Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 1, Episode 8 - The Dead Seas - full transcript

Gi is outraged to see Hoggish Greedly using a giant drift-net to illegally fish whatever he wants from the ocean. Kwame is the only one she finds right away to get the news to, and he ...

OUR WORLD IS IN PERIL.

GAIA, SPIRIT OF THE EARTH,
CAN NO LONGER STAND

THE TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION
PLAGUING OUR PLANET.

SHE SENDS MAGIC RINGS
TO FIVE SPECIAL YOUNG PEOPLE.

KWAME, FROM AFRICA,

WITH THE POWER OF EARTH.

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!

GO, PLANET!

THE POWER IS YOURS!

HERE GOES,
MR. GREEDLY.

THEM FISH
ARE GOING TO FLY.

THESE NEW DRIFT NETS
SURE BEAT THE OLD WAY.

JUST LIKE
STRIP-MINING THE OCEAN.

NOTHING WILL BE LEFT
ONCE I'M THROUGH.

EVERY FISH
IN THOSE NETS

IS MONEY IN MY POCKET.



TOO BAD WE CAN'T
SELL THESE.

WE CATCH SO MANY.

WHO CARES?

THERE'S
BIGGER FISH TO FRY.

WHY WORRY ABOUT
DEAD TURTLES?

[SQUEALING]

WHAT A RACKET!

IT'LL STOP SCREAMING
SOON ENOUGH.

[DOLPHIN SQUEALING]

OH, NO!

THE POOR DOLPHIN!

WE'VE GOT TO
STOP THIS NOW!

WHEELER!

LINKA!

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

EARTH.

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

OOH!

HOGGISH GREEDLY
IS WIPING OUT
OUR SEA FRIENDS

WITH HIS DRIFT NETS.

SLOW DOWN.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

KWAME, HE'S TURNING
THE OCEAN

INTO A DEAD SEA.

WAIT A SECOND, GI!

I KNOW YOU LOVE
OUR SEA FRIENDS,

BUT AT LEAST
TALK TO GAIA.

GAIA WOULD SEND US
TO STOP GREEDLY.

IF YOU WON'T COME,
I'LL GO ALONE.

[BEEPING]

I DON'T THINK
THIS IS A GOOD IDEA,

BUT YOU CAN'T
GO ALONE.

HE'S GOT
THOUSANDS OF MILES
OF THOSE NETS.

ONCE GREEDLY'S
FINISHED, NOTHING
WILL BE LEFT.

IT IS SENSELESS.

IF PEOPLE FISHED
THE RIGHT WAY,

THERE WOULD ALWAYS
BE ENOUGH.

OH, LOOK!

A HUMPBACK WHALE!

THE DRIFT NETS ARE
ALMOST INVISIBLE.

POOR THINGS
DON'T HAVE A CHANCE.

SUCH A CRUEL WASTE.

GET READY.
WE'RE GOING UP.

[MOANING]

YOU FREE
THE DOLPHIN.

I'LL TAKE CARE
OF THE SHIP.

CALM DOWN, MY FRIEND.

A FEW CUTS,
AND YOU'LL BE FREE.

WATER!

[SNORTS]

MMM. MMM.

OH, MY FISH!

MY PROFITS!

YAAH!

IT'S THOSE
PESKY PLANETEERS!

GET THEM!

RIGHT, BOSS.

YEP. YEP.

OH! OH!

GET THEM NOW!

I'M GETTING THEM!

THERE YOU GO.

HEE HEE HEE!

[SQUEAKING]

OH! OH!

HELP! NO!

PLEASE HELP!

HELP ME!

HA HA HA!

WATER!

SOAK RIGGER GOOD!

WHOA!

AAH!

QUICK! INTO THE SUB!

THOSE ARE TWO FISH THAT
AREN'T GOING TO GET AWAY.

DIVE!

WATCH OUT!
A DRIFT NET! TURN!

WE'RE RIPPING
THROUGH IT.

HANG ON!

WE'VE HIT THE NET!

PULL BACK, GI!

IT'S NOT WORKING!

GREEDLY'S GOT US,
KWAME.

WE'RE TRAPPED!

OUR STEERING VANES
ARE CAUGHT!

WE CAUGHT THEM!
WE DID! WE DID!

