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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 21 - Population Bomb
    5.1/10(64 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 20 - A Twist of Fate
    5.1/10(43 votes)

    #2 - A Twist of Fate

    S2:E20

    During an earthquake, a blow to his head leaves Wheeler lost from the others and suffering from amnesia. He finds himself literally in the shoes of a homeless man, and learns that the only difference between them is a simple twist of fate. A bang to the head restores Wheeler's memory, and he helps summon Captain Planet to rescue Teresa from a slum fire. Teresa and some shantytown residents decide to return to the countryside to pool their skills and make life better there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 26 - Utopia
    5.1/10(44 votes)

    #3 - Utopia

    S2:E26

    After watching too many B-rated cyborg and gang movies , Kwame falls asleep. Shortly after, the Planeteers are called to go on a mission, where they're sucked into a freak tornado. They are then attacked by robots and have to eject from the Geo-Cruiser, separating Kwame from the others. Kwame lands into a perfect world where trash is non-existent, and is camouflaged by garbage. Meanwhile, Blight and Skumm have taken over the world with vigilante robots and gangs, and have captured the other Planeteers. They are also turned into gang members, and threaten to reak havoc on the environment. Kwame, with the aid of a new friend, must come up with a way to convince his friends that violence is not in their hearts. Once everything is back on track, the tornado returns, and wakes Kwame from what was a nightmare. He turns on the news, only to discover that gangs and violence are not far from what happened in his dream if it continues....

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Pat Allee, Ben Hurst

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  4. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 12 - Off Road Hog
    5.2/10(48 votes)

    #4 - Off Road Hog

    S2:E12

    Pete, a dirt bike enthusiast, tags along with Hoggish Greedly and Rigger, until Ma-Ti and desert guide Joshua Stone show him how alive the "barren" desert really is. They must get ahead of Greedly's ORV race to save the desert from being destroyed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  5. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 21 - The Great Tree Heist
    5.2/10(42 votes)

    #5 - The Great Tree Heist

    S2:E21

    The Planeteers travel to the Northwest after hearing about an old growth forest which is, literally, disappearing into thin air. After Wheeler goes off to investigate with a pretty local teenage bird watcher, Linka spots a "flying saucer" but Kwame recognizes the pilot . . . Hoggish Greedly! They discover Greedly's scam - "Sucking up" 500-year-old trees to make pressed board furniture. Outraged, they try to stop him, but his "Tree Trasher" may be too much for them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4 Episode 15 - You Bet Your Planet
    5.2/10(49 votes)

    #6 - You Bet Your Planet

    S4:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright

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  7. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 11 - The Fine Print
    5.3/10(44 votes)

    #7 - The Fine Print

    S2:E11

    While the Planeteers learn about organic farming, Plunder exploits Joe, a man who cannot read, by tricking him into signing a contract allowing the distribution of pesticides on a farm that he manages.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Harnage

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  8. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 24 - Radiant Amazon
    5.3/10(43 votes)

    #8 - Radiant Amazon

    S2:E24

    Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem dump toxic waste in the Amazon rain forest, imperiling Ma-Ti's village. Ma-Ti returns to the village with Planeteers and find it in flames. When they fail to stop the fire, Ma-Ti hunts the culprits alone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Steve Hayes, Ted Pedersen

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  9. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 3 Episode 10 - Hog Tide
    5.3/10(46 votes)

    #9 - Hog Tide

    S3:E10

    In this story, we supposedly learn of Captain Planet's REAL first adventure... Gaia recounts how Hoggish Greedly's "Godfather" grandpa, Don Porkaloin, built Decco developments too close to the oceans threatning the sea-life. What shocks the Planeteers is that Gaia reveals she brought forth eco-warriors - 1940s counterparts of the present day Planeteers - to stop Don Porkalion. These Planeteers could also summon Captain Planet, who went about de-constructing Porkaloin's deccos. The Planeteers are left confused about whether or not Gaia's story was real, totally missing the point about building too close to the water.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 5 Episode 13 - Who's Running the Show?
    5.3/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Who's Running the Show?

