Our world is in peril.
Gaia, the spirit of the Earth,
can no longer stand the terrible destruction
plaguing our planet.
She sends five magic rings to five special young people...
Kwame from Africa, with the power of Earth.
[ Sirens wailing ]
From North America... Wheeler, with the power of fire.
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From Eastern Europe... Linka, with the power of wind.
From Asia... Gi, with the power of water.
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And from South America... Ma-Ti, with the power of heart.
When the five powers combine,
they summon Earth's greatest champion...
Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: The power is yours!
Stayed tuned, Planeteers. I'll be right back.
Gi: And now back to "Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
Wheeler: Man, what a storm!
We'll be lucky if Hope Island doesn't wash away.
That won't happen
because the plant life holds the sand in place.
Natural vegetation is the best protection for coastal regions.
But it is no protection against a bulldozer.
[ Sighs ] Won't people ever learn?
What do you mean, Gaia?
Well, come over and sit down.
And I will tell you a story.
The year was 1940.
The Hotel Pigpyle was one of Florida's
biggest, most expensive resorts
and the most badly designed.
Its owner, Don Porkaloin, was an irresponsible developer
who built houses right on the beach
without regard for the environment.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
You all know Rigger?
Yeah. Hoggish Greedly's flunky.
His grandfather was Rex Rigger I,
who helped Don Porkaloin expand his destructive development.
I bought land cheap near this hotel to put in houses,
but the zoning commissioner
refuses to give me a permit to build.
Don Porkaloin, I'll pay anything if you can get me this permit.
Rigger, why such disrespect?
You don't come here like a friend
to congratulate me on my beach development
or on becoming a grandfather.
[ Cries ]
Oh, yeah. Congratulations, grandfather.
Little Hoggish sure takes after you.
Gitchy, gitchy... ooch!
Are you telling us this Don Porkaloin guy was...
Hoggish Greedly's grandpa.
Now, if you had come to me as a friend...
Then please be my friend, grandfather.
[ Smooching ]
[ Bones crack ] Ooh!
Good. Now, someday I will ask you
to do me a small favor in return.
What favor?
You'll give me your land and you'll work for my family
for the rest of your life,
as will your children and grandchildren.
[ Snorts ]
Okay. Sounds fair.
Good.
So now we offer the zoning commissioner
a deal he can't decline.
[ Whispering ]
[ Snorts ]
[ Piano playing ]
Good evening.
On behalf of Don Porkaloin,
welcome to the grand opening of the Hotel Pigpyle.
I'm [sighs] Betty Blight.
Don't tell me... Betty Blight was the grandmother
of Dr. Blight, right?
As a matter of fact, yes.
Have I told you this story before?
Gaia, if Greedly and Blight's grandparents
had teamed up 50 years ago,
they'd have destroyed the Earth.
Fortunately, there were people, even then,
who cared about the environment.
And you remind me of one of them, Wheeler.
Betty: In honor of our host,
I'd like to sing about something very near and dear to his heart
and to mine.
♪ You can be my honey ♪
♪ As long as you have money ♪
♪ You'll find me awful cold ♪
♪ If you don't have that gold ♪
♪ Love is wonderful and all ♪
♪ You can bank on that, it's true ♪
♪ But if you lack the bank account ♪
♪ I must withdraw from you ♪
[ Sighs ]
Gaia: Another one resembled you, Linka.
Rex: Excuse me, Mr. Commissioner.
Don Porkaloin asked me to talk to you.
Very well. Excuse us, Lydia.
[ Southern accent ] Don't be long, Daddy.
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So, uh, why don't you let me show you
how we dance in New York City?
Sir, I do not believe we have been properly introduced.
Hey. I'm Nico. What's your name?
Lydia.
There. Now we're introduced.
[ Giggles ]
Well, I suppose so.
I guess one little ol' dance won't hurt.
[ Slow dance music plays ]
Uh, boss.
