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Beast of the Temple
2013-01-25T01:13:07Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>Beast of the Temple is the seventh episode in the first series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.<br />
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It was written by [[Ted Pedersen]] and [[Steve Hayes]]. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Nuok]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[Beast of the Temple (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers go to Thailand to try and discover what is behind the ruination of the jungle and a small village's rice paddies. They meet Nuok, a friend of Gi's from school, who claim it is a dragon beast: an ancient, evil spirit come to life.<br />
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When Wheeler is captured by Greedly, he discovers that the dragon is actually a mechanical machine designed to strip-mine rubies. It's up to the other Planeteers to find Wheeler and stop Greedly's latest plan. <br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a visual pan across fields and a sunset. An old man is leading a bullock away from some rice paddies and into the jungle, presumably on his way home after a day's work. He speaks aloud to the animal, saying that the jungle is "no longer safe at night."<br />
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A roar is heard, and the man is nervous. He convinces himself it was just the wind, but trees crash and fall to the ground, and a loud rumbling, growling noise fills the air. The man makes haste, leading his bullock through the jungle, anxious the get home and away from the strange noise.<br />
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They narrowly avoid falling trees, and the man is forced to stop. A pair of yellow, glowing eyes rises from the darkness, and suddenly a large green dragon bursts out of the jungle. The man cries out in terror, claiming it is "the dragon beast", an evil spirit that has come alive.<br />
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The dragon crashes and stomps through the jungle, chasing the man away.<br />
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The next shot shows utter destruction. Trees and fields are torn up, and crops are ruined. The Planeteers are watching on via Planet Vision. They are dismayed by the destruction of the rice paddies.<br />
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Gaia tells the Planeteers that it's up to them to discover what is behind the destruction. She tells them that the land and the people are in great danger, and that they should leave immediately for Thailand.<br />
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Gi claims she has a friend there, Nuok, whom she met through school. Gaia suggests paying him a visit, claiming that they must stop the "mysterious evil" plaguing the village.<br />
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In the geo-cruiser on the way to Hope Island, Linka expresses a little frustration that Gaia could not tell them more, but Kwame points out that if Gaia doesn't know, it must be a real mystery.<br />
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Gi lands the geo-cruiser, but the villagers are nowhere to be seen. Linka wonders if maybe they're too shy to appear - Wheeler wonders if they're just unfriendly.<br />
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Overhearing their conversaton, Nuok appears, greeting the Planeteers by saying his villagers are simply afraid. Gi greets him by running to him and embracing him.<br />
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Kwame says they should have realised that the geo-cruiser could have scared the villagers. Nuok claims they thought it was the dragon beast returning, and Wheeler displays instant skepticism, asking: "Dragon beast? You're putting us on, right?"<br />
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Nuok explains as he leads them into the jungle. He claims that the villagers believe a mystical beast has arisen: "An ancient, evil spirit. A dragon beast. It spits fire. It causes destruction wherever it goes."<br />
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Wheeler refuses to believe that a dragon exists, claiming that they've flown all the way to Thailand for a silly superstition.<br />
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Nuok agrees that perhaps the dragon beast does not exist, but that something is certainly causing destruction. He points out the ruined jungle and rice paddies. The Planeteer are dismayed, with Ma-Ti exclaiming: "It's even worse than we saw on the moniters."<br />
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The audience soon realises that the Planeteers and Nuok are being watched on moniters themselves, by Hoggish Greedly and his sidekick, Rigger. Greedly claims that by scaring the villagers away, they will leave, which is just what he wants. He asks Rigger if he's ever seen a prettier sight than "all that ruination" on the moniters.<br />
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Hearing Gi claim that they should return to the village because "this place is too depressing," Greedly claims they haven't seen anything yet. He goes on, bragging to Rigger that once the villagers have been scared away, he'll tear up the jungle and gather rubies via strip-mining.<br />
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The Planeteers walk single-file through the jungle, with Nuok in the lead. Wheeler is spooked by a tiger. Kwame makes a joke, but Wheeler claims he has "nerves of steel". Unfortunately, he is then spooked by an owl, causing him to cry out and fall to the ground. Kwame good-naturedly claims Wheeler's "nerves of steel" have gone a little rusty.<br />
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A loud growling is heard, spooking all of the Planeteers. Nuok instantly claims it is no tiger, and trees start crashing to the ground.<br />
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Linka spots a pair of glowing yellow eyes, and quickly draws everyone else's attention to them. The dragon beast then rears up out of the trees. Nuok urges everyone to run - which they do. Linka screams, and Wheeler panics, claiming: "That's no superstition! What is that thing?!"<br />
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The dragon snorts fire, causing the jungle to catch alight. The fire is soon burning out of control. Gi attempts to extinguish it by creating a raincloud, but the fire overcomes it quickly. Kwame then tries to create a firebreak, but that doesn't work either.<br />
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Linka exclaims that the fire is too big, and Gi agrees, urging the team to call Captain Planet.<br />
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Captain Planet emerges from the earth. Nuok apologises for getting the Planeteers into such a dangerous mess, but Gi claims it's no problem, telling him that Captain Planet will make everything okay.<br />
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Captain Planet dives into the river and shifts rocks, finding tunnels and new currents before bursting up through the earth again, creating a huge fountain of water, which rains down and extinguishes the fire. He bids the Planeteers farewell once the flames are gone. Nuok expresses amazement at Captain Planet, but the Planeteers are rather blasé about it.<br />
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Wheeler apologises to Nuok now that he has seen the dragon, claming that "Whatever that thing is, it's no superstition." Kwame says they need to learn more about it to discover exactly what it is, so Gi suggests splitting into teams to find out.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti are shown in one team, walking through the jungle with flashlights, which catch sight of a red python of some kind.<br />
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Nuok and Gi are shown to be another team, with Nuok helping Gi up a steep embankment.<br />
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The third and final team is Wheeler and Linka. Linka expresses a slight anxiety to Wheeler, wondering if it was a good idea to split up into teams. Wheeler claims he likes the idea, as it's the first time he's had a chance to be alone with her. After a moment's shy hesitation, they lean in to kiss one another, only to be disturbed by the roaring of the dragon beast.<br />
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Having it appear on them so suddenly, Wheeler cries out for them to run, but Linka's foot becomes tangled in the roots of a tree, and she trips. She calls to him for help, and he returns, but is unable to free her ankle from the tangled vines. Panicked, she begs him to leave and save himself, but he stands up to the dragon, countering the fire it breathes at him with fire from his ring.<br />
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However, the dragon does not retreat, and the flames from Wheeler's ring have no effect. Making a quick joke that the beast is fire-proof, Wheeler leads the beast away from Linka, yelling at it and causing it to chase him into the jungle.<br />
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Wheeler falls down a steep embankment into a river, and is soon face-to-face with crocodiles. Having no choice but to turn back, he soon meets the dragon again, and it scoops him up in its jaws and carries him away.<br />
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Greedly and Rigger are flying through the skies in Greedly's plane. They express delight once they realise the dragon has caught a Planeteer. Greedly lands the plane on the river, and the dragon enters and delivers Wheeler inside. The plane takes off into the skies again, with Wheeler expressing confusion at the events.<br />
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Nuok and the other Planeteers have found Linka. They are all standing at the edge of the embankment Wheeler fell down, with Linka anxiously claiming that was the last place she saw him. She begins to cry, stating that if something happens to Wheeler, she will never forgive herself.<br />
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Greedly steers his plane through the sky, sucking loudly on a straw in a drink. Rigger is sitting behind Wheeler, who is tied up and in the passenger seat, looking rather irritated. Greedly steers the plane through a secret door set into some old ruins.<br />
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Inside, Wheeler is witness to the dragon beast emptying large stores of rocks and gravel into carts. Greedly confirms that the dragon is a machine - a strip-mining machine, designed to scare off the villagers and destroy the jungle in a search for rubies. Wheeler angrily claims that the Planeteers won't let Greedly get away with it, but he expresses nothing but scorn, knowing the Planeteers have no idea where to find him in order to stop his plan.<br />
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The other Planeteers search the jungle for any signs of Wheeler. Gi finds some strange tracks, which lead into the river. Nuok thinks they've lost the trail.<br />
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Gi instantly dives into the water, hoping clues may lie at the bottom of the river, but she comes face-to-face with a crocodile. Linka saves her by using her ring to jam a log in the crocodile's mouth. She sends the crocodile downstream, and Ma-Ti uses his power to discover there are no more crocodiles in this stretch of the river. Gi returns to the water and discovers lots of marks on the rocks, "As if something heavy was dragged away."<br />
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Linka asks if that's all Gi saw, and if there was any sign of Wheeler, but there is nothing to indicate where he might be.<br />
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Ma-Ti tries to use his Heart power to discover where Wheeler is. He can sense evil surrounding Wheeler, which blocks his power somewhat. All he can get are snapshot images of red thorny vines, and three tall spires.<br />
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Gi and Linka are both anxious about Wheeler. Ma-Ti says he could sense his presence, but evil thoughts blocked his vision. In despair, Linka claims they will never find him.<br />
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Nuok claims that the three spires might be part of a temple - "The Ancient Temple of the Rubies".<br />
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Back at Greedly's hideout, Rigger is busy filling the dragon beast with fuel from a tanker. Greedly claims this time they're going to ruin everything in sight. Wheeler listens on in dismay, helpless and tied by his wrists to iron rings in the wall.<br />
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Nuok is paddling the other Planeteers down the river in a canoe. Ma-Ti recognises the ruins from the vision provided to him by Wheeler. He can still sense Wheeler's presence, surrounded by evil.<br />
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Gi asks if there's any way to get inside without being seen, and Nuok claims that there are legends of underwater tunnels leading inside. Gi dives into the water, claiming that if they exist, she will find them.<br />
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Inside, Greedly is stuffing himself with bowls of fruit. Rigger spots the canoe and Nuok, Kwame, Linka and Ma-Ti through the moniters behind his boss. Greedly instantly sends the mechanical dragon out into the night to hunt them down.<br />
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Gi makes her way into the ruins through the underwater entrance. She spots Wheeler, tied up nearby, and quietly frees him using a nearby knife. They sneak towards the door, but Greedly spots them, telling them they don't have permission to leave. Rigger violently stops them by throwing a chair towards the door, blocking their esape.<br />
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Gi retaliates by causing the water from the underground river to burst through the walls and flood the temple. Wheeler and Gi are quickly washed away, but Greedly grabs hold of a wall and anchors himself. Rigger anchors himself to Greedly, begging his boss to save him.<br />
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Wheeler and Gi burst out through a grate in the ground, breathless, but unharmed.<br />
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The other Planeteers run towards them. Overjoyed that he is safe, Linka throws herself into Wheeler's arms. He makes a joke about her reaction, stating: "If I'd known you'd act like this, I'd get myself captured all the time."<br />
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Nuok congratulates Gi on her success at gaining entrance to the temple and escaping with Wheeler. She shrugs, apparently not seeing it as a big deal.<br />
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The dragon beast makes another appearance, spewing fire and disturbing the Planeteers into action. They race for their canoe, only to find it engulfed in flames. Knowing that they can't outrun the beast, and with Wheeler stating that his power couldn't stop it, they call on Captain Planet to stop it. Captain Planet ensnares the beast in vines, tangling it before he causes it to fall into a crevice. The machine explodes, scattering the forest with debris. Seeing the parts of his machine flying about, Greedly, who was nearby, immediately changes direction, crying out to his sidekick: "Let's get out of here, Rigger!" As he is cheered on by the Planeteers, Captain Planet recycles the debris from the dragon beast into a new planting machine for Nuok's village, so they can replant the rice paddies Greedly destroyed.<br />
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Captain Planet bids the Planeteers farewell, telling them they did a fine job.<br />
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Back at his village, Nuok tells the Planeteers how grateful everyone is. Ma-Ti insists thanks are not necessary, claiming that "protecting the planet is our job."<br />
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Gi hands Nuok a Planeteer t-shirt, deeming him an honourary Planeteer.<br />
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Before they board the geo-cruiser, Wheeler claims he's going to "miss this place."<br />
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Linka questions him, believing he didn't want to come, and he admits that was before she hugged him. She responds by telling him she had no choice. "It was either you, or the dragon beast."<br />
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Despite her tone being light, Wheeler looks hurt by her comment.<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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'''Kwame:''' This place looks terrible! Nothing can grow here.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I know, Kwame. Many forms of mining destroy the land.<br />
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'''Gi:''' But there's something you can do that will stop more of our beautiful Earth from looking like this.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Instead of throwing away your aluminium cans, foil, and other reusable metals, take them to a collection centre.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Be a Planeteer! Recycle!<br />
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'''The Planeteers:''' We do!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours! <br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* Wheeler and Linka almost share a kiss in the jungle after the Planeteers split up and they are left alone. Hoggish Greedly's robotic monster disturbs them.<br />
* Linka begs Wheeler to save himself after she traps her ankle in vines and the dragon beast descends upon them both. Instead, Wheeler leads the dragon beast away from her, and is captured by Greedly.<br />
* While following the tracks the dragon beast left behind, Gi bravely (and perhaps foolishly) dives into the river in an effort to recover the trail. She narrowly avoids being attacked by crocodiles, and is saved only by Linka moving them downstream with the powers of her ring. Ma-Ti then uses his power to sense whether or not there are any remaining crocodiles.<br />
* When Ma-Ti tries to use his ring to sense where Wheeler is, we discover that he is weakened by the evil thoughts of Hoggish Greedly. He manages to get snapshot images of the place where Wheeler is being held, but contact is impossible.<br />
* The dragon machine apparently runs on some sort of liquid fuel - Rigger can be seen refuelling it at one point in the episode.<br />
* Linka expresses constant worry and despair while Wheeler is missing.<br />
* So relieved that he is found alive after being taken away by Greedly, Linka runs towards Wheeler near the end and throws herself into his arms. He spins her around and comments: "If I'd known you'd act like this, I'd get myself captured all the time."<br />
* Kwame helps Gi put her jacket back on each time she takes it off to dive in the river. <br />
* Captain Planet is called twice during this episode - once near the start to put out the first fire, and again at the end to destroy the mechanical dragon beast.<br />
* Greedly is never actually captured at the end of the episode. He and Rigger escape into the jungle.<br />
* Nuok is made an honourary Planeteer, and is given a t-shirt with the Planeteer emblem on it.<br />
* When things are back to normal and the Planeteers are about to go home, Wheeler brings up the subject of Linka hugging him. She claims she had no choice - it was either him or the dragon beast. Instead of making a joke or flirting with her, Wheeler looks sad.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh great. We come all this way to find an old superstition that doesn't exist.<br />
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''A tiger growls and jumps away from a nearby rock.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What was that?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' (''After having his toes trodden on by Wheeler'') Watch out! What is the matter, Wheeler? Did the little pussy-cat scare you?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Not scared, Kwame, pal. Just curious. Back in New York, they used to say I had nerves of steel.<br />
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''An owl flies down at him and he cries out and falls over.''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' It appears that in Thailand your steel nerves have gotten a little rusty.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''Muttering'') Yeah, you'll keep.<br />
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'''Gi:''' No problem! Now that Captain Planet's here, we'll be okay! I hope.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' (''Somersaulting through the air and preparing to dive into a river'') Nice day for a dip! What's a nice guy like me doing in a dive like this?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The fire's out, so I guess I'll be going. Until then, remember, the power is yours!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' (''In reference to Captain Planet'') He does come in handy, now and then.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Maybe it was not so smart to split up like this.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I kinda like the idea. First time you and I had a chance to be alone.<br />
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''They lean in to kiss, but noises from Greedly's dragon beast disturb them.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' ''(After the dragon beast is immune to his fire power)'' Whoops. I guess he's fire-proof.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' ''(In the dragon beast's mouth)'' Ow! You've got awful sharp teeth for a superstition.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, poor Wheeler. If something has happened to him, I will never forgive myself. (She starts to cry.)<br />
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'''Rigger:''' We'll destroy every living thing, and turn the whole countryside into an ugly gravel pit, yep yep yep!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' The Planeteers won't let you get away with it, Greedly!<br />
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'''Hoggish Greedly:''' How can they stop me? They don't even know where I am!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Hey everybody, over here! Look at these strange tracks.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Evil spirits don't leave tracks.<br />
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'''Rigger:''' Hey Mr. Greedly, look! Them Planeteers pests are coming to spoil our fun!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' You're wrong, Rigger. We're gonna spoil theirs!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''Tied up against the wall'') You'd better call that dragon machine off, Greedly!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' What are you gonna do about it, punk?<br />
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'''Gi:''' (''In response to Rigger blocking her and Wheeler's escape route)'' So you want to play games? Water! There's an underground river outside that will teach you a lesson.<br />
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'''Greedly:''' ''(Panicking as water begins to show through the crumbling bricks)'' Hey! Those walls are supposed to keep the water out!<br />
