Overview
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. With their powers combined, the team becomes the solution to pollution!
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
S01E01 A Hero for Earth
September 15, 1990 25 min
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.
S01E02 Rain of Terror
September 22, 1990 25 min
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
S01E03 Beast of the Temple
September 29, 1990 25 min
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
S01E04 Skumm Lord
October 6, 1990 25 min
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
S01E05 Deadly Ransom
October 13, 1990 5.0 25 min
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
S01E06 The Conqueror
October 20, 1990 25 min
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.
S01E07 Last of Her Kind
October 27, 1990 25 min
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
S01E08 The Dead Seas
November 3, 1990 25 min
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
S01E09 Tree of Life
November 10, 1990 25 min
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
S01E10 Volcano's Wrath
November 17, 1990 25 min
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
S01E11 Littlest Planeteer
November 24, 1990 25 min
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
S01E12 A World Below Us
January 26, 1991 25 min
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
S01E13 Plunder Dam
February 2, 1991 25 min
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
S01E14 Meltdown Syndrome
February 9, 1991 25 min
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
S01E15 Smog Hog
February 16, 1991 25 min
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
S01E16 Polluting by Computer
February 23, 1991 25 min
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
S01E17 Don't Drink the Water
March 2, 1991 25 min
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
S01E18 Kwame's Crisis
March 9, 1991 25 min
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
S01E19 Ozone Hole
April 13, 1991 25 min
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
S01E20 The Ultimate Pollution
April 20, 1991 25 min
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
S01E21 Population Bomb
April 27, 1991 25 min
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
S01E22 Mission to Save Earth (1)
May 4, 1991 25 min
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
S01E23 Mission to Save Earth (2)
May 11, 1991 25 min
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
S01E24 Two Futures (1)
May 18, 1991 25 min
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
S01E25 Two Futures (2)
May 25, 1991 25 min
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
S01E26 Heat Wave
June 1, 1991 25 min
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.