Appleby

Appleby appeared in 2000 video game called Wario Land 3. Applebies are a species of ground-dwelling creatures that originate from the Wario Land series. They're introduced in Wario Land 3 and serve as relatively common enemies throughout the game. One member of the Appleby species also appears in Dr. Mario 64 as a playable character and a boss in story mode. They're usually found looking out of holes in either walls or the ground, which generally leaves their bodies partially obscured. In the instances their full body is visible (when knocked out of a hole), their lower body seems to end in a tail reminiscent of a snake, with no hind limbs.

In each game incarnation, Applebies are associated with apples in some way, which is where they received their name from.