Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown.
Originally aired: January 1975.

It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown.
Originally aired: October 24, 1977.

You're in Love, Charlie Brown.
Originally aired: June 12, 1967.

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In the featured DVD episode, Singles Awareness Day is fast approaching, and the whole gang has high hopes. Charlie Brown is optimistic that he'll receive just one Valentine. Linus van Pelt wants to find something for his favorite teacher, Miss Othmar, and Sally Brown wants Linus to give her something, and not their teacher. Lucy van Pelt just wants Schroeder to stop playing piano long enough to notice her. In true Peanuts fashion, none of these plans work out. The day after, Violet gives Charlie Brown a belated valentine, which infuriates Schroeder to no end.

During It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown, it's homecoming week. Charlie Brown and Linus are among the escorts for the Homecoming Queen and her court. Linus informs Charlie Brown that the queen will be none other than the Little Red-Haired Girl (named Heather in this episode), who he has to give a kiss on the cheek to, which causes him to hyperventilate and fall off the float they're riding on. After suffering a humiliating homecoming football game where Lucy tricks him by pulling the football away twice, Charlie Brown does honor his obligation, and comes to the dance. Working up all of his courage, Charlie Brown gives Heather that peck on the cheek, then comes out of his shell for one night, turning into the life of the party, according to Linus the next morning. The trouble is, Charlie Brown remembers nothing between the kiss and waking up in his bed the next day.

You're in Love, Charlie Brown sees the end of another school year, and Charlie Brown is stressing out about everything. Linus hears him out, then as Charlie Brown is distracted by the passing Little Red-Haired Girl, he instantly knows the problem: he's in love. On the penultimate day of school, he does everything he can think of to get her attention, only to find himself in embarrassing situations (getting a love note mixed up with a oral presentation, sharpening his ball point pen). After school, after getting embarrassed by Lucy and Violet, Peppermint Patty tries to help ol' Chuck out, mistakenly assuming that his crush is on Lucy, and not the Little Red-Haired Girl. On the final day, Charlie Brown gets up too early to meet his love at the bus stop, but falls asleep and misses the bus. Trying not to repeat the same mistake at noon, he beats everyone to the bus, but gets caught in the middle of a big crowd. Disappointed at the idea that he failed yet again, Charlie Brown notices a handwritten note in his hand, written and put there by...

...well, that would be telling, right?

Recommended DVD. Yes, she really signed that note "the little red-haired girl".