6.7/1087 votes#1 - 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
- 6.0/1060 votes
#2 - 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
- 6.0/1055 votes
#3 - 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
- 6.2/1055 votes
#4 - 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
- 5.8/1057 votes
#5 - 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
- 6.0/1051 votes
#6 - 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
- 5.8/1051 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.0/1053 votes
#8 - 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
- 6.3/1059 votes
#9 - 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
- 5.8/1051 votes
#10 - 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
- 5.8/1058 votes
#11 - Littlest Planeteer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1990
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dorothy Middleton
- 5.8/1046 votes
#12 - 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
- 5.3/1046 votes
#13 - 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
- 5.6/1044 votes
#14 - 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
- 5.7/1046 votes
#15 - 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
- 5.6/1053 votes
#16 - 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
- 5.9/1051 votes
#17 - 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
- 5.5/1048 votes
#18 - 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
- 5.7/1043 votes
#19 - 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
- 5.9/1047 votes
#20 - 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
- 5.1/1055 votes
#21 - 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
- 6.1/1054 votes
#22 - 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
- 6.1/1053 votes
#23 - 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
- 6.0/1053 votes
#24 - 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
- 5.8/1052 votes
#25 - 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
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!
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 Ratings Summary
"A Hero for Earth" is the best rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Billy Ruebin, it aired on 9/15/1990. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Rain of Terror".