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''Water floods the room.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Nice going, Gi! Those slobs could use a bath.<br />
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'''Rigger:''' Save me, Mr. Greedly! Save me!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' Go soak your head! I'm saving myself!<br />
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'''Linka:''' (''After throwing herself into Wheeler's arms)'' Oh, Wheeler, thank goodness you are safe!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey, if I'd known you'd act like this, I'd get myself captured all the time...<br />
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''Moments before ensnaring the dragon beast in vines:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Time to branch out! I'm feeling vine, how about you?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' That dragon's a real drag.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' So long, Planeteers! You did a fine job. And remember, the power is yours!<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' Go Planet!<br />
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'''Nuok:''' My people and I cannot thank you enough, Planeteers.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' No thanks are necessary. Protecting the planet is our job!<br />
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'''Gi:''' And because it's a job everyone needs to be involved in, we're making you an honourary Planeteer. (She hands Nuok a Planeteer t-shirt.)<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' ''(About to board the geo-cruiser to go back to Hope Island)'' I'm gonna miss this place.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Huh. I thought you did not want to come.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That was before you hugged me.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I had no choice, Yankee. It was either you, or the dragon beast.</div>
OzQueen
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Doug Molitor
2013-01-25T00:38:37Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>Doug Molitor is a writer for Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The episodes he has written are listed below in airing order.<br />
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== Written Episodes ==<br />
[[The Big Clam-Up]]</div>
OzQueen
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Doug Molitor
2013-01-25T00:37:38Z
<p>OzQueen: Created page with "The Big Clam-Up"</p>
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<div>[[The Big Clam-Up]]</div>
OzQueen
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The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-25T00:37:02Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>[[File:058.png|300px|thumb|right]] The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This episode alternates between the usual style of a Captain Planet episode, and the style of a noir narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
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It was written by [[Doug Molitor]].<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
People in San Francisco are falling ill to dozens of different poisons. The Planeteers are sent to investigate. Ma-Ti is caught up in reading Dash Raymond detective novels, and he's finding it hard to separate fantasy from reality. He takes to the latest Planeteer mission with Dash Raymond style, much to the exasperation of the others.<br />
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Their mystery leads them down to the docks, tracking down the mysterious 'Mr. S.' <br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
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Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
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Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
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Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
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Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
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Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
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As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
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Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
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Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
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Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
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Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
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Ma-Ti leans over to comfort the woman as she writhes in pain. He discovers that she is wearing a lobster bib, and excitedly states he has found a clue. He asks who the woman got the bib from, but she is in so much pain, all she can manage is, "Mr. S."<br />
<br />
The paramedics take the woman to hospital, but Kwame has chatted to them and discovered that the ill woman is suffering the same symptoms as everyone else. Linka states they should check the nearest factories, but Ma-Ti claims the bib is the biggest clue of all, and that it was left by 'Mr. S' as a sign for the woman to "lobster up". Gi, Linka and Kwame all sigh with exasperation and start heading down the street. Wheeler pauses only long enough to inform Ma-Ti the expression is "Clam Up".<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti hurries after his friends, a mysterious figure shrouded in black hovers by the side of the house: "I'll make those Planet Snoops clam up - permanently!"<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
* Both Ma-Ti and Suchi wear fedoras during this episode.<br />
* Kwame talks to the paramedics and shakes hands with one of them as the other Planeteers look on. The ill woman is, presumably, inside the ambulance.<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' She had the same symptoms as everyone else.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' We should check the nearest factories!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' But I have the solution! This 'Mr. S' silenced this lady! The bib is his warning! He is telling her to lobster up!<br />
<br />
''The other Planeteers all loudly disagree in exasperated voices.''<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Great theory, Ma-Ti. Except the expression is 'clam up'.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Ohhh, right. Heh. Clam up! I knew it was ''some'' kind of shellfish!</div>
OzQueen
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The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T12:37:32Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:058.png|300px|thumb|right]] The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This episode alternates between the usual style of a Captain Planet episode, and the style of a noir narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
People in San Francisco are falling ill to dozens of different poisons. The Planeteers are sent to investigate. Ma-Ti is caught up in reading Dash Raymond detective novels, and he's finding it hard to separate fantasy from reality. He takes to the latest Planeteer mission with Dash Raymond style, much to the exasperation of the others.<br />
<br />
Their mystery leads them down to the docks, tracking down the mysterious 'Mr. S.' <br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
<br />
Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
<br />
Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
<br />
Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
<br />
<br />
Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
<br />
Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
<br />
Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti leans over to comfort the woman as she writhes in pain. He discovers that she is wearing a lobster bib, and excitedly states he has found a clue. He asks who the woman got the bib from, but she is in so much pain, all she can manage is, "Mr. S."<br />
<br />
The paramedics take the woman to hospital, but Kwame has chatted to them and discovered that the ill woman is suffering the same symptoms as everyone else. Linka states they should check the nearest factories, but Ma-Ti claims the bib is the biggest clue of all, and that it was left by 'Mr. S' as a sign for the woman to "lobster up". Gi, Linka and Kwame all sigh with exasperation and start heading down the street. Wheeler pauses only long enough to inform Ma-Ti the expression is "Clam Up".<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti hurries after his friends, a mysterious figure shrouded in black hovers by the side of the house: "I'll make those Planet Snoops clam up - permanently!"<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
* Both Ma-Ti and Suchi wear fedoras during this episode.<br />
* Kwame talks to the paramedics and shakes hands with one of them as the other Planeteers look on. The ill woman is, presumably, inside the ambulance.<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' She had the same symptoms as everyone else.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' We should check the nearest factories!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' But I have the solution! This 'Mr. S' silenced this lady! The bib is his warning! He is telling her to lobster up!<br />
<br />
''The other Planeteers all loudly disagree in exasperated voices.''<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Great theory, Ma-Ti. Except the expression is 'clam up'.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Ohhh, right. Heh. Clam up! I knew it was ''some'' kind of shellfish!</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Clam-Up&diff=2919
The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T11:56:07Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:058.png|300px|thumb|right]] The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This episode alternates between the usual style of a Captain Planet episode, and the style of a noir narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
After waking up to discover Earth in peril due to rising pollution, [[Gaia]], the spirit of Earth, sends five magic rings to five special young people. They are summoned as Planeteers and are sent on their first mission - to stop [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Rigger]] drilling for oil and destroying a coastline.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
<br />
Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
<br />
Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
<br />
Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
<br />
<br />
Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
<br />
Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
<br />
Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti leans over to comfort the woman as she writhes in pain. He discovers that she is wearing a lobster bib, and excitedly states he has found a clue. He asks who the woman got the bib from, but she is in so much pain, all she can manage is, "Mr. S."<br />
<br />
The paramedics take the woman to hospital, but Kwame has chatted to them and discovered that the ill woman is suffering the same symptoms as everyone else. Linka states they should check the nearest factories<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
* Both Ma-Ti and Suchi wear fedoras during this episode.<br />
* Kwame talks to the paramedics and shakes hands with one of them as the other Planeteers look on. The ill woman is, presumably, inside the ambulance.<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' She had the same symptoms as everyone else.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' We should check the nearest factories!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' But I have the solution! This 'Mr. S' silenced this lady! The bib is his warning! He is telling her to lobster up!<br />
<br />
''The other Planeteers all loudly disagree in exasperated voices.''</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Big_Clam-Up&diff=2918
The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T11:46:38Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:058.png|300px|thumb|right]] The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This episode alternates between the usual style of a Captain Planet episode, and the style of a noir narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
After waking up to discover Earth in peril due to rising pollution, [[Gaia]], the spirit of Earth, sends five magic rings to five special young people. They are summoned as Planeteers and are sent on their first mission - to stop [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Rigger]] drilling for oil and destroying a coastline.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
<br />
Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
<br />
Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
<br />
Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
<br />
<br />
Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
<br />
Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
<br />
Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.</div>
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The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T11:45:55Z
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<div>[[File:058.jpg|300px|thumb|right]] The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. This episode alternates between the usual style of a Captain Planet episode, and the style of a noir narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
After waking up to discover Earth in peril due to rising pollution, [[Gaia]], the spirit of Earth, sends five magic rings to five special young people. They are summoned as Planeteers and are sent on their first mission - to stop [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Rigger]] drilling for oil and destroying a coastline.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
<br />
Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
<br />
Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
<br />
Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
<br />
<br />
Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
<br />
Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
<br />
Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.</div>
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File:058.png
2013-01-24T11:44:12Z
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The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T11:39:12Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It is filmed in a noir-style narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
<br />
[[File:Heroforearth38.jpg|300px|thumb|right]] A Hero For Earth is the first episode in the first series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It deals with [[Hoggish Greedly]] illegally and clumsily drilling for oil, causing an eco-disaster on a once-pristine coastline.<br />
<br />
It was written by Billy Ruebin, with story by Nicholas Boxer. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Big Clam-Up (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
After waking up to discover Earth in peril due to rising pollution, [[Gaia]], the spirit of Earth, sends five magic rings to five special young people. They are summoned as Planeteers and are sent on their first mission - to stop [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Rigger]] drilling for oil and destroying a coastline.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
The episode opens in black and white, with [[Ma-Ti]] narrating in the style of someone straight out of a noir film. He is shown in an office with 'Dash Raymond, Private Investigator' printed on the windows, the voice-over lamenting that he should never have taken "the caper" from a woman who turns out to be [[Gaia]].<br />
<br />
Gaia interrupts Ma-Ti's daydreaming, and the episode cuts to its usual format, with Ma-Ti reading a Dash Raymond detective novel, his feet propped up on a huge stack of similar books. Both he and [[Suchi]] are wearing hats appropriate to the genre. Gaia startles Ma-Ti out of his chair and says there is an eco-emergency.<br />
<br />
Joining the other Planeteers in the Crystal Chamber, Ma-Ti is briefly teased by [[Wheeler]], who exclaims the books he's been reading are 50 years old. Ma-Ti happily replies that the books are new to him.<br />
<br />
Gaia shows the Planeteers of people lying hunched in hospital beds, and explains that they have been poisoned. They are showing symptoms of several different kinds of poisoning, which include bacteria, heavy metals and pesticides. She asks that the Planeteers travel to San Francisco to investigate. Ma-Ti excitedly informs them that San Francisco is Dash Raymond's city, and that he will "take the cake" - which Gaia interprets as "take the case."<br />
<br />
<br />
Flying over San Francisco, Linka asks where they should begin. Ma-Ti says Dash Raymond would begin by looking for the guy with a motive, and he would then start 'barbecuing' suspects. Gi corrects him, saying 'grilling', and Kwame and Linka decide to start by doing a pollution scan.<br />
Muttering good-naturedly that nobody ever listens to him, Ma-Ti turns back to his book.<br />
<br />
Wheeler suddenly spots one very green lawn as they fly over the city, and says it looks suspicious. Linka agrees, remembering that nitrates were one of the poisons Gaia listed, and "one major source of nitrates is inorganic fertiliser."<br />
<br />
<br />
As Ma-Ti reads his Dash Raymond novel, the episode becomes black and white again, and shows Ma-Ti as Dash Raymond. He explains that in the detective game, sometimes you need to play a hunch. He knocks on a door, which is answered by Linka, described by Ma-Ti as having "a lot of inches". Talking to her, Linka leans forward and breathlessly, seductively, says, "fertiliser".<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti snaps out of his daydream to find Linka yelling at him. "Fertiliser! Inorganic fertiliser! You are standing in it!"<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti dances on the lawn, apparently not having noticed where he was walking while his daydreaming engrossed him so. Linka pulls him back onto the lawn, complaining about the harsh smell of the chemicals. Kwame states how grave the situation is, explaining that when it rains, excess nitrates will run off the lawn.<br />
<br />
Ma-Ti claims to have solved the case. Talking in his Dash Raymond voice, he starts up the steps to the house, explaining that whoever owns the house is clearly the one poisoning the city. Just as he says their suspect is going to take the fall, a woman staggers from the house and teeters over the steps, clearly ill and distressed. Linka hastily uses her ring to catch the woman before she truly does fall.<br />
<br />
Kwame and Wheeler lay the woman down on the ground while Gi runs inside to call the paramedics.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* This episode is in the style of film noir.<br />
* Upon showing the Planeteers visions of people ill in bed, Gaia lists oil, nitrates, bacteria, heavy metals, solvents and pesticides as causes for their sickness.<br />
* Linka pilots the geo-cruiser to San Francisco.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' It had just rained, and the city 'round the bay looked like the ring around a bathtub. Maybe I never should have taken the caper. Maybe I should've just clammed up when that doll knocked on my office door. Instead, I said, "Come on in." She was tall, dark, and semi-transparent. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' You're reading another Dash Raymond book? Ma-Ti, these things are 50 years old!<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' They are new to me!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' I want you to go to San Francisco and investigate.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' San Francisco? Dash Raymond's city? Gaia, I will take the cake!<br />
''Ma-Ti runs to the geo-cruiser, and Gaia sighs.''<br />
'''Gaia:''' I think he means he'll take the case.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Where do we begin looking?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Dash Raymond says always look for the guy with the motive. And he would start by barbecuing some suspects!<br />
'''Gi:''' You mean 'grilling' suspects.<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, right. Grilling.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, in the detective game, you have to play a hunch. This one paid off - when ''she'' opened the door. The blonde dame was every inch a lady - and she had a lot of inches.<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you aware you are having a monkey on your back?<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Nobody's perfect, sister!<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' This is bad! When it rains, excess nitrates will run off this lawn.</div>
OzQueen
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The Big Clam-Up
2013-01-24T11:03:30Z
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<div>The Big Clam-Up is the ninth episode of the second season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It is filmed in a noir-style narrative (with Ma-Ti as the narrator).<br />
<br />
It was written by Doug Molitor.</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Site_Map&diff=2890
Site Map
2012-09-16T02:59:40Z
<p>OzQueen: Protected "Site Map" (‎[edit=sysop] (indefinite) ‎[move=sysop] (indefinite))</p>
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<div>== A ==<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
* [[A World Below Us]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
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<br />
== B ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
* [[Bleak]]<br />
* [[Blight]]<br />
* [[Blight and Plunder]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
* [[Boris]]<br />
<br />
== C ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Captain Planet]]<br />
* [[Captain Planet and Gaia]]<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Commander Clash]]<br />
* [[The Conqueror]]<br />
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<br />
== D ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
* [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
* [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
* [[Dmitri]]<br />
* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
<br />
== E ==<br />
<br />
* [[Eco-villain technology]]<br />
* [[Eco-villains]]<br />
* [[Episodes]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== F ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== G ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Gaia]]<br />
* [[Gaia and Zarm]]<br />
* [[Galleries]]<br />
* [[Geo-cruiser]]<br />
* [[Georgina Carver]]<br />
* [[Gi]]<br />
* [[Gi and Pontus]]<br />
* [[Gi and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Gi and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Grandmother]]<br />
* [[Greedly]]<br />
<br />
== H ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Heat Wave]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly Jr.]]<br />
