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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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Season 1

  • A Hero for Earth
    6.7/1089 votes
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    A Hero for Earth

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Billy Ruebin

  • Rain of Terror
    6.0/1062 votes
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    Rain of Terror

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • Beast of the Temple
    6.0/1056 votes
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    Beast of the Temple

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1990

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ted Pedersen, Steve Hayes

  • Skumm Lord
    6.1/1056 votes
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    Skumm Lord

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Deadly Ransom
    5.8/1058 votes
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    Deadly Ransom

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Perry Martin

  • The Conqueror
    6.0/1052 votes
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    The Conqueror

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Molitor

  • Last of Her Kind
    5.8/1052 votes
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    Last of Her Kind

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

  • The Dead Seas
    6.0/1054 votes
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    The Dead Seas

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1990

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Tree of Life
    6.2/1060 votes
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    Tree of Life

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • Volcano's Wrath
    5.8/1052 votes
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    Volcano's Wrath

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

  • Littlest Planeteer
    5.8/1059 votes
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    Littlest Planeteer

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1990

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dorothy Middleton

  • A World Below Us
    5.8/1047 votes
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    A World Below Us

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/1991

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Maurer

  • Plunder Dam
    5.3/1047 votes
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    Plunder Dam

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/2/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Rowby Goren

  • Meltdown Syndrome
    5.6/1045 votes
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    Meltdown Syndrome

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Smog Hog
    5.7/1047 votes
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    Smog Hog

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Martha Moran

  • Polluting by Computer
    5.6/1054 votes
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    Polluting by Computer

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ted Pedersen, Steve Hayes

  • Don't Drink the Water
    5.9/1052 votes
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    Don't Drink the Water

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Dan DiStefano

  • Kwame's Crisis
    5.5/1049 votes
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    Kwame's Crisis

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ozone Hole
    5.7/1044 votes
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    Ozone Hole

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Molitor

  • The Ultimate Pollution
    5.9/1048 votes
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    The Ultimate Pollution

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/20/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Cliff MacGillivray

  • Population Bomb
    5.1/1057 votes
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    Population Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Phil Harnage

  • Mission to Save Earth (1)
    6.1/1055 votes
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    Mission to Save Earth (1)

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

  • Mission to Save Earth (2)
    6.1/1055 votes
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    Mission to Save Earth (2)

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

  • Two Futures (1)
    6.0/1054 votes
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    Two Futures (1)

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Molitor

  • Two Futures (2)
    5.8/1053 votes
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    Two Futures (2)

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/25/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Doug Molitor

  • Heat Wave
    6.0/1054 votes
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    Heat Wave

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/1/1991

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A