Captain Planet and the Planeteers Season 1, Episode 5: Deadly Ransom

1

A Hero for Earth

The spirit of the Earth, Gaia, summons five teenagers to join her in battling ecological destruction and pollution. Their first fight is to keep Hoggish Greedly's oil rig from destroying a coastline.

25 min

2

Rain of Terror

Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.

25 min

3

Beast of the Temple

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

25 min

4

Skumm Lord

Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.

25 min

5

Deadly Ransom

Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.

25 min

6

The Conqueror

An aggressive and sneaky Earth spirit named Zarm tricks the teens into disobeying Gaia, sparking a dangerous game that threatens to lead to nuclear war.

25 min

7

Last of Her Kind

The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.

25 min

8

The Dead Seas

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

25 min

9

Tree of Life

Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.

25 min

10

Volcano's Wrath

Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.

25 min

11

Littlest Planeteer

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

25 min

12

A World Below Us

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

25 min

13

Plunder Dam

Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.

25 min

14

Meltdown Syndrome

Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.

25 min

15

Smog Hog

Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.

25 min

16

Polluting by Computer

Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.

25 min

17

Don't Drink the Water

Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.

25 min

18

Kwame's Crisis

A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.

25 min

19

Ozone Hole

Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.

25 min

20

The Ultimate Pollution

Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.

25 min

21

Population Bomb

Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.

25 min

22

Mission to Save Earth (1)

The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

25 min

23

Mission to Save Earth (2)

Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.

25 min

24

Two Futures (1)

A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.

25 min

25

Two Futures (2)

Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.

25 min

26

Heat Wave

Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.

25 min