Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 1, Episode 4 - Skumm Lord - full transcript
Verminous Skumm creates a substance that, when placed in water, will mutate its drinker into a rat-resembling character who willingly serves him. The Planeteers go to stop him, but Wheeler falls into a vat of it, and Linka and Gi are splashed, so the others must hurry to recover an endangered plant Ma-Ti's friend the Shaman believes may cure them. Meanwhile, Skumm plans to place the liquid in Ma-Ti's village water supply, then the Amazon to infect the country and perhaps even the world.
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!
[ Bird cawing ]
I cannot wait for you
to meet him.
The shaman knows everything
about the Amazon rainforest.
He knows which plants are
poisonous, what you can eat,
and which ones
can be used for medicine.
What fun is
a silly old shaman
and a bunch
of stupid old plants?
But this plant!
This plant is bodacious!
[ Tarzan yell ]
[ Smack ]
A snake!
Aah! Ooh!
Whoa! That was close!
Ouch! Ouch!
Ants!
Ow! Ah! Ooh!
Ouch! Eek! Ooh!
I'm burning!
Those crazy ants
thought I was lunch!
Fire ants.
I can help you.
Wheeler!
Here, try this.
What's that?
What are you doing?
Relax! It will
help the pain.
Thanks. That does
feel better.
Where'd you learn that?
Just something
the silly old shaman taught me.
Oh, yeah...him.
Where is he?
[ Whistling ]
There!
That is the shaman!
Come!
Ma-Ti: Shaman!
Ma-Ti!
It is good
to see you!
These are my friends
the Planeteers!
-Hey, how you doing?
-Hello!
What is
this magic?
It is Gaia.
Return to Hope Island,
Planeteers.
We have an eco-emergency.
You must go?
Yes. I am sorry our visit
was so short, shaman.
You will be back,
my son, very soon.
Linka: Verminous Skumm!
[ Speaks Russian ]
I am sick!
I have no idea
what you just said, Linka,
but I know I agree.
What's that big rat Skumm
up to now?
Worse than usual,
I'm afraid.
Look!
He and his rat pack are
spreading a terrible disease,
an evil illness
called rat rot.
Wait till you taste
my skummy brew!
[ Gagging ]
[ Gasps, screams ]
Huh.
Yah!
[ Laughs evilly ]
[ Whistles ]
Gaia: Now she's under
Verminous Skumm's power.
Gi: How awful!
The rat rot epidemic
is spreading all over the city.
You've got to work fast,
Planeteers.
The hopes of Earth
go with you.
**
[ Chattering ]
Heart!
Down there.
There is a young boy
with the disease.
Quick!
Let us follow him!
**
Come on, dudes!
We're losing him!
Heart! There!
Kwame: This must be
where Verminous Skumm
makes his
germ-filled drink.
[ Coughing ]
[ Gagging ]
Perfect! This will put hair
on anybody's chest!
Rat hair!
Yeah.
[ Chuckles evilly ]
There are barrels and barrels
of that stuff.
Those poor people.
We've got to find some way
to change them back to normal.
First, we must shut
this place down permanently.
Earth!
[ Rumbling ]
Hey. Hey, hey!
You'll pay for this,
you meddling punk-eteers!
[ Whistling ]
[ Hissing ]
Linka: We are surrounded,
my friends!
Too many for us to stop!
Run!
**
Head to
the light!
Rat pack, get them!
Let our powers
combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ Sniffing ]
Verminous Skumm!
I knew something
smelled bad here!
Better air this place out!
Sorry, but I can't let you do
Skumm's evil work.
My evil work's
just starting, windbag!
That environmental
goody-goody Captain Planet
thinks he's ruined
my party.
I'll show him
the fun's just begun!
Wheeler:
Verminous Skumm is gone!
Way to go, Cap!
Verminous Skumm:
Oh, Captain Planet?
Get a little taste of this!
[ Grunts ]
Not rat rot!
[ Chuckles evilly ]
Captain Planet,
are you all right?
Planeteers,
I'm weakening.
You must find Skumm
and stop him from spreading
this horrible disease
and help find the cure.
Hurry. Time is short.
Remember, the power is yours!
Oh, great!
That sounds easy!
No time for sarcasm,
Wheeler.
You, Linka, and I
will look for Skumm.
