Valentine's Day

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Valentine's Day
General
Production code:	128
Season №:	1
Episode №:	16a
Airdate:	February 14, 2000 February 14, 2001 See more... February 14, 2001 April 1, 2001 September 16, 2002 July 18, 2008 May 14, 2019 U.S. premiere time (ET): 8:30 pm Copyright year: 2000 U.S. viewers (millions): 2.75 Running time: 11 minutes Sister episode(s): "The Paper"
U.S. premiere time (ET):	8:30 pm
Copyright year:	2000
U.S. viewers (millions):	2.75
Running time:	11 minutes
Sister episode(s):	"The Paper"
Credits
Writer(s):	Chuck Klein Jay Lender Merriwether Williams
Storyboard Artist(s):	Jay Lender
Storyboard:	Chuck Klein
Animation:	Fred Miller
Creative:	Derek Drymon
Chronology
Previous	"Suds"
Next	"The Paper"

"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.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles ^(cameo)
• Mrs. Puff ^(cameo)
• Sheldon J. Plankton ^(cameo)
• Sandy Cheeks
• Patrick Star
• Fred
• Incidental 2
• Incidental 8
• Incidental 14
• Cotton candy vendor ^(debut)
• Incidental 42 ^{(first name revealed)}
• Father and son
• Incidental 66
• Chocolate-eating scallops ^(debut)
• First balloon vendor
• Balloon buyer
• Incidental 12
• Incidental 18
• Incidental 31
• Heart-a-Whirl operator
• Paramecia
• Anchovies
• Ferris wheel riders
• Incidental 23
• Incidental 47
• Incidental 48
• Incidental 46
• Incidental 73
• Incidental 40
• Incidental 22
• Incidental 65
• Incidental 16
• Incidental 70
• Dark green fish
• Roller coaster riders
• Incidental 49
• Incidental 62
• Incidental 92
• Incidental 45
• Incidental 9
• Incidental 13
• Incidental 17
• Incidental 3
• Incidental 4
• Incidental 27
• Incidental 30A
• Heart man
• Fish children ^(debut)
• Incidental 37B
• Incidental 6
• Incidental 34
• Incidental 5
• Incidental 7
• Carnival crowd ^(debut)
• Incidental 108 ^(debut)
• Incidental 106 ^(debut)
• Incidental 102 ^(debut)
• Gale ^(debut)
• Incidental 105 ^(debut)
• Incidental 103 ^(debut)
• Incidental 107 ^(debut)
• Timmy's father ^(debut)
• Timmy's mother ^(debut)
• Other patrons at the carnival

Synopsis

On Valentine's Day, SpongeBob gives out Valentine's Day hearts to everyone. He even gives one to Plankton, which is delivered with the help of tweezers.

Next, SpongeBob goes to Sandy's treedome, where Sandy gives him an acorn nut with an arrow stuck through it, which he puts away. SpongeBob then takes out his bottle of chocolate syrup and blows out a chocolate heart bubble for Sandy's valentine. SpongeBob and Sandy then talk about what they have arranged to give Patrick for his Valentine Present, a hot air balloon made out of chocolate and how for everything to be arranged.

SpongeBob tells Patrick (who has made his Valentine's present for SpongeBob by putting a big rock on the ground and pounds the rock into the shape of a heart, but smashes the rock into a pile of dirt thinking that SpongeBob is in there and then realizing that SpongeBob is behind him (said by SpongeBob) and give him a pile of dirt for his Valentine Present) that he has the best present ever ready for him.

Patrick gets very blithe and impatient for his surprise present and the two go to the Valentine's Day Carnival. Since it is a surprise present, Patrick starts to guess what is even to the point that he thinks it his present is a bunch of paramecium and to even the point that he thinks that his present is on top of Mount Climb-up-and-Fall-off, in which he runs up the mountain and falls off a couple times.

Meanwhile, Sandy, who is in route to the carnival in the chocolate balloon, is attacked by a flock of chocolate-eating scallops, which causes the balloon to veer off course as she fights them off. Due to the delay, Sandy tells SpongeBob to take Patrick to the Ferris wheel to keep up his overexcited mood.

