck to the floor. With the zombies out of the way, the three go through the passageway and fight the Mini Barf at the end. They defeat him and emerge from the passageway in Grapefruit Falls.

Shortly after they leave Threed, Master Belch is defeated by the group, and Threed's monster problem ends. The sky returns to normal so the town is no longer dark. The party has to pass through Threed again to move on to the Dusty Dunes Desert.

Later in the game, Ness, Paula, and Jeff return once more to retrieve the damaged Sky Runner from the underground cellar. The citizens of Threed, with a little help from Jeff, repair the machine so the party can go to Winters in it.

Geography

While the town appears to be in a very flat and foresty area, all three exits from the town are tunnels, and each one leads to a heavily cliffed area (Twoson, Grapefruit Falls, and a small area between Threed and Dusty Dunes Desert). This suggests that Threed is surrounded by mountains on the north, east, and west sides.

Trivia

• Threed is one of the few locations in the game where no important Non-player Characters inhabit.