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The following is a list of episodes from the animated Captain Planet franchise. The series was the second longest running cartoon of the 1990s, producing 113 episodes. The final 13 episodes of the show were shown in Europe first, but were not shown in the United States of America until Earth Day, April 22, 2006, on the Boomerang network.

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Season one (1990-1991)

LeVar Burton does the opening narration.

  • 1. A Hero for Earth (Aired September 15, 1990) - Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, summons five teenagers from five different corners of the world to help her in the battle to save the planet. For their first assignment, the Planeteers battle Hoggish Greedly, whose oil rig operation is jeopardizing the coastline.
  • 2. The Last of Her Kind (Aired October 27, 1990) - Wheeler plans to buy Linka an ivory necklace for her birthday, but Kwame recommends anything except that for a gift. Meanwhile, Looten Plunder is wiping out the elephant population of Africa, Kwame's native land, in order to gain a quick profit in the ivory trade. Wheeler learns firsthand the true cost of ivory trinkets, as he and the other Planeteers help return a baby elephant to its mother and battle to save the elephants from extinction. First appearance of Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak. This is also the episode that sees Plunder uttering of the famous line "You'll Pay For This {Captain} Planet!", which would resonate throughout the end credits for the series.
  • 3. The Dead Seas (Aired November 3, 1990) - Hoggish Greedly and Rigger scheme to catch and sell all the fish in the ocean with a fleet of illegal drift net fishing boats. When Greedly steals their rings, the Planeteers are forced to use their initiative to retrieve them and save thousands of marine animals from the eco-villains' deadly nets.
  • 4. Polluting by Computer (Aired February 23, 1991) - Dr. Blight and Sly Sludge break into the government's computer system in order to obtain phony legal documents allowing them to change all the national parks into giant toxic waste dumps. In addition, Dr. Blight's computer MAL falsifies the criminal records of the Planeteers and cleans up Sy Sludge's background check to make him look like a committed environmentalist. First appearances of Dr. Blight, MAL and Sly Sludge.
  • 5. Population Bomb (Aired April 27, 1991) - Knocked unconscious after a surfing accident, Wheeler has a dream in which he is marooned on a strange island inhabited by a race of humanoid mice who are destroying their environment by pollution, overpopulation and overconsumption.
  • 6. The Ozone Hole (Aired April 13, 1991) - Duke Nukem destroys the ozone layer over Antarctica so he can feast on the sun's dangerous UV rays. Captain Planet and the Planeteers battle to protect the Earth from Nukem's deadly radiation. First appearance of Duke Nukem and Leadsuit.
  • 7. Beast of the Temple (Aired September 29, 1990) - The Planeteers travel to Thailand in order to prevent Greedly and Rigger from surface mining for rubies and terrorizing the people.
  • 8. Rain of Terror (Aired September 22, 1990) - Ma-Ti battles self-esteem issues as the Planeteers try to stop Verminous Skumm from destroying a city with a giant cloud of acid rain. First appearance of Verminous Skumm.
  • 9. Volcano's Wrath (Aired November 17, 1990) - Sly Sludge, who claims to have solved the world's problems of waste management by inventing a shrink ray that reduces garbage, is making big bucks by having countries ship their garbage to him for disposal. However, Sludge is secretly only dumping the garbage into a volcano on Laipuno Island. When the volcano erupts, Captain Planet and the Planeteers must save the islanders from the lava flow.
  • 10. Skumm Lord (Aired October 6, 1990) - When Verminous Skumm contaminates the water supplies of South America with a disease known as "rat rot", which turns its victims into rat-human hybrids, it's up to Kwame and Ma-Ti to find a cure when the other Planeteers become infected.
  • 11. Deadly Ransom (Aired October 13, 1990) - Dr. Blight and Duke Nukem hold Captain Planet prisoner in Antarctica, demanding that the Planeteers give them a lifetime supply of nuclear waste in return for his safety. Without their powers, the Planeteers must mount a daring rescue in order to save Captain Planet.
  • 12. Tree of Life (Aired November 10, 1990) - Dr. Blight and her robojacks chop down a sacred tree known to villagers as the "Tree of Life" and Blight harnesses the tree's powers for herself. With her new powers, Blight plans to destroy the ancient redwood forests. Special Guest Star: Floyd Red Crow Westerman as Old Indian Man.
  • 13. A World Below Us (Aired January 26, 1991) - After Gi is rescued from Sly Sludge's mechanical octopus, she is taken to a secret underwater city known as Oceanus, which is being threatened by Sludge's illegal toxic dumping. When the dome around Oceanus begins to burst, flooding the city, Captain Planet and the Planeteers must race against time to save the people of this underwater paradise.
  • 14. Littlest Planeteer (Aired November 24, 1990) - When the Planeteers stop a bus full of elementary school students from diving off a cliff, nine-year-old Jason, one of the students, follows the Planeteers home and idolizes Wheeler. When Wheeler suffers from second degree burns which renders him unable to use his ring, Jason steals Wheeler's ring and tries to single-handedly battle Dr. Blight's newly-created smog monster, which feeds on air pollution, Jason learns what it really means to be a Planeteer. Later on, Captain Planet makes Jason an honorary Planeteer.
