Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 1, Episode 26 - Heat Wave - full transcript
Dr. Blight attempts to destroy Hope Island by turning it into a huge greenhouse surrounded by a force field. Gaia and the Planeteers are trapped inside the force field, and cannot summon Captain Planet. Will this be the end of them?
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.
**
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!
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet:
The power is yours!
**
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Clanking ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Chain saw revs ]
[ Tree thuds ]
**
[ Tree thuds ]
**
Chop them all down.
Step one in our evil plan --
firewood.
Step 2 --
coal, to create
lots of dirty smoke.
Step 3 --
oil and gasoline.
Fuel
for my smog-spewing barge.
Part car,
part power plant,
part factory.
It'll burn oil,
gas, wood, or coal.
Congratulations,
Dr. Blight.
You've raised air pollution
to an art.
Burning
these fossil fuels
will increase
the carbon dioxide gas
in the Earth's atmosphere
and keep in more
of the sun's heat.
We'll have such fun
making life on Earth
too hot to handle.
Right you are,
sweetie.
But first, we must test
my scheme
on the island
the Planeteers call home.
Oh, goody.
All my massive computations
to locate Gaia and her island
have paid off.
Dr. Blight: We'll make those
planet punks suffer.
Then I'll deliver
the final blow.
Come on, Dr. Blight.
You can tell
your own computer.
What is this secret surprise
we're towing?
If I told you, then it wouldn't
be a surprise,
now, would it,
MAL, baby?
[ Alarm blaring ]
Dr. Blight,
someone's coming.
Linka: What is this barge doing
so close to Hope Island?
It's one of those miserable
Planeteers.
I can't let her
warn the others.
Bozhe moi!
They are after me.
Wind!
[ Wind howling ]
[ Mechanical whirring ]
**
Aah!
Aah!
[ Groans ]
**
One Planeteer down.
Four to go.
[ Laughs ]
Prepare
the force field dome.
I already did that...
milliseconds ago.
Then activate it,
honey child.
[ Electricity crackling ]
**
Won't the Planeteers
notice the force field?
Who cares? It's already too late
for them to stop it.
Kwame, your greenhouse
grows beautiful flowers.
It is like my home
in the rain forest.
Yes, Ma-Ti. Even on cool days
like this,
the glass windows keep
the sun's warmth inside.
So they made
a little greenhouse.
So what?
I've made a really big
greenhouse
out of Hope Island.
Then let's put the heat on
and start cooking.
What shall we burn first,
babycakes?
Well, I would...
Wood. Of course.
...think coal
would be best.
**
This ought to
smoke them out.
[ Bubbling ]
**
More fuel. More smoke.
More heat.
Oh!
Ohh.
Aah!
[ Fire crackling ]
Burning that wood has driven
the carbon dioxide level
over Hope Island way up.
It's already
20 degrees hotter.
And this is
just the beginning.
Linka: Dr. Blight.
[ Gasps ]
I should have known your
twisted mind was behind this.
No, darling.
You should have known
my brilliant mind
would outwit yours.
[ Gasps ]
Eat smoke, Planeteer.
[ Fan whirs ]
[ Coughs ]
Wind!
[ Coughing ]
Whoa!
Ugh!
Whoa!
[ Groans ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Rumbling ]
**
With your arms
trapped like that,
your ring is useless.
The Planeteers
will still stop you.
Your friends will never
beat the heat.
I can't believe
it got hot so fast.
A quick dip will cool us
in a second.
No, it won't.
This ocean is as warm
as bath water.
Wheeler, something
is really wrong.
Gaia: That's an understatement,
Gi.
To the Crystal Chamber,
Planeteers.
We have an eco-emergency.
Dr. Blight has created
a force field over Hope Island
and is pumping pollution
into it.
If we don't stop her...
Ugh!
Gaia, are you
all right?
You look sick.
Don't worry about me.
You four have a job to do.
Four?
Hey, where's Linka?
Dr. Blight has taken a prisoner
on that barge.
Hurry. Time is short.
[ Monkey chitters ]
No, Suchi. We cannot summon
Captain Planet without Linka.
We must handle this
ourselves.
Get us away
from the barge, Kwame.
We can sneak around
from behind.
Hurry.
Dr. Blight's heat wave
is killing our sea friends.
Wait a minute.
I see something out there
kind of shimmering.
It looks like
the force field.
Gi, see if you
can break through it.
I'll try.
Water!
**
All: Whoa!
