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13	[[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry Jewelry]], [[SomethingAboutARose roses]], and [[ChocolateOfRomance chocolates]]. Valentine's Day (technically [[UsefulNotes/PatronSaints 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 [[PlatonicValentine give Valentine's Day cards or gifts to friends and family]], 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 ValuesDissonance for certain audiences.
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15	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 ([[DoubleStandard usually the man]], usually on some kind of comedy) forgetting about the holiday and struggling to find a suitable gift. On the other hand, someone who finds themselves AloneAmongTheCouples may be serving up the ValentinesDayVitriol. ValentinesDayViolence might also pop up if action and/or horror themed elements would spice up the holiday. You'll typically find the resident BigEater chowing down on Valentine's Day candy, maybe even accidentally eating the [[ChocolateOfRomance box of chocolates]] they were ''supposed'' to give to their crush. There are any number of LoveTropes, comedic love tropes and SexTropes that are common to Valentine-centric plots. Can be fertile ground for ShippingTropes. And likely to be a pivotal part of a RomanceArc.
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17	While many Valentine's Day Episodes will usually air just before or on Valentine's Day, this is not always the case. To be considered a Valentine's Day Episode, a work needs to both explicitly mention Valentine's Day and have a plot focused on [[LoveTropes love, romance, and relationship]], when that hasn't been the sole focus previously.
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19	Also in many cases in the media, though Valentine's Day is in the winter (in the Northern Hemisphere), it can instead [[HolidayAppropriateWeather appear to be spring]], with no sign of bare trees or snow anywhere, unlike in real life.
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21	For other holidays see ChristmasEpisode, HalloweenEpisode, ThanksgivingEpisode, StPatricksDayEpisode, and EasterEpisode.
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25	[[index]]
26	* ValentinesDayEpisode/WesternAnimation
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29	!!Other Examples:
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33	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
34	* An episode of the harem comedy ''Manga/AiKora'' has Maeda trying to smuggle home a chocolate statue made in the shape of a girl with all his "ideal parts". Unfortunately, it's on Valentine's Day, and all the girls he knows [[ThroughHisStomach try and ply him with chocolates]] (and lots of it, in the cases of [[RichBitch Ayame]] and [[FeminineWomenCanCook Kirino]]). He eventually eats so much chocolate he passes out, and awakens to find his chocolate sculpture has melted.
35	* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'': Chapter 29, adopted as part of the ninth episode, involves this, including Mikage asking Moe for a crash course for {{chocolate\|ofromance}}-making. On the day itself, the club itself engages in a typical exchange of friendship chocolates, but Moe [[spoiler:give Misa a ChocolateOfRomance]].
36	* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has had several, the first ever anime original episode, aptly named ''The Valentine's Murder Case'', ''The Truth Behind Valentine's'', and the White Day episode ''White Day of Betrayal'', all tragic cases somehow involving love and betrayal. They also serve as time capsules of the series romantic progression: ''Valentine's Murder Case'' is a pretty standard case with a brief moment of Shinichi/Ran teasing at the very end, ''Truth Behind Valentine's'' is set after Makoto and Sonoko became an OfficialCouple and is mostly focused on them, with a more extensive Shinichi/Ran sequence involving Conan making Ran think he'd visited her as Shinichi, and by ''White Day'', there were so many established couples that their chocolate exchanges had to be made into a montage!
37	* ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' (the series that ''Manga/SailorMoon'' is a spin-off of) had one, with a Youma using it to sell the deliciously addicting and extremely fattening Rainbow Chocolate to try and fatten up everyone in Tokyo and then drain their energies under the disguise of a weight loss treatment... And Minako ''missing it'' due to the Youma getting her with her chocolate and [[TricksterMentor Artemis taking the chance to trick her into muscle training under the guise of slimming exercises]] that her own personality brought up a notch.
38	* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'': Karten 72-74 are collectively TheRemake of previous bonus Twitter chapters set on Valentine's Day mixed together into one story. Whereas the bonus chapters were simply about Ichikawa and Yamada giving chocolate to each other, the main arc plays it more for drama with added conversations about the nature of conveying feelings through [[ChocolateOfRomance chocolate]] without misunderstandings, because of the line between "friend" and "romantic" chocolate. Yamada spends the holiday [[TwiceShy trying to properly convey her own feelings to Ichikawa.]]
39	* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'': Episode 10 revolves around on Valentine's Day, with Tohru going on a DoubleDate with Yuki, Kyo, and Kagura.
40	* ''Anime/{{Jewelpet}}'':
41	** ''Anime/Jewelpet2009'': Episode 46 shows how Rinko is coping after having been kidnapped at the end of the previous episode. She's doing it by making chocolate in her freezing cell with the help of an enemy, just because it's Valentine's and that enemy is suffering from lovesickness.
42	** ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'': Episode 45, in which Ruby and Labra try to help Akari get together with Yuuma by slipping a love potion into the chocolate she made for him. HilarityEnsues when they lose the chocolate and it gets eaten by five boys, who proceed to chase Akari around the school.
43	** ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'': Episode 45, in which Kanon and Ruby compete in making the best chocolates for Mikage. Ironically, the episode ends with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Kanon and Mikage are siblings.]]
44	* Chapter 195 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' focuses on all the female members of the cast giving out chocolate. Despite taking place in the middle of an arc focusing on a LoveTriangle, it's actually a BreatherEpisode.
45	* "Literature/Kabukibu!": The anime of ''Kabukibu!'' has a Valentines Day special titled "Kabuki-bu!: Oogiri "Chiyocolate-gassen"
46	* ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'':
47	** The 69th episode is a Valentine's Day episode, with the first half being about one of the Black Brothers (a recurring pair of con men) falling in love with the daughter of the candy shop owner he almost drove out of business back in the 11th episode and the second half being about the female Cocotamas making chocolate for the male Cocotamas.
48	** The second half of the 119th episode has Kokoro work up the nerve to give Valentine's Day chocolates to her crush Ichinose due to assuming that he will be transferring to a different school soon.
