Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 1, Episode 15 - Smog Hog - full transcript

Hoggish Greedly steals a factory to mass-produce horribly polluting vehicles. But the resulting smog goes so far out of control, that eventually Greedly himself has to ask Captain Planet for help in order to save his son's life.

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.

[ Sirens wailing ]

From North America -- Wheeler,
with the power of fire.

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From the Soviet Union -- Linka,
with the power of wind.

From Asia -- Gi,
with the power of water.



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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!

Happy 16th birthday,
Junior!

Oh, wow!

Whoa!

That's all you're
going to say?

This custom-built
gas guzzler's got options!

It's a convertible!

It converts
into a hot tub,



a dance floor
with a jukebox.

Junior: Whoa, Dad!

This is major cool!

Not like that crummy bike
you gave me last year.

Oh, I'll be having a serious
time tooling in this gem.

Whoa!

[ Engine roaring ]

She's a real
roadhog, Boss.

Yup, yup!

Hey, I want
one of those.

Where
can I get one?

Hmm...

Given me another amazingly
brilliant idea, Rigger.

Way to go, Boss!

Yup, yup!
What?

We'll steal a factory
and build thousands
of these babies.

[ Snorting ]

Thousands!
Yup, yup.

I know just
the factory
we can hijack.

Man: Well, congratulations,
Jane Goodair.

In a few moments,

the very first Goodair
sedan will come off
the assembly line.

It can go miles on
this one eye-dropper
of gasoline.

Your car is definitely the way
to a cleaner, brighter future.

Not if we can
dirty things up.

Rigger, get in there
and do something

to ruin that car.

Like how, Boss?

I don't care,
bacon brain!

Just make sure it
comes out a lemon.

And now what we've all
been waiting for --

the first Goodair sedan.

Crowd: Yay! Whoo-hoo!

Miss Goody-Goody Goodair
is in for a surprise!

[ Engine whining ]

Something's wrong.

[ Crowd murmuring ]

Sabotage. I knew it!

I'll report this
to the po--

[ Muttering ]

Mr. Greedly has an offer
you can't refuse.

Yup, yup.

[ Snorting ]

So long, Goodair sedans.

Hello, Greedly roadhogs!

Planeteer alert!

Wheeler: Oh,
not another eco
emergency, Gaia.

Jane Goodair,
the inventor,

who makes fuel-efficient cars
that fight smog,

has disappeared.

And Hoggish Greedly has
taken over her company.

Greedly?

You must rescue
Jane Goodair

and stop Greedly's roadhogs
from destroying the city.

Let's airplane!

It's "Let's jet," Linka,
but "Let's airplane" is
kind of cute,

just like you.

Ma-Ti: "Only wimps and fools
worry about smog.

Be cool. Drive a roadhog."

That is nonsense!

Wheeler: Look at all those
people waiting to buy roadhogs.

Gi: They don't care
what they breathe,
just what they drive.

[ Coughing ]

Greedly: Next.

They should call it
"smogmobile,"
not roadhog.

And all those people
want one?

How are we going to
get by the guards?

Easy. Get ready.

Now!

[ Guards coughing ]

Look!
There's Greedly!

What's this junk?

An emissions
control device?!

No one cares about
smog control, hamhead!

Options! Horsepower!
That's what
they care about!

Fire up the furnaces
and build those hogs!

We better start
looking for
Jane Goodair.

[ Coughing ]

Oh!

Uh! Oh!

Oh!

Wow!

Uh!

Hey there, Cutie Pie.

Want to take a ride?

[ Coughing ]

You can rev my RPMs
anytime, sweet thing.

Do not touch me!

The name's Junior...

Hoggish Greedly, Jr.

That hogwit's headed for
the great pigsty in the sky.

Wait, Wheeler.

Let Linka
keep him busy

while we search
for Jane Goodair.

Good idea. Let us
split up, okay?

Huh?

Look!

A green scarf like
Jane Goodair was wearing in
the PlanetVision picture.

Let's check
that basement door.

Dr. Goodair?
Are you in there?

[ Muffled speech ]

We'll get you out.

Fire!

[ Footsteps approach ]

Hey, what do you
think you're doing?

Huh?

It's the nature nerds.

