Just like the loveable and insecure teenager Max, Patrick is insecure and wants something new with his life. He dreams of being something new, someone new, a rockstar. Before he moved to Avalon he was tired of being the Patrick Harrington that everyone thought they knew and he wanted to be the guy that he knew he could be. He’s dreamed of being a rockstar since he can remember, dreamed of getting out of his life, and proving everyone wrong. While Max and Pat differ in their relationship with their fathers, both have father-issues and both don’t want to follow in their father’s footsteps. Max’s father is clumsy, embarrassing, and a goof; while Pat’s father is quite the opposite, a strong and powerful man who has recently landed himself a Prison sentence for embezzlement. Pat has always wanted to make his father proud where Max is embarrassed by his father (of course this changes as Pat’s relationship with his father will also change). Both Max and Pat also have a confidence on stage that only comes out there. Patrick often is quite worried about performing just before a show but as soon as he is on that stage and he looks down in the crowd his confidence skyrockets, just as Max’s does at the school assembly.
There is also a very important girl involved. Where Max wants to impress the most beautiful girl in school, Pat also wants to do this (of course that was back when he and Rebecca were going to school together). Both guys get the girl in the end.
Both are extremely goofy.