Sort of a gay British robotic cross between Classic Tv Fan and Inspector Pbeavr.

Fussy droid but just so funny and entertaining.

Jar Jar is a geek, C-3P0 is a nerd. He keeps bringing up facts and he doesn't want to do anything fun. He was an eternal downer unless everything was going awesome. He's never going to get laid and everyone thinks he's gay but he isn't. And on top of that he's got an English accent. And everyone wants to beat him up except the E-Woks, who only pretend they like him in order to fulfill some E-Wok prophecy. Well, at least he can speak 6 billion dialects and knows when the negative power couplink is broken.

A shiny yet inefficient butler. . .

Kinda tragic...

Uptight, whiney and irritating. Someone should've pulled the plug a long time ago.

Sometimes he's really annoying, but it just makes him all the more fun to watch.

C3P0 looks just like the robot in Metropolis. Coincidence? I think not.

Oh my god you guys must be smoking crack or something, C-3PO was the original DOnkey (from Shrek), sure he's whiny, but he's hilarious!

Won't he ever stop whining and complaing?

Smart and intelligent yet boring.

PBeavr's comments largely sum up my feelings. The fans who interpret the films as though they were holy writ conveniently forget that they have, since the second film, been vehicles for a huge toy and memorabilia business.

dude needs to relax