Ted Turner
Director
Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
Season 1
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!
Released Sept. 15, 1990
Episode 25 min
7+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Kids, Science Fiction
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Production Companies: Turner Program Services, DiC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Productions, TBS Productions Inc.
Network: TBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
S1E1 - A Hero for Earth
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 destroying a coastline.
Sept. 15, 1990, midnight
S1E2 - Rain of Terror
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
Sept. 22, 1990, midnight
S1E3 - Beast of the Temple
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
Sept. 29, 1990, midnight
S1E4 - Skumm Lord
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
Oct. 6, 1990, midnight
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S1E5 - Deadly Ransom
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
Oct. 13, 1990, midnight
S1E6 - The Conqueror
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.
Oct. 20, 1990, midnight
S1E7 - Last of Her Kind
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
Oct. 27, 1990, midnight
S1E8 - The Dead Seas
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
Nov. 3, 1990, midnight
S1E9 - Tree of Life
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
Nov. 10, 1990, midnight
S1E10 - Volcano's Wrath
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
Nov. 17, 1990, midnight
S1E11 - Littlest Planeteer
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
Nov. 24, 1990, midnight
S1E12 - A World Below Us
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
Jan. 26, 1991, midnight
S1E13 - Plunder Dam
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
Feb. 2, 1991, midnight
S1E14 - Meltdown Syndrome
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
Feb. 9, 1991, midnight
S1E15 - Smog Hog
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
Feb. 16, 1991, midnight
S1E16 - Polluting by Computer
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
Feb. 23, 1991, midnight
S1E17 - Don't Drink the Water
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
March 2, 1991, midnight
S1E18 - Kwame's Crisis
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
March 9, 1991, midnight
S1E19 - Ozone Hole
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
April 13, 1991, midnight
S1E20 - The Ultimate Pollution
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
April 20, 1991, midnight
S1E21 - Population Bomb
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
April 27, 1991, midnight
S1E22 - Mission to Save Earth (1)
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
May 4, 1991, midnight
S1E23 - Mission to Save Earth (2)
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
May 11, 1991, midnight
S1E24 - Two Futures (1)
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
May 18, 1991, midnight
S1E25 - Two Futures (2)
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
May 25, 1991, midnight
S1E26 - Heat Wave
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.
June 1, 1991, midnight
Network: TBS
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 2825 min.
Released: Sept. 15, 1990
Last Air Date: May 11, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y7
Common sense age: 7+
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