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[[Jewelry]], [[Something About a Rose|Roses]] and [[Everything's Better with Chocolate|Chocolates]]. Valentine's Day (technically Saint Valentine's Day) is a big deal, and boy do writers know it! The holiday on February 14 has been used a million times in all sorts of media to bring up love and romance. White Day is a similar holiday observed in Japan and South Korea on March 14. In some countries, it's normal to give Valentine's Day cards or gifts to friends, whereas in other countries you'd only give a Valentine's Day present to someone you are romantically interested in, leading to a bit of [[Values Dissonance]] for certain audiences.
In fiction, characters face romantic challenges or break new ground on episodes that revolve around valentine's day. A '''Valentine's Day Episode''' plot typically centers around hooking up, or with struggling to find the right gift, or with someone ([[Double Standards|usually the man]], usually on some kind of comedy) forgetting about the holiday and struggling to find a suitable gift. There are any number of [[Love Tropes]], comedic love tropes and [[Sex Tropes]] that are common to Valentine-centric plots. Can be fertile ground for [[Shipping Tropes]]. And likely to be a pivotal part of a [[Romance Arc]].
While many '''Valentine's Day Episodes''' will usually air just before or on Valentine's Day, this is not always the case. To be consider a Valentine's Day Episode a work needs to both explicitly mention Valentine's Day and have a plot focused on [[Love Tropes|love, romance, and relationship]], when that hasn't been the sole focus previously.
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* [[Older Than Print]]: The first known connection between romance and Valentine's Day was made by Geoffrey Chaucer.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has had two:
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Lockhart sets up an ill-conceived Valentine's celebration which [[Small Name, Big Ego|annoys everyone but himself]]. Ginny sends Harry a singing valentine using Lockhart's "card-carrying cupids", but it backfires badly.
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Harry takes Cho Chang to a date on Valentine's day. This also doesn't go so well.
* The ''[[Savannah Reid]]'' mystery ''Sugar and Spite''. Savannah laments somewhat over the fact that her only Valentine's Day plan is to assist her cop buddy Dirk with a stakeout. When Dirk's ex-wife shows up and is murdered with his gun, Savannah spends the days leading up to the holiday working to [[Clear Their Name|clear his name]] and find the real killer, comforting Dirk along the way and realizing, not for the first time, that her feelings for him might be a little more complicated than just friendship. At the end he thanks her for her support by splitting a heart-shaped box of chocolates with her.
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* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'': 'Marta Complex' has a [[Love Triangle]] between the titular Marta and brothers G.O.B. and Michael.
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== Web Animation ==
* ''[[Teen Girl Squad]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131026041512/http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12.html "Issue 12"] involves the girls trying to find dates for the big day. What's Her Face finds true love with the Wireless Wizard, the other three girls die. The episode is "drawn" in red pen for the occasion.
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* ''[[SMBC]]'': [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1429 Had this couple] strengthen their relationship on Valentine's Day.
* ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'': "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/electricwonderland/index.php?issue=13&pageType=index&seriesID=11 Valentine's Day Massacre]" has the three main females argue over a guy and make fools of themselves in the process. The comic itself never refers to Valentine's Day by name.
* ''[[Dangerously Chloe]]'' has [https://pixietrixcomix.com/dangerously-chloe/volume-2-page-1 Chapter 11 "Break it up, Girls!"] (published during February 2015). Some dating happens, also it turns out that Valentine Day has a tradition of succubi raiding the world of mortals to try and cause break-ups, while angels try to do the opposite — both teams being [[Glamour|disguised as humans]], of course. Considering [https://pixietrixcomix.com/dangerously-chloe/volume-2-page-6 how goofy] most demons and angels in "*C 'Verse" are, these efforts predictably amounts to little more than making a ridiculous mess ([[Theme Naming|Torrid Intrigue]] managed to cause enough that "[https://pixietrixcomix.com/dangerously-chloe/volume-2-page-35 it took two squads of riot police to get the crowds under control]", but she got lucky to run right into a perfect opportunity). Also, raising suspicions from the readers that most young succubi learn about the Overworld from [[Porn
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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