Greed is the Word

Greed is the Word
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Network	TBS
Premiere date	February 24, 1996
Starring	David Coburn LeVar Burton Joey Dedio Janice Kawaye Scott Menville Kath Soucie Margot Kidder
Music composed by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Story by	Nick Boxer Dan Gottlieb
Writer(s)	Sean Catherine Derek Laren Bright
Voice director(s)	Kris Zimmerman
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"Greed is the Word" is the twelfth episode of The New Adventures of Captain Planet season six, and the hundred and twelfth episode overall. It aired on February 24, 1996 on TBS. It was written by Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Planeteers

Locations

• Earth
  • Caribbean
    • Hope Island
      • Crystal Chamber

Objects

• Power rings

Production

Development

The episode began as a story treatment by Nick Boxer and Dan Gottlieb.

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The main title was composed by Pat Irwin, with rap lyrics performed by Fred Schneider, with the rest of the episode's music composed by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker. The end title music was composed by Murray McFadden and Timothy Mulhollan, with lyrics written by Nicholas Boxer. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 24, 1996 on TBS

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play "Grease is the Word," part of the lyrics in the song "Grease is the Word," from the musical Grease, which had been staged three times since its original in 1971, before being adapted into a musical film in 1979.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In Australia:
  • October 25, 2017: Madman Entertainment releases Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Complete Collection on DVD.