Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV Series
6.9
1990 6 Seasons

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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Storyline

Eco-villains beware: Captain Planet is here to save the day! With the guidance of Gaia, five Planeteers - representing Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Heart - come together to defend our planet from environmental destruction. With their powers combined, the team becomes the solution to pollution!

Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

26 Episodes Aired 1990

No overview available for this season.

A Hero for Earth
25 min
E1

A Hero for Earth

Sep 15, 1990

The spirit of the Earth, Gaia, summons five teenagers to join her in battling ecological destruction and pollution. Their first fight is to keep Hoggish Greedly's oil rig from destroying a coastline.

Rain of Terror
25 min
E2

Rain of Terror

Sep 22, 1990

Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.

Beast of the Temple
25 min
E3

Beast of the Temple

Sep 29, 1990

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

Skumm Lord
25 min
E4

Skumm Lord

Oct 06, 1990

Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.

Deadly Ransom
25 min
E5

Deadly Ransom

Oct 13, 1990

Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.

The Conqueror
25 min
E6

The Conqueror

Oct 20, 1990

An aggressive and sneaky Earth spirit named Zarm tricks the teens into disobeying Gaia, sparking a dangerous game that threatens to lead to nuclear war.

Last of Her Kind
25 min
E7

Last of Her Kind

Oct 27, 1990

The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.

The Dead Seas
25 min
E8

The Dead Seas

Nov 03, 1990

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

Tree of Life
25 min
E9

Tree of Life

Nov 10, 1990

Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.

Volcano's Wrath
25 min
E10

Volcano's Wrath

Nov 17, 1990

Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.

Littlest Planeteer
25 min
E11

Littlest Planeteer

Nov 24, 1990

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

A World Below Us
25 min
E12

A World Below Us

Jan 26, 1991

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

Plunder Dam
25 min
E13

Plunder Dam

Feb 02, 1991

Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.

Meltdown Syndrome
25 min
E14

Meltdown Syndrome

Feb 09, 1991

Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.

Smog Hog
25 min
E15

Smog Hog

Feb 16, 1991

Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.

Polluting by Computer
25 min
E16

Polluting by Computer

Feb 23, 1991

Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.

Don't Drink the Water
25 min
E17

Don't Drink the Water

Mar 02, 1991

Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.

Kwame's Crisis
25 min
E18

Kwame's Crisis

Mar 09, 1991

A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.

Ozone Hole
25 min
E19

Ozone Hole

Apr 13, 1991

Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.

The Ultimate Pollution
25 min
E20

The Ultimate Pollution

Apr 20, 1991

Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.

Population Bomb
25 min
E21

Population Bomb

Apr 27, 1991

Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.

Mission to Save Earth (1)
25 min
E22

Mission to Save Earth (1)

May 04, 1991

The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

Mission to Save Earth (2)
25 min
E23

Mission to Save Earth (2)

May 11, 1991

Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.

Two Futures (1)
25 min
E24

Two Futures (1)

May 18, 1991

A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.

Two Futures (2)
25 min
E25

Two Futures (2)

May 25, 1991

Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.

Heat Wave
25 min
E26

Heat Wave

Jun 01, 1991

Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.

Season 2

Season 2

26 Episodes Aired 1991

No overview available for this season.

Mind Pollution
25 min
E1

Mind Pollution

Sep 14, 1991

On vacation, Linka goes to Washington D.C. to visit her cousin and uncle. Unfortunately, trouble isn't too far behind, because Verminous Skumm has brainwashed her cousin into taking a new drug called Bliss, and now Skumm wants to have Linka under his power as well.

The Garbage Strikes
25 min
E2

The Garbage Strikes

Sep 21, 1991

To make a fast buck from a trash strike, Sly Sludge steals an untested microbe from Gi's scientist hero, Dr. Helix. It was supposed to be a technological fix for the problem of overflowing landfills, but it simply absorbs trash to become a city-devouring garbage blob. The blob must be stopped before it grows out of control.

Domes of Doom
25 min
E3

Domes of Doom

Sep 28, 1991

Ma-ti is fooled when Looten Plunder disguises himself as a scientist, promising to clear the air all over the world, including his tribe's village in the rainforest. After Wheeler and the tribe are trapped inside one of Plunder's domes, and Ma-ti is captured after discovering Plunder's scheme, the remaining Planeteers have to find them both and bring Plunder down.

