Professor

The Professor is a mole and one of Spyro's main allies, starting with the Professor's debut appearance in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!. The Professor is intelligent, but he has a slight memory problem, and he wears glasses.

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, he pulls Spyro out of the Dragon Realms to help the denizens of Avalar fight Ripto, who arrived in Avalar because of Hunter. After Spyro succeeds in defeating Ripto, the Professor uses the super-portal he invented to send Spyro home.

Spyro: Year of the Dragon
In Spyro: Year of the Dragon, it is revealed that the Professor's student is a space monkey named Agent 9 and that he has a laboratory on a small tropical island. In the game, the lab is taken over by Rhynocs and Spyro helps the Professor and Agent 9 by clearing the island. The lab was set up by the Professor after he used millennium-old coordinates to reach the Dragons' lands.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail
In Spyro: A Hero's Tail, the Professor owns a laboratory in the Dragon Village. At the start of the game, he shows Spyro about Red and his evil doings. Over the course of the game, he gives tips to Spyro and uses the Light Gems that Spyro collected to power his numerous gadgets, which allows Spyro to reach hidden places. Near the end of the game, he is captured by Red to build his robot army. Spyro eventually finds the Professor and defeats Red.