Gi, are you okay?
Force field...
is too strong for me.
Then we will dive under it.
Ready to dive,
Ma-Ti.
Dive.
Oh, no. Look.
The force field
extends underwater.
We are going
to hit it.
Hang on, everybody.
[ Electricity crackles ]
All: Aah!
[ Beeping ]
What are we
going to do now?
Ma-Ti, ask Gaia
what we do now.
Heart.
Ma-Ti:
Gaia, we need help.
I'm sorry, Ma-Ti,
but so do I.
**
Gaia, what is happening?
What is wrong?
I'm not well, Ma-Ti.
How can the spirit of Earth
be sick?
My health is linked
to the Earth
and to
this special place.
If Hope Island dies,
I, too, will die.
Do not worry, Gaia.
We will save you both.
How are we
going to do that?
I don't know.
Is the eco-sub
still working?
As long as we do not run into
any more force fields.
But we must get through.
Gaia cannot survive
much longer.
Ha!
Those silly Planeteers
will never get past
our force field.
I have got to get free.
[ Grunts ]
Or Dr. Blight's
greenhouse effect
will ruin Hope Island
forever.
All right, MAL,
it's time to get
to the really cool part
of my plan.
Oh, goody.
At last, I'll find out
what that thing is.
I'm about to crash
for curiosity.
Watch closely, because soon,
Hope Island will be history.
Open force field.
[ Beeping ]
Hey, Dr. Blight
is up to something,
something big,
and it's moving
toward Hope Island.
But it cannot get through
unless...
[ Gasps ]
The force field.
Is it open?
Ma-Ti: Dr. Blight
is moving something in.
We can slip under it while
the force field is down.
Down periscope.
Gi: This will be
a tight squeeze.
We made it.
Wheeler: All right!
Good job!
And we're outside
the force field.
Kwame, bring us up
to periscope depth.
We do not want Dr. Blight
to see us coming.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Periscope whirring ]
[ Linka groaning ]
Gi and I will swim out
the escape hatch
and help Linka.
[ Coughs ]
The smoke from this barge
is awful.
We will never be able
to use our rings.
But we can use our heads.
Come on.
Psst. Linka. Quick.
Huh?
We must stop Dr. Blight
before she burns any more fuel.
You chiphead!
She got away,
and her goody-goody pals
are with her.
[ Static, warbling ]
But I was busy
turning on the oil furnace,
like you told me.
I can't be everywhere.
Spare me
the excuses.
I'll handle this.
Look! Over there.
I think
we have struck oil.
Now to shut down the flow.
Huh?
Whoa!
Hot enough for you,
darlings?
Hold still, would you?
It is time we gave Dr. Blight
the slip.
What?
Oh! Oh!
Oh, no!
Oh, no! Oh!
That must be
the first oil spill
that ever helped
the environment.
Aah!
I'm not finished yet,
you planet punks.
But it's time for Blight
to get out of sight.
Are you with me, MAL, baby?
Women and computers
first.
I hate it
when this happens.
**
Oh, no. MAL and Dr. Blight
are getting away.
Ow.
I think I slipped
a disk drive.
Poor baby.
Would it feel any better
if I showed you
my big surprise?
Here it is.
What is that?
Whatever it is,
it gives me a chill.
Gi: An iceberg. But how?
She must have towed it here
from the Arctic.
And that is not
just any iceberg.
That is...
A rapidly melting iceberg.
Dr. Blight: A touch of irony,
my dears.
To cool off
my greenhouse effect,
I'm melting some polar ice.
[ Laughs ]
Look. Inside
the force field,
the sea level
is rising.
We've got to shut down
those furnaces
to slow down
the iceberg's melting.
Come on. The controls
must be up on the bridge.
I wonder which switch
is the right one.
The only way we can find out
is to try them all.
[ Gasps ]
None of them work.
[ Gasps ]
Then it must be this.
[ Machinery powers down ]
We did it!
It is time
to abandon ship.
**
Good work. You have stopped
any more heat buildup.
So what?
My force field generator
is still working,
and there's enough heat
trapped inside
to melt that iceberg
and flood Hope Island.
She's right.
And we cannot get back
through the force field
to help Gaia.
Maybe we can.
That exhaust pipe
passes through the field.
We can break it loose from
the barge and go through it.
I will ram it
with the eco-sub.
Everybody below.
All: Ugh!
[ All screaming ]
It did not work.
Yeah. We're in
a whale of trouble.
