Original subtitles

(male narrator) Our world is in peril.

Gaia, the spirit of the Earth

can no longer stand the terrible destruction

plaguing our planet.

She sends five magic rings to five special young people.

Kwame, from Africa, with the power of Earth.

From North America, Wheeler, with the power of Fire.

[crashing]

[instrumental music]

From The Soviet Union, Linka, with the power of Wind.

From Asia, Gi, with the power of Water.

And from South America, Ma-Ti, with the power of Heart.

When the five powers combine

they summon Earth's greatest champion, Captain Planet.

(Planeteers) ‘Go, Planet!’

[music continues]

The power is yours!

[mellow music]

[footsteps]

[rustling]

You know, Jerry, if you packed your lunch and used a lunchbox

you wouldn't make so much trash.

Ah, so what?

Someone will clean it up.

Huh? What's that?

[plane droning]

Whoa!

[indistinct chatter]

Duck! Ah!

[whistling]

[metal clinking]

Ew, trash.

Jerry! Jerry, where are you?

Jerry! Oh, oh, Jerry.

Jerry.

Jerry!

[groans]

Ah..

[gasping]

[groans]

[panting]

| couldn't breathe in there.

[coughing]

[thud]

What is that?

Let's get out of here, Jerry.

Wait, my glasses.

[whirring]

[clinking]

Run!

[rumbling]

[creaking]

Who's doing this to us?

[metal clinking]

(Linka) ‘Ah, bozhe moi.'

‘It is raining garbage.’

(Ma-Ti) Gaia, who could do such a thing?

(Gaia) People are creating too much trash.

‘Landfills are full.’

‘No one wants a new one in their backyard.’

(Kwame) ‘Look at that thing.’

‘It is dumping trash on that poor little town. '

We must make people put a stop to this.

Come on, Planeteers.

[footsteps]

| hope you won't be disappointed, Kwame.

The hardest thing to change are people's minds.

[instrumental music]

[whirring]

Let's see if we can pick up any info off the satellite system.

Y'all, what's Sly Sludge doing on TV?

[upbeat music]

f If the trash is overflowing from your can J

| will dump it for a fee ‘cause I'm the man

~ Who flies the big sky scowls J

~ Gonna find a dump somehow J

£ I'm Sly Sludge 2

£ I'm Sly Sludge 2

~ I'm Sly Sludge JJ

Now he's polluting the airwaves.

(Kwame) ‘| see one of those flying trash buckets down there.’

‘And there's Sludge's assistant, Ooze.’

[whirring]

[thud]

[clinking]

(Kwame) ‘Stop!’

- Do not give him your trash. - Why not?

We don't want to deal with this mess.

[footsteps]

[groans]

He will not take it to a dump.

[groans]

He will drop it on some helpless little town.

As long as he doesn't dump it in my backyard, it's his.

Now let him have it.

Whoa!

[crashing]

[sighs]

Back in my element.

So long, eco twerps.

[laughing]

[footsteps]

[whirring]

It does not matter to you where he dumps your trash?

[scoffs]

It's not our problem.

[footsteps]

| cannot believe these people.

Believe it, kid.

Sly Sludge.

| bought myself a new toy 'cause this scam is making me millions.

We will put you out of business, Sludge.

Wise up, kid. | don't make the trash, people do.

The secret of my success

‘is that no one cares if | bury the earth in garbage.’

Well, we care what happens, and we will stop you.

Ha, first you gotta catch me.

[whirring]

He's getting away.

See you around, suckers.

[whirring]

Look at all that open space, going to waste.

‘Our waste. '

[Sly laughing]

(Ooze) ‘It's those Planeteers.’

[whirring]

Them punks think they can outsmart me?

Dump the load.

You're right, boss.

[creaking]

Did no one ever tell Sludge about up drafts?

Wind!

[wind howling]

[groaning]

Ooze, you loser.

| said dump the trash.

I-l-| thought | did.

All sky scowls.

Dump your trash now.

[creaking]

[clinking]

Looks like Sludge is heading for a fall.

Water!

[whirring]

[water gushing]

I'll incinerate that trash.

Fire!

[explosion]

(Wheeler) ‘Wasn't such a smart idea.'

That smoke is too thick.

| can't see where I'm going.

Gi, try to fly below it.

(Gi) | have a feeling we're heading right into trouble.

[whirring]

Gi!

[groaning]

[whirring]

[screaming]

(Gi) ‘We've lost power.’

‘We're going down.’

(Kwame) ‘Brace yourselves. '

[whirring]

[thud]

[footsteps]

Is everybody alright?

Yes. Thank you.

| will check the engine.

[footsteps]

I'm Katie. Who are you?

