Patchy the Pirate: When Fandom Goes Too Far 

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Patchy has aged so well that it gets scary. It’s like a lot of what South Park did back in the day. What used to be satire is now seen as normal.

He also managed to find lost media before it was cool with the SpongeBob walk cycle

Would you think that Patchy ever made Weird Spongebob fanfics and EVEN HAVE THOSE types of body pillows..or is that WAY too far by His standards?!?

And the during one of the Christmas special after the 20th anniversary episode, he just casually knows Spongebob and Patrick.

Oh good Lord, Patchy felt adorable as a kid, and I used to love him - until I saw Twitter. It’s an entire *site* of Patchys. Also, what drives me insane still about what the show did with him in Big Blowout feels less like a character arc ending and more, “We have turned Patchy into a gag we can wheel out on occasion now.”

Even in the newer seasons, Patchy is the one saving grace of the SpongeBob franchise. While the stories in Bikini Bottom kept sinking, Patchy’s fanboy ways and pirate-like mannerisms helped make the show tolerable at best. Basically, the main plot sucks, but at least the pirate is still funny.

Not a bad way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of _SpongeBob SquarePants_ . By the way, I love how the title cards in the video feel like something right out of the show itself. Very genius and pretty clever.

Patchy the pirate: I lost my remote! Old lady next door: *throws remote* *Knocks patchy out*

Every fandom ever. Such as Hazbin hotel, helluva boss, mlp, etc. They’re giving us normal fans a bad name. 😢

Patchy the Pirate: “Wants to meet SpongeBob”. Me: I already met SpongeBob! Twice. That’s Tom Kenny by the way. Really nice guy.

I, indeed, know a few Patchys. Whether they're obsessed with Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel movies, or even sports, they turn love of something into religious devotion. A response I often hear is, "let people enjoy things," as though my disapproval is an attack on them. My first thought is, "Don't you get bored?" My other is that it's foolish to dedicate your life to one thing as people who dedicate to their one lives because, well, what if you lose it? What will you be?

When I was a teenager I was very much like Patchy in hindsight, specifically with Doctor Who. That show pretty much took up the bulk of my spare time, and in hindsight I very much used it as a crutch to avoid having to focus on human connection. I still struggle socially sometimes, but I make a point of putting myself out there and I have a much more active social life than I did during my adolescence.

I love Patchy! Tom Kenny is just as much fun to see as a live performer as he is to listen to as a voice actor, the man is a treasure.

I can’t believe we live in a world where a prolific video essay on Patchy the Pirate of all things exists.

Whether if it's SpongeBob, DuckTales, Danny Phantom, The Owl House, Adventure Time, those Star Wars shows, or whatever you can think of, you can still love it with all your heart, but don't let your life revolve around it. Don't be a Patchy.

I think my favorite Patchy segments would have to be Atlantis Squarepantis and B.C. Befote Comedy for how silly and over the top they are.

Patchy's situation is the equivalent for wanting to meet Tom Kenny at A convention dressed up as Spongebob holding an animation cel of Spongebob for pure authenticity. One of either scenario will make someone's day just fine, but to take it so far like that is kinda depressing, and to his credit, Tom Kenny illustrates that so well as Patchy. I consider myself A well adjusted cartoon fan who can still try to blend in with society. (I only tale to people I know well, and only talk to people at A store for help answer A question I have about something I might want to purchase.) but I'm also learning to take those first steps to not be as obsessive as Patchy. Bottom line, concentrate on the important things in your life first before you indulge in your favorite things. You'll be better off that way.

When I was in middle school I was a little bit of a patchy thanks to my obsession with sonic the hedgehog at the time. I still have social anxiety on occasion but I opened up after graduating to high school and found more to focus on.

I am not a fan of modern SpongeBob either, but I do like Patchy the Pirate. He’s a comedic character. My favorite Patchy the Pirate segments are Ugh and Christmas Who. These are undoubtedly classic.

5:45 Fun fact that BTR appearance is the only time that SpongeBob was not mentioned by him.

If Patchy was in the first SpongeBob movie during the beginning seeing the SpongeBob movie that would’ve made it better

I love Patchy! After watching this video, I’m pretty surprised that Patchy actually wants to be like SpongeBob. Your videos have great advice.

Well to be fair he was with SpongeBob again in the christmas special later and hugged him so maybe he now is just friends with SpongeBob and now is friends with him.

You made the most amazing points here, and I can totally relate to all the social problems mentioned! I know that we can all outgrow these comfort moments to start our real lives. Take off the rose colored glasses may be difficult but it will be ultimately worth it.

for any "highly functioning" autistics and autistics, try not to get anxious or panicked feeling, life is overwhelming a lot, and you can take it slow.

The Sponge Who Could Fly and Ugh are my favorite Patchy episodes.

