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. Dr. Blight, Duke Nukem, Verminous 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. The New Adventures of Captain Planet Episode Guide -Hanna-Barbera- 1993 – 1996. Production Code: 203: 28: 2 "The Garbage Strikes" Jim Duffy: Phil Harnage: September 21, 1991 () Sly Sludge Looten Plunder and Hoggish Greedly try to destroy the African wetlands with their mining and cattle business, but are stopped by Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The Planeteers learn that the world is very overpopulated and some countries try to slow it down. Kath Soucie provided the voice for Linka as well as that of Bambi Blight. Synopsis. Edit. Shortly after another ecological disaster takes place close to Commander Clash's island. Sly Sludge, Dr. Blight and her computer, MAL, hack into the government's computer system to falsify the Planeteers' records and clean Sly Sludge's background check as he appears to be a committed environmentalist. The 2003 version of Captain Planet and the Planeteers is a Digital Colored series aired on Kids' WB!, as a production of The Incredible World of DiC (Cookie Jar for further reprints), running five seasons and 130 episodes between October 2003 and March 2008. The Planeteers travel to the Northwest after hearing about an old growth forest which is literally disappearing into thin air. Early Installment Weirdness: In the first few episodes, Captain Planet doesn't wear boots. Gi's friend Newalk tells the Planeteers that some believe it is Phi Pok, a mythological dragon-beast. 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. Based on the critically-acclaimed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) was co-founded in 1991 by media mogul Ted Turner and producer Barbara Pyle as a corporate foundation of TBS.. While the Planeteers argue about their priorities concerning different ecological problems, Sly Sludge dumps waste in a salt mine. 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. Sky Runner returns to ask the Planeteers for help after Looten Plunder tricks his people into selling their lands for urban development. The episode Captain Planet and the Planeteers: A Formula for Hate (1992) has a special PSA which had viewers understanding how to deal with A.I.D.S. Second of a two-part episode. 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. Wheeler regains his memory and returns to help the other Planeteers call Captain Planet to save the girl who saved his life. Traveling back in time so that he never becomes a Planeteer, Wheeler jeopardizes the survival of life on Earth. Second of a two-part episode. 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. The Planeteers are shocked when Hoggish Greedley got a permit from an Army Corps of Engineers official (voiced by. 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. They discover that the laboratory assistant is actually Leadsuit, who is helping Duke Nukem subvert solar technology to produce a radioactive weapon. Later, our heroes lose the battle as Looten Plunder and the Pinshead Brothers cuts down more growth forest. The people of San Francisco are collapsing with symptoms that suggest a whole range of pollution poisoning. Meanwhile the other Planeteers worry about getting her back. The Planeteers and the scientist must find a way out, before it is too late. First of a two-part episode. But the resulting smog goes so far out of control, that eventually Greedly himself has to ask Captain Planet for help in order to save his son's life. While there, Juan's parrot, El Profesor, leads them to a secluded "bird paradise" when a giant, metallic bird appears. This exciting fifth series opener starts with a mystery. Their first fight is to keep Hoggish Greedly's oil rig from destroying a coastline. 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. Captain Planet and the Planeteers set out on a mission to find pure water and break up the "Pollution Syndicate". In addition, Kwame, Gi, Wheeler, and Linka each reveal some of their own past. At 2:18. The Planeteers go on separate missions across the world to prevent the detonation of three separate nuclear bombs in three major conflict zones between warring factions. 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. She binds and gags her sister and takes her place. This is 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. Gaia told Wheeler that after he traveled back in time to get rid of his Fire ring, he has changed the history and when Wheeler asks Gaia that why somebody was chosen to become Planeteer instead of Wheeler, Gaia reminds him that he was supposed to set an example for countless others and since he declined to be a Planeteer, the Planeteers went their separate ways and there was no Captain Planet. 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. Blight pumps… A Hero for Earth. Megatron. The microbe was supposed to be a. Zarm allows the kids' feuding parents to influence them, causing the children to turn on each other, but the Planeteers and Captain Planet show them the error of their ways. At the end, Goki receives the power of Earth as a Planeteer, and the woman is revealed to be Gaia. Blinded by greed, the townspeople fail to realize that their natural resources are being drained in a flagrantly careless and destructive manner in order to create the things they wish for. The Planeteers take on Verminous Skumm, an evil human-rat who thrives in polluted conditions, whose plan is to burn coal in an abandoned factory to create acid rain. Without their powers, the Planeteers must mount a daring rescue in order to save Captain Planet. The Planeteers head South to meet their pal Milton who plans to show them all he's doing to preserve the endangered Mississippi River. The series was produced by Turner Program Services and DIC Entertainment and it was broadcast on TBS from September 15, 1990, to December 5, 1992 Wheeler, unable to abandon her, secretly stays in town – and helps Linka, as soon as the situation gets dangerous to her. 