<p>For the sake of the topic, I won't go into full detail to the symbol of the apple in human culture as a whole. I will only focus on one point, and that's the fact that the apple symbolizes Knowledge (due to the bible, with the forbidden fruit and all).</p>

<p>You can easily find a lot of pictures of apples being associated with books or pencils, being used as a graphic for schools (mostly kindergarten, or primary school), and because of that, you can loosely associate them with children.</p>

<p>Now for the two examples mentioned in the question:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>In Hello Kitty's case</strong>, it is a show aimed for children; so it makes sense for them to use Apples as an alternative over using actual units of measurement, you could say that they did it for the "Cute" factor.</li>
<li><strong>In Mekaku City Actor's case</strong>, Marry Kozakura is a somewhat child-like character (and Kawai too); so you can use THAT as a reason for using apples to state her weight. Or simply, it's rude to state a lady's weight; so the creators did it like this as a "joke", and the reason they chose Apples instead of other fruits is the same as in <strong>Hello Kitty</strong>, for the "Cute" factor.</li>
</ul>

<p>another factor could be that, an apple's weight and size is common knowledge; but that's just secondary at this point.</p>

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<p>Why is it that some characters have their weight measured in apples? For example:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Hello_Kitty" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hello Kitty</a> is 5 apples tall in height and 3 of such fruit in weight.</li>
<li><a href="https://kagerouproject.fandom.com/wiki/Marry_Kozakura" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Marry Kozakura</a> from <em>Kagerou Project</em> weighs 130 apples.</li>
<li><a href="https://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Kaai_Yuki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kaai Yuki</a>, a Japanese VOCALOID, is said to be &quot;as tall as 10 big apples&quot; and &quot;as heavy as 86 apples&quot;.</li>
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<p>Did the trend of measuring weight in apples start with Hello Kitty? Or is the trend not as common as I think it is?</p>

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It could be because it's rude to ask a lady's weight?
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@Malandy - I'm not sure, perhaps because it's not a strictly definite number?
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@Ezui - Go ahead and edit a link to it if you want... ... Also, Yay! Vocaloids!
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Why do some characters have their weight measured in apples?
# Why do some characters have their weight measured in apples?
Posted by: username_0 on 2015-05-01
Why is it that some characters have their weight measured in apples? For example:

* [Hello Kitty](https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Hello_Kitty) is 5 apples tall in height and 3 of such fruit in weight.
* [Marry Kozakura](https://kagerouproject.fandom.com/wiki/Marry_Kozakura) from *Kagerou Project* weighs 130 apples.
* [Kaai Yuki](https://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Kaai_Yuki), a Japanese VOCALOID, is said to be "as tall as 10 big apples" and "as heavy as 86 apples".

Did the trend of measuring weight in apples start with Hello Kitty? Or is the trend not as common as I think it is?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It could be because it's rude to ask a lady's weight?  
> **username_1**: @Malandy - I'm not sure, perhaps because it's not a strictly definite number?  
> **username_0**: @Ezui - Go ahead and edit a link to it if you want... ... Also, Yay! Vocaloids!  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-13. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
For the sake of the topic, I won't go into full detail to the symbol of the apple in human culture as a whole. I will only focus on one point, and that's the fact that the apple symbolizes Knowledge (due to the bible, with the forbidden fruit and all).

You can easily find a lot of pictures of apples being associated with books or pencils, being used as a graphic for schools (mostly kindergarten, or primary school), and because of that, you can loosely associate them with children.

Now for the two examples mentioned in the question:

* **In Hello Kitty's case**, it is a show aimed for children; so it makes sense for them to use Apples as an alternative over using actual units of measurement, you could say that they did it for the "Cute" factor.
* **In Mekaku City Actor's case**, Marry Kozakura is a somewhat child-like character (and Kawai too); so you can use THAT as a reason for using apples to state her weight. Or simply, it's rude to state a lady's weight; so the creators did it like this as a "joke", and the reason they chose Apples instead of other fruits is the same as in **Hello Kitty**, for the "Cute" factor.

another factor could be that, an apple's weight and size is common knowledge; but that's just secondary at this point.
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