49	* ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'': The plot of the anime's second season starts with a Valentine's Day Episode, which is also the last episode of the main cast's first school year. Despite having the normally sweet and romantic tone of the series that the first season had, Sawako's inability to give Kazehaya some chocolate heavily affected their relationship negatively. The impact of that failed Valentine's Day is felt throughout the entire season.
50	* ''Manga/KoroSenseiQuest'': The first half of Episode 10 is set on Valentine's Day, and has the girls in Class 3-E give chocolates to the boys. Unfortunately, Irina laced the girls' chocolates with compounds that turn whoever eats it into a TechnicallyLivingZombie that desperately craves for more chocolate.
51	* Chapter 10 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has Tohru trying to give Kobayashi chocolate that was spiked with a love potion, but Kobayashi avoids eating it (though she still ends up eating it by accident later on). The anime adapted it as part of the OVA, [[AdaptationExpansion adding in several scenes for the rest of the cast]]. Kanna's SpinOff also had its own Valentine's Day chapter where [[PuppyLove she makes chocolate for Saikawa]].
52	* ''Manga/MissKuroitsuFromTheMonsterDevelopmentDepartment'' has a Valentine's day episode about a Monster made of Valentine's Day Chocolate. The fight had to be postponed due to metal shavings in the chocolate (Maybe next year...). It was intended to be shown ''on'' Valentine's Day of 2022, but like the events of the episode, it ended up delayed for one week.
53	* Chapter 28/Episode 12 of ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' is about Valetine's Day. Chiyo tries to give Nozaki her chocolate, but is unable to get a hold of him as he spends the entire day running around the school, observing every other confession and exchange to use as material for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Let's Fall In Love]]''. Hori doesn't like homemade food after some gave him food poisoning, so Kashima gives him homemade chocolate disguised as store bought, causing Chiyo to remark that she doesn't know if she likes Hori or hates him. Wakamatsu causes confustion when he announces that he got expensive chocolate from Nozaki (they bought it together as artistic reference material). Seo, [[JerkAss to the great surprise of no one]], has never given a chocolate in her life. And Mikoshiba hates it, because [[SignificantBirthDate it's his birthday]] and he hates never getting presents because everyone's just giving him chocolate.
54	* Episode 31 of ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' is a great demonstration of the "obligation chocolate"/"true feeling chocolate" dynamic in action, and features Ririka's friend Karin as she gets [[LoveConfession confessed]] to by a boy from school that she had never given any thought to before.
55	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': In the special episode "Luvdisc is a Many Splendored Thing", Team Rocket scientist Dr. Namba orders Cassidy and Butch to steal the Cerulean Gym's Luvdisc so he can reverse-engineer its power and remove love from the world (yeah...). The B-plot focuses on the burgeoning love between Caserin and Loverin, the two aforementioned Luvdisc.
56	* One chapter of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is set on Valentine's day. Akane hasn't bought any chocolate yet so her friends wonder if she'll give Ranma some homemade ones. He suddenly shows up and says to just buy some instead of [[LethalChef making them herself]]. She kicks him out shouting she has no intention of giving him any. Later she gets asked a favor from a grandmother and her granddaughter to give some chocolates to a kid that once saved the child's doll. [[HilarityEnsues Turns out it was Ranma]].
57	* One chapter of ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has Momoka trying (and failing) to work up the nerve and/or find the opportunity to offer her crush Fuyuki some home-made chocolates on Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Fuyuki earns the jealous ire of his classmates when all the girls in the school keep giving him chocolate. He's profoundly disappointed when he finds out all the chocolates are intended for [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer his sister Natsumi]], and equally delighted when Momoka shows up at his house with her gift of chocolate.
58	* ''Manga/SkipAndLoafer'' has a Valentine's Day two-parter, featuring the girls making chocolate for their male classmates and a love confession between two of the characters.
59	* ''Manga/StoryOfADumbPrefectAndHighSchoolGirlWithInappropriateSkirtLength'': Chapter 53 follows Tsukishima and his ValentinesDayVitriol as he's the only one not to get chocolate. Despite the ShipSinking between them in Chapter 38, there's some ShipTease when Tasaki corners him at the end of the day to give him [[spoiler:[[BaitAndSwitch a book she needed to return to the library]]]].
60	* An OVA of ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' centered on Valentine's Day with the members of the student council giving gifts to Ken.
61	* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'': Episode 6 revolves on White Day with Souta making a chocolate-filled wasabi gift for Kanade.
62	* ''GO-GO Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}!'' episode 44b is one, about Orenetchi wishing Himetchi and Momotchi would give him some Valentine's chocolates.
63	* A recurring running gag in every Valentine's Day chapter in ''Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku'' which Kotetsu always demands chocolate from Akane.
64	* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' has a few, regularly spoofing the celebration. Most notably, in one occasion Sakura revealed she had no idea of what it is and Ataru asked her how it was possible considering the ''immense'' marketing about it, [[LampshadeHanging including mangas with Valentine's Day episodes]].
65	* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' had at least one Valentine's Day chapter in middle school. Closeted trans girl Mako tries to give her crush Oka a "friendship chocolate" but Oka gets grossed out.
66	* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'':
67	** One episode has both of Nate's male friends getting confessions and chocolates from a girl on Valentine's Day. Nate becomes jealous and illogically assumes that the reason they got chocolates from girls while he didn't is because a Yo-kai's screwing with him. He's right.
68	** Another episode revolves around Hailey Anne trying to make the best chocolate for Valentine's Day. The problem is that she uses a recipes from her favorite manga, which are all terrible in real life.
69	* ''Webcomic/GanbareDoukiChan'': Kouhai-chan and Douki-chan both give chocolates to Douki-kun on Valentine's Day in episodes 3 and 4, respectively.
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73	* The third ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' drama CD has a story called "The Valentine's Day That Overcame Space-Time". In it, Ringo is giving out chocolates to her friends on Valentine's Day, going as far as to make an ''altar'' so that Ecolo can have some chocolates too. [[spoiler:Once Ecolo does come along, he asks Ringo how she still remembers him if space-time usually makes others forget Ecolo exists.]]
