Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Season 2

THE GARBAGE STRIKES

To make a fast buck from a trash strike, Sly Sludge steals an untested microbe from Gi's scientist hero, Dr. Helix. It was supposed to be a technological fix for the problem of overflowing landfills, but it simply absorbs trash to become a city-devouring garbage blob. Captain Planet must capture it in recycled glass. TV Log Listings: blob.

DOMES OF DOOM

Looten Plunder, disguised as a philanthropist, hoodwinks the world into signing over its forests to his care, then sets up giant domes and sells the cooled, clean air from these "air conditioners of the planet." Ma-Ti uncovers his plan, but Argos-Bleak kidnaps him. Wheeler must find a way out through the "clean air hose" from the dome. Then he helps the others summon Captain Planet to carry off the domes and restore Earth's birthright. TV Log Listings: forests.

MIND POLLUTION

Visiting her cousin Boris in Washington, D.C., Linka finds out he is under the influence of Bliss, a designer drug peddled by Verminous Skumm. Bliss turns its users into zombies who will do anything for another fix. Boris slips some Bliss into Linka's food, turning her into an addict, and the other Planeteers must flee from the zombies while trying to help Linka regain her will power. TV Log Listings: Bliss.

SEND IN THE CLONES

Kwame befriends Leela, a schoolgirl on the island of Mogahl whose parents keep having kids, hoping for another son. They get their wish when Looten Plunder and Dr. Blight, looking for cheap labor, turn their Cloning Ray on Leela's brother Vico, who doubles in number each time he eats. Soon Vico numbers in the millions and, along with an accidentally cloned locust swarm, threaten the island's food supply, until Captain Planet converts Blight's device into a Decloning Ray. TV Log Listings: Mogahl.

THE ARK

In India, to save endangered tigers from Hoggish Greedly and Dr. Blight's forest-destroying Monster Golf Cart, the Planeteers find themselves whisked aboard an interstellar Noah's Ark. The alien zookeeper thinks humans are an endangered species, whose habitat is about to be destroyed. The Planeteers risk death in the vacuum of space to return to Earth, and their dedication convinces the alien that humanity is not doomed after all. He returns them to India, where they summon Captain Planet to scrap the Monster Golf Cart. TV Log Listings: species.

THE PREDATOR

In the Florida Keys, Ma-Ti has a brush with what he thinks is a giant man eater, though Gi reveals it is a harmless Basking Shark. But panic spreads through the resort town, which hires Argos Bleak to eradicate all the sharks in the bay. Then, when stinging jellyfish (that the sharks used to feed on) swarm the beach, the townspeople learn that predators have an important role in the ecosystem. After escaping their sinking EcoCopter, the other Planeteers rescue Gi and Ma-Ti . . . and the Basking Shark . . . from bloodthirsty Bleak. TV Log Listings: disturbed.

ISLE OF SOLAR ENERGY

The Planeteers stumble across the island of Dr. Apollo, an American scientist who has perfected incredible devices for storing and transmitting solar power. They discover that the lab assistant is acutally Leadsuit, who is helping Duke Nukem subvert solar technology to produce a radioactive weapon. The Planeteers summon Captain Planet, who defeats the gamma ray beam and Nukem winds up contained inside the melted lab. Dr. Apollo receives an electric shock that erases his memory of his solar inventions, but sets out to rediscover the secrets. TV Log Listings: weapon.

THE CORAL KILLER

Hoggish Greedly and Rigger teach Tacio, a struggling Philippine fisherman, how to go dynamite fishing, without telling him the irreversible damage it does to fish populations - and to the coral reef. It's all a cover for Greedly's underwater Reef Ripper, which is harvesting the shattered coral. But Gi takes Tacio's wife Marcaria underwater, and then to an impoverished, wave-battered island nearby, to show what can happen when a protective reef is gone. Captain Planet disassembles the Reef Ripper and uses it to start a new coral reef. TV Log Listings: Ripper.

THE BIG CLAM-UP

People are collapsing in San Francisco with symptoms that suggest a whole range of pollution poisoning. As the Planeteers follow clues to solve this mystery, Ma-Ti (who is reading 1940s detective novels) keeps imagining himself as a private eye in black-and-white sequences. Ma-Ti proves a poor sleuth at first, but eventually he tracks down Verminous Skumm who is serving seafood tainted by storm drain runoff in his restaurant, The Sinking Ship. Captain Planet sinks that ship for good. TV Log Listings: illness.

