# Patrick Star Patrick Star is the pink starfish from Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants who became one of the most-captioned cartoon characters online. Since first appearing in 1999, screengrabs of him fuel long-running meme formats including Push It Somewhere Else Patrick, No This Is Patrick, Surprised Patrick, and Savage Patrick. ## Overview Patrick Star is the dimwitted pink starfish from Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and the title character's best friend[1]. His lovable stupidity and long list of quotable one-liners made him a favorite source for image macros, reaction shots, and catchphrase edits spanning nearly two decades[1]. Meme-makers pull from specific frames of the show, usually close-ups where Patrick delivers a bad idea with complete confidence[4]. Distinct formats built around the character include Push It Somewhere Else Patrick, Surprised Patrick, Savage Patrick, and the phone-call catchphrase No, This Is Patrick[1][2]. Each format pulls from a different episode, but they share the same appeal: a starfish landing on the worst possible idea at the worst possible time[1]. ScreenRant noted that Know Your Meme catalogs over 14,000 SpongeBob-related meme images, and Patrick shows up across a large share of them[3]. ## How It Spread In 2007, a YouTube edit by user @ItamiBukoto combined the No, This Is Patrick scene with the This Is Sparta clip from 300, giving the catchphrase a second wind on the platform[2]. Momentum picked up again in May 2015 when an r/AskReddit thread asking for favorite SpongeBob quotes drove waves of users to reply with the Patrick line[2]. From 2016 onward, SpongeBob memes surged across Twitter and Reddit as a whole, and formats like Surprised Patrick and Savage Patrick spread with them[3]. The subreddit r/BikiniBottomTwitter, dedicated to SpongeBob-cast memes, grew past four million subscribers[3]. In August 2017, Buzzfeed ran a compilation of Patrick's funniest moments[4]. On December 8, 2017, YouTuber Preston Ward Condra uploaded a supercut of every time Patrick had been arrested on the show, pulling in over 1.5 million views before it was taken down[4]. For the show's 20th anniversary in 2019, Nickelodeon released a line of SpongeBob figurines based on popular memes, including Mocking SpongeBob and Handsome Squidward, which sold out almost immediately after launch[3]. Patrick's Facebook page still lists over 25 million likes, and the r/pictureswithpatrick subreddit hosts photoshopped edits placing him into unrelated images[4]. ## How to Use Patrick Star meme formats typically pair a specific screenshot from the show with a caption that plays off his blank confidence. Push It Somewhere Else Patrick uses two panels and a "Let's take all the [blank] and put it in [blank]" template[1]. Savage Patrick works as an angry-face reaction to a petty grievance, often shared as a single image macro. No, This Is Patrick is used as a nonsequitur reply to any question that could be misheard as a phone call[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Patrick Star? Patrick Star is the pink starfish and best friend of the title character on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, whose screengrabs power multiple long-running meme formats[1]. ### Where did Patrick Star come from? He first appeared in the SpongeBob SquarePants pilot episode Help Wanted on May 1, 1999, and his earliest known meme use was a Meme Arsenal post from November 6, 2004[4][2]. ### What does Patrick Star mean? As a meme, Patrick usually stands in for someone confidently saying or doing the wrong thing, or delivering a total nonsequitur reply[1]. ### How do you use Patrick Star? People add captions to specific screencaps: Push It Somewhere Else Patrick uses a two-panel template, while No, This Is Patrick works as a mismatched-answer reply[1][2]. ### Is Patrick Star still popular? Patrick memes are a classic staple of SpongeBob meme culture, with r/BikiniBottomTwitter passing four million subscribers and Nickelodeon selling out figurine lines based on Patrick's meme moments[3]. ## References 1. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/07/12/how-did-patrick-star-spongebob-become-meme-phenomenon/GmLtrTpLT77lIqQLK29zTI/story.html]() 2. [https://dailydot.com/no-this-is-patrick-meme]() 3. [https://screenrant.com/spongebob-squarepants-dont-get-it-patrick-meme/]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/patrick-star]() 5. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Patrick%20Star]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/patrick-star Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library