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 the Soviet Union... 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".
Sludge: Hey, a letter. Who's sending me a letter?
I only read junk mail.
"Dear Mr. Sludge, you seem to be unaware"
that sludge is actually treated sewage
"which helps fertilize crops."
I hate those sewage treatment guys.
They're giving sludge a good name.
Ah, let's see what's on TV.
Too mushy.
Too violent.
An oil spill.
Now, that's what television is all about.
[ French accent ] Sure, the oil spill endangers the shore, no?
I place one tiny drop of my oil-eating microbe on the oil.
Watch closely with the camera.
Soon it will be all gone. Gi: Way to go, Dr. Helix.
Ah, such a genius.
I would love to meet him.
Your genius is getting his feet wet.
While you are coming up with wisecracks,
Dr. Helix is inventing things that will end pollution.
I wish I had your faith in technology, Gi,
but so far, science has found no cure for the real problem...
Wastefulness.
Kwame may be right, Gi.
Are you against science, Gaia?
No, but we can't always count on quick fixes.
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Sludge: This Helix guy sure knows how to waste a beautiful oil spill.
I'd have found a way to make money off it.
That's why they call me Sly Sludge.
[ Remote clicks ]
Woman: [ French accent ] In this small French town,
famed for its restaurants,
a garbage strike is now in its fourth week.
We asked the mayor about it.
[ French accent ] Scrap metal and glass are worth money.
We could pay our trash collectors more
if the townspeople would recycle.
[ French accent ] Who has time to separate trash?
How can Chef André create culinary masterpieces
and deal with such pettiness?
What can I say?
Already, trash collection costs a fortune.
A fortune?
I smell money in that garbage.
But I'll have to move quick and slick.
Slick!
That's it!
I think it's time to pay that Helix guy a visit.
Thanks for showing me your lab, doc.
I'm Sly... I mean Dr. Sludge.
I, uh, I specialize in waste.
Ah, welcome, Dr. Sludge.
You should be interested in my latest experiment.
Here in these test tubes is the answer
to the world's solid-waste dilemma.
Look. Garbage, yes?
But not when I add only one drop of my garbage-eaters.
[ Gurgling ]
Hey, doc, that stuff really works.
The organisms cannot digest glass, of course.
Otherwise, they would eat the test tubes.
But there is much testing yet to be done
before my garbage-eaters are ready to use.
Uh, right. Gee, look at the time. Got to run.
I will see you out, Dr. Sludge.
♪♪
If you can really solve our garbage problems,
Dr. Sludge, we would pay most handsomely.
Just sign here.
But how will you do this?
That, my dear mayor, is my secret.
I'll start tonight.
♪ Garbage-eaters, a little drop will do ya ♪
♪ They eat trash and make me lots of moola ♪
[ Glass breaks, munching ]
This looks like a two-drop job.
Heck, these are my last trash cans.
Won't need this anymore.
[ Glass breaks ]
[ Slurping ]
Whew! This garbage business is hard work.
Yai! Get off of me!
[ Slurping ]
Uh-oh.
This is the last time I trust a scientist.
Wheeler: Yo, Gaia, what's happening?
You tell me, Wheeler.
Look at this.
[ Slurping ]
[ Munching ]
[ Growling ]
Once again, science has solved our problems.
And just in time.
Alors! The garbage is gone.
What a great idea... Blobs that eat garbage.
They're just like Dr. Helix's oil-eating microbes,
except these organisms feed on trash.
Where did they come from?
And what if these things grow out of control?
I think I see what you mean.
I will make ready the Geo-Cruiser.
Good.
'Cause this is one mess mother nature can't clean up.
Ma-Ti: France, here we come.
Hey, Linka, I'll treat you to some of that
fine French cuisine, like French fries.
[ Speaks Russian ]
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Slurping ]
Get out of here. You make me nervous.
[ Chuckles ] Friendly little suckers, aren't they?
Dr. Sludge... Our savior!
Don't thank me. Thank them.
Me you pay.
I hope they do not become a nuisance.
Just give them some litter now and then to keep them happy.