* [[Hope Island]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== I ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== J ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[J.W.]]<br />
* [[Junior]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== K ==<br />
<br />
* [[Kisa]]<br />
* [[Kwame]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Georgie]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Gi]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Linka]]<br />
* [[Kwame's Crisis]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== L ==<br />
<br />
* [[Last of Her Kind]]<br />
* [[Leadsuit]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Linka and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Linka and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Little Crop of Horrors]]<br />
* [[The Littlest Planeteer]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== M ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Ma-Ti]]<br />
* [[Main Characters]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
* [[Meltdown Syndrome]]<br />
* [[Mishka]]<br />
* [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
* [[Missing Linka]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part II]]<br />
<br />
== N ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Names]]<br />
* [[Nukem]]<br />
* [[Nuok]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== O ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Oaky and Doakey]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Other Characters]]<br />
* [[Ozone Hole]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== P ==<br />
<br />
* [[Parents]]<br />
* [[The Pinehead Brothers]]<br />
* [[The Planeteers]]<br />
* [[Plunder]]<br />
* [[Plunder and Blight]]<br />
* [[Plunder Dam]]<br />
* [[Polluting by Computer]]<br />
* [[Popular Pairings]]<br />
* [[Population Bomb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Q ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== R ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
* [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== S ==<br />
<br />
* [[Season 1]]<br />
* [[Season 2]]<br />
* [[Season 3]]<br />
* [[Season 4]]<br />
* [[Season 5]]<br />
* [[Season 6]]<br />
* [[Sam Corroboree]]<br />
* [[Skumm]]<br />
* [[Skumm Lord]]<br />
* [[The Slaughters]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Sky Runner]]<br />
* [[Smog Hog]]<br />
* [[Suchi]]<br />
<br />
== T ==<br />
<br />
* [[Tree of Life]]<br />
* [[Trish]]<br />
* [[Trish and Wheeler]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== U ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Ultimate Pollution]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dmitri]]<br />
<br />
== V ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
* [[Volcano's Wrath]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== W ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Linka]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Trish]]<br />
<br />
== X ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Y ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Z ==<br />
<br />
* [[Zarm]]</div>
OzQueen
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A World Below Us
2012-09-16T02:51:58Z
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<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[A World Below Us (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
After running into Greedly's mechanical (and angry) octopus, Gi awakens in an underwater city, Oceanus. Desperate to avoid the mistakes of the surface, Oceanus is a clean, sustainable city - but pollution in the ocean is starting to take its toll. Gi must help the people of Oceanus save their city - and at the same time, figure out how to get home!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' I want you to join me and the Planeteers in saving our planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' You can fight oil spills and air pollution by encouraging your family not to waste gasoline and other fuels.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Turn off the lights in your house when you don't need them.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' If you can carpool, do it!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Better yet, if you're only going a short distance, walk, or ride a bike!<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' It's healthier for you, and our planet! So don't be a Greedly! The power is yours!<br />
<br />
<br />
== Did You Notice? ==<br />
<br />
* When they finally meet again, the Planeteers rush into a group hug - and Gi runs into Kwame's arms.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==</div>
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Kwame
2012-09-16T02:21:15Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Family and Relationships */</p>
<hr />
<div>Kwame is the Earth Planeteer, and the first Planeteer to be introduced.<br />
<br />
Kwame is the first Planeteer to discover his ring. He is shown as a young African man, leaning on a staff in the desert under a hot setting sun. He wipes sweat from his brow and uses the end of the staff to pierce the dirt before slipping a plant into the newly-created pocket. On the second attempt, his ring emerges from the earth, caught on the end of the staff, glowing. He reaches for it curiously.<br />
<br />
When he arrives on [[Hope Island]], Kwame displays an understanding and control of his power, which [[Wheeler]], [[Linka]], and [[Gi]] all fail to do. [[Ma-Ti]] seems to have as similar understanding of his new powers.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is quiet and calm, and quite serious, though he does crack an occasional joke, and enjoys ribbing the others - particularly Wheeler.<br />
<br />
<br />
He is the unofficial leader of the Planeteers. He keeps everyone calm as the [[geo-cruiser]] spins out of control during their first mission in the episode [[A Hero For Earth]], and he restores control. He also asks [[Gaia]] questions nobody else seemed to think of, such as what to do if their wonderful new powers weren't enough.<br />
<br />
Kwame is the Planeteer to prompt the reaction which results in [[Captain Planet]]'s arrival, always beginning the routine with "Let our powers combine."<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is usually the quiet voice of reason, though he does lose his temper occasionally. In [[Kwame's Crisis]], the Earth Planeteer no longer believes he can make a difference, and he loses his hope and decides to abandon the Planeteers. However, he returns, and he is usually there as the voice of reason, comfort and solid strength.<br />
<br />
In the 2012 Reddit IAMA, executive producer Barbara Pyle said Kwame was from Ghana (with roots in Zimbabwe), but Nick Boxer then disputed this, saying that Kwame's family were likely refugees, and any country can lay claim to him. ([http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68n2pb source])<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Appearance ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is black, with short black hair and brown eyes. He wears a blue Planeteer t-shirt with a green emblem, green shorts, a red shirt (unbuttoned) and a green vest. He wears gold necklaces around his neck, a red bracelet around his left wrist, and four gold bracelets on his right arm, though it is never explained if they have significant meaning for him. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Family and Relationships ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Gi]]''': It is occasionally implied that Kwame and Gi have a slightly romantic relationship. They flirt occasionally, and Gi tends to show open affection and relief whenever Kwame narrowly escapes harm at the hands of an [[Eco-villain]]. See [[Kwame and Gi]] for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Dr. Georgina Carver]]''': Kwame is smitten with Georgina (or "Georgie", as he calls her) from the word go. While in a trance-like state, he tells Wheeler that Georgie rates a 25 on a scale of 1 to 10. See [[Kwame and Georgie]] for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Parents]]''': Kwame does not mention his parents often. In the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]], he mentions that his mother fell ill when he was young. He does not mention whether or not she ever recovered.<br />
<br />
He never mentions his father, or whether or not he has any siblings.<br />
<br />
During the 2012 Reddit IAMA chat, executive producer Nick Boxer said Kwame's family were likely to be refugees. ([http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68n2pb source])<br />
<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]] <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' The situation is more than we can handle, Planeteers. We need help.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' You mean...?<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Exactly. We must do as Gaia advised. We must combine our powers.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Let's do it!<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Let our powers combine. Earth.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Fire.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Wind.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Water:<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Heart.<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
- [[A Hero for Earth]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Nice team work, everybody! <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' There's only one thing you can do, Planeteers: Rescue Captain Planet.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' How are we gonna do that without our powers, Gaia?<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' There is a way...<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Oh, we will just have to give Duke Nukem the nuclear waste he demanded as ransom!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Then we'll be helping Nukem and Dr. Blight pollute the Earth!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' But if we do not, they will hurt Captain Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Captain Planet has never let us down - and we will not let him down. <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' When I was young, my mother fell ill, and searching for firewood became my job. Over the years, the trees around my village began to disappear. Piece by piece, they were stripped away. Wood became as precious as gold, and no one thought to plant new trees. Each day, I was forced to travel farther and farther to find firewood. One afternoon, I spotted a small herd of elephants. I knew they would eventually lead me to trees. I followed the magnificent beasts for hours, until finally - trees! But before the elephants could take cover in that tiny patch of forest, poachers opened fire. That awful sight burned itself into my mind. I realised that people are not the only ones who need trees to survive. Animals need them for food, and protection too. That is why I believe so strongly in planting trees.<br />
<br />
- [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
<br />
<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<center> <gallery><br />
<br />
File:Deadseas17.jpg|Planting trees on [[Hope Island]] in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas18.jpg|Kwame is knocked over by [[Gi]] in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas19.jpg|Still from [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas35.jpg|Receiving a kiss from a dolphin in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:deadlyransom84.jpg|Planning to save [[Captain Planet]] in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom139.jpg|Still from [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:Rainofterror14.jpg|Running the obstacle course on [[Hope Island]] in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror15.jpg|Challenging Gi to a race in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror16.jpg|Kwame catches Gi after she falls off the obstacle course's wall in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Bluecarline45.jpg|In the episode [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline70.jpg|Choking on smog in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline104.jpg|Kwame and [[Wheeler]] run into trouble in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
<br />
</gallery></center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Kwame_and_Gi&diff=2887
Kwame and Gi
2012-09-16T02:18:21Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Episodes */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Rainofterror16.jpg|300px|thumb|right]]Early on in the series, there are several scenes across various episodes that might be interpreted to indicate a flirtatious and possibly romantic relationship between Kwame and Gi. Nothing ever seems to come of it, and their relationship is certainly not as prevelant as [[Wheeler and Linka]]'s relationship, but it's obvious that Kwame and Gi do care deeply for one another and share a special bond.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
Kwame and Gi race off together at the beginning of the episode to stop Greedly's latest plan.<br />
<br />
* [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
During the exercise scene at the start of this episode, Kwame and Gi flirt and compete playfully, resulting in Kwame catching Gi after he causes her to fall from the obstacle course wall. (Pictured.)<br />
<br />
* [[A World Below Us]]<br />
After she is finally found by the other Planeteers, the Planeteers group hug, with Gi running right into Kwame's arms.<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<center> <gallery><br />
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File:Deadseas18.jpg|Gi knocks Kwame over in her haste in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas20.jpg|Gi and Kwame in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas24.jpg|Gi and Kwame high-fiving in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
<br />
File:Rainofterror15.jpg|Gi and Kwame challenging one another to a race in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror16.jpg|Kwame catches Gi when she falls from the top of the wall on [[Hope Island]]'s obstacle course in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
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</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Kwame&diff=2886
Kwame
2012-09-16T02:09:30Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>Kwame is the Earth Planeteer, and the first Planeteer to be introduced.<br />
<br />
Kwame is the first Planeteer to discover his ring. He is shown as a young African man, leaning on a staff in the desert under a hot setting sun. He wipes sweat from his brow and uses the end of the staff to pierce the dirt before slipping a plant into the newly-created pocket. On the second attempt, his ring emerges from the earth, caught on the end of the staff, glowing. He reaches for it curiously.<br />
<br />
When he arrives on [[Hope Island]], Kwame displays an understanding and control of his power, which [[Wheeler]], [[Linka]], and [[Gi]] all fail to do. [[Ma-Ti]] seems to have as similar understanding of his new powers.<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is quiet and calm, and quite serious, though he does crack an occasional joke, and enjoys ribbing the others - particularly Wheeler.<br />
<br />
<br />
He is the unofficial leader of the Planeteers. He keeps everyone calm as the [[geo-cruiser]] spins out of control during their first mission in the episode [[A Hero For Earth]], and he restores control. He also asks [[Gaia]] questions nobody else seemed to think of, such as what to do if their wonderful new powers weren't enough.<br />
<br />
Kwame is the Planeteer to prompt the reaction which results in [[Captain Planet]]'s arrival, always beginning the routine with "Let our powers combine."<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is usually the quiet voice of reason, though he does lose his temper occasionally. In [[Kwame's Crisis]], the Earth Planeteer no longer believes he can make a difference, and he loses his hope and decides to abandon the Planeteers. However, he returns, and he is usually there as the voice of reason, comfort and solid strength.<br />
<br />
In the 2012 Reddit IAMA, executive producer Barbara Pyle said Kwame was from Ghana (with roots in Zimbabwe), but Nick Boxer then disputed this, saying that Kwame's family were likely refugees, and any country can lay claim to him. ([http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68n2pb source])<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Appearance ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Kwame is black, with short black hair and brown eyes. He wears a blue Planeteer t-shirt with a green emblem, green shorts, a red shirt (unbuttoned) and a green vest. He wears gold necklaces around his neck, a red bracelet around his left wrist, and four gold bracelets on his right arm, though it is never explained if they have significant meaning for him. <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Family and Relationships ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Gi]]''': It is occasionally implied that Kwame and Gi have a slightly romantic relationship. They flirt occasionally, and Gi tends to show open affection and relief whenever Kwame narrowly escapes harm at the hands of an [[Eco-villain]]. See [[Kwame and Gi]] for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Dr. Georgina Carver]]''': Kwame is smitten with Georgina (or "Georgie", as he calls her) from the word go. While in a trance-like state, he tells Wheeler that Georgie rates a 25 on a scale of 1 to 10. See [[Kwame and Georgie]] for more.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Parents]]''': Kwame does not mention his parents often. In the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]], he mentions that his mother fell ill when he was young. He does not mention whether or not she ever recovered.<br />
He never mentions his father, or whether or not he has any siblings.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]] <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' The situation is more than we can handle, Planeteers. We need help.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' You mean...?<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Exactly. We must do as Gaia advised. We must combine our powers.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Let's do it!<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Let our powers combine. Earth.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Fire.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Wind.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Water:<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Heart.<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
<br />
- [[A Hero for Earth]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Nice team work, everybody! <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' There's only one thing you can do, Planeteers: Rescue Captain Planet.<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' How are we gonna do that without our powers, Gaia?<br />
<br />
'''Gaia:''' There is a way...<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Oh, we will just have to give Duke Nukem the nuclear waste he demanded as ransom!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Then we'll be helping Nukem and Dr. Blight pollute the Earth!<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' But if we do not, they will hurt Captain Planet!<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Captain Planet has never let us down - and we will not let him down. <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' When I was young, my mother fell ill, and searching for firewood became my job. Over the years, the trees around my village began to disappear. Piece by piece, they were stripped away. Wood became as precious as gold, and no one thought to plant new trees. Each day, I was forced to travel farther and farther to find firewood. One afternoon, I spotted a small herd of elephants. I knew they would eventually lead me to trees. I followed the magnificent beasts for hours, until finally - trees! But before the elephants could take cover in that tiny patch of forest, poachers opened fire. That awful sight burned itself into my mind. I realised that people are not the only ones who need trees to survive. Animals need them for food, and protection too. That is why I believe so strongly in planting trees.<br />
<br />
- [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<center> <gallery><br />
<br />
File:Deadseas17.jpg|Planting trees on [[Hope Island]] in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas18.jpg|Kwame is knocked over by [[Gi]] in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas19.jpg|Still from [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas35.jpg|Receiving a kiss from a dolphin in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:deadlyransom84.jpg|Planning to save [[Captain Planet]] in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom139.jpg|Still from [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:Rainofterror14.jpg|Running the obstacle course on [[Hope Island]] in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror15.jpg|Challenging Gi to a race in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror16.jpg|Kwame catches Gi after she falls off the obstacle course's wall in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Bluecarline45.jpg|In the episode [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline70.jpg|Choking on smog in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline104.jpg|Kwame and [[Wheeler]] run into trouble in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
<br />
</gallery></center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Hope_Island&diff=2885
Hope Island
2012-09-16T02:01:54Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>Hope Island is where [[Gaia]] resides. After she calls the Planeteers, they live on Hope Island with her.<br />
<br />
Hope Island is apparently sustainable - the Planeteeers live there between missions, in separate sleeping quarters. There are gardens and beaches, which the Planeteers are responsible for maintaining - though their duties are usually taken to and seen as hobbies, rather than chores.<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber on Hope Island is where the Planeteers meet before missions, usually gaining information from Gaia and the Planet Vision screens.<br />
<br />
In episodes such as [[Heat Wave]], it is learned that if Hope Island comes under attack and dies, Gaia dies as well.<br />
<br />
The exact location of Hope Island is never revealed in canon, though executive producer Barbara Pyle revealed during the 2012 Reddit IAMA that Hope Island is [http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68nonl near the Bahamas].<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Crystal Chamber ==<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber is where the Planeteers gather to be briefed by Gaia before each mission. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Crystal Vision ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Living Quarters ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<center><br />
<gallery><br />
<br />
File:Heatwave69.jpg|Kwame's greenhouse on Hope Island<br />
File:Heatwave85.jpg|The Crystal Chamber<br />
File:Heatwave86.jpg|Gaia watching [[Blight]]'s forcefield on Crystal Vision<br />
