History YMMV / Valentine

** What exactly is wrong with the killer ([[spoiler:Jeremy]]) isn't explicitly stated, but there was clearly some amount of emotional instability and obsessive behavior even before he was framed for rape. As a child he was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as shown with the scribbled writing in his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive and meticulous parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets (coupled with a box of maggot-infested chocolate in one case), matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her and make her easier to frame. And that isn't going into how his drinking problem fits into all this (if it's a problem at all).

** Noel Fisher of ''Series/ShamelessUS'' appears as one of the bullies.

* TearJerker: The opening is pretty traumatic watching Jeremy being rejected by everyone he asks to dance, and most of them in rather unpleasant ways. Then it gets worse when Dorothy frames him for assaulting her.

* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:The TallDarkAndHandsome Creator/DavidBoreanaz, still in the middle of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', as Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr]].

* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:Creator/DavidBoreanaz, still in the middle of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', as Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr]].

%%* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:Creator/DavidBoreanaz, still in the middle of ''Series/{{Angel}}'', as Jeremy Melton]].

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: What exactly is wrong with the killer ([[spoiler:Jeremy]]) isn't explicitly stated. As a child he was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as shown with the scribbled writing in his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive and meticulous parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets (coupled with a box of maggot-infested chocolate in one case), matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her and make her easier to frame. And that isn't going into how his drinking problem fits into all this (if it's a problem at all).

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Jeremy Melton]], once a middle school outcast framed for sexual assault and sent to a mental institution, [[spoiler:reinvents himself with plastic surgery and takes the name of "Adam Carr", the heroine Kate's troubled love interest]]. Taking revenge on his tormentors, Jeremy dons a cupid mask, hunting down and murdering those he has a grudge against while also [[spoiler:using the chance to endear himself further to Kate, showing a protective side towards her by [[KickTheSonOfABitch murdering a man who attempts to steal her underwear]]. Framing Dorothy, [[LaserGuidedKarma the one who first accused him]], for the murders and killing her, Jeremy manages to [[TheBadGuyWins get away completely with his final vengeance]].]]

%%* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr, thanks to a somewhat sympathetic backstory (a FalseRapeAccusation) and [[AssholeVictim the unpleasantness of his victims]].]] Being played by Creator/DavidBoreanaz in the middle of his run as ''Series/{{Angel}}'' helps.

%%* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr, thanks to a somewhat sympathetic backstory (a FalseRapeAccusation) and [[AssholeVictim the unpleasantness of his victims]]. Being played by Creator/DavidBoreanaz, in the middle of his run as ''Series/{{Angel}}'' helps.

-->"I pulled a file photo and I ran some enhancements... but know anybody who looks like this? [changes hair style] Or this? [changes hair color] Brown contacts, blue, green... goatee, beard, mustache? Ten years is a long time. And there's the possibility of plastic surgery. [one of the gals asks about recent photos] Don't you think we'd be looking at them? The point is, this could be anyone."

%%* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr, thanks to a somewhat sympathetic backstory]]. Being played by Creator/DavidBoreanaz, in the middle of his run as ''Series/{{Angel}}'' helps.

%%* DracoInLeatherPants: [[spoiler:Jeremy Melton/Adam Carr]]. Being played by Creator/DavidBoreanaz, in the middle of his run as ''Series/{{Angel}}'' helps.

* HollywoodPudgy: Also Dorothy, who is repeatedly described as larger than the other girls, but is at most several pounds heavier than them and in no way "fat".

%%* HollywoodHomely: Young Dorothy.

** [[spoiler:Jeremy/Adam's drinking problem is an open-ended question with a lot of mystery surrounding it, such as how it developed since Jeremy showed no sign of alcoholism as a boy, or how much it affects Adam's ability to kill. On the latter point: is [[ObfuscatingStupidity he faking it]], using it as a cover for his behavior, or is being around his enemies making him drink more? Not only that, he only starts to hit the drinks onscreen after killing Ruthie, so is it possible he felt guilty about killing someone he didn't want to kill but he felt was necessary?]]

* ParanoiaFuel: Given that the gals haven't met or seen Jeremy Melton in years, he could look like like anyone they know.

** [[spoiler: Adam/Jeremy]] arguably crosses it through his killing of Ruthie, Dorothy’s maid, Detective Vaughn, Campbell, and Gary. None of these characters were responsible for Jeremy’s tragic backstory but suffer at his hands nonetheless, with Ruthie and Gary’s deaths being particularly brutal.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dorothy crosses it in a two-fold process when she frames Jeremy for [[FalseRapeAccusation assaulting her]], which becomes the reason why he [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge starts targeting her and her friends for framing him]]. Later on when she reveals that the assault was a lie, she shows no remorse for ruining his life and instead tries to justify her actions by citing how unattractive she was in middle school. After that point, any sympathy to be had for her is gone.

* EpilepticTrees: [[spoiler: After Dorothy was shot dead wearing the killer's costume, a theory arose that Dorothy was also a killer, [[BigBadEnsemble albeit working independently]] of Jeremy, and was responsible for the deaths of Campbell, Millie, and Ruthie, who had less involvement with the revenge plot than Shelley, Lily, Paige and Dorothy (Gary and Detective Vaughn are up in the air as to who killed them; the scene with Kate and Adam at the bar points more towards Adam, Vaughn could have been killed by either Jeremy or Dorothy). A deleted scene indicates this was not the intended effect with Dorothy being blindsided by the killer, who put his costume on Dorothy to frame her for his crimes (which explains why Dorothy has a bruise on the left side of her face when she didn't have one while arguing with Kate), but the scene was cut due to apparently being a giveaway.]]