Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 1, Episode 5 - Deadly Ransom - full transcript

Mad scientist Dr. Blight and radioactivity-dependent mutant Duke Nukem deliver a fake bomb threat to the Planeteers through Blight's smart computer MAL, who arrive and are forced to call Captain Planet. He disables the machine that's supposed to make everything work, but in freeing the Planeteers from a forcefield is captured. The villains say they'll only release him if the Planeteers deliver a lifetime's supply of radioactive waste - in which case not even Captain Planet could do much for 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.

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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!

This is Duke Nukem
calling Dr. Blight.

I'm approaching
your laboratory.

Get your mangy computer MAL

to open
that secret passage quick!

Quick, I said! Quick!

Dr. Blight, that computer
of yours is a menace.

Why must we put up with
this nuclear nitwit?



MAL, baby,
you be polite.

Dr. Nukem's here
to help us be wicked.

Keep your distance,
Dr. Blight,

or you'll fry like a strip of
bacon from my radioactivity.

No problem, sweetie.
This designer lead suit

will shield me
from your deadly rays.

Do you like it?

Well?

I'm all aglow.

Now, why'd you
send for me?

I'm starting my most
devious experiment,

and I need your help
catching the guinea pig.

Captain Planet.

What's in it
for me?

All the nuclear waste
you can feed on, Duke.

You certainly know how
to treat royalty.

But Captain Planet's no fool.
How are we gonna capture him?

We'll bait the trap
with Planeteers.

I told you
MAL was a genius.

He's even sending
a phony message

to lure them
into our clutches.

[ Laughs evilly ]

[ All laughing evilly ]

Thanks for the Eco-alert, Gaia.
What's up?

There's a strange glow
coming from Antarctica.

Hey, Planeteers!

Dr. Blight
and Duke Nukem here.

How do you like our
nuclear waste bomb?

With this,
we can waste the planet!

Ciao for now,
Planet punks!

Gaia, what will happen
if they succeed?

Once that nuclear waste
poisons our Earth,

it can't be cleaned up.

It'll be deadly to humans and
animals for millions of years.

Where'd Blight and Nukem
get that stuff?

Kwame:
Most radioactive waste

is produced
by nuclear power plants.

It is so deadly, it must be put
in lead containers.

Dr. Blight must have broken in
to a storage site and stolen it!

You must stop Blight and Nukem
before they cause a catastrophe.

Nukem: Are you sure
the Planeteers

will fall for your scheme,
Dr. Blight?

How could they resist?

We made them think
that container

really is full
of nuclear waste.

And by the time
they find out it isn't,

Captain Planet will be
our prisoner.

And then, dear Dukie,
you will have

all the real nuclear waste
you crave.

It's sheer genius
to get nuclear waste

by pretending
we already have it.

No one cheats, lies, and tricks
better than you do, Doctor.

Oh, MAL! You say
the sweetest things.

Planeteer alert,
gang.

There's Dr. Blight's
hide-out.

Look. Here come
the Planeteers,

heading right into
our super-trap.

We can't make things
too easy for them

or they'll realize
this is a trap.

Let me zap 'em!

No.

Please allow me.

I'll put them on ice them
with my new freezer-beam.

Uh-oh! The Geo-Cruiser
is covered with ice!

The controls
are frozen solid.

Fire!

It is melting
the ice!

Pull up!
Pull up!

I cannot!
The controls are still frozen!

Oh!

I told you to wear
your seat belt, Suchi.

Kwame: Nice teamwork,
Planeteers.

Whew!
That was a close one.

Don't congratulate
yourselves yet, Planeteers.

You're not safe.

You've just prolonged
your inevitable doom.

Ha ha ha!

Ah! Activate
the explosive device

beneath
the nuclear wastes.

How unfortunate
you can't join us

in our radiation-proof
underground shelter.

Au revoir, Planeteers.

We've got to stop
that explosion.

Come on, Wheeler.
Time for teamwork.

First you melt that ice
with...

Fire!

And now that it is water...

...I'll shape it into steps
fast, before it refreezes.

Cool move, Gi.

Earth could be contaminated
for millions of years,

and you
are making jokes.

We made it!

Now let's switch off
the explosive device.

Those goody-goody
fools have played

right into
our hands!

Then it's time for
the final phase of our trap.

Uh!

Ah!

Oh, no! We're caught
in a force field.

Wheeler: Yeah, and it's one
minute to boom-boom time.

