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* Even more so, Jar-Jar Binks from the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (pictured). Some further complain that Jar-Jar resembles a Stepin Fetchitt-type "coon" caricature of a black man. He could therefore be said to overlap with the [[Ethnic Scrappy]] trope. It should be noted that even his own people consider him annoying: he was exiled from his homeland due to his clumsiness.
** Conversely, the computer game ''LEGO Star Wars'' made Jar-Jar actually useful, with a helpful skillset and a decent gun. More importantly, he stayed quiet... one of [[Broken Base|many improvements]] the game made over the prequel trilogy.
** Probably the worst offender is [[Space Jews|Watto]], who is such a massive caricature of typical stereotypes of Jewish, Turk, Jamaican, Whosis traders it could almost be a parody... if it weren't played ''completely'' straight. Exactly what group is being caricatured is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120218174132/http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-228197.html subject to a wide, wide range of discussion].
* The pointless little chameleon-like alien from [[The Movie]] based on ''[[Lost in Space]]''. In the original script, there was actually a plot-related reason (albeit a fairly weak one) for finding it, but in the final cut, it's just a waste of special effects budget.
** Not to mention that the scene where the protagonists decide to adopt it is a real [[Wall Banger]]: they met a completely unknown lifeform, which could have been venomous or dangerous in plenty of ways for all they knew, yet they deem it perfectly harmless ''because it is cute'', not noticing its extremely [[Cute Little Fangs|sharp teeth]].
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