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Captain Planet and the Planeteers
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
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.0A Hero for Earth
1990-09-15 · 25mThe 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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E02
Episode 2
★ 6.0Rain of Terror
1990-09-22 · 25mSkumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.0Beast of the Temple
1990-09-29 · 25mGreedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
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Episode 4
★ 6.0Skumm Lord
1990-10-06 · 25mSkumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 5.0Deadly Ransom
1990-10-13 · 25mCaptain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
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Episode 6
★ 5.0The Conqueror
1990-10-20 · 25mAn 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
★ 5.0Last of Her Kind
1990-10-27 · 25mThe Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 5.0The Dead Seas
1990-11-03 · 25mGreedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
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E09
Episode 9
Tree of Life
1990-11-10 · 25mBlight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 5.0Volcano's Wrath
1990-11-17 · 25mSludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 5.0Littlest Planeteer
1990-11-24 · 25mA little boy helps battle a smog monster.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 5.0A World Below Us
1991-01-26 · 25mA dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 5.0Plunder Dam
1991-02-02 · 25mPlunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 5.0Meltdown Syndrome
1991-02-09 · 25mNukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
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Episode 15
★ 5.0Smog Hog
1991-02-16 · 25mGreedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
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Episode 16
★ 5.0Polluting by Computer
1991-02-23 · 25mSludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
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Episode 17
★ 5.0Don't Drink the Water
1991-03-02 · 25mPlunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
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Episode 18
★ 5.0Kwame's Crisis
1991-03-09 · 25mA 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
★ 5.0Ozone Hole
1991-04-13 · 25mNukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
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Episode 20
★ 5.0The Ultimate Pollution
1991-04-20 · 25mLooten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
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Episode 21
★ 4.0Population Bomb
1991-04-27 · 25mWheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
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Episode 22
★ 5.0Mission to Save Earth (1)
1991-05-04 · 25mThe 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
★ 5.0Mission to Save Earth (2)
1991-05-11 · 25mCommander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
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Episode 24
★ 5.0Two Futures (1)
1991-05-18 · 25mA disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
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Episode 25
★ 5.0Two Futures (2)
1991-05-25 · 25mWheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
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Episode 26
★ 5.0Heat Wave
1991-06-01 · 25mBlight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.
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Joey Dedio
Wheeler (voice)
LeVar Burton
Kwame (voice)
Kath Soucie
Linka (voice)
Scott Menville
Ma-Ti (voice)
Janice Kawaye
Gi (voice)
David Coburn
Captain Planet (voice)