
Season 1
Episodes

1. A Hero for Earth
1990-09-15
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.

2. Rain of Terror
1990-09-22
Skumm and his rat pack threaten to destroy a city with acid rain.

3. Beast of the Temple
1990-09-29
Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

4. Skumm Lord
1990-10-06
Skumm peddles a polluted drink that turns consumers into rodent zombies.

5. Deadly Ransom
1990-10-13
Captain Planet is held hostage by Nukem, Blight and MAL.

6. The Conqueror
1990-10-20
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.

7. Last of Her Kind
1990-10-27
The Planeteers fight to save the African elephants from extinction as Looten Plunder tries to corner the market in ivory.

8. The Dead Seas
1990-11-03
Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

9. Tree of Life
1990-11-10
Blight gains powers from the "Tree of Life" and threatens to use her new strength to destroy the redwood forest.

10. Volcano's Wrath
1990-11-17
Sludge solves the world's trash problem by dumping everything into a volcano, which then erupts.

11. Littlest Planeteer
1990-11-24
A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

12. A World Below Us
1991-01-26
A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

13. Plunder Dam
1991-02-02
Plunder dams an African river, leaving the locals without the food or water the waterway provided.

14. Meltdown Syndrome
1991-02-09
Nukem's radioactive presence at a leaking nuclear power plant triggers a meltdown.

15. Smog Hog
1991-02-16
Greedly creates a pollution-intensive car but his own son becomes a victim of the resulting smog and pollution.

16. Polluting by Computer
1991-02-23
Sludge and Blight break into government computers and transform all national parks into toxic waste dumps.

17. Don't Drink the Water
1991-03-02
Plunder, Skumm and Greedly pollute the nation's water supply.

18. Kwame's Crisis
1991-03-09
A depressed Kwame leaves the Planeteers when no one seems to care that Sludge is burying a small town in garbage.

19. Ozone Hole
1991-04-13
Nukem decimates the ozone layer so he can feast on ultra-violet rays.

20. The Ultimate Pollution
1991-04-20
Looten Plunder provokes tribal warfare so he can sell arms to both sides.

21. Population Bomb
1991-04-27
Wheeler is stranded on an island of humanoid mice on the brink of population overload.

22. Mission to Save Earth (1)
1991-05-04
The teens cross paths with Cold Warrior Commander Clash, but their true opponent is Captain Pollution, a creation of Blight's.

23. Mission to Save Earth (2)
1991-05-11
Commander Clash joins the Planeteers to stop the eco-villains and Captain Pollution.

24. Two Futures (1)
1991-05-18
A disgruntled Wheeler uses a time machine to travel to the past to stop himself from becoming a Planeteer.

25. Two Futures (2)
1991-05-25
Wheeler's attempt to keep his former self from joining the Planeteers has grave consequences for the planet.

26. Heat Wave
1991-06-01
Blight creates a mini greenhouse effect over Hope Island, threatening Gaia's life.