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(Captain Planet) By your powers combined, | am Captain Planet!

~ Captain Planet he's the man Jf

f Leading the charge Earth's number-one fan f

~ Check him out you're gonna see J

f He's the Mega Mac Daddy of ecology f

~ Cap is the hero with the gumption I

~ Takes out the overs population and consumption f

~ Yeah he could use a better groomer J

~ Some people say he's got a bad sense of humor J

| am back!

S But when eco-villains run amok Jf

~ Plundering and pillaging yuck f

~ Cap's here to level the playing field J

~ With a PhD in sustainable yield J

~ But he's not the only hero for Earth f

~ Gaia's wisdom gave the Planeteers birth J

< Wheeler's the fire Ma-Ti's got heart f

~ Gi's got the power to make waters part J

J Kwame's rockin' with element earth J

~ And Linka uses wind for all she's worth JS

f Still Greedlys and Blights trash our planet

f It's up to us to say we won't stand it I

~ Raise your voice and challenge your peers J

I Say it's way cool to be Planeteers JS

(Captain Planet) The power is yours!

[geese quacking]

(Wheeler) "You don't know much about me without you have read a book

"by the name of "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer."

"But that ain't no matter.

"You'll learn plenty about us both

"especially me, in this story.

"Tom is my pal and we lived in the little town

“of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi River.’

| didn't have no mam, and my pap.."

[growling]

- 'Look out!’ - Ah!

[laughing] | wonder if Huck was as big a klutz!

[Linka and Gi laughing]

[instrumental music]

One thing's for sure, he wouldn't have let Becky drive.

If you were not so caught up in that silly story

you could have warned me about the log.

Silly? "The Adventures Of Huck Finn" is a classic!

Guys, can we save the literary debate for later?

Milton's meeting us here at first light.

Dah, he is going to show us all the work being done

to help preserve the Missi-Pi.. the Pissmiss, the..

[sighs] The river.

And tomorrow night Milton's invited us

for a real down-home crawfish boil.

Well, if you ask me, rafting the river like Tom and Huck

could be a lot more fun than seeing

a bunch of boring cleanup projects

and a pot of hick shrimp!

You know, Wheeler, | think you are on to something!

- Yeah, me, too. - | am? Like, what?

We could live the river life, just like in the book.

The girls may not like it.

Hey, it's not like there is a disaster or anything.

So, Tom, Huck, what will it be?

Work or play?

That's a no-brainer.

[instrumental music]

[geese quacking]

Time to rise and shine, Gi.

[geese quacking]

[yawns] Morning. Where are the guys?

They are gone. The boat is gone.

But they left a note.

"Gone fishing," signed "Huck and the gang."

"P.S. See you downriver at Milton's tonight."

- Those little hockey players. - You mean hooky.

(Milton) ‘Mornin’, Planeteers.’

[engine revving]

Hey, glad y'all found my camp okay.

- 'Hello, Milton.’ - Good to see you!

Say, where are the fellas?

They are off having delusions of Huckleberry Hound.

That's Huckleberry Finn, Linka.

(Milton) ‘Ha! Huck wannabes, huh?’

Yeah, we still gettin' them around this and these parts.

| just hope they don't get into trouble.

Oh, they'll be okay, but they're in for a bit of a shock.

[instrumental music]

(Wheeler) Ah, ain't much better in the whole, wide world

than a-pullin' downstream with your two bestest friends.

- Aah! - Got a nibble, Huck?

Uh, more like a chomp!

Whee-hee! Ain't it a right fine catch?

- Ah! - 'Ha-ha-hal!'’

(Kwame) ‘More like a dirty left boot!’

[coughing]

So much for our fresh-fish breakfast.

[chuckles] Unless we want filet of sole.

(Wheeler) Gross!

We still have plenty of peanut-butter sandwiches.

Who needs peanut butter? We're livin’ off the river.

Ah, just us and nature.

