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Character

Patrick^[2] Star^[3] (born August 17^[4]), is the one of the ten main characters of the animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants, and the main character of his own spin-off, The Patrick Star Show.^[5] He is SpongeBob’s best friend as well as one of his two neighbors.

He is a naïve and overweight pink sea star. He is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke and first appears in the first episode.

He lives under a rock in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob and Squidward are his two neighbors, and, when viewed on the front side, are to the right of his residence.

He and SpongeBob both tend to bother Squidward; though they do it unknowingly and have good intentions. He is the son of Herb Cecil and Margie Star and the brother of Sam Star and adoptive brother of Squidina Star.^[6]

Production details

Stephen Hillenburg first designed a prototypic starfish character while teaching marine science at the Ocean Institute in California.^[7] He created the character for The Intertidal Zone, an educational picture book used to teach young students at the Institute, which would eventually lead to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants.^[8] This prototype starfish character was much more realistic than Patrick; it had an eyespot on each arm and a large mouth in the center of its body. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue a career in animation.^[8][9]

After Martin Olson suggested that Hillenburg develop The Intertidal Zone into a television show, Hillenburg began fleshing out the characters. Patrick Star was conceived as a starfish to embody the animal’s nature; according to Hillenburg, starfish look «dumb and slow,» but they are actually «very active and aggressive» in reality, like Patrick.^[10] Hillenburg incorporated character comedy rather than typical humor on the show to emphasize «things that are more about humorous situations and about characters and their flaws.»^[11] He designed Patrick and SpongeBob as such because «they’re whipping themselves up into situations—that’s always where the humor comes from. The rule is: Follow the innocence and avoid topical [humor].»^[12] Hillenburg described Patrick as «probably the dumbest guy in town.»^[13]

Despite being depicted as having a good temperament or state of mind, Patrick has been shown in some episodes to have a tantrum. Patrick’s emotional outbreak was originally written only for the first-season episode «Valentine’s Day,» where SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine’s Day gift, and «was supposed to be a one-time thing.»^[14] However, according to episode writer Jay Lender, «when that show came back it felt so right that his dark side started popping up everywhere. You can plan ahead all you want, but the characters eventually tell you who they are.»^[14]

Many characters in the show have their own unique footstep sound. The sound of Patrick’s footsteps is recorded by the show’s Foley crew, with a Foley talent wearing a slip-on shoe. Jeff Hutchins, the show’s sound designer said, «[Going] barefoot makes it tough to have much presence, so we decided that Patrick would be performed with shoes on.»^[15]

Voice

Patrick’s voice is provided by actor Bill Fagerbakke, who also does the voices of several other characters on SpongeBob SquarePants. While creating the show and writing its pilot episode in 1997, Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, the show’s then creative director, were also conducting auditions to find voices for the show’s characters.^[16] Fagerbakke auditioned for the role of Patrick after Tom Kenny, SpongeBob’s voice actor, had been cast. Bill Fagerbakke said, «Steve is such a lovely guy, and I had absolutely no feeling for the material whatsoever.» He described his experience in the audition, saying «I was just going in for another audition, and I had no idea what was in store there in terms of the remarkable visual wit and really the kind of endearing child-like humanity in the show. I couldn’t pick that up from the audition material at all. I was just kind of perfunctorily trying to give the guy what he wanted.»^[17]

Fagerbakke referred to Patrick as «AquaDauber,» a reference to his role as Michael «Dauber» Dybinski on the 1990s sitcom Coach in the first few years of working on the show.^[18] Patrick is «enormously entertaining to portray» because, according to Fagerbakke, «when I’m performing Patrick, there are many secrets that I could never divulge.»^[19] Fagerbakke’s approach in voicing Patrick is «much the same way I would do [to] any kind of character.»^[17] «I’m always looking for opportunities to explore that freewheeling imagination and insanity of children. To be able to plug into that and let that carry you into a performance is such a gas, I have so much fun with that. I love kids; I raised two girls and I love being a parent,» he said.^[18] The cast members record as a whole cast. Fagerbakke says that the situation improves his performance as a voice actor because «there is something remarkable that happens when people are working together that is unique to that.»^[18] Fagerbakke modeled his performance whenever Patrick is angry after that of American actress Shelley Winters.^[20]

Fagerbakke has been compared to Patrick’s character, which he concurs with. Kenny said that «Bill [Fagerbakke] is a big guy. The world is almost too small for him. He’s a force of nature, like Patrick.»^[21] Writer Jay Lender said, describing Fagerbakke in the recording studio, «Bill Fagerbakke is the most thoughtful performer I’ve ever seen in the booth—he was always asking questions and really trying to get into the mindset, such as it is, of Patrick.»^[14] Writer Kent Osborne said of Fagerbakke, «He is this big guy, and he plays Patrick so well. He’s just this big guy, and he lumbers around.»^[22] Fagerbakke said, «I’m clumsy. I’m goofy. I make mistakes all the time» and agreed that «I guess I’m a lot of Patrick.»^[19]

Biography

According to the SpongeBob SquarePants Annual 2014 book published by the Egmont Group, Patrick’s birthday is on August 17. He was the second born of two children to Margie Bunny and Herb Cecil Star.

Sam was lost at sea when she and Patrick were children. He did not see her again until the episode «Big Sister Sam.» In the same episode, he mentions how Sam was his ‘rock’ when they were younger and how she looked out for him, implying they were somehow separated from their parents when Patrick was a baby. However, in «I’m with Stupid,» he can immediately recognize his parents and it’s implied they are not long-lost.

When he was a toddler, his parents would ring a bell in order for Patrick to take a bath, causing Patrick to have a severe tantrum every time he hears a bell.

Sometime after or before that, his parents adopted Squidina as his sister.

Patrick met SpongeBob when the two were babies, as shown in «The Secret Box.»

When he was a kid, Patrick tended to recite poems during gym class, which ruined his reputation and made him a target for dodgeball players, as shown in «Sing a Song of Patrick.»

Later, he attended Kamp Koral, where he got reunited with SpongeBob and met his future neighbor Squidward as his counselor.

As a teenager, he starred in his imaginary variety program, The Patrick Show!, before dropping it.

When he was an adult, he moved out and rented a rock house eventually to own it. He lives next door to Squidward.

As revealed in «Home Sweet Pineapple,» Patrick was kicked out of his parents’ house at one point and never allowed to come back. He thus created his rock, with the only difference being that he added a satellite antenna to it.

At some point, Patrick went to community college with Flats the Flounder, although he forgot what he studied there and likely failed to graduate.^[1]

Patrick celebrated two unspecified birthdays in the episodes «The Donut of Shame» and «Overbooked.»

One day, when his neighbor Squidward was gardening, a pineapple fell from a ship into the ocean, landing on Squidward’s garden creating the pineapple house. Meanwhile, SpongeBob was looking for a house of his own; when all hope seemed lost, SpongeBob and real estate agent Incidental 49A saw the pineapple house’s creation and Incidental 49A said she had forgotten about the house. SpongeBob bought it. To this day, they have been neighbors.^[23]

Later, in the episode «Driven to Tears,» he gained but lost his driver’s license, and threw his Bass Blaster 3000 away from that he won.

At some point, Patrick learned how to put on a diaper.

At some point, he met Grandma SquarePants.

At some point he and SpongeBob once took care of a baby scallop they found and named it Junior. They lost custody over him once Junior learned to fly.

He once became a mascot for the Frozen Krabby Patty but soon went back to his usual life.

At some point, he wrote a song named «Twinkle, Twinkle, Patrick Star» and submitted it to Bigshot Records for $100, to make it into a song.^[24]

He once rented out his front yard to a fish named Howard in «New Fish in Town.»

He was reunited with his Sister Sam after her sister got lost in the surf in «Big Sister Sam.»

He, along with SpongeBob, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, and Plankton, became superheroes while on land to retrieve the Krabby Patty secret formula from Burger Beard.

Description

Patrick is an overweight, coral-pink starfish (whose exact shade of pink is designated by Pantone to be Parick Star Pink^[25]) with a pointy head, thick eyebrows, lavender eyelids, and red dots across in his body. In season 1, due to unsteady or cel-animation, his eyebrows were thin, and in the shape of 2 sideways «M» shapes in the form of a pink unibrow. The flowers on his pants were also dark purple instead of light.

At the beginning of season 2, Patrick’s eyebrows were slightly thicker and shaped like the letter Z. However, in most of «Your Shoe’s Untied» and «Big Pink Loser,» his eyebrows are in the original sideways M shape as they were in season 1. Patrick’s new Z shaped eyebrows first appeared in «Your Shoe’s Untied» when «Loop de Loop» is playing in the part where Patrick gets a shoe as a scoop of ice cream.

He is shown to have either a full set of teeth, a single tooth, or sometimes none at all. In seasons 1 through 3, Patrick had been shown with plenty of teeth, but from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie onward, he has been shown with only one tooth. He was seen with one tooth for one or a few scenes in «Christmas Who?,» «Survival of the Idiots,» » The Secret Box,» «I’m with Stupid,» «Rock-a-Bye Bivalve,» «Krusty Krab Training Video,» «Chocolate with Nuts,» and «New Student Starfish» though.

His eyes are simple black dots and are addressed by such on his driver’s license.

However, close-ups in «Wormy» and «Oral Report» show that Patrick’s eyes are olive green, while in the short «Time Machine» and «Pat the Dog» they are purple.

Patrick usually wears only a pair of lime-green shorts with purple flowers on them. The first movie and «Born to Be Wild» reveal that he wears Goofy Goober underwear, which he wore for three years straight. He changed out of them upon becoming a «man.» When sleeping alone, he normally just wears plain underwear, but when he has company, he wears lavender pajamas with pale green flowers on them, along with a matching nightcap.

In various spin-off media, he’s slightly redesigned. In Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, he wears the same shorts as in the original show, but now wears a green shirt and a red handkerchief. In The Patrick Star Show, he wears a green shirt with white flowers on it, and purple shorts.

Like various characters, Patrick has no ears but can hear just fine. A reference to his lack of ears is made at the end of the episode «No Nose Knows,» where he is shown to have gotten a giant set of ears through plastic surgery and says, «I heard that.» at the very end. However, he is shown to have an ear that he did not know he had previously in «Bummer Vacation.»

