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 The Planet Sheen and Sam & Cat of SpongeBob SquarePants, though not as desperate.
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The Patrick Star Show is a SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off series that focuses on SpongeBob's best friend, Patrick. It was developed by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Andrew Goodman, Kaz, Doug Lawrence, and Vincent Waller and first aired on July 9, 2021.
The series features Patrick Star hosting his late-night talk show, mainly including him and his family, but other SpongeBob SquarePants characters still make occasional appearances. It also introduces several new (sometimes one-times) characters.
Premise
Patrick Star hosts his very own talk show at his family home, with the support of his family.
Production
SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg was asked about the potentiality of spinoffs in a 2009 interview. In response, Hillenburg remarked, "The show is about SpongeBob, he's the core element, and it's about how he relates to the other characters. Patrick by himself might be a bit too much. So I don't see any spin-offs."
On August 10, 2020, it was announced that SpongeBob SquarePants would be receiving its second spinoff series, following at the summer camp, and that the focus of the series would be on Patrick Star. In March 2021, it was announced that Nickelodeon had ordered 13 episodes, with the series set to release in summer 2021. On May 31, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere in July 2021, and the first teaser trailer for the series was released. On June 17, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on July 9, 2021.
According to showrunner Marc Ceccarelli, the writers of The Patrick Star Show bent the rules of the original SpongeBob universe to allow for more creative freedom. Ceccarelli explained:
"We really tried to just do anything we wanted... We mess with canon [the original series' continuity] a lot. I don't know if anybody knows this, but we don't really respect canon just for the sake of itself." The writers also aimed to "sideline" story structures, which "frees [them] up to be more surreal and randomly bizarre with the kinds of things [they] put out there."
Patprick Qualities
- The idea of making a show about Patrick Star (while not at all a terrible idea) can be seen as unoriginal, lazy, and not a good concept since Patrick was designed to be the comic relief and not a protagonist (granted SpongeBob SquarePants is normally a comedy show but still), not to mention by the fact that not only is SpongeBob SquarePants still airing new episodes by the time The Patrick Star Show was even created, but Patrick usually has protagonist moments (and yes, even the dark age (Seasons 6-9a)) in the original show to begin with, which makes this show even more redundant then previously.
- While it was canon to the SpongeBob SquarePants, there's still community errors such as:
- Conch Street along with SpongeBob's, Squidward's, and Patrick's houses can be seen in "Who's a Big Boy?", despite the fact that Truth or Square shows us how SpongeBob's house was came from the boat.
- Mr. Krabs and Mrs. Puff look slightly older and wrinklier at the end of the episode "The Lil' Patscals", despite being previously seen in the series (and og series) in their normal, younger state.
- While it was canon to the SpongeBob SquarePants, there's still community errors such as:
- The overall concept of the show feels rather off, as it's a generic talk show that has been done in much better media (like "The Eric Andre Show"), which makes it feel out-of-place in a show such as SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Laughable, yet, forgettable theme song, despite being made by Ego Plum, the composer for the Making Fiends TV series, and Jellystone.
- While Nicolas Carr's music editing was alright at season 1, Ego Plum (while did a good job making the original songs) wasn't very strong at music editing.
- A handful of badly or average made episodes such as:
- "Late for Breakfast" (which started the show on a slow note)
- "Bummer Jobs"
- "Stair Wars" (a bad Star Wars parody)
- "I Smell a Pat"
- "Who's a Big Boy"
- "Mid-Season Finale"
- "The Drooling Fool" (highly considered to be the worst episode of the show)
- "A Root Galoot" (considered to be also the worst episode in storyboard-driven era)
- "The Star Games"
- "Super Stars"
- "Family Plotz"
- "Big Baby Patrick" (a pointless yet fast sequel of "Squid Baby")
- "Who's the Dummy Now?"
- "Driven to Drive" (an average sequel to "Driven to Tears" with slightly better twist)
- "Swaptoberfest" (the most weirdest episode)
- "Thanks But No Thanksgiving" (a filler episode despite having a plot, teaches a horrible moral, and makes fun of Teen Titans Go!, in somewhat weird way)
- So many out-of-place moments that feel awkward in SpongeBob SquarePants, such as the He-Man-like face that Patrick makes when he says "So handsome!" in the Season 1 Episode "Just in Time for Christmas".
- Out-of-place slapstick comedy that does not fit well with a show such as SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Meta jokes starting to appear at late Season 1, while very interesting, can be hit-and-miss.
- Despite teaching mostly good morals, "Super Stars" and "Thanks But Not Thanksgiving" had bad morals like in "Super Stars" where becoming a criminal gets what you want and in "Thanks But No Thanksgiving" where Thanksgiving is about stealing (it is not and is about having food with your family, stealing can get you in trouble or even arrested).
- Also, the show made fun of Teen Titans Go! though in the briazze way in the "Thanks But No Thanksgiving" special where they mentioned "Thanksgetting" which is an an episode title of the said show.
- The first half of Season 1 (or during the Alan Smart/Ceccarelli/Waller as the supervising Producers in first half) is a bit slow-pacing, as they try to figure out what's work or didn't work.
