Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Season 1

Episode 1: A Hero for Earth 1990-09-15 | 25 min The spirit of the Earth, Gaia, summons five teenagers to join her in battling ecological destruction and pollution. Their first fight is to keep Hoggish Greedly's oil rig from destroying a coastline. Episode 2: Rain of Terror 1990-09-22 | 25 min Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain. Episode 3: Beast of the Temple 1990-09-29 | 25 min Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies. Episode 4: Skumm Lord 1990-10-06 | 25 min Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies. Episode 5: Deadly Ransom 1990-10-13 | 25 min Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL. Episode 6: The Conqueror 1990-10-20 | 25 min An aggressive and sneaky Earth spirit named Zarm tricks the teens into disobeying Gaia, sparking a dangerous game that threatens to lead to nuclear war. Episode 7: Last of Her Kind 1990-10-27 | 25 min The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory. Episode 8: The Dead Seas 1990-11-03 | 25 min Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish. Episode 9: Tree of Life 1990-11-10 | 25 min Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest. Episode 10: Volcano's Wrath 1990-11-17 | 25 min Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts. Episode 11: Littlest Planeteer 1990-11-24 | 25 min A little boy helps battle a smog monster. Episode 12: A World Below Us 1991-01-26 | 25 min A dumping operation threatens an underwater city. Episode 13: Plunder Dam 1991-02-02 | 25 min Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided. Episode 14: Meltdown Syndrome 1991-02-09 | 25 min Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown. Episode 15: Smog Hog 1991-02-16 | 25 min Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution. Episode 16: Polluting by Computer 1991-02-23 | 25 min Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps. Episode 17: Don't Drink the Water 1991-03-02 | 25 min Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply. Episode 18: Kwame's Crisis 1991-03-09 | 25 min A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage. Episode 19: Ozone Hole 1991-04-13 | 25 min Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays. Episode 20: The Ultimate Pollution 1991-04-20 | 25 min Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides. Episode 21: Population Bomb 1991-04-27 | 25 min Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload. Episode 22: Mission to Save Earth (1) 1991-05-04 | 25 min The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's. Episode 23: Mission to Save Earth (2) 1991-05-11 | 25 min Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution. Episode 24: Two Futures (1) 1991-05-18 | 25 min A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer. Episode 25: Two Futures (2) 1991-05-25 | 25 min Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet. Episode 26: Heat Wave 1991-06-01 | 25 min Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.