Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996): Season 3, Episode 10 - Hog Tide - full transcript
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 Eastern Europe --
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!
Gi: And now back to
"Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
Wheeler:
Man, what a storm!
We'll be lucky if Hope Island
doesn't wash away.
That won't happen
because the plant life
holds the sand in place.
Natural vegetation is the best
protection for coastal regions.
But it is no protection
against a bulldozer.
[ Sighs ]
Won't people ever learn?
What do you mean,
Gaia?
Well,
come over and sit down.
And I will tell you a story.
The year was 1940.
The Hotel Pigpyle
was one of Florida's
biggest, most expensive resorts
and the most badly designed.
Its owner, Don Porkaloin,
was an irresponsible developer
who built houses
right on the beach
without regard
for the environment.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
You all know Rigger?
Yeah.
Hoggish Greedly's flunky.
His grandfather
was Rex Rigger I,
who helped Don Porkaloin expand
his destructive development.
I bought land cheap near
this hotel to put in houses,
but the zoning
commissioner
refuses to give me
a permit to build.
Don Porkaloin, I'll pay anything
if you can get me this permit.
Rigger,
why such disrespect?
You don't come here
like a friend
to congratulate me
on my beach development
or on becoming
a grandfather.
[ Cries ]
Oh, yeah. Congratulations,
grandfather.
Little Hoggish
sure takes after you.
Gitchy, gitchy --
ooch!
Are you telling us
this Don Porkaloin guy was...
Hoggish Greedly's grandpa.
Now, if you had come to me
as a friend...
Then please be my friend,
grandfather.
[ Smooching ]
[ Bones crack ]
Ooh!
Good. Now, someday
I will ask you
to do me a small favor
in return.
What favor?
You'll give me your land
and you'll work for my family
for the rest of your life,
as will your children
and grandchildren.
[ Snorts ]
Okay. Sounds fair.
Good.
So now we offer
the zoning commissioner
a deal
he can't decline.
[ Whispering ]
[ Snorts ]
[ Piano playing ]
Good evening.
On behalf of Don Porkaloin,
welcome to the grand opening
of the Hotel Pigpyle.
I'm [sighs]
Betty Blight.
Don't tell me -- Betty Blight
was the grandmother
of Dr. Blight,
right?
As a matter of fact, yes.
Have I told you
this story before?
Gaia, if Greedly and Blight's
grandparents
had teamed up
50 years ago,
they'd have destroyed
the Earth.
Fortunately,
there were people, even then,
who cared
about the environment.
And you remind me of
one of them, Wheeler.
Betty:
In honor of our host,
I'd like to sing about something
very near and dear to his heart
and to mine.
* You can be my honey
* As long as
you have money *
* You'll find me
awful cold *
* If you don't have
that gold *
* Love is wonderful
and all *
* You can bank on that,
it's true *
* But if you lack
the bank account *
* I must withdraw
from you *
[ Sighs ]
Gaia: Another one
resembled you, Linka.
Rex: Excuse me,
Mr. Commissioner.
Don Porkaloin asked me
to talk to you.
Very well.
Excuse us, Lydia.
[ Southern accent ]
Don't be long, Daddy.
**
So, uh, why don't you
let me show you
how we dance
in New York City?
Sir, I do not believe we have
been properly introduced.
Hey. I'm Nico.
What's your name?
Lydia.
There.
Now we're introduced.
[ Giggles ]
Well, I suppose so.
I guess one little ol' dance
won't hurt.
[ Slow dance music plays ]
Uh, boss.
May I cut in?
And I suggest
you get back to your job
while you still have one.
Uh, well,
as I said,
one little dance
can't hurt.
[ Gasps ] Ow!
I've been wanting
to dance with you
in the worst way.
Don't worry.
You are.
Gaia:
There was another young man
who was a lot like you,
Kwame.
[ Jamaican accent ]
Don't take it so hard, mon.
I think
the girl likes you.
Really?
Hey,
aren't you a waiter here?
And a dishwasher
and a piano player.
My name's Wally.
I'm saving for college,
gonna be an architect.
Yeah?
You gonna build hotels
like this one?
Hopefully better than this,
and not right on the shore.
See how the waves
wash the beach away.
Yeah.
Porkaloin keeps
trucking in new sand,
and suckers keep
buying his houses.
