Moneybags (Spyro)

Moneybags is a bear from Avalar and a neutral character from the Spyro series. He is an upper-class conman who is known to charge Spyro fees, paid in Gems, in order for Spyro to advance in the game. Despite being neutral, his actions do make him don't feel like one.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) As mentioned before, Moneybags charges Spyro fees. Not just any fees, exorbitant fees. The thing is, Moneybags only get's delighted when Spyro gives him tons of gems.
 * 2) He is shown to lie in some form. One notable example is when he uses the words "a small fee", yet he still makes Spyro having to transfer the gems in huge amounts such as 500 which doesn't sound like a small fee when you think about it.
 * 3) *Another example occurs in Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Moneybags makes Spyro pay him to learn the password to open a tomb, but than says the password is "gullible" and admits that he was actually standing in front of a wall switch. So gems aren't the only ones that are used for lies.
 * 4) He only cares about gems rather than the most important things in life. This is prominent when he was keeping Sheila, Sgt. Byrd, Bentley, and Agent 9 imprisoned for the Sorceress (Moneybags was working for the Sorceress) and still made Spyro paid.
 * 5) He is shown to force Spyro to get more gems just because Spyro doesn't have enough money. He impatiently said "Dad gummit, Dragon. Just cough up those stinking gems and I can go home". This is proof that he is impatient.
 * 6) There are times where he would pins the blame on Spyro for not having enough gems thus accusing the purple dragon for "squandering all his gems on knick-knacks and junk food" and "spending all his money on flirtatious fauns in Fracture Hills". Proof that Moneybags pays Spyro so much big fees that he can't handle criticism
 * 7) Not only has he treated Spyro like crap. Also other characters as well such as how he would say things like "Sheila won't stay in jail forever. The Sorceress is thinking about having her executed next Thursday".
 * 8) He went as far as making Spyro to pay for a dragon egg (the main collectible for the Spyro: Year of the Dragon). This lead Spyro to chase Moneybags around Midnight Mountain.
 * 9) Sometimes, his reasons to why he wants to get gems from Spyro turn out to be excuses such as saying that a gem can "help him to write his poetry" according to what he just said in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. How can a simple collectible grant Moneybags good poetry skills?! Writing skills doesn't come from treasure.
 * 10) Moneybags refuses to give and instead still acts like a greedy prick. In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, Elora wanted to give Spyro some gems due to Moneybags paying him a lot. What does Moneybags do? He refuses just as a greedy person would do (though Hunter later pounces on Moneybags in order for Sparx to give Spyro's rightfully earned gems).
 * 11) He ends up denying the fact that his payments are expensive (even if he refers to them as "small fees"). Basically, he refuses to handle the truth about his so-called "inexpensive fees".

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Sometimes, Moneybags does have a reason to why he wants gems such as having a condo in Hurricos and a Lizard Burger shack in the Skelos Badlands.
 * 2) His design for a bear does look pretty good.
 * 3) His voice actors Milton James, Neil Ross, Jess Harnell, JB Blanc, and Masuo Amada did a good job voicing Moneybags.
 * 4) In later games such as Spyro: Shadow Legacy, he has started to have a family and is more friendlier. Instead of charging Spyro fees at various points in the game, he has opened a proper business and has his sons sell goods to Spyro.
 * 5) Some of his quotes can actually be pretty hilarious.
 * 6) His greedy ways normally get the better of him.