  • 15. The Conqueror (Aired October 20, 1990) - The Planeteers are led astray by the promise of power from Zarm, a war-like god who had been Gaia's predecessor as the Spirit of the Earth. Zarm dazzles the Planeteers into telling them that they can create an environmetal utopia on Earth and gets them to follow him instead of Gaia, save for Ma-Ti, whose loyalty to Gaia is the strongest. With the Planeteers split up, Gaia becomes mortal and increasingly weaker. Can Ma-Ti convince the Planeteers that Zarm's true intent is to instigate a nuclear war?
  • 16. The Ultimate Pollution (Aired April 20, 1991) - Looten Plunder instigates a war between two desert villages so that he can sell firearms to both sides. When the Planeteers try to expose his scam, he imprisons them in a toxic trap. With bombs exploding around them, it is up to two young boys from the opposing villages to make their parents see sense, free the Planeteers and help stop the destruction.This episode also deals with drug use/abuse. Linkka's brother is deceived by Looten and toward the end of the episode Linkka tries in vain to stop her brother from taking them, ultimately he collapses and dies in her arms.The episode was aimed at helping parents talk to their children about the dangers of drugs and peer pressure.
  • 17. Meltdown Syndrome (Aired February 9, 1991) - When a scientist tries to cover up a radiation leak at a nuclear power plant, Duke Nukem zeros in on the "hot spot" and triggers a meltdown. With time running out, Captain Planet and the Planeteers are forced to cool off the reactor before an explosion occurs and contaminates the planet. When the scientist admits that he supported nuclear power on the basis it was clean and plentiful in an attempt to solve the energy crisis, the Planeteers recommend he instead research geothermal power.
  • 18. Don't Drink the Water (Aired March 2, 1991) - Looten Plunder, Dr. Blight, Verminous Skumm and Hoggish Greedly join forces in a plot to pollute a city's water supply so they can sell their bottled water to thirsty citizens at outrageous prices. Captain Planet and the Planeteers set out on a mission to find pure water and break up the "Pollution Syndicate."
  • 19. Plunder Dam (Aired February 2, 1991) - Looten Plunder dams an African river and installs a large hydroelectric power plant, cutting off water supplies to the villages. Gaia warns that only carefully engineered dams are beneficial. The villagers soon realize that Plunder's electricity is not a fair trade for the food and water that the river provided. With their crops dying and thirst-crazed elephants on the rampage, they enlist the help of the Planeteers to stop Plunder's scheme. The Planeteers then build a wisely placed dam to balance proper river flow with electrification of the village.
  • 20. Kwame's Crisis (Aired March 9, 1991) - Sly Sludge is burying a small town under garbage and the townspeople don't seem to care. Feeling he can't make a difference, Kwame leaves the Planeteers, but a young girl's single-handed recycling effort restores his faith, and with her help he attempts to save the Planeteers from Sludge's giant trash compactor.
  • 21. Smog Hog (Aired February 16, 1991) - Greedly hijacks Jane Goodair's environmentally friendly automobile factory in order to manufacture his Road Hog, a smog-spewing nightmare, and city is soon choking on exhaust fumes. When his own son, Greedly Jr., falls ill from the pollution, Greedly must turn to Captain Planet and the Planeteers for help. Special Guest Stars: Phyllis Diller as Jane Goodair and Charlie Schlatter as Hoggish Greedly Jr.
  • 22. Mission to Save Earth Part One (Aired May 4, 1991) - The eco-villains steal the Planeteers' rings and abandon the them on an island inhabited by Commander Clash, a soldier with a cold war mentality. Clash appears to be their most dangerous opponent to date, until Captain Pollution, summoned by evil duplicates of the Planeteers' rings created by Dr. Blight, appears and traps them.
  • 23. Mission to Save Earth Part Two (Aired May 11, 1991) - The Planeteers befriend Commander Clash and convince him to help them retrieve their rings and use his military skills in the battle against Captain Pollution.
  • 24. Two Futures Part One (Aired May 18, 1991) - The Planeteers' mission to prevent Dr. Blight and Greedly from travelling back in time to speed up global warming takes a turn for the worse. When Wheeler gets chastized for messing up, he doubts his own worth as a Planeteer. Dr. Blight sweet talks Wheeler into forgetting the Planeteers, and has MAL sent Wheeler back in time and alter his past. Wheeler accepts and convinces his past self to get rid of his Planeeter ring. However, Wheeler is then sent forward in time to the 21st Century, where he firsthand sees how his actions end up drastically changing the future.
  • 25. Two Futures Part Two (Aired May 25, 1991) - Traveling back in time so that he never becomes a Planeteer, Wheeler jeopardizes the survival of life on Earth. Gaia told Wheeler that after he traveled back in time to get rid of his Fire ring, Dr. Blight sent Hoggish Greedly and Rigger back in time to the 1950s to take advantage of lower environmental standards. When Gaia gives him the chance to go into the future and see the consequences of his actions, he sees all sorts of environmental disasters and a place where Captain Planet does not exist due to no Planeteer team. He also meets aged versions of his fellow Planeteers who are struggling by themselves to fend off problems, as well as a powerful and super-rich Hoggish Greedly and Rigger who have taken over Hope Island. Wheeler realizes how much he, along with every individual, contributes to the future of the planet.
  • 26. Heat Wave (Aired June 1, 1991) - Dr. Blight uses a smog-spewing barge and a huge dome to create a greenhouse effect over Hope Island. With Gaia's life in danger, the Planeteers enlist the help of a giant whale to break free from Blight's heat wave and call Captain Planet.

