History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E16ValentinesDayThePaper

** [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when Sandy tells him she's off-course and has to switch to Plan B, and he has an even bigger one when the furious Patrick closes in on him, just before Sandy arrives.

* GoofySuit: A guy in a heart costume becomes a victim of Patrick's wrath, as he tears the costume in half.

* PsychopathicManchild: Patrick throws a violent temper tantrum and thrashes the carnival when he didn't receive his Valentine's Day present.

* AnAesop:
** Surprise gifts are fun, but it can backfire if you overhype the surprise and/or lie that there isn't a huge surprise. It makes it look like [[{{Gaslighting}} you don't actually care about the receiver]], so beware.
** Prepare ahead of time so that whatever you have to bring is ready. If it doesn't work out, then you'll have enough time to come up with a backup.
** Trust goes both ways.

* AnAesop: The simplest things can be a world of fun in the hands of someone creative enough. Or, alternatively, it's not what you have but how you use it that makes it fun.

* BigNo: SpongeBob screams one when he hears Sandy won't arrive on time and has to go to Plan B.

* MyNewGiftIsLame: What triggers Patrick to go on his rampage: the chocolate balloon didn't come out on time, and since [=SpongeBob=] can't tell him what the surprise is, he simply lied to him the gift would be a handshake instead because he didn't want to stay on the ferris wheel that Patrick kept rocking violently. When Patrick notices other people thank [=SpongeBob=] for the gifts he gave them, he snaps and starts tearing down the theme park.

** [=SpongeBob=] claims to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in A minor, but when he plays it, it's in the key of C major.

** When Patrick says that they deserve punishment for not getting him anything either, they instantly produce a bunch of gifts. Patrick says it's too late for that and starts stepping towards [=SpongeBob=] menacingly, just before Sandy arrives with his real gift.

* DirtyCoward: Two standouts from the residents of the park:

* {{Yandere}}: Platonically, Patrick towards [=SpongeBob=] at the height of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* IncrediblyLameFun: [=SpongeBob=] can't believe Squidward would throw away a small scrap of paper when he could use it for so many things. It gets subverted when [=SpongeBob=] actually does find fun ways of using the paper. So many in fact that Squidward gets jealous and tries to buy the paper back.

* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: TropeNamer. Tired of [=SpongeBob=] trying to return the paper, he tells him that "no matter how much I may beg, and plead, and cry, don't give that paper back to me, ''ever!''." Naturally, when Squidward wants the paper, [[IGaveMyWord [=SpongeBob=] holds him to his word.]]
* StudioAudience: Kids are heard cheering [=SpongeBob=]'s "oral-gami". The same kids boo Squidward's failed attempt at the same.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Patrick gets mad after not getting his gift and trashes the carnival.
-->'''Patrick:''' [[HulkSpeak Heart on stick... MUST DIE!]]

* ValentinesDayEpisodes: [=SpongeBob=] spends Valentine's Day at the carnival with Patrick in this episode.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I DEFY YOU, HEART-MAN!"]]

* OneDimensionalThinking: When cornered against the end of a dock, [=SpongeBob=] and the carnival patrons have no excuse to not run around Patrick or jump into the goo below the dock to escape his furious wrath.

'''Original air date''': 2/14/2000 ''(produced in 1999)''

!!'''Valentine's Day''' contains examples of:

'''Original air date''': 2/14/2000 ''(produced in 1999)''

!!'''The Paper''' contains examples of:

* DeusExMachina: Sandy shows up just as Patrick is about to attack [=SpongeBob=].

* DeusExMachina: Sandy shows up just

* ShoutOut: Patrick's "I defy you, heart-man!" is a paraphrase of "I defy you, stars!" from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', Act 5, Scene 1.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: After noticing what sorts of gifts [=SpongeBob=] got everybody for Valentine's Day, Patrick, left with nothing, angrily declares that, "Patrick needs love, too!"

-->'''Squidward:'''Wait! More impressions! A guy... throwing a piece of paper on the ground! A guy ''stomping'' on the piece of paper!