WHAT YOU ARE DOING
IS WRONG, GREEDLY.

WE'LL STOP IT.

NO CHANCE,
NATURE NERDS.

I'M KEEPING YOU ON ICE
WHILE I GO FISHING.

I SHOULD HAVE
LISTENED TO YOU,
KWAME.

WE MUST CONCENTRATE
SO THAT MA-TI

WILL PICK UP
OUR SIGNAL.

LET'S DO IT.

YOU DON'T GET IT.

I UNDERSTAND
PERFECTLY.

YOU THINK NEW YORK
IS BETTER
THAN MOSCOW

BECAUSE YOU HAVE
VIDEO HALLWAYS.

VIDEO ARCADES.

HA HA HA--

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

YOU SAID IT.
LINKA'S GOT IT
ALL WRONG.

NO.
IT'S KWAME AND GI.

HEART!

THEY ARE TRAPPED ON
HOGGISH GREEDLY'S FISHING SHIP.

WHAT?
A FISHING SHIP?

LINKA, TURN AROUND!
LET'S BOOK!

I'LL SEND THEM A THOUGHT
MESSAGE. IT'S FASTER.

KWAME, GI,
WE NEED CAPTAIN PLANET.

MA-TI HEARD US.

LET'S GO TOPSIDE
TO JOIN OUR POWERS

WITH THE OTHERS'.

LET OUR
POWERS COMBINE.

HMM?

WHAT ARE THOSE
BRATS UP TO?

EARTH!

HUH?

FIRE!

WIND!

WATER!

HEART!

BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED,
I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!

GO, PLANET!

THE RINGS.

SO THAT'S HOW
THOSE ECO-SISSIES

GET CAPTAIN PLANET
TO COME TO THEIR RESCUE.

ALL I HAVE TO DO
TO STOP CAPTAIN PLANET

IS GET THOSE RINGS!

UH-OH!

THANKS,
CAPTAIN PLANET.

NO PROBLEM-O.
GET INSIDE THE SUB.

OK, GREEDLY, I'M REVOKING
YOUR FISHING LICENSE FOR GOOD!

EEK!

[SQUEALS]

GOOD. ALL THE FISH
ARE FREE.

NOW FOR THOSE
KILLER DRIFT NETS.

WHOA! RIGGER!

YES, MR. GREEDLY?

TURN THE SHIP AROUND.
FULL SPEED BACKWARDS...

OR SOMETHING!

DON'T BOTHER,
GREEDLY.

YOUR DRIFT NET PLANS
ARE SUNK.

I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.

WAIT FOR ME!

LOOK!

THE GEO-CRUISER!

I'M TAKING THIS SHIP AS EVIDENCE
TO THE AUTHORITIES.

GO DOWN AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING'S OK.

SWIM FOR FREEDOM,
LITTLE GUY.

YAY!
YAY!

CHEER ALL YOU WANT,
PLANETEERS.

I'M NOT FINISHED YET.

MOUNT THOSE
SUPERMAGNETS
ON THE ROBOT ARMS!

YEP, MR. GREEDLY.

GREAT IDEA. GREAT IDEA.

BUT WHY?

WE'RE GOING TO GO
FISHING FOR JEWELRY--

PRETTY LITTLE RINGS.

THAT TAKES CARE OF
GREEDLY.

RACE YOU BACK HOME.

YOU'RE ON.

OH! WHAT'S GOING ON?

UGH! UH!

AAH!

HEY, LET GO!

HELP!

IT'S A MAGNET!
IT'S GOT OUR RINGS!

WE CAN'T GET AWAY!

GREEDLY'S BACK ALREADY?

WATCH THIS, MA-TI.

I'LL MELT THAT THING!

FIRE!

WHAT HAPPENED
TO MY FIRE?

CAPTAIN PLANET STILL
HAS OUR POWERS.

OUR RINGS
ARE USELESS.

JUST WHAT I WANTED
TO HEAR, MOTORMOUTH.

UHH! UGH!

HANG ON!

I'LL TRY
TO PULL YOU FREE!

AH HA HA HA!

CATCH THIS!

LINKA, GET BACK!

UGH!

STOP IT! STOP IT!

NO! NO!

I LOVE THIS PART.