Unlike most of the other main characters of the series, Patrick lacks a nose. Because of this, he generally cannot smell, as seen in «Something Smells,» in which SpongeBob has bad breath, as the scent bounces off of Patrick’s face. However, in «The Battle of Bikini Bottom,» Patrick can grow a nose through sheer force of will. In «No Nose Knows,» it has been established that Patrick doesn’t have a nose so he receives a nose through plastic surgery. He goes through many noses; however, when Patrick tries to get rid of every bad scent, SpongeBob, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and Sandy deform Patrick’s nose by building a giant ball of trash and sewage so the nose can disintegrate. In some episodes, Patrick can smell things without having a nose. In «Pet Sitter Pat,» he can smell, because he thinks Gary has a bad odor even though he smelt his armpit, not Gary. He was also able to smell in «Patrick’s Staycation.»

Patrick has no visible fingers, as he is a starfish, which means his appendages are completely rounded and pointed. However, to emote with gestures and hand movement, he would be given an extra finger or thumb. Patrick would occasionally refer to his fingers but other characters would correct him with the fact that he displays no visible fingers.

Personality

Patrick is lazy, dim-witted, unmannerly, naïve, and generally ignorant. Despite being portrayed as a full-grown adult, Patrick acts very immature and partakes in many childish activities with SpongeBob. Patrick’s personality is similar to SpongeBob’s, but they are not interchangeable, as SpongeBob is a lot more intelligent, responsible, optimistic, mannerly, and down-to-earth than Patrick. His dim-wittedness often annoys SpongeBob and causes him a lot of problems.

He has a short temper and occasionally exhibits psychopathic behavior if something upsets him. In «Nature Pants,» Patrick goes on a psycho-spree throughout Jellyfish Fields and attempts to kidnap SpongeBob when he has decided to leave his pineapple home and live with the jellyfish. In «Valentine’s Day,» Patrick goes on a rampage and causes mass disruption at the carnival in response to having yet to receive a present from SpongeBob while seeing that he gave presents to everyone else. This includes ripping off the heart man’s costume, attempting to destroy the Heart-a-Whirl, and stealing a little girl’s lollipop and eating it violently in front of her. In «Big Pink Loser,» Patrick furiously scrapes the top of a broomstick against the Krusty Krab floorboards out of anger that he can’t do anything right. In the same episode, he also shouted at a customer and slammed the phone for thinking the customer called him a «Krusty Krab,» even though they were referring to the restaurant. In «The Fry Cook Games,» he goes berserk when SpongeBob erases a part of his name tag to make it say «Rick.» In «No Weenies Allowed,» Patrick gets angry whenever he is called «Tubby,» and punches SpongeBob for calling him that.
Due to his lack of superiority in contrast to the other characters, Patrick suffers from low self-esteem and can exhibit varying levels of jealousy when witnessing the success of others. In «No Hat for Pat» and «Patrick-Man!,» Patrick shows jealousy to SpongeBob for having a job and special worker’s hat. Patrick’s jealousy is also a driving point on the plot in «No Nose Knows,» where he expresses his insecurity over being in the minority of citizens without a nose, prompting him to get one through plastic surgery. In «The Executive Treatment,» Patrick willingly impersonates an executive out of jealousy toward their exclusive ability to purchase a special Krabby Patty. In «Big Pink Loser,» Patrick wears SpongeBob’s shirt and models his rock after SpongeBob’s pineapple to emulate his lifestyle and prove he is worthy of an award.

He also joins in with the exploits of others, usually SpongeBob, to fit in. In «Mid-Life Crustacean,» Patrick, SpongeBob, and Mr. Krabs attempt to steal Betsy Krabs’ panties, as part of the «panty raid.» In «Doing Time,» Patrick assists SpongeBob in his local bank robbery scheme, intent on getting arrested to free Mrs. Puff from jail. In «Opposite Day,» he and SpongeBob impersonate Squidward and claim his house as their property, intent on annoying the real estate agent and preventing Squidward from moving out of town. In «Chocolate with Nuts,» as a means to boost their profit as salesmen, SpongeBob and Patrick spread lies to their customers about the chocolate bars they’re selling, claiming them to have special abilities.

Patrick has an unusual mean streak that — depending on the episode, is either exhibited out of jealousy, low self-esteem, acquired situational narcissism, or simply stupidity. He is also shown to lose respect for others and become obsessed when obtaining some form of power, talent, wealth, or publicity, and it usually drives him apart from SpongeBob. In «Rule of Dumb,» when he becomes the king of Bikini Bottom, he abuses his authority by stealing from others and using his fame to cover up his arrogant attitude, acting like the world revolves around him, and becomes a ruthless tyrant and goes mad with power. In «Karate Star,» Patrick gains a talent in karate and obsessively uses it everywhere around Bikini Bottom regardless of the circumstances until SpongeBob talks him out of it at the end. In «Patrick-Man!,» Patrick’s superhero alter-ego goes to his head and causes him to frame innocent citizens for crimes. It is not until he realizes how tedious being a hero is that he stops. In «Goodbye, Krabby Patty?,» Patrick becomes famous and rich as a result of his new occupation as the frozen Krabby Patty mascot, which causes him to betray SpongeBob on account of his acquired superiority.

Patrick’s stupidity and aggressive behavior extends to damaging property owned by others. In «Christmas Who?,» he and SpongeBob chop down Squidward’s coral tree without his consent so they can make room for a Christmas tree. In «Wet Painters,» Patrick destroys Mr. Krabs’ computer by smashing it on the dollar to eliminate the paint stain, which obviously backfires. In «Squidtastic Voyage,» he destroys the control panel of Sandy’s submarine with an axe after thinking she’s trapped in the speaker since her voice is heard through there. In «Pat No Pay,» Patrick’s misuse of the trash disposal causes the Krusty Krab to explode. In «The Card,» Patrick endangers a trading card that belongs to SpongeBob by using it to clean his teeth, using it to unlock his rock when he can’t find his key, using it to scrape the rust off his barbecue grill, and finally using it as a napkin to wipe off the cheese from the burgers he ate, which leads to the card’s destruction. In «Karate Star,» Patrick’s love for karate goes to his head and results in him karate-chopping nearly everything he sees in public, eventually leading to the destruction of the Barg’N-Mart. In «Big Sister Sam,» he allows his sister to demolish SpongeBob and Squidward’s houses. In «Sandy’s Nutmare,» when Sandy learns that her tree is dying, Patrick, attempts to chop down her tree for the wood with a hatchet. When Sandy tells him she can save her tree with science, Patrick throws the hatchet, which makes a hole in the tree dome for water to come through.

Patrick is also selfish and sometimes a bad friend towards SpongeBob, often endangering him, sometimes intentionally and other times because of his dim-whiteness. In «Yours, Mine and Mine,» SpongeBob orders a meal at the Krusty Krab and shares it with Patrick. When Patrick complains about the exclusion of a toy, Mr. Krabs makes a new Krabby Patty toy which was for both SpongeBob and Patrick. SpongeBob lets Patrick play with it until the morning, and when the morning arrives SpongeBob tells Patrick to give him a turn, but Patrick hogs the toy and refuses to share it with SpongeBob. He ends up eating it when he decides neither one of them gets to share it. In «Dumped,» Patrick insists that Gary likes him now and that he wants to be his pet instead of SpongeBob’s, letting him stay in his rock and refusing to give him back to SpongeBob. In «I’m with Stupid,» Patrick’s parents are coming to visit Patrick and Patrick believes his parents think he’s stupid, so SpongeBob agrees to pretend to be an idiot so Patrick would look smart in comparison. The plan works as SpongeBob successfully convinces Patrick’s parents that he is stupid, but Patrick then treats SpongeBob as if he were that dumb, which makes his parents think that Patrick taught him to become smarter which drives SpongeBob nuts. In «Stuck in the Wringer,» Patrick causes SpongeBob to become stuck in his bathroom wringer with his Forever Glue, which causes SpongeBob a lot of problems and makes him a disturbance to everyone. In «Suds,» when SpongeBob got the suds he called Sandy to take him to the doctor, but Patrick tells SpongeBob not to go to the doctor because it’s «a horrible, horrible place.» He then pretends to be a doctor and does his treatment to try to cure SpongeBob, but it only caused him to inflate. In «The Splinter,» he once again pretends to be a doctor. SpongeBob asks Patrick to get rid of the splinter, but he only made it worse by hitting a hammer through it and rubbing garbage in the wound, causing it to swell up and produce pus. In «Fungus Among Us,» he made SpongeBob’s ick worse by creating a mobile bubble after popping SpongeBob’s quarantine bubble. In «Something Smells,» Patrick convinces SpongeBob that the reason everyone has been avoiding him is because he is ugly, even though his bad breath caused by the peanut-onion sundae is what’s causing them to turn away from them. In «Hooky,» Patrick tries to persuade SpongeBob to skip work to play on the hooks with him even after Mr. Krabs told them how dangerous they are, and tells SpongeBob not to listen to Mr. Krabs. In «Driven to Tears,» Patrick tries to make SpongeBob jealous of his new driver’s license and literally rubs it in his face. He also caused mass destruction by running three red lights and makes an illegal u-turn through an orphanage. In «Life of Crime,» he gets mad at SpongeBob and blames him for eating his chocolate bar when he already ate his.

Patrick is shown to have a hypocritical side, as he tries to act as a mentor to SpongeBob, but ends up taking his own advice for granted. In «Grandma’s Kisses,» he tells SpongeBob to act like a grown-up so his grandmother will stop kissing him, but later behaves like a baby himself by thriving on being fed cookies and read stories to by Grandma SquarePants. When SpongeBob points out his hypocrisy, Patrick says that being a «grown-up» is boring and that he likes being a baby. In «Something Smells,» when SpongeBob believes that he is shunned by everyone in town because they think he is ugly, Patrick tells him that he should accept his ugliness. Later, Patrick thinks he caught SpongeBob’s ugliness and refuses to accept it, declaring that he was once one of the «beautiful people.» In «Yours, Mine and Mine,» Patrick agrees to share the kid’s meal with SpongeBob, but later eats it all and hogs the Krabby Patty toy; when SpongeBob tries to reason with him, Patrick scolds SpongeBob over his lack of sharing, when Patrick himself is hogging the toy. In «Little Yellow Book,» Patrick is among the many people who laugh at SpongeBob’s secrets revealed by Squidward, but he later joins in on lambasting Squidward for doing so when SpongeBob runs away crying, throwing fruit at Squidward and calling him a «diary reader.» When Squidward points out that Patrick also reads the diary, Patrick blows him off and accuses him of «blaming everyone else.»

Despite this, he still wants to help his friends, even if he doesn’t do it right. He enjoys spending time with SpongeBob and will always turn to him when things don’t seem right. Patrick is a nice person at heart and has had many positive interactions with the townspeople; he even genuinely cares about Squidward despite the latter’s open dislike towards him and SpongeBob.