Don Porkaloin would consider it
a personal favor
if you'd let us put houses
on this useless land.
But people like this land
just the way it is.
Why, only today,
a young artist complained
that beach construction
is ruining the view.
Li: Ahh, good.
Perhaps I convinced him
to save our seacoast.
Don't count on it.
[ Gasps ]
Don't be scared.
My name's Asi.
I'm Li.
[ Wind howls ]
An Asian girl?
And a Seminole
Indian boy?
And I bet Ma-Ti and Gi
remind you of them, huh?
Well, now that
you mention it...
Oh, brother!
Our state tree.
This one is the tallest
sabal palm in Florida.
That's what people
come here for, Mr. Rigger --
natural beauty.
Don Porkaloin
never forgets a favor.
After Porkaloin
ruins the coast,
he'll move inland
and drain the swamps
where my people live.
So I'm studying
the white man's law
to keep my people
from losing anymore land.
Well, I have my own idea of how
to deal with this Don Porkaloin.
Without plant life, our coast
would look ridiculous.
And we can't afford
to look ridiculous.
You cross Don Porkaloin,
and you won't even know
what hit you.
Whoa!
Daddy, thank goodness!
It's time we went
to our rooms, Lydia.
He declined
the deal, boss.
Well, you know
what to do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
**
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
[ Slurps ]
[ Laughs ]
I just wish I could have
seen the commissioner's face
when he woke up
next to the state tree.
Ixnay, boss.
Here he comes.
Mr. Porkaloin, here.
Here's your zoning permit.
Ahh, just in time for me
to start my new
beachfront development.
But, boss, that land
ain't on the beach.
It's inland from here.
Today it's inland.
But after
the next hurricane,
all this beach
will be washed away.
And that will be
the new shoreline.
What hurricane?
The one
that's gonna hit tonight.
Boss, I lived in Jamaica
most of me life.
I've seen
many a hurricane,
and that one
gonna miss us.
Who asked you?
Get back to work!
Everybody's
a weatherman.
Man: Good news, folks.
Hurricane Deirdre
has turned North
and will miss us.
[ Radio turns off ]
Don't worry, Don, baby.
I can change where
that hurricane's headed.
Just follow me.
Music is just how
I pay the rent.
What I'm really mad for
is science.
Ta-da!
My moon manipulator!
[ Sighs ]
It foretells the weather,
raises the tide,
changes the course
of storms --
Can it bring that hurricane
ashore here, like tonight?
Piece of cake,
Don, baby.
Gaia: That night, Betty Blight
prepared her moon manipulator.
[ Zapping ]
**
[ Thunder crashes ]
Meanwhile, Don Porkaloin
did some last-minute cleanup
in his office.
[ Snorting ]
[ Door opens ]
Gaia: He didn't suspect
that Planeteers
would be waiting
to talk to him.
What Planeteers?
Oh. Did I call them
Planeteers?
Da. You did.
But I thought
we were the first.
Oh, no.
Many people have fought
for the environment.
They just weren't called
Planeteers back then.
[ Speaks Russian ]
Of course.
But why did you call Nico
and these others Planeteers?
I'm getting to that.
You emptied out the hotel
this evening.
How could you know the hurricane
would change course?
And you put up your buildings
so cheaply, man.
This hotel is doomed.
Good point, kid.
So you're both fired.
[ Knock on door ]
You miserable carpetbagger!
Admit it!
You bullied my daddy into
giving you a building permit.
No. No. He, uh...
must have changed his mind
after he slept on it.
Now if you'll excuse me.
Mr. Porkaloin, I have
the signatures of 1,000 voters
who do not want you
ruining more coastland.
And this is a subpoena
to appear in court.
I can buy
10,000 votes.
No injun's ever going to win
in a white man's court.
[ Laughs ]
Ugh!
You're in trouble now,
Porkaloin!
No. Y are.
[ Door handle clicking ]
Open this door!
Y'all hear?
Ugh!
Ugh!
Get us to high ground!
And fast!
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Waves crashing ]
Keep calm, everyone.
There must be --
Look out!
[ All scream ]
Linka: And now,
back to "Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
So did the old-time
Planeteers escape?
And if they were Planeteers,
did they have powers?
Of course.
Anyone has power
if they work with others.
He means power
like our rings.