Ma-Ti and Kwame,
you look for the cure.
Agreed?
All: Agreed!
**
Verminous Skumm:
Open the hangar doors.
Now I'll pollute the whole river
with my skummy brew,
and soon the entire city
will be mine!
[ Hisses ]
Okay, here's the river.
Get ready to spray
the rat rot...now!
Look! There is
the Skumm-O-Copter!
Let's get him!
Quick, reload!
More germs! More germs!
I love being a rat.
Come on, guys!
Let's put that retro rodent
out of business!
Don't you think we should
make a plan?
-Wheeler!
-Wheeler!
Hey! Fire!
I don't like people messing
with the Skumm-O-Copter!
[ Whistles ]
Too bad, fur-face!
I'm gonna mess
with more than that!
Hey! Put me down!
Hey!
Oh, no!
Wheeler!
Put me down!
Put me down!
By all means!
[ Whistles ]
Aaaah!
-No!
-No!
Take my hand,
Wheeler!
Yuck!
Quick!
Both of you! Here!
Did you swallow any?
Did you?
-No!
-No way!
Good!
[ Whistles ]
Get them!
[ Rumbling ]
Wheeler: The Geo-Cruiser!
We're saved!
Quick!
Climb the rope!
Did you not hear me?
Grab on!
I feel weird!
What's -- Hsssss!
Yeeaahh!
Linka! Wheeler! Gi!
We must go now!
What is wrong with you?
[ All hissing ]
Aah!
[ All hissing ]
It is too late, Ma-Ti.
There is no cure
for rat rot!
What can we do?
Nothing!
They're all mine now!
[ Whistles ]
Welcome
to the rodent rebellion.
We must rescue
our friends.
I'll move in closer.
Try to catch them!
**
Load this chopper!
Fast!
Quick, Ma-Ti!
Pull up!
[ Squealing ]
You're rat history,
Planeteers!
**
Oh, no!
He is right behind us!
Ma-Ti,
where are we going?
I am taking them
to the shaman.
Maybe he knows
of a cure.
I think I know
a way to lose him.
Ohhhh!
Maybe this is not
such a good idea!
[ Squealing ]
Have you ever
done this before?
Yes, of course.
Well, not really.
Once at Hope Island...
on the flight simulator.
Aaah!
Good going, Ma-Ti!
We lost Skumm!
I got to pull myself together!
What am I, a rat or a mouse?
I'm a rat!
With my
cheesy homing device,
wherever they go,
I can sniff them out.
Verminous
is still back there.
Not past
this next turn.
We are going
through that?
I hope so.
On the simulator,
I never did make it.
We part ways here,
planet punks,
but I'll be back.
Rat's honor!
Outstanding!
Skumm has turned around!
We have lost him.
Now we must find the shaman
and help our friends.
[ All hissing, growling ]
Ma-Ti: Will anything
help them, shaman?
Shaman: There was a plant
that might help,
a very rare plant.
But now
it may be gone.
-Gone!
-Gone!
Much of our rainforest
is destroyed
and, along with it,
many valuable plants
we used as medicine.
This is where the plant that
might cure rat rot used to grow.
This is private property!
I am looking for a rare plant
that used to grow here,
bright purple leaves?
Plants?
Get off my place, old man!
This land's getting used
for what it does best --
raising beef cattle.
[ Screeching ]
Shh, Suchi, shh!
It is a horrible thing they are
doing to the forest.
Wait!
Here's the plant!
We must hurry and see
if this will help your friends.
[ All hissing ]
Patience, rodent-teers.
I'll set you free.
Lucky I was able
to trace you here.
Get to work,
rat-brats!
Dump that
in the village water supply now!
I better get going if I want to
infect the whole Amazon by dark.
[ Hissing ]
They are gone!
Heart!
The animals say
Wheeler, Linka, and Gi
will infect
the village's water supply!
Stop them, my friends!
[ Bird screeching ]
**
[ Chattering ]
[ Bird screeching ]
[ Squealing ]
Good work!
You saved our village!
I have mixed the cure
for rat rot.
Let them breathe
the vapor.
Nothing's happening!
Patience.
I'm well!
I'm well!
Quick. Let's give the medicine
to the others.
[ Both hissing ]
Try it.
You'll like it.
That was one
bad dream!
More like nightmare.
