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<div align=justify>The 2012 Valentine’s Day Google Doodle appearing on Google's homepage today should bring a smile to the lips of even the most cold hearted cynics among us. Google’s animated short features the age old love story: a boy trying to impress a girl. It is set to "Cold, Cold Heart,” written by the legendary Hank Williams and performed by iconic American pop/jazz/show tunes singer Tony Bennett.

Also, a fun Valentine’s Easter egg will thrill the math geeks in the crowd (and I know you’re out there). Before we get to that, have a look at the Doodle. It shows a young boy, waving a red and pink “Play” button back and forth above the search bar. Behind him sits a light blue, seemingly hand-sketched Google logo.

'''Google Doodle a Story of Unrequited Love'''

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Pressing the Play button launches the video within Google's homepage, which starts with a boy searching Google, presumably for a Valentine’s Day present for the object of his affection. He brings to his pony-tailed, jump-roping love a single red rose, inspired by Google Images results. Sadly, he is rebuffed without so much as an explanation, as she stops only briefly, then continues on as though he hasn’t just put his heart out there for her to take. Oh, the humanity!

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Google continues to pull on the heartstrings as the boy searches again, this time attempting to win her affections with a box of chocolates. What girl can say no to chocolate? This one can; she says nothing at all and continues merrily skipping rope, while he returns to his computer, dejected, to continue searching.

He tries a dinosaur sweater. No deal. (What is wrong with this girl? That sweater is awesome.) A balloon animal. A purple teddy bear. A retro scuba helmet. A pie... is it cherry? It must be cherry. A rabbit in a top hat, a radio, a red heart balloon, a paper airplane.

Nothing! She’s not impressed. What’s a boy to do?

In the background, Bennett croons, “I tried so hard, my Dear, to show that you’re my every dream... Yet you’re afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme...”

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Finally, the boy realizes showering her with gifts just isn’t going to work. He takes up a skipping rope of his own, and as Google gives us all a lesson in what true love really means, he begins skipping alongside her. That was all she wanted! She doesn’t wants chocolates or balloons or fancy dinosaur sweaters. She wants a man to stand beside her. And jump rope.

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As the instrumental line of “Cold, Cold Heart” picks up, she swoops into his arms. Smiling from ear to animated ear, they take up one rope together and, as the music crescendos, begin to skip in tandem.

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And so, true love and universal search prevail, as the boy realizes love is not materialistic, at least not for this girl, and wins the heart of his young lady friend.

Single girls the world over will be watching Google’s Doodle today, Adele’s “Someone Like You” playing in the background, sobbing over supersized chocolate bars because all the good men are animated. Though I have it on good authority that Google has been working on their Perfect Man prototype over at the Google X Lab; this video may be nothing more than a clever beta test to gauge our reaction to Manimation. (P.S., I may have just made all of that up.)

As the video concludes, images of couples pop up to demonstrate that anyone (and anything) can find their true love: a dog and cat, a gay couple, an astronaut and an alien, an interracial couple, a cookie and a carton of milk, a Princess and her frog. The comparison between very real interracial or gay relationships and the nonsensical pairing of astronauts and aliens leaves at least this person wondering. But hey, it’s a cartoon.

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A frilly, red sketched Google Valentine’s Day card closes the video and search results for the term “Valentine’s Day” pop up immediately.


'''Past Google Valentine’s Day Logos''

Here's a look back at how Google has celebrated Valentine's Day through the years (note: Google didn't post holiday logos in 2002 or 2006):

'''2011'''
Google's 2011 Doodle Valentine's Day Doodle was created by artist Robert Indiana 

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'''2010'''

This logo celebrated Valentine's Day as well as pairs skating at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

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'''2009'''
Google rolled out two different Doodles in 2009. This one appeared in the majority of countries:

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While this one appeared in the United States, Canada, and few other countries:

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'''2008'''

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'''2007'''

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'''2005'''

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'''2004'''

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'''2003'''

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'''2001'''

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'''2000'''

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''Taken from http://searchenginewatch.com''
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