Our world is in peril.
Gaia, the spirit of 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!
Captain Planet: The power is yours!
That was almost too easy, Minta.
Then you are ready for the next challenge, Goki,
if you feel you are worthy.
I will do my best.
Then come, Goki.
Lara: Goki.
Hurry, Goki.
Lara: Goki, come on.
Aw, Lara, I could have won this game.
I told you not to bother me
when I'm into my virtual-reality games.
But I want you to play with me and Kong.
Come on. I'm too old to play with stuffed animals.
And I'm not into fairy tales.
Gorillas are real.
Lara, this is the 22nd Century.
Nobody believes in gorillas anymore.
They're only legends.
Look. Maybe we'll play later, okay?
I'm... I'm just not in the mood right now.
Oh, Kong. There must've been gorillas once upon a time.
Man, I nearly had that game won.
Creole: Perhaps, young man,
it is time for a real challenge.
Come.
Sorry. I don't have any money.
[ Gasps ] How the...
I thought you craved excitement, Goki.
I don't know you. Leave me alone.
Who was that crazy woman?
You may call me the Grio.
What do you want from me?
To give you a gift.
I'm offering you the adventure of a lifetime.
A game?
If you want to call it that, you can.
What is it?
Legend of the gorillas.
[ Laughs ] Gorillas? Come on.
They're myths, toys for kids.
This adventure is not for a child.
All right. I'll try it.
One thing you must remember...
You cannot succeed alone.
- Ready to play? - Uh, not now, Lara.
Okay. Let's see
what the adventure of a lifetime feels like.
Whoa.
I never seen a place like this.
Remember, you cannot succeed alone.
Wait, Grio. Come back.
What does that mean? What are the rules?
[ Snake hissing ]
Aah!
Whoa. I really felt that.
I never played a game you could feel before.
[ Gorilla chattering ]
Okay. This is it, the first encounter.
Where's my weapon? Oh... Oh, no.
Man, this is low-tech.
But it'll have to do.
[ Gorilla screeching ]
What the...
Wheeler: Fire!
[ Both grunt ]
What is going on?
This guy just tried to take your head off.
What's your problem, man?
I thought you were the adversaries.
Adversaries?
But I realized you weren't when you didn't terminate me.
We do not want to hurt anyone.
Then you must be the guides.
- What are you talkin' about? - I have questions, too.
But first, earth.
[ Gorilla chattering ]
Shh.
Do not be afraid, little one.
I will not hurt you.
Earth.
That's a gorilla?
I thought they were supposed to be big.
It is just a baby.
Hey. I'm not even lookin' through the visor.
Hey. This is great.
What do you think this is, some kind of game?
Nah. This is a real rainforest.
That's a real gorilla.
And everybody has these really cool power rings.
Well, it may seem like a game to you.
But whoever is hunting these gorillas is deadly serious.
[ Gorilla hooting ]
So that's an adult, huh?
Hey. What happened to its hands?
Poachers cut them off.
Come on, little fella.
Poachers?
- What are poachers? - You tell him.
Poachers hunt animals illegally to sell them,
or pieces of them, anyway.
It's all part of what's happening here.
You see that smoke? They're burning a road
through the rainforest to bring in heavy equipment.
Some mega business wants to plow all this up for a giant farm.
Our friends are trying to explain to the local people
- that it's a real bad idea. - So what?
If we fail, this rainforest and the gorillas
who live here will be no more than a legend.
Wheeler: I wonder how they're doing.
Ma-Ti: You do not understand.
This soil is fragile, like that of my home.
It can only be farmed for a few years
before it becomes useless.
You're burning down your children's heritage.
There is more to survival than just a paycheck.
And if you continue this destruction,
the gorillas and all the wildlife will be gone.
[ All speaking indistinctly ]
Plunder: Gentlemen, don't listen to these children.
[ Laughs ]
These prophets of doom want to doom your profits.
Looten Plunder?
We should've known.
Now, what's more important,
a few mangy apes or feeding your family?
Yeah. What about that?
Plunder does not care about either.
In a few years, this land will be worthless.
He will be gone. And so will your jobs.
Enough. You want to get paid, run those tree-huggers off.
- Yes, sir. - Better yet, run them over.
You are destroying your own future.
Run, Ma-Ti.
[ Gasps ] Linka!
Water.