My name is Kwame.

Are you the ones dumping all the trash?

No! We came to stop it.

Thanks, Kwame.

(Katie) “But what can you do?

‘There's garbage everywhere now.'

‘It's hard to believe, but our town used to be beautiful.’

[tires screeching]

[creaking]

[tires screeching]

Hey, stop that.

[mellow music]

[baby wailing]

This is terrible.

How could the town's people do this to themselves?

They think the problem is too big.

So they've just given up.

[footsteps]

It is worse than | feared.

| wonder if we can solve this problem.

Of course we can.

The solar battery just had a loose wire.

Gi can start it up now.

[rattling]

(Katie) ‘That's my neighbor, Mr. Murray.’

‘Mr. Murray, wait, don't do it.’

You will jam the cooling vent.

[hissing]

[instrumental music]

Oh, no.

Now we're really grounded.

Look what you have done.

We were trying to help you

but you will not even help yourselves.

Oh, no!

[clinking]

[thud]

| was wrong and Sludge was right

people just do not care.

You must not say that, Captain Planet will deal with Sludge.

[sighs]

Very well, Ma-Ti.

Then let our powers combine.

(Kwame) ‘Earth.’

[hissing]

[mellow music]

Kwame, what's wrong?

| will tell you what is wrong.

This problem is too big for even Captain Planet.

It is hopeless.

Kwame, you must not give up hope.

That is the source of your ring's power.

Then it is too late, Gaia.

How can | believe in people when they turn

their own world into a trash dump?

You must give this to someone else.

It does not work for me anymore.

- Kwame, no. - Do not say that, Kwame.

Do not be discouraged, my friend.

(Wheeler) ‘Hang in there, man.'

(Katie) ‘Kwame, come back. '

This is a terrible time for Kwame to leave.

What is--

[plane droning]

(Sly) ‘Now | got you planet twerps'

‘right where | want you. '

[clinking]

[screaming]

[groaning]

[groans]

No good. | can't even move.

[groans]

[burps]

Ah...nothing like a scoop of Sludge ripple ice cream.

[chuckles]

Scoop.

Good idea, Ooze.

This opportunity is too good to throw away.

Oh, | get you, boss.

[plane droning]

[screaming]

[rattling]

[plane droning]

To the high school stadium, Ooze.

We gotta get out.

[plane droning]

No.

| don't care how strong you are, Mr. Sludge.

I-I-I'll find a way to fight you.

[music continues]

My next con is the best one yet.

The ultimate trash compactor.

| call it the Humongopactor.

‘It squeezes a 1000 ton big hunk of trash into..'

"...a 1000 ton little hunk of trash. '

Compacted trash is even worse.

Water and sunlight can't break it down.

That's the beauty of the scam.

People will think I'm reducing the problem.

‘But I'm really making it worse. '

[laughing]

If only we had Kwame here.

[suspenseful music]

[birds chirping]

The problem is too big.

And people will never change.

[birds chirping]

| have failed.

- 'Hello, Kwame. ' - 'Hello, Gaia.’

[Kwame sniffles]

‘How did you find me?’

| knew you would go to a forest when you needed to think.

| think this forest will soon be buried in garbage.

| know things look bad.

But you see the scar on this old tree?

‘It almost died in a fire years ago.’

‘It did not give up.’

‘It kept on growing.’

Look around.

The forest is full of reasons for hope.

(Kwame) ‘When | look at that town, all | see is..'

Wait a minute.

Whose house is that?

An hour ago.

Gaia?

(Gaia) "Why don't you find out?’

[birds chirping]

[whirring]

[Sly laughing]

(Sly) ‘It was fun while it lasted, kids.’

But now the ride is over. I'm dumping you.

Ooh, stop feeding your face, we got scams to run.

[slurping]

Got you, Mr. Sludge.

[creaking]

[screaming]

[metal clinking]

[groans]

(Ma-Ti) 'We are still stuck.’

W-we are trapped in Sludge's trash compactor.

[groans]

What else can happen to us?

[plane droning]

[rattling]

[gasps]

Katie, you did all this?

Yeah, it took me a while.

‘| put cans here. '

‘Glass here and papers here. '

Who told you to recycle these things?

My teacher talked about it.

She said we shouldn't fill up dumps

with stuff that can be used again.

You make me ashamed of myself for doubting

there are people who care.

| just wish everyone would follow your example.

Maybe they will.

If a kid like me can do it, anyone can.

[chuckles]

You are quite right, Katie.

First, we must show this to the other Planeteers.

They aren't here, Kwame.

That bad Mr. Sludge took them away.

Took them? Show me, where?

[footsteps]

[rumbling]

Oh, it's a tight punch.

