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Revision as of 18:48, 14 June 2023
Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and later known as The New Adventures of Captain Planet, is an American animated environmentalist superhero television series produced by DIC (seasons 1-3) and Hanna-Barbera (seasons 4-6) for TBS. It ran from 1990 to 1996, airing 113 episodes that spanned six seasons.
The plot was explained in an opening narration for the first five seasons: Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, can no longer stand the terrible destruction plaguing our planet. She sends five magic rings to five special young people: Kwame, from Africa, with the power of Earth... From North America, Wheeler, with the power of Fire... From Eastern Europe, Linka, with the power of Wind. From Asia, Gi, with the power of Water... and from South America, Ma-Ti, with the power of Heart. When the five powers combine, they summon Earth's greatest champion, Captain Planet.
Production
Development
Casting
The casting director for the DIC episodes was Ginny McSwain and Marsha Goodman, while Kris Zimmerman was the casting director of the Hanna-Barbera episodes.
Aftermath
In 2001, the Captain Planet Foundation became a non-profit organization after the merger between Time Warner and AOL. For Earth Day 2006, Boomerang advertised the last thirteen as new, even though TBS had aired those years ago.
Music
The main title and score were composed by Tom Worrall, while Murray McFadden and Timothy Mulholland composed the end title music, with end title lyrics written by Nicholas Boxer. When production of the series moved from DIC to Hanna-Barbera, Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker composed the main title and score, while McFadden and Mulhollan continued to compose the end title music.
The main title music was completely changed for the sixth and final season, which had Pat Irwin compose music set to a wretched rap by Fred Schneider, but your opinion might be different.
The music supervisor was Joanne Miller at DIC, while Bodie Chandler was the director of the music production at Hanna-Barbera.
Episodes
Title
|
Number
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Original air date
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"A Hero for Earth"
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1x01
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September 15, 1990
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"Rain of Terror"
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1x02
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September 22, 1990
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"Beast of the Temple"
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1x03
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September 29, 1990
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"Skumm Lord"
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1x04
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October 6, 1990
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"Deadly Ransom"
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1x05
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October 13, 1990
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"The Conqueror"
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1x06
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October 20, 1990
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"Last of her Kind"
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1x07
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October 27, 1990
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"The Dead Seas"
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1x08
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November 3, 1990
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"Tree of Life"
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1x09
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November 10, 1990
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"Volcano's Wrath"
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1x10
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November 17, 1990
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"Littlest Planeteer"
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1x11
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November 24, 1990
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"A World Below Us"
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1x12
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January 26, 1991
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"Plunder Dam"
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1x13
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February 2, 1991
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"Meltdown Syndrome"
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1x14
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February 9, 1991
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"Smog Hog"
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1x15
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February 16, 1991
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"Pulluting by Computer"
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1x16
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February 23, 1991
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"Don't Drink the Water"
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1x17
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March 2, 1991
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"Kwame's Crisis"
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1x18
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March 9, 1991
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"Ozone Hole"
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1x19
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April 13, 1991
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"The Ultimate Pollution"
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1x20
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April 20, 1991
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"Population Bomb"
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1x21
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April 27, 1991
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"Mission to Save Earth Part 1"
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1x22
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May 4, 1991
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"Mission to Save Earth Part 2"
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1x23
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May 11, 1991
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"Two Futures Part 1"
|
1x24
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May 18, 1991
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"Two Futures Part 2"
|
1x25
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May 25, 1991
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"Heave Wave"
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1x26
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June 1, 1991
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"Mind Pollution"
|
2x01
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September 14, 1991
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"The Garbage Strikes"
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2x02
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September 21, 1991
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"Domes of Doom"
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2x03
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September 28, 1991
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"Send in the Clones"
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2x04
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October 5, 1991
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"The Predator"
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2x05
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October 12, 1991
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"The Ark"
|
2x06
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October 19, 1991
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"Isle of Solar Energy"
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2x07
|
October 26, 1991
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"The Coral Killer"
|
2x08
|
November 2, 1991
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"The Big Clam-Up"
|
2x09
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November 9, 1991
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"An Inside Job"
|
2x10
|
November 16, 1991
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"The Fine Print"
|
2x11
|
November 23, 1991
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"Off Road Hog"
|
2x12
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November 30, 1991
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"Trouble on the Half Shell"
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2x13
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December 7, 1991
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"Stardust"
|
2x14
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January 18, 1992
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"The Blue Car Line"
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2x15
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January 25, 1992
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"Birds of a Feather"