OFF-ROAD HOGGS

Pete, a dirt bike enthusiast, loves off-road racing with Hoggish Greedly and Rigger, until Ma-Ti and desert guide Joshua Stone show him how alive this "barren" desert really is, and how much damage off-road vehicles do to it. Pete and the Planeteers swoop in on hang gliders to stop Greedly's ORV race, but must summon Captain Planet to save everyone from a flash flood. TV Log Listings: desert.

AN INSIDE JOB

Sludge and four of the Planeteers learn first hand the terrible effects of untreated sewage when MAL and Dr. Blight shrink the EcoSub (and them) to microscopic size and put them into polluted water that Kwame unwittingly drinks. The Planeteers must battle hideous water-borne parasites in Kwame's body so that he can recover, and restore them to proper size. They accidentally enlarge a parasite as well, and must summon Captain Planet to toss the giant worm into the shrinking ray. TV Log Listings: them.

A TWIST OF FATE

During an earthquake, a blow to his head leaves Wheeler lost from the others and suffering from amnesia. He finds himself literally in the shoes of a homeless man, and learns that the only difference between them is a simple twist of fate. A bang to the head restores Wheeler's memory, and he helps summon Captain Planet to rescue Eva from a slum fire. Eva and some shantytown residents decide to return to the countryside to pool their skills and make life better there. TV Log Listings: homeless.

TROUBLE ON THE HALF SHELL

Hoggish Greedly and Verminous Skumm are shipwrecked on one of the Galapagos Islands, where some of Skumm's mutated rats start stealing eggs from an endangered tortoise nest. The invading species threatens to wipe out the ecosystem - especially when Greedly develops a taste for tortoise omelets. But with the help of JASON, a robot remote-controlled by a kid at a New York museum, the Planeteers track down Skumm and Greedly, and Captain Planet puts an end to their destruction. TV Log Listings: species.

THE FINE PRINT

Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak exploit an agricultural worker's hidden shame - illiteracy - by putting the man in charge of spraying pesticides. He can't read the written warnings, and as a result he uses too much pesticide, creating a lethal cloud that threatens a nearby town. The Planeteers call in Captain Planet to battle to stop the toxic cloud and put an end to Plunder's exploitative exploits. TV Log Listings: pesticides.

STAR DUST

Gi and Linka are livid when Wheeler belittles their favorite rock singer, but it looks as though Wheeler may be right after they come upon a land-ravaging, strip-mining operation run by Hoggish Greedly Ð but bankrolled by none other than their idol - Sky Runner! Stunned, they confront the star, who turns out to be innocent . . . knowing nothing of Greedly's destruction! Sky Runner goes after Greedly, who tosses him into an underground mine where he is nearly toasted by a giant fireball. Only Captain Planet is able to quash the flames with . . . what else? . . . ROCK DUST! TV Log Listings: operation.

THE BLUE CAR LINE

When air pollution suddenly skyrockets in an Australian city with one of the best mass transit systems in the world, Gaia is suspicious. The Planeteers investigate and find out Looten Plunder and Argos Bleak are behind the problem. They are making it look like the transit line is haunted so that they can profit from a massive freeway system and auto-related businesses. Thanks to teamwork Captain Planet and the Planeteers get things "back on track." TV Log Listings: system.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Linka and Ma-Ti visit a friend, Juan, in Central America. While there, Juan's parrot, El Profesor, leads them to a secluded "bird paradise" when suddenly, a giant, metallic bird appears. All the birds, including El Profesor, follow it and so do Linka and Ma-Ti, who soon find themselves locked in a huge aviary, courtesy of Hoggish Greedly, who's running an exotic bird smuggling venture. El Profesor escapes and leads the Planeteers back to the aviary, where they summon Captain Planet, who closes down Greedly's "fly-by-night" operation. TV Log Listings: racket.