Oh. Didn't I mention
their rings?
I guess I forgot.
You forgot?
Well, it was only
when they worked together
that they realized
their true power.
Let us out of here!
You scalawag!
You rapscallion!
Colorful dialogue ain't gonna
open the door, sweetheart.
Neither will
smart-aleck remarks.
Stop arguing, mon. We got to
think of a way out of here.
Maybe if you boys boost Asi
to the transom,
he could climb through.
Sure.
Alley-oop.
[ Grunts ]
No. I'm too big.
But look!
Porkaloin left the key.
If I could
just reach it...
Lydia:
Would a coat hanger help?
Oh, this is
so mortifying.
[ Lock clicks ]
It's unlocked!
Whoa!
Oh! Ugh!
We did it!
We did it!
What?
Look!
My ring!
And mine.
I feel different,
stronger.
Me, too.
Maybe because
we're working as one now.
But what's this symbol
on my ring mean?
It looks like fire.
Aah!
Then maybe
my symbol is...
water!
[ Gasps ]
Gaia: There was no else
in the hotel but them.
They had only seconds
to master their new powers.
Oh, no!
We're stranded.
I don't know
what my ring does.
All it shows is three
little ol' squiggly lines.
My ring shows a globe.
How on Earth --
[ All gasp ]
Nico: Let's go!
Those kids worry me.
Relax. I'll make them a deal
they can't decline.
Gaia:
Don Porkaloin's plan had worked.
The old beach was gone.
And what had been
cheap inland property
was now prime beachfront.
But he had to
put up his houses fast
because now there were
five Planeteers
gathering thousands
of signatures
to stop him.
More petitions.
Oh, the boss will be mad
if we don't stop them.
Relax.
Just follow my plan.
I think I found
an old court decision
that makes Don Porkaloin's
new beach development illegal.
I'll help you
research it.
Come on.
Let's get more signatures.
[ Tires squeal ]
Aah!
Whoa!
What?
Sweet dreams.
[ Laughs ]
[ Planeteers coughing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Sighs ]
Asi: Thanks, Lydia.
This ought to stop Don Porkaloin
right in his tracks.
Ew!
Someone's trying
to send us a message.
One of us
has to meet Don Porkaloin.
at his new beach house.
Both: "Come alone, or your pals
will sleep with the fishes."
I'll go.
I just hope he doesn't
want to dance.
What I admire
about you kids is
you have your feet
firmly planted on the ground.
[ Snorting ]
Too bad that ground
is at the low-tide line
and full of
fast-drying concrete.
Now I must leave you.
I have a dinner guest.
Lydia...
you know all this
is business.
[ Slurps ]
It's nothing personal.
[ Slurps ]
If you say so.
Now, you and that injun
call off this petition,
and your friends
can go free.
Otherwise...
[ Snorts ]
Oh! If my ring only worked
like the others,
I'd show you, you -- you big,
pompous bag of wind!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Oof!
All right. Now you're
going to get it.
[ Giggles ]
So that's what
those little ol'
squiggly lines mean --
wind!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Stop!
Now, tell me what you've done
with my friends.
They're -- they're
down on the beach.
Aah! Oh! Aah!
Oof!
Asi, this way!
Here are your rings.
Get a hammer.
Our feet are set in concrete.
Blight!
Betty Blight!
Turn on
your moon manipulator!
I want a hurricane
right now!
You got it,
Don, baby!
[ Zapping ]
[ Thunder crashes ]
It's too late
for a hammer, y'all!
What do we do?
What would happen,
mon,
if we let
our powers combine?
Whoa! Hold it!
You're saying these guys
could summon Captain Planet?
Wheeler, who's telling
this story -- you or me?
You are, Gaia.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go...
whoever you are.
[ All gasp ]
Whoa!
Whoa!
I've heard of heroes
having feet of clay,
but this is ridiculous.
Thanks,
but who are you?
I'm your powers
magnified.
Haven't you
heard the song?
* Captain planet,
he's our hero *
Hop in when you know
where you are.
* Captain Planet
No way, ray!
Aah!
**
My --
My moon manipulator!
[ Grunts ]
This is something new.
I call it recycling.
There you go,
a nice paperweight.
Just the thing
to keep on your desk...
in prison.
Aah!
No fly-by-night hero's
gonna stop me.
