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!
Kwame: You were right, Gi.
The sea life is amazing!
But even here, there is an endangered species...
The dugongs.
I just hope we see one.
Well, here comes something.
Am I crazy, or is that a mermaid?
I would not rule out the first possibility,
but she does look like a mermaid.
In the old days,
that's what sailors thought when they saw a dugong.
Oh. Oh.
[ Gasps ] What was that?
[ Sighs ] Someone started up an oil rig.
Let's make like dugongs
and find a quieter place.
Looks like there is no quieter place.
Unfortunately, soon there will be even more drilling rigs here.
Crowd: [ Chanting ] No more drilling! Huh?
No more spilling!
You sure about that?
No more spilling!
No more drilling! No more spilling!
No more drilling!
By what authority do you interfere with our work, Betha?
By the right of the people of Pasifah
to have unpolluted waters.
We have voted.
No more oil wells.
Very well.
You can explain this to Supreme Commander Morgar.
Come on, men.
Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!
Impudent dogs!
I decreed that we drill this well.
How dare they value a beach over the wishes of their leader?
Ugh!
Are you all right, Commander?
Baz, outsiders are subverting the city of Pasifah!
See that they surrender their leader to me in two hours,
or I will reduce that region to a wasteland.
But, Commander Morgar, we don't have the weapons.
General, even the smallest country
can wage a war on the environment.
[ Laughs evilly ]
Sir, I don't understand.
You don't have to.
I will show these traitors
some real pollution.
Fly to oil platform 1 and await my orders.
Lady, you scored.
My name's Wheeler.
And I'm Gi. Congratulations.
Thank you,
but we still have many oil wells out there.
These platforms are automated.
Why does he need me here?
General, turn off the safety valves.
We're going to spill this oil.
Sir, is punishing a few rebels
worth ruining Pasifah's coast for decades?
They must be taught a lesson!
I know that you come from Pasifah, General,
but a soldier cannot afford to be sentimental.
I have no feelings for Pasifah.
Good.
Better to foul a beach
than let allow one city to foul our entire nation with treason.
[ Bell rings ]
You're not done yet, General Baz.
Stay there.
Oh, no!
Gi: They're deliberately spilling oil into the bay!
What? Why?
I don't know,
but unless that dugong gets to open sea,
she's a goner.
Ska-ray! Quickly!
Oh, she is not going to make it!
Oh, yes, she is.
Water!
You did it, Gi!
Wheeler: Yeah! Whoo!
But how can we get rid of all this oil?
Ah, it is impossible.
Not if we work together.
Let our powers combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
Go, Planet!
Hmm. Somebody must think he's pretty slick.
I'll just borrow some steel.
Turn on external camera.
Patch it into Morgar's palace.
Well, that wraps up the oil line leak.
Let's get this old clunker into reverse.
Yay! Captain Planet!
Now, folks, any vacuum cleaner can pick up dirt,
but can your machine do this?
Sir, he is now sucking up the oil
and pumping it back into the seabed!
Baz, are you familiar with the strategy called "scorched earth"?
That means destroying your own land
to hurt your enemy.
[ Chuckles ]
Precisely.
In this case, it means firing a flare into the oil slick.
But, sir, the slick, the wells... they'll catch fire.
We might never be able to put them out.
General, you're beginning to sound dangerously
like a do-gooder environmentalist.
Perhaps they've gotten to you.
I am no traitor, Commander.
Whoa!
Oh!
Captain Planet!
Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
Well done, General Baz.
Just the way I like my seascapes...
Very well done. Ha ha ha!
Let this be a warning to any who interfere in my affairs.
Whoa! I'm on fire!
But I got to cut out. It's just too toxic.
Are you all right, Captain Planet?
Don't worry, Ma-Ti.
I just have to recharge.
So, the power is yours!
I demand to know who is the ringleader of this protest.
We demand to know how you could commit this crime against the Earth!
You tell him, Gi!
Commander Morgar was right.
He warned me outsiders were undermining us.
The environmental movement is entirely homegrown, Baz,
and I am its leader.
Betha, keep quiet and leave Pasifah now.
Morgar will not stop until someone turns you in.
I will not abandon my work.
A rebellious fool, just like your father!
I am surprised he didn't arrest you.
I am his sister.
[ All coughing ]
Toxic smoke from the oil.
Come with me to my home.
Pasifah Forest, the last grove of cedar
in this part of the world.
My job as forestry expert is to watch over it,
like my father before me.
I can't understand how anyone who grew up
in such natural beauty could do what your brother did.
In a way, this park is the reason.
It happened almost 30 years ago.
The forest was much bigger then,
but one day the government ordered
that half of it be flooded to build an unneeded dam.
When reasoning did not work,
Father did the only thing he could.
He was ready to go to prison for his beliefs.
But Baz was too young to understand.
You'll risk your life for a bunch of cedar trees,
but what about us?
We need you, too!
Ugh!
Baz did not understand father was doing this for us
and our country.
I hate Pasifah Forest,
and I hate you!
That was the last time I saw my father or Baz.
They built the dam anyway.
Years later,
I heard my brother had joined the Army.
Now Morgar has made him a general.
And turned him against nature,
against everything his father stood for. How sad.
[ Helicopter blades whirring ]
Attention, citizens of Pasifah.
This is Morgar, your supreme commander.
That sounds like someone I've met before,
but who?
I hold your very environment hostage.
Already the oil smoke burns your eyes and your lungs.
And the clouds cut off the sunlight,
turning your land cold.
Unless you surrender the leader
of your environmental movement,
I will make things worse... Much worse.
