15th Sep 1990

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.

22nd Sep 1990

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

29th Sep 1990

Greedly and Rigger strip-mine Thailand for rubies.

6th Oct 1990

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

13th Oct 1990

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

20th Oct 1990

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.

27th Oct 1990

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

3rd Nov 1990

Greedly and Rigger plot to empty the oceans of fish.

10th Nov 1990

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

17th Nov 1990

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

24th Nov 1990

A little boy helps battle a smog monster.

26th Jan 1991

A dumping operation threatens an underwater city.

2nd Feb 1991

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

9th Feb 1991

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

16th Feb 1991

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

23rd Feb 1991

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

2nd Mar 1991

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

9th Mar 1991

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

13th Apr 1991

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

20th Apr 1991

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

27th Apr 1991

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

4th May 1991

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

11th May 1991

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

18th May 1991

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

25th May 1991

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

1st Jun 1991

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