Intelligence

Patrick is well-known for his dimwitted, naïve, and lazy nature. He wants to spend time dwelling in his rock and lacks common sense, which often means that he is incapable of doing things right, as explained when he was briefly employed at the Krusty Krab while trying to earn an award in «Big Pink Loser.» Patrick occasionally lacks a basic understanding of everyday concepts and tends to make up his own words.

In some episodes, Patrick has trouble with even the most rudimentary tasks and displays little common sense or intelligence. His can forget how to do the most instinctual of actions, such as eating or falling over. He once forgot that he ate a chocolate bar the second after he ate it in «Life of Crime,» and can’t open a jar without assistance in «Big Pink Loser.»

However, in some episodes, he is shown to be even smarter than SpongeBob, most notably in «Jellyfishing,» when he realized that Squidward doesn’t like them, but SpongeBob didn’t.

At other times, he can appear almost so brilliant that it surprises the other characters, and is prone to fits of temporary intelligence, which the other characters question and may not even understand themselves. Often however, he immediately forgets the articulated sentence that he had just said when asked about it further. In earlier episodes, Patrick appeared to be somewhat more intelligent, often making profound comments and being very articulate, such as when he, having got paint on Mr. Krabs’ first dollar with SpongeBob, complained about the fact that his first dollar is just an ordinary dollar and they should replace it with another ordinary dollar, though he forgets about it at the end and ends up buying a candy bar.^[26] In «Help Wanted,» Patrick was shown to be more competent when it came to giving advice, as he encouraged SpongeBob to apply for his lifelong dream job. In «SB-129,» Patrick seems to be aware of Squidward’s hatred toward him and SpongeBob, though in later episodes he is just as oblivious as SpongeBob in terms of their annoyance to Squidward. Sometimes, Patrick has sudden brief outbursts of intelligent responses, as seen in the episode «SpongeBob’s Last Stand,» he tells SpongeBob how the Shelly Superhighway will destroy the ecosystem, seemingly out of nowhere, because he has no prior knowledge of ecology.

In «Squidtastic Voyage,» he shocks SpongeBob and Sandy by coming up with a brilliant solution to refuel their empty gas tanks to escape Squidward’s stomach. In «Sailor Mouth,» when looking at words on a dumpster, he has trouble reading the word «krabs» but can read the curse word fine, and tells SpongeBob it’s a «sentence enhancer,» thus convincing him to curse on a regular basis. In «The Secret Box,» he says «The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.»

He also has displayed some common sense and wisdom in some episodes, such as when he warned SpongeBob that he would go broke if he kept giving away his money in «Porous Pockets» and told SpongeBob that when he has money he has to do more than just spend it; he has to have a plan first. When SpongeBob admits he was wrong about the money and his «friends,» Patrick replies with «There is no right or wrong when it comes to that stuff SpongeBob, there just either is or there isn’t.» In «That’s No Lady,» Patrick realizes that he should not pretend to be someone he is not. In «Patty Hype,» when SpongeBob’s Pretty Patties were not selling, SpongeBob gets discouraged, and Patrick says «SpongeBob, sometimes we have to go deep inside ourselves to solve our problems,» causing Patrick to literally go inside one of SpongeBob’s pores. In «The Lost Mattress,» Patrick was able to figure out everything that SpongeBob didn’t, like how Squidward was planning for them to get eaten by the guard worm by calling them «worm bait» and he quickly realized that the guard worm liked the wooden spoon SpongeBob was holding. He is also shown to be an excellent driver unlike SpongeBob, as shown in «Driven to Tears» when he got a perfect score on his boating test and got his boating license, both of which SpongeBob failed at hundreds of times. In «Boating School,» he helped SpongeBob cheat on his boating exam by telling him exactly how to drive properly. In «CopyBob DittoPants,» he says the line «Life is but a walking shadow» after all the copies disappeared.

Patrick seems to detect malice and sarcasm more easily than SpongeBob. He also displays witty banter at times and often can be sarcastic. He is generally well-intentioned but often inadvertently causes trouble, for both himself and also his friends, such as in «Patrick-Man!» when he gets Mrs. Puff arrested and trashes the Krusty Krab, although he also ended up saving the Krusty Krab from the Dirty Bubble.

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Interests and hobbies

Patrick mainly likes to dwell under his rock and act lazy and unproductive. He usually partakes in sitting on the couch, watching TV, eating junk food, and sleeping. However, he does go outside every now and then, typically to hang out with SpongeBob. Whenever doing so, he and SpongeBob like to indulge in their two favorite hobbies: bubble blowing and jellyfishing. He is also shown to enjoy sand-boarding,^[27][28] even if he is not very good at it. In addition to bubble-blowing and jellyfishing, Patrick and SpongeBob have a fondness for engaging in childlike activities, such as playing pretend, toys, and board games, as exemplified in numerous episodes throughout the series, like «Toy Store of Doom» and «A Friendly Game.»

Patrick has an obsession with junk food and will stop at nothing to fulfill his enormous appetite. He is a Krusty Krab regular and enjoys eating their Krabby Patties, as well as Triple Gooberberry Sunrises from Goofy Goober’s Ice Cream Party Boat. He has a bizarre taste in food and has low standards when it comes to appetite: His favorite flavor of ice cream is Dill Pickle Swirl with mustard and bacon bits,^[29] and he enjoyed some of SpongeBob’s peanut onion sundae in «Something Smells.» He often rummages through garbage cans and dumpsters and eats the thrown-away foods.^[30][31] Patrick has shown himself willing to consume inedible sources, and notably enjoys them: In «Little Yellow Book,» he eats diapers covered in ketchup. In «Pet Sitter Pat» and «Gary’s New Toy,» he has no problem eating snail food.

Like SpongeBob, Patrick’s favorite television series is The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. He idolizes the titular duo and views them as role models. Patrick and SpongeBob occasionally dress up as them and emulate their heroic antics.^{[32][33][34][35]}

Patrick also seems to be a fan of the rock band Stingray 5000, as he expresses remorse upon witnessing a copy of one of the band’s albums in the dumpster in «Missing Identity» and shows his appreciation for their music.

Patrick is shown to idolize Jeffrey the Jellyfish, and once exhibited an unhealthy obsession with him by continually touching him despite the security guard’s warnings not to. He eventually succeeded in kidnapping him.^[36]

Patrick and SpongeBob like to go to Glove World!, a glove-themed amusement park in Bikini Bottom. They show their dedication to the park by buying its merchandise and wearing their marketed apparel.^[37]

Abilities and talents

Patrick, although mentally weak and naïve, has many skills, such as:

• CPR administration: In «Naughty Nautical Neighbors,» Patrick shows the ability to utilize CPR as he uses it to save Squidward after he nearly chokes on a fork. He also displays his CPR administration skills in «Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost» when he and SpongeBob believe that they «killed» Squidward, albeit to no avail since in reality, Squidward wasn’t dead, rather they accidentally destroyed a wax sculpture of him. He also performs CPR on Bubble Bass in «Swamp Mates» while he was unconscious.
• Dancing: Patrick once jazz-danced with SpongeBob in «Squidtastic Voyage» and wanted to go square-dancing with Squidward in «Just One Bite,» but Squidward didn’t want to do it, which made Patrick feel sad.
• Disguising: In «That’s No Lady,» Patrick stays in disguise as «Patricia» for a long time. He takes off the suit, embarrassing Squidward and Mr. Krabs.
• Doing absolutely nothing: In «Big Pink Loser,» he gets an award for «doing absolutely nothing longer than anyone else.» In «Club SpongeBob,» he and SpongeBob sit and do nothing for days. In «The Pink Purloiner,» he does nothing for 8 hours straight, while SpongeBob is spying on him. In «Stanley S. SquarePants,» Patrick shows SpongeBob and Stanley the art of doing nothing.
• Driving: Patrick has shown to be an excellent driver, unlike SpongeBob as seen in «Driven to Tears.» He also gives SpongeBob proper advice on how to ace his boating test in «Boating School.» In «FarmerBob,» he is revealed to have a driver’s license and tractor’s license.
• Drumming: When it comes to music, Patrick’s main instrument is the drums. He is SpongeBob & The Hi-Seas’ drummer^[38][39] and was the lead drummer in the Bikini Bottom Super Band.^[40] He also drums at the end of the «Campfire Song Song» in «The Camping Episode,» during «Together» in «The Inmates of Summer,» and on Squidward’s House Party in «Tentacle-Vision.» He even plays a drum solo on his stomach in «Krabby Road.»
• Eating: Patrick is shown to have an enormous appetite and can swallow large amounts of food in one bite. In «Pressure,» Patrick eats a Deluxe Krabby Patty in one bite. He also eats an entire table of breakfast foods in «Rock-a-Bye-Bivalve.» He was once able to eat 1,000 Krabby Patties in 5 minutes, which is seen in «What’s Eating Patrick?» Patrick seems to be able to use his mouth like a vacuum cleaner, as seen when he devours the various picnic foods in «Club SpongeBob» and the high quantity of Krabby Patties with extra cheese in «Pat No Pay.»
• Jellyfishing: Patrick sometimes forgets how to jellyfish; however, once reminded, he does it particularly well.
• Karate chopping: In «Karate Star,» Patrick is a skilled karate «genius» at chopping. However, his hand started to go out of control and he cut it off, regenerating his limbs like SpongeBob in «Graveyard Shift.»
• Performing extreme stunts: Patrick is sometimes an ultimate daredevil, as seen in «I Had an Accident» and «A Life in a Day.» In the latter, he performed several dangerous acts to emulate Larry’s lifestyle, although he gave up when he learned of how life-threatening this can be. He also does a few moderately extreme stunts in «Extreme Spots.»
• Regeneration: In «Karate Star,» Patrick goes completely crazy and rips his arm off which a new Patrick grew from. Once he explained to SpongeBob starfish regenerate their arms, they were both fine with it.
• Levitating: Patrick can levitate infinitely. This was shown in «No Weenies Allowed» when he flails himself around to make it look like SpongeBob was beating him up, and in «Night Light» when runs on a beam of light up to the sun.
• Seahorse riding: In «Dunces and Dragons,» Patrick does not know how to ride a seahorse; however, in «A Life in a Day,» he can do it particularly well.
• Singing: Patrick has never had a solo and rarely sings; however, he does it fairly well when he does.
• Staring: Patrick is good at staring with SpongeBob in their staring contest game in various episodes.
• Strength: Patrick is shown to be very physically strong; in many episodes, he can lift his rock. In «What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?» and «Squid Baby,» he is strong enough to lift the entire road. In many video games, such as Battle for Bikini Bottom, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game, and SpongeBob’s Atlantis SquarePantis, his special ability is to pick up and throw heavy objects and even his friends. Also, in «Patrick-Man!,» he throws really heavy objects with ease, and in «The Play’s the Thing,» he is shown to throw an anchor with ease. However, in «Krusty Krushers,» he cannot even tear a piece of paper apart and then gets a paper cut. In «Sandy’s Nutty Nieces,» Patrick was able to beat all three of Sandy’s nieces at once in an arm-wrestling match. It may be possible that Patrick doesn’t know his own strength at times, which is probably due to his stupidity.
• Survival skills: In «To Save a Squirrel,» he and SpongeBob nearly eat each other to survive. He also made earmuffs out of his own belly button lint so they could play without Sandy harassing them in «Survival of the Idiots.» He also made warm clothing out of her fur.

