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Captain Planet: A Hero for Earth

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Captain Planet
Episode 1 Recap: 
In A Hero for Earth, the first episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers, viewers are introduced to Gaia, the spirit of Earth, played by Whoopi Goldberg. Gaia awakes to find humans are destroying the planet. To save the Earth, she creates five magic rings, each with the power to control an element of nature and one controlling the extra element, heart - and presents the rings to five special young people she selects from across the globe: Kwame from Africa, Wheeler from the United States, Linka from the Soviet Union, Gi from Asia, and Ma-Ti from South America. These are the Planeteers. When they encounter situations they cannot handle alone, they combine and magnify their powers to summon Captain Planet, who possesses all of their powers magnified.
 

In this episode, the Planeteers battle Hoggish Greedly, played by Ed Asner, (best known for his role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show) whose oil rig operation is jeopardizing the coastline.  Captain Planet was the first cartoon series to feature the voices of well-known celebrities, including Elizabeth Taylor, Meg Ryan, Martin Sheen, Sting, Ed Begley, Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Gldblum, Neil Patrick Harris, Fred Savage, LeVar Burton and many, many more.

Other Episodes...

Captain Planet: The theme song
Captain Planet: Ted Turner's agenda?
Captain Planet: Hopes for how the show will be remembered
Captain Planet: Ahead of its time?

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CJHD 12/27/2011 11:54 AM

My personal favorite Captain Planet episode is Population Bomb which is about the people bomb problem.

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anonymus 12/26/2011 20:00 PM

Captain planet where are you??? We need you !

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Enter your name 09/20/2011 03:00 AM

Captain Planet is Awesome.....He was awesome in the 90's and he's awesome now... I love this show

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Guest 09/02/2011 22:04 PM

I really like captain planet because All the powers.

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BW 12/12/2010 05:01 AM

I agree with Kevin Karcher. You all should upload some more episodes. Especially from seasons 4 through 6.

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BW 12/12/2010 05:01 AM

I agree with Kevin Karcher. You all should upload some more episodes. Especially from seasons 4 through 6.

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Kevin Karcher 07/22/2010 04:02 AM

my name is Kevin Karcher I'm looking for the rest of the Captain Planet episodes uploaded in the Captain Planet Episode Selection

please upload the rest of the Captain Planet please
I love this show so badly

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Doug Cassel 07/05/2010 17:18 PM

It would be nice if we could have captain planet around today to help out.

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LittleLaptop 05/10/2010 02:58 AM

Completely irrelevant, but if Captain Planet is only weakend by toxic waste stuff/non-natural stuff....wouldn't Oil not affect him since it is a natural resource (A fossil fuel which we should stop using, but natural none the less)....
Just Saying...

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brian 11/23/2010 11:13 AM

he was sprayed with toxic sludge, not oil. watch that part again.

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brian 11/23/2010 11:13 AM

he was sprayed with toxic sludge, not oil. watch that part again.

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Guest 07/10/2010 21:48 PM

Maybe it's because of the way the resource was used that makes it pollution

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cc 12/22/2009 04:57 AM

this is great

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Guest 10/02/2009 13:47 PM

Hi the episodes are i high quality;) is there any possible way of download epiosdes of Captain Planet? please reply http://www.youtube.com/user/aktan8

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Anonymous 10/02/2009 13:15 PM

Hi the episodes are i high quality;) is there any possible way of download epiosdes of Captain Planet?

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Anonymous 08/29/2009 13:21 PM

Kwame from Africa is the Reading Rainbow guy. Whoop Goldberg is the voice Gaia. We should write her at Good Morning America and tell her the Earth needs the Spirit of the Earth again. Were summoning Captain Planet BACK! lol

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Anonymous 08/21/2009 22:33 PM

The show is still on T.V. at least I still get it its on Bommerang in the Midwest at 5 a.m.

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AI 07/11/2009 11:17 AM

If and when you have a family keep it small.China and India are already 1 billion +.Other countries will be 1 billion + if people don't stop having large families.

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Karly 06/14/2009 06:07 AM

I dont have kids yet but i would love Captain Planet to come back to tv for my nephews and nieces... And me of course lol. For now online is fine, I havent had any loading problems

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Guest 03/10/2009 16:45 PM

when i first saw this program i wld of been about 7 or 8 now im 20 an i wish it was oh the tv now for my kids to watch an enjoy as i did

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Guest 03/02/2009 13:43 PM

i was an adult when this show first aired and i never missed it. talk about a timely return...whoohoo

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Guest 02/26/2009 22:21 PM

Omg Whoo captain planet man i loved this when i was a kid...i never noticed whoopi's voice either... its really obvious now though lol

Hm does anyone know if this is on dvd? anyone know when it'll be on tv and if it'll be on Australian telly?
Anyone with any info :P can you please email me at
crashandburn4life@msn.com

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Guest 02/26/2009 21:28 PM

Just want to know if anyone is having asame prob as me with the loading? On youtube u can pause it wait to load then play it, for some reason this doesnt work on her and am getting annoyed cause it loads every 3 seconds!!

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Anonymous 06/12/2009 17:00 PM

I'm having the same loading problem too. Did you figure out something?

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aktan8 12/16/2009 07:40 AM

You have to slow internet ;P

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Guest 02/26/2009 18:15 PM

I forgot about that green mullet

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Guest 02/26/2009 05:48 AM

so u say captain planet is back, and your talking about the episodes and stuff but is it actually on tv? would i actually be able to watch it if i wanted to? coz my computer just doesnt play it right. someone pls tell me. here i'll even give u my email address to give me info, i luv captian planet and if its back on i wanna see it!!!

munkey_k_j@hotmail.com

plz help me, someone?

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Guest 02/26/2009 04:23 AM

thats exactly what i thought when i saw it!
gotta love captain planet, he's still cool!

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Guest Today 15:53 PM

I never noticed before, but that is DEFINITELY whoopy goldberg's voice.

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