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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 A Hero for Earth
    6.8/10(94 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Deadly Glow
    6.6/10(36 votes)

    #2 - The Deadly Glow

    S3:E3

    The Planeteers have little time to track down a radioactive isotope that was released by two capsules from an old chemotherapy machine. But where there's radioactivity, there's Duke Nukem, and he's already got his hands on one of the capsules. Now the Planeteers must find the two little children that took the other capsule before Nukem does.

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for OK at the Gunfight Corral
    6.6/10(37 votes)

    #3 - OK at the Gunfight Corral

    S3:E8

    The Planeteers travel back in time of pursuit of Hoogish Gredly and Sly Sludge, who intend to purchase the Grand Canyon decades before it becomes a landmark and use it as a land-fill

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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for Canned Hunt
    6.6/10(43 votes)

    #4 - Canned Hunt

    S3:E9

    The Planeteers are vacationing on a cruise, where they meet Trevor, a big game hunter. Linka, totally misunderstanding Trevor's reasoning for enjoying hunting, takes an immediate disliking to him. They soon discover that Greedly is running a bogus "hunting" business, where tamed animals are being used (and slaughtered) to allow his clients to enjoy the ultimate hunting experience. The Planeteers and Captain Planet are captured, but Trevor comes to the rescue and helps turn the tables on Greedly.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Gorillas Will Be Missed
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Gorillas Will Be Missed

    S4:E13

    An African boy from the future uses a virtual reality game and opens a door to the past where Looten Plunder is behind gorillas being poachered. He helps the Planeteers. The Planeteers call Captain Planet when things get out of hand.

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  6. Background image for Bitter Waters
    6.4/10(37 votes)

    #6 - Bitter Waters

    S3:E6

    When visiting Skyrunner (from "Stardust"), the Planeteers come across a faulty irrigation project, engineered by Looten Plunder, who has manipulated the Tribe into allowing him to put the project into effect. Blinded by promises of riches, new jobs, and a good harvest, the Tribe must be convinced by the Planeteers that the project is more destructive than productive, before Plunder drains them of their water, and thier livelihood.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Bottom Line Green
    6.3/10(30 votes)

    #7 - Bottom Line Green

    S4:E12

    A man who owns a small french fry company, his son is under the influence of Hoggish Greedly and Rigger not to have is father turn the factory "eco" friendly. When some strange accidents occur, the planeteers think the son is behind them, since the son and the father never got along, but they soon learn it was Greedly.

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  9. Background image for Planeteers Under Glass
    6.3/10(33 votes)

    #8 - Planeteers Under Glass

    S4:E19

    A scientist invites the Planeteers to participate in a new eco-experiment, but they all soon fall victim to another scientist - Dr. Blight, who makes one minor change to the experiment - they can't get out!

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Tree of Life
    6.2/10(61 votes)

    #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.

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    Director:Unknown
  11. Background image for Mind Pollution
    6.2/10(60 votes)

    #10 - Mind Pollution

    S2:E1

    On vacation, Linka goes to Washington D.C. to visit her cousin and uncle. Unfortunately, trouble isn't too far behind, because Verminous Skumm has brainwashed her cousin into taking a new drug called Bliss, and now Skumm wants to have Linka under his power as well.

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    Director:Unknown
  12. Background image for A Perfect World
    6.2/10(36 votes)

    #11 - A Perfect World

    S3:E4

    The Planeteers are given a tour of a new "Perfect World," a world with no pollution, clean farming and little potential for environmental backlash. All is created within a computer environment, but Dr. Blight and MAL infect this would-be "paradise" with a shot of viral pollution...

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  13. Background image for Skumm Lord
    6.1/10(57 votes)

    #12 - Skumm Lord

    S1:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Summit to Save Earth (1)
    6.1/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Summit to Save Earth (1)

    S2:E17

    As key World leaders come together under one roof to discuss how to best prevent the growing spread of pollution and o-zone damage worldwide, Zarm returns to earth with a plot to snuff out the Planeteers. Calling a meeting of all the eco-warriors greatest foes, Zarm is able to tap into earth's energies and drain the earth itself of all it's resources. Only Gaia stands in his way, but Zarm has a final surprise to ensure she does not become a problem..

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #14 - I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear

    S4:E3

    In a story laced with magic and mystery, Hoggish Greedly and Rigger head south for Mardi Gras where they disguise themselves as ancient voodoo gods and poach Louisiana black bears in the bayou.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Orangu-Tangle
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #15 - Orangu-Tangle

    S4:E20

    The Planeteers fight off poachers to save an infant orangutan and it's mother.

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for Rain of Terror
    6.0/10(65 votes)

    #16 - Rain of Terror

    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
  18. Background image for Mission to Save Earth (1)
    6.0/10(57 votes)

    #17 - 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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    6.0/10(56 votes)

    #18 - Mission to Save Earth (2)

    S1:E23

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

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  20. Background image for Two Futures (1)
    6.0/10(56 votes)

    #19 - Two Futures (1)

    S1:E24

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

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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for Heat Wave
    6.0/10(56 votes)

    #20 - Heat Wave

    S1:E26

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Guinea Pigs
    6.0/10(39 votes)

    #21 - The Guinea Pigs

    S3:E7

    Dr. Blight, who is doing inhumane experiments for a makeup company, is troubled by the Planeteers and the makeup company's owner. Dr. Blight tries to use them as her guinea pigs.

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for Wheeler's Ark
    6.0/10(32 votes)

    #22 - Wheeler's Ark

    S4:E6

    The soft-hearted Planeteers have been collecting homeless animals from around the world, and when Gaia sends them on a trip to return the endangered species to the wild, they find that the animals' habitats are in severe danger. To Gaia's surprise, instead of releasing the animals, the Planeteers return to Hope Island with a Geocruiser so full that Noah would be proud.

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for No Horsing Around
    6.0/10(30 votes)

    #23 - No Horsing Around

    S4:E21

    As part of a traditional quest, one of Ma-ti's Native American friends ventures into the desert to tame a wild horse. Ma-ti, accompaning him, set out, only to be captured by Hoggish Greedly, who has illegally crossed onto Indian land to round up the wild horses for slaughter

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Beast of the Temple
    5.9/10(57 votes)

    #24 - Beast of the Temple

    S1:E3

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

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  26. Background image for The Conqueror
    5.9/10(53 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"A Hero for Earth" is the best rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". It scored 6.8/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Billy Ruebin, it aired on 9/15/1990. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Deadly Glow".