Wheeler, that is it.
What'd I say?
Heart.
Help us break the pipe,
my friend.
Help us.
[ Whale calls ]
[ Whale grunts ]
[ All cheer ]
Yay! Outstanding!
Thank you,
my friend.
Wheeler: Yeah.
Head for Hope Island.
We'll be fighting
the water pressure,
so full speed ahead.
We must get to Gaia
quickly.
* The iceberg is melting *
Gaia won't last long now.
Ma-Ti: Gaia,
where are you?
Gaia?
Gaia! Oh, no.
You must save
Hope Island.
There's not much time.
Gaia!
We must get Gaia
to high ground.
Dr. Blight, aren't we
going to stick around
to watch Hope Island
go under?
No need,
my micro-chipper friend.
It's already
on the rocks.
[ Laughs evilly ]
Just think of the disasters
when I melt the polar ice caps.
Today, Hope Island.
Tomorrow, the world.
The water just keeps rising.
What can we do?
We cannot summon Captain Planet
through the force field.
Aim your rings
into the water.
It will carry
your message.
[ Bird chirps ]
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
**
By your powers combined...
...I am Captain Planet.
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet,
we were afraid
you couldn't handle
all this air pollution.
My powers are weak,
but maybe
I can borrow power...
the sun's power.
[ Grunts ]
Better keep cool if I'm going to
focus these solar rays.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Power shuts down ]
**
[ Static ]
Someone must have broken
your force field.
Impossible.
What?!
Are you sure you still want to
melt the polar ice caps?
Quick, MAL. Tell me everything
I need to know about surfing.
Just two words, doctor --
wipe out!
**
[ Bird calls ]
[ Monkey chittering ]
[ Inhales deeply ]
Mm. It's so nice
to feel cool again.
But what about all that
carbon dioxide pollution
Dr. Blight released
into the air?
I can't undo all that,
and around the world,
more is added every day.
That's why it's so important
to burn less of those fuels
that pollute the atmosphere
and make Earth hotter.
Can people stop this?
We must.
The power is yours!
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: You can help
fight the greenhouse effect.
The less gas, wood,
oil, and coal we burn...
The less greenhouse gases
we put into the air.
And get your neighborhood
to plant trees,
or plant one yourself.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide,
the worst greenhouse gas.
Be cool. And keep our planet
from getting too hot.
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!
**
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.
**
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!
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet:
The power is yours!
**
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Clanking ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Chain saw revs ]
[ Tree thuds ]
**
[ Tree thuds ]
**
Chop them all down.
Step one in our evil plan --
firewood.
Step 2 --
coal, to create
lots of dirty smoke.
Step 3 --
oil and gasoline.
Fuel
for my smog-spewing barge.
Part car,
part power plant,
part factory.
It'll burn oil,
gas, wood, or coal.
Congratulations,
Dr. Blight.
You've raised air pollution
to an art.
Burning
these fossil fuels
will increase
the carbon dioxide gas
in the Earth's atmosphere
and keep in more
of the sun's heat.
We'll have such fun
making life on Earth
too hot to handle.
Right you are,
sweetie.
But first, we must test
my scheme
on the island
the Planeteers call home.
Oh, goody.
All my massive computations
to locate Gaia and her island
have paid off.
Dr. Blight: We'll make those
planet punks suffer.
Then I'll deliver
the final blow.
Come on, Dr. Blight.
You can tell
your own computer.
What is this secret surprise
we're towing?
If I told you, then it wouldn't
be a surprise,
now, would it,
MAL, baby?
[ Alarm blaring ]
Dr. Blight,
someone's coming.
Linka: What is this barge doing
so close to Hope Island?
It's one of those miserable
Planeteers.
I can't let her
warn the others.
Bozhe moi!
They are after me.
Wind!
[ Wind howling ]
[ Mechanical whirring ]
**
Aah!
Aah!
[ Groans ]
**
One Planeteer down.
Four to go.
[ Laughs ]
Prepare
the force field dome.
I already did that...
milliseconds ago.
Then activate it,
honey child.
[ Electricity crackling ]
**
Won't the Planeteers
notice the force field?
Who cares? It's already too late
for them to stop it.
Kwame, your greenhouse
grows beautiful flowers.
It is like my home
in the rain forest.
Yes, Ma-Ti. Even on cool days
like this,
the glass windows keep
the sun's warmth inside.
So they made
a little greenhouse.
So what?
I've made a really big
greenhouse
out of Hope Island.
