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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!

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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  1. 6.8/10(91 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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  2. 6.2/10(60 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 6.1/10(57 votes)

    #3 - Skumm Lord

    S1:E4

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

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  4. 6.1/10(55 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 6.1/10(55 votes)

    #5 - Mission to Save Earth (2)

    S1:E23

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

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  6. 6.0/10(65 votes)

    #6 - Rain of Terror

    S1:E2

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

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  8. 6.0/10(54 votes)

    #7 - The Dead Seas

    S1:E8

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

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  9. 6.0/10(55 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 6.0/10(55 votes)

    #9 - Heat Wave

    S1:E26

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

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  11. 5.9/10(57 votes)

    #10 - Beast of the Temple

    S1:E3

    Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

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  12. 5.9/10(53 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 5.9/10(52 votes)

    #12 - Don't Drink the Water

    S1:E17

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

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  14. 5.9/10(48 votes)

    #13 - The Ultimate Pollution

    S1:E20

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

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  15. 5.9/10(54 votes)

    #14 - Two Futures (2)

    S1:E25

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

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  16. 5.8/10(59 votes)

    #15 - Deadly Ransom

    S1:E5

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

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  17. 5.8/10(52 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 5.8/10(52 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. 5.8/10(59 votes)

    #18 - Littlest Planeteer

    S1:E11

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

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  20. 5.8/10(47 votes)

    #19 - A World Below Us

    S1:E12

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

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  21. 5.7/10(47 votes)

    #20 - Smog Hog

    S1:E15

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

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  22. 5.7/10(44 votes)

    #21 - Ozone Hole

    S1:E19

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

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  23. 5.6/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Meltdown Syndrome

    S1:E14

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

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  24. 5.6/10(54 votes)

    #23 - 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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  25. 5.5/10(49 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. 5.3/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Plunder Dam

    S1:E13

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

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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 6.8/10 based on 91 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Billy Ruebin, it aired on 9/15/1990. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Tree of Life".