Ah, love is in the air... as is so many other things.
Will assigns the McKinley High glee club to perform love songs in honor of Valentine's Day. Finn sets up a kissing booth for the occasion, to raise money for the club and to kiss Quinn. Puck falls in love with Lauren, but his song to her backfires. Blaine and the Dalton Academy Warblers perform "When I Get You Alone" at a Gap clothing store, but all does not go as planned.
Next Time: Don't call it a comeback...
Songs from this episode
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" by Queen, performed by Puck
- "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson, performed by Artie and Mike
- "When I Get You Alone" by Robin Thicke, performed by Blaine and The Warblers
- "My Funny Valentine" from Babes in Arms, sort of performed by Tina
- "Firework" by Katy Perry, performed by Rachel
- "Silly Love Songs" by Wings, performed by Blaine and the Warblers
This episode contains examples of:
- Betty and Veronica: Sam and Finn to Quinn. Rachel and Quinn to Finn. Lauren and Santana to Puck.
- Foreshadowing: After Artie and Mike's performance of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", Tina tells Mike she's "so in love [she] could cry", foreshadowing her breakdown during "My Funny Valentine".
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Quinn gets mono after she cheats on Sam with Finn.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Lauren's "fight" with Santana.
- Fireworks of Love: Invoked and later discussed. When Finn sets up a kissing booth as an excuse to hopefully kiss his ex-girlfriend Quinn, he hears the sound of fireworks going off in his mind immediately after he finally scores the desired kiss. Later, after he ends up getting infected with mono, he ends up disclosing the matter with his other ex-girlfriend Rachel, who promptly asks him if any of the times they'd kissed prior to their breakup had resulted in a similar effect, with Finn's uncomfortably long hesitation in providing an answer soon proving answer enough to the subsequently very disappointed Rachel.
- Intercourse with You: "When I Get You Alone"
- Mixed Ancestry Is Attractive: Lauren tells Puck that she found him hot because she thought he was mixed.
- Naughty Nurse Outfit: See page image.
- Oblivious to Love: Blaine. Lauren at the start, despite some Belligerent Sexual Tension.
- Silly Love Songs: The episode shares its name with and contains the Trope Namer, and all of the songs pretty much fit this.