Then let's put the heat on
and start cooking.
What shall we burn first,
babycakes?
Well, I would...
Wood. Of course.
...think coal
would be best.
**
This ought to
smoke them out.
[ Bubbling ]
**
More fuel. More smoke.
More heat.
Oh!
Ohh.
Aah!
[ Fire crackling ]
Burning that wood has driven
the carbon dioxide level
over Hope Island way up.
It's already
20 degrees hotter.
And this is
just the beginning.
Linka: Dr. Blight.
[ Gasps ]
I should have known your
twisted mind was behind this.
No, darling.
You should have known
my brilliant mind
would outwit yours.
[ Gasps ]
Eat smoke, Planeteer.
[ Fan whirs ]
[ Coughs ]
Wind!
[ Coughing ]
Whoa!
Ugh!
Whoa!
[ Groans ]
[ Gasps ]
[ Rumbling ]
**
With your arms
trapped like that,
your ring is useless.
The Planeteers
will still stop you.
Your friends will never
beat the heat.
I can't believe
it got hot so fast.
A quick dip will cool us
in a second.
No, it won't.
This ocean is as warm
as bath water.
Wheeler, something
is really wrong.
Gaia: That's an understatement,
Gi.
To the Crystal Chamber,
Planeteers.
We have an eco-emergency.
Dr. Blight has created
a force field over Hope Island
and is pumping pollution
into it.
If we don't stop her...
Ugh!
Gaia, are you
all right?
You look sick.
Don't worry about me.
You four have a job to do.
Four?
Hey, where's Linka?
Dr. Blight has taken a prisoner
on that barge.
Hurry. Time is short.
[ Monkey chitters ]
No, Suchi. We cannot summon
Captain Planet without Linka.
We must handle this
ourselves.
Get us away
from the barge, Kwame.
We can sneak around
from behind.
Hurry.
Dr. Blight's heat wave
is killing our sea friends.
Wait a minute.
I see something out there
kind of shimmering.
It looks like
the force field.
Gi, see if you
can break through it.
I'll try.
Water!
**
All: Whoa!
Gi, are you okay?
Force field...
is too strong for me.
Then we will dive under it.
Ready to dive,
Ma-Ti.
Dive.
Oh, no. Look.
The force field
extends underwater.
We are going
to hit it.
Hang on, everybody.
[ Electricity crackles ]
All: Aah!
[ Beeping ]
What are we
going to do now?
Ma-Ti, ask Gaia
what we do now.
Heart.
Ma-Ti:
Gaia, we need help.
I'm sorry, Ma-Ti,
but so do I.
**
Gaia, what is happening?
What is wrong?
I'm not well, Ma-Ti.
How can the spirit of Earth
be sick?
My health is linked
to the Earth
and to
this special place.
If Hope Island dies,
I, too, will die.
Do not worry, Gaia.
We will save you both.
How are we
going to do that?
I don't know.
Is the eco-sub
still working?
As long as we do not run into
any more force fields.
But we must get through.
Gaia cannot survive
much longer.
Ha!
Those silly Planeteers
will never get past
our force field.
I have got to get free.
[ Grunts ]
Or Dr. Blight's
greenhouse effect
will ruin Hope Island
forever.
All right, MAL,
it's time to get
to the really cool part
of my plan.
Oh, goody.
At last, I'll find out
what that thing is.
I'm about to crash
for curiosity.
Watch closely, because soon,
Hope Island will be history.
Open force field.
[ Beeping ]
Hey, Dr. Blight
is up to something,
something big,
and it's moving
toward Hope Island.
But it cannot get through
unless...
[ Gasps ]
The force field.
Is it open?
Ma-Ti: Dr. Blight
is moving something in.
We can slip under it while
the force field is down.
Down periscope.
Gi: This will be
a tight squeeze.
We made it.
Wheeler: All right!
Good job!
And we're outside
the force field.
Kwame, bring us up
to periscope depth.
We do not want Dr. Blight
to see us coming.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Periscope whirring ]
[ Linka groaning ]
Gi and I will swim out
the escape hatch
and help Linka.
[ Coughs ]
The smoke from this barge
is awful.
We will never be able
to use our rings.
But we can use our heads.
Come on.
Psst. Linka. Quick.
Huh?
We must stop Dr. Blight
before she burns any more fuel.
You chiphead!
She got away,
and her goody-goody pals
are with her.
