Original subtitles

(male narrator) Our world is in peril.

Gala, 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.

[theme music]

From Eastern Europe, 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!

(all) Go, Planet!

(Captain Planet) The power is yours!

[instrumental music]

[birds chirping]

(Ma-Ti) Oh, look at that!

(Gi) How adorable!

Oh, yeah. Adorable.

She means the fawn, Wheeler.

And speaking of animals, keep your paws to yourself.

[water | a gushing]

- Oo-Zhuss! Horrors! - How terrible!

Oh, no! The lake will be destroyed!

Not if | can help it! Water!

Hey, chill, Gi. Look!

[mechanical whirring]

(Gi) ‘Looks like some kind of testing device.’

(Linka) Whatever it is, it seems to know what it is doing.

Wow, now, that's what | call "Bubbling your troubles away."

(Dr. Derek) As you can see, this simulation caused no permanent pollution

to the lake, nor to the flora and fauna around it.

| was merely demonstrating the ability of my technology

to clean up pollution.

[all cheer]

Very impressive.

We could use that in my country.

And | apologize to the Planeteers

if | alarmed them unduly.

Apology accepted.

But maybe next time, you could let us know

‘what's up, doc.’

As you can see, the money you've invested in my research

has gone to good use. Eden Il is a perfect world.

‘A completely self-contained system'

‘centrally-controlled by a computer’

with intricate pollution-control sensors

and virtually infallible cleanup technology.

[coughing]

Except for these diesel fumes.

(Dr. Derek) ‘Now, here we have the area control panel.’

‘It monitors the pollution sensors'

displays current environmental conditions

and gives a readout of the master computer's status.

The computer display indicates everything is running smoothly.

- This is cool! - But..

What if something goes wrong with this panel?

Well, Gi, that's what these cameras are for.

They provide visual contact with every area inside Eden Il.

(Blight) 'Ha! MAL, baby, you did it!"

Well, of course, Dr. Blight. What did you expect?

Oh, don't get your circuits in a bundle, MAL.

I'm congratulating you, you chip-head.

Thank you.

By breaking Dr. Derek's security code

we have full control of her "Perfect" world.

It won't be so perfect when | get through with it.

[birds chirping]

[instrumental music]

(Dr. Derek) ‘| have perfected technological solutions’

for every environmental and pollution problem

‘known to the world. '

(Gi) How do you handle the waste that is created, Dr. Derek?

(Dr. Derek) Good question, Gi, and there is the answer

‘the ultimate incinerator.'

‘It burns garbage at superhigh temperatures'

‘resulting in almost complete combustion.’

Then pollutants are separated, and clean air is pumped out.

Bozhe moi! All computer-controlled!

But why not just create less garbage in the first place?

Everybody's a critic.

Maybe it is just because | do not understand them

but | am nervous when everything depends on a computer.

Oh, there is nothing to fear, Ma-Ti.

Computers are very reliable.

But we all know that just cleaning up pollution

is not the best answer.

Dr. Derek, wouldn't it be simpler

to look for ways to decrease pollution?

Well, technology got the world into this polluted state

‘and | say technology can clean it up.'

[keyboard clacking]

Oh, MAL-ikins!

| think this is my most brilliant experiment yet!

Your modesty overwhelms me, Dr. Blight.

What's up your sleeve this time?

Oh, just my latest foray-into-chaos theory.

The ultimate test for that perfect world.

[laughs]

[exhales]

Dr. Blight, your cerebral capacity for evil

is nothing short of amazing.

That is, for a..

[coughs pointedly] ... human being.

(Dr. Derek) ‘Here is our largest dome, the Breadbasket of Eden Il.’

‘All of the equipment is run by computer'

‘to maximize our farming output.’

(Kwame) What about alternate energy sources for the farm equipment?

Kwame's right. Isn't that diesel smoke a menace?

No problem.

‘The smoke is sucked into that filter’

‘which then purifies the air before recycling it.’

Dr. Derek, may | take a look at the computer systems

on your farm machines?

Alright, Linka, but please hurry.

(Wheeler) And you say you're not romantic?

You do not have to go, Wheeler.

What? And miss an opportunity to check out farm equipment?

[computer beeping]

[instrumental music]

[electricity crackles]

[gasps]

[crackling]

[beeping]

Uh-oh, looks like trouble in paradise.

[keyboard clacking]

| don't understand, this should override the computer

and restore control.

Wheeler, Linka, hurry!

I've got to get to the central computer!

Come on! Let's do it!

Up you go, Linka!

Take my hand, Wheeler!

[both grunt]

Phew! For a minute there, | thought this dog-and-pony show

was gonna leave us behind.

snap

(Wheeler) Hey, we stopped!

Wheeler, look, the doors are closing!

- Let's boogie! - Wheeler, Linka, hurry!

thud

Hey, doc, open up!

Bozhe moi! Wheeler, look! We must get out of here, fast!

(Blight) "Two down, three to go.'

Bingo! Looks like Dr. Derek and the rest of the kiddie-crusaders

are headed for the computer center.

MAL, muffin, | think it's time to put a bug in the works.