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76	[[folder:Comic Books]]
77	* The ''ComicBook/BombQueen'' and ''ComicBook/HackSlash'' crossover was supposed to be this, though apparently due to delays causing it to be released after February, the holiday aspect was dropped.
78	* ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' 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).
79	* 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.
80	* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' had a Valentine's Day issue where Kimber tried to use a potion to make the Misfits nicer. Instead, she ends up causing the Misfits as well as Jem and the Holograms to fall in love with random people.
81	* ''ComicBook/JokersAsylum'': Harley Quinn's story takes place on Valentine's Day and has her break out of Arkham Asylum with the intent of arranging a romantic evening with the Joker.
82	* Issue #12 of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'', there is a Valentine's day ball, and Bruno tries to invite Kamala to it... even this would spell disaster, but Loki also arrives and has way too much fun PlayingCyrano (badly), spiking the punch with TruthSerum, and being as much of a troll as possible in general.
83	* Issue #24 of ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'', "The Bride Of Mojo Jojo," had Mojo seeking love on Valentine's Day. But when a dating service fails him, he uses material from discarded weapons and his own DNA to create his own bride a la ''The Bride Of Frankenstein.'' The girls, in a subplot early on, entertain ideas of what kind of mother they'd want.
84	* ''Literature/ScaryGodmother'': ''The Bloody Valentine'' takes place six months after the original book. Orson's parents have gotten into a fight, with Ruby going to visit Scary Godmother and Max going to visit Harry. After some advice, the couple makes up.
85	* ''ComicBook/SimoneTheBestMonsterEver'': In one strip titled "Chocolate!", Simone explains the concept of Valentine's Day to Morris while drawing a Valentine's Day card. He becomes interested when Simone mentioned that there's chocolate, since eating too much makes you throw up.
86	-->'''Morris:''' I love holidays that make you throw up.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' has a spin-off comic episode [[http://teentitanscomic.blogspot.com/2014/05/ set on Valentine's Day]] where [[GreatGazoo Larry the Imp]] steals Cupid's bow and makes random characters fall for each other. HilarityEnsues. And it ends with a number of characters saying, "I Love You!" in their native tongues.
88	--> '''Hot Spot''': Ana Moajaba Bik! (Arabic)\
89	'''Mas''': Te Amo! (Spanish)\
90	'''Bushido''': Aishiteru! (Japanese)\
91	'''Red Star''': Ya tebya lyublyu! (Russian)\
92	'''Mallah''': Je'taime! (French)\
93	'''Starfire''': And "I love you" all, too! (English, [[TokenNonHuman ironically]]...)
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97	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has 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.
98	* ''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2021/02/15 This comic]] resolves around Miles preparing for Valentines Day. Kevin finds it nonsense, until he hears that it also involves getting candy.
99	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' dependably focused on [[TheChewToy Charlie Brown]] never getting any valentines.
100	-->'''Charlie Brown:''' I ''know'' nobody likes me... why do we have to have a Valentine's Day to ''emphasize'' it?
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103	[[folder:Fan Works]]
104	* ScriptFic ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' has "Insanity is In The Air", which gave some CharacterDevelopment to [[TheGenericGuy Andy.]]
105	* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3891834/1/Misa_and_the_Bear Misa and the Bear]]'' is a humorous ''Manga/DeathNote'' CrackFic where Light has to contend with Misa, his harem of cover girlfriends, L, and Ryuk's misunderstanding of the holiday. Needless to say things don't go as planned.
106	* The ''FanFic/FacingTheFutureSeries'' has "What She Wants", which features [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Desiree and Sidney Poindexter]], of all people, getting together]].
107	* The ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' series has two of them:
108	** The story "Hefty, The Luckiest Smurf" begins on Valentine's Day, with Empath giving Smurfette the present of a mock wedding ceremony in the Imaginarium with Hefty as her imagined bridegroom. The rest of the story centers on Empath seeing Smurfette in an alternate timeline falling in love with and marrying Hefty when Empath is forced to return to Psychelia, and how he deals with it after he finds out.
109	** "My Unsmurfy Valentine" also takes place on Valentine's Day, on which the rogue cherub Eros decides to ruin it by firing lust arrows that make whoever's struck by them lust after whoever they desire, even if it's of the same sex. (Given that the village consists mostly of male Smurfs, it was mostly same-sex pairings, with Papa Smurf going after Smurfette when he was hit with the lust arrow.)
110	* The main premise in ''Hunting'' the first fic of ''The Matrix'' and ''Supernatural'' crossover slashfic ''Fanfic/HuntingSeries'' is Dean forgetting it's Valentine's Day, until Neo remindes him of it. Eventually, it ends up kicking off one of the main pairings, the OneTrueThreesome, of the series.
111	* The sixth episode of ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'' is a Valentine's Day chapter. Asuka tries to give Shinji some home-made chocolates on Valentine's Day without everybody noticing.
112	* ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': The story begins during a Valentine's Day. As Asuka is trying to work up the nerve to give Shinji some home-made chocolates, Rei gives Shinji a chocolate box, earning Asuka's wrath and kick starting the plot.
113	* [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/The-Start-of-my-Life-Ch-6-Pt-2-Final-Lemon-933084529 Chapter 6 part 2]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/ SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day fanfic]] ''The Start of my Life'' begins on Valentines Day at Basara Academy.
114	* ''Fanfic/StoriesAndTalesFromDimension63'': Chapter 17 is set on Valentines Day.
115	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' fanfic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11768519/1/A-Simpsons-Valentine A Simpsons Valentine]]" takes place in the future but explores Homer and Marge's love life throughout their relationship. It was published a few weeks before Valentine's Day.
116	* The ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' fanfics in the "[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1288361 Valentine's Day Dance 2019]]" series focuses on, well, a HighSchoolDance on Valentine's Day.
117	* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has the Yancy Interlude sidestory, which begins and ends with the title character having a date at the Nimbasa Amusement Park during Valentine's Day.
118	* ''Chocolate'' is a Johto-era ''Pokémon'' doujinshi where Misty wants to give Ash chocolate for Valentine's Day but is too nervous to. There's also a b-plot about James getting chocolates from a girl.
119	* ''FanFic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'':
120	** "Hearts and Hooves Day" shows several members of the Mane 7 each spending time with their love interests on the titled holiday.
121	** "The Break Up Breakdown" has Fire Heart observing the Mane 7 on Hearts and Hooves Day, seeing what romantic things they are doing together so he can understand why love is so important, and discover the various forms of love.
122	* The first chapter of ''Fanfic/KantoCalling'' takes place around White Day. Ash sent Misty a present around White Day, but he didn't actually realize it was White Day. Ash had forgotten because Kalos doesn't celebrate White Day.
123	* [[https://jigokuhana.tumblr.com/post/182882785869/first-valentine This]] ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' fancomic of White Steven (who comes from an [[Webcomic/AskWhitePearlAndStevenAlmostAnything AU where he's the son of White Diamond instead]]) and Pink Steven (who comes from an [[Fanfic/BadPredictionAU AU where Sapphire's prediction went right]]) has them being each other's first Valentine.
124	* The ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' story "A Chocolate Surprise!" takes place during Valentine's Day and [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Hilda White]] asks [[SupremeChef Kanata Konoe]] to make some homemade chocolates for her to give to [[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival Shizuku]] [[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars Osaka]] with Kanata agreeing to making the chocolates for Hilda and when Shizuku comes by the Konoe residence looking for Hilda, Hilda has to keep the chocolates a secret from her as to not ruin the surprise. [[spoiler:Judging from Shizuku's reaction, it works]]!
125	* ''Fanfic/AsFateWouldHaveIt'' has a semi-standalone companion fic set within the former's universe called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13522770/1/A-Fated-Exchange A Fated Exchange]] which, in addition to being set during Valentine's Day, also covers White Day.
126	* The thirteenth chapter of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13646760/13/The-NEW-151-Pokeshipping-Stories 151 Pokeshipping Stories]], called "I Wish I Never Met You" takes place over Valentine's Weekend, and focuses on Misty visiting a world [[ItsAWonderfulPlot where she never fished Ash out of the river on the first day of his journey]] thanks to Mew after an argument between the two over whether the holiday is important or not. They make up in the end and the story ends with them going on a Valentine's Day date.
127	* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse:
128	** The ''Fanfic/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandy'' story "[[Recap/EverydayCrazinessInPontypandyValentinesDaze Valentine's Daze]]" is about a Valentine's Day festival. This being [[WesternAnimation/FiremanSam Pontypandy]], a barbecue starts a fire.
129	** The [[Recap/GlitterForceIntoTheGlitterverseChapter23 epilogue]] of ''Fanfic/GlitterForceIntoTheGlitterverse'' takes place during a Valentine's Day dance.
130	** The ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter appropriately titled "[[Recap/JuniorOfficersS2E20ValentinesDay Valentine's Day]]", which is a quick BottleEpisode about Deborah getting ready for a date.
131	* ''Fanfic/JackieChanAdventuresOlympianJourney'': The Aphrodite arc takes place on Valentine's Day, fittingly enough. Jade's subplot shows her school getting ready for a holiday dance, before the building is hijacked by [[spoiler: Eros!Drew]].
132	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2512744 Hi Neighbor]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' fics detailing [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Sharon's interactions with Steve when she was undercover as his neighbor "Kate"]]. In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37107733 Spell Me My Alphabet]]'', Sharon left a bowl of [[FunWithAlphabetSoup Alpha-Bits cereal with a message]] as a Valentine's Day gift for Steve, but [[TheGadfly Natasha]] eats it before he can find out the message. After a TimeSkip, Steve attempts to gift a bowl of (expired) Alpha-Bits spelling his answer to what he thought was Sharon's message, "Yes", having assumed she was asking him to be her Valentine. Sharon explains what she originally tried to tell him: [[GivenNameReveal her real name]].
133	* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': The story "A Valentine's Visit" chronicles Haara feeling lonely on Valentine's Day, until some of her friends make a surprise visit to come cheer her up.
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137	* The second ''Literature/FrannyKStein'' book was titled ''Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid'' and had Franny try to understand Valentine's Day when being introduced to the holiday by her teacher Miss Shelly. A series of accidents results in a gigantic winged cherub being created and going on a rampage where he shoots arrows everywhere.
138	* OlderThanPrint: The first known connection between romance and Valentine's Day was made in the 14th century, by Creator/GeoffreyChaucer.
139	* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has had two, neither of which were included in [[Film/HarryPotter the film versions]]:
140	** In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Chamber of Secrets]]'', Lockhart sets up an ill-conceived Valentine's celebration which [[SmallNameBigEgo annoys everyone but himself]]. Ginny sends Harry a [[SingingTelegram singing valentine]] using Lockhart's "card-carrying cupids", but it backfires badly.[[note]]Although not included in the film, this episode did make it into the [=PS1=] and GBC versions of [[VideoGame/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the video game]].[[/note]]
141	** In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Order of the Phoenix]]'', Harry takes Cho Chang to a date on Valentine's Day. This also doesn't go so well.
142	* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': ''Killing Cupid''. This could also technically apply to ''This Pen For Hire'', as Jaine secures Howard Murdoch a Valentine's Day date with Stacey Lawrence before she's murdered.
143	* ''Literature/JunieBJones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine'' has Junie B. trying to figure out who sent her a Valentine during the school's Valentine's Day Party. [[spoiler: It was Jim who secretly has a crush on her.]]
144	* One of the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' Special Editions starred Juliet the Valentine Fairy, whose story was set during Valentine's Day season. Jack Frost and his goblins had stolen her magic items that help her make Valentine's Day special, and as such everyone is instead miserable, so she goes to Rachel and Kirsty for help.
145	* The ''Literature/RottenRalph'' book ''Rotten Ralph's Rotten Romance'' had Ralph cause havoc on Valentine's Day.
146	* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': In “It’s Valentine’s Day, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys and his classmates decorate some paper bags for Valentine’s Day.
147	* ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'' book ''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 [[ClearTheirName 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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151	%%* ''Series/{{ALF}}'' "I've got a new attitude".
