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's 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, this is hard enough
without your doohickle in my face!
Wheeler: It's a minicam, Linka!
Ugh, whatever.
Still am not sure why we are climbing Mount Everest.
Because it's here?
And because we need the distraction.
Gaia thought a change of pace might help restore our spirits.
[ Suchi chatters ]
Besides, according to the "National Exaggerator,"
this is where the legendary Bigfoot lives.
[ Scoffs ]
You mean yeti, abominable snowman?
That is silly!
Oh, yeah? Well, I'm gonna capture him...
On video, that is.
I am hoping we see a snow leopard!
[ Grunts ] We made it to the...
Kwame: Dump?
Even at the top of the world, people pollute.
All right!
Bigfoot footprints!
Wheeler, those are your footprints!
Oh, yeah. But what about these?
No, Wheeler. Those are snow leopard prints!
Let's follow them!
♪♪
Forget the pussycat, Ma-Ti.
We got to find shelter.
And soon before we end up Planet Popsicles.
Suchi is right.
We are in deep trouble.
No sweat, guys.
I'll just turn up the heat.
Fire!
How's that for an instant fireplace?
More like an instant avalanche!
[ All screaming ]
[ Both screaming ]
[ Both grunting ]
Ah! [ Suchi screaming ]
Ah!
Ma-Ti! Earth!
[ Screams ]
Oof!
My ring!
I will bring you up! Wind!
- Ma-Ti! Suchi! - Are you hurt?
I lost my ring.
It came off with my glove.
[ Snarling ] Now what?
Snow leopard.
It wants us to follow. Must be the thin air.
Ma-Ti's talking to animals.
And he doesn't even have his ring.
Ma-Ti! Wait!
Gi: Slow down, Ma-Ti!
We're already on thin ice.
Besides, I can't keep my focus steady.
[ Rumbling ] Wipe out!
[ All screaming ]
Where are we?
Ma-Ti, next time we go sightseeing,
find a better tour guide.
Well, at least my camera still works.
Go stick your thingamabob in someone else's business.
Hey, how'd this hair ball get on my lens?
B-B-B-Bigfoot!
Stop joking, Wheeler.
He's not kidding.
[ Suchi squeals ]
Ah, let's get out of here fast!
You are free to go.
But you will surely perish in the storm.
Uh, i-it talks!
And I have much to tell you.
Some wanted to leave you to freeze.
But others felt we should save you.
Others? What's going on?
We brought you here to decide your fate,
to be tried for your crimes!
Book 'em, Danno! [ Squawks ] Book 'em!
What are we being charged with?
The extinction of your fellow species!
[ Squawks ] Hang 'em high! Hang 'em high!
Shh! Quiet.
Whoa, wait.
We haven't caused anyone's extinction.
We're Planeteers.
Perhaps. But you are also humans.
So, who's gonna try us?
A jury of your peers.
Reality check... They don't look like a jury of my peers!
We are all creatures of the same Earth.
And these 12 angry animals
are some of the most persecuted,
thanks to humans like you.
Guilty as sin! Guilty as sin!
Enough.
Call the first witness!
Witness? Who is testifying?
Mammoth: Those of us who are no more.
Aah!
- Put him down! Stop that! - Put him down!
[ Mammoths trumpeting ]
Amazing. This looks like thousands of years ago.
It is, the time when my kind roamed free.
But now, the hunters are coming.
They are unlike other predators
who hunt the sick, the weak, and the old.
We do not know to fear them until it is too late.
But early people were hunter-gatherers.
They used your wooly coat for warmth, your meat for food,
and even your bones for tools and shelters.
[ Shouting ]
Kwame: No!
Do not harm him!
Earth!
What has been learned?
That humans hunted us until we were gone.
But it was for survival.
The hunters were no different than wolves,
who hunt and kill their prey.
Maybe. But you were better hunters... much better.
Back then, humans were not aware
they were wiping out the species.
They were only trying to eat and stay alive.