You don't even
have a cape!
Don't try to put the squeeze
on me.
A wise guy like you,
he should go into housing.
Hope you'll be happy
in your new home. [ Laughs ]
Nice floor plan,
but the location's all wrong.
Time for you to check in
to the big house.
[ Siren wails, tires squeal ]
[ Car doors close ]
Whoa!
Whoa!
Commissioner: Arrest these men
for extortion
and vandalizing
our state tree.
But what about
my houses?
Don't worry, Don.
I'll take them to a city
where people
really need housing.
All: Go, Planet!
What happened to them
after that?
Well, Li's paintings
made her famous
and inspired many others
to help save our seacoasts.
Wally's architecture
won awards
because his buildings worked
in harmony with the environment
instead of fighting it.
As a lawyer, Asi won his tribe
a huge settlement
from the government
for taking their lands.
And Nico made cartoons which
warned of the global eco-crisis.
Wheeler:
What about Lydia?
Oh.
Lydia became a congresswoman
whose crusade was
coastal wetlands, and, um...
And? And?
I think she eventually
got married.
Nico?
Now, stop pestering me
for details.
The storm's over.
So go out. Enjoy the sun.
Wheeler: I bet Gaia
was pulling our legs.
Captain Planet
wasn't around in the old days.
You missed the point
of her story.
Which is? Whoa!
[ Laughs ]
It is not smart to build
so close to the water.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Kwame:
Don't they see all that trash
they're leaving behind?
Why don't they
pick it up?
Because they think
someone else will do it.
Now they know that trash
does not go away by itself.
We all have to
do our part.
Do not be part
of the pollution.
Be past of the solution.
When it's trash time,
can it.
The power is yours!
Wheeler: We'll be right back
with more Planeteer action.
Planeteers: We're back!
Go, Planet!
Go, Planet!
**
The future of Earth
rests in all our hands.
Please,
don't waste water.
[ Radio plays ]
Please,
do not waste energy.
[ All coughing ]
Please, don't waste
your minds and bodies.
Please,
don't waste our future.
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 Eastern Europe --
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!
Gi: And now back to
"Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
Wheeler:
Man, what a storm!
We'll be lucky if Hope Island
doesn't wash away.
That won't happen
because the plant life
holds the sand in place.
Natural vegetation is the best
protection for coastal regions.
But it is no protection
against a bulldozer.
[ Sighs ]
Won't people ever learn?
What do you mean,
Gaia?
Well,
come over and sit down.
And I will tell you a story.
The year was 1940.
The Hotel Pigpyle
was one of Florida's
biggest, most expensive resorts
and the most badly designed.
Its owner, Don Porkaloin,
was an irresponsible developer
who built houses
right on the beach
without regard
for the environment.
[ Mechanical whirring ]
You all know Rigger?
Yeah.
Hoggish Greedly's flunky.
His grandfather
was Rex Rigger I,
who helped Don Porkaloin expand
his destructive development.
I bought land cheap near
this hotel to put in houses,
but the zoning
commissioner
refuses to give me
a permit to build.
Don Porkaloin, I'll pay anything
if you can get me this permit.
Rigger,
why such disrespect?
You don't come here
like a friend
to congratulate me
on my beach development
or on becoming
a grandfather.
[ Cries ]
Oh, yeah. Congratulations,
grandfather.
Little Hoggish
sure takes after you.
Gitchy, gitchy --
ooch!
Are you telling us
this Don Porkaloin guy was...
Hoggish Greedly's grandpa.
Now, if you had come to me
as a friend...
Then please be my friend,
grandfather.
[ Smooching ]
[ Bones crack ]
Ooh!
Good. Now, someday
I will ask you
to do me a small favor
in return.
What favor?
You'll give me your land
and you'll work for my family
for the rest of your life,
as will your children
and grandchildren.
[ Snorts ]
Okay. Sounds fair.
Good.
So now we offer
the zoning commissioner
a deal
he can't decline.
[ Whispering ]
[ Snorts ]
[ Piano playing ]
Good evening.
On behalf of Don Porkaloin,
welcome to the grand opening
of the Hotel Pigpyle.
I'm [sighs]
Betty Blight.
Don't tell me -- Betty Blight
was the grandmother
of Dr. Blight,
right?
As a matter of fact, yes.