Okay, Planeteers,
I'm going to retire you.

Oh! Oh!

Uh! Uh!

[ Alarm sounds ]

Uh! Uh!

Hey, you!

[ Whistle blows ]

Ma-Ti: We are trapped!

Quick, Ma-Ti.
Come on!

Together: Ugh!

Huh? Hey!

I got the biggest
car on the road.

You got to take
a ride in it, doll.

I do not ride
with strangers.

[ Smooches ]

Please!

Kwame: Jump!

Oh!

Linka: Thank you,
my friends.

Ugh!

We were just looking
for a soft place to land.

Come on! Let us
find the others!

Greedly: My idea exactly.

Fun's over, ecobrats.

Rigger!

Smog-blast them!

[ Coughing ]

Wind!

[ Coughing ]

Turn it up!

[ Coughing ]

Linka: The smog
stopped my power!

Lock 'em up, Rigger.

I'm sure you ecotwerps
and Dr. Goody-Two Shoes

will have lots
to talk about.

[ Snorting ]

Uh!

Wheeler! Gi!

Dr. Goodair!

All right, lamebrains!
Back to work!

I want this factory
on 24-hour shifts.

Quadruple
the roadhog output!

[ Coughing ]

But your cars
are ruining the air.

The smog
is getting worse.

Hee hee hee!

[ Snorts ]

If you don't like
what I'm doing to the air,

then don't breathe it.

Yup, yup!

You're all washed up,
Planeteers!

You thought you could save
Dr. Goodair,

but you can't even
save yourselves!

Ha ha ha!

Wheeler: Okay. Stand back!

Fire!

My ring won't melt
this metal!

Goodair: Nothing will.

I had this room
triple fortified

to keep anyone from
breaking in and stealing
my car designs.

I never thought Greedly
would steal my whole factory!

Don't worry,
Dr. Goodair.

We'll get
your factory
back for you.

Somehow.

[ Door opens ]

Someone is coming!

Junior?

[ All coughing ]

[ Door slams ]

Linka?

Where's Linka?

Hey, calm down.
We're just going
for a little drive.

Usually I don't use
seat belts,

but this time
is an exception.

[ Coughing ]

Don't go anywhere,
dollface.

[ Coughing ]

2,200 bucks?!

No way I'm spending that
on a lousy hunk of glass.

Flowers!

Girls dig flowers!

[ Coughing ]

Here, doll.

Hey, what's
this black stuff?

[ Blows ]

[ Coughing ]

Remind me to write
City Hall and tell them
to dust their flowers.

[ Coughing ]

[ Tires squeal ]

"Blimp Burger ring."

Free with
any Blimp Burger!

Gee, I'm
kind of hungry.

I got you something
real special --

a priceless
engagement ring.

Okay, time to trade in
that plain old ring
you're wearing

for something
with a little class.

Linka: No!

My Planeteer ring!
Do you know what
you have done?

[ Speaking Russian ]

I must get my ring back.

Oh, I love it when
you talk like that.

More, please! More!

Tell me more.

Absolutely not!
No way!

Take me back
to the factory at once!

Come on! In my roadhog,
I'm completely
irresistible!

Ha ha ha!

[ Coughing ]

Are you okay?

Junior?

[ Coughing ]

Junior! Junior, wake up!

If only I could
reach...

that button.

Uh! Uh!

Good.

[ Wheezing ]

You need help fast.

[ Coughing ]

Everybody is sick
from the roadhog smog.

We've got to help them.

You've bought yourself
the perfect car, friend.

Next.

What happened?

Junior!

What have you done
to my beautiful baby boy?

My namesake!

It is what you and your
smog hogs have done.

Look at the air
he is breathing.

Junior! Junior, boy!
Wake up!

Don't just stand there!
We need help!

Call Captain Planet!

I cannot. Junior threw
my Planeteer ring away,

and without
all 5 rings...

You can't call
Captain Planet?

I'll do anything!
Just help my son!

People all over
this city are
dropping like flies.

It is
not just Junior!

Please help him!

And money is no object.

Well, to find the ring,
first we need a way
to detect it.

I can use my heart power
to find it.

Good. Then
we'll need a vehicle
that can go through
the sewer system fast.

