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!
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Plunder: Ah, what a beautiful island...
Just the place for our flamethrower factory.
Except... where are the workers you promised me?
You worry about your end of the business.
When I'm through with my experiment,
you'll have more workers than you can handle.
[ Chuckles ]
Ah!
You'd better get a handle on that beam!
It's not supposed to be a death ray.
Don't worry. I'll fix it.
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[ Seagulls crying ]
Gi: A one-celled animal
splits into two identical copies of itself, or clones.
Then those two split.
Ma-Ti: Now there are four. No, eight.
No, uh, 16.
They are getting hard to count.
After 20 clones, there'd be a million of them.
Whoa! Maybe we'd better stand back.
Nah. Pretty soon, they'll use up the food in the petri dish.
Kwame: So they reproduce till they starve to death?
No wonder they call them simple organisms.
How could they be so dumb?
At least they're not heating up the Earth
and wrecking the ozone layer.
Da. It takes people to do that.
And speaking of planet wreckers,
there's something fishy on the island of Mogahl.
Everything on Mogahl is fishy.
It is a fishing village.
But what's really fishy is this.
Ma-Ti: Dr. Blight and Looten Plunder!
What are they up to now?
I'm not really sure, Planeteers,
but I have a feeling you're in for double trouble.
[ Goat bleats ]
Hey! Come back here!
[ Goat bleats ]
Whoa!
Vico, we're supposed to be studying.
I am studying.
I'm studying architecture.
Leela, the goat is loose again!
Go catch it while I fix the fence.
But, Father, I have a test this morning.
Can't you send Vico?
Leela, your brother needs time to study.
After all, someday, he'll attend the university.
Not the way he's going.
[ Book thuds ]
All sisters do is make trouble.
Why couldn't I have had brothers?
Perhaps you will soon.
Good luck.
[ Smooches ]
Mother, if I spend my time chasing goats,
how will I ever become a scientist?
But, Leela, you're a girl.
You're supposed to marry and have children,
not bury your nose in books.
Stop complaining. Go find that goat.
Nobody understands me!
Plunder: Come on, Blight. Hurry up.
I want to see this thing operate.
Don't make me angry, Looten.
I'm already a mad scientist.
[ Beeping ]
Voilà! The answer to your labor shortage.
This ray will clone any living thing.
It causes instant multicellular mitosis.
Mitosis my foot! Just show me.
On who?
You think a volunteer is going to jump in the window?
Matter of fact, yeah! Hit it!
I'm no mathematician, Blight, but I only count one bug.
[ Cricket chirps ]
[ Crunching ]
See? A little food energy is all it takes.
Two for the price of one.
Now I can clone all the workers I need for this factory.
Plunder, grab that other locust!
[ Chuckles ] Why bother?
He didn't look like much of a worker to me.
No, you fool! I need to check it for side effects.
Now, let's find it.
Oh, you wear me thin, Blight.
Come on, you stupid goat! I'm late for school!
Oh!
Oh, no!
[ Sobbing ]
Look at me!
Kwame: All right, I will.
[ Cries ] Who are you?
My name is Kwame.
And even muddy, I think you look just fine.
I'm Leela.
I really wasn't crying about the mud.
It's my parents.
They don't want me to become an ecologist.
But that's a super-important job!
They should be proud of such a daughter.
In Mogahl, daughters just get married off.
Only sons get to finish their education.
But a Women can do the same job as a man.
I hope you are right.
But right now, my job is to capture that goat.
This one is on me. Heart!
[ Goat bleats ]
[ Gasps ] Thank you!
You are welcome.
And now we need your help.
Da. We are looking for a factory.
[ Sighs ] Oh, it's too hot to go to school.
[ Cricket chirps ]
There it is.
Ugh! Oh, rats.
Hmm. Wait a minute.
Uh-oh. A truant officer.
Oh, way to go, butterfingers.
The locust got away.
Forget the bug, Blight.
We've got another volunteer right here.
I'm on my way to school. Honest!
[ Laughs ]
We're not from school, kid, but stick with us,
you'll learn a thing or two.
I think I'll just go to school today.