Send in the Clones
25 min
E4

Send in the Clones

Oct 05, 1991

On the island of Mogahl, Looten Plunder and Dr. Blight have teamed up, and Blight's new cloning device will be used to clone workers for Plunder's flamethrower factory. They test it on the first living subject they find - a locust. But before they can capture the other one to test for side effects, it gets away. While searching for it, they come across Vico, a boy of a local village. He becomes the source for cloning workers for the factory. He becomes out of control with cloning when his appetite goes on a rampage, and threatens to wipe out the island. Now, the Planeteers (with the help of Captain Planet) must reverse the effects of the cloning ray, and also stop the locust(s) that have been cloned.

The Predator
25 min
E5

The Predator

Oct 12, 1991

In the Florida Keys, Ma-Ti has a brush with what he thinks is a giant man eating shark, though Gi reveals that it is a harmless Basking Shark. When a local overhears and misinterprets their conversation, panic spreads throughout the resort town, whose mayor then hires Argos Bleak to eradicate all the sharks in the bay. Then, when stinging jellyfish (that the sharks used to feed on) swarm the beach, the townspeople learn that predators have an important role in the ecosystem. After escaping their sinking EcoCopter that was shot down by Bleak, the other Planeteers rescue Gi and Ma-Ti (who were captured earlier by Bleak) . . . and the Basking Shark . . . from bloodthirsty Bleak.

The Ark
25 min
E6

The Ark

Oct 19, 1991

An alien (named Collectore) with good intentions abducts the Planeteers, convinced that the Planet Earth is doomed and decides to collect human specimens and include them in his menegerie of assorted alien life forms. The Planeteers must convince the Alien that Earth can be saved before Dr. Blight and Hoggish Greedly can destroy a forest, permanently eliminating the tiger population....

Isle of Solar Energy
25 min
E7

Isle of Solar Energy

Oct 26, 1991

The Planeteers are saved from crashing by a solar beam, created by Dr. Pollo. He and his daughter live on an island, creating new and innovative ways to use solar power. Kwame falls in love with his daughter, while also becoming suspicious of their lab assistant, who turns out to be Leadsuit, sidekick to Duke Nukem. Nukem's plan is to turn their solar convertor box into a nuclear device, so he can feed on the nuclear energy generated by the beam that saved the Planeteers earlier. The Planeteers and Captain Planet stop Nukem in his tracks, but shocks from the nuclear energy erases Dr. Pollo's memory, prompting him to set out to rediscover his inventions.

The Coral Killer
25 min
E8

The Coral Killer

Nov 02, 1991

A fishing village is taught a lesson about the coral reef when Hoggish Greedly shows up. He uses dynamite fishing as a cover to rip off the coral reef remains with his new Reef Ripper. The villagers don't see this, as they are now being well fed by a plentiful, but quickly disappearing fish supply. When shown the devastating effects of pounding waves against a neighboring island village, the villagers ask the Planeteers to help stop Greedly. Captain Planet finds a creative way to recycle, and help start a new reef....

The Big Clam-up
25 min
E9

The Big Clam-up

Nov 09, 1991

People are collapsing in San Francisco with symptoms that suggest a whole range of pollution poisoning. As the Planeteers follow clues to solve this mystery, Ma-Ti (who is reading 1940s detective novels) keeps imagining himself as a private eye in black-and-white sequences. Ma-Ti proves a poor sleuth at first, but eventually he tracks down Verminous Skumm who is serving seafood tainted by storm drain runoff in his restaurant, The Sinking Ship.

An Inside Job
25 min
E10

An Inside Job

Nov 16, 1991

Sludge and four of the Planeteers learn first hand the terrible effects of untreated sewage when MAL and Dr. Blight shrink the EcoSub (and them) to microscopic size and put them into polluted water that Kwame unwittingly drinks. The Planeteers must battle hideous water-borne parasites in Kwame's body so that he can recover, and restore them to proper size.

The Fine Print
25 min
E11

The Fine Print

Nov 23, 1991

While the Planeteers learn about organic farming, Plunder exploits Joe, a man who cannot read, by tricking him into signing a contract allowing the distribution of pesticides on a farm that he manages.

Off Road Hog
25 min
E12

Off Road Hog

Nov 30, 1991

Pete, a dirt bike enthusiast, tags along with Hoggish Greedly and Rigger, until Ma-Ti and desert guide Joshua Stone show him how alive the "barren" desert really is. They must get ahead of Greedly's ORV race to save the desert from being destroyed.

