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!
You know, Doc, most golf carts
are only good for about 18 holes.
But your monster golf cart is making 118 holes!
And installing the golf course.
MAL, there's nothing like a drive in the country.
There's nothing left after we drive through.
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
Huh?
Not again!
Aw!
Don't you Planet twerps ever take a day off?
Not when you threaten endangered tigers.
Tiger, shmiger.
You're looking at the future site
of Hog Heaven Golf Resort...
Sweetest little pork-barrel project you ever saw.
In a pig's eye!
Out of the way, smart aleck! We're playing through!
Fore!
Sorry. This hole has a nasty hazard.
Water!
This situation calls for a driver.
I'll mow them down, MAL, baby.
Aah!
I can sink this one.
Earth!
Get off of me!
Ha ha! Ha ha ha!
You must be stopping this at once.
You heard him, Greedly.
I did not mean him. I meant you.
Huh?
What kind of riffraff you letting into this forest, Mohan?
I am most sorry, Mr. Greedly.
It will not happen again.
All right. Let me get this straight.
You want this porker plowing up your forest?
My piggy bank paid his village a big advance.
But the forest will be destroyed.
And what will become of tigers?
I am sorry, but tigers will not pay for hospitals
or schools for our children.
Can't we at least save them?
Forget it! Scram!
Hoggy, darling,
have you forgotten how much trouble
these ecomaniacs put you through last time?
I'm feeling generous.
You got one night to clear out the tigers.
Period! [ Snorts ]
I am the best tiger tracker this forest will ever see.
Mohan, you're the last tiger tracker
this forest will ever see.
Their home is history.
Do not worry. The tigers will be fine in a zoo.
I wish that were true, but the truth isn't so pretty.
Take a look at your PlanetVision.
A good zoo tries to re-create the animals' natural home.
But if all wilderness is destroyed,
these magnificent animals will end up
in cramped concrete prisons.
Still, for the tigers of this forest,
it's this or extermination.
Shh. We must be very quiet.
The tigers' ears are very sensitive.
If you can get me close, my ring will do the rest.
Okay, if you say so.
After the tiger has eaten his prey,
he comes to the river to drink.
Wheeler: Good, 'cause I don't want to run in to a tiger
that hasn't eaten yet.
[ Growling ]
What was that?
Shh. Over there.
That didn't come from in front of us.
It came from... behind!
[ Gasps ] [ Growling ]
Wind!
Heart!
Watch behind you, Ma-Ti!
Heart!
The coast is clear, Mohan.
Just scouting to see if there are any other tigers around.
Rats!
I was hoping the tigers would make a snack of those ecobrats.
But I got something that should rile those cats up.
Ha ha ha!
Exploding golf balls.
Hey! What the...
What beautiful animals.
I wish I didn't have to take you away,
but your home is doomed.
This is the only way I can make sure you survive.
Where'd they go?
What happened to the ecocopter?
It's like it vanished into thin air.
Aah!
This is more like thick air.
It must be one of Dr. Blight's tricks.
Let's get out of here!
Aah!
Oh, my aching head!
It's not glass,
but it doesn't feel like a force field, either.
Something else is wrong.
The stars are not in the right places.
Then maybe the landscape isn't real.
Maybe it's some kind of holographic projection.
Well, I'm fed up with the school of hard knocks.
I'm burning my way out of here. Fire!
Looks like you are having a power shortage, Wheeler.
Yeah. I don't get it.
What on Earth?
[ Growls ]
A saber-toothed tiger?
It can't be. They died out thousands of years ago.
Don't tell me, tell him!
Heart!
Huh?
Now my power is gone!
[ Roars ]
Ooh! Ooh!
[ Growls ]
Hold it right there, kitty.
That's no way to treat a guest.
Now get back to where you belong.
Go on.
Where did she come from?
Not Earth. I can tell you that much.
You're right, Linka. I was born many light-years from here.
You know my name?
To be honest, I was watching you.