File:Heatwave54.jpg|Still from [[Heat Wave]]<br />
File:Dontdrinkthewater36.jpg|The [[geo-cruiser]] over Hope Island in [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
File:Mindpollution09.jpg|Beaches on the eastern shore of Hope Island. (Still from [[Mind Pollution]])<br />
File:Mindpollution10.jpg|Still from [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Hope_Island&diff=2884
Hope Island
2012-09-16T02:01:19Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>Hope Island is where [[Gaia]] resides. After she calls the Planeteers, they live on Hope Island with her.<br />
<br />
Hope Island is apparently sustainable - the Planeteeers live there between missions, in separate sleeping quarters. There are gardens and beaches, which the Planeteers are responsible for maintaining - though their duties are usually taken to and seen as hobbies, rather than chores.<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber on Hope Island is where the Planeteers meet before missions, usually gaining information from Gaia and the Planet Vision screens.<br />
<br />
In episodes such as [[Heat Wave]], it is learned that if Hope Island comes under attack and dies, Gaia dies as well.<br />
<br />
The exact location of Hope Island is never revealed in canon, though executive producer revealed during the 2012 Reddit IAMA that Hope Island is [http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68nonl near the Bahamas].<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Crystal Chamber ==<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber is where the Planeteers gather to be briefed by Gaia before each mission. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Crystal Vision ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Living Quarters ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<center><br />
<gallery><br />
<br />
File:Heatwave69.jpg|Kwame's greenhouse on Hope Island<br />
File:Heatwave85.jpg|The Crystal Chamber<br />
File:Heatwave86.jpg|Gaia watching [[Blight]]'s forcefield on Crystal Vision<br />
File:Heatwave54.jpg|Still from [[Heat Wave]]<br />
File:Dontdrinkthewater36.jpg|The [[geo-cruiser]] over Hope Island in [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
File:Mindpollution09.jpg|Beaches on the eastern shore of Hope Island. (Still from [[Mind Pollution]])<br />
File:Mindpollution10.jpg|Still from [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Hope_Island&diff=2883
Hope Island
2012-09-16T01:59:25Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>Hope Island is where [[Gaia]] resides, and the only place she can exist in a solid form - she is transparent everywhere else.<br />
<br />
Hope Island is apparently sustainable - the Planeteeers live there between missions, in separate sleeping quarters. There are gardens, and beaches, which the Planeteers are responsible for maintaining - though their duties are usually taken to and seen as hobbies, rather than chores.<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber on Hope Island is where the Planeteers meet before missions, usually gaining information from Gaia and the Planet Vision screens.<br />
<br />
In episodes such as [[Heat Wave]], it is learned that if Hope Island comes under attack and dies, Gaia dies as well.<br />
<br />
The exact location of Hope Island is never revealed in canon, though executive producer revealed during the 2012 reddit iama that Hope Island is [http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/zxr0j/we_are_barbara_pyle_and_nick_boxer_cocreators_and/c68nonl near the Bahamas].<br />
<br />
<br />
== The Crystal Chamber ==<br />
<br />
The Crystal Chamber is where the Planeteers gather to be briefed by Gaia before each mission. <br />
<br />
<br />
== Crystal Vision ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Living Quarters ==<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<center><br />
<gallery><br />
<br />
File:Heatwave69.jpg|Kwame's greenhouse on Hope Island<br />
File:Heatwave85.jpg|The Crystal Chamber<br />
File:Heatwave86.jpg|Gaia watching [[Blight]]'s forcefield on Crystal Vision<br />
File:Heatwave54.jpg|Still from [[Heat Wave]]<br />
File:Dontdrinkthewater36.jpg|The [[geo-cruiser]] over Hope Island in [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
File:Mindpollution09.jpg|Beaches on the eastern shore of Hope Island. (Still from [[Mind Pollution]])<br />
File:Mindpollution10.jpg|Still from [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Linka&diff=2882
Linka
2012-09-15T06:53:36Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Quotes */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
<br />
Linka is the fourth Planeteer to be summoned in the episode [[A Hero For Earth]]. When calling [[Captain Planet]], she is the third to use her ring. She is from the Soviet Union, and she has the power of Wind.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Personality and Appearance ==<br />
<br />
<br />
Linka is the Planeteer most likely to make mistakes with her English, though she is usually corrected by [[Wheeler]] in a good-natured manner. She expresses herself very well, but continues to use occasional Russian words in her every-day speech.<br />
<br />
Linka enjoys bird-watching (a bird brought her ring to her) and playing music on her electrical keyboard. These hobbies are evident in episodes such as [[Birds of a Feather]]. She also admits, in the episode [[You Bet Your Planet]], that she enjoys dancing.<br />
<br />
Linka is often the voice of logic and reason, though she also has quite a hot temper. She is technologically-minded, and is revealed to be a "hacker" in the episode [[Polluting by Computer]]. Though she sometimes gets carried away and acts without thinking, Linka is likely to remain rational in a tight spot.<br />
<br />
She is not afraid to risk her own life in order to save someone else - in the episode [[Volcano's Wrath]], Linka flings herself into a volcano in order to save a woman trapped on a ledge. She uses the power of her ring to stay above the lava.<br />
<br />
Linka has the power of Wind, which means she is able to blow objects away, or to lift herself or the other Planeteers into the air. Lifting herself, however, is draining, and she cannot keep the effort up for long.<br />
<br />
Though she is logical and uses calm rationale to work her way out of most dangerous situations, it is not unknown for Linka to grow upset or feel helpless when met with difficulties. Occasionally, like anyone else, she relies on her friends to cheer her up or give her support when she is feeling down or particularly overcome with something.<br />
<br />
Linka is the most analytical one of the group, often the one to investigate the science behind things by using her computer to analyse data or pull up extra information during missions. In the episode [[Greenhouse Planet]], Linka's power is revealed to be the power which allows Captain Planet to fly.<br />
<br />
Linka is voiced by Kath Soucie. There is a reference to this in the episode [[Hollywaste]], where it is mentioned Linka's character will need her voice dubbed over. The producer says, "Don't worry. We'll get Kath Soucie to loop her voice later." Linka then agrees after hearing [[Blight]]'s attempt at her Russian accent, stating, "Bozhe moy, she is terrible! I hope they get that Soucie person." <br />
<br />
Linka wears short brown shorts, sneakers, and a yellow Planeteer t-shirt with a blue/green emblem, under a purple long-sleeved shirt and sleeveless light-brown vest. Her belt buckle has a red communism star on it, and she wears several badges or pins on her vest: A yellow star, a red musical note, a piano, a red cow (possibly a reference to the Russian fairytale) and a shooting star. It's quite likely the badges all hold extreme significance for Linka, as she can be seen wearing them even as she is exercising or running around on Hope Island's obstacle course in her running clothes. ([[Rain of Terror]] shows references to this.)<br />
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Linka's shoes are green with a yellow tongue and white laces, and she wears purple socks that match her shirt.<br />
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Linka's blonde hair is always tied back into a ponytail with a black band. Her hair appears to be thick and curly, and is quite long - though admittedly it does change length occasionally from episode to episode. At the very least it is shoulder-length, though when she is running or using her wind-power, it can sometimes look much longer. Linka has a thick fringe/bangs.<br />
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Linka's eyes are blue for the first three seasons. After this, her eye colour is changed to green.<br />
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She is quite tall - she appears to be just an inch or two shorter than Wheeler, who in turn is an inch or two shorter than [[Kwame]]. She is taller than [[Gi]] and, like the others, much taller than [[Ma-Ti]].<br />
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Linka has pale skin and often has the appearance of wearing red or pink lip gloss.<br />
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In the final season, like the other characters, Linka receives a "make-over". This season is considered somewhat less-canon than the others, as the "revamped" aspect of the show was not popular with the long-term fans of the program. As a result, Linka's looks in season six are usually forgotten in favour of her more familiar look in seasons 1-5.<br />
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In season six, Linka's hairstyle changes slightly. She still has a blonde ponytail, but her hair does not appear to be as thick or curly. Her hairstyle is given the appearance of having holding gel in it - her fringe/bangs are a little more severe. Her eyebrows are also much darker, as opposed to her usual blonde.<br />
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Her clothing also changes in season six. She wears brown leggings/jodphurs and a long-sleeved light-blue shirt with a darker blue vest. She has a pink belt with a blue pocket attached to it.<br />
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<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
* [[Linka (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Family and Relationships ==<br />
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* '''[[Boris]]'''<br />
Boris is Linka's cousin, and the son of her Uncle Demitri. Boris appears in the episode Mind Pollution, where it is clear he has a serious addiction to the pill, [[Bliss]]. Boris successfully hides a pill in Linka's food, which ensures she is soon addicted as well. Boris overdoses on the pills and dies at the end of the episode. Linka is obviously heart-broken by the events at the end of the episode. It is clear that she and Boris were very close before he fell victim to [[Verminous Skumm]]'s chemicals.<br />
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* '''[[Grandmother]]'''<br />
In the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]], Linka mentions that her grandmother taught her everything about birds. Linka's mother is never mentioned - it is very likely her grandmother helped Linka's father raise both Linka and Mishka.<br />
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In the episode [[Missing Linka]], Linka gives up her job as a Planeteer in order to take care of her ill grandmother. However, by the end of the episode it has been discovered what was making her grandmother sick (mine trailings in the groundwater), and Linka is able to return to [[Hope Island]] with the others.<br />
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* '''[[Mishka]]'''<br />
Mishka is Linka's older brother. He appears in the episode [[Missing Linka]]. He is tall and broad with shoulder-length blond hair.<br />
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* '''[[Wheeler]]'''<br />
Wheeler flirts heavily with Linka from the first moment they meet, in the episode [[A Hero For Earth]]. Linka, however, rejects him more often than not. However, she does get jealous whenever Wheeler shows affection or adoration for other women.<br />
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Sometimes, Linka displays physical affection towards him, leaning in for a kiss or hugging him enthusiastically, usually after he has gone missing and she assumes something terrible has happened to him. In the episode [[Beast of the Temple]], Wheeler goes missing after leading danger away from Linka, and she spends much of the episode fretting for him.<br />
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In the episode [[Missing Linka]], Wheeler stays behind in Russia without telling Linka he is doing so. He follows her and saves her life several times before she realises who he is. At the end of the episode, before they return to Hope Island, Linka kisses him. <br />
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See [[Wheeler and Linka]] under [[popular pairings]] for more.<br />
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<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
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<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
* [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
* [[Missing Linka]]<br />
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<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
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<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Oh, no, Linka! You just don't get it.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I understand perfectly. You think New York is better than Moscow because you have video hallways.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Video arcades! <br />
<br />
- [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
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<br />
''Gi has just caused the sphere to rock back and forth:''<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Bozhe moy! Gi, you are rocking the whole bathysphere!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey! Maybe that's how we get off this ride!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, no, not more American cowboy tricks...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Lets rock and roll! <br />
<br />
- [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
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<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Need any help, ruski-tuski?<br />
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'''Linka:''' Hmph! That will be the day, Yankee. <br />
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- [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
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'''Gi:''' Come on Wheeler, time for team-work! First, you melt that ice with...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Fire!<br />
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'''Gi:''' And now that it is -WATER-, I'll shape it into steps, fast, before it refreezes!<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Cool move, Gi.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Earth could be contaminated for millions of years, and you are making jokes!? <br />
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- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
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<br />
'''Linka:''' I told you your plan wouldn't work!<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' At least I did something besides just talk!<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Exactly! You set off the alarm!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, so now it's all my fault? If I'd had some help, it would have been different!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Look, it's Gaia!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Planeteers, what's going on here?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia, I am afraid we have let you down this time.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' No you haven't! But you must remember, blaming each other is a waste of time. The only thing that matters is changing what's wrong. To rescue Captain Planet, you must stop blaming each other and start working together. The power is yours!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia is right! We must stop saying it is someone else's fault.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Sorry, Linka.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Me too. <br />
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- [[Deadly Ransom]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wheeler&diff=2877
Wheeler
2012-06-24T13:06:48Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>[[File:Wheeler15.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Wheeler, about to use his ring in the episode [[Mind Pollution]]]]Wheeler is the second Planeteer to be summoned in the first episode, [[A Hero For Earth]]. He is from North America, and he has the power of Fire.<br />
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Wheeler is from Brooklyn, New York. He had a tough upbringing, growing up with an alcoholic father who, at the very least, often verbally abused him.<br />
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Wheeler is probably the Planeteer who uses his ring the most - either to hold enemies back, cut through locks, or free people from bonds. His ring can produce flames or a laser-like force.<br />
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Wheeler is all about action, and does not always think things through before acting. He often goads the [[eco-villains]], taunting them and infuriating them with quick remarks and insults. Though not necessarily lazy, he is often tempted to abandon work in order to have some fun. However, he is very loyal, and can be counted on in a crisis if someone is depending on him.<br />
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Wheeler is usually the Planeteer who asks the questions or needs things explained to him. This is usually a tool to explain the situation or problem to the audience.<br />
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Wheeler often wants to have fun, rather than work. He seems very sports-oriented, despite growing up in the middle of Brooklyn with no early mention of taking part in childhood sports. He can often be found surfing or wind-surfing around Hope Island, though he does not appear to be very good at either sport, often falling off his board and washing up on the shore to be laughed at by one of the other Planeteers. In later seasons, Wheeler also appears to have an interest in basketball, which possibly suits his background a little better than the watersports do. <br />
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Wheeler also takes pleasure in games and flirting with girls. He appears to have a strong crush on [[Linka]] throughout all six series of the show, though not to the extent he won't look at or flirt with other women. When he visits his [[parents]] in the episode [[Talkin' Trash]], Wheeler and his ex-girlfriend, [[Trish]], kiss and hold hands, indicating that perhaps Wheeler still has feelings for her and Linka doesn't have so much to do with the emotional side of things, just the physical.<br />
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He does, however, risk his life for Linka several times, most notably in the episode [[Missing Linka]]. It could be said that lust, love or both is canon for Wheeler's interest in Linka.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
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Wheeler has red hair and blue eyes. His blue Planeteer shirt is usually half-tucked and half-untucked. His laces are rarely tied. Wheeler wears blue jeans and a brown jacket with the sleeves rolled up. <br />
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He appears to be quite muscular, though his only physical exercise, aside from the regular activities of being a Planeteer, appears to be games like volleyball or basketball, or activities like surfing. Wheeler is rarely shown working out just for the sake of it - though in early episodes, such as [[Rain of Terror]], he can be seen running the [[Hope Island]] obstacle course with the other Planeteers.<br />
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Wheeler can also be assumed to be quite tall, though apparently not as tall as Kwame, coming in perhaps one or two inches shorter than the Earth Planeteer. Height between the Planeteers can vary greatly, but Wheeler and Kwame both appear to be the standard and are rarely shown with greatly-varying heights. Occasionally, Wheeler will appear taller than Kwame, though this can often be rectified within the same episode, and is more a continuity issue rather than a new rule for canon. <br />
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Wheeler's face will turn red when he is embarrassed, angry or jealous. He may sometimes reach up to cup the back of his neck or head with his hand if he feels self-conscious and is trying to explain a rash action.<br />
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<br />
== Family and Relationships ==<br />
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<br />
* '''[[Linka]]''' <br />
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From the moment he sees her, Wheeler makes no secret of his attraction to Linka. He often calls her 'babe', and flirts with her heavily throughout several episodes. Linka, however, usually rejects his advances. Most of the time he accepts this with good humour, but occasionally he will question her further about going out with him, or he will display a hurt look, indicating that his feelings go deeper than simple flirting.<br />
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Several times, Wheeler and Linka come close to kissing during quiet, intimate moments with one another, such as in the episode [[Beast of the Temple]]. However, they are usually interrupted before they can kiss.<br />
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Occasionally Wheeler will flirt with other female characters, which causes Linka to become openly jealous. Whenever he is rescued from a tight spot, she displays obvious relief and is more open with her affections towards him. <br />
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See [[Wheeler and Linka]] for more.<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
* '''[[Parents]]''' <br />
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Wheeler had a rough childhood. His father was an alcoholic, and his mother appeared passive in response to the aggression present in the home. Wheeler appears to be close to his mother - he returns to visit his parents in the episode [[Talkin' Trash]], and he appears on good terms with her. However, he at first refuses to speak to his father, who verbally abuses him and indicates that he believes Wheeler is no good and will amount to nothing.<br />
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During the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]], we learn that Wheeler often spent nights away from home, on the streets or in the park, even at a young age. This is because going home often resulted in conflict with his father, who sent him out to purchase alcohol.<br />
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The names of Wheeler's parents are never revealed. <br />
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<br />
<br />
* '''[[Trish]]'''<br />
