L’Italiano di Bikini Bottom: Why Patrick Star Is Italianx Coded
We all know and love Patrick Star. il Bell’uomo. The inexplicably sensual rotund starfish with skin as pink as the coral of the Amalfi Coast. The sidekick who somehow always steals the show, like finely grated parmesan on a steaming plate of linguine.
But, do you know the real reason why this pentagonal invertebrate captured the cuori of every vulnerable soul who laid eyes upon him?
That’s right, it’s because he’s Italianx-coded.
Here are five of Patrick’s the most Italianx moments on il Programma di ‘Berto la Spugna:
- Bellissimo! Look at this pin-striped Signore! Ready to sing opera for the whole famiglia!
2. Italia has produced many great minds: Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Montessori, and now…Patricio.
3. Goooooooooool!
4. An outfit ready for a night out at the Jersey Shore, or a strut down the Via Montenapoleone in Milan. Balancing the divine feminine of Venus with the divine masculine of Mars.
5. And finally…the most Italianx moment of all:
