A Charlie Brown Valentine

"*Just time to write a Valentine letter to the Little Red-Haired Girl!*"
— Charlie Brown's catchphrase about writing a Valentine card to the girl

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**A Charlie Brown Valentine** is the seventeenth episode of VeggieTales and the fourth Cavis and Millward franchise. It is based on the 2002 Peanuts special of the same name.

## Plot

This special begins with Charlie Brown sitting on a bench at lunch, trying to get the nerve to talk to the Little Red Haired Girl, but of course, chickening out. He says he feels silly to chicken out, because he knows he is the type of person she would like. The Little Red Haired Girl walks by, and drops her pencil. Charlie Brown notices it, picks it up, and sees it has teethmarks. He realizes, this means she nibbles on her pencil, and is human. Charlie Brown wants to use the Little Red Haired Girl's lost pencil as an excuse to talk to her while returning it to her, but unfortunately, Lucy takes the pencil from Charlie Brown and returns it to the Little Red Haired Girl before Charlie Brown has a chance to.

Later that day, Charlie Brown buys an inexpensive box of chocolates for the Little Red Haired Girl, and decides to hide behind a tree and give it to her, commenting Love makes you do strange things.

Throughout the cartoon Sally Brown tries to make Linus like her but to no avail. As shown after the title card screen, Sally tells Linus that if she holds out her hands, Linus can put a Valentine (or any sort of Valentine gift; like a box of chocolates) in them. Linus replies to her that (trying to avoid her) she can stand like that for the rest of her life forever and never get anything.

The next day, Marcie is seen making a Valentine's card for Charlie Brown, and telling Peppermint Patty that she is very fond of him. Later that day, Marcie goes over to Charlie Brown's house to ask him if he likes her, and all Charlie Brown says is, "Do I what?". Marcie then walks away, angry. Later, Charlie Brown receives a letter saying "I know you like me and I like you". Charlie Brown gets very excited thinking it's from the Little Red Haired Girl, but Peppermint Patty yells at him, telling him "That letter was from me. You like me, Chuck". She leaves Charlie Brown standing there, saying "I do?". And the next day Marcie calls Charlie Brown to ask him if he likes her, and he gets confused again.

Charlie Brown buys the Little Red Haired Girl a valentine, and then he wants to practice giving it to her. He tells Snoopy to pretend to be the little Red Haired Girl while he practices delivering the valentine. When Charlie Brown knocks on his door (while practicing), Snoopy answers with a wig on, which annoys Charlie Brown.

Charlie Brown still does not know what to do about the Little Red Haired Girl. Linus suggests Charlie Brown should invite her to the school Valentine's Day dance. Charlie Brown agrees, but first asks Linus to talk to her to find out if she likes him. Linus goes over and asks her if she likes Charlie Brown. However, the Little Red Haired girl does not notice there was a kid in their class named Charlie Brown.

Later, in class, Charlie Brown tries to impress the Little Red Haired Girl by winking at her. However, before she can notice him, the teacher sends Charlie Brown to the nurse because she thinks he is winking because his eye hurts him.

The next day, Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown notices the Little Red Haired Girl handing out valentines. He gets excited that she might give him a valentine, but becomes discouraged when she does not give him one.

Later, when Charlie Brown and Linus are at the wall, Linus suggests that Charlie Brown calls her to invite her to the Valentine's Day dance. Charlie Brown says he cannot because he is worried she might hang up in his face. Linus tells him that is the beauty of calling on the phone. If she hangs up on one ear, that is not considered the whole face.

Later, Charlie Brown with Linus dials on the phone, attempting to call the Girl. However, on the other side of the line, Marcie picks up. Charlie Brown realizes he dialed the wrong number. He tells that to Marcie, and Marcie says she understands, and she thinks he probably meant to call Peppermint Patty. She tells him lucky for him, that Patty is here. She gives the phone to Patty. Peppermint Patty asks Charlie Brown if he called to invite her to his school's Valentine's dance, but before Charlie Brown can answer her, she accepts the offer.

That night, Charlie Brown puts on a suit, because he has to go to the ball with Peppermint Patty. He goes to feed Snoopy first, but Snoopy puts on a bowtie and goes with him. When they arrive at the party, Charlie Brown is told that Snoopy can not come in because dogs are not allowed at this party. Charlie Brown tells a lie to the host that Snoopy is really a kid who comes dressed as a dog because he thinks it was a costume party, so Snoopy is allowed.

At the party, Charlie Brown sees Linus, and Linus tells him the Little Red Haired Girl is at the party, so he should ask her to dance with him. Although Charlie Brown decides Linus is right, and starts walking towards the Little Red Haired Girl, getting more nervous with every step he takes, but before he could make it over to her, Peppermint Patty and Marcie find him, and start dancing with him, much to Charlie Brown's annoyance, and when the two girls finally let him go, Charlie Brown realizes the Little Red Haired Girl is already dancing with somebody else, so that somebody else is Snoopy.

After the dance, Peppermint Patty and Marcie complain to Charlie Brown that he is not a good date, as he is a horrible dancer. They also ask that he does not invite them to any more dances.

Charlie Brown is upset because he did not get to dance with the Little Red Haired Girl and did not receive a single valentine. Snoopy brings Charlie Brown a Valentine.