Trouble on the Half Shell
25 min
E13

Trouble on the Half Shell

Dec 07, 1991

The Planeteers are present for the testing of JASON, a robot that observes wildlife and the environment, and transmits the data to its home base. The tests are being done on the Galapagos Islands, which is where Hoggish Greedly, Verminous Skumm and his rats have crash landed, since their ship was thrown off course from a storm. Now, they're hungry, and consider feasting on tortoise eggs to fill their appetites. The Planeteers must fly to the Galapagos to save the eggs, and remove the rats from the environment to restore the balance of its ecosystem.

Stardust
25 min
E14

Stardust

Jan 18, 1992

Gi and Linka are livid when Wheeler belittles their favorite rock singer, but it looks as though Wheeler may be right after they come upon a land-ravaging, strip-mining operation run by Hoggish Greedly, but bankrolled by none other than their idol - Sky Runner! Stunned, they confront the star, who turns out to be innocent, but they still have to stop Greedly before the small mining town is destroyed.

The Blue Car Line
25 min
E15

The Blue Car Line

Jan 25, 1992

When air pollution suddenly skyrockets in an Australian city with one of the best mass transit systems in the world, Gaia is suspicious. The Planeteers investigate and find out Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak are behind the problem. They are making it look like the transit line is haunted so that they can profit from massive freeway system and auto-related businesses. Thanks to teamwork Captain Planet and the Planeteers get things "back on track"

Birds of a Feather
25 min
E16

Birds of a Feather

Feb 01, 1992

Linka and Ma-Ti visit a friend, Juan, in Central America. While there, Juan's parrot, El Profesor, leads them to a secluded "bird paradise" when suddenly, a giant, metallic bird appears. All the birds, including El Profesor, follow it and so do Linka and Ma-Ti. They soon find themselves locked in a huge aviary, courtesy of Hoggish Greedly, who's running an exotic bird smuggling venture. El Profesor escapes and leads the Planeteers back to the aviary, where they summon Captain Planet, who closes down Greedly's "fly-by-night" operation.

Summit to Save Earth (1)
25 min
E17

Summit to Save Earth (1)

Feb 08, 1992

As key World leaders come together under one roof to discuss how to best prevent the growing spread of pollution and o-zone damage worldwide, Zarm returns to earth with a plot to snuff out the Planeteers. Calling a meeting of all the eco-warriors greatest foes, Zarm is able to tap into earth's energies and drain the earth itself of all it's resources. Only Gaia stands in his way, but Zarm has a final surprise to ensure she does not become a problem..

Summit to Save Earth (2)
25 min
E18

Summit to Save Earth (2)

Feb 15, 1992

Zarm, having disabled Gaia and re-taken his position as spirit of the earth, begins turning the world into little more than a dead husk. With Gaia reduced to an old woman with not much longer to live, the Planeteers and Captain Planet face their greatest threat yet...

Losing Game
25 min
E19

Losing Game

Feb 22, 1992

The Planeteers return to Kwame's homeland, Africa, to investigate strange happenings with cattle that was reported by his long-time friend and brother figure, Dr. Mabutu. Little do they know, Dr. Blight is there, scheming to convince a tribe leader (also a friend of Mabutu) to allow the injection of a serum that turns bulls into super steers in order to resolve their meat supply woes. Not only does this threaten the condition of the land, via excessive grazing, but the serum causes awkward side effects, which eventually does wear off. The Planeteers, with a hand from Captain Planet, manage to rid the land of Blight and MAL.

A Twist of Fate
25 min
E20

A Twist of Fate

Feb 29, 1992

During an earthquake, a blow to his head leaves Wheeler lost from the others and suffering from amnesia. He finds himself literally in the shoes of a homeless man, and learns that the only difference between them is a simple twist of fate. A bang to the head restores Wheeler's memory, and he helps summon Captain Planet to rescue Teresa from a slum fire. Teresa and some shantytown residents decide to return to the countryside to pool their skills and make life better there.

The Great Tree Heist
25 min
E21

The Great Tree Heist

Mar 07, 1992

The Planeteers travel to the Northwest after hearing about an old growth forest which is, literally, disappearing into thin air. After Wheeler goes off to investigate with a pretty local teenage bird watcher, Linka spots a "flying saucer" but Kwame recognizes the pilot . . . Hoggish Greedly! They discover Greedly's scam - "Sucking up" 500-year-old trees to make pressed board furniture. Outraged, they try to stop him, but his "Tree Trasher" may be too much for them.