[ Static, warbling ]
But I was busy
turning on the oil furnace,
like you told me.
I can't be everywhere.
Spare me
the excuses.
I'll handle this.
Look! Over there.
I think
we have struck oil.
Now to shut down the flow.
Huh?
Whoa!
Hot enough for you,
darlings?
Hold still, would you?
It is time we gave Dr. Blight
the slip.
What?
Oh! Oh!
Oh, no!
Oh, no! Oh!
That must be
the first oil spill
that ever helped
the environment.
Aah!
I'm not finished yet,
you planet punks.
But it's time for Blight
to get out of sight.
Are you with me, MAL, baby?
Women and computers
first.
I hate it
when this happens.
**
Oh, no. MAL and Dr. Blight
are getting away.
Ow.
I think I slipped
a disk drive.
Poor baby.
Would it feel any better
if I showed you
my big surprise?
Here it is.
What is that?
Whatever it is,
it gives me a chill.
Gi: An iceberg. But how?
She must have towed it here
from the Arctic.
And that is not
just any iceberg.
That is...
A rapidly melting iceberg.
Dr. Blight: A touch of irony,
my dears.
To cool off
my greenhouse effect,
I'm melting some polar ice.
[ Laughs ]
Look. Inside
the force field,
the sea level
is rising.
We've got to shut down
those furnaces
to slow down
the iceberg's melting.
Come on. The controls
must be up on the bridge.
I wonder which switch
is the right one.
The only way we can find out
is to try them all.
[ Gasps ]
None of them work.
[ Gasps ]
Then it must be this.
[ Machinery powers down ]
We did it!
It is time
to abandon ship.
**
Good work. You have stopped
any more heat buildup.
So what?
My force field generator
is still working,
and there's enough heat
trapped inside
to melt that iceberg
and flood Hope Island.
She's right.
And we cannot get back
through the force field
to help Gaia.
Maybe we can.
That exhaust pipe
passes through the field.
We can break it loose from
the barge and go through it.
I will ram it
with the eco-sub.
Everybody below.
All: Ugh!
[ All screaming ]
It did not work.
Yeah. We're in
a whale of trouble.
Wheeler, that is it.
What'd I say?
Heart.
Help us break the pipe,
my friend.
Help us.
[ Whale calls ]
[ Whale grunts ]
[ All cheer ]
Yay! Outstanding!
Thank you,
my friend.
Wheeler: Yeah.
Head for Hope Island.
We'll be fighting
the water pressure,
so full speed ahead.
We must get to Gaia
quickly.
* The iceberg is melting *
Gaia won't last long now.
Ma-Ti: Gaia,
where are you?
Gaia?
Gaia! Oh, no.
You must save
Hope Island.
There's not much time.
Gaia!
We must get Gaia
to high ground.
Dr. Blight, aren't we
going to stick around
to watch Hope Island
go under?
No need,
my micro-chipper friend.
It's already
on the rocks.
[ Laughs evilly ]
Just think of the disasters
when I melt the polar ice caps.
Today, Hope Island.
Tomorrow, the world.
The water just keeps rising.
What can we do?
We cannot summon Captain Planet
through the force field.
Aim your rings
into the water.
It will carry
your message.
[ Bird chirps ]
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
**
By your powers combined...
...I am Captain Planet.
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet,
we were afraid
you couldn't handle
all this air pollution.
My powers are weak,
but maybe
I can borrow power...
the sun's power.
[ Grunts ]
Better keep cool if I'm going to
focus these solar rays.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Power shuts down ]
**
[ Static ]
Someone must have broken
your force field.
Impossible.
What?!
Are you sure you still want to
melt the polar ice caps?
Quick, MAL. Tell me everything
I need to know about surfing.
Just two words, doctor --
wipe out!
**
[ Bird calls ]
[ Monkey chittering ]
[ Inhales deeply ]
Mm. It's so nice
to feel cool again.
But what about all that
carbon dioxide pollution
Dr. Blight released
into the air?
I can't undo all that,
and around the world,
more is added every day.
That's why it's so important
to burn less of those fuels
that pollute the atmosphere
and make Earth hotter.
Can people stop this?
We must.
The power is yours!
All: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: You can help
fight the greenhouse effect.
The less gas, wood,
oil, and coal we burn...
The less greenhouse gases
we put into the air.
And get your neighborhood
to plant trees,
or plant one yourself.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide,
the worst greenhouse gas.
Be cool. And keep our planet
from getting too hot.
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!
**