May I cut in?
And I suggest you get back to your job
while you still have one.
Uh, well, as I said,
one little dance can't hurt.
[ Gasps ] Ow!
I've been wanting to dance with you
in the worst way.
Don't worry. You are.
Gaia: There was another young man
who was a lot like you, Kwame.
[ Jamaican accent ] Don't take it so hard, mon.
I think the girl likes you.
Really?
Hey, aren't you a waiter here?
And a dishwasher and a piano player.
My name's Wally.
I'm saving for college, gonna be an architect.
Yeah?
You gonna build hotels like this one?
Hopefully better than this, and not right on the shore.
See how the waves wash the beach away.
Yeah.
Porkaloin keeps trucking in new sand,
and suckers keep buying his houses.
Don Porkaloin would consider it a personal favor
if you'd let us put houses on this useless land.
But people like this land just the way it is.
Why, only today, a young artist complained
that beach construction is ruining the view.
Li: Ahh, good.
Perhaps I convinced him to save our seacoast.
Don't count on it. [ Gasps ]
Don't be scared. My name's Asi.
I'm Li.
[ Wind howls ]
An Asian girl?
And a Seminole Indian boy?
And I bet Ma-Ti and Gi remind you of them, huh?
Well, now that you mention it...
Oh, brother!
Our state tree.
This one is the tallest sabal palm in Florida.
That's what people come here for, Mr. Rigger...
Natural beauty.
Don Porkaloin never forgets a favor.
After Porkaloin ruins the coast,
he'll move inland
and drain the swamps where my people live.
So I'm studying the white man's law
to keep my people from losing anymore land.
Well, I have my own idea of how to deal with this Don Porkaloin.
Without plant life, our coast would look ridiculous.
And we can't afford to look ridiculous.
You cross Don Porkaloin,
and you won't even know what hit you.
Whoa!
Daddy, thank goodness!
It's time we went to our rooms, Lydia.
He declined the deal, boss.
Well, you know what to do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
♪♪
Aah!
[ Slurps ]
[ Laughs ]
I just wish I could have seen the commissioner's face
when he woke up next to the state tree.
Ixnay, boss. Here he comes.
Mr. Porkaloin, here. Here's your zoning permit.
Ahh, just in time for me
to start my new beachfront development.
But, boss, that land ain't on the beach.
It's inland from here.
Today it's inland.
But after the next hurricane,
all this beach will be washed away.
And that will be the new shoreline.
What hurricane?
The one that's gonna hit tonight.
Boss, I lived in Jamaica most of me life.
I've seen many a hurricane,
and that one gonna miss us.
Who asked you? Get back to work!
Everybody's a weatherman.
Man: Good news, folks.
Hurricane Deirdre has turned North
and will miss us.
[ Radio turns off ]
Don't worry, Don, baby.
I can change where that hurricane's headed.
Just follow me.
Music is just how I pay the rent.
What I'm really mad for is science.
Ta-da! My moon manipulator!
[ Sighs ]
It foretells the weather, raises the tide,
changes the course of storms...
Can it bring that hurricane ashore here, like tonight?
Piece of cake, Don, baby.
Gaia: That night, Betty Blight prepared her moon manipulator.
[ Zapping ]
♪♪
[ Thunder crashes ]
Meanwhile, Don Porkaloin did some last-minute cleanup
in his office.
[ Snorting ] [ Door opens ]
Gaia: He didn't suspect that Planeteers
would be waiting to talk to him.
What Planeteers?
Oh. Did I call them Planeteers?
Da. You did.
But I thought we were the first.
Oh, no.
Many people have fought for the environment.
They just weren't called Planeteers back then.
[ Speaks Russian ] Of course.
But why did you call Nico and these others Planeteers?
I'm getting to that.
You emptied out the hotel this evening.
How could you know the hurricane would change course?
And you put up your buildings so cheaply, man.
This hotel is doomed.