My friends, there is
nothing we can do

to stop that
nuclear-waste bomb.

Then let our powers combine.

Earth!

Fire!

Wind!

Water!

Heart!

By your powers combined,

I am Captain Planet!

Go, Planet!

Hey, there,
Planeteers.

Looks like you've got

an explosive situation
on your hands.

You can say that again, Cap.
In 10 seconds, we're history!

History?
Not in my book.

Ah! An easy solution!

Don't mean to be flip, but
how's that for a quick switch?

Captain Planet
has deactivated the bomb.

Go, Planet!

Now to take out
that force field.

Gonna put the pedal
to the metal. Ugh!

I think I can
iron this out.

All right!
We're free!

All right!

Hey! Hey!

Well, Planeteers,

looks like another
eco-emergency

is down for the count.

That's what you think,
Captain Planet.

Our deadly game
is just beginning.

Whoa! Heads up!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Huh? Oh!

[ Coughs ]

Oh!
Captain Planet!

[ Coughs ]

Oh! Uh!

Uh!

Oh. What's going on?
Where am I?

"Welcome to my parlor,"
said the spider to the fly.

[ Laughs evilly ]

Now for a dose
of radioactivity

to render you
completely powerless!

No!

Our scheme worked.

Captain Planet is ours!

[ Both laugh evilly ]

Ah!

Everyone! Look!

Gi: Dr. Blight and Duke Nukem
are escaping!

Kwame: And they have
Captain Planet with them!

Uh...

Planeteers, over here!

It's empty!
No nuclear waste.

Nothing.

We've been tricked!

What dummies
we've been.

This whole thing
was just a setup to
capture Captain Planet.

And we fell for it.

Now what
are we going to do?

We have an important message
for Gaia

and her teenage dupes.

What have you done
with Captain Planet?

He's unsafe and unsound

right here
in my secret laboratory.

You must release him
at once!

All in good time.

But first you must meet
our ransom demand.

Which is?

Bring me a lifetime supply
of nuclear waste.

And what if we refuse?

[ Laughs evilly ]

Then you'll never see
Captain Planet again.

[ Gasps ]

Oh! Can't...give in.

Aah!

There is only one thing
you can do, Planeteers --

rescue Captain Planet.

How are we gonna do that
without our powers, Gaia?

There is a way.

Ohh. We will have to
give Duke Nukem

the nuclear waste
he demanded as ransom.

Then we'll be helping
Nukem and Dr. Blight

pollute the Earth.

But if we do not,
they will hurt Captain Planet.

Captain Planet
has never let us down.

We will not let him down.

[ Chattering ]

According to my readings,

Dr. Blight's ransom message
came from just over this hill.

There's nothing around here
but that huge glacier.

Dr. Blight hid inside
a glacier before.

Why not now?

Maybe the Geo-Sensors
can help.

Planeteer alert!
We found them!

I still say
we should attack this place

head-on and right now.

Nyet.
Better to sneak inside

and take Blight and Nukem
by surprise.

But what if we're too late?

We can cut through
this ice.

Intruders! Intruders!

Those Planet-heads
are at it again.

They're trying
to break into
our hide-out!

Is this guy a genius
or what?

Mind your manners, MAL,

and give those meddlers
a cold reception.

I always follow
doctor's orders.

One avalanche
coming up.

We're almost through.

[ Rumbling ]

[ Gasps ]

What is that
rumbling?

Look!

It's an avalanche!

Aah!

Ski for it!

Faster, everyone!

The snow -- it is gaining!

Look! We're coming
to a gorge!

Jump!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Now that's what I call
a real snow job.

[ Chuckles ]

Nice work, MAL.

That should make them
realize

they'd better forget
trying a rescue

and just deliver
the ransom.

I told you your plan
wouldn't work.

At least I did something
besides just talk.

Exactly!
You set off the alarm.

Oh, so now
it's all my fault?

If I had some help,
it would have been different.

Look! It's Gaia!

Planeteers,
what's going on here?

Gaia, I am afraid
we have let you down this time.

No, you haven't.

But you must remember blaming
each other is a waste of time.

The only thing that matters
is changing what's wrong.

To rescue Captain Planet,

you must stop
blaming each other

and start working together.

The power is yours!

Gaia is right.

We must stop saying
it is someone else's fault.

Sorry, Linka.

Me, too.

Let's put our heads
together.

