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