Season two (1991-1992)

  • 27. The Garbage Strikes (Aired September 21, 1991) - To make fast cash from a trash strike, Sly Sludge steals an untested microbe from Gi's scientist idol, Dr. Helix. The microbe was supposed to be a technological fix for the problem of overflowing landfills, but it simply absorbs trash to become a city-devouring garbage monster.
  • 28. Domes of Doom (Aired September 28, 1991) - It's up to the Planeteers to stop Looten Plunder after he hoodwinks the world into signing over its forests to his care, then covers them with giant domes and sells the cooled, clean air from these "air conditioners of the planet" at astronomical prices.
  • 29. Mind Pollution (Aired September 14, 1991) - Visiting her cousin Boris in Washington, D.C., Linka finds out he is under the influence of a designer drug known as 'Bliss', peddled by Verminous Skumm. Boris spiked Linka's food with Bliss, turning her into an addict, and the other Planeteers must try to help her break her addiction while also trying to stop drug-fueled riots from breaking out across the city. This is considered to be one of the darkest Captain Planet episodes, showing not only the heavy corruption of one of the series' protagonists, but also the death of her cousin Boris.
  • 30. Send in the Clones (Aired October 5, 1991) - Kwame befriends Leela, a schoolgirl on the island of Mogahl whose parents keep having children, hoping for another son. They get their wish when Looten Plunder and Dr. Blight, looking for cheap labor, turn their cloning ray on Leela's brother Vico, who doubles in number each time he eats. Soon Vico numbers in the millions and, along with an accidentally cloned locust swarm, threaten the island's food supply.
  • 31. The Ark (Aired October 19, 1991) - The Planeteers find themselves whisked aboard an interstellar Noah's Ark, while trying to save endangered tigers from Hoggish Greedly and Dr. Blight's forest-destroying Monster Golf Cart in India. The alien zookeeper named Collectore thinks humans are an endangered species, whose habitat is about to be destroyed. Special Guest Star: Fred Savage
  • 32. The Predator (Aired October 12, 1991) - In the Florida Keys, Ma-Ti has a brush with what he thinks is a giant man eater, though Gi reveals that it is a harmless basking shark. But panic spreads through the resort town, which hires Argos Bleak to eradicate all the sharks in the bay. When stinging jellyfish, which the sharks used to feed on, swarm the beach, the townspeople learn that predators have an important role in the ecosystem.
  • 33. Isle of Solar Energy (Aired October 26, 1991) - The Planeteers stumble across the island of Dr. Apollo, an American scientist who has perfected incredible devices for storing and transmitting solar power. They discover that the laboratory assistant is actually Leadsuit, who is helping Duke Nukem subvert solar technology to produce a radioactive weapon. Special Guest Stars: Danny Glover as Dr. Apollo and Cree Summer as Karen
  • 34. The Coral Killer (Aired November 2, 1991) - Hoggish Greedly and Rigger teach Tacio, a struggling Filipino fisherman, how to go dynamite fishing, without telling him the irreversible damage it does to the fish population and to the coral reef. It is all a cover for Greedly's underwater Reef Ripper, which is harvesting the shattered coral. But Gi takes Tacio's wife, Marcaria, underwater, and then to an impoverished, wave-battered island nearby, to show what can happen when a protective reef is gone.
  • 35. The Big Clam-Up (Aired November 9, 1991) - The people of San Francisco are collapsing with symptoms that suggest a whole range of pollution poisoning. As the Planeteers follow clues to solve this mystery, Ma-Ti, who has been reading 1940s detective novels, keeps imagining himself as a private eye. Ma-Ti proves a poor sleuth at first, but eventually traces the source of the illness to Verminous Skumm, who is serving seafood tainted by storm drain runoff in his restaurant, The Sinking Ship.
  • 36. Off Road Hog (Aired November 30, 1991) - Pete, a dirt bike enthusiast, loves off-road racing with Hoggish Greedly and Rigger, until Ma-Ti and desert guide Joshua Stone show him how alive this "barren" desert really is, and how much damage off-road vehicles do to it. Pete and the Planeteers swoop in on hang gliders to stop Greedly's ORV race, but Captain Planet is needed to save everyone from a flash flood. Special Guest Star: Dennis Weaver as Josh
  • 37. An Inside Job (Aired November 16, 1991) - Sly 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, which Kwame unwittingly drinks. The Planeteers must battle hideous water-borne parasites in Kwame's body so that he can recover, and restore themselves to proper size.
  • 38. A Twist of Fate (Aired February 29, 1992) - During an earthquake, a blow to Wheeler's head leaves him 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 himself and them is a simple twist of fate. Wheeler regains his memory and returns to help the other Planeteers call Captain Planet to save the girl who saved his life.
  • 39. Trouble on the Half Shell (Aired December 7, 1991) - Hoggish Greedly and Verminous Skumm are shipwrecked on one of the Galapagos Islands, where some of Skumm's mutated rats start stealing eggs from an endangered tortoise nest. The eggs soon end contaminated by pollutants, and hatch a new breed of aggressive mutant tortoises, which threaten to wipe out the ecosystem. With the help of JASON, a robot remote-controlled by a kid at a New York museum, the Planeteers and Captain Planet must put an end to the destruction.
