By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!
♪ Captain Planet, he's the man ♪
♪ Leading the charge, Earth's number-one fan ♪
♪ Check him out, you're gonna see ♪
♪ He's the mega mac daddy of ecology ♪
♪ Cap's the hero with the gumption ♪
♪ Takes on the overpopulation and consumption ♪
♪ Yeah, he could use a better groomer ♪
♪ Some people say he's got a bad sense of humor ♪
[ Singsong voice ] I'm back!
♪ But when eco-villains run amok ♪
♪ Plundering and pillaging, yuk ♪
♪ Cap's here to level the playing field ♪
♪ With a PhD in sustainable yield ♪
♪ But he's not the only hero for Earth ♪
♪ Gaia's wisdom gave the Planeteers birth ♪
♪ Wheeler has the fire, Ma-Ti's got heart ♪
♪ Gi's got the power to make waters part ♪
♪ Kwame's rocking with element earth ♪
♪ And Linka uses wind for all she's worth ♪
♪ Still Greedlys and Blights trash our planet ♪
♪ It's up to us to say we won't stand it ♪
♪ Raise your voice and challenge your peers ♪
♪ Say it's way cool to be Planeteers ♪
Captain Planet: The power is yours!
Wheeler: If you don't squeeze a little more speed out of this crate,
we'll have a date with disaster!
[ Squeaking ]
Pushing her to the max now.
It's the rainy season, and I'm fighting head winds.
There!
Kwame: If the chemicals in that plant explode,
it will create a killer cloud!
[ Squeaking ]
Easy, Suchi. You will be safe
in the Geo-Cruiser...
Safer, anyway.
[ Screaming ]
[ People clamoring ]
Serious team beam time!
Let our powers combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
Holy smoke!
I'd better put a different spin on this situation.
Whoa, dizzy.
I feel a hot flash coming on.
Well, call me Captain Combustion,
a spontaneous kinda guy.
Go, Planet! Go, Planet! Go, Planet! Go, Planet!
Now, to orchestrate a high sea in nothing flat.
Whoa! That water's so polluted,
it's adding fuel to the fire.
Thank goodness it's the rainy season
'cause it's time for a thundering finale.
- All right! - Captain Planet!
Hold the accolades, Planeteers.
I may have taken care of the immediate crisis.
But the chemical cloud
caused damage that will last decades
and health problems that may last a lifetime.
[ Coughing ]
This is too high a price to pay for profit.
I will work to make changes.
The power is yours!
I am so pooped. I cannot wait to head home.
Actually, since we're in the neighborhood,
I'd kind of like to visit Banaras.
Banaras? What do you know about India, Yankee?
My grandmother loved India!
She used to tell me cool stories
about the history and mythology.
Grams even learned to cook me great Indian treats.
Curry burgers?
Funny.
Grams always dreamed of seeing the temples in Banaras.
She said the experience can change your life.
I'd like to go for her.
Works for me.
We can check out the Ganges River.
I've read it's in big trouble
because of all the waste being dumped in it.
As in the human kind?
Right.
Apparently, an awful lot of people
use the river around Banaras.
Then it's decided.
Ma Ganga, here we come!
Ma what?
Mother Ganges!
[ Squeaking ]
Unbelievable!
It's as cool as you thought, Grams.
Wow, Ganesh!
What the...
Friend of fire, welcome.
I say to you, be aware of auspicious beginnings.
And remember this... The rat holds the key.
Oh, man.
Must've eaten too many curry burgers.
I'm out of here!
Gee, sorry!
Let me get these for you.
Whoa!
Oh, they are all messed up.
And I am already late.
This must be important stuff
for you to be in such a rush.
It's a report for my professor.
What's it about?
You would find it boring.
It's about pollution levels in the Ganges.
Boring? Are you kidding?
With all the people using Ma Ganga,
I've been worried about the river myself.
Really?
Sure!
Look, since I made you late,
I insist on personally apologizing to your professor.
Well, all right.
I guess.
Gee, Lita, it's really cool
you want to be a hydrologic engineer.
I wish my family thought it was cool.
They are against it.
Why?
Because I'm just a girl.
But girls are great!
Shh!
Not everyone in India would agree with you.
