Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Season 1)

A Hero for Earth (Episode 1)

Writer: Billy Ruebin

Air date: 1990-09-15

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

Rain of Terror (Episode 2)

Writer: Perry Martin

Air date: 1990-09-22

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.

Beast of the Temple (Episode 3)

Writer: Steve Hayes

Air date: 1990-09-29

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

Skumm Lord (Episode 4)

Writer: Martha Moran

Air date: 1990-10-06

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.

Deadly Ransom (Episode 5) 5.0

Writer: Perry Martin

Air date: 1990-10-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.

The Conqueror (Episode 6)

Writer: Doug Molitor

Air date: 1990-10-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: 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.

Last of Her Kind (Episode 7)

Writer: Bruce Shelly

Air date: 1990-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.

The Dead Seas (Episode 8)

Writer: Martha Moran

Air date: 1990-11-03

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

Tree of Life (Episode 9)

Writer: Michael Maurer

Air date: 1990-11-10

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.

Volcano's Wrath (Episode 10)

Writer: Bob Schooley

Air date: 1990-11-17

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.

Littlest Planeteer (Episode 11)

Writer: Dorothy Middleton

Air date: 1990-11-24

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

A World Below Us (Episode 12)

Writer: Michael Maurer

Air date: 1991-01-26

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

Plunder Dam (Episode 13)

Writer: Rowby Goren

Air date: 1991-02-02

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.

Meltdown Syndrome (Episode 14)

Writer: Phil Harnage

Air date: 1991-02-09

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.

Smog Hog (Episode 15)

Writer: Martha Moran

Air date: 1991-02-16

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.

Polluting by Computer (Episode 16)

Writer: Steve Hayes

Air date: 1991-02-23

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.

Don't Drink the Water (Episode 17)

Writer: Dan DiStefano

Air date: 1991-03-02

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.

Kwame's Crisis (Episode 18)

Air date: 1991-03-09

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.

Ozone Hole (Episode 19)

Writer: Doug Molitor

Air date: 1991-04-13

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.

The Ultimate Pollution (Episode 20)

Writer: Cliff MacGillivray

Air date: 1991-04-20

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.

Population Bomb (Episode 21)

Writer: Phil Harnage

Air date: 1991-04-27

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.

Mission to Save Earth (1) (Episode 22)

Writer: J. Larry Carroll

Air date: 1991-05-04

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

Mission to Save Earth (2) (Episode 23)

Writer: J. Larry Carroll

Air date: 1991-05-11

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.

Two Futures (1) (Episode 24)

Writer: Doug Molitor

Air date: 1991-05-18

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.

Two Futures (2) (Episode 25)

Writer: Doug Molitor

Air date: 1991-05-25

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.

Heat Wave (Episode 26)

Air date: 1991-06-01

Runtime: 25 min

Overview: Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.