We must find Kwame and Wheeler.
Look out!
Going somewhere's, mates?
Apparently not.
Plunder: I haven't decided
what to do with you little eco-eggheads yet.
Meanwhile, feel free to pick out
a souvenir of your visit.
How about one of these lovely ash trays?
Gorilla hands?
You... You barbarian!
You fauna-freaks don't know what a barbarian is.
But as soon as I find your pals,
I'll give you all a demonstration.
[ Gorilla hooting ]
Sorry, little one.
But we must get you to safety.
This save-the-apes stuff is lame.
Where is your heart?
These gorillas are being killed off!
Hey. Lighten up, Kwame.
It's just a game.
Oh.
You're really gonna drag that furball along?
[ Gorilla hoots ] What are you lookin' at?
- What about him? - He can stay here.
Hey, hey!
You leave, I'll take off my visor.
You'll all disappear.
I wish he would.
That's it. I'm out of here.
Come on. Come on.
Game over!
Game... [ Bull snorting ]
Over?
[ Bull snorting ]
Huh?
It's only a game.
Help!
[ Gorilla hoots ]
[ Bull snorting ]
Aah!
No!
Phew, saved. Or am I?
Hey. Someone. Get me down.
Help!
Grio: I warned you, Goki,
that you cannot succeed alone.
Grio, where have you been?
I've been tryin' to get out of this stupid game.
- Who said it was a game? - But you...
I said it was the adventure of a lifetime.
But I don't want...
I hate this. Gorillas are dumb.
And that Kwame's a pain.
I'm hot. I'm sore and dirty.
[ Spits ] And I'm stuck here.
Huh? Grio?
Grio!
Great. I guess I have to find those guys
and make the best of this.
Kwame: That must be the band our little friend belongs to.
Speaking of which, where's the rest of our band?
They should have been here by now.
Not you again!
- [ Chuckles ] Me again. - What kept you?
A monster buffalo and some crazy old woman.
[ Gorilla hooting ]
[ Both laugh ]
[ Gorilla hooting ]
[ Laughter ]
[ Gunfire ]
Poachers! Let's go. Huh?
For some reason, he likes you.
Hey. Wait for us.
[ Gorillas hooting, screeching ]
Enough playing games, Bleak.
Finish 'em off.
[ Gorilla growling ]
Look at the size of that blighter.
That old silverback's pelt should bring a fortune.
Not if it's shot full of holes.
I only need one shot.
Ready. Aim.
- Fire! - Aah!
It's the rest of the recycle-teers.
Fire!
- Aah! - Bleak!
No sweat, boss.
I got plenty more guns where those came from.
Aah!
Come back here. Ow.
Hey. I'm bleeding.
Whatever this place is, it's very real.
I'm out of here.
Do you really want to run away, Goki?
If you don't help the others now,
all will be lost.
Grio, wait!
[ Gorilla screeching ]
Earth!
- Aah! - Aah!
[ Gorilla screeches ]
The baby!
Oh, no!
He's got Kong! Use your powers!
Kong?
T-The baby gorilla.
Plunder: Back off, leaf-lovers,
unless you have a taste for gorilla flambé.
You won't get away with this, Plunder.
Oh, don't be a spoilsport.
It's the old story... Boy meets gorilla.
Boy loses gorilla.
[ Laughs ]
[ Gorilla roars ]
Thank you for saving my life, Goki,
even if it is just a game to you.
Whoa. You better let me bandage that arm.
I don't know what is or isn't real anymore.
This started out as a virtual-reality game.
The old woman who gave it to me
called it the Legend of the Gorillas.
I thought it was just a myth about Africa in olden times.
But it sure feels real.
It is real to us.
But maybe it is also a game.
How does this work?
I don't think it is working.
What am I looking at?
Let me see.
It's my... my home.
Goki, where do you come from?
Over there.
Only in real life, there's a huge city here.
Uh-huh. In what year?
2197, of course.
Get out of here.
That's 200 years from now.
Two centuries?
There is more to this visor
than meets the eye, so to speak.
This is more horrible than I could have imagined.
Somehow, this visor opens a window
between your time and mine.
And I fell through.
Let me see.
Oh, man. This is awful.
Yes. But what can we do?
That is your future.
I am not sure.
But right now, we have to find our friends.
Plunder: This is taking too long.
I want you to burn everything between here and the mountain.
