# Patrick Star Invades Russia!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 17, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207 "2016-11-17T00:19:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207/1 "2016-11-17T00:19:24Z")

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I can’t describe it – you must look at the picture

> **[Vandals turn Soviet-era star into SpongeBob's Patrick Star](https://www.cnet.com/culture/patrick-star-spongebob-soviet-star-russian-vandals-voronezh/)**
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> Actually, the animated sidekick looks pretty good up there, but he'd better get back to Bikini Bottom before he dries out.

> **[Look: Star on Russian building vandalized to resemble Patrick Star - UPI.com](https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/11/15/Soviet-star-atop-Russian-building-painted-to-look-like-Spongebobs-sidekick/1621479225922/)**
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> A Soviet star atop a tower in a Russian city is going viral after vandals painted it with a familiar face: Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GglwU4YW33E)

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207/2 "2016-11-17T00:38:06Z")

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That is one of the best executed instances of graffiti vandalism that I am aware of. Seriously, that is an “MIT Great Dome” worthy stunt.

Note that last year, someone (my guess is the same vandals) flew a Jolly Roger flag from the spire!

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207/3 "2016-11-17T03:40:26Z")

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[This one,](http://www.nimball.com/uploads/1/4/4/9/144966/6275189_orig.jpg) [from a couple years ago](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/17/article-2004814-0C9CF95700000578-566_634x337.jpg), is pretty good too.

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**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207/4 "2016-11-17T05:20:18Z")

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In honor of this, I made myself a sandwich.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-star-invades-russia/772207/5 "2016-11-17T05:23:06Z")

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It’s a good thing no one ate you before you could post that!