- The early Kenny Pittenger episodes ("Shrinking Stars" to "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose") are slightly better when the pacing is somewhat faster but not much.)
- The covers for seasons 2 and 3 are really bland as they are just typical backgrounds from this show with stock art and the logo slapped onto it, which feels lazy.
- While most (whenever old, one-off, original and new) of the characters are likeable, Slappy Laszlo is still an unlikable character, just as he is in "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout".
- Not helping he's also appear more, "Pick Patrick's Path" is a example how annoying he is.
- Also, this show probably insulted the original show when they started to use Slappy in the main show ("Slappy Daze" and "Sandy's Country Christmas" are examples).
- Not helping he's also appear more, "Pick Patrick's Path" is a example how annoying he is.
Wumbo Qualities
- The animation is still as great and beautiful as it was previously, thanks to being animated by Rough Draft Studios as well as the episodes that Ian Vazquez and Michelle Bryan (the director of many episodes from The Fairly OddParents), Alex Conaway, Sean Dempsey and Juli Murphy (who finally return after their first three seasons in Spongebob SquarePants) animated.
- The episodes that Sean Dempsey and Juli Murphy animated are an improvement to their Season 1-3 episodes, as he got some very smooth moments, especially for episodes like "Dr. Smart Science".
- On that note, this show also uses different styles and creative backgrounds, which look beautiful and fit the show very well, especially for stop-motion (by Screen Novelties, who also animated the SpongeBob SquarePants specials "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom"), additionally, the new background is more colorful than the original shows blue one.
- As mentioned in Patprick Qualities #1, the show did have a decent execution. The reason is the same animation style as the original one.
- The soundtrack is still pretty nice with the use of Jean-Jacques Perrey tracks
- The theme song, while forgettable, can be catchy.
- The soundtrack is still pretty nice with the use of Jean-Jacques Perrey tracks
- Patrick is still a likable character and isn't flanderized as his characterization is brought a lot closer to his first three original SpongeBob seasons.
- As mentioned in Patprick Qualities #1, the show did have a decent execution. The reason is the same animation style as the original one.
- Good voice acting, given that all of the original voice actors from the original show return.
- There are a handful of great episodes (mainly during seasons 2 & 3) here and there such as:
- "Lost in Couch"
- "Terror at 20,000 Leagues"
- "FitzPatrick"
- "Uncredible Journey"
- "Home ECCH!"
- "The Lil' Patscals"
- "Blorpsgiving"
- "The Patrick Show Sells Out"
- "Which Witch is Witch?"
- "Get Off My Lawnie" (a satire take of obsessive fanbases)
- "Bubble Bass Reviews" (a great take of how SpongeBoomers act during 2014 and nowadays and probably the best episode of the show)
- "Patrick's Prison Pals" (an okay way to end Season 1, despite the terrible ending)
- "The Patrick Show Cashes In" (which started Season 2 on a high note)
- "Chum Bucket List"
- "Pick Patrick's Path"
- "Too Many Patricks"
- "Much Tofu About Nothing" (despite doesn't even feel like a part of the SpongeBob)
- "Face/Off-Model"
- "Movie Stars" (which ended Michelle Bryan career in this show on the high note)
- "Star Cruise"
- "5 Star Restaurant"
- "Cleanin' House" (a decent way to end Season 2 and started Juli Murphy's animation director)
- "The Fun Bucket" (which started Season 3 on a good note)
- "All Bot Myself"
- "Patrick Show Land"
- "A Patty in Time"
- "Something Stupid This Way Comes" (not to be confused with "Something Narwhal This Way Comes" from SpongeBob SquarePants Season 13)
- "Pat Roast"
- "Squidina's Holidaze Special" (which ended season 3 on a decent note)
- Characters from SpongeBob SquarePants make a return, which adds some nice continuity unlike Planet Sheen.
- Most of the original characters are likable, especially the Star family.
- Redesigning Patrick's parents is arguably a good idea, as it gives them a more unique personality rather than being simply Patrick with different accessories.
- Additionally, Patrick's sister, Squidina Star from "Goons on the Moon" is more likable than the one from "Big Sister Sam". lookalikes (from "I'm With Stupid").
- GrandPat Star is a likable original character, being the grandpa of Patrick Star and the adopted grandpa of Squidina Star, especially the one fact that he is entertaining and hilarious.
- Most of the original characters are likable, especially the Star family.
- When Kenny Pittenger became the supervising producer (and later become an co-executive producer) for the show, it seemed to be improving with the writing in Season 1b (started at "The Patterfly Effect" as the show was switch to storyboard-driven) as the pacing started to go faster and wacky (especially for Seasons 2 and 3), and the plots are starting to get more creative but that's not saying much.
- It's also getting much better since the second half of season 1 when many people on a crew from Looney Tunes Cartoons, Uncle Grandpa and the people who originally worked on SpongeBob SquarePants came back like Gabe Del Valle, Andy Gonsalves, Aaron Springer, Miggs Perez, Zoë Moss, Stephen Herczeg, Mike Pelensky, and Jacob Fleisher appear in writing, as well as Bob Camp (Ren and Stimpy), Tim Prendergast, Brett Varon (Billy and Mandy) take over as the new supervising director in many episodes. Myke Chilian (a guy known for Uncle Grandpa and Tig n' Seek) also worked in the episode Day of the Dartfish.
