10 Video Game NPCs Who Could've Solved EVERYTHING (But Didn't)
6. Moneybags - Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
It's often said that enough money can solve just about any problem, and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!'s villain Moneybags is the near-literal embodiment of that.
In order to open portals around the world of Avalar and progress through the game, players are required to give Moneybags gems which they can collect throughout the land.
Basically, he's gating the player's adventure, but more to the point, he's impeding Spyro's mission to defeat the villainous warlock Ripto, who has Avalar locked in a tyrannical iron vice-grip.
All Moneybags had to do was step aside, in turn allowing Spyro to venture across the world uninhibited and surely take care of Ripto a whole lot sooner. Instead, he threw up arbitrary - and costly! - roadblocks all for the sake of his own selfish, material gain.
It all ended up blowing up in his face, though, as once Ripto is defeated, Moneybags is forced to give all the gems back which he'd extorted from Spyro. Glorious.