Spirit of Money
- “Money makes the world go 'round. MONEY is all that matters! Oh! Hey, you! You got lots of money or what? I'm the spirit who loves money more than anything!”
- —Spirit of Greed, Yoshi Topsy-Turvy
The Spirit of Greed, also known as the Spirit of Money, is one of the Yoshi Island Spirits seen within the Forbidden Pop-Up Book in the Game Boy Advance game Yoshi Topsy-Turvy. He is a very greedy spirit who loves the riches and all things gold (he even has a golden shadow). He judges people on how much money they have, and even asks Yoshi how rich he is when they first meet. The Spirit of Greed appears to be a large, golden Mouse with a red nose (like Tap-Tap the Red Nose), and a collar. He has four-fingered hands, no legs and a pouch which holds the many coins and gold bars he has. This spirit is found on the second page of the Pop-Up book, but he is not very keen on letting Yoshi pass to the third page. He demands Yoshi to collect a large, but certain amount of Coins within four different levels of the page. A Happiness Medal will be awarded to Yoshi if he satisfies the spirit. Collecting an amount near the set target will award Yoshi with a silver Happiness Medal, while collecting an amount well above the target will award a gold Happiness Medal. The Spirit of Greed also appears in other pages of the Pop-Up Book, where he and another spirit assign the Coin task to Yoshi in order to increase the difficulty of a stage.