  • 40. The Fine Print (Aired November 23, 1991) - Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak exploit an agricultural worker's hidden shame - illiteracy - by putting the man in charge of spraying pesticides. He can't read the written warnings, and as a result he uses too much pesticide, creating a lethal cloud that threatens a nearby town.
  • 41. Star Dust (Aired January 18, 1992) - Gi and Linka are livid when Wheeler belittles their favorite rock singer, Sky Runner, but it looks as though Wheeler may be right when they come upon a land-ravaging, surface mining operation run by Hoggish Greedly, but bankrolled by none other than their idol. Special Guest Star: Robby Romero as Sky Runner
  • 42. The Blue Car Line (Aired January 25, 1991) - Gaia becomes suspicious when air pollution suddenly skyrockets in an Australian city with one of the best mass transit systems in the world. The Planeteers investigate and discover that Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak are behind the problem. They are making it appear that the transit line is haunted, allowing them to profit from a massive freeway system and auto-related businesses.
  • 43. Birds of a Feather (Aired February 1, 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 a giant, metallic bird appears. All the birds, including El Profesor, follow it, as do Linka and Ma-Ti, who soon find themselves locked in a giant aviary, courtesy of Hoggish Greedly, who is running an exotic bird smuggling venture.
  • 44. Radiant Amazon (Aired March 28, 1992) - Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem collaborate to dump toxic waste in the Amazon rainforest, imperiling Ma-Ti's village. Ma-Ti returns to see the Shaman and when the Planeteers arrive, they find the village in flames. Although they are able to extinguish the blaze, Ma-Ti is filled with anger. He slips away to capture the villains, but is captured himself, and it is up to the other Planeteers to save him.
  • 45. The Great Tree Heist (Aired March 7, 1992) - The Planeteers travel to the Northwest after hearing about an old growth forest which is literally disappearing into thin air. After Wheeler sets out to investigate, along with an attractive local teenage bird watcher, Linka spots a "flying saucer" but they then discover that Hoggish Greedly is the pilot. They discover Greedly's scam -"Sucking up" five-hundred-year-old trees to make pressed board furniture.
  • 46. Fare Thee Whale (Aired April 4, 1992) - The Planeteers are shocked to see a mother whale killed during a whaling expedition engineered by Dr. Blight and Looten Plunder, but they are even more shocked to learn that it is legal, due to a loophole in the international laws, allowing whaling for the purpose of 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 Blight and Plunder.
  • 47. Summit to Save Earth Part One (Aired February 8, 1992) - At the Earth Summit in Brazil, the Planeteers are impressed by the proposed ecology measures, until the world leaders suddenly reverse their positions - victims of Zarm's treachery, who has united Hoggish Greedly, Looten Plunder, Sly Sludge, Duke Nukum, Verminous Skumm, and Dr. Blight under his leadership. He then tricks the Planeteers into giving up their rings and zaps Gaia into human form, aging her and destroying the planet simultaneously. The Planeteers' only hope is to find Commander Clash.
  • 48. Summit to Save Earth Part Two (Aired February 15, 1992) - After discovering that it is ten years later outside Zarm's ship, the Planeteers race to find Commander Clash before Gaia ages into dust. He returns with them and fights Zarm, but is defeated and opts to return to his island. The Planeteers refuse to give up and are recaptured and taunted by Zarm. He is just about to decimate Ma-Ti when Clash reappears and saves Gaia and the Planeteers.
  • 49. Losing Game (Aired February 22, 1992) - Kwame takes the Planeteers to Africa to meet an old friend from his tribe, Dr. Mabutu, who is experiencing trouble on his game ranch. The trouble is Dr. Blight, whose experiments turn ordinary cattle into "raging bulls", which threaten to destroy the entire region. When they go on a rampage, it is up to Captain Planet to hit the trail and corral the "bum steers".
  • 50. Scorched Earth (Aired March 14, 1992) - The Planeteers once again confront Zarm when he inhabits the body of a national dictator and implements a "Scorched Earth" policy to rid his country of interloping environmental activists eager to prevent development on the beach and forest areas. Zarm is revealed to have been behind every dictator in human history.
  • 51. Hate Canal (Aired March 21, 1992) - Verminous Skumm uses tainted cheese to infect Venetian canal rats with a deadly disease, which they then begin to spread throughout the city.
  • 52. Utopia (Aired April 11, 1992) - After being chided for watching futuristic thriller movies, Kwame suddenly finds himself and his fellow Planeteers fighting for survival in a surreal, gang-dominated world ruled by Skumm and Dr. Blight. When Dr. Blight turns the other Planeteers into punks, Kwame's only ally is Darian, leader of Utopia, the last unpolluted refuge on the planet. Just when things look hopeless and even Captain Planet can't prevail, Kwame awakens to find it was just a nightmare... or was it?