A computer bug, that is.

A computer virus!

That poor central computer won't know what hit it!

[laughs]

(]

Oh, no! Now we are trapped!

Don't worry, Kwame, all | have to do

is override the master computer.

Look! There's Wheeler and Linka!

(Kwame) ‘They will suffocate in there!’

[coughing] Hang on, Linka.

I'll get us out. Fire!

[Zapping]

[coughs]

There is too much pollution for our rings to work.

We must stop the machines!

| don't understand, the computer isn't responding.

[evil laugh]

- MAL! - Right you are, planet-pests!

As for you, Dr. Derek, you're wasting your time.

I'm in control of Eden II now!

(Blight) ‘MAL, dear.'

We! Um, we're in control.

Allow me to introduce myself, Dr. Derek.

I'm Dr. Blight. So nice to meet another woman scientist.

Too bad you won't be around much longer, honey!

Why are you doing this to me?

(Blight) "Well, sister, don't take it personally.’

‘It's just my latest experiment.’

You see, nothing is perfect, Dr. Derek

except possibly me.

[chuckles] I'm perfectly evil.

Is there nothing you can do, Dr. Derek?

[keyboard clacking] Nothing is responding.

Well, planet-brats

get ready for your farewell performance!

‘| think I'll call it, "Defeat of the Eco-geeks"™

‘an amusing little tale in which we inject a virus’

into your main computer.

Are you ready, MAL, sweetie?

- Just say when, doctor. - Now!

Unh-unh-unh. | you to say "When," doctor.

Just do it, MAL.

Or I'll reduce your hard drive to soft-serve!

Touchy, touchy. Very well. Here we go.

[electricity crackles]

(Wheeler) Whoa!

[yells]

Oh!

[groans]

[coughing]

Wheeler, are you okay?

Get out of the way!

Watch closely, planet-pests!

This is one performance you won't forget

as long as you live!

[laughs]

[dramatic music]

[both coughing]

Wheeler, it's coming!

[grunts]

[screams]

thud

[coughs] Great! Now what do we do?

[both cough]

Maybe we can use this to pry open the door.

Come on, Wheeler!

Well, | think I've got just what the doctor ordered.

This doctor, that is!

The virus has now entered the master computer, doctor.

In a short time, my dear Dr. Derek

your perfect world will be a perfect disaster!

Maybe so, doctor, but I've been fighting all my life

and I'm not about to give up now!

[grunts]

We've lost the picture! Fix it, MAL!

| have to see what's going on!

Sorry, Dr. Blight. | can't.

The problem is mechanical, not electronic.

But don't worry

| still have control of her computer.

Well, where's the dumb virus now?

It's spreading throughout the operating program.

Why did you disconnect the camera, Dr. Derek?

So we can fight the computer virus.

It'll be dangerous enough without Dr. Blight

looking over our shoulders.

Dangerous? What do you mean?

Okay, listen, because of my disability

I've been doing experimental research

on digitizing human electrical fields.

How will that help?

We can fight the virus from inside the computer.

Now, theoretically, it's possible.

But I've never actually done it before.

How can a person get inside a computer?

Not the entire person, Ma-Ti, just their electrical essence.

Now we're into the master computer.

‘Oh, no! That virus is spreading fast!’

[computer beeping]

After | strap myself into this helmet

press "Enter" on the laptop computer.

Wait a second, once you're in there

how do we get you out?

(Dr. Derek) ‘| don't know, but that's a risk’

‘I'll have to take.’

If we go in, could you get us out?

Probably, but I'm not--

- | volunteer! - So dol.

We have to save Linka and Wheeler.

We're running out of time, but I'm not sure if--

We trust you, Dr. Derek.

Alright. Lie down.

Will this hurt them?

They won't feel a thing.

Ready, you two?

Ready.

[computer beeps]

[Zapping]

- 'Did it work?' - Yes! Can you see us?

[thunder rumbling]

- 'Are you alright?’ - | think so.

What do you want us to do first?

(Gi) "You better test your ring powers.’

Heart!

A computer has no heart.

(Dr. Derek) ‘Ma-Ti, concentrate harder'

‘and this time, focus all your powers. '

Heart!

[pulsating]

[upbeat music]

Earth!

crackle

Our powers are much different in here.

Ma-Ti, it appears you can create electronic fields

and Kwame can ground them out.

- What does that mean? - 'Ma-Ti can create things.’

(Gi) ‘And you can dissolve them.’

(Dr. Derek) ‘Now, concentrate, Ma-Ti.'

‘Use your power to create a boat.’

‘Visualize a boat.’

| will try.

Heart!

[pulsating]

zap

A good boat, but there is no water.

(Dr. Derek) ‘I'm opening up an electrical pathway.’

"It will look like a river to you.’

‘Do you see it?’

No. There is nothing.

[Zapping]

[screaming]

[static]

What's going on, MAL?

l-| don't believe it.

Two of those bite-sized punks are inside Eden II's computer!

Then go after them! Do you hear me, MAL?

Get inside that computer and reformat those little creeps!

But it's infected in there!

- So? - Well..

I'm not immune to that virus, you know.