[ Slurping ]
[ Belches ]
As we agreed.
This is all the money we have for trash collection.
Ah, yes. Cash for trash.
[ Slurping ]
Go on. You bother me.
Thank you, madame mayor.
If you have any problems, lose my number.
[ Footsteps depart ]
[ Engine starts ]
And now for a clean getaway.
Yikes! It's those planet geeks! I'm out of here.
[ Tires squeal ]
Look, mayor. Our first tourists since the garbage strike.
Welcome. I am Chef André.
I invite you to dine at my world-famous restaurant.
Great! Can you make some French fries?
French fries? I refuse.
[ Chuckles ] Too bad, Wheeler.
Maybe he will make you some French toast.
[ Horns honking ]
Come on. Come on.
[ Slurping ]
I got a bad feeling about this,
but I got a good feeling about this.
André: Ho ho ho! It is like a Jerry Lewis movie, no?
More like revenge of the blob if you ask me.
[ Glass breaks ] [ Gasps ] Look!
[ Slurping ]
If these garbage-eaters are breaking into cars,
what will be next?
[ Gasps ] My restaurant!
[ Slurping ]
What are you doing?
Take that, you blob, you!
Put me down!
Oh!
Ugh!
Zut alors!
Stop them! I beg you!
I will do anything.
I will even make the French fries!
You got a deal.
Maybe I can turn them away.
Heart!
[ Groaning ]
Oh, they have no heart, only endless hunger.
Yeah, well, I'm hungry, too. Let's go around the back way.
Maybe if we give them the garbage to eat.
But what happens when the garbage is gone?
We have to find Dr. Helix. He must know a way to stop them.
His laboratory is just down this road.
[ Munching ]
Dr. Helix, are you there?
Dr. Helix?
Yes. May I help you?
My name is Gi.
And I think you're the only one who can save this town.
What has happened?
Look!
No. It is not possible.
There's no way my garbage-eater could have escaped.
Dr. Helix, you created these monsters?
But I never released them.
No one else has even seen them, except Dr. Sludge.
Sly Sludge?
He's no doctor!
[ Munching ]
Aah! Aah!
Aah!
Nothing's getting in without a reservation.
A table for 20?
Wind.
Come on, Planeteers. The rest of the town needs us.
Next time, I will recycle.
[ Munching ]
It is eating an automobile.
Sludge: Help! Somebody help me!
Yai!
Fire!
[ Munching ]
[ All coughing ]
Toxic smoke!
Can you give us fresh air, Linka?
Wind!
[ Coughs ]
Too much pollution. [ Coughs ]
My ring will not work!
We need help.
Let's find Gi!
First I put it into the test tube,
then into the centrifuge, and I spin it down.
It takes only one moment.
[ Whirring ]
[ Whirring stops ]
Voilà.
The garbage-eaters are now harmless again.
But the ones outside are too big for that.
How do we handle them?
Don't worry. I will think of something.
[ Rumbling ]
Aah! Aah!
[ Gasps ] Aah!
Ma-Ti: Do not lose heart. The Planeteers will return.
Linka: And now, back to "Captain Planet".
[ Slurping ]
Get ready to run, Dr. Helix.
Water!
Now!
[ Growling ]
This way. Hurry.
Kwame: The only way out is up.
I think we need a lift.
I think we better hurry.
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
Talk about a squeeze play.
[ All scream ]
The trouble with this garbage problem
is it just keeps growing,
so you lay low while I thrash this trash.
Whoa!
I better tackle this problem before it tackles me.
Ugh! [ Groans ]
That was a slimy trick.
[ Growling ]
Cap's in trouble!
Wheeler: The trash is trying to waste him!
Ugh!
Ugh! [ Groans ]
Planeteers, that pollution is just too much for me.
You must find another way.
The power is yours...
Another way?
What is he... What way?
[ Slurping ]
Come on! The coast is clean!
Linka: Do you not mean "clear"?
Your machine is a marvel of science.
Yes. It runs on nonpolluting solar power.
[ Growling ]
Look!
All the blobs are moving out of the city.