I'll need help
building it.

All: You've got it!

Wheeler: On one
condition, Greedly.

You have
to give the factory
back to Dr. Goodair.

Yes, yes! Anything!

Just save my Junior.
He's too handsome to die.

Goodair:
That should do it.

Wheeler: Fire!

Ohh...

Water!

What are we
waiting for?

Let's go!

Cross your fingers,
guys.

We need luck.

This city needs
more than luck.

It needs
Captain Planet!

To the left, Gi!

And I thought surfing
was exciting!

To the right!
We are closer!

Back that way, Gi.
Quick! Go back!

Whoa!

Gi: Hey, that was fun!

Together: Uh-oh!

Aah!

Heart!

[ Beeping ]

Uh!

Ma-Ti, we got to
get out of here!

Shh! The ring
is very close.

It's not the ring
that worries me.

Water!

Ahh...

What is keeping
Gi and Ma-Ti?

[ Wheezing ]

My Junior's
getting worse!

[ Horns honking ]

Hold on, Ma-Ti!

Oh, no!

Here we go!

Linka,
here is your ring.

Quick, everyone!
Up to the roof!

Kwame:
Let our powers combine!

Earth!

Fire!

Wind!

Water!

Heart!

By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!

All: Go, Planet!

[ Coughing ]

Greedly's setting
a new world's record
in smog pollution.

Is it too late
to save the city?

It will be a tough job,
even for someone with
my electric personality.

My electrostatic charge
will attract the solid
smog particles.

Yech!

Talk about a bad case
of soot in mouth!

[ Coughing ]

This is really exhausting!

Uh!

No wonder this stuff
makes for heavy breathing!

Now, here's what's
really shocking.

It may not look like much
in the air,

but this is what goes
into your lungs.

Way to go, Cap!

I was scared even you
couldn't handle this one.

Greedly: So was I.

I can breathe, Dad.

We should thank
Captain Planet.

He saved my life.

[ Clears throat ]

Um...

thank you,
Captain Planet.

Say what?

I said, "Thank you."
You got a hearing problem?

Some thanks.

You just saved
this entire city.

[ Engine rumbling ]

I wish it were
that simple, Wheeler.

As long as these
smog hogs are on the road,

the air's going to
be dirty -- real dirty!

[ Coughs ]

And speaking of dirt,
I feel wiped out.

Time to go recover.
Catch you later.

The power is yours!

All: Goodbye,
Captain Planet!

Dr. Goodair,
could I turn in
my Greedly roadhog

for a Goodair sedan?

What?

My own son,
a traitor?

When I reopen
my factory, Junior,

you'll get the first one
off the assembly line.

Hey, Dad.
What do you say?

[ Snorting ]

Ready for
a Goodair sedan?

Or better yet --
a bicycle!

[ Snorting ]

Gi: Great idea, Junior!

How can I pollute
on a bicycle?

All in favor
of making Junior

an honorary Planeteer,
say, "Aye."

All: Aye!

It's just
a bad dream.

None of this
is really happening.

Yeah, it's
a nightmare, right?

Right?

Wrong!

Face it, Dad.
You're living
in the past...

and the future belongs
to all us Planeteers!

All: Go, Junior!

Planeteers: Go, Planet!

Captain Planet:
Some people want to drive
the biggest car on the road.

Gi: And large cars use up
large amounts of gas,

and that means
more air pollution.

But no matter
what size a car is,

it's important
to keep it tuned up.

Cars that are not cared for
make the smog problem
even greater.

Avoid the hog
and the smog.

The power is yours!

Earth!

Fire!

Wind!

Water!
Heart!

All: Go, Planet!

By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!

* Captain Planet

* He's our hero

* Gonna take pollution
down to zero *

* He's our powers magnified

* And he's fighting
on the planet's side *

* Captain Planet

* He's our hero

* Gonna take pollution
down to zero *

* Gonna help him put asunder

* Bad guys who like
to loot and plunder *

You'll pay for this,
Captain Planet!

* We're the Planeteers,
you can be one, too *

* 'Cause saving our planet
is the thing to do *

* Looting and polluting
is not the way *

* Hear what Captain Planet
has to say *

The power is yours!

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