5.2/1042 votes#1 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1993
The Planeteers argue what to do. Either go to Africa & save the animals or go to North America to save a rainforest. Gaia tells them that's there's an emergency at Commander Clash's island. And also that Looten Plunder's up to no good as well.vAt the island, Captain Pollution returns to fight Captain Planet causing destruction around the world. Meanwhile, the Planeteers try to stop Plunder, but Plunder puts them in a trap inside the cave with no way out.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 5.2/1042 votes
#2 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1993
The Planeteers are still trapped in the mine while Captain Planet is still fighting Captain Pollution. As they try to get out of the mine, Kwame, Linka, Wheeler & Gi reveal their childhood stories along the way. When they got out, the Planeteers nail Plunder with help from federal agents. Then they go back to Commander Clash's island to help Captain Planet out. Captain Planet beats Captain Pollution by soaking him into some clean lava. And Pollution is gone again!
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 6.2/1031 votes
#3 - I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1993
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.
Director: N/A
- 5.9/1030 votes
#4 - Missing Linka
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1993
While the other Planeteers deal with a toxic spill in small town USA, Linka gives up her ring and returns home to be with her grandmother who has become mysteriously ill. Will the Planeteers be able to continue their noble quest without the power of wind?
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 5.7/1040 votes
#5 - The Unbearable Blightness of Being
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1993
Dr. Blight uses her latest and most devious device to zap herself into Gaia's body and literally control the world. While Gaia-Blight wreaks havoc on Earth, the real Gaia, who has been transported into Blight's body, must convince the Planeteers to help her regain her own body and put a stop to the global destruction.
Director: N/A
- 6.2/1029 votes
#6 - Wheeler's Ark
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1993
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Reed Robbins
- 5.7/1031 votes
#7 - Sea No Evil
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1993
Gi, whilst visting a Dolphin research facility, discovers the Dolphins are being used to recover toxic chemicals from a sunken Nazi Warship being used by Hoggish Greedly.
Director: N/A
Writer: Reed Robbins
- 6.0/1034 votes
#8 - Future Shock
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1993
Criminals from the future travel back in time to prevent environmentally-sensitive technology from being distributed on the open market, the Planeteers confront them
Director: N/A
Writer: Lane Raichert
- 5.7/1029 votes
#9 - I've Lost My Mayan
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1993
Transported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels...
Director: N/A
Writer: Rich Fogel, Mark Seidenberg
- 5.6/1032 votes
#10 - Talkin' Trash
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1993
Wheeler gets a letter from his hometown in New York with some bad news his farther who he never had a close realtionship is ill so Wheeler heads back to his hometown where he bumps into his old friends including Trish who now goes by the nickname of trash who has turned to crime and her boss is nothing but Vernomous Scum
Director: N/A
Writer: Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 5.8/1035 votes
#11 - The Energy Vampire
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1993
Dr. Blight transforms Duke Nukem into an energy vampire, and he soon begins attacking all of North America's energy housing facilities, can Captain Planet pull the plug on Nukem?
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 6.6/1027 votes
#12 - Bottom Line Green
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1993
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 6.7/1028 votes
#13 - Gorillas Will Be Missed
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/1994
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Doug Molitor, Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 5.2/1036 votes
#14 - Bug Off
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/1994
Verminous Skumm unleashes a hoard of Superbugs, an offshoot of boll weevils resistant to pesticide
Director: N/A
Writer: Reed Robbins
- 4.8/1043 votes
#15 - You Bet Your Planet
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/26/1994
The Planeteers had a weird dream about being on a weird game show called "You Bet Your Planet" and they play against the eco-villians, who will win this horror game at the end?
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 5.9/1030 votes
#16 - Going Bats, Man
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/1994
Panic strikes in a small town when killer bats are reported to be on the rampage. A frightened public sets out to gas an entire bat colony for alleged crimes, and it's up to the Planeteers, and a local bat expert, to prove that these gentle creatures are not bloodthirsty vampires
Director: N/A
Writer: Reed Robbins
- 6.0/1034 votes
#17 - Jail House Flock
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/26/1994
Hoggish Greedley gets a permit to develop a wetland habitat while destroying some endangered species. When the Planeteers & Captain Planet try to stop Greedley's plan, he has them all sent to jail for trespassing. At the sheriff's office, Rigger disguises himself as a deputy. Greedley decides to let the Planeteers go, but not Captain Planet. Then as the sheriff came back, Greedley told him the Planeteers escaped. The Planeteers decide to investiagte to frame Greedley & free Captain Planet. The sheriff was so glad the endangered species were saved, they named the wetland for Captain Planet & the Planeteers.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 5.8/1029 votes
#18 - High Steaks
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 4/2/1994
Looten Plunder sends his eco-outlaws to prevent the Paradise Ranch from proving that raising cattle can be an environmentally-sustainable business. When the Planeteers join the cattle drive, Plunder and his men start a stampede that threatens to turn the Planeteers into cow patties.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
- 6.5/1030 votes
#19 - Planeteers Under Glass
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/1994
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!
Director: N/A
Writer: Jim Katz, Von Williams
- 6.3/1029 votes
#20 - Orangu-Tangle
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1994
The Planeteers fight off poachers to save an infant orangutan and it's mother.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Ehrman
- 6.2/1027 votes
#21 - No Horsing Around
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/1994
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
Director: N/A
Writer: Reed Robbins
- 6.0/1036 votes
#22 - 'Teers in the 'Hood
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1994
An old friend of Gi's, a teacher, is caught up in a gang war and nearly killed, so the Planeteers infiltrate the two feuding gangs and try to put a stop to the cycle of violence, which may prove easier said than done.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright
The Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4
Every episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4!
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 4 Ratings Summary
"A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)" is the best rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" season 4. It scored 5.2/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright, it aired on 9/11/1993. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)".