Season 1

1990 · 26 episodes · 10h 50m in all · 5.2/10

1. A Hero for Earth
15 Sept 1990 · 25 min · 7.0/10
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.
2. Rain of Terror
22 Sept 1990 · 25 min · 6.0/10
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.
3. Beast of the Temple
29 Sept 1990 · 25 min · 6.0/10
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.
4. Skumm Lord
6 Oct 1990 · 25 min · 6.0/10
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.
5. Deadly Ransom
13 Oct 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.
6. The Conqueror
20 Oct 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
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.
7. Last of Her Kind
27 Oct 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.
8. The Dead Seas
3 Nov 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.
9. Tree of Life
10 Nov 1990 · 25 min
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.
10. Volcano's Wrath
17 Nov 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.
11. Littlest Planeteer
24 Nov 1990 · 25 min · 5.0/10
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.
12. A World Below Us
26 Jan 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.
13. Plunder Dam
2 Feb 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.
14. Meltdown Syndrome
9 Feb 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.
15. Smog Hog
16 Feb 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.
16. Polluting by Computer
23 Feb 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.
17. Don't Drink the Water
2 Mar 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.
18. Kwame's Crisis
9 Mar 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.
19. Ozone Hole
13 Apr 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.
20. The Ultimate Pollution
20 Apr 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.
21. Population Bomb
27 Apr 1991 · 25 min · 4.0/10
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.
22. Mission to Save Earth (1)
4 May 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.
23. Mission to Save Earth (2)
11 May 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.
24. Two Futures (1)
18 May 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.
25. Two Futures (2)
25 May 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.
26. Heat Wave
1 Jun 1991 · 25 min · 5.0/10
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.