Let's just say this is the original Captain Planet but under production by Hanna-Barbera. In each episode, Captain Planet and the Planeteers face a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life eco-villains, including such despicable characters as Verminous Skumm, whose goal is to spread filth and disease, and resource-ravaging ruffians like Duke Nukem and Looten Plunder. Although buffoonish in character, they symbolize real threats to the planet Earth. They pillage natural resources and pollute the water and air. They will stop at nothing to accomplish their evil goals.
Captain Planet and the Planeteers takes kids on heart-stopping adventures - part science, part action, but always rooted in fact. Each episode reveals some aspect of the physical effect of environmental destruction and ends with the same message: that every individual must respect planet Earth and preserve its resources if we are to ensure our survival. And each episode ends with a :30 epilogue that gives viewers "The Power" to be part of the environmental solution.
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