A Fan Has Solved The Riddle Of Why SpongeBob's Pal Patrick Is So Stupid

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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 – has little to no common sense and is completely naive about most things, which leads him to make tonnes of hilarious mistakes and get into all sorts of trouble.

But there’s a good reason for his lack of intelligence. And it’s really not his fault.

EliteDaily.com got to the Bikini Bottom of it all with the discovery of this tumblr post, and it’s so mind-numbingly obvious you’ll be wondering why the heck you didn’t think of it before.

Here goes:

http://africanyounot.tumblr.com/post/121156954200/so-my-little-sister-just-burst-into-my-room

Ohhhhh. That makes so much sense now, right?

Boom, 16 years of that cartoon explained by one savvy little sister.

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