Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 2, Episode 4 - Send in the Clones - full transcript
On Moghal Island, Looten Plunder plans to open a factory and hires Dr. Blight to use her cloning-ray to give him many workers so he won't have to pay them much. The Planeteers don't know exactly what the two are planning as go to investigate, but after they arrive and meet an ambitious but unappreciated local girl named Leela, they're just in time to see her lazy brother Vico captured. Blight and Plunder didn't get to keep their first test-subject, a locust, to see how and what would happen when it clones, but use the ray on Vico anyway. The Planeteers and Leela get him out, and later see that eating causes him to double in number. In a society where males are favored, his parents are delighted to have twin then quadruplet sons. But the Planeteers must go after the swarm of locusts and stop Plunder's getting the clone Vicos to work for him (paid with food), since both the insects and the boys threaten the island with their rapidly-increasing hunger as they multiply...
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!
**
Plunder: Ah,
what a beautiful island --
just the place
for our flamethrower factory.
Except...where are the workers
you promised me?
You worry about
your end of the business.
When I'm through
with my experiment,
you'll have more workers
than you can handle.
[ Chuckles ]
Ah!
You'd better get a handle
on that beam!
It's not supposed to be
a death ray.
Don't worry.
I'll fix it.
**
[ Seagulls crying ]
Gi: A one-celled animal
splits into two identical copies
of itself, or clones.
Then those two split.
Ma-Ti: Now there are four.
No, eight.
No, uh, 16.
They are getting hard
to count.
After 20 clones,
there'd be a million of them.
Whoa! Maybe we'd better
stand back.
Nah. Pretty soon, they'll use up
the food in the petri dish.
Kwame: So they reproduce
till they starve to death?
No wonder they call them
simple organisms.
How could they be so dumb?
At least they're not
heating up the Earth
and wrecking
the ozone layer.
Da.
It takes people to do that.
And speaking of
planet wreckers,
there's something fishy
on the island of Mogahl.
Everything on Mogahl
is fishy.
It is
a fishing village.
But what's really fishy
is this.
Ma-Ti: Dr. Blight
and Looten Plunder!
What are they up to now?
I'm not really sure,
Planeteers,
but I have a feeling
you're in for double trouble.
[ Goat bleats ]
Hey! Come back here!
[ Goat bleats ]
Whoa!
Vico, we're supposed to
be studying.
I am studying.
I'm studying
architecture.
Leela, the goat
is loose again!
Go catch it
while I fix the fence.
But, Father,
I have a test this morning.
Can't you send Vico?
Leela, your brother needs time
to study.
After all, someday,
he'll attend the university.
Not the way
he's going.
[ Book thuds ]
All sisters do
is make trouble.
Why couldn't I
have had brothers?
Perhaps you will soon.
Good luck.
[ Smooches ]
Mother, if I spend my time
chasing goats,
how will I ever become
a scientist?
But, Leela, you're a girl.
You're supposed to marry
and have children,
not bury your nose
in books.
Stop complaining.
Go find that goat.
Nobody understands me!
Plunder: Come on, Blight.
Hurry up.
I want to see
this thing operate.
Don't make me angry,
Looten.
I'm already
a mad scientist.
[ Beeping ]
Voilà! The answer
to your labor shortage.
This ray will clone
any living thing.
It causes instant
multicellular mitosis.
Mitosis my foot!
Just show me.
On who?
You think a volunteer is
going to jump in the window?
Matter of fact, yeah!
Hit it!
I'm no mathematician, Blight,
but I only count one bug.
[ Cricket chirps ]
[ Crunching ]
See? A little food energy
is all it takes.
Two for the price of one.
Now I can clone all the workers
I need for this factory.
Plunder,
grab that other locust!
[ Chuckles ] Why bother?
He didn't look like
much of a worker to me.
No, you fool! I need to check it
for side effects.
Now, let's find it.
Oh, you wear me thin,
Blight.
Come on, you stupid goat!
I'm late for school!
Oh!
Oh, no!
[ Sobbing ]
Look at me!
Kwame:
All right, I will.
[ Cries ]
Who are you?
My name is Kwame.
And even muddy,
I think you look just fine.
I'm Leela.
I really wasn't crying
about the mud.
It's my parents.
They don't want me
to become an ecologist.
But that's
a super-important job!
They should be proud
of such a daughter.
In Mogahl, daughters
just get married off.
Only sons get to
finish their education.
But a Women can do the same job
as a man.
I hope you are right.
