A Charlie Brown Valentine

A Charlie Brown Valentine
Screenshot from special
Genre	Animated TV special
Voices of	Wesley Singerman (Charlie Brown) Corey Padnos (Linus van Pelt) Lauren Schaffel (Lucy van Pelt) Nicolette Little (Sally Brown) Bill Melendez (Snoopy and Woodstock) Jessica D. Stone (Marcie) Emily Lalande (Peppermint Patty) Christopher Ryan Johnson (Schroeder)
Composer(s)	Vince Guaraldi David Benoit (Performed by...)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	22 mins
Production company(s)	Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	February 14, 2002
Chronology
Preceded by	It's the Pied Piper, Charlie Brown
Followed by	Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales

A Charlie Brown Valentine is an animated television special, based on characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip Peanuts. It features the Peanuts characters during the week leading up to Valentine's Day.

Initially broadcast February 14, 2002 on ABC, A Charlie Brown Valentine was the first new Peanuts special to air on television since 1994's You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown, and the first original special to be televised since Schulz's death in February 2000.

A Charlie Brown Valentine was the first Peanuts special to be produced after the death of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz in 2000. It also marked the third time a Peanuts special was animated with digital ink and paint as opposed to traditional cel animation (the first one to do so was It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown in 1997.) It also utilized the drawing style similar to the comic strip, with a white outline around Lucy's hair and Snoopy's ears (this was then dropped in future specials).

The bulk of the music score is classic melodies composed by Vince Guaraldi, some tunes which had only been utilized once ("Heartburn Waltz"). Other more notable tunes, such as "Charlie Brown theme", "Peppermint Patty" and a jazz/rock version of "Linus and Lucy", were used as well. All themes were performed by David Benoit.