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The Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1

Every episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1!

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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 - come together to defend our planet from environmental destruction.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 1 - A Hero for Earth
    6.9/10(100 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Billy Ruebin

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  2. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 2 - Rain of Terror
    6.3/10(72 votes)

    #2 - Rain of Terror

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Perry Martin

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  3. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 3 - Beast of the Temple
    6.1/10(61 votes)

    #3 - Beast of the Temple

    S1:E3

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Steve Hayes, Ted Pedersen

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  4. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 4 - Skumm Lord
    6.4/10(61 votes)

    #4 - Skumm Lord

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Martha Moran

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  5. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 5 - Deadly Ransom
    6.0/10(62 votes)

    #5 - Deadly Ransom

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Perry Martin

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  6. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 6 - The Conqueror
    6.0/10(56 votes)

    #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
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  7. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 7 - Last of Her Kind
    5.8/10(55 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly

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  8. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 8 - The Dead Seas
    5.9/10(56 votes)

    #8 - The Dead Seas

    S1:E8

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Martha Moran

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  9. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 9 - Tree of Life
    6.3/10(62 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Maurer

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  10. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 10 - Volcano's Wrath
    5.8/10(55 votes)

    #10 - Volcano's Wrath

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

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  11. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 11 - Littlest Planeteer
    5.8/10(61 votes)

    #11 - Littlest Planeteer

    S1:E11

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dorothy Middleton

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  12. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 12 - A World Below Us
    5.7/10(50 votes)

    #12 - A World Below Us

    S1:E12

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Maurer

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  13. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 13 - Plunder Dam
    5.4/10(51 votes)

    #13 - Plunder Dam

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rowby Goren

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  14. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 14 - Meltdown Syndrome
    5.7/10(49 votes)

    #14 - Meltdown Syndrome

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Harnage

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  15. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 15 - Smog Hog
    5.6/10(49 votes)

    #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
    Writer:Martha Moran

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  16. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 16 - Polluting by Computer
    5.7/10(56 votes)

    #16 - Polluting by Computer

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Steve Hayes, Ted Pedersen

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  17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 17 - Don't Drink the Water
    5.8/10(53 votes)

    #17 - Don't Drink the Water

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dan DiStefano

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  18. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 18 - Kwame's Crisis
    5.6/10(52 votes)

    #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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  19. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 19 - Ozone Hole
    5.6/10(46 votes)

    #19 - Ozone Hole

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  20. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 20 - The Ultimate Pollution
    5.9/10(51 votes)

    #20 - The Ultimate Pollution

    S1:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Cliff MacGillivray

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  21. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 21 - Population Bomb
    5.0/10(63 votes)

    #21 - Population Bomb

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Harnage

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  22. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 22 - Mission to Save Earth (1)
    6.2/10(58 votes)

    #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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

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  23. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 23 - Mission to Save Earth (2)
    6.1/10(56 votes)

    #23 - Mission to Save Earth (2)

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

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  24. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 24 - Two Futures (1)
    6.0/10(56 votes)

    #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
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  25. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 25 - Two Futures (2)
    5.8/10(55 votes)

    #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
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Hero for Earth" is the best rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 100 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Billy Ruebin, it aired on 9/15/1990. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Rain of Terror".