Sorry.
Anyway, how come we're meeting your professor
in the Hanuman Temple?
Dr. Mishra's a priest as well as a scientist.
Hmm. Sort of a blend of the scientific
and the spiritual, huh?
Man: You are just being difficult, Dr. Mishra!
Mishra: The new sewage treatment plant is overly complex.
An oxidation pond would better suit our needs.
Why?
It is inexpensive and it works.
This new plant is costly to run.
And the technology is complex and unreliable.
Nonsense! Our random testing proves
the plant is working perfectly.
Yes. But it has not been through a rainy season.
The plant may not be able to handle the flooding.
Absurd! You, of all people,
must realize that technology is what will save the Ganges!
Appropriate technology,
which the new sewage treatment plant is not.
[ Scoffs ] You're hopeless!
Forgive my friend. We do not see eye-to-eye.
Dr. Mishra, this is Wheeler.
I'm the reason Lita was late.
Sorry.
Sounds like her report might've helped your case.
I'm afraid facts rarely help people
whose minds are already made up.
Looks like Suchi found relatives in high places.
Gi: That statue Suchi's on is the monkey god, Hanuman.
[ Squeaking ]
What is going on, some kind of festival?
I doubt it.
Apparently, on top of the millions that live here,
millions more come each year
just to bathe in the Ganges' holy waters.
Not to mention wash their camels.
They use the river for drinking,
washing, cooking.
Everything ends up in the water.
Talk about pollution.
Ma Ganga is sacred. She cannot be polluted.
That is a dangerous attitude.
Aah!
[ Squawks ]
[ Screaming ]
Linka! Grab my hand!
[ Screaming ]
Aah! Please help!
Aah!
Water!
Aah!
You are okay now. Take it easy.
- Take it easy. - That was horrible.
The smell!
Oh.
[ Coughs ]
I think it is time to call it a day.
Yeah, you're right.
How about getting some dinner?
Anything but beef.
I wonder what cosmic revelations
Wheeler is having.
Wheeler: Wow! How old's this place?
Several hundred years.
It was the home of Tulsidas, who wrote the Ramayana.
Listen, young champion of the planet.
Oh, not again!
Your troubles will spread.
Beware, the solution is the problem.
What do you mean?
Wait! Come back!
We are waiting, Wheeler.
Is something wrong?
Uh, no. Sorry.
Dr. Mishra, terrible news!
Hundreds have fallen ill!
- From what? - No one knows.
And it's spreading!
Spreading?
That's what Hanuman said.
Wheeler, what are you talking about?
I'm not sure.
But maybe my friends can help us figure out
what's going on.
Come on!
Nice to meet you, Lita. Excuse me.
Man, you guys are sick, too?
Linka: It is not just us.
We assumed the chemical plant made us...
Excuse me!
Gi: Or the food we ate?
No. The illness is widespread.
The doctor gave us these,
oral rehydration therapy salts.
They are good. They're keep you from becoming dehydrated.
Great.
I guess.
Lita: I just wish I knew what was making everyone sick.
Verminous Scum, that's what!
Verminous who?
Ganesh warned me the rat was the key.
No time to explain.
There's a rotten rodent at work in the city.
[ Indistinct conversations ]
Lita's a real babe.
[ Wolf whistles ]
The illness has spread downriver.
But still, no one knows why.
Maybe it's got something to do
with all that stuff in the river!
But the scientists from the sewage plant
claimed less of that stuff is going into the river.
There's got to be a solution.
That's weird.
Hanuman said the solution's the problem.
Hanuman? Again?
But Ganesh said the rat's the key.
What are you doin'?
Fevers have been known to cause hallucinations.
I know it sounds crazy, but...
Hey! Follow that rat!
Are you serious?
Come on! Fur Face will lead us to Scum!
Great.
Statues talk to him, and he talks to rats.
Fire!
How did you do that?
Hey, I'm a man of many talents.
There he is!
[ Squeaking ]
And there he goes.
Pee-yew!
Leave it to scum to hang out
in a stinkhole like this!
Whoa!
Just when I thought it couldn't smell worse.
Raw sewage.
If this is getting in the river,
it would explain the illness.
Maybe we can see where it comes from.