I know we can come up
with a plan to rescue
Captain Planet.

Aah!

Your powerless flunkies
better pay our ransom
soon, Captain Planet!

You won't survive
much more of my radiation.

Forget it, Nukem.

The Planeteers
will never agree

to your evil demands!

Attention!
Attention, malevolent master,

and you, too, Duke radish-head!

Watch it, computer.

Your mouth's too big
for your microchips.

The Planeteers are approaching,
and with the ransom.

Kwame:
This is the Planeteers

calling Dr. Blight
and Duke Nukem.

Wheeler: You win.

Here's the nuclear waste
you demanded.

Well, Supersap,

it looks like you were wrong
about your beloved Planeteers.

Ugh!

Ugh! Ugh!

[ All laughing evilly ]

Ugh! Ugh!

There! We have kept
our part of the bargain.

Now you keep yours.

Release Captain Planet
at once!

No way.

MAL, give those young fools
another taste of your powers.

I thought
you'd never ask.

Linka: [ Gasps ]
It's a laser!

Gi: Let's get the Geo-Cruiser
out of here!

Dr. Blight:
The Planeteers
are running away.

Nice shot, Blight.

I guess that
polishes off
the Planeteers.

[ Both laughing evilly ]

Now, wouldn't you know it?

I do all the work, and
the mutant does the gloating.

You double-crossing creeps.

You never had any intention
of letting me go!

Ohh! Ugh!

Of course not.

I have something
deliciously dastardly

in store for you.

There's enough
nuclear waste here

to keep me glowing
for 100 years!

[ Laughs evilly ]

You've got
what you wanted,
my pernicious partner.

Now it's my turn.

What have you got up your
evil sleeve now, Dr. Blight?

My greatest
experiment of all.

I'm going to learn
the secret of your power

and then use it
to destroy the Earth!

And how do you plan
to do that?

You'll see.

I'm afraid you're going to go
all to pieces.

[ Laughs evilly ]

Ahh.

Hold it right there,
Dr. Blight!

Planeteers!

But how? We saw
you fly away.

Yeah. We blasted you
out of the sky.

We were not
in the Geo-Cruiser.

It was operating
by remote control.

Oops. Got to go.

That was a mistake,
Planeteers,

the last
you'll ever make.

We must defend ourselves.

Here. These lids
are made of lead.

They will shield us
from the radiation.

Okay, Duke,
nuke your worst.

[ Laughs evilly ]

I always do,
Planeteers.

Give the duke and the doctor
a dose of their own medicine.

Aah!

Are you all right,
Captain Planet?

I've absorbed too much
of Duke Nukem's radiation.

Don't worry, Cap.
We'll get you
back on your feet.

Let's make like
an atom and split.

They're escaping
with Captain Planet.

Stop them!

Ugh!

Quick, I'll shield you!

Come on, dudes!

Hurry, Gi!

Ugh!

We made it!

Now to re-energize
Captain Planet.

He needs to get
back in touch

with the powers
that make him strong.

A good, healthy dose
of pure sunshine!

With a touch of Earth,
air, and water.

And good friends
cheering for him.

Ohh.

It's working!

Captain Planet
is throwing off the effects

of Nukem's pollution!

Thanks, Planeteers!

Go, Planet! Go, Planet!

Now to take care of Dr. Blight
and Duke Nukem.

It's Captain Planet!

Very bright, Blight.

But now it's about time
for you and Duke Nukem

to clean up your act.

Nukem: He's transforming
into water!

And is entering MAL!

H2O intruder!
Short circuit! Short circuit!

I'm all washed up.

The glacier's
collapsing!

Face it, you two.

Your evil plans
are on the rocks.

I suppose this means

I don't get my lifetime
supply of nuclear waste.

In a few seconds,
there will be nothing left

of Dr. Blight's
secret lab.

Look!

Kwame: That is a good ending
to an evil scheme.

And best of all,
Captain Planet is safe.

Thanks for getting me out
of that hot spot, Planeteers.

With friends like you,
the Earth has a chance.

As always...

Planeteers:
Go, Planet!

Radioactive waste
from nuclear power plants

is definitely a big problem.

But if we all use
less electricity,

we can reduce the need
for nuclear power.

Don't use a 100-watt bulb
when a 60-watt will do.

Do not leave lights,
the TV, or radio on
in an empty room.

Wash only
full loads of laundry.

Energy efficiency
can help save our planet.

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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