Nesspaula

Nesspaula is the het ship between Ness and Paula from the EarthBound fandom.

Canon
After Ness defeats the guardian at Giant Step, he receives a telepathic message from Paula in his sleep, asking for him to come rescue her. Ness finds Paula locked up in a shack in Peaceful Rest Valley. She tells him that is happy that he came to help her, and she had a dream that Ness was her "destiny". There, she gives Ness a Franklin Badge so he can reflect Mr. Carpainter's thunder attacks.

After defeating Carpainter, Ness is given the Shack Key and he frees Paula from her prison. Paula thanks Ness, and joins his party. Together, the two defeat the sanctuary guardian Mondo Mole, and then go back to Twoson. They explore Threed together, and get knocked out by some zombies, causing them to be trapped together underground until Jeff comes to rescue them.

At the end of the game, Paula asks Ness to escort her back to her home in Twoson. When Ness drops Paula off at her house, Paula makes to tell Ness something, likely that she loves him, but then dismisses it, saying she'll tell him later, and then enters her house alone. Ness can still go inside as well, and Paula's father tells Ness he's okay with him dating Paula. Alternatively, Ness doesn't have to take Paula home right away, and can even take her to his house to meet his mother. His mother and Tracy tease him about having a girlfriend, and then everyone looks at Ness's photo album together.

Fanon
Nesspaula is a popular ship within the EarthBound fandom, likely due to the fact that both are main characters with hinted attraction on Paula's side. Some of its shippers reason that Ness is the ideal choice for Paula, since they spent the most time together in the game and can bond over having similar PSI abilities. Nesspaula rivals the ship Nesscas. It is often considered the EarthBound equivalent to MOTHER's Nintenana.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Paula/Ness tag on FanFiction.net
 * Paula/Ness tag on FanFiction.net

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Trivia

 * Many people think Ness and Paula are dating, including Ness's mom, Jeff Andonuts, the Runaway Five, and various NPCs.
 * In Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Paula appears alongside Ness during his Final Smash.
 * In the description for Paula's trophy in Melee, it is implied that she is the one who taught Ness how to use PK Thunder, PK Fire, and PSI Magnet.