152	* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': 'Marta Complex' has a LoveTriangle between the titular Marta and brothers G.O.B. and Michael.
153	* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' has the direct-to-video special "Be My Valentine, Love Barney''. Barney and his usual group of companions accept a party invitation from the Queen of Hearts [[note]] No, not [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland that one]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen thank God]] [[/note]] and there's emphasis on friends having fun together. As with the "I Love You" song, the theme of the special is celebrating [[TheFourLoves close friendships]] over anything else.
154	%%* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' a bunch.
155	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
156	** "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.
157	** "The Locomotion Manipulation": Sheldon and Amy go with Howard and Bernadette on a train ride to Napa Valley. Amy planned on a romantic dinner, but Sheldon would rather talk trains with a complete stranger, leading to an argument which ends with [[spoiler:Sheldon and Amy's first kiss]]. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny spend Valentine's Day baby-sitting Raj's dog, which eats the box of chocolates Penny brought Leonard and have to take her to the vet, [[spoiler:who develops a thing for Raj.]]
158	%%* ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful''
159	%%* ''Series/{{Bones}}''
160	%%* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld''
161	%%* ''Series/BrothersAndSisters''
162	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
163	** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E16BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]]". Xander concocts a LovePotion to use on Cordelia so he can dump her in the most spectacular fashion possible, but it [[GroupieBrigade backfires]]. [[BigBad Angelus]] intends to use the holiday and his [[LoveInterest history]] with Buffy to inflict a good dose of MindRape on her, but Xander's problems ruin his plans.
164	** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E14Crush Crush]]". Buffy discovers Spike is in love with her. Things go downhill from there.
165	* ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}'': "Animal Pragmatism" from season 2, in which Phoebe accidentally enables a bunch of her college buddies to cast a spell that turns animals into hunky (but slightly evil) guys.
166	%%* ''Series/{{Cheers}}''
167	* ''Series/{{Community}}'' the first season has 'Communication Studies' and second season has 'Early 21 century Romanticism.'
168	%%* ''Series/CoronationStreet''
169	%%* ''Series/CougarTown''
170	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': "Closing Time" TheBartender 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.
171	* An ''Series/EmptyNest'' episode had all of the lead characters and even Dreyfus the dog finding love on Valentine's Day.
172	* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Season 9's "Blood Actually" is a three-short ShoutOut to ''Film/LoveActually'' and ''Film/ValentinesDay''. There are three murder cases and the three canon couples all have romantic moments. Danny and Lindsay have a rare quiet moment at home; Don surprises Jamie with a rooftop dinner; Mac and Christine go dancing after having to give up their dinner reservation due to his case running overtime...again.
173	%%* ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'', a bunch.
174	%%* ''Series/DawsonsCreek''
175	%%* ''Series/DesperateHousewives''
176	%%* ''Series/DharmaAndGreg''
177	%%* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow''
178	%%* ''Series/EastEnders''
179	%%* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'', at least two episodes.
180	%%* ''Series/{{ER}}''
181	%%* ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris''
182	* ''Series/FamilyMatters'' "My broken-hearted Valentine", "Heart strings" and Le jour d'amour".
183	* ''Series/ForeverKnight''. In "Be My Valentine" the SerialKiller-of-the-week is killing lonely women. In other news, Dr. Natalie Lambert and her RomanticVampireBoy, [[VampireDetective Nick Knight]] decide to stop being JustFriends. Unfortunately [=LaCroix=] has other ideas.
184	%%* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' at least two episodes.
185	* ''Series/FullHouse'' "Little Shop of Horrors, "The Heartbreak Kid", and "Dateless in San Francisco". Also, Jesse and Becky's wedding is on Valentine's Day.
186	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' had two: "Silly Love Songs" in season two and "Heart" in season three. Both focused on love songs, even more than the series' usual fair.
187	* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'', the February Day episode reminded two of the doctors that they were single and they proceeded to make out in the closet.
188	%%* ''Series/GuidingLight'' at least two episodes.
189	* Much like its Christmas movie marathon, the Hallmark Channel airs a slew of Valentine's Day movies during February.
190	* ''Series/HappyDays'', the musical montage episode "Be My Valentine."
191	* ''Series/TheHauntingHour'' has "Terrible Love," a BlackComedy in which a teenage girl inadvertently summons Cupid in an effort to get a popular guy to like her. When she becomes afraid that he'll stray, she insists that Cupid shoot her crush with another one of his love arrows, which quickly [[LoveMakesYouCrazy drives the kid insane]] and leads him to ''Film/FatalAttraction'' levels of stalking and paranoia, along with almost physically abusing her. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids You know, for kids!]]
192	%%* ''Series/HomeImprovement''
193	%%* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' at least two episodes.
194	%%* ''Series/{{House}}''
195	%%* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' at least two episodes.
196	* The "Be My Valentine" episode of ''Series/{{Kindergarten\|2001}}'' has the kids sharing Valentine's Day cards.
197	%%* ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'' at least two episodes.
198	%%* ''Series/LasVegas''
199	%%* ''Series/MadMen''
200	%%* ''Series/MakeItOrBreakIt''
201	%%* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
202	%%* ''Series/MelrosePlace''
203	* ''Series/TheMiddle'' Four episodes as of the fourth season. Like all of their holiday episodes, these episodes are named Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day II, etc.
204	%%* ''Series/MikeAndMolly''
205	%%* ''Series/ModernFamily'':
206	%%** "My Funky Valentine" in the first season.
207	%%** "Bixby's Back" in the second season.
208	%%** "Heart Broken" in the fourth season.
209	* ''Series/TheNanny'' has "Love is a Many Blundered Thing." Fran gets a date with a cute cop named Jeff, only to discover an anonymous Valentine signed "Miss Fine" in her purse. She immediately assumes it's from Mr. Sheffield and rushes through her date with Jeff, only to discover that her actual secret admirer is [[PrecociousCrush one of Brighton's friends.]] Trouble arises when Fran decorates a massive billboard in Times Square with a Valentine's message for Mr. Sheffield, and she and Val have to rush to cover it up before he sees it.
