Original subtitles

(male narrator) Our world is in peril.

Gaia, the spirit of 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 the Eastern Europe, Linka with the power of Wind.

From Asia, Gi with the power of Water.

[splashing]

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

When the five powers combine

they summon Earth's greatest champion

Captain Planet!

[music continues]

The power is yours!

(Captain Planet) Last time the Planeteers

went off to deal with Sly Sludge

while | set my sights on

cleaning up a waste spill at sea.

But when the toxic tide revived Captain Pollution

| found myself in a touchy situation.

I'm back!

[dramatic music]

[groans]

Now this is what | call a rapid comeback.

Now to take care of that pungent polluter.

[intense music]

Hurry it up.

So when do we get paid for this stuff?

Patience, Mr. Sludge.

The client will be here soon to reward us

for our ecological efforts.

[laughs]

Ugh! That was a real back breaker.

- But we've dumped it all. - Good.

Then you're fired again.

Get going!

But-but-but how am | supposed to survive out there?

Hey, you can take my car.

boom

[laughs]

This is turning out to be even more profitable than | dreamed.

[bubbling]

We need a rope or something.

This may work.

Yeah, but how are we gonna reach the vent?

[Suchi screeching]

Suchi can do it. Go, Suchi!

[Suchi screeching]

- Kwame, come on! - Keep going.

(Gi) 'Uh! Look out!'

[grunts] Ugh!

[clanking]

[explosion]

[all screaming]

| cannot see where we are going.

Hang on, | got a flashlight.

Ugh! Aah!

| keep forgetting we do not have our powers.

Looks like there's another chamber up here.

Oh, great! The battery is dying.

We better find a piece of wood or something to use as a torch.

Oh, yeah, right, Gi. See any trees down here?

Easy, Wheeler.

If there is any wood around, | will find it.

(Kwame) When | was young my mother fell ill.

And searching for firewood became my job.

Over the years, the trees around my village began to disappear.

Piece by piece they were stripped away.

Wood became as precious as gold.

And no one thought to plant new trees.

Each day | was forced to travel

further and further to find firewood.

One afternoon, | spotted a small herd of elephants.

| knew they would eventually lead me to trees.

| followed the magnificent beasts for hours

until finally, trees!

But before the elephants could take cover

in that tiny patch of forest

poachers open fired.

That awful sight burned itself into my mind.

| realized that people are not the only ones

who need trees to survive

animals need them for food and protection too.

That is why | believe so strongly in planting trees.

Hey, how about that!

(Wheeler) Alright, you could still find firewood!

| have not lost my touch.

Fire!

[chuckles] Neither have lI.

- Look! Smoke! - Hit it!

Let us hope this is the way out.

If not, we're shafted.

[Captain Pollution gurgling]

[Captain Pollution laughing]

f Oh give me a home f

J Where the waste water foams J

< And the slime and the scum both decay J

J Where never is heard J

~ The chirp of a bird J

~ And you can't see the sky for days J

[Captain Pollution laughing]

[sighing]

How's that for tree shooting?

This place is still a polluted paradise

and this grody puke does wonders for my complexion.

Come on in, Planet!

The toxicity is just right!

Ah, no thanks, my acidic amigo.

What? You're too chicken to play?

You bet your life.

Then you'll just have to watch from the cheap seats.

[Zapping]

[groans] Ohh! Arrgh!

[laughs]

| just love adding injury to the insult, you know me.

[coughing]

Oh, this is going to make a great summer home

but for now I'm off to Alaska..

...to chill-out!

[laughing maniacally]

Hey, greeny-weeny! I'm taking a shortcut.

You're welcome to follow..

.. If you dare!

No thanks, Pollution.

I'll make my own travel arrangements.

[Pollution laughing maniacally]

Wheeler, are we clear of the smoke yet?

| don't think.. Oww!

My ankle! | can't walk on it!

You have to try.

[groans] I-| can't!

Just go.

- We're not leaving you. - You have no choice.

Leave me alone!

Listen, don't argue with me on this one. Please.

Let me tell you a story.

[instrumental music]

[giggling]

Come on, Tisa, I'll race you.

[Tisa screeches]

[giggling]

[Tisa screeches]

You'll have to leave immediately.

- Your grants have been revoked. - What?

