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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 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 5.0A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)
1993-09-11 · 25mThe 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.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 5.0A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)
1993-09-18 · 25mThe 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!
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E03
Episode 3
★ 5.0I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear
1993-09-25 · 25mIn 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.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 5.0Missing Linka
1993-10-02 · 25mWhile 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?
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E05
Episode 5
★ 5.0The Unbearable Blightness of Being
1993-10-09 · 25mDr. 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.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 5.0Wheeler's Ark
1993-10-16 · 25mThe 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.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 5.0Sea No Evil
1993-10-23 · 25mGi, 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.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 5.0Future Shock
1993-10-30 · 25mCriminals from the future travel back in time to prevent environmentally-sensitive technology from being distributed on the open market, the Planeteers confront them
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E09
Episode 9
★ 5.0I've Lost My Mayan
1993-11-06 · 25mTransported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels...
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E10
Episode 10
★ 5.0Talkin' Trash
1993-11-13 · 25mWheeler 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
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E11
Episode 11
★ 5.0The Energy Vampire
1993-11-20 · 25mDr. 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?
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E12
Episode 12
★ 5.0Bottom Line Green
1993-11-27 · 25mA 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.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 6.0Gorillas Will Be Missed
1994-02-05 · 25mAn 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.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 5.0Bug Off
1994-02-19 · 25mVerminous Skumm unleashes a hoard of Superbugs, an offshoot of boll weevils resistant to pesticide
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E15
Episode 15
★ 4.0You Bet Your Planet
1994-02-26 · 25mThe 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?
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Episode 16
★ 5.0Going Bats, Man
1994-03-05 · 25mPanic 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
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E17
Episode 17
★ 5.0Jail House Flock
1994-03-26 · 25mHoggish 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.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 5.0High Steaks
1994-04-02 · 25mLooten 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.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 5.0Planeteers Under Glass
1994-04-23 · 25mA 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!
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E20
Episode 20
★ 5.0Orangu-Tangle
1994-04-30 · 25mThe Planeteers fight off poachers to save an infant orangutan and it's mother.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 5.0No Horsing Around
1994-05-07 · 25mAs 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
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E22
Episode 22
★ 5.0'Teers in the 'Hood
1994-05-14 · 25mAn 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.
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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)