Have I told you
this story before?
Gaia, if Greedly and Blight's
grandparents
had teamed up
50 years ago,
they'd have destroyed
the Earth.
Fortunately,
there were people, even then,
who cared
about the environment.
And you remind me of
one of them, Wheeler.
Betty:
In honor of our host,
I'd like to sing about something
very near and dear to his heart
and to mine.
* You can be my honey
* As long as
you have money *
* You'll find me
awful cold *
* If you don't have
that gold *
* Love is wonderful
and all *
* You can bank on that,
it's true *
* But if you lack
the bank account *
* I must withdraw
from you *
[ Sighs ]
Gaia: Another one
resembled you, Linka.
Rex: Excuse me,
Mr. Commissioner.
Don Porkaloin asked me
to talk to you.
Very well.
Excuse us, Lydia.
[ Southern accent ]
Don't be long, Daddy.
**
So, uh, why don't you
let me show you
how we dance
in New York City?
Sir, I do not believe we have
been properly introduced.
Hey. I'm Nico.
What's your name?
Lydia.
There.
Now we're introduced.
[ Giggles ]
Well, I suppose so.
I guess one little ol' dance
won't hurt.
[ Slow dance music plays ]
Uh, boss.
May I cut in?
And I suggest
you get back to your job
while you still have one.
Uh, well,
as I said,
one little dance
can't hurt.
[ Gasps ] Ow!
I've been wanting
to dance with you
in the worst way.
Don't worry.
You are.
Gaia:
There was another young man
who was a lot like you,
Kwame.
[ Jamaican accent ]
Don't take it so hard, mon.
I think
the girl likes you.
Really?
Hey,
aren't you a waiter here?
And a dishwasher
and a piano player.
My name's Wally.
I'm saving for college,
gonna be an architect.
Yeah?
You gonna build hotels
like this one?
Hopefully better than this,
and not right on the shore.
See how the waves
wash the beach away.
Yeah.
Porkaloin keeps
trucking in new sand,
and suckers keep
buying his houses.
Don Porkaloin would consider it
a personal favor
if you'd let us put houses
on this useless land.
But people like this land
just the way it is.
Why, only today,
a young artist complained
that beach construction
is ruining the view.
Li: Ahh, good.
Perhaps I convinced him
to save our seacoast.
Don't count on it.
[ Gasps ]
Don't be scared.
My name's Asi.
I'm Li.
[ Wind howls ]
An Asian girl?
And a Seminole
Indian boy?
And I bet Ma-Ti and Gi
remind you of them, huh?
Well, now that
you mention it...
Oh, brother!
Our state tree.
This one is the tallest
sabal palm in Florida.
That's what people
come here for, Mr. Rigger --
natural beauty.
Don Porkaloin
never forgets a favor.
After Porkaloin
ruins the coast,
he'll move inland
and drain the swamps
where my people live.
So I'm studying
the white man's law
to keep my people
from losing anymore land.
Well, I have my own idea of how
to deal with this Don Porkaloin.
Without plant life, our coast
would look ridiculous.
And we can't afford
to look ridiculous.
You cross Don Porkaloin,
and you won't even know
what hit you.
Whoa!
Daddy, thank goodness!
It's time we went
to our rooms, Lydia.
He declined
the deal, boss.
Well, you know
what to do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
**
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
[ Slurps ]
[ Laughs ]
I just wish I could have
seen the commissioner's face
when he woke up
next to the state tree.
Ixnay, boss.
Here he comes.
Mr. Porkaloin, here.
Here's your zoning permit.
Ahh, just in time for me
to start my new
beachfront development.
But, boss, that land
ain't on the beach.
It's inland from here.
Today it's inland.
But after
the next hurricane,
all this beach
will be washed away.
And that will be
the new shoreline.
What hurricane?
The one
that's gonna hit tonight.
Boss, I lived in Jamaica
most of me life.
I've seen
many a hurricane,
and that one
gonna miss us.
Who asked you?
Get back to work!
Everybody's
a weatherman.
Man: Good news, folks.
Hurricane Deirdre
has turned North
and will miss us.
[ Radio turns off ]
Don't worry, Don, baby.
I can change where
that hurricane's headed.
Just follow me.
Music is just how
I pay the rent.
What I'm really mad for
is science.
Ta-da!
My moon manipulator!
