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The Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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The Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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...

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  1. Background image for Deadly Ransom
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Deadly Ransom

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for A Hero for Earth
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    #2 - A Hero for Earth

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Rain of Terror
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    #3 - Rain of Terror

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Beast of the Temple
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    #4 - Beast of the Temple

    S1:E3

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

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  5. Background image for Skumm Lord
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    #5 - Skumm Lord

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Conqueror
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    #6 - The Conqueror

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Last of Her Kind
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    #7 - Last of Her Kind

    S1:E7

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

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  9. Background image for The Dead Seas
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    #8 - The Dead Seas

    S1:E8

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Tree of Life
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    #9 - Tree of Life

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Volcano's Wrath
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    #10 - Volcano's Wrath

    S1:E10

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

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  12. Background image for Littlest Planeteer
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    #11 - Littlest Planeteer

    S1:E11

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for A World Below Us
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    #12 - A World Below Us

    S1:E12

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Plunder Dam
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    #13 - Plunder Dam

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Meltdown Syndrome
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    #14 - Meltdown Syndrome

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Smog Hog
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    #15 - Smog Hog

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Polluting by Computer
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    #16 - Polluting by Computer

    S1:E16

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

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  18. Background image for Don't Drink the Water
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    #17 - Don't Drink the Water

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Kwame's Crisis
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    #18 - Kwame's Crisis

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Ozone Hole
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    #19 - Ozone Hole

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Ultimate Pollution
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    #20 - The Ultimate Pollution

    S1:E20

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

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  22. Background image for Population Bomb
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    #21 - Population Bomb

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Mission to Save Earth (1)
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    #22 - Mission to Save Earth (1)

    S1:E22

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

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  24. Background image for Mission to Save Earth (2)
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    #23 - Mission to Save Earth (2)

    S1:E23

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

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  25. Background image for Two Futures (1)
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    #24 - Two Futures (1)

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Two Futures (2)
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    #25 - Two Futures (2)

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Deadly Ransom" is the best rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". It scored 5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Perry Martin, it aired on 10/13/1990. This episode scored 5.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Hero for Earth".