Weakness

• Low IQ: One of Patrick’s biggest weaknesses is his low IQ, as his stupidity tends to cloud his judgment and hinder him from doing anything right, even when attempting to commit evil acts.
• Distraction: Patrick tends to get distracted frequently, in some cases, by something that he enjoys like ice cream. A notable example would be when he supposedly uses his powers as Mr. Superawesomeness to summon ice cream to use as a weapon, but his love for ice cream causes him to eat the ice cream instead.
• Laziness: Patrick is very lazy and usually takes poor care of himself and his «house.»
• Stinginess: In «Dumped,» he refuses to give Gary back to SpongeBob until the end of the episode. In «The Secret Box,» he even refuses to let SpongeBob see his secret from inside the box. In «Yours, Mine and Mine,» he refuses to let SpongeBob share toys with him.

Camera: In the episode «Tentacle-Vision,» Patrick keeps focusing the camera on the wrong thing. In the episode «Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture,» he forgets to take the lid off of the camera. He even gets Cheese Fizz on the camera.

Residence

Patrick lives under a rock on 120 Conch Street, two doors down from SpongeBob, right next to Squidward, and 400-yards away from the Krusty Krab. His ID licenses show his address, one from «Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III» and another from «Driven to Tears.» The home’s exterior is featureless, apart from a small, yellow weather vane, which has fallen off on numerous occasions. In some episodes, the rock has nothing under it, while in others, his house has an interior, like in «Patrick’s Staycation,» «The Donut of Shame,» «No Nose Knows,» and other episodes. As shown in «I’m with Stupid,» he makes his own furniture but he is too lazy to make it sometimes, explaining the different states of his house.

Sometimes, Patrick sleeps on the ceiling of his rock, although far more often he sleeps in a regular bed. Patrick spends much of his day sleeping under his rock. There are many inconsistencies in the depictions of his house due to the nature of the cartoon and utility treatment of backgrounds: In one episode, his house’s depiction is nothing but a bed and a chest of drawers, yet in others, he appears to have a kitchen and a living room. In addition, certain episodes tend to depict the surface below the rock to be completely flat, while in others there is a considerable amount of depth below it. Patrick claims to have built the house himself. In «New Fish in Town,» he puts his front yard up for rent. In some episodes, particularly the pre-movie seasons, he only has a TV and a chair in his house.

As Nickelodeon said of Patrick’s house in a commercial bumper: «What’s really beneath this famous rock? The home of Patrick Star. While the outside never changes, a closer look inside reveals that Patrick’s house is never set in stone. Sometimes, there’s just sand. Other times, there’s a small den. Occasionally, there’s a large master bedroom. And there’s the Multi-Room Complex featuring an eat-in kitchen, arched doorways, and a hi-def TV. Rock on!»

Family

Herb Cecil Star

• He is the father of Patrick, Squidina, and Sam and Margie Bunny’s husband. He is the son of Billy Bob GrandPat Star and Maw Tucket. He is also the uncle of Gary and Ed, Sluggo’s brother, Patrick Revere’s great grand nephew, a great-grandson of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, a grandson of Yorick and Princess Tulsa, the grand nephew of Prince Dingus and Prince Callous, Carl’s first cousin 1x removed, Cletus’ nephew, PatTron’s ancestor, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, Primitive Star, and Patar. He made his debut in the episode «I’m with Stupid,» when he and Margie Bunny went to visit Patrick for Starfish Day.

It was then revealed on a family tree in the episode «Rule of Dumb» that one of his names is Herb. Herb Cecil, like his wife, is quite overweight. He has a large walrus mustache and he is pink, just like the rest of the Star family. His pants are the same as Patrick’s but his top has a slightly lighter color of purple with green stars.

Margie Bunny Star

• She is the mother of Patrick, Squidina, and Sam. She is also the daughter-in-law of Maw Tucket and Billy Bob GrandPat Star, the aunt of Ed and Gary, Sluggo’s sister-in-law, and PatTron’s ancestor.

Gary the Snail

Main article: Gary the Snail

• Gary is Sluggo’s son, the cousin of Patrick, Squidina, Sam, and Ed, and a nephew of Herb Cecil and Margie Bunny. He’s also a grandson of Billy Bob GrandPat Star and Maw Tucket, Patrick Revere’s great-great-grandnephew, a great-great-grandson of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, a great-grandson of Yorick and Princess Tulsa, a great grand nephew of Prince Callous and Prince Dingus, Carl’s first cousin 2x removed, Cletus’ grand-nephew, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, Primitive Star, Patar, and Prehistoric Gary. He was also ironically Patrick’s pet for a short while in «Dumped,» but Gary only wanted a cookie in his cousin’s pocket.

Other family members

• Sam Star — The older long-lost sister of Patrick and Squidina who appeared in «Big Sister Sam,» contrary to Patrick’s claim of not having a sister in «Something Smells.» Sam is known to be somewhat affectionate towards Patrick, calling him «wittle brubber» and beating up Squidward and SpongeBob if she thinks they have bothered him. She is also a daughter of Herb Cecil and Margie Bunny, a cousin of Gary and Ed, a granddaughter of Billy Bob GrandPat Star and Maw Tucket, Patrick Revere’s great-great grandniece, the great-great-granddaughter of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, the great-granddaughter of Yorick and Princess Tulsa, the great-grandniece of Prince Callous and Prince Dingus, Carl’s first cousin 2× removed, Cletus’ grand-niece, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, primitive Patrick, and Patar.
• Squidina Star — The adoptive younger sister of Patrick and Sam who first appeared during her teenage years in «Goons on the Moon.» The first time they were seen onscreen together was in «The Goofy Newbie,» in which their interaction was brief, suggesting that Squidina may be annoyed with Patrick’s antics as a teenager. Their relationship when they were younger will be demonstrated further in the spinoff series, The Patrick Star Show.
• Sluggo — Gary’s father, the uncle of Patrick, Squidina, Sam, and Ed, Herb Cecil Star’s brother, and Margie Bunny’s brother-in-law. He was seen in «Rule of Dumb.» He is also a son of Billy Bob GrandPat and Maw Tucket, Patrick Revere’s great grand nephew, a great-grandson of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, the grandson of Yorick and Princess Tulsa, the grand nephew of Prince Callous and Prince Dingus, Carl’s first cousin 1x removed, Cletus’ nephew, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, primitive Patrick, and Patar.
• Billy Bob GrandPat Star — the father of Sluggo and Herb Cecil. His wife is Maw Tucket. He is the grandfather of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He is also Margie Bunny’s father-in-law, Patrick Revere’s grand nephew, Cletus’ brother, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, primitive Patrick, and Patar.
• Maw Tucket — The mother of Sluggo and Herb Cecil. Her husband is Billy Bob GrandPat. She is the grandmother of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. She is also Margie Bunny’s mother-in-law, the granddaughter of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, the daughter of Yorick and Princess Tulsa, the niece of Prince Callous and Prince Dingus, Carl’s cousin, and Cletus’ sister-in-law.
• Yorick — Maw Tucket’s father and Princess Tulsa’s husband. He was the great-grandfather of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He was also a son-in-law of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, Prince Callous’ brother-in-law, Carl’s uncle, the grandfather of Sluggo and Herb Cecil, Patar’s descendant, and PatTron’s ancestor.
• Princess Tulsa — Maw Tucket’s mother and Yorick’s wife. She was the great-grandmother of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. She was also the daughter of King Amoeba and Queen Mildew, Prince Callous’ sister, Prince Dingus’ sister-in-law, Carl’s aunt, the grandmother of Sluggo and Herb Cecil, Patar’s descendant, and PatTron’s ancestor.
• Prince Callous — Princess Tulsa’s brother and the son of Amoeba and Mildew. He was a great-granduncle of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He was also Prince Dingus’ husband, Carl’s father or step-father, and a grand-uncle of Sluggo and Herb Cecil.
• Prince Dingus — Princess Tulsa’s brother-in-law and a son-in-law of Amoeba and Mildew. He was a great-granduncle of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He was also Prince Callous’ husband, Carl’s father or step-father, and a grand-uncle of Sluggo and Herb Cecil.
• Carl — Princess Tulsa and Yorick’s nephew and the grandson of Amoeba and Mildew. He is the first cousin 2x removed of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He is also the son of Prince Callous and Prince Dingus, Maw Tucket’s cousin, and the first cousin 1× removed of Herb Cecil and Sluggo.
• King Amoeba — The father of Princess Tulsa and Prince Callous and the husband of Queen Mildew. He was the great-great-grandfather of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. He was also the father-in-law of Yorick and Prince Dingus, the grandfather of Maw Tucket and Carl, the great-grandfather of Sluggo and Herb Cecil, and PatTron’s ancestor.
• Queen Mildew — The mother of Princess Tulsa and Prince Callous and the wife of King Amoeba. She was the great-great-grandmother of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed. She was also the mother-in-law of Yorick and Prince Dingus, the grandmother of Maw Tucket and Carl, the great-grandmother of Sluggo and Herb Cecil, and PatTron’s ancestor.
• Ed — The cousin of Patrick. He only appears at the end of the Story Reader book The Never-Ending Stay. He stayed in Bikini Bottom for 14 weeks. He is also the nephew of Herb Cecil and Margie Bunny.
• Patrick Revere — The great-great-granduncle of Patrick, Sam, Squidina, Gary, and Ed, who warned Bikini Bottom about the mollusks. He was also the grand uncle of Billy Bob GrandPat and Cletus and the great grand uncle of Herb Cecil and Sluggo. He is like the real-life Paul Revere.
• Pecos Patrick — An ancestor of Patrick, Sam, Squidina, Gary, Ed, Cletus, Herb Cecil, Sluggo, PatTron, and Billy Bob GrandPat, who lived in Dead Eye Gulch at the time of SpongeBuck. His name is an obvious parody of the folktale, «Pecos Bill.» He was also the descendant of Patar and primitive Patrick.
• Patrick (primitive) — The distant primate-like ancestor of Patrick, Sam, Squidina, Gary, Ed, Cletus, Herb Cecil, Sluggo, PatTron, Billy Bob GrandPat, Pecos Patrick, and Patar, who encountered Squidward while he traveling through time. He’s the oldest ancestor of Patrick Star.
• Patar — The prehistoric ancestor of Patrick, Sam, Squidina, Gary, Ed, Cletus, Herb Cecil, Sluggo, PatTron, Billy Bob GrandPat, and Pecos Patrick, who discovered fire along with Squog and SpongeGar. He is also a descendant of Primitive Star. He lived after primitive Patrick.
• Cletus Star — The grand uncle of Patrick, Gary, Squidina, Sam, and Ed, who said the famous quote «Let not your heart walk away from you, must your mind grow legs and follow it.» However, he was later arrested in a freedom march and never seen again. He was also Billy Bob GrandPat’s brother, Maw Tucket’s brother-in-law, the uncle of Sluggo and Herb Cecil, and a descendant of Pecos Patrick, primitive Patrick, and Patar. When he was released from jail, he was never heard from again.

