Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and later known as The New Adventures of Captain Planet, is an American animated environmentalist superhero TV series produced by DIC (seasons 1-3) and Hanna-Barbera (seasons 4-6) for TBS. It ran from 1990 to 2006, airing 113 episodes.
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.
Music
The score and main title were composed by Tom Worrall while Murray McFadden and Timothy Mulholland composed the end title music, with end title lyrics written by Nicholas Boxer. The music supervisor was Joanne Miller. 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. Bodie Chandler was the director of the music.
Episodes
Title
F! Number |
Original air date | |
---|---|---|
"A Hero for Earth" | 1x01 | September 15, 1990 |
"Rain of Terror" | 1x02 | September 22, 1990 |
"Beast of the Temple" | 1x03 | September 29, 1990 |
"Skumm Lord" | 1x04 | October 6, 1990 |
"Deadly Ransom" | 1x05 | October 13, 1990 |
"The Conqueror" | 1x06 | October 20, 1990 |
"Last of her Kind" | 1x07 | October 27, 1990 |
"The Dead Seas" | 1x08 | November 3, 1990 |
"Tree of Life" | 1x09 | November 10, 1990 |
"Volcano's Wrath" | 1x10 | November 17, 1990 |
"Littlest Planeteer" | 1x11 | November 24, 1990 |
"A World Below Us" | 1x12 | January 26, 1991 |
"Plunder Dam" | 1x13 | February 2, 1991 |
"Meltdown Syndrome" | 1x14 | February 9, 1991 |
"Smog Hog" | 1x15 | February 16, 1991 |
"Pulluting by Computer" | 1x16 | February 23, 1991 |
"Don't Drink the Water" | 1x17 | March 2, 1991 |
"Kwame's Crisis" | 1x18 | March 9, 1991 |
"Ozone Hole" | 1x19 | April 13, 1991 |
"The Ultimate Pollution" | 1x20 | April 20, 1991 |
"Population Bomb" | 1x21 | April 27, 1991 |
"Mission to Save Earth Part 1" | 1x22 | May 4, 1991 |
"Mission to Save Earth Part 2" | 1x23 | May 11, 1991 |
"Two Futures Part 1" | 1x24 | May 18, 1991 |
"Two Futures Part 2" | 1x25 | May 25, 1991 |
"Heave Wave" | 1x26 | June 1, 1991 |
"Mind Pollution" | 2x01 | September 14, 1991 |
"The Garbage Strikes" | 2x02 | September 21, 1991 |
"Domes of Doom" | 2x03 | September 28, 1991 |
"Send in the Clones" | 2x04 | October 5, 1991 |
"The Predator" | 2x05 | October 12, 1991 |
"The Ark" | 2x06 | October 19, 1991 |
"Isle of Solar Energy" | 2x07 | October 26, 1991 |
"The Coral Killer" | 2x08 | November 2, 1991 |
"The Big Clam-Up" | 2x09 | November 9, 1991 |
"An Inside Job" | 2x10 | November 16, 1991 |
"The Fine Print" | 2x11 | November 23, 1991 |
"Off Road Hog" | 2x12 | November 30, 1991 |
"Trouble on the Half Shell" | 2x13 | December 7, 1991 |
"Stardust" | 2x14 | January 18, 1992 |
"The Blue Car Line" | 2x15 | January 25, 1992 |
"Birds of a Feather" | 2x16 | February 1, 1992 |
"Summit to Earth Part 1" | 2x17 | February 8, 1992 |
"Summit to Earth Part 2" | 2x18 | February 15, 1992 |
"Losing Game" | 2x19 | February 22, 1992 |
"A Twist of Fate" | 2x20 | February 29, 1992 |
"The Great Tree Heist" | 2x21 | March 7, 1992 |
"Scorched Earth" | 2x22 | March 14, 1992 |
"Hate Canal" | 2x23 | March 21, 1992 |
"Radiant Amazon" | 2x24 | March 28, 1992 |
"Fare Thee Whale" | 2x25 | April 4, 1992 |
"Utopia" | 2x26 | April 11, 1992 |
"Greenhouse Planet" | 3x01 | September 12, 1992 |
"A Creep from the Deep" | 3x02 | September 19, 1992 |
"The Deadly Glow" | 3x03 | September 26, 1992 |
"A Perfect World" | 3x04 | October 3, 1992 |
"The Dream Machine" | 3x05 | October 10, 1992 |
"Bitter Waters" | 3x06 | October 17, 1992 |
"The Guinea Pigs" | 3x07 | October 24, 1992 |
"OK at the Gunfight Corral" | 3x08 | October 31, 1992 |
"Canned Hunt" | 3x09 | November 7, 1992 |
"Hog Tide" | 3x10 | November 14, 1992 |
"A Formula for Hate" | 3x11 | November 21, 1992 |
"If It's Doomsday, It Must Be Belfast" | 3x12 | November 28, 1992 |
"The Night of the Wolf" | 3x13 | December 5, 1992 |
"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 1" | 4x01 | September 11, 1993 |
"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part 2" | 4x02 | September 18, 1993 |
"I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear" | 4x03 | September 25, 1993 |
"Missing Linka" | 4x04 | October 2, 1993 |
"The Unbearable Blightness of Being" | 4x05 | October 9, 1993 |
"Wheeler's Ark" | 4x06 | October 16, 1993 |
"See No Evil" | 4x07 | October 23, 1993 |
"Future Shock" | 4x08 | October 30, 1993 |
"I've Lost My Mayan" | 4x09 | November 6, 1993 |
"Talkin' Trash" | 4x10 | November 13, 1993 |
"The Energy Vampire" | 4x11 | November 20, 1993 |
"Bottom Line Green" | 4x12 | November 27, 1993 |
"Gorillas Will Be Missed" | 4x13 | February 5, 1994 |
"Bug Off" | 4x14 | February 19, 1994 |
"You Bet Your Planet" | 4x15 | February 26, 1994 |
"Going Bats, Man" | 4x16 | March 5, 1994 |
"Jail House Flock" | 4x17 | March 26, 1994 |
"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 | April 22, 2006 |
"Whoo Gives a Hoot?" | 6x02 | April 22, 2006 |
"Frog Day Afternoon" | 6x03 | April 22, 2006 |
"Five Ring Panda-Monium" | 6x04 | April 22, 2006 |
"A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find" | 6x05 | April 22, 2006 |
"Twelve Angry Animals" | 6x06 | April 22, 2006 |
"Dirty Politics" | 6x07 | April 22, 2006 |
"One of the Gang" | 6x08 | April 22, 2006 |
"Old Ma River" | 6x09 | April 22, 2006 |
"Delta Gone" | 6x10 | April 22, 2006 |
"Never the Twain Shall Meet" | 6x11 | April 22, 2006 |
"Greed is the Word" | 6x12 | April 22, 2006 |
"101 Mutations" | 6x13 | April 22, 2006 |
Cast
- David Coburn as Captain Planet
- LeVar Burton as Kwame
- Joey Dedio as Wheeler
- Janice Kawaye as Gi
- Scott Menville as Ma-Ti
- Kath Soucie as Linka
- Frank Welker as Suchi
- Whoopi Goldberg (seasons 1-3) and Margot Kidder (seasons 4-6) as Gaia
In popular culture
- 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).