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Valentine's Day

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This is the page about the episode. For other uses, see Valentine's Day (disambiguation).

"Valentine's Day" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1. In this episode, SpongeBob and Sandy try to give Patrick a Valentine's Day gift at the carnival, but troubles arise when the gift is delayed.

Characters[]

Synopsis[]

Valentine's Day 027

The chocolate balloon.

It is Valentine's Day and SpongeBob is busy giving Valentines to all his friends. He is also working with Sandy to give Patrick a very special present - a hot-air balloon made of chocolate. SpongeBob tells Patrick he has a present prepared for him and Patrick is desperate to know what it is, but SpongeBob will not tell him to avoid ruining the surprise before Sandy arrives with it.

SpongeBob takes Patrick to a Valentine's Day Carnival and Patrick thinks that this is the present, only to realize that it is not. As he tries to figure out what the present is, SpongeBob calls Sandy, who is flying the chocolate balloon to the carnival, and tells her about his curiousness. Unfortunately, a flock of ferocious chocolate-eating scallops attack her and she tells SpongeBob that she is going to be a little late. She tells him to bring Patrick up to the Ferris wheel and that she will meet him there.

Valentine's Day 150

Patrick rampages the carnival.

SpongeBob tells Patrick his present is on the Ferris wheel, and they position themselves at the top as planned. But Sandy is still not there yet so SpongeBob calls her; meanwhile at that moment, the scallops cause the balloon to lose air and derail her off-course, so she tells SpongeBob to switch to plan B. Therefore, SpongeBob is forced to lie about the gift and Patrick's present is limited to a "friendly handshake," and he is grumpy for the rest of the day at the carnival. Later, the two are sitting on a bench, when everybody thanks SpongeBob for giving them presents. Consumed by anger and jealousy that a handshake is not the same as the others, Patrick goes berserk and wreaks havoc across the Valentine's Day Carnival.

He ends up cornering several citizens, including SpongeBob, at a dead-end at the Goo Lagoon dock; while SpongeBob agrees he deserves it rather than the others, Patrick still claims he never got a gift from them and won't take it when they toss him valentines of their own. Just as he is about to attack everybody and the frightened SpongeBob braces for the inevitable, Sandy comes down just in time with the repaired chocolate balloon, having gotten the scallops to help her bring it to him. SpongeBob and the citizens desperately tell Patrick to turn around, but he does not budge, not believing his real valentine is behind him after what SpongeBob did earlier. SpongeBob is sad thinking Patrick will never get his gift until Sandy greets him, and Patrick finally turns around and notices the chocolate balloon, recognizing it as his real valentine as SpongeBob presents it. He gets excited and jumps on the balloon, only to pop it when he eats it as it was a bubble, causing melted chocolate inside the balloon to explode all over the carnival. As the episode ends, Patrick gently tells SpongeBob that he didn't have to get him anything.

Production[]

The episode was announced on January 17, 2000,[3] along with its sister episode "The Paper."

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Music[]

Valentine's Day promo art

Promotional artwork for the episode.

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Nostalgic Hawaii - George de Fretes, Jan Rap [Title card]
 ‣ Pikanterie - Gerhard Trede [Opening]
 ‣ The Mob - Sam Spence [SpongeBob explaining the plan]
 ‣ On The Beach - Kapono Beamer [Patrick making a Valentine out of a rock]
 ‣ The Main Event - Gregor F. Narholz [Patrick excited about SpongeBob's gift]
 ‣ On The Beach - Kapono Beamer [Patrick begs SpongeBob to tell him what the gift is]
 ‣ The Alpine Waltz - Dick Stephen Walter [Valentine's Day carnival]
 ‣ Flight In Panic 1 - Gregor F. Narholz [Chocolate-eating scallops appear]
 • Seaweed 1 - Steve Belfer [Patrick trying to guess what the gift is]
 ‣ Death Trap [#25] - Gregor F. Narholz [Scallops attacking the balloon]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (A) - Richard Myhill [Ferris wheel]
 ‣ Vibe Link (B) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob is nervous]
 ‣ Death Trap [#25] - Gregor F. Narholz [Sandy fighting scallops]
 ‣ Night Butcher - Richard A. Harvey [Patrick is impatient]
 ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill [Friendly handshake]
 ‣ Pikanterie - Gerhard Trede [Carnival montage]
 ‣ Stack of Leis - Kapono Beamer [Later...]
 ‣ House Of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Patrick snaps]
 ‣ Lovely Scenery C - Mladen Franko ["I know I deserve this, but do they?"]
 ‣ Dangerous B - Mladen Franko [Patrick closing in on SpongeBob]
 ‣ Western Panorama - Len Beadle [Sandy arrives]
 • Seaweed 1 - Steve Belfer [Everyone telling Patrick to turn around]
 ‣ Hawaiian Holiday - Kapono Beamer [Patrick sees the balloon]
 ‣ Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer [Ending]

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Reception[]

"The first great Patrick episode! I love how Patrick instantly goes from having his feelings hurt to an Incredible Hulk-like rage. Bill Fagerbakke really came into his own in this one."