Mm. The boy has a point.
But are you not still destroying us now?
There are some people who slaughter you
for your ivory tusks.
But not all people are like that.
Really?
Well, my instincts help me with the dangers of the sea.
[ Gasps ]
But I wasn't prepared for what humans brought.
Aah! Aah!
Ah, what have we here?
A mermaid without a tail?
Oh, no. [ Seals barking ]
What's going on?
Christopher Columbus?
I see my name is known throughout the world.
Please, you can't keep catching all these seals.
You'll wipe them out.
Surely you jest.
The seas are black with pinnipeds.
They could never be wiped out.
They'll be gone sooner than you know.
We sailed across the world to find these riches.
Fur, meat, and oil are valuable for trade.
This fat animal will fetch a fine price.
No! Water!
Ah!
- This girl is a witch! - Get her!
Columbus: Forget the girl! Get the seal!
♪♪
Well? What did you find?
Humans hunted down
every last one of us Caribbean monk seals.
Seals were valuable for trade.
Sad as it is, seal skins
were an important form of barter.
Am I still important, too?
Is that why you're hunting me,
because I'm special?
Some people think wearing beautiful furs
makes them special.
So you are saying it is no longer
an issue of survival.
Humans choose to kill for decoration.
What's a decoration?
I don't understand.
I'm not sure I really do either.
Thylacine: [ Growls ] Well, my coat's downright itchy.
You can't have slaughtered me for that.
[ Suchi screams ]
That's a weird wolf.
It is not a wolf. It is a kind of marsupial.
You mean like a carnivorous kangaroo?
Yes. It is a thylacine,
although some people called it Tasmanian wolf
or Tasmanian tiger.
Well, since you have all the answers, kid,
answer to this.
Since the beginning,
we shared the land with the Aborigines.
We respected each other's place in nature.
But then, a human calling himself a rancher showed up.
[ Clank, thylacine yelps ]
I will help you!
[ Gun cocks ] [ Gasps ]
Matey, you just made a fatal mistake.
What'd you let that thieving mongrel lose for, boyo?
The animal had done no harm!
Maybe not yet!
But I got me an investment to protect.
And I ain't fool enough to stand by
while that Tasmanian tiger gobbles up my profits!
Profits? I've never eaten a profit.
Rodents, yes,
and an occasional 'roo or lamb.
I've worked hard and honest to raise these sheep.
And I'll be blasted if I lose them
to the scrawny likes of you!
Stop! [ Thylacine yelps ]
Oof! [ Suchi chatters ]
Why wouldn't the rancher share the land with me?
[ Suchi chatters ]
They thought you would take their sheep.
And they feared you.
Wolf: [ Howls ]
Just like you fear me?
Don't you realize the good I do?
I can eat my weight in rats and mice
and keep wild herds strong
by preying on the weak and the sick.
Sounds like humans see you both
as unwanted competition to be eliminated.
I wasn't competing.
I was just living.
Newt: You think he's got it bad, wh-what about me?
Who said that?
See? I get no respect.
What are you, Rodney and Dangerfield?
No, I never got a human name.
You wiped me off the face of the Earth
without even knowing I existed!
- No way! - Way!
Ah!
Blah! Gross! This stinks!
[ Sniffs ] Ah, it's perfume to me.
The dung beetles shared the logs with us.
And, boy, did we have some great times together.
All my kind lived in this forest until...
[ Rumbling ]
[ Birds squawking ]
What's that?
It's the end of the world!
Hey, relax.
It's just a bunch of bulldozers...
Heading this way!
Let's get out of here!
Wait! They're clearing the way for my extinction!
You mean, if these guys level this place,
all you newt things will be wiped out?
Duh! Yeah!
Then we've got to stop them!
Hold it!
Hey, kid! You loco? Move it!
No can do!
There are animals in this forest
that haven't even been discovered yet.
And you guys are destroying their home!
If I don't clear this forest, I won't get paid.