Season three (1992-1993)

The opening dialog is changed to have Linka located in Eastern Europe, instead of the Soviet Union.

  • 53. Greenhouse Planet (Aired September 12, 1992) - When Dr. Blight convinces the President of the United States to let her create a fuel for a spaceship trip to Venus, the Planeteers try to change his mind by showing him the accelerated greenhouse effects from fuel's emissions. MAL however takes control of the rocket and sends Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President to crash land on Venus while a underpowered Captain Planet must save the rest of the Planeteers.
  • 54. A Creep from the Deep (Aired September 19, 1992) - The Planeteers must stop a rampaging giant squid from threatening a small fishing town after its food supply is killed off by Sly Sludge's illegal waste dumping operation.
  • 55. The Deadly Glow (Aired September 26, 1992) - The Planeteers are called into action to stop Duke Nukem from stealing radioactive minerals and using them for his own sinister purposes.
  • 56. A Perfect World (Aired October 3, 1992) - Dr. Blight takes on a scientist, who is in a wheelchair, but what Dr. Blight doesn't count on is the Planeteers calling Captain Planet, who infects Blight's computer and gives MAL a computer virus.
  • 57. The Dream Machine (Aired October 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. Special Guest Star: Oren Lyons
  • 58. Bitter Waters (Aired October 17, 1992) - Sky Runner returns to ask the Planeteers for help after Looten Plunder tricks his people into selling their lands for urban development. Special Guest Star: Robby Romero as Sky Runner.
  • 59. The Guinea Pigs (Aired October 24, 1992) - Dr. Blight's minions have been capturing animals for her experiments and it's up to the Planeteers to stop her. Special Guest Stars: Lou Rawls as Dr. Rice and Vanna White as Laurie Saunders.
  • 60. OK at the Gunfight Corral (Aired October 31, 1992) - Hoggish Greedly, Rigger, and Sly Sludge travel back in time to create the biggest trash crisis in the Earth's history, and the only one who can stop them is Captain Planet.
  • 61. Canned Hunt (Aired November 7, 1992) - Hoggish Greedly is behind a "canned" hunt, and captures Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • 62. Hog Tide (Aired November 14, 1992) - Gaia tells the Planeteers about Captain Planet's first adventure in the 1940s, when he and the Planeteers before them stopped Hoggish Greedly's grandfather, Don Porkaloin from building developments too close to the ocean. To prepare for a hurricane, Porkaloin's lounge singer/scientist Betty Blight (Dr. Blight's grandmother) uses her moon manipulator to bring the hurricane to his shores. When the Planeteers of that time are formed, Captain Planet is summoned to save the day. Special Guest Star: Ed Begley, Jr. as Zoning Commissioner
  • 63. A Formula for Hate (Aired November 21, 1992) - When a high school basketball player named Todd Andrews finds out he has HIV-AIDS, Verminous Skumm starts rumors about the disease that turn Todd's schoolmates against him, hoping to spread the disease further. This was one of the first times that an American animated cartoon show dealt with the issue of AIDS education. Special Guest Stars: Neil Patrick Harris as Todd Andrews, Danica McKellar as Lisa, and Elizabeth Taylor as Todd Andrews' Mother.
  • 64. If It's Doomsday, This Must Be Belfast (Aired November 28, 1992) - The Planeteers go on separate missions across the world to prevent the detonation of three separate nuclear bombs in three three major conflict zones between warring religious factions. Verminous Skumm is behind the plot of inciting hatred to get people into nuking each other so that Duke Nukem could feast on the radiation from the nuclear fallouts. The main story sees Wheeler arrive in Northern Ireland where the conflict is between the Protestants and the Catholics. Kwame and Linka travel to South Africa where the blacks and whites are raging battles. Gi and Ma-Ti travel to Israel where tensions are high between Palestinians and Jews. The episode's portions set in Belfast have become a popular viral internet meme; its wildly inaccurate accents and depictions of the Troubles have been met with large degrees of mirth from Northern Ireland inhabitants, when originally released in the US it was viewed by the Northern Ireland government and banned from release in the third season run in Northern Ireland. Special Guest Star: Kenneth Mars as Moisha Lowkowitz.
  • 65. The Night of the Wolf (Aired December 5, 1992) - When Looten Plunder introduces the "Robo-Wolf", can the real wolves put a stop to it?

The New Adventures of Captain Planet

Season four (1993-1994)

David Coburn does the opening narration, instead of LeVar Burton.