But right now,
my job is to capture that goat.
This one is on me.
Heart!
[ Goat bleats ]
[ Gasps ] Thank you!
You are welcome.
And now we need your help.
Da. We are looking
for a factory.
[ Sighs ] Oh, it's too hot
to go to school.
[ Cricket chirps ]
There it is.
Ugh! Oh, rats.
Hmm.
Wait a minute.
Uh-oh.
A truant officer.
Oh, way to go,
butterfingers.
The locust got away.
Forget the bug, Blight.
We've got another volunteer
right here.
I'm on my way to school.
Honest!
[ Laughs ]
We're not from school, kid,
but stick with us,
you'll learn
a thing or two.
I think I'll just
go to school today.
Ha! Come on.
[ Grunts ]
Let me go!
That factory you're looking for
is right through here.
What are you
going to do to me?
That's my brother Vico!
Do not worry.
We will save him, Leela.
Please don't hurt me!
Ha! You think
you're scared now?
In a minute, you'll be
beside yourself.
[ Laughs ]
Stand back, Looten.
We don't need two of you
making bad jokes.
Even one of him
is too many.
Wind!
Whoa!
Oh!
Fire!
[ Grunts ]
Aah!
Well, don't just stand there!
Use the claw!
Yes.
Just what the doctor ordered.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
**
Whoa!
**
Water!
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Machine powers down ]
[ Mechanical whirring ]
This is gonna be tight!
[ Electricity crackling ]
That was a-a close one.
Vico's major in school
is getting into trouble.
It wasn't my fault.
They were chasing a locust,
but they caught me instead.
A locust?
I am worried about
that ray's affect.
What was it supposed to do?
[ Stomach growls ]
I think it made me hungry.
If his appetite is any
indication, the kid's fine.
Thanks, Mother.
I'm starved.
[ Munching ]
[ All gasping ]
Seconds, please.
Our guests have not even
had firsts!
Vico is a growing boy.
[ Gasps ]
[ Spoon thuds ]
Wow! I always
wanted a brother.
Wait a minute.
You're the brother.
What has happened to my son?
Which one
is the real Vico?
I think they both are!
Dr. Blight's machine
must be a cloning ray.
But why did it
take so long?
Two sons!
This is a dream come true.
I'm hungry.
Me, too.
[ Both munching ]
Wonderful!
Now we have four strong sons
to help us!
[ All munching ]
Guess we'd better
send out for pizza.
That is the answer!
Food sets it off!
When he eats,
he clones.
But what if they cloned
that locust?
My book says they are
voracious eaters.
Leela is right.
If Blight zapped
that locust,
our problems
will multiply.
Kwame, why don't you and Leela
take Vico --
well, one of the Vicos --
to where he saw
that locust.
The rest of us will track down
Plunder and Blight.
All: Hey, what's to eat?
On second thought,
cancel that pizza.
I don't think we should
feed them until we get back.
Oh, my poor Vicos!
It was right here.
Hmm. If I were a hungry locust,
where would I go?
I know where
a hungry Vico would go.
[ Stomach growling ]
Vico! Come back!
Kwame, I think I found
the locust.
I think I found
a few more.
[ Locusts buzzing ]
They will eat
everything!
Including us!
Kwame, we are doomed!
No. We will not be lunch
for locusts.
Earth!
Aah!
Hang on, Leela.
We are in for a rocky ride.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Oh! Ooh!
Ugh!
Ugh!
Definitely a new and "boulder"
way to travel.
But where did Vico go?
To the village.
Come on!
Oh, Vico!
All: Yes, Mother?
[ Stomachs growling ]
I am sorry,
but you can't eat now.
[ Sighs ]
Yes, Mother.
Oh, Mother!
I am so hungry...
I have
a splitting headache.
Poor darling.
Come, lie down.
What? Oh!
That way!
[ Munching ]
Me first!
No! It's mine!
No! Me!
You can't have it!
Out of my way!
No! Me!
Out of my way!
**
[ Stomach growls ] Good!
The store is open.
**
One loaf of bread,
please.
Here you go, Vico.
[ Coins jingle ]
Go ahead. Take it.
Your father can pay me
tomorrow.
[ Munching ]
[ Gasps ]
Both: We'd like a couple more
loaves to go.
[ Stomachs growling ]
They're gone!
And the ray is, too!
What are they
gonna use it on now?
We had better find out,
and fast!
[ Engine starts ]
Vico is a one-boy
population bomb.
