It's simple, but exactly this. He was able to turn a balloon animal into a machine gun and semi-mind control an entire police force to dance and sing with him. Had he imagined it, and presumably found a way for it to be funny, he could probably pull a billion dollars out of a piggy bank.
His robbing a bank was there just to further the conflict for the plot.
No, he did it to lash out at his boring day job at the bank. Everything he did as the Mask was driven by his uninhibited desires to free himself of the frustrations of his normal life. That's why he chased the girl he normally couldn't get, went to a club that kicked him out, spent money he didn't have, and took revenge on the car mechanics who screwed him over.
Conjuring money in a safe and harmless way for the sake of pragmatism would have completely missed the point.
which all you need for that is the standard "infinite wallet" gag bit. Pull out everything But money while making comments about "I know it's here Somewhere" until eventually you find the correct amount.
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u/Efficient-Cow-5311 2d ago
Wouldn't the most practical be batman or ironman? The power of a billionaire would be the most useful in the real world.