[ All shouting angrily ]
Down with Morgar!
Rebel dogs!
General, blow up Pasifah Dam.
Sir, that will destroy the forest! Lives could be lost!
Yours will surely be lost if you disobey my orders.
Do it now, or your replacement will.
Head for the dam.
Ready missile launch.
We must stop that water!
Earth!
All right!
Good job, Kwame.
Heart!
It's a trap! Hide your rings, quick!
Come with us!
Bozhe moi!
Halt, or I'll shoot.
Run, Betha! Run!
Whew!
Let me go!
Morgar: Well, well, Planeteers.
What intriguing rings you wear.
They will be useless to you, Morgar.
You do not understand their power.
That's where you're wrong, Kwame.
I know exactly how to use them.
Zarm!
Zarm? What are you doing here?
You might say I'm the brains of this operation.
What about Morgar?
Ha! The supreme commander?
Ha ha ha!
Just a body,
or more precisely, a nobody.
He wanted to be a dictator.
I helped him take over the country
and... who knows? Maybe the world.
You see, I've been part of every important tyrant in human history.
With your five rings as weapons,
Morgar has a pretty good shot at it.
Five? There are only four.
What?!
Where is your ring?
Where you'll never find it.
Really? Perhaps I could change your mind.
Look how they do my bidding.
They follow me because deep down, humans love destruction.
You're wrong!
Well, if I am, tell me where that ring is.
Otherwise, you can watch the demise of your friends.
Do not tell him, Gi!
How ironic. The first to slip under the water
will be little Ma-Ti.
What do I do?! I've got to save you!
Maybe I can slip free.
Zarm is right.
People do follow tyrants.
History proves that.
That's not true, Gi.
No? Then how can Zarm's soldiers
destroy their own country?
People have not always acted that way.
At the dawn of history,
people lived in balance with nature,
using only what they needed.
Then things changed. New cultures arose.
Violent domination of people and nature
became the rule,
and the spirit of Zarm held sway over the Earth.
Ha ha ha!
What about people like Baz?
Anyone can change.
Talking to yourself?
You will do better to give Morgar what he wants.
Give in. You cannot fight his power.
You give him power.
What you see is Morgar,
but he's just a shell inhabited by Zarm,
the spirit of destruction.
He needs people to do his dirty work,
and you're not like him,
or you wouldn't be upset about my friends.
I'm going to trust you.
I'll tell you where the ring is.
No, Gi! Do not trust him!
I hope you are right about him, Gi.
You can either give it to Zarm and help him destroy Earth
or let me use it to save my friends.
It would mean my death if I were caught.
You've risked death for your country.
Is the world less important?
Wait for me here.
What has happened to these trees?
[ Coughing ]
Black rain, Baz,
and soon it will kill all of us,
unless the oil fires are put out.
Betha, I had no idea.
Snow? But we are in the tropics.
The smoke cloud is changing our weather, Baz.
I've been a fool.
No traitor could harm our country
more than our leader has.
Oh, Baz.
[ Gasps ]
Commander Morgar wants to see you, General, now,
and you, too.
Forgive me, Betha,
for coming to my senses too late.
Hold your breath, Ma-Ti.
I'll try.
Just a moment.
Keep moving!
Give me that!
Water!
Yeah!
Ooh.
Gi was right about you, General.
Our father would be proud.
But we still need our other rings.
I'll distract Morgar while you get them.
You're taking a big risk, General.
That is my job.
The fifth ring, General.
First I want to know the truth.
Does this magnificent Zarm really exist?
I exist.
And you would make a better host for me than that sniveling Morgar.
You could rule the world.
What do you say?
We say let our powers combine!
No!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
Go, Planet!
Brr! I'm no fan of global warming,
but this big chill is ridiculous.
You traitor!
It's time I exposed your little plot to the light of day, Zarm.
Blast that Captain Planet!
What's he gonna do?
First the weather goes crazy, and now this?
Let me out of here!
A fire can't burn without oxygen.
Let's see if this palace roof is up to snuff.
Oil's well that ends well.
The Army... they deserted us!
What do we do?
You can go to jail for your crimes
or you can seal yourself in your fully stocked bomb shelter
and live out the rest of your miserable life.
Aren't you coming?
Sorry, Captain Morgar. I don't go down with the ship.
Oh, no! Morgar got away!
The air was getting a little thick around here.
I'm gonna make a hard rock out of this mess.
The weather can go back to normal now.
Thanks to you,
we stopped Zarm's dreams of conquest and destruction.
And reunited a family.
We'll meet again, you peace-loving ninnies.
Boo!
Resign? Over a few toxic spills?
Let me guide you.
Together we'll run this nation with an iron fist.
But what if there is opposition?
I am not popular in the countryside.
Huh?
Then I have a little strategy.
I call it "scorched earth."
Ha ha!
Gaia!
Don't get too comfortable, Zarm.
Wherever your destructive ideas emerge,
the Planeteers will be there to stop them.
Boo!
Go, Planet!
Today our world's economy
depends on increasingly scarce resources,
such as oil and other fossil fuel.
Wars may even be fought over who controls them.
It is important that we develop alternatives,
like clean solar power and other new technologies.
But until these alternatives are available,
we need to conserve the resources we have.
And whenever possible, ride your bike.
Or walk. It's healthy.
The power is yours!
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
It isn't just grown-ups who help destroy our planet.
Wheeler: Some kids do it with graffiti.
Gi: Some kids do it with vandalism.
Linka: And some do it when they don't stop to think.
Gaia: Earth can be like this or like this.
We can destroy it with our hate...
Or save it with our love.
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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