If the Vicos keep doubling,
this is the result.
Mogahl's gonna be
the crowded place on Earth!
It will make your petri dish
look like the Gobi Desert.
My poor Vico.
What is wrong?
They ate us
out of house and home!
Too many to count.
Now they have gone to
the village for more food.
We've got to stop
their cloning
before this population explosion
wipes Mogahl off the map!
[ Engine starts ]
[ Vicos munching ]
You have eaten
everything I own!
I'm ruined!
Get out! Get out!
Oh! Oh!
[ Murmuring ]
[ Gasps ]
All: We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
[ Stomachs growling ]
We're still hungry!
Oh, no!
We're still hungry!
It wasn't supposed to work
like this.
I've got to reverse
the cloning.
Are you crazy?
The more people there are,
the less I have to pay them.
Watch.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, all you Vicos!
Why don't you come work
in my factory?
The pay is peanuts, but at
least you won't go hungry.
Peanuts?
Did he say peanuts?
We'll take it!
All: Peanuts! Peanuts!
Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts!
Follow me.
I have to admit, you've got them
eating out of your hands.
We're hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
Well,
I guess it wouldn't hurt
to give the poor suckers
an advance.
Cut it out!
Quit shoving!
No! You!
Peanuts! Peanuts!
Get your peanuts right here.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, those nuts are mine!
You're nuts!
That's what I said!
This is getting
out of hand.
We have to
do something!
Relax.
I've got it covered.
We want more peanuts!
Listen up, people!
I've got more workers
than I need,
so, um, half of you
are fired.
Scram!
Oh, brother!
There's one place left
to get food.
All: The fields!
Come on. Let's go.
This way.
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
Locust swarm!
Millions,
headed this way!
Locusts? Ha!
I wish them luck
if they can find anything
after those greedy Vicos
came through here.
Don't say that
about them.
Vico cannot help what Dr. Blight
did to him.
Stay calm, Leela.
To help Vico, we have to find
the other Planeteers.
And I think
I know where.
Half the island
is covered with Vicos.
Before they split again,
we'd better split.
I'll pack
the clone ray.
You keep an eye
on the door.
We thought we'd drop by
and see what you're up to.
Looks like you're up to
your eyeballs in clones.
Looten!
Well, you said
to watch the door.
Kwame!
Now that we are
all here --
[ Distant screams ]
What is that?
[ Screaming continues ]
Vico: Help us!
Vicos! There are too many
of them on the dock!
If it collapses,
they'll drown!
You've got to
save them!
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ All screaming, dock creaking ]
Vicos, hang on!
Quick,
to the speedboat!
Hey, all you Vicos,
surf's up!
Looks like you dudes
are hanging a thousand and 10!
**
Bozhe moi!
If the Vicos
double again,
they will push us all
into the sea!
Ooh! I always wanted
one of these.
[ Metal creaks ]
Well, too bad, Plunder.
Your business just suffered
a major reversal.
[ Ray powers up ]
Now let's see if this thing
can unclone.
You've got to get it together,
Vico.
I wonder what would happen if he
aimed that decloning ray at us?
I don't want to share my life
with you.
Ugh!
I'm getting
out of here!
**
Now there are only
128 Vicos.
Now 64.
[ Beeping ]
32.
Decloner,
don't fail me now.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Explosion ]
Ooh!
Cap, are you okay?
[ Clears throat ]
Nothing a little recharge
won't fix.
In the meantime...
the power is yours!
Vico! My son! Vico!
Vico! My brother!
[ Locusts buzzing ]
Oh, no!
We forgot
about the locusts!
We cannot
use pesticides.
And we sure as heck
can't use the decloning ray.
[ Buzzing continues ]
Our farms are doomed!
There is another way.
Seagulls eat locusts.
Ma-Ti?
Good idea, Leela.
Heart!
[ Seagulls crying ]
**
The seagulls are
eating all the locusts.
It's -- it's a miracle!
No,
it's a biological control.
Leela, we were wrong
about you.
And I promise you this, you will
go to the university.
You've shown us that the quality
of our children
is more important
than the quantity.
And now, everybody
come to the house.
You must be starving!
Oh, not me.
I think I'll pass.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
[ Children playing ]
Children are important
to everyone.
And whether families
have sons or daughters,
they should be
equally proud.
Remember that the Earth's
resources are limited.
You do not need to have
a big family.
Because all the world's people
are your brothers and sisters.
The power is yours!
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: Did you know
the population of the world
is now more than five billion?
