
The sound of Patrick's footsteps is recorded by the show's Foley crew, with a Foley talent wearing a slip-on shoe. Many characters in the show have their own unique footstep sound. You can plan ahead all you want, but the characters eventually tell you who they are." 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." However, according to episode writer Jay Lender, "when that show came back it felt so right that his dark side started popping up everywhere. " Hillenburg described Patrick as "probably the dumbest guy in town." ĭespite being depicted as having a good temperament or state of mind, Patrick has been shown in some episodes to have a tantrum. The rule is: Follow the innocence and avoid topical. 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." He designed Patrick and SpongeBob as such because "they're whipping themselves up into situations-that's always where the humor comes from. 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. Īfter Martin Olson suggested that Hillenburg develop The Intertidal Zone into a television show, Hillenburg began fleshing out the characters. In 1987, Hillenburg left the institute to pursue a career in animation. 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. 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. Stephen Hillenburg first designed a prototypic starfish character while teaching marine science at the Ocean Institute in California. In The Patrick Star Show, Patrick has a different family: parents Cecil and Bunny, grandfather GrandPat, and adoptive sister Squidina. In the original series, Patrick is the son of Herb and Margie Star and the brother of Sam Star. He and SpongeBob both tend to bother Squidward though they do it unknowingly and have good intentions. SpongeBob and Squidward are his two neighbors, and, when viewed on the front side, are to the right of his residence.

He lives under a rock in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom.

He is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke and first appears in Help Wanted. He is a naive and overweight pink sea star. He is SpongeBob's best friend as well as one of his two neighbors. Patrick Star (born August 17 ), 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.

Zach Briggs ( SpongeBob SubPants Adventure only).Kenny Haas (" Back to School Season" only).