Thanks, Ma-Ti.
Those plants saved our lives.
Sorry I called
them stupid.
Oh, no! I just remembered
what Skumm said!
He's infecting
the whole Amazon!
We will stop him!
Spray a few thousand gallons
of rat rot brew,
and every person in the Amazon
will answer to me,
and then I'll take care
of those meddling Planeteers
once and for all.
Now to head upriver
and do a little more damage!
**
[ Gasps ]
Look at the river!
Ma-Ti: That whole village
will be infected!
Wind!
Earth!
We cannot
stop it alone!
Let our powers
combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
**
This rat rot
really burns me up!
Now to find the big rat who did
this and exterminate his plans!
This looks like a dandy spot
to infect all of South America!
Huh?
What's going on?
I'm putting you
and your rat rot routine
in permanent quarantine,
Skumm!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Shaman:
We need much more of this plant
to cure all the victims
of rat rot.
If it's out there,
I'll find it!
**
All right!
It's the medicine plant!
Acres of it!
This will clear the land
a whole lot faster
than my bulldozer!
Oh, no, that fire will destroy
the only plants
that can cure this disease!
A quick storm will stop it!
Hey! What is this?
It's time to think about
the rainforest
as more than just grazing land,
mister.
Help!
Once a rainforest is gone,
it's gone forever.
I better get this medicine plant
back to where it's needed.
Now to spray the shaman's cure
faster than Skumm
sprayed the disease!
[ All squealing ]
Ahh.
[ Laughs ]
And this plant is very good
for toothache.
You're back!
Did it...
Yes, shaman,
your special medicine
cured rat rot everywhere!
Way to go, Cap!
Just think, if those ranchers
had burned down the forest...
Rat rot
would be here to stay.
Hey, Planet!
What are you gonna do with me?
Hmm.
Good question.
It's either the police station
or the zoo.
The zoo! The zoo!
That sounds good.
They never have
rat exhibits in the zoo.
Start a new trend!
Wheeler:
Say cheese, you rat!
All: Go, Planet!
They are cutting down more
rainforest, Captain Planet!
Captain Planet:
They world's rainforests
are being destroyed
at the rate
of a football field a second.
Gi:
What can we do about it?
Don't use paper products
that are only used once
and thrown away.
You can
recycle newspapers
so that new trees won't have to
be cut down to make wood pulp.
And stand beside the people
who are standing up
for our forests!
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!
[ Bird cawing ]
I cannot wait for you
to meet him.
The shaman knows everything
about the Amazon rainforest.
He knows which plants are
poisonous, what you can eat,
and which ones
can be used for medicine.
What fun is
a silly old shaman
and a bunch
of stupid old plants?
But this plant!
This plant is bodacious!
[ Tarzan yell ]
[ Smack ]
A snake!
Aah! Ooh!
Whoa! That was close!
Ouch! Ouch!
Ants!
Ow! Ah! Ooh!
Ouch! Eek! Ooh!
I'm burning!
Those crazy ants
thought I was lunch!
Fire ants.
I can help you.
Wheeler!
Here, try this.
What's that?
What are you doing?
Relax! It will
help the pain.
Thanks. That does
feel better.
Where'd you learn that?
Just something
the silly old shaman taught me.
Oh, yeah...him.
Where is he?
[ Whistling ]
There!
That is the shaman!
Come!
Ma-Ti: Shaman!
Ma-Ti!
It is good
to see you!
These are my friends
the Planeteers!
-Hey, how you doing?
-Hello!
What is
this magic?
It is Gaia.
Return to Hope Island,
Planeteers.
We have an eco-emergency.
You must go?
Yes. I am sorry our visit
was so short, shaman.
You will be back,
my son, very soon.
Linka: Verminous Skumm!
[ Speaks Russian ]
I am sick!
I have no idea
what you just said, Linka,
but I know I agree.
What's that big rat Skumm
up to now?
Worse than usual,
I'm afraid.
Look!
He and his rat pack are
spreading a terrible disease,
an evil illness
called rat rot.
Wait till you taste
my skummy brew!
[ Gagging ]
[ Gasps, screams ]
Huh.
Yah!
[ Laughs evilly ]
[ Whistles ]
Gaia: Now she's under
Verminous Skumm's power.
Gi: How awful!