210	%%* ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''
211	* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'' has "Guide to Valentine's Day". Ned finds himself having to deal with some LoveLetterLunacy and Cookie and Moze find themselves the most popular boy and girl in school after getting the most gift Roses.
212	* ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' has the episode "Valentime's Day". The four kids work to cheer up Tom and Ann before Valentine's Day, Or Valen''time's'' Day as Dicky keeps calling it.
213	%%* ''Series/NipTuck''
214	%%* ''Series/{{The OC}}''
215	* ''Series/{{The Office\|US}}'': "Valentine's Day" in the second season and PDA in the seventh season.
216	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': "Skin Deep". It aired shortly before and was set during Valentine's Day and involved a couple breaking up, TrueLovesKiss not working and a psychotic breakdown.
217	%%* ''Series/{{Outsourced}}''
218	* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'': Leslie has a little pre-Valentine's Day tradition called "Galentine's Day", where she and her female friends treat themselves to a brunch celebrating their friendship. It's even become a small tradition in real life, with the retail store Target selling "Galentine's Day" themed products in 2017. On the whole, the series' Valentine's Day episodes include Season 2's [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS02E16 "Galentine's Day"]], Season 4's [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS04E14 "Operation Ann"]], and Season 6's [[Recap/ParksAndRecreationS06E17 "Galentine's Day 2"]].
219	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
220	** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'': "Love Stings". While Preston tries to ask out his GirlOfTheWeek, a monster casts a spell on Brody, Calvin, and Levi that makes them hopelessly infatuated with her.
221	** ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'': "Digital Deception". [[EvilKnockoff Cybervillain Roxy]] exploits Ravi's love for her in a bid to turn him into an evil Avatar like herself.
222	** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'': "Love Hate". Ollie succumbs to Lord Zedd's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind controlling poison]] just as he is planning to confess his feelings to Amelia.
223	* ''Series/ThePretender'' had a Valentine's Day episode in its second season. It was Jarod's first experience of the Day, due to his deprived childhood.
224	* ''Series/PunkyBrewster''. She disavows Valentine's Day then dreams she is an elderly spinster.
225	* The longer of the [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes two surviving clips]] of the Irish PuppetShow ''Series/RiminiRiddle'' is of this.
226	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''
227	** Season 1 - Sabrina and Harvey's first kiss turns Harvey into a frog. And she must prove that it's true love to turn him back.
228	** Season 2 - features Cupid and Mr Kraft fighting over Aunt Hilda, while Sabrina gets magicked into falling in love with Roland the troll.
229	** Season 3 - Sabrina has to make Cousin Marigold fall in love with a mortal handyman.
230	** Season 4 - Sabrina discovers that Josh is in love with her and - because she already is with Harvey - she comes down with something called 'Candy Hearts Syndrome'. And must make Josh fall out of love with her.
231	** Season 5 - Josh and Morgan are on the verge of breaking up - and Sabrina is conflicted by her own feelings for Josh.
232	%%* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' at least twice.
233	%%* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'', at least two episodes.
234	* ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' has the episode, "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not". Valentine's Day is held at the station, and Mr. Conductor becomes Cupid's helper. However, his magic dust accidentally makes Stacy Jones fall madly in love with Schemer, to the point where the two nearly end up marrying each other.
235	* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' would celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th every year of its broadcast. A special guest from a Creator/{{Sprout}} show would usually turn up for this occasion.
236	** Prairie Dawn from ''Series/SesameStreet'' appeared for Valentine's Day 2008.
237	** Barney from ''Series/BarneyandFriends'' appeared for Valentine's Day in both 2009 and 2011.
238	** Bean from ''The Super Sproutlet Show'' appeared for Valentine's Day 2012, which was also said block's launch date.
239	** Sweetpea Sue from ''Series/{{Pajanimals}}'' appeared for Valentine's Day 2013.
240	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
241	** In the episode "[[Recap/SmallvilleS09E14Persuasion Persuasion]]", Clark is exposed to wish-fulfilling gem-kryptonite on Valentine's Day that gives him a CompellingVoice and wishes for a more traditional relationship with Lois... turning her into a StayInTheKitchen {{Housewife}}. HilarityEnsues.
242	** Also during "[[Recap/SmallvilleS06E13Crimson Crimson]]", Lois is given some red lipstick which makes her fall for the first guy she sees: Clark (who she wasn't dating at the time).
243	%%* ''Series/StepByStep''
244	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': "My Bloody Valentine" from season 5. It focused on ''desires'' rather than love, as the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman Famine]]'s arrival in a town causes everyone's desires to go overboard. Sam starts craving for demon blood, Castiel starts consuming hundreds of burgers, but Dean is unaffected, which Famine speculates is because he has become empty inside.
245	%%* ''Series/That70sShow''
246	%%* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''
247	* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has the episode "Secret Valentines". Warloworth steals Valentines from all the rest of the toys after thinking he didn't get any, but after he sees that he did get Valentines from everybody he has a change of heart. Meanwhile Kate gets a Valentine from a secret admirer and tries to figure out who it was from.
248	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' Liz Lemon does not have the best of luck on Valentine's Day.
249	** In the series' first Valentine's Day episode, "[[Recap/ThirtyRockS1E13UpAllNight Up All Night]]", Liz tries to figure out who sent her flowers. [[spoiler:It turns out they were sent to her by accident.]]
250	** In "St. Valentine's Day" Liz goes on a disastrous first date with Dr Drew Baird. Meanwhile, Jack and Elisa spend the evening in church.
251	** "Anna Howard Shaw Day" in the fourth season had Liz boycotting Valentine's Day, choosing to celebrate the birthday of suffragist Anna Howard Shaw instead, and scheduling a root canal for that very day. Naturally, things don't go according to plan.
252	** "Double Edged Sword", the fifth season's Valentine's Day episode, looks at the effects of being a relationship with someone very similar in personality.
253	** "Hey Baby, What's Wrong?" Liz and Criss' relationship is put to the IKEA test, while Frank and Tracy teach Lutz their dirtbag knowledge on how to pick up women.