Scorched Earth
25 min
E22

Scorched Earth

Mar 14, 1992

A roofless dictator decimates the land to fight the opposition, with total disregard to the environment and human life. But there is more to the story than meets the eye. The dictator is really an old foe of the Planeteers in disguise.

Hate Canal
25 min
E23

Hate Canal

Mar 21, 1992

Venice's population is relocating due to its pollution and smog affecting the land and structures - but also because of a large mutated group of rats whose bites sicken their victims. The Planeteers arrive and meet a pathologist, Resa, attempting to find a cure for the disease they cause that her young relative Pietre is suffering, and learn through clues that Verminous Skumm is behind it. But it isn't until Ma-Ti is bitten, and badly suffers, that they learn that Skumm is doing it through a substance placed in processed cheese that causes the rats and whoever they attack to become infected by contaminated canal-water. Now they have to find a cure for the worsening patients and stop the rats from terrorizing the populace with the contamination they thrive on.

Radiant Amazon
25 min
E24

Radiant Amazon

Mar 28, 1992

Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem dump toxic waste in the Amazon rain forest, imperiling Ma-Ti's village. Ma-Ti returns to the village with Planeteers and find it in flames. When they fail to stop the fire, Ma-Ti hunts the culprits alone.

Fare Thee Whale
25 min
E25

Fare Thee Whale

Apr 04, 1992

The Planeteers are shocked to see a mother whale killed during a whaling expedition engineered by Blight and Plunder. They are even more shocked to learn that it's legal, thanks to a loophole in the international laws that allow whaling for "research." They set out to prove that Blight's research for a "whale repellent" is bogus and are helped by a young Japanese teenager who is trying to dissuade his whaler father from working for the villains.

Utopia
25 min
E26

Utopia

Apr 11, 1992

After watching too many B-rated cyborg and gang movies , Kwame falls asleep. Shortly after, the Planeteers are called to go on a mission, where they're sucked into a freak tornado. They are then attacked by robots and have to eject from the Geo-Cruiser, separating Kwame from the others. Kwame lands into a perfect world where trash is non-existent, and is camouflaged by garbage. Meanwhile, Blight and Skumm have taken over the world with vigilante robots and gangs, and have captured the other Planeteers. They are also turned into gang members, and threaten to reak havoc on the environment. Kwame, with the aid of a new friend, must come up with a way to convince his friends that violence is not in their hearts. Once everything is back on track, the tornado returns, and wakes Kwame from what was a nightmare. He turns on the news, only to discover that gangs and violence are not far from what happened in his dream if it continues....

Season 3

Season 3

13 Episodes Aired 1992

No overview available for this season.

Greenhouse Planet
25 min
E1

Greenhouse Planet

Sep 12, 1992

Blight convinces the president that global warming doesn't exist. Will a trip to Venus sway the leader?

A Creep from the Deep
25 min
E2

A Creep from the Deep

Sep 19, 1992

Gi, while repairing the Eco-Sub, became irritated with Suchi's presence, and ignored his warning to install the new part to the sub's turbines. Now, they have no control over it's direction. This causes problems when they go after Sly Sludge, who is dumping toxic waste into an Asian sea. The waste causes mutations in the sea life, especially a squid, which grows large in size, and begins to attack people, and later a nearby city. The Planeteers must stop Sludge's illegal sea dumping, and rescue the city from the mutated creature.

The Deadly Glow
25 min
E3

The Deadly Glow

Sep 26, 1992

The Planeteers have little time to track down a radioactive isotope that was released by two capsules from an old chemotherapy machine. But where there's radioactivity, there's Duke Nukem, and he's already got his hands on one of the capsules. Now the Planeteers must find the two little children that took the other capsule before Nukem does.

A Perfect World
25 min
E4

A Perfect World

Oct 03, 1992

The Planeteers are given a tour of a new "Perfect World," a world with no pollution, clean farming and little potential for environmental backlash. All is created within a computer environment, but Dr. Blight and MAL infect this would-be "paradise" with a shot of viral pollution...

The Dream Machine
25 min
E5

The Dream Machine

Oct 10, 1992

Carlos, a farm boy on a small island, becomes jealous of his cousin's return from the big city. He is given the power to wish for anything he wants from Zarm, who calls himself the Dream Maker. To impress a girl that he likes and to get back at his cousin, Carlos wishes for things that will gain her interest. Soon the whole town discovers the Dream Maker, and they all want something big. Blinded by greed, the townspeople fail to realize that their natural resources are being drained in order to create the things they wish for. They soon learn the effects of this, but the Planeteers need Captain Planet to get rid of Zarm, and quell a near war between the townspeople and the villagers in the hills, who also want a piece of the Dream Maker.

