It's Valentine's Day. Charlie Brown pines to be the little red-haired girl's valentine. He doesn't even have the courage to rescue her from a bully. Peppermint Patty also wants a Valentine. She sends one to Charlie Brown. Marcie also wonders if Charlie Brown likes her. Lucy is willing to settle for kisses and a hug from Schroeder. Sally wants Linus to be her sweet baboo no matter what he actually wants.

There is something hilarious about the pathetic Charlie Brown. Poor Charlie Brown! It's also his essence. It's just simply funny. I like both Marcie and Peppermint Patty in this. They are a favorite duo of mine. Snoopy has a funny bit putting on a red wig but this is all Charlie Brown. He is completely hopeless and completely funny.

Unfortunately, for them, pretty much all of it is unrequited in "A Charlie Brown Valentine". This is a 25-minute short film from almost 15 years ago and this was one made in the brief period after Schulz' death while Melendez was still alive. They could basically recycle some of the old stuff here for this one in terms of the story as the romantic preferences of the characters have been show in many films already. Charlie and his little red-haired girl is my personal favorite, but one girl's love for the piano virtuoso and the other one's for her little baboo are fairly entertaining too. All in all, another decent addition to this long-running franchise. We shall see how the topic of love is used are used in the new Peanuts film this year. We will certainly see a bit about these romantic connections in there as well. Until then, I recommend watching this one here. Snoopy's pranks are funny again too.

It may not be a classic but I still enjoyed it. It's interesting to note that this was the first special to air after Charles Schulz's death. The dialogue is what you'd expect from a Peanuts special. Witty comebacks and even biting commentary. The kids do a good job voicing their characters and the animation's pretty good. The special's about Charlie Brown trying to get the attention of the red-haired girl during Valentine's Day. Helping him out are his friends and his loyal dog Snoopy. Meanwhile his friends also celebrate Valentine's in their own way:

Linus does his best to avoid Sally who keeps calling him her "Sweet Baboo", Lucy tries to get Schroeder to like her to no avail as he's more in love with Beethoven and his toy piano, Peppermint Patty tries to tell Charlie Brown that she likes him more than just a friend much to his confusion and as for Snoopy he does everything he can to improve his writing for Valentine's day while also having fun in the process. It plays out like you expect it in that Charlie Brown's uncertain about whether what he does will turn out right as well as people around him putting him down. But what makes this special different is that it's more upbeat than the previous Valentine's special which's 'Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown' in that it's much more upbeat and fun to watch.

I really like the chemistry between the characters and the music played by David Beniot. It fits the theme of the special. A Charlie Brown Valentine is a great special and I highly recommend you check it out.