- Some of them even worked with Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart like Nora Meek!
- It's also getting much better since the second half of season 1 when many people on a crew from Looney Tunes Cartoons, Uncle Grandpa and the people who originally worked on SpongeBob SquarePants came back like Gabe Del Valle, Andy Gonsalves, Aaron Springer, Miggs Perez, Zoë Moss, Stephen Herczeg, Mike Pelensky, and Jacob Fleisher appear in writing, as well as Bob Camp (Ren and Stimpy), Tim Prendergast, Brett Varon (Billy and Mandy) take over as the new supervising director in many episodes. Myke Chilian (a guy known for Uncle Grandpa and Tig n' Seek) also worked in the episode Day of the Dartfish.
- There are a handful of hilarious moments here and there in this show (similar to the other shows from SpongeBob SquarePants), and the slapstick humor, despite feeling out-of-place for a SpongeBob SquarePants show.
- Patrick Star and GrandPat Star are also really entertaining and pretty hilarious, especially the latter.
- "PLEASE VOTE FOR THE LOLIPOPS!"
- "I ain't doing any [dolphin chirp] cleanin'."
- Just like how the original series, Some episodes even have surprisingly has a lot of good morals for kids and adults such as:
- Late for Breakfast teaches people to eat the breakfast at the right time.
- To Dad and Back teaches people about how people's bodies work.
- Survivoring teaches adults about surviving in a forest.
- Patrick's Alley teaches kids to be careful as well as trying new shows even if you aren't interested.
- FitzPatrick teaches people about staying away from criminals.
- Uncredible Journey teaches people to never let their pets go.
- A Root Galoot teaches adult that they shouldn't say yes all the time.
- The Starry Awards teaches people to never break into someone's house.
- Movie Stars teaches adults about how working at a movie theatre works.
- Dr. Smart Science boils down to how science works.
- Star Cruise teaches people that they should be careful or else they will be captured by a UFO.
- Family Plotz teaches people that using a graveyard as a playground is bad (although not because of the zombies).
- Big Baby Patrick teaches adults that they should always take care of their babies.
- Cleanin' House teaches people that they should always clean their house.
- Star-Robics teaches teenagers and adults that they should always be fit and gain muscles.
- Driven to Drive teaches people about driving and how you should drive.
- Something Stupid This Way Comes teaches kids that they should never walk away from their parents whenever they see something they like or else they will end up in a trap.
- Thanks But No Thanksgiving, although it teaches stealing, teaches kids to never fight and face punishments by their mother.
- Squidina's Holidaze Special teaches people to never mess with someone's creation and always be thankful on Christmas.
Reception
The series received mixed reviews, with viewers praising the animation but criticizing the lack of coherent storytelling. The series currently holds a 3.6/10 on IMDb, which makes it review-bombed (this is because of the people who think the spin-offs "disrespect Stephen Hillenburg's legacy although Stephen Hillenburg said that he didn't see any spin-offs happening, but it is still not enough to save this show), although YouTubers are more favorable to it. HenryBean2019 gave the series his "GOOD" rating. PhantomStrider found the series is better than Breadwinners. NICKtendo put it as the best spin-off on his SpongeBob Spin-offs video.
Trivia
- Similarly to The Ren & Stimpy Show, which Vincent Waller also worked for, this show includes fake commercials in the episodes.
- Vincent was also a friend of the late Stephen Hillenburg.
- Squidina was first created for the original SpongeBob series. She appeared in Season 11's "Goons on the Moon" as a friend of Pearl, and later returned in Season 12's "The Goofy Newbie." After the latter episode, Vincent Waller stated, "You have not seen the last of Squidina. We have special plans for her. I can't say when you'll see her again, but you will!" Later, The Patrick Star Show was announced and eventually revealed to feature Squidina Star.
- In the original show, Patrick has parents named Margie and Herb. In the spin-off, they have different appearances and are named Bunny and Cecil.
- When asked why Patrick's parents look different in the spin-off, showrunner Vincent Waller responded: "We felt the original iterations of the characters, while they worked for that episode, they were boring as characters. They were NOT entertaining or fun. These two are so much more fun."
- Ian Vazquez (The Cuphead Show!) clarified: "As someone who's on the show I can say they're officially just a redesign of the old parents (his dad even still has the same voice) into...stars!"
- Character designer Chris DeRose has also referred to Margie and Herb as Bunny and Cecil's old designs.
- In an interview with Variety, Waller and Marc Ceccarelli said that they intentionally deviated from SpongeBob canon to allow for more creative freedom. "We see it like a jar sitting up on a shelf in the corner with a label that says canon on it, and we recognize that, but we also treat every episode like a standalone that can go anywhere in the universe," explained Waller. The pair also acknowledged that the move would not sit well with some of SpongeBob's ardent fans.
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