Why is Patrick Star from SpongeBob so dumb?

You are quite possibly about to facepalm when you learn this fan theory about this cartoon character. Patrick Star is SpongeBob SquarePants' dimwitted best friend. Patrick - who is a starfish... read more

There are two reasons that I can think of for why Patrick Star is represented as not being the brightest crayon in the box. Starfish don’t have brains. Starfish don’t possess a brain, what they do possess is a complex nervous system. read more

SpongeBob SquarePants' best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, is not smart. He's always been dumb, and he will probably go on living his entire existence in the cartoon as a dumb starfish. Just like McDonald's not selling breakfast items after 10:30 am and a cappella bands feeling required to release their own slightly worse covers of "Uptown Funk," this reality has been blindly accepted -- that is, until now. read more