Ha! Come on.
[ Grunts ] Let me go!
That factory you're looking for is right through here.
What are you going to do to me?
That's my brother Vico!
Do not worry. We will save him, Leela.
Please don't hurt me!
Ha! You think you're scared now?
In a minute, you'll be beside yourself.
[ Laughs ]
Stand back, Looten.
We don't need two of you making bad jokes.
Even one of him is too many.
Wind!
Whoa!
Oh!
Fire!
[ Grunts ]
Aah!
Well, don't just stand there! Use the claw!
Yes. Just what the doctor ordered.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
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Whoa!
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Water!
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Machine powers down ]
[ Mechanical whirring ]
This is gonna be tight!
[ Electricity crackling ]
That was a-a close one.
Vico's major in school is getting into trouble.
It wasn't my fault.
They were chasing a locust, but they caught me instead.
A locust?
I am worried about that ray's affect.
What was it supposed to do?
[ Stomach growls ] I think it made me hungry.
If his appetite is any indication, the kid's fine.
Thanks, Mother. I'm starved.
[ Munching ]
[ All gasping ]
Seconds, please.
Our guests have not even had firsts!
Vico is a growing boy.
[ Gasps ]
[ Spoon thuds ]
Wow! I always wanted a brother.
Wait a minute. You're the brother.
What has happened to my son?
Which one is the real Vico?
I think they both are!
Dr. Blight's machine must be a cloning ray.
But why did it take so long?
Two sons! This is a dream come true.
I'm hungry.
Me, too.
[ Both munching ]
Wonderful!
Now we have four strong sons to help us!
[ All munching ]
Guess we'd better send out for pizza.
That is the answer! Food sets it off!
When he eats, he clones.
But what if they cloned that locust?
My book says they are voracious eaters.
Leela is right.
If Blight zapped that locust,
our problems will multiply.
Kwame, why don't you and Leela take Vico...
Well, one of the Vicos...
To where he saw that locust.
The rest of us will track down Plunder and Blight.
All: Hey, what's to eat?
On second thought, cancel that pizza.
I don't think we should feed them until we get back.
Oh, my poor Vicos!
It was right here.
Hmm. If I were a hungry locust, where would I go?
I know where a hungry Vico would go.
[ Stomach growling ]
Vico! Come back!
Kwame, I think I found the locust.
I think I found a few more.
[ Locusts buzzing ]
They will eat everything!
Including us!
Kwame, we are doomed!
No. We will not be lunch for locusts.
Earth!
Aah!
Hang on, Leela. We are in for a rocky ride.
Whoa! Whoa!
Oh! Ooh!
Ugh! Ugh!
Definitely a new and "boulder" way to travel.
But where did Vico go?
To the village. Come on!
Oh, Vico!
All: Yes, Mother?
[ Stomachs growling ]
I am sorry, but you can't eat now.
[ Sighs ] Yes, Mother.
Oh, Mother! I am so hungry...
I have a splitting headache.
Poor darling. Come, lie down.
What? Oh! That way!
[ Munching ]
Me first! No! It's mine!
No! Me! You can't have it!
Out of my way! No! Me!
Out of my way!
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[ Stomach growls ] Good! The store is open.
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One loaf of bread, please.
Here you go, Vico. [ Coins jingle ]
Go ahead. Take it.
Your father can pay me tomorrow.
[ Munching ]
[ Gasps ]
Both: We'd like a couple more loaves to go.
[ Stomachs growling ]
They're gone! And the ray is, too!
What are they gonna use it on now?
We had better find out, and fast!
[ Engine starts ]
Vico is a one-boy population bomb.
If the Vicos keep doubling, this is the result.
Mogahl's gonna be the crowded place on Earth!
It will make your petri dish look like the Gobi Desert.
My poor Vico.
What is wrong?
They ate us out of house and home!
Too many to count.
Now they have gone to the village for more food.
We've got to stop their cloning
before this population explosion wipes Mogahl off the map!
[ Engine starts ]
[ Vicos munching ]
You have eaten everything I own!
I'm ruined!
Get out! Get out!
Oh! Oh!