Occupation

Patrick is usually unemployed but has held a number of short-lived jobs throughout the series:

• Krusty Krab employee: This is the main job Patrick usually tries to get; he sometimes succeeds. In the episodes:
  • «Arrgh!:» He is hired for a few short moments until being instantly fired by an annoyed Mr. Krabs.
  • «Big Pink Loser:» He did janitor duties, but was clumsy in terms of performance. He tried to open a jar, which he succeeded in. He was also the waiter and phone answerer, though to no avail.
  • «Bummer Vacation:» He was the replacement fry cook.
  • «That’s No Lady:» Patrick worked at the Krusty Krab under the alias of «Patricia.»
  • «Pat No Pay»: Patrick must make enough money to replace his bill. He inadvertently destroys the Krusty Krab by throwing a bag of money down the trash compactor.
  • «20,000 Patties Under the Sea:» He is an assistant manager to SpongeBob as the restaurant mobile to bring Krusty Krab to the people. He also has a job in kitchen duty.
  • «No Hat for Pat:» Mr. Krabs hired Patrick as an entertainer, though his privileges were revoked when he drew customers away by causing accidental mayhem with his falling.
  • «Restraining SpongeBob:» He was hired as the «middleman,» which means Patrick was hired to take the food from SpongeBob to Squidward so SpongeBob would not violate the restraining order.
  • «Two Thumbs Down:» Patrick takes SpongeBob’s place as the fry cook, as SpongeBob cannot work due to his injured thumbs.
  • «Goodbye, Krabby Patty?» He was hired as the mascot and TV Actor for The Frozen Krabby Patty.
  • «Krusty Katering:» Patrick is hired as a waiter for the Krusty Katering business.
• Goofy Goober’s Ice Cream Party Boat employee («The Goofy Newbie»)
• Lemonade seller: In the video game Lights, Camera, Pants!, Patrick starts his own lemonade stand.
• Inventor: He invented the:
  • Pencil (already invented)
  • The lightbulb (already invented)
  • Parallel universe glass
  • Automatic Back Scratcher, Hair Comber, Nose Picker, and Ukulele Tuner 9000
• King of Bikini Bottom («Rule of Dumb»)
• Jellyfisher; Jellyfisherman Expo Convention joiner («I Was a Teenage Gary,» «I’m Your Biggest Fanatic,» and «That’s No Lady»)
• Chum Bucket employee:
  • He worked as the Chum Bucket’s fry cook in «The Fry Cook Games.»
  • He is the advertising director of the Chum Bucket in «Chum Bucket Supreme.»
• Landlord to Howard («New Fish in Town»)
• Door-to-door salesman («Chocolate with Nuts»)
• Songwriter («Sing a Song of Patrick») (he wrote the song «I Wrote This»)
• Security guard («Insecurity Guards»)
• Executive (unofficially) («The Executive Treatment»)

Video

Multiverse

An alternate Patrick exists in the universe seen in the shorts «What if SpongeBob was Gone.» Without SpongeBob, he cannot jellyfish properly.

Bearded Patrick

Another alternate Patrick existed in the timeline where the Krabby Patty secret formula was never returned to Bikini Bottom after being stolen by Burger Beard. This caused Patrick to rapidly age and grow a long beard. He encountered SpongeBob and Plankton when their time machine sent them 4 days into the future, where he was sitting on the sand-covered ruins of the Krusty Krab. He said that unlike everyone else; he still hadn’t given up on SpongeBob because he wasn’t very smart. He waved goodbye to them after they were horrified by the outcome.

Relationships

SpongeBob

SpongeBob and Patrick have a very loyal relationship. They have been best friends ever since they were born.^[41] They have spent a large majority of their life together and are very close to one another. Patrick cares about SpongeBob very much as shown in a multitude of episodes. He often tries to give SpongeBob the best advice he has even if it’s very illogical. He also is shown to go to great lengths for SpongeBob such as trying to make SpongeBob his «trophy» just so that he and SpongeBob could be together again. He also shows great sorrow when not around SpongeBob, which he has mentioned frequently. He even followed SpongeBob to the bitter end on their journey to Shell City. Though he has been on bad terms with SpongeBob many times throughout the series, they always come back together as best friends.

Squidward

Patrick, along with SpongeBob, often annoys Squidward, although he thinks he is one of his best friends, Squidward doesn’t reciprocate the «friendship.» Unlike SpongeBob, Patrick has actually noticed that Squidward didn’t like them but was incorrectly assured by SpongeBob they were his friends. Squidward, for the most part, thinks Patrick is annoying and dumb, even worse than SpongeBob. He has sometimes gotten along with Squidward though, such as «Naughty Nautical Neighbors» and «Band Geeks,» although they only last for short amounts of time as Squidward regularly shows his contempt for Patrick or the latter gains the sense to be annoyed with Squidward like in «Wishing You Well.» Despite that, Squidward is actually Patrick’s best friend after SpongeBob as he defended Patrick as shown when he quickly stopped Mr. Krabs from scamming a naive Patrick of his ice cream coupon in «Patrick’s Coupon.»

Sandy Cheeks

Patrick and Sandy are close friends, despite the big difference in their personalities. Although Sandy has numerously been annoyed by Patrick’s utter stupidity and on occasion has threatened to (as well as has) attack Patrick as shown in «Texas,» «Band Geeks,» and «Survival of the Idiots,» and Patrick tends to showcase a mean-streak towards her as seen in «Suds» and «Patrick SmartPants,» the two usually get along very well.

Mr. Krabs

His relationship with Mr. Krabs is a complex one, for the most part, Mr. Krabs thinks Patrick is too dumb to be bothered with, although he sometimes takes him as an employee and occasionally acts as a father figure toward him, as seen in «Sailor Mouth» and «Hooky.» Usually, when Patrick acts as an employee for Mr. Krabs, it doesn’t end well, like in «Pat No Pay» where he failed all of the jobs and shredded Mr. Krabs money in the trash compacter leading it and the Krusty Krab to explode, or «Restraining SpongeBob» when he was so much worse than SpongeBob as a middleman, Squidward actually replaced SpongeBob with Patrick on the restraining order.

Plankton

Patrick and Plankton have only interacted a few times, but the times they do interact Plankton often despises his idiocy. In the episode «Chum Bucket Supreme,» Patrick helps Plankton get customers by creating a slogan. In the episode “Bucket Sweet Bucket,” Patrick, along with SpongeBob, attempts to help Plankton renovate the Chum Bucket.

Mrs. Puff

Patrick and Mrs. Puff barely interact, but when they do, Patrick often shows a dislike for her. In the episode «New Student Starfish,» he calls her «A big fat meanie.» In the episode «Patrick-Man!,» he gets her arrested because he thought she was trying to break into someone’s car.

Trivia

• Despite being the secondary main character, Patrick only has the third most appearances in the series, superseding Squidward.^[42]
• Patrick has an innie belly button, as seen in «You Don’t Know Sponge.»
• Patrick appears to be able to fly, as seen in «The Sponge Who Could Fly» and «Night Light.»
• According to his driver’s license, Patrick weighs 2 ounces.
• A running gag in season 1 involved Patrick opening up his rock while lying on it, then slipping off of it and falling into his living room.
• Patrick’s mouth occasionally functions as a vacuum cleaner when in contact with an abundance of food.^[43][44]
• In «Christmas Who?,» Patrick calls pencils «writing sticks.»
• Patrick refers to his eyes as his «looking holes.»^[45]
• Patrick’s Citizen Identification card number is A1359723.
• «The Bully» reveals that he went to community college.
• Every time Patrick sees mermaids, he falls in love with them, as seen in «Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle» and in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• In «Graveyard Shift,» it is revealed that Patrick wakes up at 3 AM to eat a Krabby Patty.
• When Patrick thinks, his brain releases foul-smelling steam.^[24]
• Patrick’s favorite color is aquamarine.^[29]
• As seen in «Christmas Who?» and «Sing a Song of Patrick,» he does not know how to use a pencil. However, in «Patty Caper,» Patrick can draw Squidward perfectly.
• In «Truth or Square,» it said that Patrick’s real name is «Patrick Sea-Star,» not Patrick Star.
  • In some episodes, his real last name is stated to be «Starfish» instead of «Star» or «Seastar.»
• In many episodes, when something confuses Patrick, he usually says «I don’t get it.»^[46]
• The concept of Patrick being stupid is based on the appearance of the sea star; slow and dumb, but in fact, they are crafty and bright.^[10]
  • It is also based on the fact that real starfish don’t have brains.
• Patrick has arachnophobia because in «Home Sweet Pineapple,» when SpongeBob’s house is gone, he keeps on having nightmares about spiders and hitting SpongeBob with his rock because he thought SpongeBob was a spider.
  • This is seen again in the episode «Life Insurance» when Patrick smashes Squidward’s hair, thinking it’s a sea spider.
    • His phobia returns once more in «Patrick’s Coupon.»
    • However he is not afraid of the spider in «Ink Lemonade.»
• In «Chum Caverns» and «Free Samples,» he can eat chum perfectly fine, while normally, everyone gets poisoned or sick from the product.
  • He almost eats chum again while sleepwalking in «Don’t Wake Patrick,» however, SpongeBob prevents him to do so.
• Patrick owns a spatula named «Frank.»
• Patrick is right-handed.^[47]
• Patrick’s horoscope is a Leo. ^[48]
• Patrick’s dreams are empty like his mind.^[49]
• Like an actual starfish, his weight is two ounces, and he is six centimeters long.
• Since Patrick’s species is a starfish, he is also 1/16 amoeba because one of his ancestors is King Amoeba, which means his species is amoeba and he is also Patrick’s great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandparents share 6.25% genetic overlap of a living thing. That’s what makes him and Gary 1/16 amoeba.
• From The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water onward, Patrick’s voice has gotten deeper.
• Patrick living under a rock is a reference to the phrase «live under a rock,» meaning to lack knowledge of current events or popular culture.
• Patrick jokes that his name means «toaster» in Celtic in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
• Patrick lands in a different place the second time he runs off the high cliff than the place he fell to the first time he ran off the cliff.^[50]
• It is revealed in «Escape from Beneath Glove World» that SpongeBob first told Patrick that he was his best friend on the Glove Flume ride at Glove World!
• Patrick goes into worm mode whenever eats worm food, as seen in «Pat the Dog.»
• He is the only character in SpongeBob SquarePants history to have his own spin-off, The Patrick Star Show, on Nickelodeon.
• He is currently the only character to appear in every episode of The Patrick Star Show.
• He has been a part of many famous Internet memes.
• Within the 2022 Disney+ film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Patrick makes a brief cameo as one of Sweet Pete’s bootlegging victims, his head having been replaced with that of Wembley Fraggle from Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series. His regular form can also be seen on a woman’s jacket during the convention scene earlier within the film.