Bitter Waters
25 min
E6

Bitter Waters

Oct 17, 1992

When visiting Skyrunner (from "Stardust"), the Planeteers come across a faulty irrigation project, engineered by Looten Plunder, who has manipulated the Tribe into allowing him to put the project into effect. Blinded by promises of riches, new jobs, and a good harvest, the Tribe must be convinced by the Planeteers that the project is more destructive than productive, before Plunder drains them of their water, and thier livelihood.

25 min
E7

The Guinea Pigs

Oct 24, 1992

Dr. Blight, who is doing inhumane experiments for a makeup company, is troubled by the Planeteers and the makeup company's owner. Dr. Blight tries to use them as her guinea pigs.

OK at the Gunfight Corral
25 min
E8

OK at the Gunfight Corral

Oct 31, 1992

The Planeteers travel back in time of pursuit of Hoogish Gredly and Sly Sludge, who intend to purchase the Grand Canyon decades before it becomes a landmark and use it as a land-fill

Canned Hunt
25 min
E9

Canned Hunt

Nov 07, 1992

The Planeteers are vacationing on a cruise, where they meet Trevor, a big game hunter. Linka, totally misunderstanding Trevor's reasoning for enjoying hunting, takes an immediate disliking to him. They soon discover that Greedly is running a bogus "hunting" business, where tamed animals are being used (and slaughtered) to allow his clients to enjoy the ultimate hunting experience. The Planeteers and Captain Planet are captured, but Trevor comes to the rescue and helps turn the tables on Greedly.

Hog Tide
25 min
E10

Hog Tide

Nov 14, 1992

In this story, we supposedly learn of Captain Planet's REAL first adventure... Gaia recounts how Hoggish Greedly's "Godfather" grandpa, Don Porkaloin, built Decco developments too close to the oceans threatning the sea-life. What shocks the Planeteers is that Gaia reveals she brought forth eco-warriors - 1940s counterparts of the present day Planeteers - to stop Don Porkalion. These Planeteers could also summon Captain Planet, who went about de-constructing Porkaloin's deccos. The Planeteers are left confused about whether or not Gaia's story was real, totally missing the point about building too close to the water.

A Formula for Hate
25 min
E11

A Formula for Hate

Nov 21, 1992

Verminous Skumm brainwashes a high school into thinking that AIDS is contagious & dangerous. The Planeteers help out a star basketball player who is accused of having the disease. Captain Planet makes a speech to the crowd about AIDS awareness.

If It's Doomsday, This Must Be Belfast
25 min
E12

If It's Doomsday, This Must Be Belfast

Nov 28, 1992

To prove to Duke Nukem that the human race will self-destruct; Verminous Skumm steals and plants nuclear devices in war-torn areas across the globe. He then plays a little war gaming and gives triggers to the warring factions in those areas. With a potential Armageddon on their hands the Planeteers race to make the opposing sides in each location see peace before they act on war.

The Night of the Wolf
25 min
E13

The Night of the Wolf

Dec 05, 1992

The ranch of Lon Talbot is under attack from wolves, and the Planeteers are called in to investigate. Talbot blames the attacks on a local occult known as "Friends of the Wolf," a group dedicated to reintroducing wolves back into Yellowstone national park, after they were forced out when the park became an attraction. The Planeteers investigate further, resulting in a confrontation with a mechanical "robo-wolf," owned and operated by Looten Plunder! Captain Planet, with the help of REAL wolves, bring an end to the robo-wolf's rampage before further destruction can be caused.

Season 4

Season 4

22 Episodes Aired 1993

No overview available for this season.

A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)
25 min
E1

A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)

Sep 11, 1993

The Planeteers argue what to do. Either go to Africa & save the animals or go to North America to save a rainforest. Gaia tells them that's there's an emergency at Commander Clash's island. And also that Looten Plunder's up to no good as well.vAt the island, Captain Pollution returns to fight Captain Planet causing destruction around the world. Meanwhile, the Planeteers try to stop Plunder, but Plunder puts them in a trap inside the cave with no way out.

A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)
25 min
E2

A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)

Sep 18, 1993

The Planeteers are still trapped in the mine while Captain Planet is still fighting Captain Pollution. As they try to get out of the mine, Kwame, Linka, Wheeler & Gi reveal their childhood stories along the way. When they got out, the Planeteers nail Plunder with help from federal agents. Then they go back to Commander Clash's island to help Captain Planet out. Captain Planet beats Captain Pollution by soaking him into some clean lava. And Pollution is gone again!