My name is Klek-torr.
Hey, how come you can talk without moving your lips?
I am speaking to you by mental telepathy.
You wouldn't understand my native language.
Oh, yeah? Let's hear you say something.
[ Speaking native language ]
Most peculiar.
You know, I didn't expect you
to find a way out of the tiger exhibit so soon.
Uh, exhibit?
Yes, Mohan.
Please, come with me, and I'll show you some other animals.
Then this is some kind of zoo?
Well, sort of. I call it the space ark.
Awesome!
Hey, check out the view! We are in orbit!
Look how high we are above Earth!
No wonder our powers are so weak.
[ Speaking native language ]
Don't miss the Antares exhibit, folks.
You know, Kwame, I welcome visitors,
but the space ark has a more important mission.
For thousands of your years, I've explored our galaxy,
rescuing creatures from doomed environments
before they became extinct.
You must have incredible animals from hundreds of worlds!
Not as many as you think, Gi.
Of all the miracles in the universe,
the rarest is life.
That's why it's so precious to me.
And even where life occurs, it is not always secure.
Come with me.
I started this exhibit on my trip to Earth
during the last ice age.
Your ancestors hunted these animals...
Mammoths, mastodons, woolly rhinoceros,
giant ground sloths, and your pal, old saber-tooth.
Are you sure he cannot see out?
Klek-torr, this is way cool. You got any dinosaurs?
A few million years before my time.
Wait a minute. How old do I look?
I'm only 70,000, you know.
You don't look a day over 40,000.
Well, thanks, Gi.
[ Gasps ]
This exhibit came from my last trip to Earth,
400 years ago.
[ Gasps ] Look! A great auk!
An elephant bird!
A passenger pigeon!
Linka's hobby is birds, Mohan. She knows them all.
Oh, and a dodo!
Good name for it. What a dumb-looking thing.
Oh, ny Wheeler.
It is most beautiful.
I never thought I would see any of those birds alive.
They were hunted to extinction years ago.
Over here are the quagga,
the blaubok,
the Irish elk,
Steller's sea cow.
This exhibit is huge.
It had to be.
Humans were getting very efficient at wiping out species.
Take a look over here.
This trip I don't have room
for all the endangered species I find.
I'm saving as many as I can.
But in your rain forests,
Before I even know what life forms are there,
humans destroy them.
The blue whales.
Gi: Once they had the whole ocean to explore.
Now this tank will be their world.
It is better than extinct, no?
[ Yawns ] It's been a long night.
Oh, excuse me. I'm a terrible host.
Follow me, will you, please?
This reminds me of Hope Island.
It should have everything you need.
After you eat and rest, we can talk again.
Hey, these things are plush!
Interesting.
Yes, but we have work to do back on Earth, Klek-torr.
So If you could just send us back to...
Klek-torr? Klek-torr!
She has gone.
How are we going to get back and save the tigers from Greedly?
Perhaps I can reach Klek-torr on this.
We are leaving Earth's orbit!
Hey, no way!
Klek-torr wouldn't kidnap us.
Hey, Klek-torr!
Hey, where are you?
Ow!
Man, I've got to stop doing that.
Another projection!
I have a bad feeling about this.
And if I press this...
[ Gasps ]
[ Speaking native language ]
Klek-torr, no!
No, you cannot do this to us!
No need to scream, Mohan.
Hey, what's the idea of kidnapping us?
Kidnapping?
But I'm...
Humans are an endangered species.
I brought you here to save you from extinction.
I thought you understood that.
How can we be endangered?
There are more than five billion of us.
That's part of the problem with humans.
The more there are of you,
the more you burden your environment,
till one day... poof! It collapses.
And I'm afraid that day is not far off.
But we cannot live in captivity.
But you're not prisoners.
You'll have the run of the ship.
And if we find an Earth-like planet,
we could reintroduce you to the wild.
Greedly: I don't know what happened to those Planet punks,
but now I can hog this forest all to myself.
