Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 15, 1990

Episodes

26 episodes

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Season 1

Episodes

A Hero for Earth

1. 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.

Rain of Terror

2. Rain of Terror

September 22, 1990
25 min

Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.

Beast of the Temple

3. Beast of the Temple

September 29, 1990
25 min

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

Skumm Lord

4. Skumm Lord

October 6, 1990
25 min

Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.

Deadly Ransom

5. Deadly Ransom

5.0
October 13, 1990
25 min

Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.

The Conqueror

6. 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.

Last of Her Kind

7. 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.

The Dead Seas

8. The Dead Seas

November 3, 1990
25 min

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

Tree of Life

9. 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.

Volcano's Wrath

10. Volcano's Wrath

November 17, 1990
25 min

Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.

Littlest Planeteer

11. Littlest Planeteer

November 24, 1990
25 min

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

A World Below Us

12. A World Below Us

January 26, 1991
25 min

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

Plunder Dam

13. Plunder Dam

February 2, 1991
25 min

Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.

Meltdown Syndrome

14. Meltdown Syndrome

February 9, 1991
25 min

Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.

Smog Hog

15. 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.

Polluting by Computer

16. Polluting by Computer

February 23, 1991
25 min

Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.

Don't Drink the Water

17. Don't Drink the Water

March 2, 1991
25 min

Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.

Kwame's Crisis

18. 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.

Ozone Hole

19. Ozone Hole

April 13, 1991
25 min

Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.

The Ultimate Pollution

20. The Ultimate Pollution

April 20, 1991
25 min

Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.

Population Bomb

21. Population Bomb

April 27, 1991
25 min

Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.

Mission to Save Earth (1)

22. 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.

Mission to Save Earth (2)

23. Mission to Save Earth (2)

May 11, 1991
25 min

Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.

Two Futures (1)

24. 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.

Two Futures (2)

25. 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.

Heat Wave

26. Heat Wave

June 1, 1991
25 min

Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.