Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Season 1
About this season
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!
Episodes (26)
1. A Hero for Earth
Aired 15 September 1990 • 25 min
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. Rain of Terror
Aired 22 September 1990 • 25 min
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
3. Beast of the Temple
Aired 29 September 1990 • 25 min
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
4. Skumm Lord
Aired 6 October 1990 • 25 min
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
5. Deadly Ransom
5.0Aired 13 October 1990 • 25 min
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
6. The Conqueror
Aired 20 October 1990 • 25 min
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. Last of Her Kind
Aired 27 October 1990 • 25 min
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
8. The Dead Seas
Aired 3 November 1990 • 25 min
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
9. Tree of Life
Aired 10 November 1990 • 25 min
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
10. Volcano's Wrath
Aired 17 November 1990 • 25 min
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
11. Littlest Planeteer
Aired 24 November 1990 • 25 min
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
12. A World Below Us
Aired 26 January 1991 • 25 min
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
13. Plunder Dam
Aired 2 February 1991 • 25 min
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
14. Meltdown Syndrome
Aired 9 February 1991 • 25 min
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
15. Smog Hog
Aired 16 February 1991 • 25 min
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
16. Polluting by Computer
Aired 23 February 1991 • 25 min
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
17. Don't Drink the Water
Aired 2 March 1991 • 25 min
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
18. Kwame's Crisis
Aired 9 March 1991 • 25 min
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
19. Ozone Hole
Aired 13 April 1991 • 25 min
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
20. The Ultimate Pollution
Aired 20 April 1991 • 25 min
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
21. Population Bomb
Aired 27 April 1991 • 25 min
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
22. Mission to Save Earth (1)
Aired 4 May 1991 • 25 min
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
23. Mission to Save Earth (2)
Aired 11 May 1991 • 25 min
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
24. Two Futures (1)
Aired 18 May 1991 • 25 min
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
25. Two Futures (2)
Aired 25 May 1991 • 25 min
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
26. Heat Wave
Aired 1 June 1991 • 25 min
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.