We will never see Earth again.
Now I know how a tiger in a cage feels.
I wish we had preserved their forest when we had the chance.
You might still get that chance.
What have you found?
This terminal is tied into the space ark systems.
That symbol corresponds to a hidden hatch on the hologram wall.
It could be an escape pod or just an airlock.
So, beyond that hatch could be our last chance to get back to Earth.
Or a trip into space that'll take our breath away...
Forever.
It is a terrible risk.
We could stay put.
No. Gaia trusted us with the job of saving Earth.
We cannot let her down. We must take the chance.
Yeah! Yeah!
Here goes nothing.
You were right! There goes nothing!
Everyone, hang on!
Aah! Aah!
[ Alarm blaring ]
No!
They'll be dead in seconds.
Whoa!
Aah!
Why did you open the hatch?
Didn't you know what would happen?
We had to risk it. We must get back to Earth.
But this isn't a punishment.
I'm offering you safety,
a new home.
Klek-torr, we do not want a new home,
just another chance to save the old one.
I think I understand now.
I underestimated your courage,
your unselfishness.
If everyone on Earth had your dedication,
then perhaps humans would not be
an endangered species after all.
[ Crowd murmuring ]
Out of my way. I paid you off.
And if I don't build my golf resort,
you people won't bring home the bacon.
Our village does not want your bacon, Mr. Greedly.
What the...
They're giving back my money!
This does not compute.
Those meddling Planet geeks
talked them out of this deal!
Our village decided to preserve the forest.
We may not get as many rich tourists,
but the wilderness is priceless.
Too bad! Guess we'll just have to ruin this forest for free.
That's the fair way.
Ha ha ha! [ Snorts ]
Dr. Blight: And for starters, we'll turn your village into our sand trap.
Ha ha ha! Ahh.
Let's slice it up, Doctor.
Aah!
Now I'm really teed off!
[ Boom! ]
Time for us to call a our heavy hitter of our own.
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Whoa! Golfing with you is always a blast, Greedly.
Not when I have to take a penalty stroke!
Oh. So you want to play around, huh?
Actually, I'm feeling a little below par today.
MAL: I just remembered my own tee time.
I think I'll need a wood for this shot.
Aw, wouldn't you know it?
A hole in one and no one there to see it.
Thanks for bringing back my Planeteers, Klek-torr.
It's a rare pleasure, Gaia.
Most of my creatures no longer have homes to return to.
Just one other thing...
I'd rather you left those two behind, as well.
Now behave yourselves.
Y-Y-Yes, sir...
M-M-Ma'am...
I-I-It.
Whatever you say.
You know, Gaia, I didn't think anyone would miss those two.
No one would.
It's just that I can't bear to have the rest of the galaxy
think they represent humanity.
It would be a shame. Wouldn't it?
Yes! Yes!
And now I must return to the space ark.
Keep up your good work, Planeteers.
[ Speaking native language ]
Hey, I didn't know you could speak his language.
What did he say?
Klek-torr says no matter where you come from
or what language you speak,
we're all in this together.
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Zoos are one way of preserving endangered species,
but the best way is to protect the habitats
where these animals live.
Linka: Even our homes are built in wild animals' territory.
So if you want your yard to be an animal sanctuary,
leave an area uncut.
Kwame: Trees and brush provide shelter and food to animals,
such as birds and foxes.
By build a blind, you can watch them,
but they're wild and can be dangerous.
Wheeler: We can live at peace with all of Earth's creatures.
The power is yours!
I'm Captain Planet.
Planeteers: And we're Planeteers!
You can be a Planeteer, too,
by helping to make our world a better place to live
for everyone who shares our planet...
[ Trumpets ]
Ma-Ti: including our wild animal friends, like Sneezer,
who are being killed to make jewelry, souvenirs, and fur coats.
So tell your friends not to buy things
that require an animal to give its life.
We mustn't plunder our planet.
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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