[horn blaring]

- Look out! - Kwame!

Hang on!

[all screaming]

[horn blaring]

This must be the main channel.

More like the freeway. Get us out of here or we're sunk!

(Kwame) Maybe this was not such a great idea.

(Wheeler) At least it's not boring.

[instrumental music]

What an incredible place!

Uh, runoff from refinery's nearly destroyed this area.

But we're workin' with them to restore it

replant the grasses and all.

Ah, the bottom's still covered with chemical sludge.

I'm gonna test this to make sure no new toxics are driftin’ in.

How'd you get started with all this?

Oh, grew up here, huntin' and fishin’ in the bayou.

Spent 20 years workin’ in one of those big refineries.

(Linka) "You worked in a refinery?’

Yeah, till | started seein’ the bayou changin’.

And we were the cause of it, dumpin' waste

cuttin’ new channels and buildin’ levies

to redirect the river's flow.

Why disrupt the river's natural path?

To make it easier for the factory boats and barges.

But with all the changes, when the rains come

ah, it can cause terrible flooding.

[birds squawking]

Shh!

Come on. | got somethin’ to show you.

[birds squawking]

The Mississippi Delta's full of rookeries

nesting grounds for migratory birds.

‘We destroy this here, people up north'll feel it, too.’

‘They will lose lots of ducks and other waterfowl.’

‘If the bayou dies'

so do these critters and our heritage.

[instrumental music]

Ah, my belly's a-rumblin', Huck. Caught anything yet?

[water splashing]

Yee-haw! Snagged a big one this time!

The thing is puttin’ up a mighty good fight!

(Wheeler) ‘He's a real beaut.’

Yup, we'll be eatin’ fine now.

[water splashing]

Ah.

Huh? What happened? | caught the big one!

[laughs]

Yeah, the biggest tire in the Mississippi!

[laughs]

Peanut-butter sandwich, anyone?

Not me. I'm holding out for fresh catfish.

[sloshing]

How do you feel about chemically-preserved?

What the..

Oh, gross!

Ugh! Prr! Where's this comin’ from?

(Ma-Ti) Probably from that factory.

Yuck! | gotta get this stuff off of me!

[water splashing]

You boys be careful. That water's not fit for swimmin’.

What do you mean?

This stretch of river's called Cancer Alley

‘cause of all the sickness.

Factory owner says it got nothin’ to do

with what they're dumpin' in the river.

Hm. But what else could it be?

Well, | wanna know who's responsible

for dumping chemicals on my catfish!

[birds chirping]

[birds chirping]

| can't wait to give those polluters a..

(Ma-Ti) Take it easy, Wheeler, they may not appreciate

strangers telling them what to do.

(Kwame) ‘Who knows what kind of people we are dealing with?’

You're right. They could be dangerous.

[dog barking]

Let's get out of here!

Oh, garden seed! Boomer's busted free again.

Huh, must've smelled peanut butter on them kids.

[chuckles] He goes wild for peanut butter.

- ‘Boomer! Wait up, boy!’ - 'Come, boy, come back here!’

Boomer, back here, boy!

[panting]

[dog barking]

They sicced the dogs on us!

[dogs barking]

[clamoring]

[panting]

splash splash splash

[clamoring]

[panting]

[clamoring]

[panting]

[dog barking]

Are-are they still followin’ us?

Where are we gonna go?

- ‘Boomer, what are you doin'?' - 'Yeah.'

Boomer, come on. Go, go.

[panting]

- Oh, this way. Hurry! - 'Yeah, let's get 'em.'

[clamoring]

| think we lost them.

Hey, look, just in time for supper.

[instrumental music]

(Kwame) | don't know. Seems wrong to raid somebody else's crab trap.

That never stopped Huck Finn.

Besides, it don't look like

anyone's used it in quite a spell.

[gasps] Tarnations!

What is that thing?