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Trish was Wheeler's girlfriend before he joined the Planeteers. He sees her again in the episode [[Talkin' Trash]], and discovers she is part of a gang vandalising the neighbourhood. Trish successfully mugs Wheeler at the start of the episode, and steals his ring. He manages to steal it back, before trying to convince her to drop her criminal behaviour and take more pride in the place she lives.<br />
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Wheeler saves Trish's life after she sabotages [[Verminous Skumm]]'s helicopter and falls into the river. He pulls her out and they share a kiss.<br />
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It is unclear whether or not the other Planeteers are aware of Wheeler's relationship with Trish. <br />
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See [[Wheeler and Trish]] for more.<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
* [[Missing Linka]]<br />
* [[Talkin' Trash]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' Come on Wheeler, time for team-work! First, you melt that ice with...<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Fire!<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' And now that it is -WATER-, I'll shape it into steps, fast, before it refreezes!<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Cool move, Gi. <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' I told you your plan wouldn't work!<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' At least I did something besides just talk!<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Exactly! You set off the alarm!<br />
<br />
'''Wheeler:''' Oh, so now it's all my fault? If I'd had some help, it would have been different! <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Are you all right, Captain Planet?<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' I've absorbed too much of Duke Nukem's radiation...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Don't worry, Cap, we'll get you back on your feet. Let's make like an atom and split! <br />
<br />
- [[Deadly Ransom]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Mission_to_Save_the_Earth_Part_I&diff=2876
Mission to Save the Earth Part I
2012-06-24T13:02:31Z
<p>OzQueen: Redirected page to Mission to Save Earth Part I</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wheeler_(Gallery)&diff=2875
Wheeler (Gallery)
2012-06-24T13:01:07Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Season 1 */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[A Hero for Earth]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Heroforearth28.jpg<br />
File:Heroforearth30.jpg<br />
File:Heroforearth40.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[The Dead Seas]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Deadseas92.jpg<br />
File:Deadseas104.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Beast of the Temple]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheeler01.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler02.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler03.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler04.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler05.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler06.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler07.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler08.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler09.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler10.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Rain of Terror]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Rainofterror19.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror30.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror39.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror52.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Deadly Ransom]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:deadlyransom46.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom91.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom107.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom108.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom132.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater04.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater03.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater01.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater02.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Mission to Save the Earth Part I]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone043.jpg<br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone060.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
== Season Two ==<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Mind Pollution]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheeler11.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler12.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler15.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler13.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler14.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[The Blue Car Line]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bluecarline01.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline07.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline106.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline107.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline117.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline155.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
== Season Four ==<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Missing Linka]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Missinglinka08.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka28.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka45.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka56.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka63.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka72.jpg<br />
</gallery> </center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wheeler_(Gallery)&diff=2874
Wheeler (Gallery)
2012-06-24T12:58:51Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Season 1 ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[A Hero for Earth]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Heroforearth28.jpg<br />
File:Heroforearth30.jpg<br />
File:Heroforearth40.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[The Dead Seas]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Deadseas92.jpg<br />
File:Deadseas104.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Beast of the Temple]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheeler01.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler02.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler03.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler04.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler05.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler06.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler07.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler08.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler09.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler10.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Rain of Terror]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Rainofterror19.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror30.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror39.jpg<br />
File:Rainofterror52.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Deadly Ransom]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:deadlyransom46.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom91.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom107.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom108.jpg<br />
File:deadlyransom132.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Don't Drink the Water]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater04.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater03.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater01.jpg<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater02.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Mission to Save the Earth Part I]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone043.jpg<br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone060.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Mind Pollution]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Wheeler11.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler12.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler15.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler13.jpg<br />
File:Wheeler14.jpg</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[The Blue Car Line]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Bluecarline01.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline07.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline106.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline107.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline117.jpg<br />
File:Bluecarline155.jpg<br />
</gallery></center><br />
<br />
<center>'''[[Missing Linka]]'''<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Missinglinka08.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka28.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka45.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka56.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka63.jpg<br />
File:Missinglinka72.jpg<br />
</gallery> </center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wheeler_(Gallery)&diff=2873
Wheeler (Gallery)
2012-06-24T12:51:23Z
<p>OzQueen: Created page with "<center> <gallery> File:Heroforearth28.jpg|Wheeler's first appearance in A Hero for Earth File:Heroforearth30.jpg|Wheeler receives his ring from Gaia File:Heroforearth..."</p>
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<div><center><br />
<gallery><br />
File:Heroforearth28.jpg|Wheeler's first appearance in [[A Hero for Earth]]<br />
File:Heroforearth30.jpg|Wheeler receives his ring from [[Gaia]]<br />
File:Heroforearth40.jpg|Wheeler appears defensive and abrupt when first summmoned to [[Hope Island]]<br />
File:Deadseas92.jpg|Driving a motorboat in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Deadseas104.jpg|Warning [[Gi]] not to be hasty in [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
File:Wheeler01.jpg|Still from [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler02.jpg|Wheeler and [[Linka]] almost kiss in [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler03.jpg|Still from [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler04.jpg|Wheeler is chased into a river by [[Greedly]]'s dragon beast...<br />
File:Wheeler05.jpg|...and is then chased by crocodiles.<br />
File:Wheeler06.jpg|Wheeler is captured by [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Rigger]] in [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler07.jpg|Wheeler in [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler08.jpg|Wheeler continues to rebel against Greedly despite occasionally being the underdog.<br />
File:Wheeler09.jpg|[[Linka]] greets Wheeler with enthusiasm after he is found safe in [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Wheeler10.jpg|Wheeler winks at [[Linka]] in [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
File:Rainofterror19.jpg|"Need any help, ruski-tuski?" ([[Rain of Terror]])<br />
File:Rainofterror30.jpg|Winking at [[Ma-Ti]] in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror39.jpg|Igniting toxic waste in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:Rainofterror52.jpg|[[Linka]] stops Wheeler from creating a fireball in [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
File:deadlyransom46.jpg|Wheeler in his ski gear in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom91.jpg|Attempting to break into [[Blight]]'s fortress in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom107.jpg|Fighting with [[Linka]] in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom108.jpg|Apologising to [[Linka]] in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:deadlyransom132.jpg|Dodging [[Nukem]]'s radiation in [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater04.jpg|Wheeler enabling a safe getaway for [[Gi]] in the episode [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater03.jpg|Wheeler is restrained by [[Argos Bleak]] and [[Rigger]] in [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater01.jpg|Wheeler almost meets his match in the episode [[Don't Drink the Water]]...<br />
File:Wheelerdontdrinkthewater02.jpg|...but the Planeteers succeed in a last-minute rescue.<br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone043.jpg|Wheeler in the episode [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]<br />
File:Missiontosaveearthone060.jpg|Wheeler and [[Kwame]] in the episode [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]<br />
File:Wheeler11.jpg|Wheeler displays fury towards [[Verminous Skumm]] in [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
File:Wheeler12.jpg|The other Planeteers hold Wheeler back in [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
File:Wheeler15.jpg|Wheeler about to use his ring in [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
File:Wheeler13.jpg|Wheeler tries to convince [[Linka]] to stop taking Bliss in [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
File:Wheeler14.jpg|Wheeler has to hold [[Linka]] up during [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
File:Bluecarline01.jpg|Wheeler surfing in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline07.jpg|Falling for one of [[Ma-Ti]]'s practical jokes<br />
File:Bluecarline106.jpg|Wheeler finds himself in trouble in [[The Blue Car Line]]...<br />
File:Bluecarline107.jpg|...but escapes thanks to a move he learned in a film.<br />
File:Bluecarline117.jpg|Wheeler using his ring to burn through a lock in [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
File:Bluecarline155.jpg|About to pull a practical joke on Ma-Ti.<br />
File:Missinglinka08.jpg|Wheeler asleep in the [[geo-cruiser]] in the episode [[Missing Linka]]<br />
File:Missinglinka28.jpg|Wheeler, dressed in safety coveralls and using his ring to summon [[Captain Planet]]<br />
File:Missinglinka45.jpg|Wheeler, flirting with [[Linka]] (and about to put his foot in his mouth) in [[Missing Linka]]<br />
File:Missinglinka56.jpg|Wheeler shows jealousy when [[Linka]] is greeted by [[Mishka]]<br />
File:Missinglinka63.jpg|Wheeler, after [[Linka]] hands back her Planeteer ring in [[Missing Linka]]<br />
File:Missinglinka72.jpg|Wheeler in disguise in the episode [[Missing Linka]]<br />
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OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Boris&diff=2872
Boris
2012-06-24T12:44:29Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Mindpollution01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Boris]] Boris is [[Linka]]'s cousin. He lives in Washington DC with his father, [[Dmitri]]. At the beginning of the episode [[Mind Pollution]], it is evident that Boris is troubled. [[Verminous Skumm]] is quick to take advantage of the fact Boris is alone in a new city with very few friends. Boris turns to Skumm's drug, [[Bliss]], in order to cope with his problems.<br />
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<br />
Linka refers to Boris as her favourite cousin, describing him as "charming" when [[Wheeler]] prompts a slight comparison.<br />
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<br />
In order to get further supply of the drug from Skumm, Boris hides some pills in Linka's food, prompting the [[Wind Planeteer]] to become addicted. As a result, Wheeler has very little sympathy for Boris in his final moments. [[Gi]] is more sympathetic, claiming Boris was not himself when he hurt Linka and that the drug made him do it.<br />
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Boris dies of a drug overdose (possibly hastened by loss of blood via wounds on his arms) on top of The Capitol in Washington DC. <br />
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<br />
== Appearance ==<br />
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<br />
Boris is a similar age to Linka, and shares her looks, with blond hair and blue eyes. In his first scene, he is wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, though he later on his shirt changes to black with the image of a skull wearing a party hat. He goes back to his red shirt before his final scenes. He also wears mirrored sunglasses in order to hide the symptoms of his drug addiction - his eyes turn a reddish-brown whenever he is feeling the effects of the drug.<br />
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He often appears dishevelled and tired, due to his addiction. <br />
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<br />
<br />
== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
== See Also ==<br />
<br />
* [[Uncle Dmitri]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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<br />
== Quotes ==<br />
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<br />
<br />
'''Boris:''' These drugs can make you happier than you've ever been in your life.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Drugs! Boris, have you lost your mind? (She attempts to wrestle the bag of bills from him.)<br />
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'''Boris:''' Give those back! (''The bag tears and the pills disappear down a drain''.) You stupid cow! I needed those!<br />
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'''Boris:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Sorry, kid, but the price of Bliss has gone sky-high. This isn't even enough to buy one pill.<br />
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'''Boris:''' Please, give me some! I am in agony!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Now that's the funny thing. When you're used to Bliss, anything else is real pain.<br />
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'''Boris:''' What if I bring you a ring? With fantastic powers? A ring that controls the wind itself?<br />
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'''Skumm:''' A ring? You mean you know one of those Planeteers?<br />
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'''Boris:''' My cousin Linka.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Forget the ring! Bring me the girl and you can have enough Bliss to last you the rest of your life.<br />
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'''Boris:''' No! I love my cousin - I will never betray her to you.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Then go ahead and suffer.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Boris! I was afraid you were in that Blissed-out mob.<br />
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'''Boris:''' I have seen now that Bliss is bad news, so I have stopped using it. Thank you for setting me straight.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You should never have used drugs in the first place. I am so glad you've stopped.<br />
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<br />
''After handing Linka a blintz contaminated with Bliss:''<br />
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'''Boris:''' Isn't that the best thing you ever ate? <br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<center><br />
<gallery><br />
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File:Mindpollution01.jpg|Boris before his addiction<br />
File:Mindpollution02.jpg|Boris' neighbourhood before Bliss takes hold<br />
File:Mindpollution04.jpg|Meeting [[Skumm]]<br />
File:Mindpollution05.jpg|Paying for [[Bliss]]<br />
File:Mindpollution06.jpg|Boris with a Bliss pill<br />
File:Mindpollution07.jpg|After taking the first Bliss pill<br />
File:Mindpollution08.jpg|The effects are immediate<br />
File:Mindpollution18.jpg|[[Linka]] at the front door of Boris' house<br />
File:Mindpollution21.jpg|Boris' cousin, [[Linka]], with his father [[Dmitri]]<br />
File:Mindpollution22.jpg|Boris looks worn when he greets Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution24.jpg|Linka and Dmitri are worried<br />
File:Mindpollution25.jpg|Boris takes more pills to get high<br />
File:Mindpollution28.jpg|Boris, feeling good again<br />
File:Mindpollution31.jpg|Boris watches Linka extinguish the fire<br />
File:Mindpollution33.jpg|Boris' eyes turn red after he takes the Bliss pills<br />
File:Mindpollution35.jpg|Boris becomes exhausted when bike-riding with Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution36.jpg|Offering pills to Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution40.jpg|After his pills are lost, Boris goes to get more<br />
File:Mindpollution41.jpg|Offering all his cash to Skumm<br />
File:Mindpollution43.jpg|Boris becomes more and more desperate to get more Bliss<br />
File:Mindpollution44.jpg|Skumm tells Boris he will get more Bliss if he hands Linka over<br />
File:Mindpollution48.jpg|Linka hugs Boris when he returns home after the news report about riots<br />
File:Mindpollution49.jpg|Boris hides Bliss pills inside blintzes in order to get Linka addicted<br />
File:Mindpollution53.jpg|Boris' neighbourhood becomes trashed<br />
File:Mindpollution54.jpg|Graffiti in Boris' neighbourhood<br />
File:Mindpollution79.jpg|Boris leading the "blissed out" mob towards the Planeteers<br />
File:Mindpollution83.jpg|Boris trying to get inside The Capitol<br />
File:Mindpollution89.jpg|Boris smashes through a window to get inside, injuring himself<br />
File:Mindpollution90.jpg|[[Gi]] bandages Boris' wounds<br />
File:Mindpollution91.jpg|Boris appears oblivious to his injuries<br />
File:Mindpollution93.jpg|Boris with the Planeteers on top of The Capitol<br />
File:Mindpollution95.jpg|Boris and Linka suffering withdrawal on top of The Capitol<br />
File:Mindpollution100.jpg|Boris receives more Bliss from Skumm<br />
File:Mindpollution103.jpg|Boris overdoses on the pills and dies<br />
File:Mindpollution104.jpg|Gi breaks the news of Boris' death<br />
File:Mindpollution105.jpg|Linka tries to wake Boris<br />
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</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Eco-villains&diff=2871
Eco-villains
2012-06-24T12:40:20Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Eco-villains ==<br />
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<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Leadsuit]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
* [[Zarm]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Minor Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
These eco-villains appear in very few episodes and may not be instantly recognised by the audience.<br />
<br />
* [[Betty Blight]]<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
* [[Don Porkaloin]]<br />
* [[Madame Mao]]<br />
* [[The Pinehead Brothers]]<br />
* [[Robin Plunder]]<br />
* [[The Slaughters]]<br />
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<br />
<br />
== See Also: ==<br />
<br />
* [[Eco-villain Technology]]<br />
* [[Main Characters]]<br />
* [[Other Characters]]<br />
* [[Galleries]]<br />
* [[Episodes]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Dmitri&diff=2870
Dmitri
2012-06-24T12:39:05Z
<p>OzQueen: Redirected page to Uncle Dmitri</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Uncle Dmitri]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Site_Map&diff=2869
Site Map
2012-06-24T12:38:29Z
<p>OzQueen: /* D */</p>
<hr />
<div>== A ==<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
* [[A World Below Us]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
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<br />