We can not control a fire that size.
Never mind that.
Just start cooking before those enviro-mental cases
try to shut us down.
Say, Mr. Plunder, we better pick up
those gorilla hands you stashed in the jungle.
I make the decisions around here, Bleak.
[ Clears throat ]
I, um, have some details to attend to.
You get cracking, understand?
Kwame: Stop!
Do not waste your breath. We have our orders.
Did your orders included kidnapping?
Where are our friends?
I-I do not know.
Now leave me alone. I have work to do.
Before you start that fire,
take a look at the Africa you're going to create.
[ All speak indistinctly ]
Unbelievable.
It feels like I am really here.
But this cannot be Africa.
Where are the trees?
You are about to burn them, remember?
For farms that will fail.
What is this, some kind of trick?
Goki: No. It's your children's future.
There will be rats and roaches
instead of elephants and zebras.
And believe me, gorillas will be missed.
[ Gasps ] It cannot be.
It will be, unless you stop it right now.
It is hard to believe.
But maybe we should not be in such a hurry
to burn down a forest we can never replace.
Your friends are in the shed.
- Hey. Whoa. - What is that?
What's going on here?
We have changed our minds.
How touching.
Bleak, torch the place.
No! You can't!
Kiddies, get the marshmallows.
Goki: No!
[ All screaming ]
Wheeler, I am actually happy to see you.
More fire over there.
And what about down here?
Fire!
So you want to play rough?
Water.
Run for the jeep!
What can we do?
We can let our powers combine.
- Earth. - Fire.
- Wind. - Water.
Heart.
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
- Go, Planet! - Go, Planet!
Yeah. Go!
Planeteers, you need a break...
A fire break, that is.
[ Grunts ] I sure dig my work.
Cool special effects.
Uh, I mean, that's incredible!
- Who is he? - Guys, this is Goki.
He's from...
Uh, never mind.
Yep. That's me, just one of the geysers.
[ Chuckles ]
- It's raining. - Oh, my!
- Yay! - Yay!
- Whoa! - Whoa!
Great plan, Bleak.
What else can happen to me?
[ Gorilla roars ]
- Aah! - Aah!
Be very still.
I think it's time for you to go home, Kong.
- I'll miss you. - [ Chuckles ]
Looks like he really went ape over you.
Wheeler: Maybe he's not such a bad judge of character.
Thanks to you, Goki, we stopped Plunder.
We did it together.
- That's right, Goki. - Grio!
Hey, guys. Look.
It's her, the Grio I told you about.
Guys? What's goin' on?
Oh, never mind.
Never mind what?
Oh, nothing.
So, what now, Goki?
Are you goin' back or forward, or something?
I'm not so sure I want to go home now.
You don't know what it's like to have some strange woman
hand you something that turns your whole life upside down.
As a matter of fact, we do.
That's how we got our rings.
Hey, Goki, your visor's workin' again.
All right. [ Sighs ]
It's hard to leave all this beauty
and say goodbye to my new friends.
We will miss you, as well.
Goodbye to you, too, Kong.
Remember, Goki, the power is yours!
- So long, Goki. - Bye, Goki!
Lara: Goki! Goki!
Come on, Goki.
You promised to take me today.
You promised.
Isn't that game over yet?
Yeah. Yeah. It's over.
Take you where?
To the forest to see the gorillas.
The Grio knew.
Come on, Lara.
Let's go see the gorillas.
All right!
Welcome home, Planeteer.
- Go, Planet! - Go, Planet!
Many household items can hurt both pets and wildlife.
A lot of things we do can hurt birds and other animals.
Did you know that car radiator fluid
can be fatal to animals
if they lick it or drink it?
Unfortunately, animals like the taste of radiator fluid.
So never let it drain in the driveway or gutter.
- And if any spills, clean it up. - If we are all careful
of how we get rid of household waste,
we can make it a lot safer for animals and the environment.
- The power is yours! - The power is yours!
- Go, Planet! - Go, Planet!
Even small changes can make a big difference to our planet.
Switching one light over to an energy-efficient,
compact fluorescent bulb can save our air
from 4 pounds of smoke-producing nitrogen oxides...
7 pounds of acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide...
And more than 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide,
a leading cause of global warming.
One bulb can keep all this out of our air
and more of this in our pockets.
So buy green and save green.
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!