Patrick Star (seasons 6-9a)

Patrick Star is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is voiced by actor Bill Fagerbakke and was created and designed by marine biologist and cartoonist Stephen Hillenburg. He is Spongebob's best friend as well as one of his neighbors.

Before and after Seasons 5-7, he is a simple minded yet charming character, but during Seasons 5-7, a more malicious side of his personality is shown.

Why He Used To Suck (Seasons 5-7 only)

 * 1) His stupidity has gone from being hilarious to irritating.
 * 2) He can be a malicious jerk who bullies Spongebob on occassions, despite being his best friend. He tends to take advantage of Spongebob's good nature on multiple occasions.
 * 3) He is often unnecessarily loud.
 * 4) In "The Card", he claims that his stupidity is just a façade.
 * 5) He is a crybaby, but not as much as Spongebob, despite being more childish than him.
 * 6) He is callous as he seems to have complete disregard for his surroundings. For example, in "Big Sister Sam" he lets his dimwitted and brutish big sister Sam demolish Spongebob and Squidward's houses.
 * 7) * Even worse, he blames Squidward for being angry about how his house just got demolished (which proves that he can't understand nor handle criticism).
 * 8) He is very bossy.
 * 9) His cartoon gags have become completely flat, unfunny and unentertaining.
 * 10) He is very ungrateful for everything he is given.
 * 11) He's also proven to be careless (Stuck In The Wringer [by putting "Forever Glue" only to make SpongeBob stuck forever]), (The Card [by destroying it despite SpongeBob's warnings]) and (The Splinter [by hammering SpongeBob's splinter, only to get it worse and put trash on that to cure his worsened splinter]), selfish, narcissistic (Driven to Tears and Rule of Dumb [by making Spongebob ruin his chance of getting his license and stealing stuff that aren't his because he's "king", but Squidward has managed to call him out]), and bratty (Yours, Mine and Mine [by selfishly keeping the Patty Pal for himself, even if SpongeBob wanted it back, and not to mention; he stole his wallet to spend two fo them for each other while it was against his will, and he hypocritically says that "Have you learned nothing about sharing?" when yet, he doesn't share]).
 * 12) His one tooth is always sticking out of his mouth during these seasons as if it's an integral part of his design, which is very annoying, despite him rarely doing it in earlier seasons.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He is one of the characters who is arguably animated the best.
 * 2) He loves spending time with Spongebob, despite how he treats him.
 * 3) He can still be funny at times.
 * 4) His character design is admittedly cute.
 * 5) He has massively redeemed himself since Season 8.
 * 6) He does get a bit of comeuppance in No Hat for Pat and Rule of Dumb (where Squidward has finally called him out for his idiotic behavior). But that dosen't remove him from the Karma Houdini party.