Videos

See also

• Patrick at the Nickelodeon Wiki.
• Patrick at the Heroes Wiki.

External links

References

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Main characters

Sea star (V • E)

Abominable Starfish • Alternate-Universe Patrick • Billy Bob Star • Bunny Star • Captain Scarfish • Cecil Star • Conscience • Ed Star • FitzPatrick • GrandPat Star • Herb Star • Ice Cream King • Janet • Margie Star • Marty • Maw Tucket • Mini Brain Patricks • Mini Patricks • Minister • Muscular starfish • Patar • Pat-gor • Patrick (primitive) • Patrick clones • Patrick Not-Star • Patrick Revere • Patrick Star • Patrick the Snowman • Patrick’s cousins • PatTron • Pecos Patrick • RandomLand Patrick • Sam Star • Silly, Confused, and Hungry • Starfish mummy • Tiny Patrick

Patrick Star
SpongeBob SquarePants character
First appearance	«Help Wanted» SpongeBob SquarePants May 1, 1999
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Designed by	Stephen Hillenburg
Portrayed by	Danny Skinner (Broadway)[1]
Voiced by	Bill Fagerbakke Jack Gore (Young; Sponge on the Run)
In-universe information
Species	Starfish
Gender	Male
Relatives	Herb Star (father) Margie Star (mother) Sam Star (sister) Squidina Star (adoptive sister)
Birth date	August 17[2]

Patrick Star is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He first appeared in the series’ pilot episode «Help Wanted» on May 1, 1999. In addition to his supporting role on SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick also serves as the main protagonist of The Patrick Star Show, which premiered in 2021.^[3]

An overweight pink starfish, Patrick lives underneath a rock in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, right next door to Squidward Tentacles’ moai. His most significant character traits are his laziness and low intelligence, although he occasionally shows that he is smarter than he seems. His ignorance often gets him and his best friend, SpongeBob SquarePants, into trouble. Patrick is unemployed and a self-proclaimed expert in the «art of doing nothing».

The character has received positive reactions from critics and fans alike. Patrick has been included in various SpongeBob SquarePants-related merchandise, including trading cards, video games, plush toys, and comic books. He is also a leading character in the three films based on the franchise.

Role in SpongeBob SquarePants

Patrick is the ignorant but humorous best friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. He is portrayed as being an overweight pink starfish, who serves as the village idiot of the underwater city of Bikini Bottom.^[4] Patrick gets dumber throughout the series and has been shown to make many ludicrous mistakes. Despite this, he has occasionally been portrayed as a savant, with articulate observance to certain subjects in specific detail. However, he always reverts quickly back to his usual, unintelligent self after displaying a moment of wisdom.^[5] He holds no form of occupation except for several very brief stints working at the Krusty Krab and at the Chum Bucket in a variety of positions,^[6] and mostly spends his time either clowning around with SpongeBob, catching jellyfish with him, or lounging beneath the rock under which he resides.

At home, Patrick is usually depicted either sleeping, watching TV, or engaged in the «art of doing nothing», at which he is an expert.^[7] All the furnishings in the space under his rock are made of sand, and Patrick can simply opt to quickly build up furniture as needed; even so, his living space is sparse and contains only the barest essentials.^[8] Aside from his best friend SpongeBob, who is often impressed by Patrick’s capacity to come up with naïve yet genius plans or solutions,^[9] Patrick frequently irritates those around him and is confounded by the simplest of questions or subjects.^[10] The characters of Mr. Krabs and Squidward have no patience for Patrick’s stupidity, and the former does not pay him much regard; Clancy Brown, who provides Mr. Krabs’ voice, said, «The only person that he [Mr. Krabs] doesn’t hire is Patrick because Patrick is just too stupid to work for nothing.»^[11] Sandy often gets annoyed by Patrick, but still sees him as a friend.^[12]

Character

Creation and design

Stephen Hillenburg first became fascinated with the ocean and began developing his artistic abilities as a child. During college, he majored in marine biology and minored in art. He planned to return to college eventually to pursue a master’s degree in art. After graduating in 1984, he joined the Ocean Institute, an organization dedicated to educating the public about marine science and maritime history.^[13][14] While he was there, he initially had the idea that would lead to the creation of SpongeBob SquarePants: a comic book titled The Intertidal Zone.^[15] In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue a career in animation.^[15][16]

A few years after studying experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts,^[16] Hillenburg met Joe Murray, creator of the Nickelodeon series Rocko’s Modern Life, at an animation festival, and was offered a job as a director of the show.^{[15][17][18][19]} Martin Olson, one of the writers for Rocko’s Modern Life, read The Intertidal Zone and encouraged Hillenburg to create a television series with a similar concept. At that point, Hillenburg had not even considered creating his own series. However, he realized that if he ever did, this would be the best approach.^[14][20][21] Production on Rocko’s Modern Life ended in 1996.^[22] Shortly afterwards, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants.^[14]

For the show’s characters, Hillenburg started to draw and used character designs from his comic book—including starfish, crab, and sponge.^[14] He described Patrick as «probably the dumbest guy in town».^[23] The character was conceived as a starfish to embody the animal’s nature; according to Hillenburg, starfish look «dumb and slow», but they are «very active and aggressive» in reality, like Patrick.^[24] Hillenburg incorporated character comedy rather than topical humor on the show to emphasize «things that are more about humorous situations and about characters and their flaws.»^[25] He designed Patrick and SpongeBob as such because «they’re whipping themselves up into situations—that’s always where the humor comes from. The rule is: Follow the innocence and avoid topical humor.»^[26]

In spite of being depicted as having a good temperament or state of mind, Patrick has been shown in some episodes to have a tantrum. Patrick’s emotional outbreak was originally written only for the first season episode «Valentine’s Day», where SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine’s Day gift, and «was supposed to be a one-time thing».^[27] However, according to episode writer Jay Lender, «when that show came back it felt so right that his dark side started popping up everywhere. You can plan ahead all you want, but the characters eventually tell you who they are.»^[27]

Every main character in the show has its own unique footstep sound. The sound of Patrick’s footsteps is recorded by the show’s Foley crew, with a Foley talent wearing a slip-on shoe. Jeff Hutchins, show’s sound designer said, «[Going] barefoot makes it tough to have much presence, so we decided that Patrick would be performed with shoes on.»^[28]

Voice

Patrick’s voice is provided by actor Bill Fagerbakke, who also does the voices of numerous other characters on SpongeBob SquarePants. While creating the show and writing its pilot episode in 1997, Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, the show’s then-creative director, were also conducting auditions to find voices for the show’s characters.^[29] Fagerbakke auditioned for the role of Patrick after Tom Kenny, SpongeBob’s voice actor, had been cast. Fagerbakke said, «Steve is such a lovely guy, and I had absolutely no feeling for the material whatsoever.» He described his experience in the audition, saying «I was just going in for another audition, and I had no idea what was in store there in terms of the remarkable visual wit and really the kind of endearing child-like humanity in the show. I couldn’t pick that up from the audition material at all. I was just kind of perfunctorially trying to give the guy what he wanted.»^[30]

Steve Hillenburg actually played for me a portion of Tom [Kenny]’s performance as the character, and they were looking for a counterpoint. And I do the big dumb stuff. That’s my deal … that’s what I do [sic]. It was such a neat experience. Typically, when you audition for any kind of voiceover stuff, you’re in a studio, but as I remember it, this was, like, in a weird conference room somewhere, and he had one of those little old cassette decks that’s about half the size of a shoebox, and there was something so endearing about it.

— Fagerbakke, on his audition for the role.^[30]

Fagerbakke referred to Patrick as «AquaDauber» (a reference to his role as Michael «Dauber» Dybinski on the 1990s sitcom Coach) in the first few years of working on the show.^[31] Patrick is «enormously entertaining to portray» because, according to Fagerbakke, «when I’m performing Patrick, there are many secrets that I could never divulge».^[32] Fagerbakke’s approach in voicing Patrick is «much the same way I would do [to] any kind of character.»^[30] «I’m always looking for opportunities to explore that freewheeling imagination and insanity of children. To be able to plug in to that and let that carry you in to a performance is such a gas, I have so much fun with that. I love kids; I raised two girls and I love being a parent,» he said.^[31] The cast members record as a whole cast. Fagerbakke says that the situation improves his performance as a voice actor because «there is something remarkable that happens when people are working together that is unique to that.»^[31] Fagerbakke modeled his performance whenever Patrick is angry after that of American actress Shelley Winters.^[33]

Fagerbakke has been compared to Patrick’s character, which he concurs with. Kenny said that «Bill [Fagerbakke] is a big guy. The world is almost too small for him. He’s a force of nature, like Patrick.»^[34] Writer Jay Lender said, describing Fagerbakke in the recording studio, «Bill Fagerbakke is the most thoughtful performer I’ve ever seen in the booth—he was always asking questions and really trying to get into the mindset, such as it is, of Patrick.»^[27] Writer Kent Osborne said of Fagerbakke, «He is this big guy, and he plays Patrick so well. He’s just this big guy, and he lumbers around.»^[35] Fagerbakke said, «I’m clumsy. I’m goofy. I make mistakes all the time» and agreed that «I guess I’m a lot of Patrick.»^[32]

