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Season 1

1990 · 26 episodes

Episodes

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