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{{trope}}
[[Jewelry]], [[Something About a Rose|Roses]] and [[Everything's Better
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
See [[Halloween Episode]] and [[Christmas Episode]]
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* The ''[[
▲== [[Comics]] ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' had a series of comics about Valentine's Day every year during its run. These tend to focus on Calvin's and Susie's nascent crush.▼
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' often used Charlie Brown's not getting valentine cards as a theme.▼
▲* The ''[[Hack Slash (Comic Book)|Hack Slash]]'' and ''[[Bomb Queen]]'' crossover was supposed to be this, though apparently due to delays causing it to be released after February the holiday aspect was dropped.
* Marvel once produced a number of ''I (Heart) Marvel'' one-shots; the Spider-Man themed one, "Web of Love", was all about Spidey trying to think of a good Valentine's Day present for his wife, Mary Jane. In the end he had Tony Stark make a pair of web-shooting bracelets for her.
* ''[[The Books of Magic]]'' had a Valentine's Day story called "This Is Not About Chocolate", in which Eros/Cupid attempted to strike back against his modern image as a cherub in a nappy (and by analogy, the comercialisation of romance in general).
== Fan
* [[Script Fic]] ''[[
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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 [[
** 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.
== [[Live
* ''[[
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'': 'Marta Complex' has a [[Love Triangle]] between the titular Marta and brothers G.O.B. and Michael.
* ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' a bunch.
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'': "The Large Hadron Collision" has Leonard going to CERN and seeing the LHC. He has a plus one and since it will be Valentine's Day would like Penny to accompany him. Sheldon has other ideas.
* ''[[The Bold And The Beautiful]]''
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* ''[[Brothers and Sisters]]''
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered". Xander concocts a [[Love Potion]] to use on Cordelia so he can dump her in the most spectacular fashion possible, but it [[Groupie Brigade|backfires]]. [[Big Bad|Angelus]] intends to use the holiday and his [[Love Interest|history]] with Buffy to inflict a good dose of [[Mind Rape]] on her, but Xander's problems ruin his plans.
* ''[[
* ''[[Cheers]]''
* ''[[Community]]'' the first season has 'Communication Studies' and second season has 'Early 21 century Romanticism'.
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* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'': "Closing Time". [[The Bartender]] who hears everybody's sob stories decides to put the storytellers out of their misery, while Hotch's relationship with his triathlon training partner grows.
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', a bunch.
* ''[[
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]''
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* ''[[Full House]]'' at least two episodes.
* ''[[Glee]]'': "Silly Love Songs" and "Heart"
* ''[[
* ''[[Guiding Light]]'' at least two episodes.
* ''[[Happy Days]]'', the musical montage episode "Be My Valentine."
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' at least two episodes.
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
* ''[[Friends]]'' at least two episodes.
* ''[[The King of Queens]]'' at least two episodes.
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* ''[[Mad Men]]''
* ''[[Make It or Break It]]''
* ''[[Married...
* ''[[Melrose Place]]''
* ''[[The Middle]]'' Two episodes as of the third season.
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* ''[[The OC]]''
* ''[[The Office]]'': "Valentine's Day" in the second season and PDA in the seventh season.
* ''[[Outsourced (TV series)]]''
* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''
* ''[[The Pretender]]'' had a Valentine's Day episode in its second season. It was Jarod's first experience of the Day, due to his deprived childhood.
* ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' at least twice.
* ''[[
* ''[[Smallville]]'': In the episode "Persuasion", Clark is exposed to wish fulfilling gem-kryptonite on Valentine's Day and wishes for a more traditional relationship with Lois.
* ''[[Step
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': "My Bloody Valentine" from season 5.
* ''[[That '70s Show]]''
* ''[[3rd Rock
* ''[[30 Rock
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Will and Grace]]''
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
▲* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' had a series of comics about Valentine's Day every year during its run. These tend to focus on Calvin's and Susie's nascent crush.
▲* ''[[Peanuts]]'' often used Charlie Brown's not getting valentine cards as a theme.
== Web Animation ==
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[SMBC]]'': [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1429 Had this couple] strengthen their relationship on Valentine's Day.
* ''[[
* ''[[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 with Plot]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Futurama]]''
** 'Put Your Head on My Shoulder' focuses on a Fry/Amy relationship. Just as Fry decides to break up, they get in an accident and Zoidberg has to graft Fry's head onto Amy's shoulder to keep him alive.
** In 'Love and Rockets', Planet Express gets a lucrative job transporting candy hearts, while Bender starts dating the Planet Express Ship's computer, then chooses the worst possible time to break up with her. The whole thing plays out as a very strange parody of ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. The episode also features some [[Ship Teasing]] for the [[Will They or Won't They?]] relationship between Fry and Leela.
* ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' had a Valentine's Day special, where it's revealed that Johnny was born on February 14. It had him finally [[Throw the Dog
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' had a few Valentine TV Special, including "Be my Valentine, Charlie Brown" and "A Charlie Brown Valentine".
* In ''[[The Simpsons (
** After the actual death of Ned Flanders' wife, Ned at a Valentine's Day dance became conscious of the fact, thanks to Homer speaking out loud about the fact its a day for couples.
** Another Simpsons example, Homer and a bunch of other married men got mad at Apu for making them look bad one Valentine's Day by his over-the-top romancing of Manjua - getting [[Elton John]] to sing for her, etc.
** "I Love Lisa" focuses on a crush Ralph Wiggum has on Lisa.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': Gangland in season two has a huge group date...and a mobster summit where Hammerhead betrays Tombstone/The Big Man, and a three-way fight between Tombstone, Silvermane, and Doc Ock breaks out. {{spoiler|The Green Goblin put Hammerhead up to it.}}
* ''[[
* The ''[[House of Mouse]]'' episode "Goofy's Valentine Date."
* ''[[Recess]]'' had "That Stinking Feeling" and "My Funny Valentines" [[Two Shorts|paired together for airing]]. "That Stinking Feeling" was about Spinelli's crush on a boy, while "My Funny Valentines" (which is the more official Valentines episode) was about T.J. making joke Valentine cards for the girls of the school, but with them thinking that he had crushes on him. [[Ship Tease]] ensued between T.J. and Spinelli (again). Oddly enough, the episode didn't air anywhere near the Holliday (though the show is usually in it's off-season in February)
* ''[[Doug|Doug's 1st Movie]]'' was set around Valentine's Day, centering around a Valentine's Dance.
* While ''[[
* ''[[Rugrats]]'' had a Valentine's Day two-parter.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* ''[[101 Dalmatians
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