== B ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
* [[Bleak]]<br />
* [[Blight]]<br />
* [[Blight and Plunder]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
* [[Boris]]<br />
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== C ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Captain Planet]]<br />
* [[Captain Planet and Gaia]]<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Commander Clash]]<br />
* [[The Conqueror]]<br />
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<br />
== D ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
* [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
* [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
* [[Dmitri]]<br />
* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
<br />
== E ==<br />
<br />
* [[Eco-villain technology]]<br />
* [[Eco-villains]]<br />
* [[Episodes]]<br />
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<br />
== F ==<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
== G ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Gaia]]<br />
* [[Gaia and Zarm]]<br />
* [[Galleries]]<br />
* [[Geo-cruiser]]<br />
* [[Georgina Carver]]<br />
* [[Gi]]<br />
* [[Gi and Pontus]]<br />
* [[Gi and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Gi and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Grandmother]]<br />
* [[Greedly]]<br />
<br />
== H ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Heat Wave]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly Jr.]]<br />
* [[Hope Island]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== I ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== J ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[J.W.]]<br />
* [[Junior]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== K ==<br />
<br />
* [[Kisa]]<br />
* [[Kwame]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Georgie]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Gi]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Linka]]<br />
* [[Kwame's Crisis]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== L ==<br />
<br />
* [[Last of Her Kind]]<br />
* [[Leadsuit]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Linka and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Linka and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Little Crop of Horrors]]<br />
* [[The Littlest Planeteer]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== M ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Ma-Ti]]<br />
* [[Main Characters]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
* [[Meltdown Syndrome]]<br />
* [[Mishka]]<br />
* [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
* [[Missing Linka]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part II]]<br />
<br />
== N ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Names]]<br />
* [[Nukem]]<br />
* [[Nuok]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== O ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Oaky and Doakey]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Other Characters]]<br />
* [[Ozone Hole]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== P ==<br />
<br />
* [[Parents]]<br />
* [[The Pinehead Brothers]]<br />
* [[The Planeteers]]<br />
* [[Plunder]]<br />
* [[Plunder and Blight]]<br />
* [[Plunder Dam]]<br />
* [[Polluting by Computer]]<br />
* [[Popular Pairings]]<br />
* [[Population Bomb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Q ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== R ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
* [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== S ==<br />
<br />
* [[Season 1]]<br />
* [[Season 2]]<br />
* [[Season 3]]<br />
* [[Season 4]]<br />
* [[Season 5]]<br />
* [[Season 6]]<br />
* [[Sam Corroboree]]<br />
* [[Skumm]]<br />
* [[Skumm Lord]]<br />
* [[The Slaughters]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Sky Runner]]<br />
* [[Smog Hog]]<br />
* [[Suchi]]<br />
<br />
== T ==<br />
<br />
* [[Tree of Life]]<br />
* [[Trish]]<br />
* [[Trish and Wheeler]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== U ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Ultimate Pollution]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dmitri]]<br />
<br />
== V ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
* [[Volcano's Wrath]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== W ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Linka]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Trish]]<br />
<br />
== X ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Y ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Z ==<br />
<br />
* [[Zarm]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Site_Map&diff=2868
Site Map
2012-06-24T12:37:50Z
<p>OzQueen: /* U */</p>
<hr />
<div>== A ==<br />
<br />
* [[A Hero For Earth]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]]<br />
* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]]<br />
* [[A World Below Us]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== B ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Beast of the Temple]]<br />
* [[Bleak]]<br />
* [[Blight]]<br />
* [[Blight and Plunder]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[The Blue Car Line]]<br />
* [[Boris]]<br />
<br />
== C ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Captain Planet]]<br />
* [[Captain Planet and Gaia]]<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Commander Clash]]<br />
* [[The Conqueror]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== D ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
* [[The Dead Seas]]<br />
* [[Deadly Ransom]]<br />
* [[Dimitri]]<br />
* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[Don't Drink the Water]]<br />
* [[Duke Nukem]]<br />
<br />
== E ==<br />
<br />
* [[Eco-villain technology]]<br />
* [[Eco-villains]]<br />
* [[Episodes]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== F ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== G ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Gaia]]<br />
* [[Gaia and Zarm]]<br />
* [[Galleries]]<br />
* [[Geo-cruiser]]<br />
* [[Georgina Carver]]<br />
* [[Gi]]<br />
* [[Gi and Pontus]]<br />
* [[Gi and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Gi and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Grandmother]]<br />
* [[Greedly]]<br />
<br />
== H ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Heat Wave]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly Jr.]]<br />
* [[Hope Island]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== I ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== J ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[J.W.]]<br />
* [[Junior]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== K ==<br />
<br />
* [[Kisa]]<br />
* [[Kwame]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Georgie]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Gi]]<br />
* [[Kwame and Linka]]<br />
* [[Kwame's Crisis]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== L ==<br />
<br />
* [[Last of Her Kind]]<br />
* [[Leadsuit]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Linka and Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Linka and Kwame]]<br />
* [[Little Crop of Horrors]]<br />
* [[The Littlest Planeteer]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== M ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Ma-Ti]]<br />
* [[Main Characters]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
* [[Meltdown Syndrome]]<br />
* [[Mishka]]<br />
* [[Mind Pollution]]<br />
* [[Missing Linka]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]]<br />
* [[Mission to Save Earth Part II]]<br />
<br />
== N ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Names]]<br />
* [[Nukem]]<br />
* [[Nuok]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== O ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Oaky and Doakey]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Other Characters]]<br />
* [[Ozone Hole]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== P ==<br />
<br />
* [[Parents]]<br />
* [[The Pinehead Brothers]]<br />
* [[The Planeteers]]<br />
* [[Plunder]]<br />
* [[Plunder and Blight]]<br />
* [[Plunder Dam]]<br />
* [[Polluting by Computer]]<br />
* [[Popular Pairings]]<br />
* [[Population Bomb]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== Q ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== R ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
* [[Rain of Terror]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== S ==<br />
<br />
* [[Season 1]]<br />
* [[Season 2]]<br />
* [[Season 3]]<br />
* [[Season 4]]<br />
* [[Season 5]]<br />
* [[Season 6]]<br />
* [[Sam Corroboree]]<br />
* [[Skumm]]<br />
* [[Skumm Lord]]<br />
* [[The Slaughters]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Sky Runner]]<br />
* [[Smog Hog]]<br />
* [[Suchi]]<br />
<br />
== T ==<br />
<br />
* [[Tree of Life]]<br />
* [[Trish]]<br />
* [[Trish and Wheeler]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== U ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Ultimate Pollution]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dmitri]]<br />
<br />
== V ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
* [[Volcano's Wrath]]<br />
<br />
<br />
== W ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Linka]]<br />
* [[Wheeler and Trish]]<br />
<br />
== X ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Y ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Z ==<br />
<br />
* [[Zarm]]</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Five_Ring_Panda-Monium&diff=2867
Five Ring Panda-Monium
2012-06-24T12:33:19Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Fiveringpandamonium182.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Planeteers join a circus to get to the bottom of a case of animal smuggling.]]Five Ring Panda-Monium is the first episode in the sixth and final season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The story is by Michael Wagner and Nick Boxer. It was written by Michael Wagner and Reed Robins.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Eco-villains ==<br />
<br />
* [[The Slaughters]]<br />
* [[Madame Mao]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Other Characters ==<br />
<br />
* [[Cujo]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[Five Ring Panda-Monium (Gallery)]]<br />
<br />
== Episode Synopsis ==<br />
<br />
Poachers have injured a panda and taken away his mate. The Planeteers track [[the Slaughters]] to an illegal animal market in south-east Asia and discover that the stolen panda was sold off to [[Madame Mao]]'s Circus. They join the circus undercover in an attempt to recover the stolen panda and help the other suffering animals. However, Madame Mao is wise to their ploy, and intends to stage a series of 'accidents' which will rid her of any trouble the Planeteers may bring...<br />
<br />
<br />
== Episode Summary ==<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]]'''Gi:''' The best thing you can do to help our environment is get involved.<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' Join an environmental group, or join up with friends to start your own projects.<br />
<br />
'''Linka:''' Clean up a park or a beach. Organise a recycling program at school, or in your neighbourhood. And plant trees and remember to take care of them.<br />
<br />
'''Gi:''' It's all part of making our planet healthy again.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' We must all work together to protect the animals, trees, oceans and air.<br />
<br />
'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours! <br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]]'''Gi:''' Rhinos may not be the cutest animals in the world, but they are part of nature's rich diversity.<br />
<br />
'''Kwame:''' To kill an endangered animal just for its horn or skin is not only wrong, but illegal.<br />
<br />
'''Ma-Ti:''' Unfortunately, some places in the world are not enforcing the law, and rhinos continue to be hunted to extinction.<br />
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'''Linka:''' So please, do not buy rhino horn or any other endangered animal products. Remember...<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* The pandas playing at the beginning are referred to as "Pandeo and Juliet".<br />
* Gi appears to be the only Planeteer viewing the zoo in a negative light, stating that zoos rarely have enough space required for the animals and that they are cruel.<br />
* Despite the animal market being in Asia, Kwame and the dealer exchange American dollars.<br />
* It is strongly implied that Mame Slaughter murders the animal dealer.<br />
* Mame Slaughter phones Madame Mao and warns her that the Planeteers will be arriving and that they are dangerous.<br />
* Wheeler still finds time to correct Linka's English as he's being shot out of the cannon.<br />
* Wheeler cries "Oh my God!" and "Help!" as he plummets towards the broken net.<br />
* Had Cujo not interrupted, Claude would have whipped Ma-Ti's face. As it is, he is still thrown into the lion's cage.<br />
* Suchi runs off to fetch the other Planeteers as soon as he realises Ma-Ti is in trouble.<br />
* Madame Mao calls Wheeler 'Red'.<br />
* The Planeteers do not yell their traditional chorus of "Go Planet!" after Captain Planet is summoned.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Mame Slaughter:''' Get the lead out, Stalker! We want to nail these furballs while we're still young.<br />
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'''Stalker Slaughter:''' Don't worry, mother! I'll have those pandas pegged in a jiffy.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I still don't see the problem having a few monkeys in a zoo.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Don't you see, Wheeler? It's wrong to imprison any animal.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I do not agree, Gi. Zoos can be a good way for people to learn about all the wonderous animals on Earth.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Zoos also offer homes for species whose habitats have been destroyed.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Perhaps. But most wild animals require more space than a zoo can offer.<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' So as you can see, Pandeo is severely traumatised. His shoulder was dislocated when the poachers took his mate. He was sent here because they specialise in animal rehab.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Poor old bear!<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' Only, he's not a bear. More like a giant raccoon.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Whoa! Mondo rocky.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Will he be okay?<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' His wounds should heal. But it appears his heart may not. He has acted very depressed since losing his mate, Juliet. <br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Any chance of finding her?<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' Pandas are usually killed for their fur. However, since Juliet was taken alive, she was probably sold to a private collector. The problem is - where? I shot these pictures during Juliet's abduction. Unfortunately, they're out of focus.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Dr. Chen, can I scan these shots into the geo-cruiser's computer? They might tell us something.<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' I sure hope so.<br />
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''Gi has just scanned the photos into the geo-cruiser's computer:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Any luck, Gi?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Check this out!<br />
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''She points to the silhouette of Stalker Slaughter smoking a cigar. Suchi mimes the action of smoking.''<br />
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'''Linka:''' You said it, Suchi! It is the Slaughters all right!<br />
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'''Dr. Chen:''' I've heard about them recently. Supposedly they were operating out of an illegal animal market somewhere in south-east Asia.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' If it's out there, we'll find it!<br />
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''The Planeteers are standing in the middle of an illegal animal market.''<br />
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'''Gi:''' I can't wait to tell the authorities about this chamber of horrors!<br />
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''A dealer grabs Suchi from Ma-Ti's shoulder.''<br />
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'''Dealer:''' How much for the monkey? HIs brains would be very tasty...<br />
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''Suchi screeches and pulls free, hiding under Ma-Ti's t-shirt.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' My monkey is not for sale!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But we will pay big dollars for a panda...<br />
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'''Dealer:''' Pandas are rare indeed... I may need help remembering the last time I saw one.<br />
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''He rubs his fingers together and Kwame hands him a handful of cash.''<br />
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'''Dealer:''' Mame Slaughter had one a couple of months ago. There was a bidding war and it sold for a fortune to Madame Mao's Circus.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Let's move!<br />
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''Mame Slaughter has been hiding nearby, listening:''<br />
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'''Mame Slaughter:''' So, the kids want to see the circus? Hahaha... I'll make sure they have the time of their short lives... But first, I'll take care of that squealer!<br />
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''The scene ends with Mame Slaughter approaching the dealer with a knife in her hand.''<br />
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''Mame Slaughter has telephoned Madame Mao to warn her of the Planeteers' arrival.''<br />
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'''Mame Slaughter:''' Exactly, Madame Mao. They are dangerous nuisances, so be prepared. They could be arriving at any time.<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' I assure you, Mame. They will not leave here alive.<br />
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''Claude Slaughter has been standing nearby and overhears.''<br />
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'''Claude Slaughter:''' Is my mommy coming to see me?<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' That's right, Claude! Now lock up the panda. We have work to do!<br />
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''Claude starts to cry and sulk.''<br />
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'''Claude Slaughter:''' But I wanna keep training her!<br />
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''He whips the panda angrily.''<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' Later, Claude. Your mother says we're expecting visitors. You can 'train' them!<br />
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'''Claude Slaughter:''' Oh. Goody!<br />
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''Linka tries to tug the padlock off the cage.'' <br />
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'''Linka:''' Chyort voz'mi! Juliet's cage is padlocked!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Not for long! Step aside, babe. I'm gonna smoke it!<br />
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''An angry lion is approaching the Planeteers.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Sorry, guys! There's no way you can make me fall for that trench deal again.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' This is no zoo, Wheeler!<br />
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'''Gi:''' This place is scary. I've heard of animals literally going crazy from confinement.<br />
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''Linka has just pulled a stampeding elephant to a halt and Wheeler greets her as she slides from its back, taking her by the arms:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's okay, you're safe now.<br />
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''The circus folk angrily surround the Planeteers:''<br />
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'''Claude:''' Hey! What do you pipsqueaks think you're doing?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Um, we were kind of hoping for a hot meal and maybe some work...<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' I could use your talents...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Wow! I've always dreamed of being in a circus!<br />
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''Gi murmurs to herself:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Working on the inside may be the best way to get Juliet out of here.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Gi is right! <br />
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''Talking to Madame Mao again:''<br />
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'''Linka:''' We accept!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I'm dyin' to know what awesome act you want me for!<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' You'll be amazed at what I have in mind for you!<br />
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'''Claude:''' What'd you give 'em jobs for? I thought we were gonna off 'em!<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' Your mother said to make sure it looked like they had an accident. And what better place for an accident?! Now does Claude get it?<br />
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'''Claude:''' .... Oh, yeah! Now Claude gets it! You and my mommy sure are smart!<br />
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''Wheeler is shovelling animal dung:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' This is show business?! My talents are really being wasted here, Madame Mao.<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' Perhaps you're right! I have a much bigger job for you...<br />
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''The next scene shows Wheeler about to be shot out of a cannon.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' This isn't quite what I had in mind! You sure it's safe?!<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' The net will be like landing on a feather bed.<br />
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'''Linka:''' At least you will make a big splat with the audience, Wheeler! <br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's splash, Linka! Arrrrgh!<br />
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''He is fired out of the cannon.''<br />
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''Ma-Ti has realised Juliet has no food or water:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Excuse me, Claude? The animals do not seem to have any food.<br />
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'''Claude:''' Haha, then let 'em eat your stupid monkey!<br />
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''Suchi screeches angrily.''<br />
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'''Claude:''' Stop your yappin'! While I'm educatin' these animals, you bleach out their cages.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' But bleach is bad for the animals' health!<br />
