captain planet

i remember this cartoon from like primary school n i didn't even miss one episode. it was so great i still even remember some of the line of the entrance song. but this captain planet as the name says it was all bout a group of youths saving the planet every now and then and each of these 5 had a ring with special powers of the element of this planet: earth, water, wind, fire and heart. the great thing about this cartoon was that it taught kids to be considerate towards the environment. recently me n my friends in Uni were talking about cartoons and when i brought up the topic of captain planet every one in the group had something positive to say about this cartoon. nowadays all that i hear kids talking about is power rangers and fighting. most of the programs on t.v right now are related to violence and and isn't so great so i would like to request the television crew to bring back captain planet because apart from kid there are a few ardent adults that want to view this cartoon again.

Whenever the Earth spirit Gaia has needed a champion, she has assembled a team of people who work to protect the planet, each armed with a ring of elemental power. When the team members combine the energies of their rings, they summon a being who is an amalgam of the elements. This being takes on a different appearance and persona based on the minds of the team members who summon him, allowing him to have human mannerisms in keeping with the era. Because he is connected to the minds of the team members when they summon him, the elemental being is also often aware of certain events that occur while he is not active.


Captain Planet was summoned whenever the five Planeteers combined the forces of their elemental rings. This emphasized the show's premise that only by working together could people protect the planet and provide solutions to environmental problems. Likewise, Captain Planet's appearance did not identify him with any one culture or ethnicity, as his hair was grass-green and his skin was blue.

Later in the series, several of Captain Planet's enemies create an opposite number for him called "Captain Pollution", whose abilities derive from radiation, deforestation, smog, toxics, and hate. This enemy is initially able to defeat the Captain Planet, but he eventually overcomes Pollution when he realizes that his enemy is weakened by natural elements such as clean soil and natural lava.

Not only that but in every episode Captain Planet, at least had to beat up or blast something to defeat the bad guys. this is where the negative part kicks in: kid then use fire cracker as bombs and try and play out some scenes from the cartoons and end up getting hurt or setting something to fire. this couuld a reason for fires started by kids that burns downs homes or furniture.

For more info on Captain Planet and to become a planeteer cut and paste the sites listed below: http://www.turner.com/planet/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=captain+planet&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=kF4KSob-ItOMkAW6oY2tCw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=9&ct=title#

http://captainplanetfdn.org/