[ Murmuring ]
[ Gasps ]
All: We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
[ Stomachs growling ]
We're still hungry! Oh, no!
We're still hungry!
It wasn't supposed to work like this.
I've got to reverse the cloning.
Are you crazy?
The more people there are, the less I have to pay them.
Watch.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, all you Vicos!
Why don't you come work in my factory?
The pay is peanuts, but at least you won't go hungry.
Peanuts? Did he say peanuts?
We'll take it!
All: Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts!
Follow me.
I have to admit, you've got them eating out of your hands.
We're hungry!
We're still hungry!
Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt
to give the poor suckers an advance.
Cut it out!
Quit shoving!
No! You!
Peanuts! Peanuts!
Get your peanuts right here.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, those nuts are mine!
You're nuts! That's what I said!
This is getting out of hand.
We have to do something!
Relax. I've got it covered.
We want more peanuts!
Listen up, people!
I've got more workers than I need,
so, um, half of you are fired.
Scram!
Oh, brother!
There's one place left to get food.
All: The fields!
Come on. Let's go. This way.
We're still hungry!
Locust swarm!
Millions, headed this way!
Locusts? Ha!
I wish them luck if they can find anything
after those greedy Vicos came through here.
Don't say that about them.
Vico cannot help what Dr. Blight did to him.
Stay calm, Leela.
To help Vico, we have to find the other Planeteers.
And I think I know where.
Half the island is covered with Vicos.
Before they split again, we'd better split.
I'll pack the clone ray.
You keep an eye on the door.
We thought we'd drop by and see what you're up to.
Looks like you're up to your eyeballs in clones.
Looten!
Well, you said to watch the door.
Kwame!
Now that we are all here...
[ Distant screams ]
What is that?
[ Screaming continues ]
Vico: Help us!
Vicos! There are too many of them on the dock!
If it collapses, they'll drown!
You've got to save them!
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ All screaming, dock creaking ]
Vicos, hang on!
Quick, to the speedboat!
Hey, all you Vicos, surf's up!
Looks like you dudes are hanging a thousand and 10!
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Bozhe moi!
If the Vicos double again,
they will push us all into the sea!
Ooh! I always wanted one of these.
[ Metal creaks ]
Well, too bad, Plunder.
Your business just suffered a major reversal.
[ Ray powers up ]
Now let's see if this thing can unclone.
You've got to get it together, Vico.
I wonder what would happen if he aimed that decloning ray at us?
I don't want to share my life with you.
Ugh!
I'm getting out of here!
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Now there are only 128 Vicos.
Now 64. [ Beeping ]
32.
Decloner, don't fail me now.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Explosion ]
Ooh!
Cap, are you okay?
[ Clears throat ]
Nothing a little recharge won't fix.
In the meantime...
the power is yours!
Vico! My son! Vico! Vico! My brother!
[ Locusts buzzing ]
Oh, no!
We forgot about the locusts!
We cannot use pesticides.
And we sure as heck can't use the decloning ray.
[ Buzzing continues ]
Our farms are doomed!
There is another way. Seagulls eat locusts.
Ma-Ti?
Good idea, Leela.
Heart!
[ Seagulls crying ]
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The seagulls are eating all the locusts.
It's... it's a miracle!
No, it's a biological control.
Leela, we were wrong about you.
And I promise you this, you will go to the university.
You've shown us that the quality of our children
is more important than the quantity.
And now, everybody come to the house.
You must be starving!
Oh, not me.
I think I'll pass.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
[ Children playing ]
Children are important to everyone.
And whether families have sons or daughters,
they should be equally proud.
Remember that the Earth's resources are limited.
You do not need to have a big family.
Because all the world's people are your brothers and sisters.
The power is yours!
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: Did you know the population of the world
is now more than five billion?
Wow! That is a lot of people!
Gi: And it's increasing by 90 million people each year.
But the Earth is not getting any bigger.
So when it is your turn to have a family...
Keep it small.
[ Horns honking, sirens wail ]
The more people there are,
the more pressure we put on our planet.
So, take it easy on our Earth and conserve what you can.
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!
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