[ Gasps ]
[ Gasping ]
The pipe leads to the sewage treatment plant.
That's it!
"The solution is the problem."
Let's move it!
That pest is headed for the plant!
Wait for me!
But, Mr. Singh, we saw raw sewage
backing up into the storm drain.
It's coming from the plant.
That's impossible! You are a foolish girl!
You've got to listen!
You've wasted enough of my time!
Now, go!
Don't worry.
We'll check it out ourselves later.
Man, who does the plumbing around here?
It's a mishmash of ancient and new all slapped together.
I don't like the feel of that.
Hey! Look who's back.
[ Squeaking ]
Come on! Let's follow him!
What else?
Where'd he go?
What's the little guy...
Ugh!
Hey, it looks like they use the wrong pipes!
No wonder the processor's leaking!
[ Squeaking ]
It's worse than that.
With all the rain we've had this season,
the overflow's backing into the processor.
Any more water pressure and it could explode.
Perfect timing!
We've got to warn Mr. Singh!
[ Gasps ]
I told you I heard rats down here.
We were just coming to find you.
The processor...
Hold them until the police arrive.
You don't get it!
The processor could blow any second!
Is that possible?
Of course not!
What does this tourist know? Lock them in my office!
Ick! A rat!
Huh?
Come on!
Stop them!
You come back here!
- Come on! Let's get out of here! - Hurry!
[ Squeaking ]
[ Blows raspberry ]
This way!
That's my monkey!
[ Squeaking ]
[ Coughing ]
Over here!
Locked!
We are trapped.
Not for long!
Fire!
There they are!
We're out of here, Suchi!
[ Squeaking ]
If the processor blows,
all the sewage will end up in the river.
We need a team beam!
Man, I wish I could reach the others!
All right, Kwame!
Fire!
There's more to this guy than meets the eye.
Wind.
Water.
Heart.
Yes!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
Oh, my!
Go, Planet!
Go, Wheeler! Take cover!
The plant's too pooped. It's gonna pop!
Ugh!
Talk about some shaky, breaky parts.
If I don't hurry,
Old Ma River's gonna be pa-lluted.
I'd better put this mess in the deep freeze.
[ Inhales deeply ]
A hero's work is never dung!
Well, actually, today, it is.
The question is, what to do with this, uh, sludgecicle?
Ah, a field of dreams.
Stay cool, sludger, while I cover the bases.
Rounding first, second, third!
He's home!
And, of course, a mound in the middle.
Now, to tie up the loose ends.
I know I con do it. [conduit]
Ta-da!
[ Squeaking ]
[ Sighs ]
Do not fear me, little brother.
[ Squeaks ]
I need your help.
Not bad for a temp job.
This new oxidation pond should give the river
a rest from [clears throat] unwelcome offerings.
Great work, Cap!
Yes. You saved Ma Ganga.
I'm sorry I did not listen to you.
[ Squeaking ]
Got it, Suchi.
What Hanuman wants, he gets.
Be right back!
Hanuman?
Now, he's doing it!
[ Squeaking ]
Yeah. You do make a fine Hanuman, Suchi.
Why, you're a chimp off the old block!
[ Cheering ]
Here's a little herbal remedy!
Thank you!
Hanuman's gift will cure the illness!
And the new oxidation pond will keep the river clean.
If there's going to be hope for the Ganges,
we must all learn to treat the sacred river
with the respect she deserves.
The power is yours!
Lita: I am happy to see you are all feeling better.
Love those rehydration salts!
- Thank you. - Much better.
You know, after all our run-ins with Scum,
I figured Ganesh was telling me the rat was evil.
But I should've realized... The little guy's his friend.
He stands for teamwork.
No one's too little to help.
[ Squeaking ]
Mishra: I thought I might find you here.
I have good news, Lita.
I told your parents what you did.
They have agreed to let you study
at the university after all.
- That's great! - Wow!
Thank you for everything, Wheeler!
It's just lucky you guys summoned Cap when you did.
I've been wondering how you knew.
We did not summon Captain Planet.
We were so sick, we couldn't do anything...
Except, you know.
I don't get it. Then who summoned Cap?
Holy elephant?
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!
♪♪