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Gaia, the spirit of the planet, assembles a diverse team of "planeteers," who are able to combine their powers to summon an elemental warrior that takes on the appearance of superhero Captain Planet. He works with the planeteers to defend Earth from pollution caused by criminals and villains. As the show's theme song says, Captain Planet is "gonna take pollution down to zero" by defeating the villains, who include the likes of Hoggish Greedly, Dr. Blight and Looten Plunder. The animated series was co-created by media mogul Ted Turner, a noted environmentalist.
S1, EP4 "Skumm Lord"
Verminous Skumm poisons the water supplies in South America; the Planeteers become infected by Skumm's disease and turn into rat hybrids.
S1, EP5 "Deadly Ransom"
The eco-villains capture Captain Planet and demand a ransom payment in the form of nuclear waste; the Planeteers plot a daring rescue mission.
S1, EP6 "The Conqueror"
The Planeteers fall under the sway of the charismatic Zarm; Ma-ti stays with Gaia and needs to convince the others to come back.
S1, EP7 "The Last of Her Kind"
The Planteers thwart Looten Plunder's scheme to eradicate the elephant population in Africa to harvest the ivory.
S6, EP13 "101 Mutations"
After a puppy adopted by Wheeler's young cousin dies, the Planeteers discover a puppy mill run by Dr. Blight that sells sick dogs.