All the Patchy episodes I've ever saw are consistent bangers for me! I used to have a phase were I was into Spongebob as a kid. Not as much now, but I was. I used to have Spongebob comics, some DVDs, and some merch. I've became disillusioned with the seasons after season 8 and the second film. I feel like the series went on for too long and characters aren't what they used to be. I see the show as a cancer to Nickelodeon where they need it or else they might die. I'm looking at your Vs. The Network videos.

getting rid of he things that make you happy isn't the answer. This is why we have the concept of collecting and seeing things grow with value. As result we made things o be collected, made too many of them and hey didn't become rare and didn't gain value. Being a fan and owning stuff doesn't hurt yo0u. Nor are "All fans" losers with no life who never grow up and stay at home. You're whole life can revolve around sports and THS is seen as "Acceptable" What makes being a fan cross the line is when you ruin other people's lives to reach your goal. And some times, meeting your hero leads to disappointment. You can find out that they in real life are nothing like them selves on he show. It would be more realistic if Patchy met SpongeBob and SpongeBob was a jerk or if Patchy went to see a New SpongeBob movie only to find out that his character design , personality and all his friends had completely changed. That there had been a reboot and Now SpongeBob was a Brillo pad , Sandy was a Chipmunk from Arizona, Mr Krabs wasn't greedy, Patrick was a female love interest, Squidwarth was an octopus and Gary wasn't in it at all. and hen Patchy went on attack blasting the studio with pirate weapons because he was mad that the show had changed.

I’m Autistic, And I ADORE A Lot Of Things. NASCAR, Animation, And Other Things As Well. When I Go In Public, Things Are Pretty Overwhelming. But I Really Haven’t Been In Conversations Yet. But When I Do, I Hope To Make Pretty Good Friends……..And Try Not To Be Like Patchy LOL

The UGH segment reminds me of old caveman movies like “caveman” with ringo Starr and Barbara Bach! The (1994) flinstones movie with John Goodman and Halle berry and others i could think of!

This really sounds like the life of Chris Chan.

Reminds me of how my Special Interests are Autism Related Security Blankets, but I tend to obsess on them too, which is probably an Autism Thing.

It’s so cool how Tom Kenny also played Patchy and the Pirate and voiced SpongeBob in the show as well! Similar to the Amanda show. Amanda Bynes also played Penelope Tait, Amanda’s number 1 fan please!

…Suddenly I feel personally attacked for being such a big DT17 fan. Granted, I don’t consider myself as bad at it as Patchy or [insert least favorite fandom here], but I do tend to be pretty insecure with my interests, and being autistic means that I have a lot more passion for the show than normal people so, yeah

Well, I am most happy Patchy finally met SpongeBob after years since his first appearance. "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" is just a complete peak special. And cheers for the silver jubilee of SpongeBob! I'm very glad they did this back in 2019 and normally, SpongeBob is not a continuity driven show (seriously, when did continuity matter this much?). But I am welcoming to be more happy he goes from having a lot of failed attempts at being like SpongeBob or wanting to see SpongeBob for himself in person with everything biting back at him in the ass, to finally ending it off on a good note where SpongeBob is welcoming to meet him. And he makes for a great satirical character as how But on a lesser happier note, I can definitely get where this video is coming from with Patchy being a fanatic over a cartoon character we have known since 1999. I am a fan of a lot of stuff (i.e. SpongeBob, Looney Tunes, Thomas the Tank Engine, Adventure Time, South Park, The Simpsons, Smiling Friends, Rick and Morty, Pingu, Pokémon, Komi Can't Communicate, Regular Show, etc.). But there are those people from other fandoms acting like a Patchy by either that or doing things that Patchy himself would never do. I have seen and heard of other fandoms coming out as pure toxic with their obsessions over a show (or something else) that they take full advantage of their passion to the brim or doing things a normal person (regardless if they're a fan of something or not) should not ever do. And if I need to take your word for it, I'd rather choose safe so I don't be like those idiots in a fandom that put in words on a dead person's body by running his name into the ground over certain things they don't even like about their favorite franchise (what I mean by that is saying people like Stephen Hillenburg, Wilbert Awdry, Dr. Seuss, Mel Blanc, or even Walt Disney as examples are turning in their own graves despite already being dead by now) or doing terrible things to make a fandom of people look justifiable by downplaying everything by representing a fandom in a bad name and shooting yourself in the foot or both feet (The Loud House, Rick and Morty, and Steven Universe fandoms are good examples). It's okay to take a look at something in media and have them as your comfort thing. But don't ever act like Patchy (yes, that means the rest of the SpongeBob fanbase given the damage I've seen it do to itself) and think you can get away with your crazy shenanigans. Everything will turn right back on you.

is your obligatory suit character meant to look like a troll face

Balto The Cult Classic That Became A Unofficial Cartoon Network favorite for many '90s CN fans

I should note that Tom Kenny's other live-Action Role was in R.L. Stine "The Haunting Hour" as the titular Villain in "Uncle Howie".

I love these videos where you tell us more about your own experiences, and relate them to the character of the week. I’d love to see more like these!

Weirdly enough, I've seen a friend go through this EXACT same thing, and it caused me to grow out of something i used to be obsessed with altogether.