  • 66. A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part One (Aired September 11, 1993) - While the Planeteers argue about their priorities concerning different ecological problems, Sly Sludge dumps waste in a salt mine. Pausing their dispute Gaia assigns the Planeteers to intervene. Shortly after another ecological disaster takes place close to Commander Clash's island. Not being able to handle both at the same time, the Planeteers decide to summon Captain Planet for managing the latter, while themselves chasing after Sludge. However they do not notice, that the island's contamination revived Captain Pollution, who instantly starts a fight against Captain Planet. To make things worse, the Planeteers fall into Sly Sludge's trap, who immures them in the mine... This episode reveals some of Ma-Ti's past and thereby some of his motives for environmentalism.
  • 67. A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part Two (Aired September 18, 1993) - Captain Planet destroys Captain Pollution for good by throwing him in a natural lava vat. In addition, Gi, Wheeler, and Linka each reveal some of their own past.
  • 68. I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear (Aired September 25, 1993) - Hoggish Greedly is behind a mystery involving Louisiana black bears. The Planeteers call Captain Planet who puts an end to Greedly's evil plots.
  • 69. Missing Linka (Aired October 2, 1993) - Linka's Grandmother suffers from sickness. Therefore, Linka decides to leave the Planeteers and return to her home town. Because half the town is affected, she investigates the reason of the problem. Wheeler, unable to abandon her, secretly stays in town - and helps Linka, as soon as the situation gets dangerous to her. Meanwhile the other Planeteers worry about getting her back. The Planeteers combine their powers to call Captain Planet to save Linka's town.
  • 70. The Unbearable Blightness of Being (Aired October 9, 1993) - Dr. Blight succeeds in constructing a machine, which switches the minds of two affected bodies. Using this machine, she gets into the body of Gaia (as well as Gaia gets into hers), in this way gaining Gaia's powers of nature and also befooling the Planeteers. Imprisoned in Blight's body, Gaia has to find and convince the Planeteers, if she wants her own body back.
  • 71. Wheeler's Ark (Aired October 16, 1993) - Captain Planet and the Planeteers stop Dr. Blight, Hoggish Greedly, and Looten Plunder from getting rid of the animals.
  • 72. Sea No Evil (Aired October 23, 1993) - Hoggish Greedly is behind a number of dolphins getting hurt, and the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who puts Greedly under glass. Special Guest Stars: Dionne Warwick and Ed Begley, Jr.
  • 73. Talkin' Trash (Aired November 13, 1993) - In this story about street gangs, Wheeler gets a letter from his hometown in New York with some bad news his farther who he never had a close relationship 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 none other than Verminous Scum. Special Guest Stars: George Hearn as Wheeler's Dad, Marilyn McCoo as Trish, and Marcia Wallace as Wheeler's Mom
  • 74. Future Shock (Aired October 30, 1993) - Zarm travels to the future and rounds up the great great great grandchildren of 3 eco-villains from the future to take on Captain Planet and the Planeteers. They are no match for the villains from the future. They call Captain Planet, who gets trapped and melted into a toxic acid bubble. Gaia produces the Planeteers from the future, who call the future Captain Planet. The future Planet defeats the future villains, but Ma-Ti also does the right thing and defeats them as well.
  • 75. Gorillas Will Be Missed (Aired February 5, 1994) - Goki, a boy from the future where gorillas are extinct, is given a virtual reality goggle by a mysterious woman that sends him into the past around the time when Looten Plunders tries to get rid of some gorillas. With Goki's help, the Planeteers call Captain Planet to stop him. At the end, Goki receives the power of Earth as a Planeteer, and the woman is revealed to be Gaia. Special Guest Star: Kadeem Hardison as Goki.
  • 76. I've Lost My Mayan (Aired November 6, 1993) - Transported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels. Special Guest Star: Héctor Elizondo as Shanoub.
  • 77. The Energy Vampire (Aired November 20, 1993) - Duke Nukem and Dr. Blight wreak havoc in Canada. Only Captain Planet can stop Nukem before he destroys the Earth.
  • 78. Bottom Line Green (Aired November 27, 1993) - The Planeteers go undercover to investigate a series of mysterious explosions at a plant. It looks like the owner's son is behind them, but Hoggish Greedly is behind the explosions, and the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who puts an end to the mystery, and captures Greedly.
  • 79. You Bet Your Planet (Aired February 26, 1994) - This episode featured a game show, You Bet Your Planet, in which the Planeteers competed against the Eco Villains. The game show was hosted on an alien planet, with aliens for the audience and the host Lexo Starvak, and a big mouth for the announcer. The prize was the fate of Captain Planet. Special Guest Stars: Casey Kasem as Lexel Starvack and Gene Wood as Game Show Announcer.
  • 80. Bug Off (Aired February 19, 1994) - Vermenous Skumm plans to terrorize the earth with his wicked wevels. But Captain Planet stops him. Special Guest Star: Robert Guillaume
  • 81. Orangu-Tangle (Aired April 30, 1994) - The Slaughters, a poaching mother/son team, plan to kill all the orangutans. When the police can't stop the Slaughters, the Planeteers call Captain Planet to stop the Slaughters.
  • 82. Jail House Flock (Aired March 26, 1994) - The Planeteers are shocked when Hoggish Greedley got a permit from an Army Corp of Engineers official to build houses by wetlands. When they tried to stop them, Greedley has them and Captain Planet arrested & thrown in jail. Greedley tricks the hick Sheriff (voiced by Sorrell Booke) that the Planeteers escaped from jail. So the Planeteers get some evidence to expose Greedley and free Captain Planet from jail.
  • 83. Planeteers Under Glass (Aired April 23, 1994) - A scientist constructed a simulation of a condensed version of Earth, featuring different biodomes. It was an experiment to demonstrate the consequences of pollution and how it will destroy the world, simulating a few centuries in ninety minutes. The Planeteers are visiting the land with the scientist and plan to leave after 30 minutes, but Dr. Blight locks them in. The Planeteers cannot use their rings individually because the simulated world has an effect on them, but they can combine them to summon Captain Planet. However Captain Planet cannot survive long in the world due to the intense pollution. The Planeteers and the scientist must find a way out, before it is too late.
  • 84. High Steaks (Aired April 2, 1994) - Looten Plunder is behind a plan to turn the Planeteers into cow patties. The Planeteers call Captain Planet, who defeats Plunder and Plunder is hauled off to jail-again. Special Guest Stars: Hoyt Axton as Big Ed Bakar and Dennis Weaver as Dusty.
  • 85. Going Bats, Man (Aired March 5, 1994) - The Planeteers investigate a movie producer named Robin Plunder (who turns out to be the nephew of Looten Plunder) when the bats are being framed for terroizing people. Captain Planet stops Robin in his tracks and expose his bat-discrediting plot.
  • 86. 'Teers in the 'Hood (Aired May 14, 1994) - This episode dealt with gang violence, guns, and the peace messages of Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Mahatma Gandhi, as well as their assassinations. 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.
  • 87. No Horsing Around (Aired May 7, 1994) - Hoggish Greedly is behind an attempt to get rid of the horses, but is stopped by Captain Planet.

