Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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.

Sep 15, 1990

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

Sep 22, 1990

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

Sep 29, 1990

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

Oct 6, 1990

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

Oct 13, 1990

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.

Oct 20, 1990

The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.

Oct 27, 1990

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

Nov 3, 1990

Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.

Nov 10, 1990

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

Nov 17, 1990

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

Nov 24, 1990

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

Jan 26, 1991

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

Feb 2, 1991

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

Feb 9, 1991

Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.

Feb 16, 1991

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

Feb 23, 1991

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

Mar 2, 1991

A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.

Mar 9, 1991

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

Apr 13, 1991

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

Apr 20, 1991

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

Apr 27, 1991

The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

May 4, 1991

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

May 11, 1991

A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.

May 18, 1991

Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.

May 25, 1991

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

Jun 1, 1991