YOU KIDS READY?

HA HA HA!

NOTHING LIKE HOG GREASE
TO GET THESE RINGS OFF.

YOU'RE NOTHING BUT
FIVE ORDINARY KIDS NOW.

AT LEAST
WE WASTED YOUR LOUSY
DRIFT NET RACKET.

YOU'RE PORK CHOPS,
GREASEBALL!

THAT WAS JUST MY TEST SHIP,
GREENHORNS.

HYAH HA HA HA!

OH, YEAH.

HA HA HA!

WELCOME TO
OINKER ISLE.

LOOK.

[GI]
BUT THERE'S
NO ISLAND HERE.

[GREEDLY]
THERE NEVER USED TO BE ONE.

NOW THERE IS.

HYAH HA HA!

GET A LOAD OF MY FLEET.

HOG TO PIGLETS.

HOG TO PIGLETS.

SOOEY! SOOEY!

LOOK. IT'S ANOTHER
FISHING BOAT.

[GREEDLY]
AND THAT'S
JUST THE BEGINNING.

I STOLE HUNDREDS TO MAKE

THE LARGEST DRIFT NET
FISHING FLEET.

AND NOW I KNOW
THAT WITHOUT THESE RINGS,

YOU CAN'T CALL THAT GLOBE-SAVING
CAPTAIN PLANET.

NOTHING WILL STOP ME
FROM USING DRIFT NETS

TO PULL EVERY LIVING THING
FROM EVERY OCEAN.

HEH HEH HEH!

[WHOOSH!]

SURE IS!

HA HA HA!

AH HA HA HA!

[SNORT! SNORT!]

[GREEDLY]
FULL SPEED A-HOG!

WE HAVE FISH
TO TAKE.

BYE-BYE, PLANETEERS.

AND THANKS
FOR THE NEW TOYS.

I'LL DEAL WITH
YOU ECO-SAPS LATER.

FOR NOW, HANG LOOSE.

NO!
WAIT!
NO!

MR. GREEDLY!
MR. GREEDLY!

WAIT FOR ME!

OH!
OH!

OH, NO!

WE'RE GOING TO BE
FISHMEAL.

YEAH.
A REAL FUN TIME.

MEANWHILE, GREEDLY'S GOING TO
FISH THE OCEANS DRY.

[BANG! BANG!]

BOZHE MOI!

YOU'RE ROCKING
THE BATHYSPHERE.

MAYBE THAT'S
HOW WE GET OFF
THIS RIDE.

OH, NO.
NOT MORE AMERICAN
COWBOY TRICKS.

LET'S ROCK
AND ROLL!

KEEP IT UP!

IF ONLY
I HAD MY WIND POWER!

[MA-TI]
COME ON!
WORK TOGETHER! HURRY!

WE DO NOT HAVE
MUCH TIME.

OH!
AAH!

THIS IS A FUN TIME.

HEY, LOOK.

GREEDLY LEFT A BOAT.

LET'S BOOGIE.

AFTER THEM!

WE'VE LOST THEM.

NO, WE HAVEN'T.

THERE'S A FILTHY TRAIL.

GREEDLY WANTS
TO EMPTY THE SEAS

AND POLLUTE THEM,
TOO.

WHAT A SLOB.

QUICK.
FOLLOW THAT GARBAGE.

NOT A DOLPHIN OR SEAL

OR WHALE.

WHERE ARE
OUR SEA FRIENDS?

GREEDLY'S DRIFT NETS
HAVE KILLED THEM.

MORE REASON TO STOP HIM.

WE'RE GOING INTO
HYPERDRIVE.

WE'LL GET
OUR RINGS

AND KICK
PIG'S TAIL.

[GREEDLY]
HA HA HA!

[SNORTING]

WITH ALL THESE MILES
OF DRIFT NET,

WE'LL HAVE
EVERY FISH IN THE SEA.

YES, BOSS. OF COURSE.

THIS SHOULD
BE ENOUGH.

[GOBBLE! SLURP!]

YUMMY!

BUT I'M
STILL HUNGRY.

HEH HEH HEH!

YOU KNOW,
DRIFT NETTING THE OCEAN

IS EVEN MORE FUN
THAN BURNING DOWN A RAIN FOREST.