Season five (1994-1995)

  • 88. Twilight Ozone (Aired September 10, 1994) - This exciting fifth season opener starts with a mystery. Animals are going blind. The Planeteers discover Duke Nukem is behind the blindness. They call Captain Planet. Planet gets a pipe and takes Nukem off. The sun gets hotter, and Nukem gives Planet a double dose of radiation, and the 2 fall to the ground. Nukem zaps a ray out of his hand at Captain Planet, who gets weak. He returns the Planeteers powers. Later, the Planeteers call Captain Planet again, and Planet reveals that he never gets burned twice. Planet captures Duke Nukem, and returns the Planeteers' powers.
  • 89. Hollywaste (Aired September 17, 1994) - The Planeteers meet Dr. Blight's do-goody sister Bambi Blight who will be starring in an environmentally-friendly movie. Unfortunately, Dr. Blight plans to ruin it. Featuring the voice of Arnold Stang as the Assistant Director
  • 90. Disoriented Express (Aired October 1, 1994) - Dr. Blight kidnaps wealthy philanthropist Ella Salvador with the intention of preventing the implementation of a new smog reducing railway system in overcrowded Latin American cities. Only Captain Planet can stop Dr. Blight. Special Guest Star: Rita Moreno
  • 91. The Ghost of Porkaloin Past (Aired September 24, 1994) - Hoggish Greedly inherits his grandfather's estate. But when he gets a hotel, he uses the cover as a legal operation but is stopped by Captain Planet. The groundskeeper Boaris is revealed to be Greedly's grandfather in disguise.
  • 92. No Place Like Home (Aired November 19, 1994) - Dr. Blight makes Gaia mortal and leaves Captain Planet and the Planeteers powerless. Special Guest Stars: Héctor Elizondo and Brenda Vaccaro
  • 93. Horns A' Plenty (Aired November 5, 1994) - The Planeteers split up to stop 2 plots involving rhinoceros horns: Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak distributing them and the Slaughter Family poaching rhinos for their horns. Upon learning that they have the same goal in rhino horns, Looten and Argos bust out Mame and Stalker to set up a trap for the Planeteers. Special Guest Star: Tristan Rogers as Caucasian Patrol Member
  • 94. Little Crop of Horrors (Aired November 26, 1994) - A vine designed by nature to control the rate of erosion is altered by Dr. Blight using a stolen growth enhancement ray which she stole from Dr. Georgina Carbor. When the vine mutates into a plant monster when placed in Dr. Blight's eco-system, it's up to Captain Planet to stop it. Special Guest Star: Cree Summer as Dr. Georgina Carbor
  • 95. A River Ran Through It (Aired November 12, 1994) - Hoggish Greedly starts a war between workers in a town. The Planeteers call Captain Planet, who puts an end to the feud when he captures Greedly. Special Guest Star: David Ackroyd and Ken Howard
  • 96. In Zarm's Way (Aired February 4, 1995) - Zarm tests humanity once again. This time, Gi must work for Zarm to save the children. But when things get out of hand, the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who orders the Planeteers to spread the news to mom and dad. They follow Planet's orders, and Gi tells Zarm that he loses. Zarm returns Captain Planet and the Planeteers to Hope Island. Last appearance of Zarm.
  • 97. Nothing's Sacred (Aired February 25, 1995) - Vermanous Skumm steals an artifact from a museum, but is returned by Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • 98. Who's Running the Show? (Aired May 13, 1995) - Doctor Blight, Duke Nukem, Venomous Skumm, and Hoggish Greedly hijack a national television network and fill it with their own pro-pollution propaganda, the Planeteers arrive to cut their transmission and schemes short, but things escalate when Duke Nukem insists on dropping a nuclear missile for the cameras. Special Guest Stars: Ted Turner as Fred Lerner and Jonathan Winters as Eco the Clown
  • 99. No Small Problem (Aired February 11, 1995) - Sly Sludge shrinks the Planeteers and sends them to a dump. There, they build a plane, but the shrinking ray is wearing off, and the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who saves the Planeteers, and closes down Sludge's operations. Last appearances of Sly Sludge and OOze.
  • 100. Numbers Game (Aired February 18, 1995) - It's Wheelers birthday, and a trip to Coney Island is delayed due to an eco emergency. So instead they go to an Eco Park. Wheeler, who is tired, falls asleep in the tunnel of love trip with Linka. He dreams that he is a father with 8 kids and one on the way. Hope Island is destroyed by over consumption, but the other Planeteers and Captain Planet don't care anymore.