I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear
25 min
E3

I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear

Sep 25, 1993

In a story laced with magic and mystery, Hoggish Greedly and Rigger head south for Mardi Gras where they disguise themselves as ancient voodoo gods and poach Louisiana black bears in the bayou.

Missing Linka
25 min
E4

Missing Linka

Oct 02, 1993

While the other Planeteers deal with a toxic spill in small town USA, Linka gives up her ring and returns home to be with her grandmother who has become mysteriously ill. Will the Planeteers be able to continue their noble quest without the power of wind?

The Unbearable Blightness of Being
25 min
E5

The Unbearable Blightness of Being

Oct 09, 1993

Dr. Blight uses her latest and most devious device to zap herself into Gaia's body and literally control the world. While Gaia-Blight wreaks havoc on Earth, the real Gaia, who has been transported into Blight's body, must convince the Planeteers to help her regain her own body and put a stop to the global destruction.

Wheeler's Ark
25 min
E6

Wheeler's Ark

Oct 16, 1993

The soft-hearted Planeteers have been collecting homeless animals from around the world, and when Gaia sends them on a trip to return the endangered species to the wild, they find that the animals' habitats are in severe danger. To Gaia's surprise, instead of releasing the animals, the Planeteers return to Hope Island with a Geocruiser so full that Noah would be proud.

Sea No Evil
25 min
E7

Sea No Evil

Oct 23, 1993

Gi, whilst visting a Dolphin research facility, discovers the Dolphins are being used to recover toxic chemicals from a sunken Nazi Warship being used by Hoggish Greedly.

Future Shock
25 min
E8

Future Shock

Oct 30, 1993

Criminals from the future travel back in time to prevent environmentally-sensitive technology from being distributed on the open market, the Planeteers confront them

I've Lost My Mayan
25 min
E9

I've Lost My Mayan

Nov 06, 1993

Transported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels...

Talkin' Trash
25 min
E10

Talkin' Trash

Nov 13, 1993

Wheeler gets a letter from his hometown in New York with some bad news his farther who he never had a close realtionship is ill so Wheeler heads back to his hometown where he bumps into his old friends including Trish who now goes by the nickname of trash who has turned to crime and her boss is nothing but Vernomous Scum

The Energy Vampire
25 min
E11

The Energy Vampire

Nov 20, 1993

Dr. Blight transforms Duke Nukem into an energy vampire, and he soon begins attacking all of North America's energy housing facilities, can Captain Planet pull the plug on Nukem?

Bottom Line Green
25 min
E12

Bottom Line Green

Nov 27, 1993

A man who owns a small french fry company, his son is under the influence of Hoggish Greedly and Rigger not to have is father turn the factory "eco" friendly. When some strange accidents occur, the planeteers think the son is behind them, since the son and the father never got along, but they soon learn it was Greedly.

Gorillas Will Be Missed
25 min
E13

Gorillas Will Be Missed

Feb 05, 1994

An African boy from the future uses a virtual reality game and opens a door to the past where Looten Plunder is behind gorillas being poachered. He helps the Planeteers. The Planeteers call Captain Planet when things get out of hand.

Bug Off
25 min
E14

Bug Off

Feb 19, 1994

Verminous Skumm unleashes a hoard of Superbugs, an offshoot of boll weevils resistant to pesticide

You Bet Your Planet
25 min
E15

You Bet Your Planet

Feb 26, 1994

The Planeteers had a weird dream about being on a weird game show called "You Bet Your Planet" and they play against the eco-villians, who will win this horror game at the end?

Going Bats, Man
25 min
E16

Going Bats, Man

Mar 05, 1994

Panic strikes in a small town when killer bats are reported to be on the rampage. A frightened public sets out to gas an entire bat colony for alleged crimes, and it's up to the Planeteers, and a local bat expert, to prove that these gentle creatures are not bloodthirsty vampires

Jail House Flock
25 min
E17

Jail House Flock

Mar 26, 1994

Hoggish Greedley gets a permit to develop a wetland habitat while destroying some endangered species. When the Planeteers & Captain Planet try to stop Greedley's plan, he has them all sent to jail for trespassing. At the sheriff's office, Rigger disguises himself as a deputy. Greedley decides to let the Planeteers go, but not Captain Planet. Then as the sheriff came back, Greedley told him the Planeteers escaped. The Planeteers decide to investiagte to frame Greedley & free Captain Planet. The sheriff was so glad the endangered species were saved, they named the wetland for Captain Planet & the Planeteers.