The rat rot epidemic
is spreading all over the city.
You've got to work fast,
Planeteers.
The hopes of Earth
go with you.
**
[ Chattering ]
Heart!
Down there.
There is a young boy
with the disease.
Quick!
Let us follow him!
**
Come on, dudes!
We're losing him!
Heart! There!
Kwame: This must be
where Verminous Skumm
makes his
germ-filled drink.
[ Coughing ]
[ Gagging ]
Perfect! This will put hair
on anybody's chest!
Rat hair!
Yeah.
[ Chuckles evilly ]
There are barrels and barrels
of that stuff.
Those poor people.
We've got to find some way
to change them back to normal.
First, we must shut
this place down permanently.
Earth!
[ Rumbling ]
Hey. Hey, hey!
You'll pay for this,
you meddling punk-eteers!
[ Whistling ]
[ Hissing ]
Linka: We are surrounded,
my friends!
Too many for us to stop!
Run!
**
Head to
the light!
Rat pack, get them!
Let our powers
combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ Sniffing ]
Verminous Skumm!
I knew something
smelled bad here!
Better air this place out!
Sorry, but I can't let you do
Skumm's evil work.
My evil work's
just starting, windbag!
That environmental
goody-goody Captain Planet
thinks he's ruined
my party.
I'll show him
the fun's just begun!
Wheeler:
Verminous Skumm is gone!
Way to go, Cap!
Verminous Skumm:
Oh, Captain Planet?
Get a little taste of this!
[ Grunts ]
Not rat rot!
[ Chuckles evilly ]
Captain Planet,
are you all right?
Planeteers,
I'm weakening.
You must find Skumm
and stop him from spreading
this horrible disease
and help find the cure.
Hurry. Time is short.
Remember, the power is yours!
Oh, great!
That sounds easy!
No time for sarcasm,
Wheeler.
You, Linka, and I
will look for Skumm.
Ma-Ti and Kwame,
you look for the cure.
Agreed?
All: Agreed!
**
Verminous Skumm:
Open the hangar doors.
Now I'll pollute the whole river
with my skummy brew,
and soon the entire city
will be mine!
[ Hisses ]
Okay, here's the river.
Get ready to spray
the rat rot...now!
Look! There is
the Skumm-O-Copter!
Let's get him!
Quick, reload!
More germs! More germs!
I love being a rat.
Come on, guys!
Let's put that retro rodent
out of business!
Don't you think we should
make a plan?
-Wheeler!
-Wheeler!
Hey! Fire!
I don't like people messing
with the Skumm-O-Copter!
[ Whistles ]
Too bad, fur-face!
I'm gonna mess
with more than that!
Hey! Put me down!
Hey!
Oh, no!
Wheeler!
Put me down!
Put me down!
By all means!
[ Whistles ]
Aaaah!
-No!
-No!
Take my hand,
Wheeler!
Yuck!
Quick!
Both of you! Here!
Did you swallow any?
Did you?
-No!
-No way!
Good!
[ Whistles ]
Get them!
[ Rumbling ]
Wheeler: The Geo-Cruiser!
We're saved!
Quick!
Climb the rope!
Did you not hear me?
Grab on!
I feel weird!
What's -- Hsssss!
Yeeaahh!
Linka! Wheeler! Gi!
We must go now!
What is wrong with you?
[ All hissing ]
Aah!
[ All hissing ]
It is too late, Ma-Ti.
There is no cure
for rat rot!
What can we do?
Nothing!
They're all mine now!
[ Whistles ]
Welcome
to the rodent rebellion.
We must rescue
our friends.
I'll move in closer.
Try to catch them!
**
Load this chopper!
Fast!
Quick, Ma-Ti!
Pull up!
[ Squealing ]
You're rat history,
Planeteers!
**
Oh, no!
He is right behind us!
Ma-Ti,
where are we going?
I am taking them
to the shaman.
Maybe he knows
of a cure.
I think I know
a way to lose him.
Ohhhh!
Maybe this is not
such a good idea!
[ Squealing ]
Have you ever
done this before?
Yes, of course.
Well, not really.
Once at Hope Island...
on the flight simulator.
Aaah!
Good going, Ma-Ti!
We lost Skumm!
I got to pull myself together!
What am I, a rat or a mouse?
I'm a rat!
