Patrick Star (born February 26) is the deuteragonist of the SpongeBob SquarePants series. He is an unintelligent and pleasant pink sea star who is SpongeBob's best friend as well as one of his neighbors. Patrick is quite overweight due to his laziness as well as his enjoyment of eating ice cream, Krabby Patties, Triple Goober Berry Sunrises, Krusty Combos, and many other kinds of junk food.