254	%%* ''Series/VeronicaMars''
255	%%* ''Series/WhosTheBoss''
256	%%* ''Series/WillAndGrace''
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258
259	[[folder:Podcasts]]
260	* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' has an episode set in the aftermath of Valentine's Day. Apparently mass casualties, the obliteration of whole suburbs, and holiday cards that require specialist disposal squads are all normal features of Night Vale Valentines celebrations, and as such, the holiday is dreaded yearly.
261	[[/folder]]
262
263	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
264	* ''Wrestling/{{WCW}} Clash of Champions V: St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (the other Clash of Champions were not examples)
265	* ''JAPW Valentine's Day Massacre '98'' (after 99 they stopped including years in the titles)
266	* ''Wrestling/{{N\|ew Japan Pro Wrestling}}JPW Fighting Spirit - Day 15 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (noticing a pattern yet?)
267	* ''Wrestling/{{W\|orld Wrestling Federation}}WF In Your House 27: St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' (We'd be here for years if we listed all the wrestling events named after that event)
268	* Triple X Wrestling in the UK had an event called ''Chop Him In The Valentines'' where [[DistaffCounterpart Legion Of Womb]] (Jetta and Skye) had the opportunity to do just that to Chris Charizma and JP Monroe.
269	* The wacky Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam's ''DDT Non Fix Valentine Special'', with a Valentine Special Single Match right before the main event.
270	* Wrestling/{{N\|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA Wisconsin and NWA On Fire have ''Valentine's Vendetta''(apostrophe varies year to year). Thematically appropriate matches? Frakie [=DeFalco=] defeating Brandon Haze and Stacy Shadows in a handicap match.
271	* {{Defied\| trope}} at ''AWS No Time For Valentines Love''
272	* Coastal Championship Wrestling's ''Valentine's Vengeance''. One of the most appropriately themed matches had Pablo Márquez going over El Guapo and Rico Casanova.
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
276	* The first pilot of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' was ''The Muppet Valentine Show'', in which all the sketches were loosely connected by the theme of love. It aired on January 30th.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Radio]]
280	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' has two Valentine's Day episodes, both on the radio:
281	** ''The Frog'' sees Miss Brooks adopt a pet frog, in an effort to set up a "double date" with Mr. Boynton somewhere outside the zoo. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It makes sense in context]].
282	** ''Valentine's Day Date'' see Miss Brooks again try to keep Mr. Boynton away from the zoo. This time, she uses a gift certificate provided by Stretch Snodgrass to lure Mr. Boynton to Turk's Turkey Heaven. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensues.]]
283	[[/folder]]
284
285	[[folder:Video Games]]
286	* ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'': "Hogs and Kisses" and "Fairy Hogmother" are placed in ''Seasons'' as Valentine's Day themed levels.
287	* ''Devilish Valentine'', a game in the ''VideoGame/DevilishHairdresser'' series, where the Devil turns her tricks on the Angel's date rather than the Angel herself.
288	* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Valentine's Day is treated as an annual event that all idol units are expected to participate in, called Chocofes. The expectation is that units will make chocolate to give away to their audience (despite Valentine's Day usually being about girls giving to boys), and the theme of the performance is fanservice, meaning that the idols are expected to give a more charming and flirty act than usual. Naturally, HilarityEnsues behind the scenes for characters who are less comfortable performing that way. White Day is also an annual event, but it actually has little to do with romance - instead, taking from the idea of White Day being the holiday where people give back chocolate to those who gave some to them a month beforehand, and the fact that White Day occurs very close to the end of the school year, White Day is here Repayment Festival and is when the younger members of a unit take over and design a concert for their seniors as a way to thank them for the mentoring they've received and take up the torch as the soon-to-be new unit leaders.
289	* ''VideoGame/FallGuys'': February 2022 featured the first run of the "Week of Romance" live event, which includes challenges such as hugging other players and winning rounds in the exclusive Duos Festival show, which pits pairs of players against each other until only one pair remains.
290	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' runs limited Valentines-themed events on the month of February, and these involve giving and receiving chocolates to and from the crew.
291	** You can also pay real money to give chocolate to a crew member, or cat food in the case of Young Cat. Rather than merely showing your love for the character(s), you're shipped a well-made piece of art showing the character in question you gave chocolate to even if you don't live in Japan. Giving food to Young Cat also has {{Creator/Cygames}} donate cat food to shelters in Japan.
292	* Valentine' Day is celebrated in most ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' games. It's the Japanese-style incarnation with split into Spring Thanksgiving and Winter Thanksgiving, with the former being when boys give girls cookies and the latter being when girls give boys chocolates.
293	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
294	** In ''VideoGame/Persona4 [[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'', near the end of the game, you get to take part in one of these and spend a romantic afternoon with your girlfriend at Shichiri Beach, but there's a twist. If you've gotten into relationships with multiple girls, then [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can only choose one, and must personally reject each one you didn't pick]]. If you don't take someone out, you end up at Junes with the guys from the party.
295	** ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
296	*** On Valentines', the girlfriend you've romanced will show up and spend a loving evening ending with her giving a chocolate gift. If you didn't date anyone, you'll end up with Ryuji lamenting an empty date. Or if you made the [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment unfortunate mistake of romancing all of them]], they'll show up at your doorstep, furious and heartbroken before you receive a savage off-screen beating, all while Sojiro gives you [[JokeItem his tiny chocolate.]]
297	*** White Day was added in ''[[UpdatedReRelease Royal]]'', and it sees you taking the girl you romanced to the aquarium before taking her to dinner where you surprise her with a view of the city and a bouquet of flowers. If you’re single, you instead just get a gift for Sojiro to thank him for looking after you for the past year. And if you dated multiple girls, it will be treated as a chance to make up for what you did on Valentine’s. At one point during dinner, however, your date will briefly leave and one of your other girlfriends will call you, to which you’ll swiftly ignore her.
298	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'': The Flower Dance is a FictionalHoliday which occurs on the 25th day of Spring each year. The tradition is to ask out a partner to dance, and the player gets a chance to do this if there is someone they have a close enough relationship with. The actual celebration more closely resembles traditional European May Day festivals rather than Valentine's Day.