Sternkill Industries has bought up the coast.

They're putting in a smelter here.

- But our research. - There's nothing | can do.

No! | can't leave, Tisa.

Please!

[Tisa screeches]

I'm sorry, Gi. We have no choice.

Tisa, I'll be back!

| promise!

All | thought about was getting back to her.

| saved every penny of my allowance

and never stopped planning.

It took me nearly a year, but | finally made it.

There was something eerie about the beach.

Tisa! Tisa!

Then | saw her..

No! No!

What have they done to you?

[Tisa screeches faintly]

As | held her

| knew | would devote myself to protecting the seas

and all their precious life.

| had to abandon one friend.

It's not going to happen again.

Do not worry, Gi. You will not lose this one.

Sorry, | lost it before.

It's really been a long time since | had to lean on anyone.

| remember when | was a kid back in Brooklyn

| was pretty much on my own.

Come on, tough guy! Pay up! You owe me!

(male #1) ‘What are you doin' down there?’

[groans]

Later, loser!

[groans]

| thought | told you to get me a bottle.

- '| tried, dad, but..' - I'm tired of your excuses!

Try harder or don't come back, you no-good loser!

Who wants to come back to this dump?

(Wheeler) | wandered the streets for hours

until | didn't know where | was.

Hey, punk. Don't you know it's dangerous in the park at night?

[all laughing]

Hey, wha-what are you doin'?

- Hey, lookout! - What's going on?

- Let's get out of here! - Yeah, come on. Let's go.

- Hey, you okay, kid? - Yeah. Thanks.

Man, that was incredible!

Right out of Robin Hood or somethin’.

- Where'd you guys come from? - Hey, we live in the park.

- Where? - Right up there, in the trees.

- Get outta here! - Seriously.

We build our homes in the trees.

Yeah. And we do it without hammering

a single nail into the trunks.

So, uh, what are you doin' out here all alone?

| don't have anywhere else to go.

Then stay with us, kid.

If you're not afraid of heights, that is.

It turned my whole life around.

Finding people who believed | was worth something.

| hate to interrupt, but..

[Suchi screeching]

(Gi) ‘Hang on, Wheeler. We're getting out of here.’

[instrumental music]

[groans] Paah! Yuck!

This place looks so revoltingly clean.

| think I'm gonna ralph.

Uh! Good thing there's still plenty of cruddy crude

on the bottom from that 11 million gallon spill!

[laughing maniacally]

But not nearly enough.

Bombs way!

[grunting]

(Captain Planet) ‘Pollution on the rocks!’

Bottoms up!

‘This will Keep you out of trouble for a while.’

[beeping]

This place leaves me cold.

| can't handle much more of this clean living.

You're all washed up, Pollution.

Oh, yeah?

[yelps] Argh!

[groans]

This game isn't over yet!

[groans] So much pollution..

...8O little time.

Now to catch up with my toxic twin.

(Gi) Which way?

Most of these tunnels probably lead

deeper into the mine.

Let's go that way, it angles up.

No, that is a dead end.

Since when did you become the mine expert?

| grew up in a mining town, Yankee .

Yeah? Well, | grew up in New York.

But that doesn't make me a stock broker.

My family worked in the mine.

It shaped my whole life.

My father was foreman.

[birds chirping]

Clear out! We hit gas! Everybody..

[indistinct chatter]

This will break Linka's heart.

(Linka) | helped my grandmother raise canaries.

My father used them in the mine to detect gas.

| loved birds and my grandmother taught me

all about them.

My greatest joy came from the bird songs.

| learnt to mimic their sounds and use them in my music.

[door opens]

- Linka, | am sorry. - No!

It is not fair.

[crying]

The birds are not dying in vain, Linka.

Because of their sensitivity to gas

they are able to save many human lives.

But why must it be this way?

It still hurts me when birds suffer.

And now it is so much greater than in the mines.

‘Birds around the world are dying!’

‘And showing us how polluted our environment has become.’

That is why | feel so strongly

that we owe animals a great debt.

Strange how disasters can bring people closer together.

People will always have differences

but in our hearts, we are all the same.

[dramatic music]

Quick, Linka, which way?

That way.

But the smokes headed that way.

Precisely ! Air must be getting out

through the end of that tunnel.

(Wheeler) Alright. Fresh air, here we come.

