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On October 23rd, , Tumblr user Lexcali [9] published a post listing the "10 best SpongeBob facial expressions," ranking the "shocked Patrick" face at number six. For the remainder of to , there were no known postings of the Patrick Star screen capture. On March 10th, the same GIF was reblogged on the Cheezburger site Memebase, [10] where it received over up votes and reposts in the following three weeks.

On March 27th, the Surprised Patrick Twitter [3] feed was created, which garnered upwards of 19, followers within 48 hours. The same day, notable examples from the series were posted on the viral content site BuzzFeed [11] and a Facebook fan page [15] was created, gaining nearly 2, likes as of July On March 28th, the "Surprised Patrick" Tumblr [4] blog was launched and the Internet news blog UpRoxx [11] posted a slideshow of examples.

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Know Your Meme is an advertising supported site and we noticed that you're using an ad-blocking solution. Read Edit History. About Surprised Patrick is a photoshop meme in which a cut out of the SpongeBob Squarepants character Patrick Star from the animated television series is superimposed onto different base images of various humorous contexts.

Origin In a scene from the animated adventure comedy film The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie , the protagonist SpongeBob and his friend Patrick Star are shown sitting next to a ledge wearing exasperated expressions after losing their Patty Mobile car in an abyss. Spread On January 3rd, , YouTuber chadfaceproductions uploaded a video featuring a slideshow of Patrick wearing the shocked expression edited with several different image filters shown below, left.

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How Tough Are Ya? Meme Fake History. Meme No, This Is Patrick. Meme Spengbab. Meme Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen. Meme Rev Up Those Fryers. In " Nature Pants ," Patrick follows SpongeBob around Jellyfish Fields and attempts to abduct him with his jellyfish net to bring him back home. In " It's a SpongeBob Christmas! This attempt backfires on Patrick when he gets stuck in the traps. He succeeds in kidnapping Santa in the end, though.

In " Valentine's Day ," Patrick causes pure disorderly conduct at the carnival by running around, yelling, and breaking everything in sight.

Patrick slamming a computer on Mr. Krabs first dollar trying to get the paint off. This extends to damaging property owned by others. In " Christmas Who? In " Wet Painters ," Patrick destroys Mr.

Krabs' computer by smashing it on the dollar to eliminate the paint stain. In " Squidtastic Voyage ," he destroys the control panel of Sandy's submarine with an axe.

In " Spy Buddies ," he melts the roof of the Chum Bucket with his laser pants. 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 " 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.

Aside from his jealousy and being irresponsible, Patrick is also selfish and sometimes a bad friend towards SpongeBob and often endangers him, sometimes intentionally and other times because of his dim-whiteness. Patrick asks why there is no toy, but Mr. SpongeBob lets Patrick play with it until the morning, and when the morning arrives SpongeBob tells Patrick to give him a turn, but Patrick hogged the toy and refused to share it with SpongeBob.

In " Dumped " Patrick insists that Gary likes him now and that he wants to be his pet instead of SpongeBob's.

In " I'm with Stupid " Patrick's parents were 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 gets SpongeBob stuck in the wringer with his "forever glue" which caused SpongeBob a lot of problems. He also impersonated a doctor twice. 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. 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 but hitting a hammer through it. In " Something Smells " Patrick convinces SpongeBob that the reason everyone has been avoiding him was that he's ugly. 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. In " Driven to Tears " Patrick tries to make SpongeBob jealous of his new driver's license and rubs it in his face.

He also caused mass destruction by running three red lights and makes an illegal u-turn through an orphanage. His rudeness became more serious as the post-movie era approached: Patrick had a mean streak in the pre-movie seasons but was most apologetic and regretful of his actions, and had a kindhearted personality overall.

In the post-movie seasons, not only does Patrick rarely show any remorse or regret toward his rudeness, but he also lacks responsibility for his actions and is willing to throw others under the bus for his wrongdoings, like in " Stuck in the Wringer " where he blames SpongeBob for the condition he's in when it was Patrick's fault for gluing him to the wringer.

In " Life of Crime ," he gets mad at SpongeBob and blames him for eating his chocolate bar when he already ate his. He also scolds people when they have a right to be hostile and angry, as seen in " Big Sister Sam " when Patrick singles SpongeBob and Squidward out for their disapproval of his sister 's havoc wreak. However, in " The Fish Bowl ," Patrick does show remorse over his selfish and rude ways, marking a rare occasion in the post-movie era where this has happened.