[ Sighs ]
It foretells the weather,
raises the tide,
changes the course
of storms --
Can it bring that hurricane
ashore here, like tonight?
Piece of cake,
Don, baby.
Gaia: That night, Betty Blight
prepared her moon manipulator.
[ Zapping ]
**
[ Thunder crashes ]
Meanwhile, Don Porkaloin
did some last-minute cleanup
in his office.
[ Snorting ]
[ Door opens ]
Gaia: He didn't suspect
that Planeteers
would be waiting
to talk to him.
What Planeteers?
Oh. Did I call them
Planeteers?
Da. You did.
But I thought
we were the first.
Oh, no.
Many people have fought
for the environment.
They just weren't called
Planeteers back then.
[ Speaks Russian ]
Of course.
But why did you call Nico
and these others Planeteers?
I'm getting to that.
You emptied out the hotel
this evening.
How could you know the hurricane
would change course?
And you put up your buildings
so cheaply, man.
This hotel is doomed.
Good point, kid.
So you're both fired.
[ Knock on door ]
You miserable carpetbagger!
Admit it!
You bullied my daddy into
giving you a building permit.
No. No. He, uh...
must have changed his mind
after he slept on it.
Now if you'll excuse me.
Mr. Porkaloin, I have
the signatures of 1,000 voters
who do not want you
ruining more coastland.
And this is a subpoena
to appear in court.
I can buy
10,000 votes.
No injun's ever going to win
in a white man's court.
[ Laughs ]
Ugh!
You're in trouble now,
Porkaloin!
No. Y are.
[ Door handle clicking ]
Open this door!
Y'all hear?
Ugh!
Ugh!
Get us to high ground!
And fast!
[ Tires squeal ]
[ Waves crashing ]
Keep calm, everyone.
There must be --
Look out!
[ All scream ]
Linka: And now,
back to "Captain Planet".
[ Thunder rumbles ]
So did the old-time
Planeteers escape?
And if they were Planeteers,
did they have powers?
Of course.
Anyone has power
if they work with others.
He means power
like our rings.
Oh. Didn't I mention
their rings?
I guess I forgot.
You forgot?
Well, it was only
when they worked together
that they realized
their true power.
Let us out of here!
You scalawag!
You rapscallion!
Colorful dialogue ain't gonna
open the door, sweetheart.
Neither will
smart-aleck remarks.
Stop arguing, mon. We got to
think of a way out of here.
Maybe if you boys boost Asi
to the transom,
he could climb through.
Sure.
Alley-oop.
[ Grunts ]
No. I'm too big.
But look!
Porkaloin left the key.
If I could
just reach it...
Lydia:
Would a coat hanger help?
Oh, this is
so mortifying.
[ Lock clicks ]
It's unlocked!
Whoa!
Oh! Ugh!
We did it!
We did it!
What?
Look!
My ring!
And mine.
I feel different,
stronger.
Me, too.
Maybe because
we're working as one now.
But what's this symbol
on my ring mean?
It looks like fire.
Aah!
Then maybe
my symbol is...
water!
[ Gasps ]
Gaia: There was no else
in the hotel but them.
They had only seconds
to master their new powers.
Oh, no!
We're stranded.
I don't know
what my ring does.
All it shows is three
little ol' squiggly lines.
My ring shows a globe.
How on Earth --
[ All gasp ]
Nico: Let's go!
Those kids worry me.
Relax. I'll make them a deal
they can't decline.
Gaia:
Don Porkaloin's plan had worked.
The old beach was gone.
And what had been
cheap inland property
was now prime beachfront.
But he had to
put up his houses fast
because now there were
five Planeteers
gathering thousands
of signatures
to stop him.
More petitions.
Oh, the boss will be mad
if we don't stop them.
Relax.
Just follow my plan.
I think I found
an old court decision
that makes Don Porkaloin's
new beach development illegal.
I'll help you
research it.
Come on.
Let's get more signatures.
[ Tires squeal ]
Aah!
Whoa!
What?
Sweet dreams.
[ Laughs ]
[ Planeteers coughing ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Sighs ]
Asi: Thanks, Lydia.
This ought to stop Don Porkaloin
right in his tracks.
Ew!
Someone's trying
to send us a message.
One of us
has to meet Don Porkaloin.
at his new beach house.