Reception

Critical response

Critical reception for the character from both professionals and fans has been positive. In his DVD review for DVD Verdict, Bill Treadway called Patrick «the village idiot, who sometimes gives SpongeBob some really bad advice, but he is a loyal friend and that’s something we don’t see much of these days.» He said, «Patrick is the definition of stupid and his antics will have you laughing out loud.»^[36] In a review published in 2007, Peter Keepnews of The New York Times said, «Patrick is a popular character, and the new episodes illustrate why: He is unfailingly enthusiastic, touchingly loyal and absolutely undeterred by his intellectual limitations. Hilariously voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, he is not just an endearing comic creation but a role model for idiots everywhere.»^[37]

Nancy Basile of About.com called Patrick «one of the silliest characters on SpongeBob SquarePants«. In her DVD review of «SpongeBob and Friends: Patrick SquarePants», a Patrick-themed SpongeBob SquarePants home video release, Basile said, «The episodes included […] are hilarious. They’re not only some of Patrick’s best episodes, but also some of the show’s classic episodes.» She ranked «That’s No Lady» as Patrick’s best episode and said, «I was remiss not to include this episode in my top ten [SpongeBob SquarePants episodes] list.» She cited her favorite scene from the episode, where «Patrick can’t read the number on Mr. Krabs’ table, saying, ‘Ford knee.’ Mr. Krabs replies, ‘That’s a seven, Patricia.'»^[38] The Kids’ Choice Awards, an annual awards show presented by Nickelodeon, added several new categories, including «Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick», in its 2014 ceremony.^[39] Patrick received the Kids’ Choice Award Blimp for the category, winning to Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb), Sparky (The Fairly OddParents) and Waddles (Gravity Falls).^[40]

Allegations of homosexuality

In 2002, the show’s popularity among the gay community grew, and it was reported that they had embraced the show, according to BBC Online.^[41] The Wall Street Journal also raised questions about SpongeBob and Patrick in a recent article that pointed out the show’s popularity in the gay community.^[42] Tom Kenny, in response to the article, said «[I] felt the insinuation was a stretch.»^[42] «I had heard that gay viewers enjoy the show in the same way that lots of people—college students, parents and children—like the show […] I thought it was rather silly to hang an entire article on that. I don’t think it’s a case of it being a gay-friendly show—It’s a human-being-friendly show. They’re all welcome,» Kenny said.^[42]

In 2005, a promotional video that involves SpongeBob promoting diversity and tolerance^[43] was criticized by two U.S. Christian evangelical groups, most notably Focus on the Family, because they saw the character was being used as an advocate for homosexuality though the video contained «no reference to sex, sexual lifestyle or sexual identity.»^[44][45] The incident led to questions as to whether or not SpongeBob, his best friend Patrick, and the rest of the series’ characters are homosexual characters. After this speculation and comments, Hillenburg repeated his assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.^[46] He clarified the issue and said «We never intended them to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual. We’re just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show.»^[47][48] Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.^[49] Derek Drymon, the show’s creative director until 2004, said, «If SpongeBob holds hands with Patrick it’s because he’s his best friend and he loves him. I think the whole thing is a part of a larger agenda to stigmatize gay people.»^[29] Focus on the Family founder James Dobson later stated that his comments were taken out of context and that his original complaints were not with SpongeBob or any of the characters in the video but with the organization that sponsored the video, the We Are Family Foundation. Dobson noted that the foundation had posted pro-homosexual material on its website, but later removed it.^[50]

Queer theorist Jeffrey P. Dennis, author of the journal article «The Same Thing We Do Every Night: Signifying Same-Sex Desire in Television Cartoons,» argued that SpongeBob and Sandy are not romantically in love, while adding that he believed that SpongeBob and Patrick «are paired with arguably erotic intensity.» Dennis noted the two are «not consistently coded as romantic partners,» since they live in separate residences, and have distinct groups of friends, but claimed that in the series, «the possibility of same-sex desire is never excluded.»^[51] Martin Goodman of Animation World Magazine described Dennis’s comments regarding SpongeBob and Patrick as «interesting.»^[52]

In other media

Patrick has appeared in other SpongeBob SquarePants-related media, including board games, comic books, keychains, plush toys, trading cards and video games.^[53] Patrick has a major role in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the first feature-length film adaptation of the show. The film was released on November 19, 2004 and has been a financial success, grossing over $140 million worldwide.^[54] He has also appeared in the film’s sequel, which was released in theaters on February 6, 2015. In the second film, Patrick (along with SpongeBob, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton) is rendered in 3D (using CGI) in the live action scenes. The group becomes an «Avengers-type team»; Patrick transforms to Mr. Superawesomeness.^[55]

In 2009, actor John Fricker portrayed Patrick in the musical adaptation of the third season episode «The Sponge Who Could Fly».^[56] Fricker and the musical itself were well received by most critics. Gordon Barr and Roger Domeneghetti of the Evening Chronicle described the musical as «a silly riot of colour […] as you’d have to expect from an adaptation of a cartoon TV show»,^[57] while Viv Hardwick of The Northern Echo said that Fricker and Martin Johnston (Mr. Krabs) «win the biggest costume contest.»^[58] A critic from the Chichester Observer wrote, «John Fricker is in his element as the simple but lovable Patrick Star».^[59]

The character of Patrick has become viral in the Internet in the forms of memes or image macros. A still from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which displays Patrick in a drop-jawed look, inspired a YouTube user to create a presentation of Patrick’s expression using a number of different filters. Following this, a YouTube user uploaded another video featuring Patrick reacting to Canadian singer Justin Bieber’s 2010 single, «Baby». The meme called «Surprised Patrick» started to disseminate, with one of the first images was posted to Reddit by SeannyOC, and then reblogged onto I Can Has Cheezburger?’s Memebase.^[60] Comedy websites—including BiteTV,^[60] CollegeHumor,^[61] Mashable^[62] and Smosh^[63]—have published their own «Best of» lists and compilations, covering the «Surprised Patrick» meme’s popularity. Mashable’s Nena Prakash said, «For years, Patrick Star helped hold down Bikini Bottom while SpongeBob was flippin’ burgers at [t]he Krusty Krab. But now it’s time for Patrick to come out from under that rock and take a seat upon his royal meme throne, because he’s an Internet star(fish).»^[62] Another popular meme based on the character is the «Push It Somewhere Else Patrick» image macro, which was taken from the second season episode «Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm», based on a scene where Patrick suggests that the town should relocate itself in order to deal with an Alaskan Bull Worm.^[64]

A CGI version of Patrick was part of Nickelodeon’s 2022 Christmas Day National Football League game between the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams, with Fagerbakke providing real-time commentary for the character. Patrick’s most notable call came during a Russell Wilson interception. «That’s not what he wanted to cook,» Patrick said, mocking the «let Russ cook» slogan adopted by fans of the Denver quarterback.^[65]

The Patrick Star Show

On August 10, 2020, it was reported that a Patrick Star talk show titled The Patrick Star Show was in development with a 13-episode order.^[66] The show, which will feature Patrick hosting an imaginary talk show in his parents’ house, was officially announced by Nickelodeon on March 4, 2021, with a premiere on the network later in the summer.^[67]

Legacy

In 2020, a new species of starfish from northwest Pacific seamounts was named Astrolirus patricki in honor of Patrick Star. All known specimens of A. patricki were found closely associated with hexactinellid sponges, and the species was thus named after the character Patrick Star as a reference to his friendship with SpongeBob.^[68]

References

Patrick Star
General Information
Gender:	Male
Color:	Pink
Eye Color:	Blue
Height:	6 inches
Weight:	2 ounces
Occupation(s):	Currently unemployed Krusty Krab fry cook (various episodes)
Aliases:	Patricia, The Elastic Waistband, King Patrick, Mr. Dr. Professor Patrick, The Pink Patty
Family & Friends
Family:	Herb (father) Margie (mother) Sam (sister) Gary (cousin) Sluggo (uncle) Billy Bob (grandfather) Maw Titter (grandmother) Shriek (great-grandfather) Tulsa (great-grandmother) Callows (great-granduncle) Dingus (great-granduncle) Carl (great-granduncle) King Amoeba(great-great grandfather) Mildew (great-great grandmother) Ed (cousin) Patrick Revere (great-great-great granduncle) Pecos Patrick (ancestor) Prehistoric Gary (ancestor)
Friends:	SpongeBob (best friend) Sandy Squidward (sometimes) Mr. Krabs Plankton (sometimes) Gary Mrs. Puff Pearl Karen Larry the Lobster
Pet(s):	Gary (in one episode) Rocky
Employer:	Mr. Krabs (in various episodes)
Enemies:	Plankton (sometimes) Squidward Tentacles (sometimes)
Other Informations
Interests:	Jellyfish Eating Playing
Education:	Bikini Bottom Elementary School Mrs. Puff’s Boating School (briefly)
Awards:	«Doing absolutely nothing longer than anyone else» award
Series Information
First appearance:	«Help Wanted»
Portrayer:	Bill Fagerbakke
List of characters

Patrick Star is SpongeBob SquarePants’s best friend. He is a dimwitted but well-meaning sea star. Patrick is quite overweight and loves ice cream and many other junk foods. He is the deuteragonist of the show. He resides under a rock. SpongeBob and Squidward Tentacles are his neighbors.

Description

A pink-colored sea star, acting as the best friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. Patrick Star also has Arachnophobia, or the phobia of spiders, revealed in two «SpongeBob» episodes. Patrick enjoys eating a lot. He likes chili, ice cream, jellyfish jelly sandwiches, Krabby Patties, chocolate bars, Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Tacos, cheese from fishing hooks, pickles, Astronaut-Dried Food marshmallows, sandwiches, turkey, hot dogs, smoked sausages, roast chicken, beef, pizza and many other random junk foods.

Education

Very little is known of Patrick’s education. Patrick attends Mrs. Puff’s Boating School in two «SpongeBob» episodes. However, this was only because he was lonely and wanted to be with SpongeBob. Patrick is actually quite talented in driving a boatmobile, as shown in the episode «Driven to Tears» and in «Boating School», Patrick had the knowledge to help SpongeBob with most of his boating test, implying that Patrick may have unknowingly had boating lessons previously.

Appearance

Patrick is a very chubby starfish, therefore he also has a pointy cone-shaped cranium (he was known as Pinhead Larry by SpongeBob in the episode Survival of the Idiots). He also has dots all over his pink skin. His dress code is to wear light green pants with

purple flowers, he also hardly ever wears a shirt. Most episodes confirm he doesn’t have a natural nose, but he does in «Battle of Bikini Bottom.» He also one time took off one of the dots on his pink skin and put it where his nose should be. In the first season of the show, Patrick’s design differed. His body was a darker tint of pink, his mouth extended out further, his eyebrows were thin and shaped like 3s instead of Zs, his shorts were lighter in color, he was chubbier and he was shorter. Also, Patrick sometimes appears to have a bucktooth in his upper gumline right in the middle (starting in Season 3), usually when he does something dumb, which is almost in every episode he appears. In No Nose Knows, he is also pictured with big ears on the sides of his head.