AH HA HEH!

IT SURE IS,
MR. GREEDLY. YEP!

[GREEDLY]
HA HA!

I'M STOPPING THIS.

I'M GETTING OUR RINGS.

[GASP]

WHOA! YOU CAN'T
JUST TAKE THEM.

I STARTED THIS.
I'LL GET US OUT.

[BANGING]

WHAT'S THAT?

STOP BEING
A PIG.

GO FIND OUT.

DON'T JUST STAND THERE.
FIND OUT WHAT'S WRONG.

[BANGING]

AHH.

[GULP!]

OH, NO.

[BANGING]

RIGGER CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITHOUT ME.

[KEYS JINGLE]

UH?

YOU!

COME BACK HERE!

OW!

GUARDS!

GUARDS!

YAH!

WHEELER,
THE TABLECLOTH.

[GREEDLY]
HEY!

GET THIS OFF ME!

GI, OUR RINGS!

AHH.

UH!
UH!

[SNORT! SNORT!]

AH!

[SNORT!]

LINKA, CATCH!

UH-OH!

WIND!

[WHOOSH!]

YIKES!

HEY, GET DOWN
FROM THERE!

COME ON.
LET'S MOVE.

WHOA!

UH!

[BANG! BANG!]

[GI]
KWAME, MA-TI!

HERE ARE YOUR RINGS.
CATCH!

HUH?
OH, NO!

LET OUR POWERS
COMBINE.

EARTH!

FIRE!

WIND!

STOP THEM, YOU IDIOTS!
STOP THEM!

WATER!

HEART!

[ZOOM!]

BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED,

I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!

GO, PLANET!
GO, PLANET!

A LITTLE WASTE
TO RECYCLE.

AAH!
AAH!

WHOA! PUT ME DOWN!

YIKES!

WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!

AAH!

YECCH!

YEOW!

TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE,
GREEDLY.

YOUR DRIFT NET OPERATION'S
GOING DOWN,

HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.

[WHOOSH!]

[SQUEAK!]

[SQUEAK! SQUEAK!]

I'LL GET RID OF THESE KILLER
DRIFT NETS ONCE AND FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT!
YEAH!

OUR SEA FRIENDS
HAVE THEIR OCEAN BACK.

I'M GETTING
OUT OF HERE!

PLANETEERS, LOOK!

GREEDLY'S GETTING AWAY!

NOT FROM ME.

WHOA!

JUST TAKING YOU
FOR A LITTLE SPIN.

WHOA!

WHOA! NO!

AAH!

AAH!

[CAPTAIN PLANET]
YOU LIKE DRIFT NETS?

HERE. HAVE A BUNDLE.

GET ME OUT OF HERE!

GUESS THAT WRAPS YOU UP

FOR THE AUTHORITIES.

HELP!

CUT ME LOOSE!

SOMEBODY!

PLEASE!

HELP!

YOU SURE FRIED
GREEDLY'S CHOPS.

I WORRIED.
WE LOST OUR RINGS.

LOOK HOW WELL YOU DID.

IT'S NOT RINGS
THAT GIVE YOU POWER.

THE POWER'S RIGHT HERE,
INSIDE YOU.

I'VE LEARNED
THAT SAVING OUR PLANET

IS A JOB FOR EVERYONE
WORKING TOGETHER.

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!
OUTSTANDING!

THE POWER
IS YOURS!

MANY PEOPLE
ARE CARELESS

WITH THINGS
BELONGING TO US ALL.

LIKE OUR OCEANS,

WHERE
GREEDY FISHERMEN

NEEDLESSLY KILL
MANY ANIMALS

INCLUDING TURTLES,
BIRDS, AND DOLPHINS

WITH THEIR CATCH.

THEY'RE THREATENING
THE JOBS

OF THOSE FISHERMEN
WHO USE OCEANS PROPERLY.

THE OCEAN NEEDS OUR HELP.

PROTECT IT TODAY,

OR IT WON'T BE HERE
TOMORROW.

EARTH!

FIRE!

WIND!

WATER!

HEART!

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...

YOU'LL PAY, CAPTAIN PLANET!

* HEAR WHAT CAPTAIN PLANET

* HAS TO SAY

THE POWER IS YOURS!

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