All | can tell you, Wheeler, is that is not my dinner.

This isn't exactly the adventure | had in mind.

Hey! Get out of our boat!

[Boomer barking]

(male #1) ‘Boomer! Where are you, boy?’

[Boomer growls]

[Boomer barking]

- Let's buck. - Hey, you!

Boy, those kids are about as flighty

as hummingbirds in a hurricane.

They must be afraid of dogs.

[engine revving]

(Linka) ‘This is amazing!’

Yeah. But what happened to these trees, Milton?

Saltwater intrusion comin’ in

from all the new channels bein’ dug.

Stuff's been destroyin' 50 square miles a year.

So we've started puttin’ in weirs, underwater dams

to help keep the salt water back.

(Amy) ‘Baby, baby!

What kind of animal is that?

(Milton) It's just an alligator, Amy.

What a funny name.

(Milton) Believe me, it suits her just fine.

She used to be a trapper, but now she's fightin’

to save the bayou.

Hey there, Milton. What's happenin’?

Amy, meet my friends here, Linka and Gi.

Pleasure.

- Hello. - Hi.

Ah, well, you're just in time

to watch me feed my friends.

Isabelle, Pete, chow time!

F-friends? Out here?

Well, they're kind of, well, uh, different.

[growling]

This is Pete.

[gasps] Oh, let me guess. Isabelle?

You got it!

Can | feed her?

Oh, don't advise it.

- Ooh, one could lose a hand. - Huh?

[laughing]

[water splashing]

(Milton) ‘I'm almost as hungry'

‘as Pete and Isabelle.’

Anybody for chicken?

Raw chicken? Ew!

Of course not. Fried chicken.

My wife, Kathleen, made it for us.

Ah. Mm.

Yum, scrumptious.

[harmonica music]

I-I-I'm so darn hungry

| may eat this cat raw.

[chuckles] You gotta land him first.

He's a feisty one.

But | hooked him good! Ouch.

That's one hard-headed cuss.

[laughing] | think your catch would say

the same about you, eh, Wheeler?

Even Huck Finn knew when to give up.

Break out the peanut butter, Kwame.

The dog ate it all.

Uh-oh. And now it's gonna rain on our charade.

Maybe it is time to head to Milton's.

[frog croaking]

Lots of the river delta is too polluted

for fishin’ these days.

I've been checkin’ this area for years.

This still pretty healthy.

[chuckles] I'll say.

[water splashing]

[chuckles] Bozhe moi!

| never knew catching fishes was so easy.

[instrumental music]

You see anything out there?

Yup, rain. Lots and lots of rain.

Water must be overflowin' the banks.

If it don't let up soon, we'll be drowned rats.

Look! There's a light over yonder.

Head for it!

[instrumental music]

[thunder rumbling]

- Hang on! - Aah!

[all screaming]

[all screaming]

[all screaming]

- Whoa! Hang on! - Whoa!

[water splashing]

[all screaming]

- Hang on! - Whoa!

[all screaming]

Whoa! Ah.

Man, hairy rapids!

[panting] But we are okay now, | think.

Is it just me or does anyone else

have that boxed-in feeling?

It feels like we're on an elevator or something.

Next stop, ladies lingerie.

[horn blaring]

And here comes Big Bertha!

[horn blaring]

We must have drifted into one of the locks.

[lightning crashing]

- Aah! - Aah! What now?

(Kwame) The tanker is spilling oily bilge water.

We gotta get out of here before we're planet pulp!

[engine revving]

What do we do? Uh, what.. What are we gonna do?

- 'No! Fire!’ - 'Oh..’

Vacate the lock! It can't hold the floodwaters.

We're in way over our heads, guys.

[rumbling]

[intense music]

[water splashing]

Team meeting time. Ma-Ti, can you reach the girls?

| sure hope so.

Linka, Gi.

[instrumental music]

[indistinct chatter]

Looks delicious, Milton.

