Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an American animated environmentalist television program created by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle. The series was produced by Turner Program Services and DiC Animation City and it was broadcast on TBS from September 15, 1990, to December 5, 1992. A sequel series, The New Adventures of Captain Planet, was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. and distributed by Turner Program Services and was broadcast from September 11, 1993, to May 11, 1996. Both series continue today in syndication. The program is a form of edutainment and advocates environmentalism and is famous for having a number of famous actors providing voices for the villains. The show spawned a franchise consisting of a charity, a Marvel comic book series, video games, and a TV crossover with OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.

Year:
1990
15,304 Views

Wheeler:
[running over to her] Gi! Gi! You're older.

Gi:
I am told I look pretty good for over fifty. Now who are *you*, young man? And how did you get on my island?

Wheeler:
"Young man"? But it's me, Wheeler. Boy, I've missed you!

Gi:
I don't recognize you...

Wheeler:
[thinking] Of *course* she doesn't. I changed history so - we never met!

[aloud]

Wheeler:
I guess you remind me of someone I once knew. Someone who cared a great deal about the planet.

Gi:
Long ago, I was given this ring. I use it to help whenever I can - like saving *this* creature. One of the last dolphins or Earth.

[kneels and starts untying the netted dolphin on the beach]

Wheeler:
"Last dolphins"? But there must be millions of them!

Gi:
Right. Maybe thirty years ago. Now they are one of the few species that are not yet extinct. Water!

[her ring causes a wave to come ashore and the dolphin swims out]

Wheeler:
Extinct? How?

Gi:
Overfishing, pollution. You name it.

Wheeler:
Then why are you living here like a hermit? You could be out using your power to change the world!

Gi:
[as thunder sounds and rain begins to fall] Oh, sure, change the world! When I was young I tried joining a group called the Planeteers, but not enough people came.

Wheeler:
[knowing that he was the only one needed who did not arrive] "Not enough people"?

Gi:
Thas's why I don't miss people. Now you had better find shelter. The eye of the storm is passing.

Wheeler:
Gi, wait! It's not too late! You and I can *still* be Planeteers!

Gi:
Wake up and smell the carbon dioxide. It's too late for this world. It's all I can do to save a few dolphins.

Kwame:
[both gasp as a shell races toward them, he tackles Wheeler] *Down*, you fool!

Wheeler:
[in shock, after a hut is destroyed] Someone's shellin' at us!

Kwame:
[dryly] Ah - you noticed. But they will not be for long. Earth.

[his ring causes the mound of dirt near the shooters to shake in an earthquake, they flee and it crumples]

Wheeler:
Hey - you sure got rid of *them*!

Kwame:
They will return. They always do.

Wheeler:
What do they want?

Kwame:
This land. The only oasis left in the region - look around you, boy!

Wheeler:
[examines his surroundings to find a few dead trees and no grass] Oh, no! All the land here used to be green, and beautiful! Now it's a desert!

Kwame:
Global warming changed the weather. The rainfall moved away from us.

Wheeler:
But we planted trees out there to hold back the water and stop erosion!

Kwame:
No one *ever* planted trees out *there*.

Wheeler:
What're you talking about? The Planeteers helped you!

Kwame:
[touching a tree] The Planeteers? Ha! We had fine ideas, but - others did not do their part and eventually we went our separate ways. I planted a few trees in *our* village, but I am only one man. If others had helped me... maybe we could have saved much more.

[both leap behind the tree as two more shells are fired toward them and hit it]

Wheeler:
[grabbing his shoulder] Kwame - let me help now! We can revive the Planeteers! We can do something to save the planet!

Kwame:
[grabs his collar] Stop talking nonsense, boy! "Save the planet"! I am in a war to save this one oasis! If you want to help - then FIGHT!


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