Patrick is shown to have a hypocritical side, as he never follows any of the advice he gives SpongeBob: In " Grandma's Kisses ," he tells SpongeBob to act like a grown-up but later behaves like a baby himself. 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;" however, in reality, it was their bad breath that caused the townsfolk to ignore them. In " Yours, Mine and Mine ," Patrick agrees to share the kid's meal with SpongeBob, but later eats it all and persistently hogs the Patty Pal 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 and joins in on lambasting Squidward for doing so when SpongeBob runs away crying, throwing fruit at Squidward and calling him a "diary reader.

In " Sun Bleached ," Patrick helped SpongeBob get a tan but neglects SpongeBob by going out with a group of women, essentially leaving SpongeBob in the tanning booth for a protracted amount of time and resulting in the development of a "sun-bleached" tan.

In " Suds " and " The Splinter ," Patrick acts as a doctor to SpongeBob despite not having a college bachelor's degree or doctor's insurance license, leading to disastrous treatment. He enjoys nothing more than spending time with SpongeBob, and will always turn to him when things don't seem right or when he wants to show off something that he thinks he succeeds in, even though he rarely does if ever.

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 hatred of him and SpongeBob. Even with good intentions, Patrick often does not take account of the environment or individuals around him. In " Life of Crime ," he and SpongeBob resort to making crazed noises in the middle of the street upon discovering their new identities as "criminals," with the townspeople mistaking them as street performers.

SpongeBob and Patrick are put in jail for "stealing" a balloon, only to be paroled a few seconds later since it is National Free Balloon Day , thus disqualifying the act as a crime.

Patrick also engages in a fight with Sandy during music class in " Band Geeks. This causes the citizens displeasure and leads them to form a mob. Krabs, and the customers. In " Stuck in the Wringer ," SpongeBob and Patrick engage in a verbal fight in the middle of the carnival. Puff from jail without consent from correctional officers.

In " Sandy's Rocket ," SpongeBob and Patrick invade Sandy's spaceship without her permission and use it out of personal gain.

In " Pranks a Lot ," SpongeBob and Patrick, while disguised as ghosts, make unauthorized and disruptive alterations to the Krusty Krab by gluing the doors shut, replacing the windows with rubber, and clogging the toilets.

In " Pet Sitter Pat ," Patrick messes up the interior of SpongeBob's house as a result of threatening Gary with a hose and flamethrower. Krabs' advertising campaign. A police officer notices this and considers arresting them for graffiti, but, influenced by the vandalism's message, heads off to the Krusty Krab to order a Krabby Patty.

In " Sing a Song of Patrick ," Patrick steals a hundred dollar bill from SpongeBob and uses it to enter a contest, fully acknowledging that he used a dollar without the owner's consent.

In " Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom ," Patrick steals concert tickets and backstage passes that were meant for Squidward and SpongeBob, and eats them, believing they are food. In " No Pictures, Please ," Patrick puts on a hat that was dropped by a guide and wears it throughout, not thinking twice about returning it to its owner. Furthermore, because Patrick feels he is doing the right thing, he often trespasses to get what he wants. SpongeBob and Patrick have a frequent tendency to enter Squidward's house without his consent, which reaches its epitome in " Good Neighbors.

In " Pranks a Lot ," SpongeBob and Patrick trespass into many people's houses to traumatize them while under the identities of "ghosts. In " The Lost Mattress ," Patrick and SpongeBob trespass the fence of the dump on Squidward's behalf, however, it is mostly Squidward's fault for making them do it in an attempt to get them murdered by the guard worm. In " Toy Store of Doom ," SpongeBob and Patrick stay in Toy Barrel past its open hours and hide in a dollhouse so as not to be caught by the security guard.

In " No Pictures Please ," Patrick trespasses many people's homes while giving an enthusiastic stranger a tour of his favorite places in Bikini Bottom. In " Spy Buddies ," Patrick and SpongeBob sneak into the Chum Bucket at night through the roof, despite the door allowing entrance; they did this since spies do not use the door to enter places.

In " Safe Deposit Krabs ," SpongeBob and Patrick break into the local bank at night, although they had good intentions since they did it to free Mr. Krabs from the safe. Much of this has involved Patrick being caught up in breaking rules and endangering others. In " Restraining SpongeBob ," Patrick violates a restraining order filed against him by walking beyond his set limits.