Trivia[]

General[]

  • Here is a list of people SpongeBob gives Valentine's Day gifts to:
    • Squidward gets a colored heart made out of paper.
    • Mrs. Puff also receives the same kind of heart as Squidward.
    • Plankton is given a tiny heart.
    • Sandy eats the chocolate heart bubble SpongeBob blows for her.
    • Patrick is delivered the chocolate hot air balloon that SpongeBob and Sandy had planned to fly into the carnival.
  • There is an online game based on this episode called Love Hurts!
  • This is the first episode for a few things:
    • The first episode in the series where Plankton appears without Mr. Krabs.
    • The first episode where a microorganism excluding Plankton is shown in the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
    • The first episode to be copyrighted in 2000.
    • The first time Patrick tried to hurt SpongeBob.
    • The first seasonal/holiday themed episode to take place during the day.
    • The first seasonal/holiday episode where Gary and Mr. Krabs do not appear.
  • SpongeBob and Sandy's plan is as follows:
    • 1. SpongeBob and Patrick arrive at the carnival.
    • 2. Both of them ride on the Ferris wheel, onto the top.
    • 3. Sandy flies in with the heart-shaped chocolate balloon towards Patrick.
    • 4. Patrick is thrilled. Mission accomplished.
      • The plan ultimately falls apart when Sandy encounters chocolate-eating scallops before she could bring the balloon in, thus sending her off course until she tames the scallops to fly her right back to the carnival.
Patrick and Doodle Patrick doing the same poses
  • The pose that Patrick makes when he says "Ferris wheel" was later seen in the video game Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition when Doodle Patrick grows when being erase few times.
  • This is the last episode for two things:
    • The last time the track "Stack of Leis" plays in the first season.
      • This also marks the only time to date that this track plays without its highly recognized ending tagged on.
    • The last time the track "Lovely Scenery C" plays in the first season.
      • This also marks the only time the beginning of this track plays, and not just the dramatic stab at the end.
  • The only main characters SpongeBob did not give a valentine to are Gary, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, and Karen.
  • This episode introduces twenty-two new incidentals characters, many of whom which either made very sparse appearances after this episode, or never appeared in another episode outside of this one.
  • This was the second time Patrick chases SpongeBob in fury, after "Nature Pants."
  • Patrick's quotes "Heart on stick must die!" and "I defy you, Heart Man!" have become popular internet memes.
  • During I ♥ SpongeBob week, it was paired up with "The Camping Episode."[5][6]
  • This is the only season 1 episode where the track "Moloka'i Nui A" is low-pitched.
  • The shot of Sandy taming the scallops to fly the chocolate balloon to the carnival is used in a promo for SpongeBob 25, but mirrored.

Dub facts[]

  • In the Dutch dub, when the guy asks Patrick for the time, Patrick actually tells him the time (3:15 PM) instead of saying, "Patrick needs love, too!"
  • Instead of saying "I defy you Heart man!" Patrick says "I hate you Heartman!" in the german dub and "I challenge you Heart man!" in the Swedish, Latin Spanish, Polish and Dutch dubs.
  • In the Latin Spanish dub, Patrick says "Heart on Pole must die!" and "Popsicle Heart must die!"

Errors[]

Valentine's Day 016

The sky appears to be pink.

  • When Sandy opens her helmet to receive the chocolate bubble, no water comes inside her helmet, even though they are underwater.
  • When Sandy is on the chocolate balloon, her suit appears smaller.
Valentine's Day 018

The sky is once again blue.

  • At the beginning, the sky is pink, but after the scene with Plankton, the sky is blue as normal for the rest of the episode.
    • The pink sky could indicate it is early morning or SpongeBob envisioned it.
  • In the original scenes with the "Valentine's Day Carnival" sign, Mount Climb-up-and-Fall-off is not seen, but when Patrick mentions it, it can be seen.
  • An air raid siren can be heard during Patrick's rampage. But, when "House Of Horror" (William Farran) stops playing when Patrick gives up trying to lift the swing ride, the siren also stops blaring. When the music turns back on, so does the siren.
  • When Sandy fights the chocolate-eating scallops, the balloon's basket seems to be missing, only showing the string attached to it. The basket reappears when Sandy arrives at the carnival.
  • The rides at the carnival change place throughout the episode. For example, the Heart-A-Whirl is to the right of the Ferris wheel at the beginning of the episode, but at the end when everyone is on the pier, the rides are still in the position it was at the beginning of the episode, even though the pier is on the other side.
  • When one of the scallops pop a hole in the balloon for the first time, air is coming out, but when Patrick pops it again, chocolate sauce explodes out of it.
    • In the same scene, the hole the scallop pops is on the very top next to Sandy, but when Sandy arrives at the carnival, the patches are slightly away from the top at the front, likely because that patch is not seen given the balloon was never seen from the top down.
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Incidental 27 without a bottom fin.

  • Incidental 27's bottom fin disappears as Patrick throws him across the carnival.
  • The amount of fish standing behind SpongeBob changes between shots:
    • There were thirteen fish when SpongeBob scolds Patrick for breaking a little girl's lollipop, and one fish is missing when they run to the dock.
    • When cornered against the end of the dock and when everyone is telling Patrick to turn around, it alternates between 12-14 fish.
    • When Patrick sees the chocolate balloon, there were only seven fish.
  • When Patrick says he still refuses to turn around and Sandy calls, SpongeBob blinks and his eyelids freeze for a few frames until Patrick finally turns around.
  • The patches on the chocolate balloon change their positions slightly during wide shots and when Patrick sees it.


Videos[]

Names in other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French La Saint-Valentin Valentine's Day
German Das Valentinsgeschenk The Valentine's Day Gift
Italian San Valentino Valentine's Day
Polish Walentynki Valentine's Day
Russian День святого Валентина
Den' svyatogo Valentina		 Valentine's Day
Spanish (Latin America) El día de San Valentín Valentine's Day
Spanish (Spain) San Valentín Valentine's Day

References[]

  1. ^ Nickelodeon UK - October 13, 2000
  2. ^ Televīzijas izlase - Diena
  3. ^ NICKELODEON'S "SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS" TO STAR IN PRIMETIME VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14
  4. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge Development Archives - Internet Archive
  5. ^ Nickstory - February 14, 2018
  6. ^ I ♥ SpongeBob week
  7. ^ Nickstory - July 29, 2020
  8. ^ Best Buddies Week
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