Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Season 1

26 episodes

  1. 1. A Hero for Earth

    25m · Sep 15, 1990

    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.

  2. 2. Rain of Terror

    25m · Sep 22, 1990

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

  3. 3. Beast of the Temple

    25m · Sep 29, 1990

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

  4. 4. Skumm Lord

    25m · Oct 6, 1990

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

  5. 5. Deadly Ransom

    25m · Oct 13, 1990

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

  6. 6. The Conqueror

    25m · Oct 20, 1990

    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.

  7. 7. Last of Her Kind

    25m · Oct 27, 1990

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

  8. 8. The Dead Seas

    25m · Nov 3, 1990

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

  9. 9. Tree of Life

    25m · Nov 10, 1990

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

  10. 10. Volcano's Wrath

    25m · Nov 17, 1990

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

  11. 11. Littlest Planeteer

    25m · Nov 24, 1990

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

  12. 12. A World Below Us

    25m · Jan 26, 1991

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

  13. 13. Plunder Dam

    25m · Feb 2, 1991

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

  14. 14. Meltdown Syndrome

    25m · Feb 9, 1991

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

  15. 15. Smog Hog

    25m · Feb 16, 1991

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

  16. 16. Polluting by Computer

    25m · Feb 23, 1991

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

  17. 17. Don't Drink the Water

    25m · Mar 2, 1991

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

  18. 18. Kwame's Crisis

    25m · Mar 9, 1991

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

  19. 19. Ozone Hole

    25m · Apr 13, 1991

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

  20. 20. The Ultimate Pollution

    25m · Apr 20, 1991

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

  21. 21. Population Bomb

    25m · Apr 27, 1991

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

  22. 22. Mission to Save Earth (1)

    25m · May 4, 1991

    The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

  23. 23. Mission to Save Earth (2)

    25m · May 11, 1991

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

  24. 24. Two Futures (1)

    25m · May 18, 1991

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

  25. 25. Two Futures (2)

    25m · May 25, 1991

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

  26. 26. Heat Wave

    25m · Jun 1, 1991

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