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. Hoggish Greedly inherits his grandfather's estate. Gi is outraged to see Hoggish Greedly using a giant drift-net to illegally fish whatever he wants from the ocean. Because half the town is affected, she investigates the reason of the problem. Her boss is none other than Verminous Skumm. Four of the main eco villains (and their henchmen) 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. Where do I stream Captain Planet and the Planeteers online? 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. They end up rescuing far more animals than returning, to Gaia's dismay. Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown. Together, they battle those who try to pollute or harm the Earth. It was meant to teach people about the dangers of environmentalism, but that wasn’t the show’s original intention. 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. Note: First appearances of Captain Planet, Gaia, the Planeteers (Kwame, Wheeler, Linka, Gi & Ma-Ti), Hoggish Greedly and Rigger. 5 of the main eco-villains steal the Planeteers' rings and abandon them on an island inhabited by Commander Clash, a soldier with a cold war mentality. The inhabitants, genetically affected mice with human characteristics including overpopulation and its resulting polluted land, capture Wheeler for food. They discover Greedly's scam -"Sucking up" five-hundred-year-old trees to make pressed board furniture. 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. Note #1: First appearance of Dr. Blight, MAL and Duke Nukem. Individually, the rings represent the elements of the Earth. Dr. Blight attempts to destroy Hope Island by turning it into a huge greenhouse surrounded by a force field. The show was the second longest-running cartoon series of the 1990s, with a production of 113 episodes. He disables the machine that's supposed to make everything work, but in freeing the Planeteers from a forcefield is captured. 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. Captain Planet And The Planeteers Episode Guide -DiC Ent As the opening narration explained, earth spirit Gaia needed to purge the earth of greedy polluters like Hoggish Greedly, Looten Plunder, Dr. Blight, and Verminous Skumm. The prize is the fate of Captain Planet. The pilot episode was a lot more disturbing. Captain Planet and the Planeteers is available for streaming on Cartoon Network, both individual episodes and full seasons. 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. He then tricks the Planeteers into giving up their rings and zaps Gaia into human form, aging her and destroying the planet simultaneously. To prepare for a Hurricane Kira, Porkaloin's lounge singer/scientist Betty Blight (Dr. Blight's grandmother) uses her moon manipulator to bring the hurricane to his shores. Captain Planet obviously dealt with pollution and environmental dangers, but also had an episode dedicated towards HIV and suicide. Dr. Blight is running a puppy mill selling sick animals. 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. This episode reveals some of Ma-Ti's past and thereby some of his motives for environmentalism. The groundskeeper Boaris is revealed to be Greedly's grandfather in disguise. In the end, a small action from Ma-Ti involving saving a girl from a flood and the future Eco-Villains ends up securing the cleaner future, causing the polluted timeline to vanish and the future Eco-Villains to be erased while Dr. Blight, Looten Plunder, and Zarm get away. Gaia and the Planeteers are trapped inside the force field, and cannot summon Captain Planet. 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. Series Cast. But in his very first appearance, his boots were missing for the first Kwame befriends Leela, a schoolgirl on the island of Mogahl whose parents keep having children, hoping for another son. For their first assignment, the Planeteers battle Hoggish Greedly, whose oil rig operation is jeopardizing the coastline. After saving a rich man's life in a boat storm, Señor Cisneros treats the Planeteers to a stay at his luxurious hotel. This is a rare episode in which the Planeteers lose, and the eco-villain comes out on top. We all fondly remember Captain Planet as a show that taught us about environmentalism, saving the Earth, and how it's OK to make fun of a superhero if his power sucks (too bad for you, Ma-Ti! It's up to Ma-ti and Gaia to stop Zarm's evil ploy. The Planeteers' mission to prevent Dr. Blight and Greedly from travelling back in time to speed up. With time running out, Captain Planet and the Planeteers are forced to cool off the reactor before an explosion occurs and contaminates the planet. Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution. Captain Planet and the Planeteers is a series that is currently running and has 3 seasons (65 episodes). Transported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels. This page was last edited on 30 April 2021, at 17:15. 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. 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. The opening dialogue is changed to have Linka located in Eastern Europe, since the Soviet Union went defunct. All of them get sick except for Wheeler, who decides to investigate the sickness in the city with the help of an Indian woman named Lita. Note #1: First appearance of Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak. But when he gets a hotel, he uses the cover as a legal operation but is stopped by Captain Planet. The game show is hosted on an alien planet, with aliens for the audience and the host Lexo Starvak, and a big mouth for the announcer. He meets up with a boy who can't read & is threatened by a gang who burns his parent's store. 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. With this power now at her disposal, even Captain Planet may not be strong enough to stop her from destroying the forest. ... Kwame / ... 113 episodes, 1990-1996. 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