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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!
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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!
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Episode 1
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.
Written by Billy Ruebin, Nick BoxerGuest stars Ed Asner, John Ratzenberger
Episode 2
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
Written by Perry MartinGuest stars Jeff Goldblum
Episode 3
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
Written by Steve Hayes, Ted PedersenGuest stars Ed Asner, John Ratzenberger
Episode 4
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
Written by Martha Moran, Nick BoxerGuest stars Jeff Goldblum
Episode 5
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
Written by Perry MartinGuest stars Dean Stockwell, Meg Ryan, David Rappaport
Episode 6
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.
Written by Doug MolitorGuest stars Sting
Episode 7
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
Written by Bruce Shelly, Reed ShellyGuest stars James Coburn
Episode 8
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
Written by Martha MoranGuest stars Ed Asner, John Ratzenberger
Episode 9
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
Written by Michael MaurerGuest stars Meg Ryan, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Episode 10
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
Written by Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkleGuest stars Martin Sheen
Episode 11
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
Written by Dorothy MiddletonGuest stars Meg Ryan
Episode 12
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
Written by Michael MaurerGuest stars Martin Sheen
Episode 13
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
Written by Rowby GorenGuest stars James Coburn
Episode 14
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
Written by Phil HarnageGuest stars Dean Stockwell
Episode 15
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
Written by Martha MoranGuest stars Charlie Schlatter, Ed Asner, Phyllis Diller
Episode 16
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
Written by Steve Hayes, Ted PedersenGuest stars Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen
Episode 17
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
Written by Dan DiStefanoGuest stars Ed Asner, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, James Coburn
Episode 18
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
Written by Pam Dovale, Doug Molitor, Susan J. LeslieGuest stars Martin Sheen
Episode 19
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
Written by Doug MolitorGuest stars Dean Stockwell
Episode 20
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
Written by Cliff MacGillivrayGuest stars James Coburn
Episode 21
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
Written by Phil Harnage
Episode 22
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
Written by Nick Boxer, J. Larry Carroll, J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren, David Bennett CarrenGuest stars Louis Gossett Jr., Jeff Goldblum, Dean Stockwell, Meg Ryan, James Coburn, Martin Sheen
Episode 23
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
Written by Nick Boxer, J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett CarrenGuest stars Louis Gossett Jr., Jeff Goldblum, Dean Stockwell, Meg Ryan, James Coburn, Martin Sheen
Episode 24
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
Written by Doug MolitorGuest stars Ed Asner, Meg Ryan
Episode 25
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
Written by Doug MolitorGuest stars Ed Asner, Meg Ryan
Episode 26
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.
Written by Doug Molitor, Meg McLaughlinGuest stars Meg Ryan
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
Joey DedioWheeler (voice)
LeVar BurtonKwame (voice)
Kath SoucieLinka (voice)
Scott MenvilleMa-Ti (voice)
Janice KawayeGi (voice)
David CoburnCaptain Planet (voice)
Whoopi GoldbergGaia (voice)
Charlie Schlatter
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