Let's cut to the basic, MAL.

Get with the program, or I'll reboot you!

[both coughing]

We're not going to make it, are we?

[coughs]

Sure we are. It's just taking a little longer than | thought.

[electricity crackling]

Something is blocking our way!

(Dr. Derek) ‘That should be the switch that controls the automatic doors.’

(Gi) ‘Hurry, Kwame! Linka and Wheeler don't have much time!’

‘Use your ring, Kwame!’

Earth!

[screaming]

Ow! It shocked me!

(Dr. Derek) "You have to try again, Kwame!’

There is something | am wanting you to know.

[coughs] Uh-huh?

[coughs]

Sometimes | act like..

[coughs]

...| do not care for you, but..

[coughs]

Linka!

(Ma-Ti) You must try again, Kwame!

Earth!

[electricity crackling]

Earth!

[computer beeping]

Got it!

[both cough]

Hold on, Linka!

[both cough]

We're out of here!

[gasps]

We must find the others!

Wait a minute.

What was it you were saying in there?

Something about liking me, right?

Uh, not now, Wheeler. Let's go!

She likes me.

Good work, guys.

You've just saved Wheeler and Linka!

Now the rough part

you've got to get to the central programming unit

‘and destroy the virus!’

- Aah! - What is happening?

(MAL) ‘Well, well, planet-pixels, you're on my ground now'

‘and | feel like playing!’

[evil laugh]

[Zapping]

Earth!

[swirling]

[Zapping]

Kwame, more fighters!

Earth!

| cannot keep this up much longer, Ma-Ti!

Come on, guys!

What's wrong with them?

They're inside the computer fighting Blight's virus.

- But how-- - 'No time to explain.’

We've got to help them.

Man, too bad we can't call Captain Planet.

Why can't we? | mean, it's worth a try.

Kwame, Ma-Ti, try to call Captain Planet!

Let our powers combine.

- Earth! - Fire!

Wind!

- Water! - Heart!

(Captain Planet) ‘By your powers combined..'

...|am Captain Planet!

[all cheer]

- Go, Planet! - Go, Planet!

(Captain Planet) MAL, you two-bit villain

you've really hacked me off this time!

zap

[crackling]

(MAL) ‘You'll never delete me, Planet!’

[imitates Arnold Schwarzenegger] ‘I'll be back!’

- You alright? - Yes!

- Now that you are here. - Look out behind you!

Captain Planet, your file is about to be erased

‘permanently!’

There is no way out!

[laughs] That's right!

You're about to be trashed.

[grunts]

What's the matter, Planet? Can't you take a little jolt?

Captain Planet cannot hold out much longer!

Whoa! The virus!

[yells]

I'm falling to bits!

Hit, hit "Escape"! Hit "Escape"!

[screams]

Uh-oh. Time to refile that virus.

- Oh! Help! - Help!

Reprogramming.

Debugging program, commencing!

[Zapping]

[screaming]

Running reformat sequence.

‘Path command, you're out of here!’

[both grunting]

| cannot hold on much longer!

Me, either!

[yelling]

[both screaming]

[whistling]

Don't go to pieces, guys. The danger's over.

And remember, the power is yours!

| had trouble reassembling Kwame and Ma-Ti

because of the damage their digitized images took

from the computer virus.

But | think | have it. Cross your fingers.

[mechanical whirring]

Kwame? Ma-Ti?

[in Ma-Ti's voice] We are back! It is so good to see you, my friends!

[all gasp]

Whoa! Trouble, dudes.

[in Kwame's voice] Hey! What am | doing over there?

And what am | doing over there?

[chuckles] Oh, no problem.

| just have to reverse polarity.

Now that we're safe, tell me the truth, Linka.

You like me, right?

Wheeler, what do you think?

| am bitten by the love virus.

[chuckles] | think you mean love bug.

[chuckles] Whatever. | do not have it.

Ah, well, abort, fail, and retry.

| wonder what happened to MAL.

Ah...ah...ah...ah..

[sneezes]

[sniffling]

[coughs]

Oh, MAL, why did you have to catch that computer virus?

[sneezes]

[electricity crackling]

Ah...ah...ah... ah...ah...ah..

I've got a good mind to..

[sneezes]

[electricity crackles]

- Oh! - S-sorry, doctor.

Ah...ah..

[sneezes]

[groans]

(all) Go, Planet!

There's nothing wrong with using technology

to clean up pollution.

But the real key to saving our world

is to not pollute in the first place. You can help.

Find ways to save energy, like riding your bicycle to school.

If you're going somewhere in the car

plan several errands for one car trip

so you don't waste gasoline and add to pollution.

Little things add up, Planeteers.

So every little bit you do to help the environment

makes the whole world a better place.

Remember, the power is yours!

Earth!

Fire!

Wind!

- Water! - Heart!

(all) Go, Planet!

By your powers combined

| am Captain Planet!

~ Captain Planet I

S He's our hero S

~ 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 I

S He's our hero S

~ 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! Jf

(Captain Planet) The power is yours!

[instrumental music]

(girl #1) "DIC."

[instrumental music]