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'''Claude:''' It'll be bad for your health if you don't do what Claude says! Now move it!<br />
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''Ma-Ti is petting the tamed lion.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Nice kitty!<br />
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'''Cujo:''' Looks like you made a friend!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Don't play innocent, Cujo, you lousy sneak! We caught you red-handed!<br />
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''Cujo throws a steak in towards the lion.''<br />
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'''Cujo:''' I guess you did. But I gotta sneak! Because if Madame Mao sees that I'm feeding the animals, she'll fire me!<br />
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''Ma-Ti and Suchi have just hit Wheeler in the face with cream pies. They high-five.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Hahaha! I always wanted to do that too, Suchi!<br />
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'''Madame Mao:''' Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to Madame Mao's Circus Extraordinaire!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' More like Circus Unfair.<br />
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'''Gi:''' You said it. This place is awful. Good thing we're getting Juliet out of here after the show.<br />
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''Linka is riding an elephant around in the circus ring as the crowd cheers:''<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot believe Madame Mao has me humiliating these animals. I am sorry to make you do this, but please be good, Tosca. <br />
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'''Mame Slaughter:''' If you want something done right, you do it yourself. Let's see some action!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Uh-oh, they're not clowning around! This is five-ring panda-monium! I'd better hurry or the big top will be a flat top!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We need a hose to wash Cap off!<br />
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'''Cujo:''' Got something better! Suck it up, Tosca!<br />
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''Tosca drinks from a tub of water.''<br />
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'''Cujo:''' Now blow, Tosca! Blow!<br />
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''Tosca blows clean water over Captain Planet, who wakes up.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Phew! Nothing like a shower after a close shave! Hey, thanks, Jumbo dear!</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Little_Crop_of_Horrors&diff=2866
Little Crop of Horrors
2012-06-24T12:31:27Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>Little Crop of Horrors is the seventh episode in the fifth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The story is by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright. It was written by Laura Schrock.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Georgina Carver]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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[[Doctor Blight]] realises that she has dropped from the world's most known scientist, to a nobody. She decides to steal a younger, prettier scientist's invention and take the credit as her own so scientific journals will want to interview her. She steals a "growth-ray" from [[Dr. Georgina Carver]], and causes a vine to start growing out of control. The Planeteers must join forces with Georgie and fight Doctor Blight before restoring the plant to its natural state and saving Georgie's research.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a fire burning out of control. The residents of a nearby village are fleeing in terror, their belongings piled into their cars.<br />
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Meanwhile, Doctor Blight is flying through the smoke in her pink aircraft, talking to MAL. It soon becomes clear that she is responsible for the fire. She states that she's burning melaleuca trees and using smoke and oil to create a new super-chemical that will "make mace-in-the-face seem like breath freshener."<br />
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MAL tells Blight that the melaleuca trees are not native to the region - they were brought in during an attempt to turn wetlands into real estate and are now taking over at a rapid speed. They are also highly flammable. He goes on to tell Blight that there is a scientist developing a new plant growth-enhancing ray. Georgina Carver is a young, beautiful scientist.'<br />
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When Blight realises that she is no longer mentioned in any scientific journals, she decides to steal Doctor Carver's experiment and take the credit in order to get recognition.<br />
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In Africa, Georgina Carver is explaining her new technology to other scientists. She explains that it's too early to take the ray out into the field and use it on plants outside of a controlled environment. She is trying the ray on a plant from the Amazon Rainforest in an effort to fight the effects of erosion. The other scientists warn her that introducing new lifeforms into other eco-systems can be disastrous.<br />
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She acknowledges the facts the other scientist presents, but also reels off success stories, like corn and other vegetables. Impressed with her arguments, one of the other scientists says they must take the ray out into the field as soon as possible.<br />
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Georgina is reluctant, but he tells her risks need to be taken.<br />
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Before anything can be decided, however, Blight's aircraft smashes through the glass dome above, and she drops down to steal the enhancer-ray. Georgina manages to wrestle it out of Blight's grasp, but MAL shoots pink lasers, destroying equipment and knocking Georgina to the ground. Blight disappears with the enhancer ray and the plant Georgina intended to test its effects on.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Planeteers are hard at work rescuing townspeople and animals from a wildfire. Everything appears to go smoothly, and Wheeler states that it's time for the Planeteers to retire for some "serious R and R."<br />
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However, Gaia appears and tells the Planeteers there is a possible eco-emergency, and they need to set course for Africa.<br />
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On the way, Gaia explains about Blight stealing Georgina Carver's enhancer-ray.<br />
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Kwame quickly reels off several facts about 'Georgie' Carver, prompting Wheeler to knowingly grin and make a small joke about Kwame perhaps having affection for the young scientist.<br />
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Blight is planting the small, somewhat withered plant she has taken from Georgina's laboratory. She stands in a section of land that has been destroyed by deforestation, claiming that once she fixes it with the plant and hte enhancer-ray, scientific journals will be all over themselves to interview her. MAL warns her to only use the ray for three seconds, but she claims using it for longer will have better effects.<br />
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After failing to see an immediate reaction on the plant, Blight claims that Carver's invention is a dud. She retires back into her aircraft for a beauty rest.<br />
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The Planeteers have met up with Georgina Carver. Kwame is gazing at her dreamily as she explains that her technology could be very dangerous in the wrong hands. Wheeler sidles up to him and says he know understands Kwame's fascination, stating that Georgie is a 20 on a scale of 10. Kwame breathlessly replies, "25", before waking up and berating Wheeler for not taking things more seriously.<br />
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Meanwhile, Blight is asleep, snoring, with a sleep mask on her face (as well as beauty cream) and her hair in rollers. She murmurs in her sleep about "Commander Data."<br />
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MAL hastily wakes her, stating that even though it appears dark outside, it's day time, and something is obstructing their view. Blight uses a mobile security camera to inspect the area around her aircraft and realises that the plant has grown and swarmed over everything. She orders MAL to start the engines and take off, but the vine has a lethal hold on the craft. The engines spark and begin to overload, and MAL begins to babble and shriek about them being doomed.<br />
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Blight manages to hit the back-up button and the air-craft finally tears free of the vines.<br />
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The vines crawl rapidly along the ground, disturbing wildlife and pulling a rhino to its death by winding around it firmly.<br />
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Back in her laboratory, Georgie is pacing in dismay, telling herself that she has been stupid. Kwame tries to reassure her, claiming that the theft of her machine does not take away from the wonderful research she has done so far.<br />
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A newsflash comes over the television, giving the location of the plant and warning everyone to flee.<br />
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Georgie claims that if the plant makes it into the rainforest, it could destroy everything.<br />
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Villagers are trying to fight off the vine with machetes and shovels, but it is obvious that the vine is too powerful. They flee in terror.<br />
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The geo-cruiser flies overhead, and the Planeteers disembark to discover the vine rapidly approaching them.<br />
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Linka and Ma-Ti approach the vine cautiously and it overcomes them both, winding around them and threatening to strangle them. Linka cries for Wheeler to help them, and he burns the vines away, but realises he can't burn any more without endangering the nearby village from the smoke.<br />
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Linka attempts to uproot the plant, but it is too strong. They call Captain Planet. However, when Captain Planet attempts to saw through the vine, he creates suckers, which take hold of him and drain his powers. He has no choice but to return to the earth and recharge.<br />
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Blight watches on in delight as Captain Planet is forced to disappear, and the villagers struggle to fight off the encroaching vine.<br />
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Kwame turns to Georgie and states that she understands the technology and must be able to work out a way to stop the vine. She is doubtful, but she says there is a similar plant in the African rainforest. She states that by injecting the genetically-altered plant with properties from the other plant, she may be able to reset its system and slow it down.<br />
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Kwame and Georgie run to the geo-cruiser, intending to fly to the rainforest and find the plant. The other Planeteers remain behind and attempt to slow down the progress of the plant.<br />
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Nervous about the geo-cruiser taking off, Blight orders MAL to track Kwame and Georgie. He plants a security bug on the geo-cruiser as it takes off.<br />
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Kwame and Georgie get as much of the plant from the rainforest as they can. Georgie states that she will work on the formula on the flight back. They hurry back to meet the other Planeteers, but Blight and MAL are watching, worried that their plan may be interfered with.<br />
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Georgie states she has the forumla completed, and that it needs to be injected into the root system. As Kwame states it shouldnt be a problem, the geo-cruiser is hit with a missile from Blight's aircraft.<br />
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Kwame is forced to take evasive action as Blight chases them, shooting lasers. The other Planeteers watch on helplessly.<br />
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Blight succeeds in hitting the geo-cruiser, and it crashes into the ground, Kwame doing his best to land it safely. As soon as he emerges from the geo-cruiser, Kwame directs the other Planeteers to call upon Captain Planet.<br />
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MAL suggests it's time to leave, as he doubts they'll get lucky a second time. Blight agrees it would be best to watch from a distance, and they flee.<br />
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Georgie catches Captain Planet's attention, giving him the formula she has developed and telling him they need to get it into the root system. Captain Planet takes the formula and flies off in an attempt to stop the vine. However, he is distracted by a child who is caught in the vines.<br />
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In the process of freeing the child, Captain Planet is again ensnared in its tendrils. This time, however, he is ready, and he turns himself to ice, freezing the vine before shattering it to break free again.<br />
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Captain Planet drills down into the root system of the plant and injects the formula Georgie has developed.<br />
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Still standing by the crash-landed geo-cruiser, Georgie and Kwame find themselves quickly ensnared by the vine. It slowly starts to strangle them. The other Planeteers watch on in horror, unable to get through to assist.<br />
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Captain Planet suddenly emerges, sounding cheerful and confident, saying he'd given it his best shot. The vine starts to glow red, before he recedes, letting go of Kwame and Georgie.<br />
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Captain Planet basks in new glory, flying over a cheering, grateful crowd of villagers and Planeteers. The Planeteers suddenly spot Blight's jet approaching, and yell a warning to Captain Planet. However, he is too busy showing off, and is hit by a laser from Blight's jet.<br />
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Blight reveals to MAL (who is still insisting that they flee) that she has been saving a special maleleuca gun for Captain Planet. However, Captain Planet quickly recognises that the missile is a great danger, and shoots all his "powers combined" from the embem on his chest. A rainbow-like stream overtakes the missile and causes it to explode safely in the air.<br />
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Startled by the explosion, Blight crashes her jet. She orders MAL to get them both out of there, but he states he is unable to. Blight has been defeated.<br />
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Captain Planet returns his powers to the Planeteers. They come together, and Gi exclaims that Georgie succeeded. Georgie insists it was a team effort as she puts her arm around Kwame's shoulders. Wheeler urges Kwame to "plant one".<br />
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Back in Georgie's laboratory, she is speaking to the Planeteers and a group of scientists, telling them that the one thing that has come out of this experience is that things need to be tested and researched thoroughly before being released into new eco-systems. The scientists agree, apparently changing their earlier opinions.<br />
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Gi states that it's time for the Planeteers to go home. She says she and the other Planeteers will wait for Kwame in the geo-cruiser, to which he displays a wide grin.<br />
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Georgie embraces Kwame, telling him she hopes he will keep in touch - she'd like their relationship to grow. He responds that he would like that too, and that it will not "need an enhancer ray."<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Linka:''' Transporting living things from one eco-system to another can cause big problems.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Sometimes, you may be bringing something with you that you are not even aware of.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Like the medfly in California, which has multiplied out of control...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' ...And made it necessary to spray dangerous pesticides.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' So if you're planning to bring fruit, plants or animals back from vacation, make sure they're not in danger.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' And make sure that it's safe to transport them from their natural habitat.<br />
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'''All:''' The power is yours!<br />
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Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Linka:''' Unfortunately, there are many homeless people in our world today.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's up to all of us to lend a helping hand.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' You can donate blankets and clothes to homeless shelters.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Canned foods, too, and toys - because many of the homeless are children.<br />
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'''Gi:''' You can even ask your teacher to help organise a class trip to help clean up or paint your local shelter.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* After Kwame states he'd be happy to work as closely with Georgina as needed, Ma-Ti, Wheeler and Gi exchange a knowing glance. Gi even winks at Wheeler. <br />
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* Wheeler claims that Georgie is a '20' on a scale of 10. Kwame, daydreaming as he gazes at her, absently replies, '25.' <br />
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* Blight sleeps with her hair in rollers, with a sleep mask and beauty cream on her face. She also wears a pink nightgown to bed. <br />
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* The emergency broadcast says: "This is your emergency broadcast station. Attention! A strange plant is growing out of control near the Mambanu village! Run!" <br />
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* Linka and Ma-Ti are almost strangled by the plant. Linka calls for Wheeler to help them, and he does so by burning through the vines. <br />
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* Captain Planet's ego is what causes him to be hit by Blight's lasers after the vine has been taken care of. <br />
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* Captain Planet shoots a rainbow-like stream from the emblem in his chest in order to destroy Blight's melaleuca missile, stating: "It looks like I need all my powers combined." <br />
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* Georgie and Kwame embrace at the end of the episode, with Georgie stating she'd like their relationship to grow.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Blight:''' Ah, there's nothing like nature run amok.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Correction, Doctor. Melaleuca trees are not natural to this region. They were brought here in a feeble attempt to turn wetlands into real estate. Now the highly-flammable melaleuca trees are taking over 40 acres of everglades a day, and -<br />
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'''Blight:''' Can the lecture, MAL! Just tell me - am I the greatest or what?<br />
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'''MAL:''' Don't uncork the bubbly just yet, Snow Blight. There's a scients developing a new plant growth-enhancing ray. Soon, all will hail this doctor the most brilliant.<br />
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'''Blight:''' I've dealt with ancient wannabes in the past.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Newsflash! This doctor is no fossil! Georgina Carver. Vibrant. Beautiful. And young. Mmm, I'd like to network with her.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Can it, disk-head!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' What's that crazy woman doing?!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Since you bean-brains can't make a decision, I'll make it for you! By 'borrowing' your enhancer ray!<br />
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''Gaia appears in front of the Planeteers as they prepare to leave the scene of the fire for some well-deserved R&R.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Gaia! I wish you'd knock!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Sorry, Wheeler, but I'm afraid you'll have to put rest and relaxation on hold. Set course for Africa. We have a possible eco-emergency.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Possible? What do you mean?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I'll explain on the way.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Africa? That sounds restful...<br />
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'''Gaia:''' So, Planeteers, there's no telling what Doctor Blight will do with this enhancer ray.<br />
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'''Gi:''' What's the story on this Doctor Carver?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' I have followed her career! Her father was an important environmental leader and scientist in Africa. Georgie followed in his footsteps.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Georgie, is it?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Er, yes.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I think you'd better head to Cabor's lab and see if you can help.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' I for one would be happy to work as closely with Dr. Carver as needed.<br />
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'''Blight:''' You know, I couldn't ask for a better-looking test site.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Really? It looks denuded, deforested and desertified to me.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Exactly! So when I realise Carver's - I mean, MY test plant, it'll solve the erosion problem around here. And the scientific journals will fall all over themselves to interview me! Now, to add the Blight touch...<br />
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'''MAL:''' I tapped into Carver's computer. The enhancer ray should be used for only - repeat, only - three seconds.<br />
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'''Blight:''' If seconds are good, minutes are better!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Doctor, dear, I suggest you review the existing data.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Are you wimping out on me, MAL?<br />