And I could lose my home!
But there's got to be another way!
Yeah. Your forest friends'll just have to move.
And so will you!
Hey! Hey, put me down!
Whatever you say, pal.
Oof!
♪♪
Ah!
Oof!
No!
Ah!
[ Sputtering ]
Oh!
So, how come I didn't get no respect?
I don't know, pal,
maybe 'cause you're just a little guy.
Grizzly: [ Snarls ] I'm no little guy.
If humans continue destroying our forests,
I won't have a home either.
[ Suchi chatters ]
I-I see your point, Mr. Grizzly, sir.
Big or small,
all creatures have a right to survive.
But how can we?
Is your home being threatened, too, little one?
It's worse than that.
Bozhe moi!
Where are we?
This is my home.
Fantastic!
It is so beautiful!
[ Airplane approaches ]
[ Both coughing ]
What is happening?
[ Coughing ]
It is some sort of chemical.
Only one thing can save us.
Wind!
What caused that?
They are spraying those crops with pesticide.
Some of it must have drifted over to your field.
Fly, little one! Fly for your life!
Ah!
[ Panting ] Are you okay?
[ Horns honking ]
I'm fine.
But where have all the flowers gone?
We are in a city.
There is little room for flowers.
[ Horn blares ]
[ Both coughing ]
How can you humans live in such an awful place?
Sometimes, I wonder.
The water! It burns!
It burns!
Acid rain!
[ Screams ]
Why is this happening?
Why?
Why? Why?
Hey, it's okay.
You're safe now.
Well, sort of.
You have heard the charges.
What have you humans to say in your defense?
[ Suchi chatters ]
There is no defense.
There is no excuse.
We are guilty, Your Honor, as charged.
[ Squawks ] Fry 'em! Fry 'em! Fry 'em!
Silence.
You have freely admitted that humans are responsible
for the disappearance of these species
and countless others.
[ Growls ]
A fitting sentence would be the same fate you gave us...
Extinction.
But that is not our way.
We are not like humans.
We could have let you die.
Instead, we sentence you to...
live with the knowledge of all the destruction
humankind has wrought
and ask that you promise,
in your hearts, never to forget.
We promise.
This court is adjourned!
[ All screaming ]
Whoa!
What happened?
We fell through the ice.
The question is, where are we?
I am not sure.
But look! My ring!
This is all very strange.
Wheeler, did you record this on your whosamacallit?
I don't know. But we'll find out in a sec.
I'm rewinding.
[ Gasps ] I don't believe it! Bigfoot!
I got Bigfoot, the scoop of the century!
Wheeler, get actual.
You mean "get real!" And that's what I got!
The real Bigfoot! See?
[ Rumbling ]
[ All gasping ]
- My camera! - No time for that!
We need a team beam! Now!
Let our powers combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
[ Rumbling ]
Ice picking on my pals really steams me!
Come on, Planeteers.
Let's blow this stalactite stand!
My camera!
Got to get it!
Linka: Ah! Wait!
Wheeler's still down there!
When is that boy gonna get with the program?
Come to papa.
Ah! Whoa!
Chill, Wheeler! I've got you.
But my camera!
I'm afraid you'll have to get a new one.
That one's totally iced.
Man, I can't believe I lost Bigfoot.
Could've been worse... You could have lost your foot,
not mention an arm and a leg.
You know, it's strange.
But somehow, this whole adventure's
lifted my spirits.
I know what you mean.
I feel ready to take on the planet's problems again.
Look, the snow leopard.
Snow Leopard: Remember your promise.
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: How many things in your home are made from trees?
Furniture, books, baseball bats,
even your house's floors and framing.
We need wood, but we also need forests.
Protect forests by using recycled paper goods
and recycling newspapers, cardboard, and magazines.
Use old wood to make new things.
Think of new and creative ways to reuse
and recycle wood products.
It's up to all of us to manage our forests
for a greener tomorrow.
All: 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!