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
302	* In ''VisualNovel/{{Melody}}'', this can be experienced with the title character, Becca, or Amy depending on player choice. However, it’s called “Romance Day” instead, possibly because in game time, it’s closer to Christmas than Valentine’s Day would be.
303	* ''VisualNovel/MySweetBodyguard'', which all focus on the heroine trying to have a romantic Valentine's Day with her boyfriend in the face of various obstacles.
304	* The visual novels produced by Creator/VoltageInc frequently put out holiday-themed side stories at appropriate times of the year, and Valentine's Day episodes for February are particularly common:
305	** ''VisualNovel/PiratesInLove'' has the "Valentine Kingdom" side story, in which the crew of the Sirius visit a [[PlanetOfHats Valentine-themed country]].
306	** ''VisualNovel/TenDaysWithMyDevil'''s "Black Valentine's Day" side story involves introducing the demons to the concept of Valentine's Day as celebrated in Japan, and their [[ComicallyMissingThePoint occasionally comical]] efforts to understand it.
307	** There's also the "A Royal St. Valentine's Day" side story in ''VisualNovel/BeMyPrincess'', the "Your 1st Valentine's Day" story in ''VisualNovel/MyForgedWedding'', and the "St. Valentine's Day" side story in
308	[[/folder]]
309
310	[[folder:Web Animation]]
311	* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJI-SAj_eqE One episode]] centers around Yuri knitting a scarf to give to Katsura on Valentines Day. All the other girls also take up knitting when they hear that Hiiragi prefers getting handicrafts for Valentines Day.
312	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''
313	** In "Sickly Sam's Big Outing", the Old-Timey versions of the cast try to find Sickly Sam (Old-Timey Strong Sad) a girlfriend, and Old-Timey Strong Bad tries to bait Sam into a PrankDate so he can sell him to the glue factory. It ends with [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Strong Bad getting swallowed whole and Sickly Sam going out with a broken-down horse]].
314	** ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad issue 12'' [[https://homestarrunner.com/toons/issue-12]] involves the girls trying to get "several boys". It ends with The Ugly One killed by voodoo, So And So getting run over while correcting Cheerleader's grammar, Cheerleader being disemboweled by a USB Dongle Goblin for "texting from a few feet away", and What's Her Face going out with the Wireless Wizard. The episode is "drawn" in red pen for the occasion.
315	* ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', an EdutainmentShow that specializes in history, mythology, and literature has a few that pop up in February, such as a retelling of ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche, and a study of the development of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love.
316	* ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'' has ''A Side of Shrapnel: Valentines Day''. It’s the shortest episode by far clocking in at just under 3 minutes long, and so the official description, "Reznya gives a kid her 2 cents on love." sums it up pretty well.
317	* ''WebAnimation/ThrillingIntent'' has a "Velafitine's Day" episode in which [[SpoonyBard Markus Velafi]] serenades his friends.
318	[[/folder]]
319
320	[[folder:Web Comics]]
321	* ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland'': "[[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.
322	** This kicked off a tradition of Website/PlatypusComix having a new Valentine's comic every year.
323	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' had a couple Valentine's Day filler strips. [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2004-02-13 One]] joking about the Demonic Duck hooking him up with a female horned duck friend of his and [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2006-02-14 one]] with the message "Being single is not the same as being alone".
324	* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'': The Demons story arc, which actually took place around Valentine's Day in the original run. Helen decides to have an office party on Valentine's Day. Mell is the only one to bring her own date (recurring [[ButtMonkey character]] Seth, albeit at gunpoint so she could win a bet with the rest of the office), and Helen and Dave step outside for a [[UnresolvedSexualTension serious talk]]...[[spoiler: to be [[InterruptedDeclarationOfLove interrupted]] when [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Caliban]] flies [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]] face-first into a nearby snowdrift out of the sky, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic loan sharks]] invade to take him back (and take the the rest of the lab if they can, starting with [[MonsterMunch Seth]]), and hilarity generally ensues]]. On the romantic side, [[spoiler: Mell and Caliban do become an item after this]].
325	* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1429 Had this couple]] strengthen their relationship on Valentine's Day.
326	* ''Webcomic/SpiderVerseUnlimited2022'': "Spectacular Spider-Date" (#37) sees Peter running late for a restaurant date with Felicia. Although the day is never specified within the story, it was released on Valentine's Day 2023 and Marvel's summary states "Love is in the air this Valentine's Day".
327	* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'': Is fond of mixing love and science for Valentine's Day comics. [[http://www.xkcd.com/63/ #63]], [[http://xkcd.com/223/ #223]], [[http://xkcd.com/543/ #543]], [[http://xkcd.com/701/ #701]].
328	[[/folder]]
329
330	[[folder:Web Videos]]
331	* ''WebVideo/FalseSwipeGaming'': Kellen goes over how Luvdisc spent Valentine's Day 2020 pondering its (and everyone else around it) love-life throughout the generations.
332	* ''WebVideo/StuartAshen'' has done a few Valentine's Day episodes which involve reviews of products from British retailer Poundland.
333	* The ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode, "Mario's Valentine's Day Problem!" focuses on Mario having to choose between [[BettyAndVeronica Rosalina and Peach]] when the latter wants to spend Valentine's Day with him.
334	* ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' has a Valentine's Day episode almost every year, with all of them as of yet emphasizing Scott's loneliness and focusing on him either trying to break his streak of loneliness or coping with not having a mate. 2021 never saw a Valentine's Day episode since Scott was taking a three month long break at the beginning of the year.
335	** 2017's episode covers Tinder and Scott's attempts of finding a date using the app.
336	** 2018's episode has Scott covering ''The Guy Game'', an infamous NSFW quiz game.
337	** 2019's episode features the {{Fanservice}}-y spinoff of the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' fighting game series, ''Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball''.
338	** 2020's episode has Scott talking about ''We Dare'', an "adult-oriented" Wii party game released only in Europe and Australia.
339	* ''Advertising/WillItBlend'' has the episodes "Annoying Valentine's Gift" and "Valentine's Day Roses".
340	[[/folder]]

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