SpongeBob starts to think that Patrick would not get his Valentine and doesn't want to break his heart so he takes him to the Ferris wheel to keep up his morale. When SpongeBob and Patrick reach the top of the Ferris wheel, they wait for the surprise to be revealed.

However, SpongeBob contacts Sandy via his walkie-talkie, she informs him of her troubles and since one of the scallops bit the balloon and the balloon is floating downwards that he will have to go with "Plan B." SpongeBob tells Patrick, who is so excited that he is literally shaken the entire Ferris wheel, that his present is a "friendly handshake."

That greatly disappoints him and after shaking SpongeBob hand, he stares at his own hand with a grumpy look on his face. SpongeBob laughs nervously and throughout their playtime in the carnival, SpongeBob laughs at the joys of the carnival whilst Patrick has the same grumpy look on his face.

When Patrick and SpongeBob are sitting down on a bench, he has been thinking and thanks SpongeBob for the gift he gave him, but when he sees many other

"I defy you, Heart Man!"

people thank SpongeBob for the gifts he gave them, including complete strangers (one man only asks for the time), he is pushed off the deep end and goes on a rampage.

He begins destroying the carnival and corners everyone there, including SpongeBob, seemingly with the intention of killing them all. Before he gets the chance, however, Sandy arrives, having tamed the scallops, who are now helping to keep her balloon afloat. SpongeBob tells him that his true Valentine Present is behind him, but the stubborn Patrick thinks that isn't true. Even with the help of the crowd persuading him to turn around, he still refuses to turn around until Sandy says his name, in which he turns around seeing his great Valentine Present.

Upon seeing this, Patrick babbles for a while until he takes a bite of his present in amazement, causing it to pop and covering the carnival in chocolate. Smiling at SpongeBob and completely forgetting his anger, Patrick joyfully says, "Aww, SpongeBob, you didn't have to get me anything!" as the episode ends.

Production

Art

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Music

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 - 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.../"And even though I was expecting more..."/"And not that it matters that we've been friends for so long..."/"So, as I was saying..."]
 ‣ House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Patrick snaps/Patrick goes on a rampage/Patrick takes the lollipop from the little girl/Patrick gets more crazy]
 ‣ 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 - Steve Belfer [Everyone telling Patrick to turn around]
 ‣ Hawaiian Holiday - Kapono Beamer [Patrick bites into the balloon]
 ‣ Moloka'i Nui (a) - Kapono Beamer [Ending]

Release

• This episode is available on the Tales from the Deep, Complete 1st Season, Fools in April, First 100 Episodes, From the Beginning, Pt.1, Loveable Sponge, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 2, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, and The Best 200 Episodes Ever, DVDs.
• This episode is available on the Bikini Bottom Bash! and Tales from the Deep VHS tapes.

Reception

• This episode is number 2 on The Tom Kenny Collection on iTunes and Amazon.com. His description says:

"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."

• "Valentine's Day" was ranked #8 during The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash event from July 17–19, 2009.

Trivia

General

• This is the first episode to be made in 2000 according to the credits.
• There is an online game based on this episode called Love Hurts!
  • There are also two books based on this episode called The World's Greatest Valentine and Friends Forever?
• In the Dutch version of this episode, when the guy asks Patrick for the time, Patrick actually tells him the time (3:15 PM) instead of saying, "Patrick needs love, too!"
• Patrick's unique quotes, including "Heart on stick must die!" and “I defy you, heart-man!" have both become popular internet memes.
• This is the first episode where a microorganism excluding Plankton is shown in the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
• During the February 14, 2018 airing, it was paired up with "The Camping Episode."
• This is the first episode where Plankton appears without Mr. Krabs.
• This episode and "The Paper" used to only tend to air in reruns in the United States on or around Valentine's Day, making this episode extremely rare to find on TV, since they both air on Valentine's Day and are Valentine's Day specials. However, from early 2020, it has started to air on other days as well
  • The same thing occurs with "Scaredy Pants," "I Was a Teenage Gary," and "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom," as they are Halloween specials, and "Christmas Who?," "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," and "Goons on the Moon" being Christmas specials.
    • "Fools in April," and "Neptune's Spatula," used to only air on April 1st since the former is an April Fool's Day special, but now they typically air frequently.

Errors

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.