THE RADIANT AMAZON

Sly Sludge and Duke Nukem team up to dump toxic waste in the Amazon rain forest, imperiling Ma-Ti's village! It is a bittersweet reunion for Ma-Ti and the Shaman, for when the Planeteers arrive, they find the village in flames. Combining their powers, they extinguish the burning village but Ma-Ti's fury cannot be dowsed. He slips away to capture the villains but gets captured himself. The Planeteers rescue their friend but must summon Captain Planet to clean up the waste. Later, as the Indians disappear into the forest to set up a more remote village, Ma-Ti sadly wonders how much longer there will be a rain forest for his people. TV Log Listings: forest.

THE GREAT TREE HEIST

The Planeteers travel to the Northwest after hearing about an old growth forest which is, literally, disappearing into thin air. After Wheeler goes off to investigate with a pretty local teenage bird watcher, Linka spots a "flying saucer" but Kwame recognizes the pilot . . . Hoggish Greedly! They discover Greedly's scam - "Sucking up" 500-year-old trees to make pressed board furniture. Outraged, they try to stop him, but his "Tree Trasher" is too much for them. Ultimately, Greedly bites off more than he can chew, after Captain Planet tricks him into a petrified forest! TV Log Listings: forest.

FARE THEE WHALE

The Planeteers are shocked to see a mother whale killed during a whaling expedition engineered by Blight and Plunder, but they are even more shocked to learn that it's legal, thanks to a loophole in the international laws, allowing whaling for "research." They set out to prove that Blight's research for a "whale repellent" is bogus and are helped by a young Japanese teenager who is trying to dissuade his whaler father from working for the villains. TV Log Listings: operation.

SUMMIT TO SAVE EARTH PART I

At the Earth Summit in Brazil, the Planeteers are impressed by the proposed ecology measures, until the world leaders suddenly reverse their positions - victims of Zarm's treachery. He then tricks the Planeteers into giving up their rings and zaps Gaia into human form, aging her and destroying the planet simultaneously. The Planeteers' only hope . . . to find Commander Clash! TV Log Listings: rings.

SUMMIT TO SAVE EARTH PART II

After discovering it is 10 years later outside Zarm's ship, the Planeteers race to find Commander Clash before Gaia ages into dust. He returns with them and fights Zarm, but is defeated and opts to return to his island. The Planeteers refuse to give up and are recaptured and taunted by Zarm. He is just about to decimate Ma-Ti when Clash reappears and saves Gaia and the Planeteers. While Gaia battles her ancient enemy, the Planeteers regain their rings and call Captain Planet. Time is turned back and the Earth Summit triumphs! TV Log Listings: Summit.

LOSING GAME

Kwame takes the Planeteers to Africa to meet an old friend from his tribe, Dr. Mabutu, who is having some trouble on his game ranch. The trouble is Dr. Blight, whose experiments turn ordinary cattle into "raging bulls" which threaten to destroy the entire region! When they go on a rampage, it's up to Captain Planet to hit the trail and corral the "bum steers". TV Log Listings: grasslands.

SCORCHED EARTH

Zarm returns to Earth where he inhabits the body of the dictator of Hydrus, a quasi-Mediterranean country, then institutes a "scorched earth" policy against dissidents who oppose his anti-environmental regime. He appoints General Baz to carry out his orders, which pits the soldier against his own sister, Betha, leader of the rebels. The Planeteers manage to bring him over to their side and Captain Planet puts Zarm out of business . . . until next time. TV Log Listings: environmentalists.

THE HATE CANAL

Hearing that Venice is besieged by plague, pollution and rats, Gaia rightly suspects Verminous Skumm. Using polluted canal water, Skumm mixes up a cheesy formula which gradually raises the rats' intelligence and, ultimately, causes them to go crazy. It's part of his grand scheme for the Grand Canal - to raise an army, get rid of humans and rule the world! But with the Planeteers (helped by a young female pathologist) and Captain Planet on his heels, Skumm finds he's spread himself too thin. TV Log Listings: world.

UTOPIA

After being chided for watching futuristic thriller movies, Kwame suddenly finds himself and his friends fighting for survival in a surreal, gang-dominated world ruled by Skumm and Dr. Blight. When Dr. Blight turns the other Planeteers into punks, Kwame's only ally is Darian, leader of Utopia, the last unpolluted refuge on the planet. Just when things look hopeless and even Captain Planet can't prevail, Kwame awakens to find it was just a nightmare . . . or was it? TV Log Listings: world.
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