Talk:Patrick Star/Archive 2

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 * Please make sure to give a birthday. —Preceding LM1998 comment added by LM1998 (talk • contribs) 21:18, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean? - AMK152(Talk • Contributions • Send message) 21:58, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

This Article has no birthdate. —Preceding LM1998 comment added by LM1998 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * But Patrick's birthdate has never been mentioned in the show, and you can't just put one in.  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 22:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

It is listed on spongepedia.'user:SBLM1998 —Preceding comment was added at 22:23, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, but how do we know you didn't add it? There has to be a reliable source (i.e. SpongeBob's driver's licence shows his DOB, and that is acceptable).  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 22:44, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree with SBLMLM1998''' —Preceding unsigned comment added by LM1998 (talk • contribs) 01:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Arachniphobia?
Is it possible that Patrick has arachniphobia? In the episode entitled "Home Sweet Pineapple", he apparently has a dream where spiders are crawling around everywhere, and yells "SPIDERS! SPIDERS!" like he would die if didn't kill them. After that, he smashes his rock on what he thinks are spiders (it's actually Spongebob). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 199.224.109.21 (talk) 15:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC).

That’s just straight up Original Research. GenZenny💖 (talk) 07:29, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
 * And that's a 15-year-old post... Meters (talk) 04:58, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

Sea Star? What is a Sea Star?
Is a sea star the name of a star fish in some foreign country? The show is made in America so I think we should change all references to Sea Star to "Starfish" since that is what Patrick is. Also it is stated he sleeps attached to the roof of a rock just like sea stars. What? Starfish lay flat on the bottom of the ocean. It should be pointed out that sleeping under a rock attached to the bottom of it is unusual and not the normal for a starfish. At least point out that how Patrick sleeps is not normal behavior for a starfish. It may be normal for a sea star but Patrick isn't one. MBCF 22:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I think seastar is the "official" name used by scientists to describe starfish, but I agree that we should use starfish, since this is an article about a tv show character and should use a normal term.
 * Stephen Hillenburg calls Patrick a "sea star" in a special bonus feature of the Movie DVD. - A M K 1 5 2 (Talk • Contributions • Send message) 02:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow so nice :3 KindYeah (talk) 21:24, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

parents
i believe the on the main page, it says Partick Star's parents are margie and herb, which is wrong. in one episode, partick believes them to be his parents, but in fact they were not, they were stupid and relized they did not have childern. i do not know the exact names of the parents or the episode this took place in. yet i could be wrong and the picture on the main page is wrong. b/c the picture is the wrong one.

70.158.29.46 07:51, 1 March 2007 (UTC) ♠

You are correct, they just showed up to his house. His real parents came later. Oo tmc Signme! Talktome

You are both incorrect. The names of Patrick's parents are revealed in another episode. Near the end of the episode you're talking about, the names of the people whom Patrick mistakes for his parents are "Janet" and "Marty." JEM 18:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Family?
Where'd the whole family tree come from? How is Patrick related to Gary? Where did it come from? Oo tmc Signme! Talktome 22:04, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The Episode when Patrick became the king of Bikini Bottom. Until Gary is reveiled to be the real heir.

RETARDED or SLOW MINDED
I have 2 conclusions of Patrick:

1.Mental Retardation 2.Slow Minded

If Patrick IS retarded he would always be like "duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh..." and be a drooling dick head... WAIT, HE IS/DOES LIKE/LOOK THAT. I need support. Mannyjr95 19:09, 30 June 2007 (UTC) Live at El Paso = Genius

Like the article says, it depends on the episode. Sometimes he's smart enough to think for himself, and sometimes (like that episode where he tried to build a stable for that seahorse) he can barely function. Ma-Mutt 20:52, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Saddam Hussein?
Why was his name was written who portrayed Patrick Star instead Bill Fagerbakke? Camille32 7:00 p.m., 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm thinking it might be spam. I reverted it. Feats-O-Strength 11:31, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Homosexuality
The sexual orientation of the characters on Spongebob have not been confirmed on the show itself, nor by the authors of the show. There needs to be a citation for the statement, or it should go in a controversy section.Mgandhi2 17:24, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Incorrect. Stephen Hillenburg said no one on the show is gay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.242.219.182 (talk) 00:50, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Star, or Starr?
I could swear I saw his last name spelled "Starr" (like Kenneth Starr) somewhere. How positive is everyone that it's "S-T-A-R"? ~ Joseph Collins (U)(T)(C) 17:48, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Pat's ID was shown in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III. It was close enough to show his signature, which clearly read "Patrick Star".  NA SC AR Fan 24 (radio me!) 18:07, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Editing
How come the Nascar dude won't let me edit anything in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pediagoof (talk • contribs) 19:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not preventing you from editing the article. Saying "Patrick is a goofball" is against Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, so I reverted it. So far, that's the only edit of yours that I've reverted (I think), so I'm not affecting your ability to edit the article in any way.  N F 24 (radio me!Editor review) 20:03, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

And I don't get why I can't post about Wumbology. It is a very big deal. And it does help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.248.195.230 (talk) 04:28, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I reverted your edit because the quote seemed to come out of nowhere and appeared to be randomly placed in the article. Also, I didn't feel it had any need to be anywhere in the article. If you can give an explanation of why its a "very big deal", why it helps, and thoughtfully place it in the article in a context where it would make sense, then I would probably be fine with such an edit of yours.--Racerx11 (talk) 02:51, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Notability
This article should be merged and redirected if better sources aren't found. The sources indicate notability of the TV show but not individual notability of Patrick Star. I've had a good hunt around for sources and info, but there's not really anything that would help this article meet the Wikipedia inclusion criteria. Can anyone provide such sources? Bill (talk 11:01, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, a significant number of people prefer to leave the notability tag up for a few months before accepting that nonnotable characters are nonnotable. I agree that this article should be redirected to the character list, but the best I would achieve is to participate in edit-warring. Since letting time work against keeping nonnotable articles around is successful 95 percent of the time, I am confident it will work here as well. – sgeureka t•c 11:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't agree. I think the character should have his own article. Dil Pickles from Rugrats does. And Rugrats is NOT more important of a show than SpongeBob SquarePants. Marcus2 (talk) 17:01, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Albeit
I think that the word "albeit" is very overused in this article, does anyone else think this too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.30.59 (talk) 20:09, 22 September 2012 (UTC)