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Captain Planet and the Planeteers

7.0/10 269 votes
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyKids

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!

Created by:
Ted Turner
Cast:
Joey Dedio, LeVar Burton, Kath Soucie, Scott Menville
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
TBS, Syndication

Episode guide

Seasons

7 available

Season 1

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 7.0

A Hero for Earth

1990-09-15 · 25m

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.

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Episode 2

★ 6.0

Rain of Terror

1990-09-22 · 25m

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

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Episode 3

★ 6.0

Beast of the Temple

1990-09-29 · 25m

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

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Episode 4

★ 6.0

Skumm Lord

1990-10-06 · 25m

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

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Episode 5

★ 5.0

Deadly Ransom

1990-10-13 · 25m

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

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Episode 6

★ 5.0

The Conqueror

1990-10-20 · 25m

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.

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Episode 7

★ 5.0

Last of Her Kind

1990-10-27 · 25m

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

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Episode 8

★ 5.0

The Dead Seas

1990-11-03 · 25m

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

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Episode 9

Tree of Life

1990-11-10 · 25m

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

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Episode 10

★ 5.0

Volcano's Wrath

1990-11-17 · 25m

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

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Episode 11

★ 5.0

Littlest Planeteer

1990-11-24 · 25m

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

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Episode 12

★ 5.0

A World Below Us

1991-01-26 · 25m

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

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Episode 13

★ 5.0

Plunder Dam

1991-02-02 · 25m

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

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Episode 14

★ 5.0

Meltdown Syndrome

1991-02-09 · 25m

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

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Episode 15

★ 5.0

Smog Hog

1991-02-16 · 25m

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

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Episode 16

★ 5.0

Polluting by Computer

1991-02-23 · 25m

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

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Episode 17

★ 5.0

Don't Drink the Water

1991-03-02 · 25m

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

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Episode 18

★ 5.0

Kwame's Crisis

1991-03-09 · 25m

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

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Episode 19

★ 5.0

Ozone Hole

1991-04-13 · 25m

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

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Episode 20

★ 5.0

The Ultimate Pollution

1991-04-20 · 25m

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

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Episode 21

★ 4.0

Population Bomb

1991-04-27 · 25m

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

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Episode 22

★ 5.0

Mission to Save Earth (1)

1991-05-04 · 25m

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

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Episode 23

★ 5.0

Mission to Save Earth (2)

1991-05-11 · 25m

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

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Episode 24

★ 5.0

Two Futures (1)

1991-05-18 · 25m

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

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Episode 25

★ 5.0

Two Futures (2)

1991-05-25 · 25m

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

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Episode 26

★ 5.0

Heat Wave

1991-06-01 · 25m

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

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Cast

Joey Dedio

Joey Dedio

Wheeler (voice)

LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton

Kwame (voice)

Kath Soucie

Kath Soucie

Linka (voice)

Scott Menville

Scott Menville

Ma-Ti (voice)

Janice Kawaye

Janice Kawaye

Gi (voice)

David Coburn

David Coburn

Captain Planet (voice)

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