Trent Appelbaum

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Trent Appelbaum
Name	Trent Appelbaum
Born
Age
Occupation	Telemarketer
Introduced	Weight of the World
Abducted	May 18, 1989
Ability	Saliva causes an increased metabolism in others.
Last seen	Weight of the World
Status	Alive
Marital Status	Widower
Relatives	Elise Appelbaum (daughter)
Portrayed by	Robert Picardo
Trent Appelbaum is a member of The 4400
Trent Appelbaum is a member of NTAC

Trent Appelbaum is a member of the 4400 and one with a rather unique power. His saliva causes the rapid acceleration of people's metabolism. At first this manifests itself as weight loss, and Trent initially sold the formula as a diet supplement for $40 million. It soon became clear that the weight loss continued far beyond the point at which it was healthy, and that those exposed would die before long. Trent is horrified to discover this, and after his daughter Elise deliberately exposes herself to his saliva (from a glass he had drunk from) in an attempt to lose weight, he volunteers for an invasive procedure to remove part of his liver in order for NTAC to develop a counter-agent. NTAC are successful, and Elise lives, along with the hundred people that the company who bought the rights to Appelbaum's formula were using as test subjects. His first two "customers", a loanshark and his wife, were not so lucky, and died of malnutrition.

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Minor Members of the 4400
Michael Anslet | Trent Appelbaum | Orson Bailey | Jean DeLynn Baker | Todd Barstow | Naomi Bonderman | Claudio Borghi | Tyler Downing Duncan and Olivia Germaine | Zachary Gidlund | Lindsey Hammond | Wesley Hauser | Sara James | Oliver Knox | Lewis Mesirow Edwin Mayuya | Carl Morrissey | Eric Papequash | Amy Paspalis | Curtis Peck | Cora Tomkins | Other 4400s