He is arrested off-screen for doing so. In " Big Pink Loser ," Patrick's inability to do anything right angers him to the point of scraping the top of a broomstick on the Krusty Krab floorboards, which creates a mass amount of dust clouds and interferes with the customer's ability to eat and breathe pure oxygen.

In " Sentimental Sponge ," Patrick's house is shown to be full of garbage, which takes up a majority of the house's capacity, though he is not reprimanded by the sanitation police, unlike SpongeBob and Squidward. In " The Donut of Shame ," Patrick offers SpongeBob one half of a doughnut that he contaminated with his saliva, dropped in the toilet, and stored in the back of his underwear. Due to this, SpongeBob potentially consumed Patrick's oral ecology as well as C.

In " Ink Lemonade ," Patrick and SpongeBob sell Squidward's ink to the public under the guise of lemonade, which eventually causes health problems to its consumers. In " Sandy's Rocket ," SpongeBob and Patrick go around abducting the townspeople and trapping them in Sandy's spaceship out of fear that the entire population is formed of aliens.

Patrick is shown to have human-like intelligence. 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 when trying to earn an award in " Big Pink Loser. In some episodes, Patrick has trouble with even the most rudimentary tasks and displays little common sense or intelligence. His memory can be appalling and he 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. Patrick seems to be aware of his stupidity and annoyance to others, as many throwaway lines in some episodes indicate: In " Home Sweet Pineapple ," Patrick asks SpongeBob if it's already time to ruin Squidward's day upon waking up. I like to mix it up, keep you on your toes.

This is best exemplified in " You Don't Know Sponge ," and is also a driving point on the said episode's storyline. 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 often being very articulate, such as when he, having messed up Mr. Krabs' first dollar with SpongeBob, complained about the fact that his first dollar is just an ordinary dollar and he should replace it with another ordinary dollar, though he forgets about it at the end and ends up buying a candy bar, much to SpongeBob's dismay.

In " SB ," 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. 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.

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. One of his smartest moments in the series was in " CopyBob DittoPants " when he said 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! 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 his best friend. 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, [28] [29] 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 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, [30] and he enjoyed some of SpongeBob's peanut onion sundae in " Something Smells.

He idolizes the titular duo and views them as role models in that Patrick and SpongeBob occasionally dress up as them and emulate their heroic antics. Patrick also seems to be a fan of the rock band Stingray , 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 persistently touching him despite the security guard's objections, and eventually succeeded in kidnapping him.

Patrick and SpongeBob like to go to Glove World! They show their dedication to the park by buying its merchandise and wearing their marketed apparel. Patrick lives under a rock on Conch Street, two doors down from SpongeBob, right next to Squidward, and yards away from the Krusty Krab. 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.

Rock on! 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. 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. SpongeBob and Patrick have been best friends ever since they were born. 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. Patrick, along with SpongeBob, often annoys Squidward, although he thinks he is one of his best friends, Squidward doesn't reciprocate the "friendship.

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.

Krabs from scamming a naive Patrick of his ice cream coupon in " Patrick's Coupon. 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.

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. Krabs, it doesn't end well, as when in " Big Pink Loser " when he was a disaster of an employee, or " Restraining SpongeBob " when he was so much worse than SpongeBob as a middleman, Squidward actually replaced SpongeBob with Patrick on the restraining order.

Patrick and Plankton have only interacted a few times, but the times they do interact Plankton often despises his idiocy. 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. Critical reception for the character from both professionals and fans has been positive. Hilariously voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, he is not just an endearing comic creation but a role model for idiots everywhere.

Nancy Basile of About. They're not only some of Patrick's best episodes but also some of the show's classic episodes. Krabs' table, saying, 'Ford knee. Krabs replies, 'That's a seven, Patricia. Despite his overall positive reception, Patrick has had many allegations of homosexuality surround him. In , the show's popularity among the gay community grew, and it was reported that they had embraced the show, according to BBC Online.

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. In , a promotional video that involves SpongeBob promoting diversity and tolerance [49] was criticized by two U. 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.

After this speculation and comments, Stephen Hillenburg repeated his assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show. I consider them to be almost asexual. We're just trying to be funny and this has got nothing to do with the show. I think the whole thing is a part of a larger agenda to stigmatize gay people. Dobson noted that the foundation had posted pro-homosexual material on its website, but later removed it. Queer theorist Jeffrey P.

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 single, " Baby. 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.

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