Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV-Y71990•25m•6.8/10
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyKids
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.8/10(231)
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!
Production
Turner Program Services, DiC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, TBS Productions
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 15, 1990
Last Aired
May 11, 1996
Networks
TBS, Syndication
Created By
Ted Turner
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
A Hero for Earth
Air date: 1990-09-15
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.
E2
Rain of Terror
Air date: 1990-09-22
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
E3
Beast of the Temple
Air date: 1990-09-29
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
E4
Skumm Lord
Air date: 1990-10-06
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
E5
Deadly Ransom
Air date: 1990-10-13
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
E6
The Conqueror
Air date: 1990-10-20
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.
E7
Last of Her Kind
Air date: 1990-10-27
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
E8
The Dead Seas
Air date: 1990-11-03
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
E9
Tree of Life
Air date: 1990-11-10
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
E10
Volcano's Wrath
Air date: 1990-11-17
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
E11
Littlest Planeteer
Air date: 1990-11-24
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
E12
A World Below Us
Air date: 1991-01-26
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
E13
Plunder Dam
Air date: 1991-02-02
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
E14
Meltdown Syndrome
Air date: 1991-02-09
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
E15
Smog Hog
Air date: 1991-02-16
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
E16
Polluting by Computer
Air date: 1991-02-23
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
E17
Don't Drink the Water
Air date: 1991-03-02
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
E18
Kwame's Crisis
Air date: 1991-03-09
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
E19
Ozone Hole
Air date: 1991-04-13
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
E20
The Ultimate Pollution
Air date: 1991-04-20
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
E21
Population Bomb
Air date: 1991-04-27
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
E22
Mission to Save Earth (1)
Air date: 1991-05-04
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
E23
Mission to Save Earth (2)
Air date: 1991-05-11
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
E24
Two Futures (1)
Air date: 1991-05-18
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
E25
Two Futures (2)
Air date: 1991-05-25
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
E26
Heat Wave
Air date: 1991-06-01
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.
Cast
Joey Dedio
Wheeler (voice)
LeVar Burton
Kwame (voice)
Kath Soucie
Linka (voice)
Scott Menville
Ma-Ti (voice)
Janice Kawaye
Gi (voice)
David Coburn
Captain Planet (voice)
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