[yelps] Aah!

Great. Looks like our luck's taken a nose dive.

Not yet. As you Yankees say

“There is a light at the end of the tunnel."

[all whooping]

[instrumental music]

- What a relief! - Down!

Plunder's men maybe nearby.

[tires screeching]

Keep your yappers shut. I'll do the talking.

[dramatic music]

So, did you bring the money?

- Who is this, Plunder? - Temporary help.

- Yeah, and it's payday. - 'Hey, Mr. Plunger!’

We finished hiding them barrels for youse.

Couple of them busted open. They caught a flimsy.

Now look, | paid you top dollar to ensure safe disposal.

| cannot afford bad press.

- Hey, you can't do that. - Watch me.

Don't be hasty. I'm sure something can be arranged.

Yeah, like a padded cell.

So, we've come full circle.

The game is up..

...and | win.

[laughs maniacally]

[grunts]

[groaning]

[coughs]

Planeteers...

‘Planeteers. '

Ah! Captain Planet is in trouble.

Then we're outta here.

You're making a big mistake.

The feds will hear about this.

[laughs]

No one will take the word of those eco-geeks

over a tycoon like me.

[Ooze panting]

(Ooze) ‘I'm no eco-geek'

‘put I'd be happy to testify against my ex-bosses.'

Water!

[groans]

Bring the witness.

Curse those meddling planet pests!

[instrumental music]

Stop squirming!

Hey, that feels pretty good, babe.

It is much easier treating a bird.

- No lip. - Where to, Ma-Ti?

Commander Clash's island.

And hurry!

[bubbling]

[intense music]

[groans]

This pollution problem is definitely expanding.

| love kicking a good man when he is down.

[laughs maniacally]

[Captain Planet groans]

[coughing]

Oh, no! It is Captain Pollution.

- He is huge! - Monstrous!

Looks like we will only have one shot

at saving Captain Planet.

- Can you handle the controls? - Piece of cake.

- No grand standing? - Trust me.

There in over their heads just like their precious planet.

[gurgling]

Everyone knows their jobs?

- Right. - Ready?

[all] Ready!

[dramatic music]

Aww, how touching!

[chuckles softly] The eco-freaks to the rescue.

But who's gonna rescue them?

[laughs maniacally]

[grunts]

[coughs]

No! Stop!

[grunts]

Got him.

- Wheeler, take her up! - Hang on, everybody.

whoosh

Aah!

[coughing] Thanks for the helping hand.

(Kwame) Whoaa!

No fair, dudes! He's mine!

Give him back!

[whooshing]

[coughs]

(Kwame) Hurry, Ma-Ti!

Discharge the solar panels.

It will recharge Captain Planet and keep Pollution at bay.

[crackling]

Time to light outta here.

Final jeopardy, Pollution.

‘What is, give it your best shot?’

Aah!

thud

[rumbling]

[grunting] A natural lava bath to clean up your act.

Not to mention your quenching.

[coughs]

You tricked me!

My polluting powers are weakening!

[groans]

[coughs]

You'll never overcome Pollution!

Looks like your game show has been cancelled.

‘| hope there aren't any re-runs.’

[instrumental music]

That should keep the problem under wraps.

Hey, great job, Planeteers!

Amazing what people can do when they work together.

Can't argue with that.

The power is yours!

Well, my friends, where to now?

| know exactly what we should do.

[all] What?

Whatever the team wants.

[instrumental music]

(Planeteers) Go planet!

(Gi) The best thing you can do to

help our environment is get involved.

Join an environmental group or team up with friends

to start your own projects.

Clean up a park or a beach.

Organize a recycling program at school

or in your neighborhood.

Or plant trees and remember to take care of them.

It's all part of making our planet healthy again.

We must all work together to protect the animals

trees, oceans and air.

The power is yours!

~ Earth! f

< Fire! J < Wind!

< Water! f S Heart! J

Go Planet! f

(Captain Planet) By your powers combined

| am Captain Planet.

~ Captain Planet I

~S He is a 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 I

S He's a hero f

~ Gonna take pollution down to zero f

£ Gonna help him put asunder J

~ Bad guys like to loot and plunder.. f

You'll pay for this, Captain Planet!

J We're the Planeteers Jf

~ 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!