Wow!
That is a lot of people!
Gi: And it's increasing
by 90 million people each year.
But the Earth is not
getting any bigger.
So when it is your turn
to have a family...
Keep it small.
[ Horns honking, sirens wail ]
The more people there are,
the more pressure we put
on our planet.
So, take it easy on our Earth
and conserve what you can.
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!
**
Plunder: Ah,
what a beautiful island --
just the place
for our flamethrower factory.
Except...where are the workers
you promised me?
You worry about
your end of the business.
When I'm through
with my experiment,
you'll have more workers
than you can handle.
[ Chuckles ]
Ah!
You'd better get a handle
on that beam!
It's not supposed to be
a death ray.
Don't worry.
I'll fix it.
**
[ Seagulls crying ]
Gi: A one-celled animal
splits into two identical copies
of itself, or clones.
Then those two split.
Ma-Ti: Now there are four.
No, eight.
No, uh, 16.
They are getting hard
to count.
After 20 clones,
there'd be a million of them.
Whoa! Maybe we'd better
stand back.
Nah. Pretty soon, they'll use up
the food in the petri dish.
Kwame: So they reproduce
till they starve to death?
No wonder they call them
simple organisms.
How could they be so dumb?
At least they're not
heating up the Earth
and wrecking
the ozone layer.
Da.
It takes people to do that.
And speaking of
planet wreckers,
there's something fishy
on the island of Mogahl.
Everything on Mogahl
is fishy.
It is
a fishing village.
But what's really fishy
is this.
Ma-Ti: Dr. Blight
and Looten Plunder!
What are they up to now?
I'm not really sure,
Planeteers,
but I have a feeling
you're in for double trouble.
[ Goat bleats ]
Hey! Come back here!
[ Goat bleats ]
Whoa!
Vico, we're supposed to
be studying.
I am studying.
I'm studying
architecture.
Leela, the goat
is loose again!
Go catch it
while I fix the fence.
But, Father,
I have a test this morning.
Can't you send Vico?
Leela, your brother needs time
to study.
After all, someday,
he'll attend the university.
Not the way
he's going.
[ Book thuds ]
All sisters do
is make trouble.
Why couldn't I
have had brothers?
Perhaps you will soon.
Good luck.
[ Smooches ]
Mother, if I spend my time
chasing goats,
how will I ever become
a scientist?
But, Leela, you're a girl.
You're supposed to marry
and have children,
not bury your nose
in books.
Stop complaining.
Go find that goat.
Nobody understands me!
Plunder: Come on, Blight.
Hurry up.
I want to see
this thing operate.
Don't make me angry,
Looten.
I'm already
a mad scientist.
[ Beeping ]
Voilà! The answer
to your labor shortage.
This ray will clone
any living thing.
It causes instant
multicellular mitosis.
Mitosis my foot!
Just show me.
On who?
You think a volunteer is
going to jump in the window?
Matter of fact, yeah!
Hit it!
I'm no mathematician, Blight,
but I only count one bug.
[ Cricket chirps ]
[ Crunching ]
See? A little food energy
is all it takes.
Two for the price of one.
Now I can clone all the workers
I need for this factory.
Plunder,
grab that other locust!
[ Chuckles ] Why bother?
He didn't look like
much of a worker to me.
No, you fool! I need to check it
for side effects.
Now, let's find it.
Oh, you wear me thin,
Blight.
Come on, you stupid goat!
I'm late for school!
Oh!
Oh, no!
[ Sobbing ]
Look at me!
Kwame:
All right, I will.
[ Cries ]
Who are you?
My name is Kwame.
And even muddy,
I think you look just fine.
I'm Leela.
I really wasn't crying
about the mud.
It's my parents.
They don't want me
to become an ecologist.
But that's
a super-important job!
They should be proud
of such a daughter.
In Mogahl, daughters
just get married off.
Only sons get to
finish their education.
But a Women can do the same job
as a man.
I hope you are right.
But right now,
my job is to capture that goat.
This one is on me.
Heart!
[ Goat bleats ]
[ Gasps ] Thank you!
You are welcome.
And now we need your help.
Da. We are looking
for a factory.
[ Sighs ] Oh, it's too hot
to go to school.
[ Cricket chirps ]
There it is.
Ugh! Oh, rats.
Hmm.
Wait a minute.
Uh-oh.
A truant officer.
Oh, way to go,
butterfingers.
The locust got away.
Forget the bug, Blight.