With my
cheesy homing device,
wherever they go,
I can sniff them out.
Verminous
is still back there.
Not past
this next turn.
We are going
through that?
I hope so.
On the simulator,
I never did make it.
We part ways here,
planet punks,
but I'll be back.
Rat's honor!
Outstanding!
Skumm has turned around!
We have lost him.
Now we must find the shaman
and help our friends.
[ All hissing, growling ]
Ma-Ti: Will anything
help them, shaman?
Shaman: There was a plant
that might help,
a very rare plant.
But now
it may be gone.
-Gone!
-Gone!
Much of our rainforest
is destroyed
and, along with it,
many valuable plants
we used as medicine.
This is where the plant that
might cure rat rot used to grow.
This is private property!
I am looking for a rare plant
that used to grow here,
bright purple leaves?
Plants?
Get off my place, old man!
This land's getting used
for what it does best --
raising beef cattle.
[ Screeching ]
Shh, Suchi, shh!
It is a horrible thing they are
doing to the forest.
Wait!
Here's the plant!
We must hurry and see
if this will help your friends.
[ All hissing ]
Patience, rodent-teers.
I'll set you free.
Lucky I was able
to trace you here.
Get to work,
rat-brats!
Dump that
in the village water supply now!
I better get going if I want to
infect the whole Amazon by dark.
[ Hissing ]
They are gone!
Heart!
The animals say
Wheeler, Linka, and Gi
will infect
the village's water supply!
Stop them, my friends!
[ Bird screeching ]
**
[ Chattering ]
[ Bird screeching ]
[ Squealing ]
Good work!
You saved our village!
I have mixed the cure
for rat rot.
Let them breathe
the vapor.
Nothing's happening!
Patience.
I'm well!
I'm well!
Quick. Let's give the medicine
to the others.
[ Both hissing ]
Try it.
You'll like it.
That was one
bad dream!
More like nightmare.
Thanks, Ma-Ti.
Those plants saved our lives.
Sorry I called
them stupid.
Oh, no! I just remembered
what Skumm said!
He's infecting
the whole Amazon!
We will stop him!
Spray a few thousand gallons
of rat rot brew,
and every person in the Amazon
will answer to me,
and then I'll take care
of those meddling Planeteers
once and for all.
Now to head upriver
and do a little more damage!
**
[ Gasps ]
Look at the river!
Ma-Ti: That whole village
will be infected!
Wind!
Earth!
We cannot
stop it alone!
Let our powers
combine!
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
**
This rat rot
really burns me up!
Now to find the big rat who did
this and exterminate his plans!
This looks like a dandy spot
to infect all of South America!
Huh?
What's going on?
I'm putting you
and your rat rot routine
in permanent quarantine,
Skumm!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Shaman:
We need much more of this plant
to cure all the victims
of rat rot.
If it's out there,
I'll find it!
**
All right!
It's the medicine plant!
Acres of it!
This will clear the land
a whole lot faster
than my bulldozer!
Oh, no, that fire will destroy
the only plants
that can cure this disease!
A quick storm will stop it!
Hey! What is this?
It's time to think about
the rainforest
as more than just grazing land,
mister.
Help!
Once a rainforest is gone,
it's gone forever.
I better get this medicine plant
back to where it's needed.
Now to spray the shaman's cure
faster than Skumm
sprayed the disease!
[ All squealing ]
Ahh.
[ Laughs ]
And this plant is very good
for toothache.
You're back!
Did it...
Yes, shaman,
your special medicine
cured rat rot everywhere!
Way to go, Cap!
Just think, if those ranchers
had burned down the forest...
Rat rot
would be here to stay.
Hey, Planet!
What are you gonna do with me?
Hmm.
Good question.
It's either the police station
or the zoo.
The zoo! The zoo!
That sounds good.
They never have
rat exhibits in the zoo.
Start a new trend!
Wheeler:
Say cheese, you rat!
All: Go, Planet!
They are cutting down more
rainforest, Captain Planet!
Captain Planet:
They world's rainforests
are being destroyed
at the rate
of a football field a second.
Gi:
What can we do about it?
Don't use paper products
that are only used once
and thrown away.
You can
recycle newspapers
so that new trees won't have to
be cut down to make wood pulp.
And stand beside the people
who are standing up
for our forests!
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!