Episode
Captain Planet and the Planeteers: The Unbearable Blightness of Being
Overview
Dr. Blight uses her latest and most devious device to zap herself into Gaia's body and literally control the world. While Gaia-Blight wreaks havoc on Earth, the real Gaia, who has been transported into Blight's body, must convince the Planeteers to help her regain her own body and put a stop to the global destruction.
Details
- Series
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1993-10-09
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Unbearable Blightness of Being is Episode 5 in Season 4 of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It aired on 1993-10-09. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 4: Missing Linka
While the other Planeteers deal with a toxic spill in small town USA, Linka gives up her ring and returns home to be with her grandmother who has become mysteriously ill. Will the Planeteers be able to continue their noble quest without the power of wind?
Episode 6: Wheeler's Ark
The soft-hearted Planeteers have been collecting homeless animals from around the world, and when Gaia sends them on a trip to return the endangered species to the wild, they find that the animals' habitats are in severe danger. To Gaia's surprise, instead of releasing the animals, the Planeteers return to Hope Island with a Geocruiser so full that Noah would be proud.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: I Just Want to Be Your Teddy Bear
In a story laced with magic and mystery, Hoggish Greedly and Rigger head south for Mardi Gras where they disguise themselves as ancient voodoo gods and poach Louisiana black bears in the bayou.
Episode 7: Sea No Evil
Gi, whilst visting a Dolphin research facility, discovers the Dolphins are being used to recover toxic chemicals from a sunken Nazi Warship being used by Hoggish Greedly.
Episode 2: A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (2)
The Planeteers are still trapped in the mine while Captain Planet is still fighting Captain Pollution. As they try to get out of the mine, Kwame, Linka, Wheeler & Gi reveal their childhood stories along the way.
When they got out, the Planeteers nail Plunder with help from federal agents. Then they go back to Commander Clash's island to help Captain Planet out. Captain Planet beats Captain Pollution by soaking him into some clean lava. And Pollution is gone again!
Episode 8: Future Shock
Criminals from the future travel back in time to prevent environmentally-sensitive technology from being distributed on the open market, the Planeteers confront them
Episode 1: A Mine Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (1)
The Planeteers argue what to do. Either go to Africa & save the animals or go to North America to save a rainforest. Gaia tells them that's there's an emergency at Commander Clash's island. And also that Looten Plunder's up to no good as well.vAt the island, Captain Pollution returns to fight Captain Planet causing destruction around the world. Meanwhile, the Planeteers try to stop Plunder, but Plunder puts them in a trap inside the cave with no way out.
Episode 9: I've Lost My Mayan
Transported to ancient Maya, Ma-Ti is captured and mistaken for the son of environmentally minded rebels...
Episode 10: Talkin' Trash
Wheeler gets a letter from his hometown in New York with some bad news his farther who he never had a close realtionship is ill so Wheeler heads back to his hometown where he bumps into his old friends including Trish who now goes by the nickname of trash who has turned to crime and her boss is nothing but Vernomous Scum
Episode 11: The Energy Vampire
Dr. Blight transforms Duke Nukem into an energy vampire, and he soon begins attacking all of North America's energy housing facilities, can Captain Planet pull the plug on Nukem?
Episode 12: Bottom Line Green
A man who owns a small french fry company, his son is under the influence of Hoggish Greedly and Rigger not to have is father turn the factory "eco" friendly. When some strange accidents occur, the planeteers think the son is behind them, since the son and the father never got along, but they soon learn it was Greedly.
Episode 13: Gorillas Will Be Missed
An African boy from the future uses a virtual reality game and opens a door to the past where Looten Plunder is behind gorillas being poachered. He helps the Planeteers. The Planeteers call Captain Planet when things get out of hand.