We've got another volunteer
right here.
I'm on my way to school.
Honest!
[ Laughs ]
We're not from school, kid,
but stick with us,
you'll learn
a thing or two.
I think I'll just
go to school today.
Ha! Come on.
[ Grunts ]
Let me go!
That factory you're looking for
is right through here.
What are you
going to do to me?
That's my brother Vico!
Do not worry.
We will save him, Leela.
Please don't hurt me!
Ha! You think
you're scared now?
In a minute, you'll be
beside yourself.
[ Laughs ]
Stand back, Looten.
We don't need two of you
making bad jokes.
Even one of him
is too many.
Wind!
Whoa!
Oh!
Fire!
[ Grunts ]
Aah!
Well, don't just stand there!
Use the claw!
Yes.
Just what the doctor ordered.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
**
Whoa!
**
Water!
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Machine powers down ]
[ Mechanical whirring ]
This is gonna be tight!
[ Electricity crackling ]
That was a-a close one.
Vico's major in school
is getting into trouble.
It wasn't my fault.
They were chasing a locust,
but they caught me instead.
A locust?
I am worried about
that ray's affect.
What was it supposed to do?
[ Stomach growls ]
I think it made me hungry.
If his appetite is any
indication, the kid's fine.
Thanks, Mother.
I'm starved.
[ Munching ]
[ All gasping ]
Seconds, please.
Our guests have not even
had firsts!
Vico is a growing boy.
[ Gasps ]
[ Spoon thuds ]
Wow! I always
wanted a brother.
Wait a minute.
You're the brother.
What has happened to my son?
Which one
is the real Vico?
I think they both are!
Dr. Blight's machine
must be a cloning ray.
But why did it
take so long?
Two sons!
This is a dream come true.
I'm hungry.
Me, too.
[ Both munching ]
Wonderful!
Now we have four strong sons
to help us!
[ All munching ]
Guess we'd better
send out for pizza.
That is the answer!
Food sets it off!
When he eats,
he clones.
But what if they cloned
that locust?
My book says they are
voracious eaters.
Leela is right.
If Blight zapped
that locust,
our problems
will multiply.
Kwame, why don't you and Leela
take Vico --
well, one of the Vicos --
to where he saw
that locust.
The rest of us will track down
Plunder and Blight.
All: Hey, what's to eat?
On second thought,
cancel that pizza.
I don't think we should
feed them until we get back.
Oh, my poor Vicos!
It was right here.
Hmm. If I were a hungry locust,
where would I go?
I know where
a hungry Vico would go.
[ Stomach growling ]
Vico! Come back!
Kwame, I think I found
the locust.
I think I found
a few more.
[ Locusts buzzing ]
They will eat
everything!
Including us!
Kwame, we are doomed!
No. We will not be lunch
for locusts.
Earth!
Aah!
Hang on, Leela.
We are in for a rocky ride.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Oh! Ooh!
Ugh!
Ugh!
Definitely a new and "boulder"
way to travel.
But where did Vico go?
To the village.
Come on!
Oh, Vico!
All: Yes, Mother?
[ Stomachs growling ]
I am sorry,
but you can't eat now.
[ Sighs ]
Yes, Mother.
Oh, Mother!
I am so hungry...
I have
a splitting headache.
Poor darling.
Come, lie down.
What? Oh!
That way!
[ Munching ]
Me first!
No! It's mine!
No! Me!
You can't have it!
Out of my way!
No! Me!
Out of my way!
**
[ Stomach growls ] Good!
The store is open.
**
One loaf of bread,
please.
Here you go, Vico.
[ Coins jingle ]
Go ahead. Take it.
Your father can pay me
tomorrow.
[ Munching ]
[ Gasps ]
Both: We'd like a couple more
loaves to go.
[ Stomachs growling ]
They're gone!
And the ray is, too!
What are they
gonna use it on now?
We had better find out,
and fast!
[ Engine starts ]
Vico is a one-boy
population bomb.
If the Vicos keep doubling,
this is the result.
Mogahl's gonna be
the crowded place on Earth!
It will make your petri dish
look like the Gobi Desert.
My poor Vico.
What is wrong?
They ate us
out of house and home!
Too many to count.
Now they have gone to
the village for more food.
We've got to stop
their cloning
before this population explosion
wipes Mogahl off the map!
[ Engine starts ]
[ Vicos munching ]
You have eaten
everything I own!
I'm ruined!
Get out! Get out!
Oh! Oh!