Dah. | can hardly wait to shovel in.

That's dig in.

(Ma-Ti) 'Gi, Linka, we need Captain Planet.’

‘Watch for our beams. Ready?’

Then let our powers combine. Earth!

Fire!

There! Go, Linka.

Wind!

Water!

- What's happening? - We don't know.

But Ma-Ti's beam should be up there by now.

Something must be very wrong.

- Whoa! Whoa! - Whoa! Whoa!

Come on, little buddy. It's now or never.

Now. Heart!

[whirring]

boom boom

By your powers combined, | am Captain Planet!

Whoa! Whoa!

Why do they always put these landfills by the river?

It always floods, the water gets polluted.

- The soil gets contaminated. - 'Cap!'

Help! Help!

(Captain Planet) ‘Oops, I'd better slow the flow'

‘before the Planeteers trash and burn.'

[clamoring]

Ahoy there! All hands on deck!

We don't want this flood flaming the fill.

[grunts]

So I've gotta borrow your little boat.

[grunts] It'll make a dang fine dam.

- Oh. - Captain Planet saved the day.

Tanks a lot.

Now to put a lid on that oil fire

before it tanks that big, ugly dump.

(Kwame) The outboard!

It's full of gas! It's gonna blow!

Next time, Planeteers, go solar.

‘Uh, no kaboom.'

boom

(Wheeler) Oh. Thanks, Cap.

[sighs] Thanks, Cap.

Rub-a-dub-dub, you'll be safe in this tub.

I'd love to stay and play King, uh, Cap of the Mountain

but I've got a hot date with a trashy old flame.

- Way to go, Cap! - You did it!

Great job, Cap!

Can | drop you somewhere?

- Yes. Milton's. - No way!

If we don't get there under our own steam

the girls will know we blew it.

- True. - Come on, guys.

Are we hot dogs or weenies?

You want a frank answer?

Not really, but we could use a raft.

No problem. Be back before you can say Samuel Clemens.

Ten times, that is.

It always amazes me how much good stuff

| find in the dump.

Here you go, Twain-ateers.

- Thanks, Cap. - Thanks, Cap.

And remember, the power is yours!

Thank goodness.

If they don't need Cap anymore

they must be out of danger.

Dah. But maybe we should go look for them anyway.

Here y'all go.

Then again

like you said, Gi, they must be out of danger.

Yeah, and we wouldn't wanna interfere

with their great adventure.

[chomping]

(Milton) ‘Night, everybody! Thank y'all for comin’!

Oh, thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

Take care, y'all.

Wonder how Huck and company are doing.

| sure hope they're okay.

That is debatable.

[instrumental music]

(Linka) What happened to you?

- Us? - Oh, not much.

Um, just a little river outing, like in the book.

And, boy, are we ready for some of Milton's famous crawfish.

- Hey, Milton! How are you? - Hi.

Hey. Good to see you boys. Sorry you missed the big boil.

The catfish we caught were fantastic.

Catfish?

Wheeler and catfish

never the twain shall meet.

We're out of fancy fixings.

We've always got plenty of peanut butter in the house.

Peanut butter?

[groans] My favorite.

Many of the world's rivers are threatened by pollution.

Yet we continue to use them like toilets

for dumping factory wastes and sewage from cities.

But a river does not just flush the pollution away.

It carries it downstream or it affects

‘people and animals all along the way.'

You can help protect our water supply

by writing your local and national officials

and asking them to support laws

that keep our water and waterways clean.

Remember.

(all) The power is yours!

- Earth! - Fire!

- Wind! - Water!

- Heart! - Go, planet!

By your powers combined, | am Captain Planet!

~ Captain Planet he's our hero J

~ 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 J

~ Gonna take pollution down to zero f

£ Gonna help him put asunder J

~ Bad guys who like to loot and plunder I

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

The power is yours!

[screeching]

[elephant trumpeting]