Captain Planet
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Gaia, the spirit of Earth, awakens from a century-long sleep to the pillaging of the planet by a largely oblivious humanity. Fearing for the future, she sends magic rings to five youngsters from around the globe - Wheeler (North America), Linka (Eastern Europe), Gi (Asia), Kwame (Africa) and Ma-Ti (South America) - Gaia's team in the battle against further destruction of the Earth. When they all put their rings together they summoned the magical hero "Captain Planet".
Contents |
Cast
Characters
| Name | From | Power |
| Kwame | Africa | Earth |
| Wheeler | North America | Fire |
| Linka | Eastern Europe | Wind |
| Gi | Asia | Water |
| Ma-Ti | South America | Heart |
Voice Cast
As this show was produced by Jane Fonda to promote environmentalism, it managed to attract many major names to the project. A "who's who" of 90's American liberal activists.
- Edward Asner (Hoggish Greedly)
- Mary Kay Bergman (Dr. Blight) (#2) (1993-1996)
- LeVar Burton (Kwame)
- David Coburn (Captain Planet)
- James Coburn (Looten Plunder)
- Tim Curry (MAL) (#2) (1991-1996)
- Joey Dedio (Wheeler Sloane)
- Banjo Ginga (Ooze)
- Whoopi Goldberg (Gaia) (#1) (1990-1992)
- Jeff Goldblum (Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem) (#1) (1990-1992)
- Janice Kawaye (Gi)
- Margot Kidder (Gaia) (#2) (1993-1996)
- Maurice LaMarche (Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem) (#2) (1993-1996)
- Malcolm McDowell (Zarm) (#2) (1993-1996)
- Scott Menville (Ma-Ti)
- David Rappaport (MAL) (#1) (1990)
- Meg Ryan (Dr. Blight) (#1) (1990-1992)
- S. Scott Bullock (Argos Bleak)
- Martin Sheen (Sly Sludge) (#1) (1990-1992)
- Jim Cummings (Sly Sludge) (#2) (1990-1993)
- Kath Soucie (Linka)
- Sting (Zarm) (#1) (1990-1992)
Gallery
 The Kids with their Rings |
Theme Tune
Lyrics by Phil Collins.
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Lyrics
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
GO PLANET!
With your powers combined I am Captain Planet!
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
He's our powers magnified,
And he's fighting on the planet side
Captain Planet, he's our hero,
Gonna take pollution down to zero,
Gonna help him put us under,
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder
"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"
(chanting)
We're the planeteers,
You can be one too!
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do,
Looting and polluting is not the way,
Hear what Captain Planet has to say:
"THE POWER IS YOURS!!"
Merchandise
The Captain Planet Foundation has a store offering a variety of Captain Planet merchandise, including the figures, t-shirts and they make mention of a promotional DVD containing four episodes of the series.
External Links
- Wikipedia
- IMDb
- Official Site
- Captain Planet Foundation
- TV.com
- 'Jump The Shark' Review
- Captain Planet on DVD Petition