Residence

Patrick lives under a rock, literally, on 120 Conch Street, two doors down from his best friend, right next to Squidward and 400 yards away from the Krusty Krab.

Patrick is sometimes shown to sleep on the ceiling, although far more often he is shown sleeping in a traditional bed. Patrick spends much of his day sleeping under his rock. There are many inconsistencies in the depictions of his house due to the nature of the cartoon and utility treatment of backgrounds: in one episode, his house is depicted to be nothing but a bed and a chest of drawers, yet in others he appears to have a kitchen and a living room. Also, certain episodes tend to depict the surface below the rock to be completely flat, while in others there is a considerable amount of depth below it. There is also a weather vane ln top of the rock. Patrick claims to have built the house himself.

As Nickelodeon says of Patrick’s house in a commercial bumper: «What’s really beneath this famous rock? The home of Patrick Star. While the outside never changes, a closer look inside reveals that Patrick’s house is never set in stone. Sometimes, there’s just sand. Other times, there’s a small den. Occasionally, there’s a large master bedroom. And there’s the Multi-Room Complex featuring an eat-in kitchen, arched doorways, and a hi-def TV. Rock on!»

Gallery

Abilities

• Flight and Strength: Patrick possess superpowers such as flight and great strength (not superhuman, as anything Patrick lifts is not very large he doesn’t even display super-starfish strength as starfishes are naturally very strong, on the lines of being able to open a clam that is still living and has powerful jaw muscles) .
• Sun-ray Walking: Patrick was able to climb up a ray of sunshine to reach the sun, which he mistook for a light bulb, and runs back down with his behind on fire.
• Limb Regeneration: Patrick can regenerate lost limbs.
• Patrick has a degree of superhuman durability, though not as great as SpongeBob’s.
• Patrick may have bad luck on using machines, as many were broken and went haywire by him:
• Telepathy: He was shown to have telepathic abilities..
• Pain: He is able to sustain a lot of pain.
• False Muscles: He has the ability to grow false muscles.
• Eating more than actually possible: Patrick is also able to eat a Deluxe Krabby Patty in one bite.

Star family

Herb and Margie Star, Patrick’s parents. Herb Star is Patrick’s father and Margie’s husband. He is the son of Billy Bob Star and Maw Titter. He made is debut in the episode, «I’m with Stupid«, when he and Margie went to visit Patrick for Starfish Day. It was then revealed on a family tree in the episode, «Rule of Dumb» that his name is Herb. Herb, like his wife, is quite overweight. He has a large walrus mustache and he also is pink, just like the rest of the Star family. His pants are the same as Patrick’s but his top has a slightly lighter color of purple with green stars. Herb is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson. Possibly. In «I’m with Stupid», Janet and Marty both claimed themselves to be Patrick’s parents, but they later claimed «Oh, right. We don’t have a son» not making them his parents but as dumb as Patrick is.

File:Herb&margie.jpg

Herb Star

• Patrick’s dad who is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson.

File:JanetandMarty.jpg

Margie Star

• Patrick’s mother who is voiced by Lori Alan.

Gary the Snail

Main article: Gary the Snail»

• Garald Betram The Snail II (better known as just «Gary») is Sluggo’s son and Patrick’s cousin and Herb and Margie’s nephew.

Multiverse

An alternate Patrick exists in the universe seen in the shorts What if SpongeBob was Gone. Without SpongeBob, he cannot jellyfish properly.

Patrick Star
General Information
Gender:	Male
Color:	Pink
Eye Color:	Blue
Height:	6 inches
Weight:	2 ounces
Occupation(s):	Currently unemployed Krusty Krab fry cook (various episodes)
Aliases:	Patricia, The Elastic Waistband, King Patrick, Mr. Dr. Professor Patrick, The Pink Patty
Family & Friends
Family:	Herb (father) Margie (mother) Sam (sister) Gary (cousin) Sluggo (uncle) Billy Bob (grandfather) Maw Titter (grandmother) Shriek (great-grandfather) Tulsa (great-grandmother) Callows (great-granduncle) Dingus (great-granduncle) Carl (great-granduncle) King Amoeba(great-great grandfather) Mildew (great-great grandmother) Ed (cousin) Patrick Revere (great-great-great granduncle) Pecos Patrick (ancestor) Prehistoric Gary (ancestor)
Friends:	SpongeBob (best friend) Sandy Squidward (sometimes) Mr. Krabs Plankton (sometimes) Gary Mrs. Puff Pearl Karen Larry the Lobster
Pet(s):	Gary (in one episode) Rocky
Employer:	Mr. Krabs (in various episodes)
Enemies:	Plankton (sometimes) Squidward Tentacles (sometimes)
Other Informations
Interests:	Jellyfish Eating Playing
Education:	Bikini Bottom Elementary School Mrs. Puff’s Boating School (briefly)
Awards:	«Doing absolutely nothing longer than anyone else» award
Series Information
First appearance:	«Help Wanted»
Portrayer:	Bill Fagerbakke
List of characters

Patrick Star is SpongeBob SquarePants’s best friend. He is a dimwitted but well-meaning sea star. Patrick is quite overweight and loves ice cream and many other junk foods. He is the deuteragonist of the show. He resides under a rock. SpongeBob and Squidward Tentacles are his neighbors.

Description

A pink-colored sea star, acting as the best friend of SpongeBob SquarePants. Patrick Star also has Arachnophobia, or the phobia of spiders, revealed in two «SpongeBob» episodes. Patrick enjoys eating a lot. He likes chili, ice cream, jellyfish jelly sandwiches, Krabby Patties, chocolate bars, Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Tacos, cheese from fishing hooks, pickles, Astronaut-Dried Food marshmallows, sandwiches, turkey, hot dogs, smoked sausages, roast chicken, beef, pizza and many other random junk foods.

Education

Very little is known of Patrick’s education. Patrick attends Mrs. Puff’s Boating School in two «SpongeBob» episodes. However, this was only because he was lonely and wanted to be with SpongeBob. Patrick is actually quite talented in driving a boatmobile, as shown in the episode «Driven to Tears» and in «Boating School», Patrick had the knowledge to help SpongeBob with most of his boating test, implying that Patrick may have unknowingly had boating lessons previously.

Appearance

Patrick is a very chubby starfish, therefore he also has a pointy cone-shaped cranium (he was known as Pinhead Larry by SpongeBob in the episode Survival of the Idiots). He also has dots all over his pink skin. His dress code is to wear light green pants with

purple flowers, he also hardly ever wears a shirt. Most episodes confirm he doesn’t have a natural nose, but he does in «Battle of Bikini Bottom.» He also one time took off one of the dots on his pink skin and put it where his nose should be. In the first season of the show, Patrick’s design differed. His body was a darker tint of pink, his mouth extended out further, his eyebrows were thin and shaped like 3s instead of Zs, his shorts were lighter in color, he was chubbier and he was shorter. Also, Patrick sometimes appears to have a bucktooth in his upper gumline right in the middle (starting in Season 3), usually when he does something dumb, which is almost in every episode he appears. In No Nose Knows, he is also pictured with big ears on the sides of his head.

Residence

Patrick lives under a rock, literally, on 120 Conch Street, two doors down from his best friend, right next to Squidward and 400 yards away from the Krusty Krab.

Patrick is sometimes shown to sleep on the ceiling, although far more often he is shown sleeping in a traditional bed. Patrick spends much of his day sleeping under his rock. There are many inconsistencies in the depictions of his house due to the nature of the cartoon and utility treatment of backgrounds: in one episode, his house is depicted to be nothing but a bed and a chest of drawers, yet in others he appears to have a kitchen and a living room. Also, certain episodes tend to depict the surface below the rock to be completely flat, while in others there is a considerable amount of depth below it. There is also a weather vane ln top of the rock. Patrick claims to have built the house himself.

As Nickelodeon says of Patrick’s house in a commercial bumper: «What’s really beneath this famous rock? The home of Patrick Star. While the outside never changes, a closer look inside reveals that Patrick’s house is never set in stone. Sometimes, there’s just sand. Other times, there’s a small den. Occasionally, there’s a large master bedroom. And there’s the Multi-Room Complex featuring an eat-in kitchen, arched doorways, and a hi-def TV. Rock on!»

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Abilities

• Flight and Strength: Patrick possess superpowers such as flight and great strength (not superhuman, as anything Patrick lifts is not very large he doesn’t even display super-starfish strength as starfishes are naturally very strong, on the lines of being able to open a clam that is still living and has powerful jaw muscles) .
• Sun-ray Walking: Patrick was able to climb up a ray of sunshine to reach the sun, which he mistook for a light bulb, and runs back down with his behind on fire.
• Limb Regeneration: Patrick can regenerate lost limbs.
• Patrick has a degree of superhuman durability, though not as great as SpongeBob’s.
• Patrick may have bad luck on using machines, as many were broken and went haywire by him:
• Telepathy: He was shown to have telepathic abilities..
• Pain: He is able to sustain a lot of pain.
• False Muscles: He has the ability to grow false muscles.
• Eating more than actually possible: Patrick is also able to eat a Deluxe Krabby Patty in one bite.

Star family

Herb and Margie Star, Patrick’s parents. Herb Star is Patrick’s father and Margie’s husband. He is the son of Billy Bob Star and Maw Titter. He made is debut in the episode, «I’m with Stupid«, when he and Margie went to visit Patrick for Starfish Day. It was then revealed on a family tree in the episode, «Rule of Dumb» that his name is Herb. Herb, like his wife, is quite overweight. He has a large walrus mustache and he also is pink, just like the rest of the Star family. His pants are the same as Patrick’s but his top has a slightly lighter color of purple with green stars. Herb is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson. Possibly. In «I’m with Stupid», Janet and Marty both claimed themselves to be Patrick’s parents, but they later claimed «Oh, right. We don’t have a son» not making them his parents but as dumb as Patrick is.

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Herb Star

• Patrick’s dad who is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson.

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Margie Star

• Patrick’s mother who is voiced by Lori Alan.

Gary the Snail

Main article: Gary the Snail»

• Garald Betram The Snail II (better known as just «Gary») is Sluggo’s son and Patrick’s cousin and Herb and Margie’s nephew.

Multiverse

An alternate Patrick exists in the universe seen in the shorts What if SpongeBob was Gone. Without SpongeBob, he cannot jellyfish properly.

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