Patrick Star (seasons 1-5, 9b-present)

Patrick Star is the deuteragonist of the SpongeBob SquarePants series and the titular protagonist of his very own spin-off series The Patrick Star Show.

He is an overweight, lazy, dimwitted, unmannerly, naive, and ignorant starfish, who is best friends with SpongeBob SquarePants lives under a rock in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom next door to Squidward Tentacles' moai. Voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.

Why His Name's Not "Rick"

 * 1) He may be dumb and quite moronic, but he presents his idiocy hilariously (not always, however).
 * 2) * With that said, his eccentric behavior as a goofball can be just as hilarious if not more.
 * 3) Similar to other amazing and truly awesome comic reliefs, such as Rallo Tubbs from The Cleveland Show, Mushu from Mulan, Dory from Finding Nemo, Mater from Cars, Donkey from Shrek, Sid and Scrat from Ice Age, Timon and Pumbaa from The Lion King, Olaf from Frozen, and Roger Smith from American Dad, Patrick is one of the most memorable comic reliefs in all of Animation and TV in general as Patrick has not only made a ton of internet memes, but he steals it on the show whenever he appears.
 * 4) Even when he was a Karma-Houdini/Idiot-Houdini of some sort in Season 5, he does get a bit of comeuppance for his bad actions in some episodes.
 * 5) Despite being annoying at times, he has honest intentions for his behavior or actions.
 * 6) He is simple-minded but charming.
 * 7) While usually slothful, messy, and lazy at home, he can be fun-loving like SpongeBob and is also charmingly silly at the same time.
 * 8) He is amazingly and memorably voiced by Bill Fagerbakke in an iconic yet goofy manner (or sometimes in such different ways of speaking like in the Patrick Smartpants episode).
 * 9) He was responsible for creating such memetic material with some expressions and quotable moments he's made from the series to the 2004 movie and such memeable scenes his existence has made with many worldwide.
 * 10) He has a cute character design, like SpongeBob and many characters done by Hillenburg.
 * 11) With that said, he is greatly animated.
 * 12) He also at the same time, made some quotable lines and timeless scenes that were quotable like the "Game over" scene from "Patrick! The Game" or memeable like the "The ugly barnacle" story or the "Look at it" scene both from "Something Smells" for example.
 * 13) He has shown to have a great, strong and healthy friendship with SpongeBob with thoroughly helping SpongeBob whenever he's at his lowest or even motivating him like in the pilot episode of SpongeBob in such a relatable and childlike fashion that he is quite lovable to be around when he isn't trying to be stupid, but rather a supportive stooge instead.
 * 14) *Also, a lot like Homer Simpson, he can have some brilliant moments with showing high intelligence on occasion aside from his usual stupidity. Especially where he was marginally intelligent in Season 1, however, he just got a lot stupider over time.
 * 15) Speaking of which, he is a very pleasant, helpful, affable, and loyal character to be around when he wants to be.
 * 16) Despite being an idiot, he's usually very understanding to his friends like SpongeBob and even other characters who loathe him like Squidward or Sandy.
 * 17) He managed to recover from his flanderization from seasons 6-8, since season 9, where he managed to become a likable character again and thankfully managed to get his character back in shape.
 * 18) He is the first SpongeBob SquarePants character to be receiving his very own spin-off show, The Patrick Star Show.

Bad Qualities

 * He, along with SpongeBob, was hit quite hard in Flanderization during Seasons 6-8, and Season 6 was when his flanderization was at its peak, to show the more offensively controversial or just hateful side of his bastardizing (but thankfully he was more redeemable and likeable himself again in new seasons).
 * 1) * Likewise, it varies whether he was in character or not in Season 5. Though he isn't as bad as he is in Seasons 6-8.
 * 2) Even in his non-Flanderization, he can be clueless and ignorant for the wrong reasons.
 * 3) *His lack of common sense can be either destructive or provocative.
 * 4) **With this in mind, like Ed, Stimpy or Pinky: He can also do some disgusting stuff as well (primarily because of gross-out humor such as belches/etc).
 * 5) He can be very unlikable in some episodes before and after his Flanderization, such as “I’m with Stupid”, “Ink Lemonade“, “Jolly Lodgers”, just to name a few.

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Reception
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." 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."

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." The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, an annual awards show presented by Nickelodeon, added several new categories, including "Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick," in its 2014 ceremony. Patrick received the Kids' Choice Award Blimp for the category, winning to Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb, Sparky from The Fairly OddParents, and Waddles from Gravity Falls.

Internet meme popularity
The character of Patrick has become viral on 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 YouTube users to create a presentation of Patrick's expression using several 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. Comedy websites—including BiteTV,, CollegeHumor and Smosh 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)." 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 to deal with an Alaskan Bull Worm.

Trivia

 * He spawned countless memes, the "Is mayonaise an instrament?" meme being the most well-remembered out of the many.
 * He got his own show called “The Patrick Star Show”, which first premiered on July 9th, 2021.
 * He was born on August 17th, 1984, making him a Leo.
 * This date was provided by the 2014 SpongeBob Annual book.
 * In a theory based on SpongeBob and his friends representing "The 7 Deadly Sins", Patrick is considered to be the "Sloth" as several examples were shown in many episodes that he shows how incredibly lazy he is.