Wheeler: Follow that blob!
Gi, place the Geo-Cruiser on autopilot
while I program the computer to tell us where they're going.
[ Beeping ]
Dr. Helix, what is this area here?
They are heading for the landfill.
Lots of garbage to eat in a landfill.
Maybe Gaia can help us.
I will try to link the computer with PlanetVision.
[ Static ]
Planeteers, if the garbage-eater
reaches the landfill, it will be unstoppable.
First it will crush this town into rubble, then absorb it.
Next, it will head for a much bigger source of trash.
♪♪
And soon there will be nothing left
but a planet of living garbage.
What have I done?
I wanted to help save our planet,
and I have become her executioner.
Doctor, this is not your fault.
Yeah! That honor belongs to Sly Sludge!
Don't worry, doc. It's not over yet.
As long as we have the Geo-Cruiser,
we can outflank this thing and...
[ Thud ]
[ All scream ]
The door is jammed!
Aah!
Ugh! Ugh!
Hold on tight!
Earth!
[ Rumbling ]
Hurry up!
Ma-Ti: Hurry! Let's go!
Ha! The keys are in it!
My new stretch limo to freedom!
Huh?
Not them again.
Out of my way, eco-creeps!
[ Engine starts ]
He is not going to stop!
Oh, yes, he will!
Wind!
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Wind rushing ]
[ Engine shuts off ]
You are in the wrong end of the garbage truck, doctor.
[ Slurping ]
Everyone in back!
We can try to lure the garbage-eater away
by tossing out trash for it to eat.
Go, Kwame! Let's roll!
[ Engine starts ]
[ Tires squeal ]
No! It cannot eat glass!
Then, with enough glass, we could trap it.
And we know just the man for the job.
Kwame, stop the truck!
[ Tires squeal ]
Let our powers combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ Growling ]
[ Tires squeal ]
You can trap the garbage-eater with glass!
Sounds like a major recycling job.
You keep the blob busy.
[ As Arnold Schwarzenegger ] I'll be back.
[ Normal voice ] Keep on trucking, Kwame!
♪♪
[ Tires squeal ]
We're out of garbage!
No, we're not.
You... you don't mean me?
You certainly qualify,
but let's start with this!
[ Grunts ]
Nooo!
My money!
♪♪
Suddenly I have a yearn to burn.
♪♪
This is the kind of meltdown we need.
Now, let me make one thing perfectly clear.
[ Chuckles ]
Not bad for an amateur, huh?
Now it's time to test the tube.
[ Engine sputters ] Out of gas.
[ Munching ]
Wheeler: Head for the hills!
♪♪
Cap did it!
Yeah, but what do we do with it now?
If only we had a centrifuge big enough to spin the trash down.
But we do.
Hey, I'll give it a whirl.
It's working!
♪♪
Come and get it!
My garbage-eaters will stay in this jar
until I can control them, and then...
Uh, thanks, Dr. Helix, but maybe it's better
if we all just recycle our garbage.
I agree! Conservation may not be easy,
but it's the safest way.
Your reward, mes amis.
Wheeler: Thanks, André.
Mmm!
No one makes French fries like the French.
[ Chuckles ] I had to ask an American tourist for the recipe.
We paid you a fortune to take care of that trash,
and you will, even if you have to recycle it yourself,
piece by piece.
♪♪
For once, he's earning his money.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
You can recycle just about everything.
Wheeler: Like plastic. It's practically indestructible
and stays around forever.
But scientists do have ways
to recycle many kinds of plastic.
Still, recycling starts with you.
Technology can do many things,
but it cannot make our garbage problem disappear.
Only you can make less trash.
And remember the three Rs... Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
The power is yours!
Wheeler: We'll be right back with more Planeteer action.
Planeteers: We're back! Go, Planet!
Most everything we buy will someday be thrown away.
So try to buy things that can be reused or recycled.
Lots of packaging material may make something look better
on the store shelf
but doesn't make a better product.
Kwame: More packaging only means more garbage
in overflowing landfills.
Paper or plastic?
Save it. We brought our own.
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!
♪♪