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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 Worst Episode
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    Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 1 - A Hero for Earth
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    #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
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    #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
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    #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
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    #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 6 - The Conqueror
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    #5 - 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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  6. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 7 - Last of Her Kind
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    #6 - 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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  7. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 8 - The Dead Seas
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    #7 - The Dead Seas

    S1:E8

    Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Martha Moran

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  8. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 9 - Tree of Life
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    #8 - 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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  9. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 10 - Volcano's Wrath
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    #9 - 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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  10. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 11 - Littlest Planeteer
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    #10 - Littlest Planeteer

    S1:E11

    A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dorothy Middleton

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  11. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 12 - A World Below Us
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    #11 - A World Below Us

    S1:E12

    A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Maurer

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  12. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 13 - Plunder Dam
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    #12 - 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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  13. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 14 - Meltdown Syndrome
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    #13 - 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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  14. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 15 - Smog Hog
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    #14 - 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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  15. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 16 - Polluting by Computer
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    #15 - 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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  16. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 17 - Don't Drink the Water
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    #16 - 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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  17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 18 - Kwame's Crisis
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    #17 - 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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  18. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 19 - Ozone Hole
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    #18 - 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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  19. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 20 - The Ultimate Pollution
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    #19 - 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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  20. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 21 - Population Bomb
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    #20 - 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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  21. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 22 - Mission to Save Earth (1)
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    #21 - 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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  22. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 23 - Mission to Save Earth (2)
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    #22 - 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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  23. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 24 - Two Futures (1)
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    #23 - 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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  24. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 25 - Two Futures (2)
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    #24 - 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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  25. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 26 - Heat Wave
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    #25 - Heat Wave

    S1:E26

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Hero for Earth" is the worst rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Billy Ruebin, it aired on 9/15/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rain of Terror".