But this is ridiculous.

[rattling]

[panting]

[gasps]

| must stop that compactor before it crushes them.

‘Planeteers, hang on.’

‘| will save you. '

Oh, no.

Sly Sludge is back.

[plane droning]

Hey, you, stop right there, uh..

Maybe | can tangle up the machinery

long enough to rescue my friends.

[rattling]

[groans]

[creaking]

Oh, no, caught in my own track.

[whirring]

[groans]

[whirring]

Hold on, Planeteers.

No, Kwame, you'll be crushed too.

Says who?

Get something to cut the ladder.

[music continues]

[rattling]

[gasps]

Don't worry about me.

Pull Ma-Ti.

Get over.

[whirring]

[screams]

Oopsie.

[chuckles]

You pinhead, get something else.

[rattling]

Kwame, hurry!

(Ma-Ti) l-l-1 cannot reach. Save yourself, Kwame.

[groans]

(Kwame) Do not give up.

[groans]

[screaming]

Kwame, no!

[groans]

[rattling]

Ah, | hate to use anything that doesn't waste energy.

Just cut it!

[rattling]

[screaming]

[gasps] Oh, no!

[groaning]

Earth!

[groans]

[rumbling]

Where did my ring come from?

You hung in there, even though you knew you might fail.

That's hope.

And that's why you have your ring back.

Thank you, Gaia.

[instrumental music]

Katie, we are okay.

Go get him, Kwame.

Now for Sly Sludge.

(Sly) ‘Attention all sky scowls.’

‘Get those planet dunks.’

[plane droning]

[whirring]

[plane droning]

Uh, oh, we won't have to go far to find Sludge.

He's coming to get us.

Then let our powers combine.

Earth!

Fire!

- Wind! - Water!

Heart!

By your powers combined, | am Captain Planet.

(Planeteers) Go, Planet!

Hey, Sly.

Let's see if these flying garbage cans of yours

‘can turn on a dime.’

[whirring]

Alright, let's take it for a spin.

Hmm, good traction.

Let's really rev.

Whoa, lots of RPMs.

[thud]

[music continues]

[mumbling]

[groans]

| don't feel so good.

There must be something I--

[burping]

...ate.

Don't talk about food.

[groans]

[groans]

[mumbling]

You can't touch me.

I'm providing a public service.

You're pretty Sly, Sludge.

But I'm not gonna touch you

‘cause you're going into recycling.

What?

Recycle?

Don't make me laugh.

[laughing]

| promise, you won't.

[whooshing]

[crackling]

Oh, no, my sky scowls.

[bubbling]

Hey, he's trashing my sky scowls.

[Zapping]

Aah, chill out, Sly.

[growls]

[wind whooshing]

[wind whooshing]

(Sly) ‘My sky scowls. '

I'm turning them into something useful.

[thud]

Like recycling bins.

- Oh! - Oh!

He's turned my precious sky scowls into junk.

- Goodbye, Captain Planet. - Goodbye, Captain Planet.

Bye.

Let's see if | can put some heart

into the heart of the city.

[upbeat music]

[footsteps]

It's a miracle.

Nah, just a strong hint.

You'd better recycle your trash.

The power is yours.

[thud]

[thud]

| just wish we could recycle all of this stuff.

(Kwame) We can recycle some of it, Katie. Earth!

[rumbling]

(Wheeler) ‘Fire!’

[fire crackling]

Water!

Wind!

[wind howling]

Heart!

[crowd cheering]

It's beautiful!

Maybe it will remind people to recycle.

It will remind me that sometimes hope needs recycling, too.

We can stop trashing our planet.

(all) The power is yours!

(Planeteers) ‘Go, Planet!’

Most everything we buy will someday be thrown away.

So, try to buy things that can be reused or recycled.

Lots of packaging material may make something look better

on the store shelf, but doesn't make a better product.

(Kwame) ‘More packaging only means more garbage’

‘in overflowing landfills.’

Paper or plastic?

Save it, we brought our own.

The power is yours!

Earth!

Fire!

- Wind! - Water!

- Heart! - Go, Planet!

With your powers combined, | am Captain Planet!

~ Captain Planet he's our hero f

~ Gonna take pollution down to zero f

f He's our powers magnified f

f And he's fighting on the planet's side J

~ Captain Planet he's our hero f

~ Gonna take pollution down to zero f

£ Gonna help him put asunder J

~ Bad guys who like to loot and plunder f

You'll pay for this, Captain Planet!

~ We're the Planeteers you can be one too f

~ 'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do J

~ Looting and polluting is not the way f

~ Hear what Captain Planet has to say f

~ The power is yours JS

[instrumental music]