Patrick Star

Patrick Star is a character in Spongebob Squarepants. He is friendly, dimwitted and a overweight. He is sometimes aggressive and is SpongeBob's best friend. He and SpongeBob have apparently known each other since infancy, and they share many interests (jelly fishing, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, bubble blowing, etc.). In the episode "Rule of Dumb," it is revealed that he and SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary, are cousins, and that he is a prince. Patrick is always stupid, and he often convinces SpongeBob to accompany him in dangerous, fruitless and hare brained activities, such as playing near fish hooks and eating whole pumpkins. However, in the episode "The Bully," it is noted that he went to Michigan State University. His stupidity can be so potent that he sometimes suffers from lapses of memory (like trying to eat a chocolate bar twice) and complete shutdown of any thought whatsoever. In spite of the disastrous outcomes of Patrick's ideas, SpongeBob constantly attests to Patrick's genius and consults the starfish for advice and guidance. Patrick is revealed to be able to play many instruments like the belly drum. Patrick has no job or trade and spends most of his time sleeping and watching television under his rock house or playing with SpongeBob. He does give advice to SpongeBob, although it's not usually practical. When he tries to find work, it is shown that he has little practical skill; for example in "Big Pink Loser," he struggles with tasks such as sweeping or opening a jar. In the Episode "Patrick SmartPants" Partick becomes extremely smart after falling off a cliff, losing the top of his head, and Spongebob mistakes brain coral for the top of Patrick's head. Patrick lives One Hundred Houses down from SpongeBob (and lives next to Squidward) under a rock at 322 Rosemont Ave. Patrick has a mother and a father, whose names are Margie and Herb, respectively, but they are rarely seen in the series. Three of Patrick's ancestors are spotted: Patar of the Permian period, Pecos Patrick of 2007's Dead Eye Gulch and Chris Griffin of the Colonial times. Patrick is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.