High Steaks
25 min
E18

High Steaks

Apr 02, 1994

Looten Plunder sends his eco-outlaws to prevent the Paradise Ranch from proving that raising cattle can be an environmentally-sustainable business. When the Planeteers join the cattle drive, Plunder and his men start a stampede that threatens to turn the Planeteers into cow patties.

Planeteers Under Glass
25 min
E19

Planeteers Under Glass

Apr 23, 1994

A scientist invites the Planeteers to participate in a new eco-experiment, but they all soon fall victim to another scientist - Dr. Blight, who makes one minor change to the experiment - they can't get out!

Orangu-Tangle
25 min
E20

Orangu-Tangle

Apr 30, 1994

The Planeteers fight off poachers to save an infant orangutan and it's mother.

No Horsing Around
25 min
E21

No Horsing Around

May 07, 1994

As part of a traditional quest, one of Ma-ti's Native American friends ventures into the desert to tame a wild horse. Ma-ti, accompaning him, set out, only to be captured by Hoggish Greedly, who has illegally crossed onto Indian land to round up the wild horses for slaughter

'Teers in the 'Hood
25 min
E22

'Teers in the 'Hood

May 14, 1994

An old friend of Gi's, a teacher, is caught up in a gang war and nearly killed, so the Planeteers infiltrate the two feuding gangs and try to put a stop to the cycle of violence, which may prove easier said than done.

Season 5

Season 5

13 Episodes Aired 1994

No overview available for this season.

Twilight Ozone
25 min
E1

Twilight Ozone

Sep 10, 1994

The team explores the Outback, and the scientists who are experimenting with lifeforms that thrive on deadly levels of UV radiation.

Hollywaste
25 min
E2

Hollywaste

Sep 17, 1994

Strange accidents on a film set point to Dr. Blight's starlet sister Bambi.

The Ghost of Porkaloin Past
25 min
E3

The Ghost of Porkaloin Past

Sep 24, 1994

Greedly turns his grandfather's estate into a wasteful desert golf course.

Disoriented Express
25 min
E4

Disoriented Express

Oct 01, 1994

Blight kidnaps the benefactor of a smog-reducing railway system.

Horns a'Plenty
25 min
E5

Horns a'Plenty

Nov 05, 1994

The Planeteers fight rhino poachers who have joined forces with L+Plunder and Mame Slaughter.

A River Ran Through It
25 min
E6

A River Ran Through It

Nov 12, 1994

The Planeteers are drawn into a controversial battle between loggers and fishermen.

No Place Like Home
25 min
E7

No Place Like Home

Nov 19, 1994

Gaia is transformed into a homeless person through Blight's experiments, but if she's not back on Hope Island by sunrise, the Earth will lose its spirit.

Little Crop of Horrors
25 min
E8

Little Crop of Horrors

Nov 26, 1994

Blight's experimental plant turns violent, threatening an entire village.

In Zarm's Way
25 min
E9

In Zarm's Way

Feb 04, 1995

Zarm bets Gaia that she can't prove humans are naturally good.

No Small Problem
25 min
E10

No Small Problem

Feb 11, 1995

The Planeteers struggle to survive when Sludge turns his new garbage-reducing ray on them and shrinks them down.

Numbers Game
25 min
E11

Numbers Game

Feb 18, 1995

A single birthday kiss leads Wheeler to marriage, a pack of children and a clear-cut Hope Island.

Nothing's Sacred
25 min
E12

Nothing's Sacred

Feb 25, 1995

Skumm steals a sacred Indian relic, infuriating Ma-ti.

Who's Running the Show?
25 min
E13

Who's Running the Show?

May 13, 1995

The villains hijack a television station to expound their violent and anti- environmental message.

Season 6

Season 6

13 Episodes Aired 1995

No overview available for this season.

An Eye for an Eye
25 min
E1

An Eye for an Eye

Sep 09, 1995

Hoggish has set up a new commercial fishing business in the amazon, but when discovers that a group of local river Dolphins are literatly eating into his fishing profits, he schemes to eliminate the problem. Upon being breifed by Gaia, the Planeteers quickly race to make sure the amazon rivers are not made ""Dolphin-Safe"" simply for the sake of progress..

