26 episodesFirst aired 15 September 1990
E1Sept 199025m
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.
E2Sept 199025m
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
E3Sept 199025m
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
E4Oct 199025m
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
E5Oct 199025m
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
E6Oct 199025m
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.
E7Oct 199025m
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
E8Nov 199025m
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
E9Nov 199025m
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
E10Nov 199025m
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
E11Nov 199025m
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
E12Jan 199125m
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
E13Feb 199125m
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
E14Feb 199125m
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
E15Feb 199125m
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
E16Feb 199125m
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
E17Mar 199125m
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
E18Mar 199125m
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
E19Apr 199125m
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
E20Apr 199125m
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
E21Apr 199125m
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
E22May 199125m
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
E23May 199125m
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
E24May 199125m
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
E25May 199125m
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
E26Jun 199125m
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.