I’d like to think, based off Alex Bale’s theory, is that Patchy never met SpongeBob and died suffocating in the sand he was buried in. After suffering a horrific death, Patchy wound up being so full of obsessiveness and rage that he became the Flying Dutchman and instead of idolizing SpongeBob, he terrifies him (and other Bikini Bottom citizens). But despite being the underwater equivalent to the devil or something, he is still a sad lonely “pirate” who wants to be SpongeBob’s friend.

Funny this is one of many factors in media we've watched that introduced us to the crazier and meaner side of fandoms.

The internet currently made it easier to share, push and defend your fandom. But yes even before then we did have arguments over whose fandom was better. Im not shore a fictional fan counts as a fan though but I do remember having schoolyard arguments over Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat vs Neo Geo Game Boy vs Game Gear vs Lynx Singfield The Simpsons Jim Carry Movies Star Wars vs Star Trek WWF Wrestlers PC vs Nintendo vs Sega Garfield vs Heathcliff MNT vs Power Rangers vs Bale Toads Gobots vs Transformers who was he best Joker Will there be a New Batman film? Will there be a new X-men film? Can we go more then 3G? are Pokémon Rumors real? Freddy vs Jason best Monster King Kong or Godzilla? Titanium vs Adamantium vs Plexiglas Thundercats or He-Man Eureeka's Castle vs Pinwheel Bill Cosbey vs Urkel Ren and Stimpy vs Doug vs Rugrats there was a lo of passion pre-Inernet. always he mind set that an answer was right or wrong no thought of opinions and all are valid. Our side HAD to "Win" People supporting the other side were wrong and needed to be punished. in the days of the Inernet I have seen quite a few arguments and many of them just strait up wrong. Like "Super Mario World was too easy to beat and he graphics sucked and Sonic was better, SMB 3 had better graphics. " or "Everything Pinkie Pie sings is amazing and just shut up" or he always classic "Its rue my Big brother said so"

Starting this episode: Oh yay I cant wait to hear a video about Tom Kenny being goofy Patchy the Pirate. After the video: 😟 um.... I think I need to get out just a bit more.

I think the blanket analogy really falls flat when you encounter people like me, with Autism, able to fully function and still has her baby blanket. Honestly Patchy is really autism coded. Loved the video btw :)

Oh and he also hosted a couple marathons and ad spots during the Golden and Silver Age, some of which are partially lost

patchy and recap kid should fight to the death biggest spongebob fan vs biggest invader zim fan whos the most powerful hyperfixater

Actually he did meet him. On spongebob birthday episode from a few years ago

I'm like Patchy but with Chainsaw Man. Perhaps I need help. Serious help.

It woulda been best that to break patchies obsession with spongebob is to make spongebob ruin his life in such a traumatic way, that hell become a hater.

Good video for SpongeBob's 25th anniversary!

A little upsetting you didn’t mention or bring up the potential theory that Patchy died in the sand and just hallucinated SpongeBob in the 20th anniversary special, but great video nonetheless.

Everything spot’s taken so I pick null. I’m officially claiming something that doesn’t exist.

He Did Get The Chance In In 20th Anniversary Special

0:54 Ugh! Not that kid again. Don't you know that putting that clip serves no purpose other than to torture the ears of whoever's unlucky enough to listen to it. Extra bad luck for those listening with headphones or earbuds.

unreleasted to the video's topic but do you think patchy has ever played battle for bikini bottom

How are things coming along with your book?

We getting a Oblongs vs The Network soon?

Same

11:15 why is Patchy a severed head?

My favorite Patchy the Pirate segments would definitely be “Christmas Who?“ and UGH. The old ones were classic. Friend or Foe almost came close.

Apparently he's wanted in 35 countries for raiding shipping lanes, leaving zero survivors of said raids, and cutting off his own hand to escape the Royal Navy before retiring to the Californian Countryside. But don't quote me on that, watch a DocuDubery video or something.

I used to kinda be like Patchy for a few months or so. It wasn't worth it.

Patchy the Pirate meeting sponge bob ruined the show(tomy kenny even said during a q and a they would never met) them meeting is as bad as if the coyote would catch the road runner

Great video, just suggest you turn down the volume of the sound effects for future reference.

Whats the Name of the Background music At 6:34 And 7:06

I feel called out from that first minute. Good stuff

you know Trevor, something I recommend for this type of subject is called the Eltingville club. it was a comic series that ran from 1994-2016, it took a long hiatus in 2002 because the creator said that the reason why he created it was because he wanted to parody fan culture and how pathetic they could be like patchy. but the sad thing is what he thought was parody became reality, so he put it on an indefinite hiatus, but then he brought cause it didn’t work. But he brought it back in 2014 we’re not only the characters got worse, but it became a lot more smarter as well. For the record this is not a request , it’s just a really smart comic I recommend

sorry m8 but your toon looks like a very successful defense attorney. Cant watch just becuse of that so sorry m8