[ Murmuring ]
[ Gasps ]
All: We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
[ Stomachs growling ]
We're still hungry!
Oh, no!
We're still hungry!
It wasn't supposed to work
like this.
I've got to reverse
the cloning.
Are you crazy?
The more people there are,
the less I have to pay them.
Watch.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, all you Vicos!
Why don't you come work
in my factory?
The pay is peanuts, but at
least you won't go hungry.
Peanuts?
Did he say peanuts?
We'll take it!
All: Peanuts! Peanuts!
Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts!
Follow me.
I have to admit, you've got them
eating out of your hands.
We're hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
Well,
I guess it wouldn't hurt
to give the poor suckers
an advance.
Cut it out!
Quit shoving!
No! You!
Peanuts! Peanuts!
Get your peanuts right here.
[ All murmuring ]
Hey, those nuts are mine!
You're nuts!
That's what I said!
This is getting
out of hand.
We have to
do something!
Relax.
I've got it covered.
We want more peanuts!
Listen up, people!
I've got more workers
than I need,
so, um, half of you
are fired.
Scram!
Oh, brother!
There's one place left
to get food.
All: The fields!
Come on. Let's go.
This way.
We're still hungry!
We're still hungry!
Locust swarm!
Millions,
headed this way!
Locusts? Ha!
I wish them luck
if they can find anything
after those greedy Vicos
came through here.
Don't say that
about them.
Vico cannot help what Dr. Blight
did to him.
Stay calm, Leela.
To help Vico, we have to find
the other Planeteers.
And I think
I know where.
Half the island
is covered with Vicos.
Before they split again,
we'd better split.
I'll pack
the clone ray.
You keep an eye
on the door.
We thought we'd drop by
and see what you're up to.
Looks like you're up to
your eyeballs in clones.
Looten!
Well, you said
to watch the door.
Kwame!
Now that we are
all here --
[ Distant screams ]
What is that?
[ Screaming continues ]
Vico: Help us!
Vicos! There are too many
of them on the dock!
If it collapses,
they'll drown!
You've got to
save them!
Let our powers combine.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go, Planet!
[ All screaming, dock creaking ]
Vicos, hang on!
Quick,
to the speedboat!
Hey, all you Vicos,
surf's up!
Looks like you dudes
are hanging a thousand and 10!
**
Bozhe moi!
If the Vicos
double again,
they will push us all
into the sea!
Ooh! I always wanted
one of these.
[ Metal creaks ]
Well, too bad, Plunder.
Your business just suffered
a major reversal.
[ Ray powers up ]
Now let's see if this thing
can unclone.
You've got to get it together,
Vico.
I wonder what would happen if he
aimed that decloning ray at us?
I don't want to share my life
with you.
Ugh!
I'm getting
out of here!
**
Now there are only
128 Vicos.
Now 64.
[ Beeping ]
32.
Decloner,
don't fail me now.
[ Electricity crackling ]
[ Explosion ]
Ooh!
Cap, are you okay?
[ Clears throat ]
Nothing a little recharge
won't fix.
In the meantime...
the power is yours!
Vico! My son! Vico!
Vico! My brother!
[ Locusts buzzing ]
Oh, no!
We forgot
about the locusts!
We cannot
use pesticides.
And we sure as heck
can't use the decloning ray.
[ Buzzing continues ]
Our farms are doomed!
There is another way.
Seagulls eat locusts.
Ma-Ti?
Good idea, Leela.
Heart!
[ Seagulls crying ]
**
The seagulls are
eating all the locusts.
It's -- it's a miracle!
No,
it's a biological control.
Leela, we were wrong
about you.
And I promise you this, you will
go to the university.
You've shown us that the quality
of our children
is more important
than the quantity.
And now, everybody
come to the house.
You must be starving!
Oh, not me.
I think I'll pass.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
[ Children playing ]
Children are important
to everyone.
And whether families
have sons or daughters,
they should be
equally proud.
Remember that the Earth's
resources are limited.
You do not need to have
a big family.
Because all the world's people
are your brothers and sisters.
The power is yours!
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Captain Planet: Did you know
the population of the world
is now more than five billion?
Wow!
That is a lot of people!
Gi: And it's increasing
by 90 million people each year.
But the Earth is not
getting any bigger.
So when it is your turn
to have a family...
Keep it small.
[ Horns honking, sirens wail ]
The more people there are,
the more pressure we put
on our planet.
So, take it easy on our Earth
and conserve what you can.
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!
**