25 min
E2

Whoo Gives a Hoot?

Sep 23, 1995

Responding to a court order, the Planeteers have only days to collect evidence which proves that Looten Plunder is illegally clearcutting one of our last old growth forests.

Frog Day Afternoon
25 min
E3

Frog Day Afternoon

Oct 07, 1995

Frogs around the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate! It appears that the scar on Dr. Blight's face is spreading, and she thinks that a concoction of amphibian DNA will regenerate her skin and restore her girlish glamour. Anybody for a froggy frappe?!?

Five Ring Panda-monium
25 min
E4

Five Ring Panda-monium

Nov 04, 1995

The Planeteers join the circus while trying to rescue some stolen pandas.

A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find
25 min
E5

A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find

Nov 11, 1995

Using her latest time travel device, Dr. Blight returns from 20 years in the future back to the present to warn HERSELF that the world has become... peaceloving! In a last ditch attempt to restart the Cold War, the two Blights hijack a load of plutonium from dismantled warheads and escape back into the past to sell nuclear bombs to the highest bidder.

Dirty Politics
25 min
E6

Dirty Politics

Nov 18, 1995

It's twenty years in the future, and the Eco-villains are older, but certainly none the wiser. What's worse, they're all running for president, and they've kidnapped the future Planeteers so nothing can be done about it! Will anyone be able to stop the Eco-villains from turning the White House into the Blight House?!?

Old Ma River
25 min
E7

Old Ma River

Nov 25, 1995

While visiting India to do research on pollution in the sacred Ganges River, the Planeteers and thousands of others come down with a mysterious illness. Only Wheeler, who has been off exploring the city on his own, is not sick. However, when he starts receiving mystical visions from the Hindu gods, Hanuman and Ganesha, his newfound friend Lita wonders how well he really is.

One of the Gang
25 min
E8

One of the Gang

Jan 27, 1996

When Captain Planet & the Planeteers save a ship from a storm, Senor Cisnernos offers the Planeteers a free vacation at his South American hotel. One of the employees mistakes Ma-Ti as a local riff-raff. But Ma-Ti decides to take a walk away from the good life. When a gang destroys a local restaurant, Captain Planet arrives & puts out the fire riding a surfboard!

Twelve Angry Animals
25 min
E9

Twelve Angry Animals

Feb 03, 1996

The Planeteers are climbing Mount Everest in the Himalayas when they follow a snow leopard and fall into a cavern where they encounter a Yetti among 12 extinct or endangered animals, all of whom can speak, and begin to judge not only the Planeteers, but the entire human race. They go back from the Ice Age and various other time periods where the animals were either hunted or had their habitats destroyed by humans resulting in their extinction or becoming endangered. This episode is used to educate both of the past, present, and future for the viewers it explains how we can have everything one day and lose everything later.

Never the Twain Shall Meet
25 min
E10

Never the Twain Shall Meet

Feb 10, 1996

The Planeteers head South to meet their pal Milton who plans to show them all he's doing to preserve the endangered Mississippi River. But Ma-ti doesn't want a guided tour. He has delusions of experiencing the Mississippi like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer did in the old days.

Delta Gone
25 min
E11

Delta Gone

Feb 17, 1996

Traveling through the lush, African Okavanga Delta on a documentary film-making expedition, the Planeteers come across a makeshift dam, and pipelines which are diverting the life-giving water away from the delta, leaving it a parched desert. In their ultralight planes, the Planeteers and their friend Rick search for the culprits. But when they are shot down by the Eco-villains, it could mean the end of the line for our heroes!

Greed Is the Word
25 min
E12

Greed Is the Word

Feb 24, 1996

Engines are revving up for a giant speedboat race through the Florida waterways. Unfortunately, the race threatens the endangered manatees who live in these backwaters. As usual, the Planeteers try putting to stop the eco-catastrophe. Only, this time they get some unlikely help from Wheeler's favorite TV stars, Danny Dazzleduff and Belinda Bubblebutt from Babe Watch, when they discover that Hoggish Greedly is behind a plan to get rid of the manatees.

101 Mutations
25 min
E13

101 Mutations

May 11, 1996

The Planeteers discover Dr. Blight has been experimenting with puppies at a dog pound she's secretly running. Unsuspecting people, including Wheeler's young cousin are adopting unhealthy dogs and it's up to Captain Planet and the Planeteers to put a stop to Blight.

Series Info

Status

Ended

Seasons

6

Episodes

113

Language

en

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