Good point, kid.
So you're both fired. [ Knock on door ]
You miserable carpetbagger! Admit it!
You bullied my daddy into giving you a building permit.
No. No. He, uh...
must have changed his mind after he slept on it.
Now if you'll excuse me.
Mr. Porkaloin, I have the signatures of 1,000 voters
who do not want you ruining more coastland.
And this is a subpoena to appear in court.
I can buy 10,000 votes.
No injun's ever going to win in a white man's court.
[ Laughs ]
Ugh!
You're in trouble now, Porkaloin!
No. You are.
[ Door handle clicking ]
Open this door! Y'all hear?
Ugh! Ugh!
Get us to high ground! And fast!
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Waves crashing ]
Keep calm, everyone. There must be...
Look out!
[ All scream ]
Ma-Ti: Do not lose heart. The Planeteers will return.
Linka: And now, back to "Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
So did the old-time Planeteers escape?
And if they were Planeteers, did they have powers?
Of course.
Anyone has power if they work with others.
He means power like our rings.
Oh. Didn't I mention their rings?
I guess I forgot.
You forgot?
Well, it was only when they worked together
that they realized their true power.
Let us out of here!
You scalawag! You rapscallion!
Colorful dialogue ain't gonna open the door, sweetheart.
Neither will smart-aleck remarks.
Stop arguing, mon. We got to think of a way out of here.
Maybe if you boys boost Asi to the transom,
he could climb through.
Sure. Alley-oop.
[ Grunts ]
No. I'm too big.
But look! Porkaloin left the key.
If I could just reach it...
Lydia: Would a coat hanger help?
Oh, this is so mortifying.
[ Lock clicks ]
It's unlocked! Whoa!
Oh! Ugh!
We did it!
What? Look!
My ring! And mine.
I feel different, stronger.
Me, too.
Maybe because we're working as one now.
But what's this symbol on my ring mean?
It looks like fire.
Aah!
Then maybe my symbol is...
water!
[ Gasps ]
Gaia: There was no else in the hotel but them.
They had only seconds to master their new powers.
Oh, no! We're stranded.
I don't know what my ring does.
All it shows is three little ol' squiggly lines.
My ring shows a globe. How on Earth...
[ All gasp ]
Nico: Let's go!
Those kids worry me.
Relax. I'll make them a deal they can't decline.
Gaia: Don Porkaloin's plan had worked.
The old beach was gone.
And what had been cheap inland property
was now prime beachfront.
But he had to put up his houses fast
because now there were five Planeteers
gathering thousands of signatures
to stop him.
More petitions.
Oh, the boss will be mad if we don't stop them.
Relax. Just follow my plan.
I think I found an old court decision
that makes Don Porkaloin's new beach development illegal.
I'll help you research it.
Come on. Let's get more signatures.
[ Tires squeal ] Aah!
Whoa! What?
Sweet dreams.
[ Laughs ] [ Planeteers coughing ]
[ Sighs ]
Asi: Thanks, Lydia.
This ought to stop Don Porkaloin right in his tracks.
Ew!
Someone's trying to send us a message.
One of us has to meet Don Porkaloin.
At his new beach house.
Both: "Come alone, or your pals will sleep with the fishes."
I'll go.
I just hope he doesn't want to dance.
What I admire about you kids is
you have your feet firmly planted on the ground.
[ Snorting ]
Too bad that ground is at the low-tide line
and full of fast-drying concrete.
Now I must leave you. I have a dinner guest.
Lydia...
you know all this is business.
[ Slurps ]
It's nothing personal.
[ Slurps ]
If you say so.
Now, you and that injun call off this petition,
and your friends can go free.
Otherwise...
[ Snorts ]
Oh! If my ring only worked like the others,
I'd show you, you... you big, pompous bag of wind!
Whoa!
Oof!
All right. Now you're going to get it.
[ Giggles ] So that's what
those little ol' squiggly lines mean...
