Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers

6.8 / 10
1990
6 seasons
113 episodes
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!

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Cast

Seasons

  • A Hero for Earth

    1.A Hero for Earth

    15-09-199025m

    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 dest...

  • Rain of Terror

    2.Rain of Terror

    22-09-199025m

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

  • Beast of the Temple

    3.Beast of the Temple

    29-09-199025m

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

  • Skumm Lord

    4.Skumm Lord

    06-10-199025m

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

  • Deadly Ransom

    5.Deadly Ransom

    5.0
    13-10-199025m

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

  • The Conqueror

    6.The Conqueror

    20-10-199025m

    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

    7.Last of Her Kind

    27-10-199025m

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

  • The Dead Seas

    8.The Dead Seas

    03-11-199025m

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

  • Tree of Life

    9.Tree of Life

    10-11-199025m

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

  • Volcano's Wrath

    10.Volcano's Wrath

    17-11-199025m

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

  • Littlest Planeteer

    11.Littlest Planeteer

    24-11-199025m

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

  • A World Below Us

    12.A World Below Us

    26-01-199125m

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

  • Plunder Dam

    13.Plunder Dam

    02-02-199125m

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

  • Meltdown Syndrome

    14.Meltdown Syndrome

    09-02-199125m

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

  • Smog Hog

    15.Smog Hog

    16-02-199125m

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

  • Polluting by Computer

    16.Polluting by Computer

    23-02-199125m

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

  • Don't Drink the Water

    17.Don't Drink the Water

    02-03-199125m

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

  • Kwame's Crisis

    18.Kwame's Crisis

    09-03-199125m

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

  • Ozone Hole

    19.Ozone Hole

    13-04-199125m

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

  • The Ultimate Pollution

    20.The Ultimate Pollution

    20-04-199125m

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

  • Population Bomb

    21.Population Bomb

    27-04-199125m

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

  • Mission to Save Earth (1)

    22.Mission to Save Earth (1)

    04-05-199125m

    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)

    23.Mission to Save Earth (2)

    11-05-199125m

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

  • Two Futures (1)

    24.Two Futures (1)

    18-05-199125m

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

  • Two Futures (2)

    25.Two Futures (2)

    25-05-199125m

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

  • Heat Wave

    26.Heat Wave

    01-06-199125m

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

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