Both: "Come alone, or your pals
will sleep with the fishes."
I'll go.
I just hope he doesn't
want to dance.
What I admire
about you kids is
you have your feet
firmly planted on the ground.
[ Snorting ]
Too bad that ground
is at the low-tide line
and full of
fast-drying concrete.
Now I must leave you.
I have a dinner guest.
Lydia...
you know all this
is business.
[ Slurps ]
It's nothing personal.
[ Slurps ]
If you say so.
Now, you and that injun
call off this petition,
and your friends
can go free.
Otherwise...
[ Snorts ]
Oh! If my ring only worked
like the others,
I'd show you, you -- you big,
pompous bag of wind!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Oof!
All right. Now you're
going to get it.
[ Giggles ]
So that's what
those little ol'
squiggly lines mean --
wind!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Stop!
Now, tell me what you've done
with my friends.
They're -- they're
down on the beach.
Aah! Oh! Aah!
Oof!
Asi, this way!
Here are your rings.
Get a hammer.
Our feet are set in concrete.
Blight!
Betty Blight!
Turn on
your moon manipulator!
I want a hurricane
right now!
You got it,
Don, baby!
[ Zapping ]
[ Thunder crashes ]
It's too late
for a hammer, y'all!
What do we do?
What would happen,
mon,
if we let
our powers combine?
Whoa! Hold it!
You're saying these guys
could summon Captain Planet?
Wheeler, who's telling
this story -- you or me?
You are, Gaia.
Earth!
Fire!
Wind!
Water!
Heart!
By your powers combined,
I am Captain Planet!
All: Go...
whoever you are.
[ All gasp ]
Whoa!
Whoa!
I've heard of heroes
having feet of clay,
but this is ridiculous.
Thanks,
but who are you?
I'm your powers
magnified.
Haven't you
heard the song?
* Captain planet,
he's our hero *
Hop in when you know
where you are.
* Captain Planet
No way, ray!
Aah!
**
My --
My moon manipulator!
[ Grunts ]
This is something new.
I call it recycling.
There you go,
a nice paperweight.
Just the thing
to keep on your desk...
in prison.
Aah!
No fly-by-night hero's
gonna stop me.
You don't even
have a cape!
Don't try to put the squeeze
on me.
A wise guy like you,
he should go into housing.
Hope you'll be happy
in your new home. [ Laughs ]
Nice floor plan,
but the location's all wrong.
Time for you to check in
to the big house.
[ Siren wails, tires squeal ]
[ Car doors close ]
Whoa!
Whoa!
Commissioner: Arrest these men
for extortion
and vandalizing
our state tree.
But what about
my houses?
Don't worry, Don.
I'll take them to a city
where people
really need housing.
All: Go, Planet!
What happened to them
after that?
Well, Li's paintings
made her famous
and inspired many others
to help save our seacoasts.
Wally's architecture
won awards
because his buildings worked
in harmony with the environment
instead of fighting it.
As a lawyer, Asi won his tribe
a huge settlement
from the government
for taking their lands.
And Nico made cartoons which
warned of the global eco-crisis.
Wheeler:
What about Lydia?
Oh.
Lydia became a congresswoman
whose crusade was
coastal wetlands, and, um...
And? And?
I think she eventually
got married.
Nico?
Now, stop pestering me
for details.
The storm's over.
So go out. Enjoy the sun.
Wheeler: I bet Gaia
was pulling our legs.
Captain Planet
wasn't around in the old days.
You missed the point
of her story.
Which is? Whoa!
[ Laughs ]
It is not smart to build
so close to the water.
[ Laughter ]
Planeteers: Go, Planet!
Kwame:
Don't they see all that trash
they're leaving behind?
Why don't they
pick it up?
Because they think
someone else will do it.
Now they know that trash
does not go away by itself.
We all have to
do our part.
Do not be part
of the pollution.
Be past of the solution.
When it's trash time,
can it.
The power is yours!
Wheeler: We'll be right back
with more Planeteer action.
Planeteers: We're back!
Go, Planet!
Go, Planet!
**
The future of Earth
rests in all our hands.
Please,
don't waste water.
[ Radio plays ]
Please,
do not waste energy.
[ All coughing ]
Please, don't waste
your minds and bodies.
Please,
don't waste our future.
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!
**