Season six (1995-1996)

It is notable that in season six, the opening dialog was replaced by a new rap theme. Also, the Planeteers' clothes were updated to look more modern and the animation improved considerably. Linka's eye colour changed from blue to green and Gi's hair is longer. This season also was not aired in the United States until many years after the show's cancellation. Most of the episodes finally made their U.S. debut on Boomerang in 2006 as part of an Earth Day marathon.

  • 101. 5-Ring Panda-Monium (Aired November 4, 1995) - The Planeteers join the circus to rescue some abused animals after they were abducted by the Slaughters. Special Guest Star: Paul Williams as Kujo.
  • 102. An Eye for an Eye (Aired September 9, 1995) - Hoggish Greedly is behind a scheme to wipe out all the dolphins in existence, but the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who stops Greedly. A dolphin also stops Greedly with one of the bombs.
  • 103. 101 Mutations (Aired May 1, 1996) - Dr. Blight is running a puppy mill selling sick animals. (NOTES: This episode is also the final episode aired as a Series Finale.)
  • 104. Whoo Gives a Hoot? (Aired September 23, 1995) - The Planeteers have three days to prove that Looten Plunder is cutting down old growth forests. Wheeler falls into the river, and the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who rescues Wheeler. Later, our heroes lose the battle as Looten Plunder and the Pinshead Brothers cuts down more growth forest. This is a rare episode in which the Planeteers lose, and the eco-villain comes out on top. Plunder walks away to destroy more trees. Special Guest Star: Perry King as Ray.
  • 105. Frog Day Afternoon (Aired October 7, 1995) - Dr. Blight steals frogs from their habitat, but are returned with encouragement from Captain Planet, who ties Blight up.
  • 106. A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find (Aired November 11, 1995) - The Planeteers attempt to prevent past and future versions of Doctor Blight from selling a nuclear bomb to a German dictator strongly implied to be Adolf Hitler. This episode implies Doctor Blight is ultimately responsible for the Hiroshima bombings as the result of a paradox. Segments from this episode have been popular online, due to the Hitler-lookalike's mustache being too long, and for the strong anti-prejudice message delivered by Captain Planet.
  • 107. Twelve Angry Animals (Aired February 3, 1996) - The Planeteers are trapped in a terrible blizzard while journeying up Mount Everest. They are led by a wisecracking snow leopard named 'Heather' into an ice cavern where they think they will be safe. But, as it turns out, the cavern is actually a courtroom, and the Planeteers (as well as the rest of humanity) are judged for committed crimes against their fellow species. The Planeteers are all taken back to the times when the species were either hunted or had their homes devastated, resulting in endangerment or worse, extinction. Featuring the voice of Tony Jay as the talking yeti. (NOTES: This is a rare episode to have no eco-villains.)
  • 108. Dirty Politics (Aired November 18, 1995) - In the future, Dr. Blight's daughter, Betsi Blight, comes to the past to help the Planeteers. Special Guest Star: Melissa Manchester as Jane Green.
  • 109. One of the Gang (Aired January 27, 1996) - After saving a rich man's life in a boat storm, Señor Cisneros treats the Planeteers to a stay at his luxurious hotel. When a hotel police mistakes Ma-Ti as a local riffraff, Ma-Ti decides to clear his head & visit the poor community. He meets up with a boy who can't read & is threatened by a gang who burns his parent's store.
  • 110. Old Ma River (Aired November 25, 1995) - The Planeteers travel to India. All of them get sick except for Wheeler, who decides to investigate the sickness in the city.
  • 111. Delta Gone (Aired February 17, 1996) - Looten Plunder and Hoggish Greedly try to destroy the wastelands, but are stopped by Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
  • 112. Never the Twain Shall Meet (Aired February 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 Wheeler and Ma-ti don't want a guided tour; they have delusions of experiencing the Mississippi like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer did in the old days. Special Guest Star: Earl Holliman as Milton.
  • 113. Greed Is the Word (Aired February 24, 1996) - Hoggish Greedly is behind a scheme to get rid of the manatees, but the Planeteers call Captain Planet, who defeats Greedly and saves the manatees. Special Guest Star: Fred Schneider as Danny Dazzleduff.
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