Wind!
Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Stop!
Now, tell me what you've done with my friends.
They're... they're down on the beach.
Aah! Oh! Aah!
Oof!
Asi, this way!
Here are your rings.
Get a hammer. Our feet are set in concrete.
Blight! Betty Blight!
Turn on your moon manipulator!
I want a hurricane right now!
You got it, Don, baby!
[ Zapping ]
[ Thunder crashes ]
It's too late for a hammer, y'all!
What do we do?
What would happen, mon,
if we let our powers combine?
Whoa! Hold it!
You're saying these guys could summon Captain Planet?
Wheeler, who's telling this story... you or me?
You are, Gaia.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!
All: Go... whoever you are.
[ All gasp ]
Whoa! Whoa!
I've heard of heroes having feet of clay,
but this is ridiculous.
Thanks, but who are you?
I'm your powers magnified.
Haven't you heard the song?
♪ Captain planet, he's our hero ♪
Hop in when you know where you are.
♪ Captain Planet ♪
No way, ray!
Aah!
♪♪
My... My moon manipulator!
[ Grunts ]
This is something new. I call it recycling.
There you go, a nice paperweight.
Just the thing to keep on your desk...
in prison.
Aah!
No fly-by-night hero's gonna stop me.
You don't even have a cape!
Don't try to put the squeeze on me.
A wise guy like you, he should go into housing.
Hope you'll be happy in your new home. [ Laughs ]
Nice floor plan, but the location's all wrong.
Time for you to check in to the big house.
[ Siren wails, tires squeal ]
[ Car doors close ]
Whoa! Whoa!
Commissioner: Arrest these men for extortion
and vandalizing our state tree.
But what about my houses?
Don't worry, Don. I'll take them to a city
where people really need housing.
All: Go, Planet!
What happened to them after that?
Well, Li's paintings made her famous
and inspired many others to help save our seacoasts.
Wally's architecture won awards
because his buildings worked in harmony with the environment
instead of fighting it.
As a lawyer, Asi won his tribe a huge settlement
from the government for taking their lands.
And Nico made cartoons which warned of the global eco-crisis.
Wheeler: What about Lydia?
Oh.
Lydia became a congresswoman
whose crusade was coastal wetlands, and, um...
And? And?
I think she eventually got married.
Nico?
Now, stop pestering me for details.
The storm's over. So go out. Enjoy the sun.
Wheeler: I bet Gaia was pulling our legs.
Captain Planet wasn't around in the old days.
You missed the point of her story.
Which is? Whoa!
[ Laughs ]
It is not smart to build so close to the water.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Kwame: Don't they see all that trash they're leaving behind?
Why don't they pick it up?
Because they think someone else will do it.
Now they know that trash does not go away by itself.
We all have to do our part.
Do not be part of the pollution.
Be past of the solution.
When it's trash time, can it.
The power is yours!
Wheeler: We'll be right back with more Planeteer action.
Planeteers: We're back! Go, Planet!
♪♪
The future of Earth rests in all our hands.
Please, don't waste water.
[ Radio plays ]
Please, do not waste energy.
[ All coughing ]
Please, don't waste your minds and bodies.
Please, don't waste our future.
The power is yours!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water! Heart!
All: Go, Planet!
By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!
♪ Captain Planet ♪
♪ He's our hero ♪
♪ Gonna take pollution down to zero ♪
♪ He's our powers magnified ♪
♪ And he's fighting on the planet's side ♪
♪ Captain Planet ♪
♪ He's our hero ♪
♪ Gonna take pollution down to zero ♪
♪ Gonna help him put asunder ♪
♪ Bad guys who like to loot and plunder ♪
You'll pay for this, Captain Planet!
♪ We're the Planeteers, you can be one, too ♪
♪ 'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do ♪
♪ Looting and polluting is not the way ♪
♪ Hear what Captain Planet has to say ♪
The power is yours!
♪♪