    S5:E13

    The villains hijack a television station to expound their violent and anti- environmental message.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laura Schrock

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  11. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 10 - An Inside Job
    5.4/10(51 votes)

    #11 - An Inside Job

    S2:E10

    Sludge and four of the Planeteers learn first hand the terrible effects of untreated sewage when MAL and Dr. Blight shrink the EcoSub (and them) to microscopic size and put them into polluted water that Kwame unwittingly drinks. The Planeteers must battle hideous water-borne parasites in Kwame's body so that he can recover, and restore them to proper size.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Paul Dell, Steven Weiss

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  12. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4 Episode 2 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)
    5.4/10(45 votes)

    #12 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)

    S4:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright

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  13. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 6 Episode 3 - Frog Day Afternoon
    5.4/10(41 votes)

    #13 - Frog Day Afternoon

    S6:E3

    Frogs around the globe are disappearing at an alarming rate! It appears that the scar on Dr. Blight's face is spreading, and she thinks that a concoction of amphibian DNA will regenerate her skin and restore her girlish glamour. Anybody for a froggy frappe?!?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Laura Schrock

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  14. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 13 - Plunder Dam
    5.5/10(52 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 2 - The Garbage Strikes
    5.5/10(45 votes)

    #15 - The Garbage Strikes

    S2:E2

    To make a fast buck from a trash strike, Sly Sludge steals an untested microbe from Gi's scientist hero, Dr. Helix. It was supposed to be a technological fix for the problem of overflowing landfills, but it simply absorbs trash to become a city-devouring garbage blob. The blob must be stopped before it grows out of control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Harnage

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  16. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 3 - Domes of Doom
    5.5/10(46 votes)

    #16 - Domes of Doom

    S2:E3

    Ma-ti is fooled when Looten Plunder disguises himself as a scientist, promising to clear the air all over the world, including his tribe's village in the rainforest. After Wheeler and the tribe are trapped inside one of Plunder's domes, and Ma-ti is captured after discovering Plunder's scheme, the remaining Planeteers have to find them both and bring Plunder down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Nick Boxer, Sandra Ryan

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  17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4 Episode 1 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)
    5.5/10(45 votes)

    #17 - A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)

    S4:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, Laren Bright

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  18. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 4 Episode 14 - Bug Off
    5.5/10(41 votes)

    #18 - Bug Off

    S4:E14

    Verminous Skumm unleashes a hoard of Superbugs, an offshoot of boll weevils resistant to pesticide

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Reed Robbins

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  19. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 6 - The Ark
    5.6/10(46 votes)

    #19 - The Ark

    S2:E6

    An alien (named Collectore) with good intentions abducts the Planeteers, convinced that the Planet Earth is doomed and decides to collect human specimens and include them in his menegerie of assorted alien life forms. The Planeteers must convince the Alien that Earth can be saved before Dr. Blight and Hoggish Greedly can destroy a forest, permanently eliminating the tiger population....

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  20. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 3 Episode 1 - Greenhouse Planet
    5.6/10(48 votes)

    #20 - Greenhouse Planet

    S3:E1

    Blight convinces the president that global warming doesn't exist. Will a trip to Venus sway the leader?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  21. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 15 - Smog Hog
    5.7/10(50 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1 Episode 18 - Kwame's Crisis
    5.7/10(53 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 5 - The Predator
    5.7/10(41 votes)

    #23 - The Predator

    S2:E5

    In the Florida Keys, Ma-Ti has a brush with what he thinks is a giant man eating shark, though Gi reveals that it is a harmless Basking Shark. When a local overhears and misinterprets their conversation, panic spreads throughout the resort town, whose mayor then hires Argos Bleak to eradicate all the sharks in the bay. Then, when stinging jellyfish (that the sharks used to feed on) swarm the beach, the townspeople learn that predators have an important role in the ecosystem. After escaping their sinking EcoCopter that was shot down by Bleak, the other Planeteers rescue Gi and Ma-Ti (who were captured earlier by Bleak) . . . and the Basking Shark . . . from bloodthirsty Bleak.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Phil Harnage

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  24. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 2 Episode 22 - Scorched Earth
    5.7/10(44 votes)

    #24 - Scorched Earth

    S2:E22

    A roofless dictator decimates the land to fight the opposition, with total disregard to the environment and human life. But there is more to the story than meets the eye. The dictator is really an old foe of the Planeteers in disguise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Molitor

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  25. Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 3 Episode 13 - The Night of the Wolf
    5.7/10(44 votes)

    #25 - The Night of the Wolf

    S3:E13

    The ranch of Lon Talbot is under attack from wolves, and the Planeteers are called in to investigate. Talbot blames the attacks on a local occult known as "Friends of the Wolf," a group dedicated to reintroducing wolves back into Yellowstone national park, after they were forced out when the park became an attraction. The Planeteers investigate further, resulting in a confrontation with a mechanical "robo-wolf," owned and operated by Looten Plunder! Captain Planet, with the help of REAL wolves, bring an end to the robo-wolf's rampage before further destruction can be caused.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Population Bomb" is the worst rated episode of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers". It scored 5.1/10 based on 64 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Phil Harnage, it aired on 4/27/1991. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Twist of Fate".