|
2x16
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February 1, 1992
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"Summit to Earth Part 1"
|
2x17
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February 8, 1992
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"Summit to Earth Part 2"
|
2x18
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February 15, 1992
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"Losing Game"
|
2x19
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February 22, 1992
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"A Twist of Fate"
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2x20
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February 29, 1992
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"The Great Tree Heist"
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2x21
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March 7, 1992
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"Scorched Earth"
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2x22
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March 14, 1992
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"Hate Canal"
|
2x23
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March 21, 1992
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"Radiant Amazon"
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2x24
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March 28, 1992
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"Fare Thee Whale"
|
2x25
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April 4, 1992
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"Utopia"
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2x26
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April 11, 1992
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"Greenhouse Planet"
|
3x01
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September 12, 1992
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"A Creep from the Deep"
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3x02
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September 19, 1992
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"The Deadly Glow"
|
3x03
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September 26, 1992
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"A Perfect World"
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3x04
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October 3, 1992
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"The Dream Machine"
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3x05
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October 10, 1992
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"Bitter Waters"
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3x06
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October 17, 1992
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"The Guinea Pigs"
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3x07
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October 24, 1992
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"OK at the Gunfight Corral"
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3x08
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October 31, 1992
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"Canned Hunt"
|
3x09
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November 7, 1992
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"Hog Tide"
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3x10
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November 14, 1992
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"A Formula for Hate"
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3x11
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November 21, 1992
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"If It's Doomsday, It Must Be Belfast"
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3x12
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November 28, 1992
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"The Night of the Wolf"
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3x13
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December 5, 1992
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"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 1"
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4x01
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September 11, 1993
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"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 2"
|
4x02
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September 18, 1993
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"I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear"
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4x03
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September 25, 1993
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"Missing Linka"
|
4x04
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October 2, 1993
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"The Unbearable Blightness of Being"
|
4x05
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October 9, 1993
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"Wheeler's Ark"
|
4x06
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October 16, 1993
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"See No Evil"
|
4x07
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October 23, 1993
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"Future Shock"
|
4x08
|
October 30, 1993
|
"I've Lost My Mayan"
|
4x09
|
November 6, 1993
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"Talkin' Trash"
|
4x10
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November 13, 1993
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"The Energy Vampire"
|
4x11
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November 20, 1993
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"Bottom Line Green"
|
4x12
|
November 27, 1993
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"Gorillas Will Be Missed"
|
4x13
|
February 5, 1994
|
"Bug Off"
|
4x14
|
February 19, 1994
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"You Bet Your Planet"
|
4x15
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February 26, 1994
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"Going Bats, Man"
|
4x16
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March 5, 1994
|
"Jail House Flock"
|
4x17
|
March 26, 1994
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"High Steaks"
|
4x18
|
April 2, 1994
|
"Planteers Under Glass"
|
4x19
|
April 23, 1994
|
"Orangu-Tangle"
|
4x20
|
April 30, 1994
|
"No Horsing Around"
|
4x21
|
May 7, 1994
|
"Teers in the 'Hood"
|
4x22
|
May 14, 1994
|
"Twilight Ozone"
|
5x01
|
September 10, 1994
|
"Hollywaste"
|
5x02
|
September 17, 1994
|
"The Ghost of Porkaloin Past"
|
5x03
|
September 24, 1994
|
"Disoriented Express"
|
5x04
|
October 1, 1994
|
"Horns A' Plenty"
|
5x05
|
November 5, 1994
|
"A River Ran Through It"
|
5x06
|
November 12, 1994
|
"No Place Like Home"
|
5x07
|
November 19, 1994
|
"Little Crop of Horrors"
|
5x08
|
November 26, 1994
|
"In Zarm's Way"
|
5x09
|
February 4, 1995
|
"No Small Problem"
|
5x10
|
February 11, 1995
|
"Numbers Game"
|
5x11
|
February 18, 1995
|
"Nothing's Sacred"
|
5x12
|
February 25, 1995
|
"Who's Running the Show?"
|
5x13
|
May 13, 1995
|
"An Eye for an Eye"
|
6x01
|
September 9, 1995
|
"Whoo Gives a Hoot?"
|
6x02
|
September 23, 1995
|
"Frog Day Afternoon"
|
6x03
|
October 7, 1995
|
"Five Ring Panda-Monium"
|
6x04
|
November 4, 1995
|
"A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find"
|
6x05
|
November 11, 1995
|
"Twelve Angry Animals"
|
6x06
|
November 11, 1995
|
"Dirty Politics"
|
6x07
|
November 25, 1995
|
"One of the Gang"
|
6x08
|
January 27, 1996
|
"Old Ma River"
|
6x09
|
February 3, 1996
|
"Delta Gone"
|
6x10
|
February 10, 1996
|
"Never the Twain Shall Meet"
|
6x11
|
February 17, 1996
|
"Greed is the Word"
|
6x12
|
February 24, 1996
|
"101 Mutations"
|
6x13
|
May 11, 1996
|
Cast
Legacy
In 2017, there was a OK K.O.: Let's Be Heroes! crossover episode called "The Power Is Yours!", with David Coburn and Levar Burton reprising their roles.
In popular culture
- In the Sister, Sister episode "Out Alone," Tia and Tamera sit a bus that advertises the series.
- In 2011, Funny or Die released a four-part live-action sketch called Captain Planet with Don Cheadle (also known as Don Cheadle is Captain Planet).
Robot Chicken
- Main article: Robot Chicken
- "1987:" At the Turner HQ, Ted Turner hears about Pan-Global dumping sludge into the Atlantic Ocean, which enrages Turner so much that he dresses up as Captain Planet and goes about the streets on a lunatic crusade against injustice shouting "Captain Planet!" He kicks down a man who discards a cup into a regular bin instead of recycling it, before ziplining to Pan-Global HQ, where executives are already planning on dumping more sludge into the Grand Canyon. Ted holds one of them out of the window to force him into signing a document that they'll stop dumping sludge. He then drops the guy anyway, who falls into a recycling dumpster. He then ends the skit with a PSA-like announcement that he will kill you if don't protect the environment.
- The next segment called "Best Robot Chicken Ever," has Hal Sparks proclaim the biggest catchphrase of the new millennium will be shouting "Captain Planet!" before doing something lurid, like kicking people in the testicles, like Hal Sparks and his friends do.
- "Hurtled from a Helicopter Into a Speeding Train:"
- "Garbage Sushi:"
- "Gimme That Chocolate Milk:"
References