## Characters

* Bob/Cavis Appythart
* Larry/Millward Phelps
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd
* Archibald Asparagus/Arthur Hollingshead
* Mr. Nezzer/Ebenezer Nezzer
* Scooter Carrot/Moyer McGonnical
* Junior Asparagus/Edmund Gilbert
* Mike Asparagus/Reverend Gilbert
* The Scallions
* Pa Grape/Seymour Schwenk
* Mr. Lunt
* Charlie Brown
* Linus van Pelt
* Peppermint Patty
* Lucy van Pelt
* Marcie
* Schroeder
* Little Red-Haired Girl (*cameo*)
* Sally Brown

## Songs

* VeggieTales Theme Song
* The Valentine Song
* Valentine's Day Dance Song
* Love One Another
* What We Have Learned

## Home media

*Main article: A Charlie Brown Valentine/Home Video*
## Fun Facts

#### Moral(s)

* Loving your neighbor means lending a hand to those in need.
* Our differences shouldn't divide us, but bring us together in celebration of what makes us different.

#### Trivia

* In the storyboards, Lucy van Pelt was originally going to be wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts. But in the actual episode, she only wears a blue dress.
* This is the first episode for several things:
	+ The first episode to feature the non-speaking role for the Little Red-Haired Girl.
	+ The first episode not to feature Mimi until the next episode.
	+ The first episode Sally Brown gets up the chair without raising her hand.
	+ The first episode where Charlie Brown screams in the 2000's.
	+ The first (and only) episode to be produced by Cindy Kenney.
	+ The first Valentine episode not to include a Silly Song.
* This is the last episode for several things:
	+ The last episode to use the VeggieTales intro from 1998 to 2000.
	+ The last episode distributed by HiT Entertainment on VHS and DVD for the mass market after they purchased Lyrick Studios. By the time the next episode came out, Warner Home Video had already became a mass market distributor for *VeggieTales*.
	+ The last episode to be distributed by Paramount Home Video.
	+ The last episode to be made before Jonah.
* There are a few differences between the pre-production and the final product:
	+ On the flyer for the Charlie Brown's Birthday Party advertisement, the show was scheduled to be released in January 2002.
	+ Charlie Brown sharpens the pencil with his shirt instead of the sleeve.
	+ Lucy crushes on Schroeder instead of yelling at him.
* There exists an extremely rare early 2002 VHS reprint of this episode by HiT Entertainment. It has a black tape with a white ink label, and it has a print date of March 15th, 2002.

#### Remarks

* The second time Charlie Brown sharpens his pencil but accidentally sharpens his shirt. The first was You're in Love, Charlie Brown.
* Cavis never admitted that Sally picks up the Valentine card was Charlie Brown sharpens his pencil. He just went straight of how he got Marcie and Peppermint Patty to pick up their Valentine cards, then it was Charlie Brown who did it.
* On the DVD release, some of Sally's lines were heard on the left audio channel.
* It is unknown how Sally got back from school. Although it could be possible that she just got back from the bus or the car.
* The credits state that this episode was released in 2001, but it didn't release until February 2002. However, this is most likely when the episode was completed.
* The previews option has a preview for the episode itself.

#### Goofs

* When Cavis tells Sally that Charlie Brown will be in love, his hat appears to be stretched.
* As Charlie Brown moans that he's in love with that girl, his hand would clip through his face.
* Marcie's glasses clip through Peppermint Patty's hair in some shots.
* As the camera pans on Sally telling Millward that Linus will talk to Charlie Brown about the Valentine, the various wood textures on the door appear to "buzz" due to a rendering error.
* When Cavis looks around, he often clips through the pillows of his seat.
* When Charlie Brown is about to sharpen his pencil, something black appears on his right arm and flickers in the shot afterwards.
	+ The texture on Charlie Brown's shirt can be spotted flickering as his pencil seems to be stuck on the pencil sharpener.
* In one shot, Lucy was shown with no mouth.
* In the shot where Sally is walking with Cavis and Millward to the nurse's office after Sally helped Cavis and Millward out of the ground, Cavis's eyes appear to float in mid-air.
* At the party scene, if you pay close attention where Cavis is dancing with Sally, you'll notice that there is a cat. The cat only appears in three shots and doesn't come back. It later reappears in the following shot of Millward getting dizzy and when Lucy opens the door.
* As Lucy and Schroeder are taking Cavis to Charlie Brown's house, his hat and his shirt appear to clip through the back of Lucy's bow on her dress.
* Cavis's bow-tie is missing in one shot.
* When Linus reveals that Charlie Brown is fine, his face appears to split in half.
* When Cavis and Millward are coming back to Charlie Brown about the girl that she's in love with him, Millward can be seen clipping through the ground.

### Inside References

* Millward's line "If you know what it's good for you, Charlie Brown, you'll write me first", is the same as Peppermint Patty's line from "The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk".
* Some background kids were re-used from the previous episode.
* A bobcat can be seen from the previous Cavis and Millward episode.
* An air compressor (which was used from Heather Wold) can be seen next to the wall.

### Real World References

* Cavis's quote "O Mio Babbino Caro" was actually one of Mimi's favorite songs during the scene where Linus is fallen in love with her.
* A poster for "Snoopy, Come Home" can be seen next to the chalkboard.
* An image of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart can be seen on the wall.

### Fast Forward

* Larry would later have a mustache in later episodes.