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''She turns the laser towards MAL.''<br />
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'''MAL:''' No, let 'er rip!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Time for Flora here to catch some more rays!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' ... So my technology could be very dangerous in the wrong hands!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Bozhe moy, there are no wronger hands than Doctor Blight!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''Whispering to Kwame'') Now I get it, you sly dog! Georgie's a 20 on a scale of 10!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' (''Dreamily'') 25... Er, this is serious, Wheeler! Who knows what chaos Blight might be causing!<br />
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''Blight is snoring.''<br />
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'''Blight:''' Oh, Commander Data... You're so...<br />
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'''MAL:''' Doctor Blight, Doctor Blight, time to get up!<br />
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''Blight looks out the windows.''<br />
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'''Blight:''' Have you flipped your disk, MAL? It's the middle of the night!<br />
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'''MAL:''' I assure you, it's very much day time! However, something's obstructing our view.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Your clock must be cuckoo or something, it's pitch-black out there!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Not to sound like a wimp, but - we're in over our heads!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Do you realise we were seconds away from annihilation?<br />
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'''Blight:''' Thrilling, wasn't it?<br />
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'''Emergency Broadcaster:''' "This is your emergency broadcast station. Attention! A strange plant is growing out of control near the Mambanu village! Run!"<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's our Blight!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' If that genetically-altered plant gets into the rainforest, it could destroy everything!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Then we'd better get moving!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' (''To Georgie'') We could use your help!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' Let me grab some equipment!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Whoa! We're gonna need a pretty big weed walloper to handle that thing!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' I can't believe I created this monster!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Dr. Blight has turned your dream into a nightmare!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We can't handle this alone!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' I know a gardener who works wonders! Let our powers combine!<br />
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''Captain Planet has just unwittingly created other, small vines.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Great, I'm a daddy! (The vines take hold of his legs) Hey, hey! Let's not get too familiar!<br />
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''After witnessing that the vine is too powerful for Captain Planet:''<br />
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'''Blight:''' MAL, change my little black book, would you? Change Captain Planet to Captain Planted!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Now you can uncork the bubbly, Doctor!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Georgie, you know the technology. There must be some way to stop this plant!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' There is one possibility. But...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Georgie, you must try!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' The test plant is from Brazil. But there is a similar plant which grows in the African rainforest. I might be able to extract its DNA and inject it into the genetically-altered plant, resetting its metabolism.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Will that slow the sucker down?<br />
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'''Georgie:''' It's a long shot...<br />
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'''Gi:''' Let's go for it!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Hey, who changed the channel? I was enjoying the show!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Sorry, but I thought you'd like to know that Dr. Delicious and Earth Boy are up to something. And you're not going to like it...<br />
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'''Blight:''' There's no way those eco-idiots are going to steal my thunder! If they get near, MAL, we'll intercept them!<br />
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'''MAL:''' As you wish, cupcake.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Uh-oh. 'Captain Planted' has sprouted again! I suggest we run for our lives!<br />
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'''Blight:''' I'm not running from that eco-egghead! But it wouldn't hurt to watch the plant squish his guts out from a distance.<br />
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''Blight's aircraft narrowly misses Captain Planet as she and MAL flee.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Oh, I'd like to ban that Blight! But first I've got some pruning to do!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Bad luck from an experiment run amok.<br />
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'''Gi:''' You did it, Georgie!<br />
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'''Georgie:''' We all did it. (''She puts her arm around Kwame's shoulders and looks at him fondly''.)<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Go ahead, bud! Plant one! <br />
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OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Talkin%27_Trash&diff=2865
Talkin' Trash
2012-06-24T12:29:36Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments */</p>
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<div>Talkin' Trash is the eighth episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It is based on a concept put forward by Joey Dedio, who provided the voice for [[Wheeler]]. It was written by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright. <br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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* [[Trish]]<br />
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[[Wheeler]] receives a letter telling him his father's health is not good. He takes time away from [[the Planeteers]] to visit his parents in Brooklyn, only to discover his old circle of friends has fallen under the influence of [[Verminous Skumm]]. Wheeler has to convince his old girlfriend, [[Trish]], to change her ways before she and the neighbourhood end up in Skumm's grips forever. <br />
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https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Missing_Linka&diff=2864
Missing Linka
2012-06-24T12:28:59Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Plot Synopsis */</p>
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<div>Missing Linka is the fourth episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Mishka]]<br />
* [[Grandmother]]<br />
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[[Linka]] receives a letter from her brother [[Mishka]] telling her that their [[grandmother]] is unwell. Linka leaves the Planeteers to take care of her. As the other Planeteers deal with cleaning up a toxic spill, Linka finds herself in the middle of a mystery in her hometown, which may explain why her grandmother is so ill. She is also followed by a mysterious stranger...<br />
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https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Missing_Linka&diff=2863
Missing Linka
2012-06-24T12:28:27Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments */</p>
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<div>Missing Linka is the fourth episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Mishka]]<br />
* [[Grandmother]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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[[Linka]] receives a letter from her brother [[Mishka]] telling her that their [[grandmother]] is unwell. Linka leaves the Planeteers to take care of her. As the other Planeteers deal with cleaning up a toxic spill, Linka finds herself in the middle of a mystery in her hometown, which may explain why her grandmother is so ill. She is also followed by a myseterious stranger...<br />
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https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=A_Mine_is_a_Terrible_Thing_to_Waste_Part_II&diff=2862
A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II
2012-06-24T12:27:15Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>[[File:AmineisaterriblethingtowasteII089.jpg|300px|thumb|right|As [[Captain Planet]] tries to fight off [[Captain Pollution]], the Planeteers attempt to make their way out of the old salt mine.]]A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II is the second episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It is a continuation of the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]].<br />
The story is by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Laren Bright.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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Following on from [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]], the Planeteers are still trapped underground in the salt mine. [[Kwame]], [[Gi]], [[Wheeler]] and [[Linka]] all share stories from their lives before they became Planeteers.<br />
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Meanwhile, [[Captain Planet]] is still attempting to destroy [[Captain Pollution]], who is growing stronger and larger with each environmental disaster he is creating.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with [[Captain Planet]] reviewing what has happened in the previous episode, [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]].<br />
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When we see Captain Planet again, he is struggling against the current in the river [[Captain Pollution]] contaminated with weed killer. When the current eventually carries him into fresh water, the [[emblem]] on his chest starts to glow, indicating that he is powering up again. Suddenly refreshed, Captain Planet flies off to deal with his nemesis.<br />
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Back at the salt mine, the [[geo-cruiser]] is seen lying abandoned. The rough tracks from the crash-landing are still evident. [[Ooze]] and [[Dave Flusher III]] are carrying more barrels of toxic waste into the mouth of the mine, tossing them inside carelessly. [[Looten Plunder]] and his sidekick [[Argos Bleak]], as well as [[Sly Sludge]], are watching on, ordering the job to be done quickly. Sludge is obviously anxious for payment - Plunder tells him to remain patient, as their client will soon be along to reward them for their "ecological" efforts.<br />
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Ooze returns from the mine, telling them that the waste has all been dumped.<br />
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Sludge immediately fires Ooze again, ordering him to leave the site. They are surrounded by desert and Ooze asks how he is meant to survive. Dave Flusher III offers him his car - which has just collapsed under the weight of several vultures. They begin to circle over Ooze as he trudges out into the wilderness.<br />
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Inside the mine, the Planeteers are still trapped and looking for a way out. Fumes are leaking into the air and there is not much time. Panicked, [[Linka]] says they need a rope, and [[Kwame]] quickly provides some straps which have been holding the barrels together.<br />
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Working quickly, the Planeteers realise they can use the straps to reach the vent if [[Suchi]] carries one end of the rope up the steep rocks and secures it. [[Ma-Ti]] sends Suchi ahead and the monkey secures the make-shift tether to a rock.<br />
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The Planeteers quickly scramble up towards the ledge, but Linka slips and causes a rock to fall. The rock hits Kwame's hand, causing him to drop the lantern he is holding. The lantern shatters on the ground below, and the toxic waste which has been leaking out immediately ignites.<br />
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The group hurries into the new mineshaft they have reached, anxious to excape the toxic blaze.<br />
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Ma-Ti mentions that he cannot see where he is going, indicating that it is pitch-black inside the tunnel. [[Gi]] produces a flashlight and takes the lead.<br />
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Kwame tries to use his Earth power, but then realises it isn't going to work, as Captain Planet has not returned yet.<br />
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Gi discovers another chamber and enters, followed by [[Wheeler]], Linka, Ma-Ti, Suchi and Kwame. She then mentions that the batteries in her flashlight are dying, and they need to discover materials to use as a torch. Wheeler responds to her suggestion with sarcasm, but Kwame says if there is any wood around, he will find it.<br />
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Like Ma-Ti in the episode beforehand, Kwame recites a story about his childhood. He tells the Planeteers that in his village in Africa, trees became so scarce they were as rare and as precious as gold. One day, on a hunt for firewood while his mother was ill, Kwame spotted some elephants, who led him to a small patch of forest. However, before the elephants could take shelter, poachers shot them. Kwame realised how precious trees were to both humans and animals, and tells the Planeteers that this is why he believes so strongly in planting trees now.<br />
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Kwame discovers he has been sitting near a length of wood, which he uncovers and dusts off. Wheeler uses a cigarette lighter to light the new torch, just as Ma-Ti realises that smoke is drifting into the end of the tunnel. The Planeteers hurry to make their escape.<br />
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Meanwhile, Captain Pollution is singing and bathing in a tank of toxic sludge. He is obviously in good spirits, and as he surrounds himself by more pollution, he grows in size and strength. When Captain Planet arrives, Captain Pollution successfully blasts him with electricity. Captain Planet is obviously struggling in the toxic fumes and smoke.<br />
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Captain Pollution says his next stop is Alaska. He dives into the earth and disappears.<br />
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The Planeteers are trying to outrun the smoke that is still following them along the tunnel. Kwame asks Wheeler if they are clear. Looking back over his shoulder to check, Wheeler stumbles on the uneven ground and twists his ankle.<br />
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He says to the others he can't walk on it, and that they should leave him behind. When Gi pulls him up and supports him, helping him to walk, Wheeler reacts angrily, telling them that they have no choice and to leave him alone. Smoke is seen drifting over their heads.<br />
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Gi tells Wheeler not to argue, and then tells the others her story - when she was a young girl, she was forced to leave behind a playmate. [[Kisa]] was a dolphin, and during Gi's flashback, we see Gi as a young girl, swimming and frolicking with the dolphin in the sea below her [[parents]]' laboratory. Her parents were marine biologists, but their funding was cut thanks to "Sternkill Industries" buying up the land along the coast to build a smelter.<br />
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Gi is forced to leave. She returns a year later to find Kisa covered in sores and obviously dying due to the now-polluted waters. Gi says it was then she swore to devote her life to the sea and its creatures. She tells Wheeler she has already had to abandon one friend, and she won't leave another behind.<br />
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Kwame comforts Gi, telling her she will not lose another friend. He hands the torch over to Linka and helps Gi to support Wheeler along. Wheeler then apologises for losing his temper before, and tells the others it's been a long time since he had to lean on anyone.<br />
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Wheeler recites his own story - as a child/pre-teenager, his father asked him to fetch him a bottle of alcohol. Wheeler responded that he tried, but his father cut him off and said he was sick of Wheeler's excuses. He told Wheeler not to come back, and Wheeler responded by saying: "Who'd want to come back to this dump?"<br />
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Wheeler wandered the streets for hours, until he was set upon by a group of three teenagers, brandishing lead pipes and lengths of chain. Just as they were about to attack him, Wheeler was saved by two other teenagers, who told him they live in the trees in the park. When Wheeler said he didn't have anywhere to go, they invited him to stay with them.<br />
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As Wheeler is being helped through the mineshaft by Gi and Kwame, he says that was the moment his life turned around: "Finding people who believed I was worth something."<br />
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Linka is leading the group with the torch in her hand. Kwame and Gi are helping Wheeler along, and Ma-Ti and Suchi are bringing up the rear. Ma-Ti points out that the smoke is growing thicker, and the Planeteers begin to run, with Kwame and Gi still carrying Wheeler. The tunnel is sloping downwards now, as though they are running deeper underground.<br />
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Captain Pollution emerges into a pristine environment and sets his mind to destroying it, heading towards an oil tanker with the desire to cause a huge spill. However, just before he hits the ship, A large iceberg emerges abruptly from the water, and he slams into it and is trapped in the middle of the ice. Captain Planet emerges, carrying the iceberg (and Captain Pollution with it) away from the ship.<br />
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However, Captain Pollution is so strong he is able to melt his way free of the ice. He is weakened, but he still manages to force Captain Planet down to the deck of the ship by blasting him with more lightning bolts. Captain Planet falls heavily and Captain Pollution makes his escape. Captain Planet flies after him wearily.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Planeteers are still trying to find their way out. The mine is a deep catacombe, and they are suddenly met with a wide choice of tunnels. Wheeler suggests one tunnel which leads up, but Linka recoils, telling them it is a dead end. When she is challenged by Wheeler, she begins to tell her story.<br />
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She grew up in a mining town - Linka's father was a foreman at the mine. Panicked workers are fleeing the mine, with Linta's father following, holding a cage containing a dead canary. He returns home with the dead bird. Linka has been helping her [[grandmother]] feed the canaries at home. She cries at the sight of the dead bird, and her grandmother tells her that he did not die in vain - because of their sensitivity to gas, the canaries save many human lives down in the mine.<br />
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Linka finishes her story in tears, telling the other Planeteers that she still considers human beings to owe a great debt to animals. She says it still causes her pain to see birds suffer.<br />
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Kwame shows understanding for Linka's side of the story, mentioning that disasters can often bring people closer together. Their earlier argument definitely seems to be over.<br />
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However, smoke is still chasing them. Wheeler asks Linka which tunnel they need to take, and she leads them through the same tunnel the smoke is following, telling Wheeler that air must be escaping at the end. The torch burns out and they are plunged into darkness again - but Linka has led them the correct way. Light shows at the end of the tunnel. Cheering, the Planeteers make their way to the end of the tunnel, which emerges onto a hillside. Wheeler starts to make his way to the surface, but Linka pulls him back, worried that Plunder's men will still be nearby.<br />
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Plunder's client arrives in his private jet, with two bodyguards. Sludge, eager to be paid, snatches the briefcase full of payment from him, but the Planeteers emerge. Wheeler calls out to Plunder, saying they've finished dumping the barrels, but some of them busted open, seeing as how they're "kind of flimsy."<br />
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The client is outraged and snatches his money back, telling Plunder he was paid to dispose of the chemicals safely. The client cannot afford bad press. He leaves, with Plunder following him and trying to persuade him that something can be arranged.<br />
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Captain Pollution and Captain Planet are wrestling in mid-air over the island where Pollution was revived. He is twice the size of Captain Planet, who is struggling against his "toxic twin" and the pollution surrounding them.<br />
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Thrown to the ground and very weak, Captain Planet attempts to contact the Planeteers. Ma-Ti hears his message and the Planeteers hurry towards the geo-cruiser, with Kwame and Gi still supporting Wheeler due to his sore ankle.<br />
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Plunder is still trying to convince his client that there has been a mistake, when Ooze arrives. He is obviously suffering heat exhaustion, but he says he will happily testify against his ex-bosses. Plunder curses the Planeteers as Ooze is dragged onto the client's private jet.<br />
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In the geo-cruiser, Ma-Ti is stroking Suchi and sitting beside Kwame, who is piloting. Gi is sitting behind Wheeler, who has his leg stretched across the aisle and his ankle resting in Linka's lap. She is attempting to bandage his ankle, and berates him for "squirming." When he responds with "That feels pretty good, babe," she tells him it was easier to treat the birds, as they never gave her any "lip."<br />
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Ma-Ti directs Kwame to [[Commander Clash]]'s island, telling him to hurry. Captain Planet can't even stand now - Captain Pollution has swollen to four times his size, thanks to the nuclear waste contaminating the island.<br />
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Kwame asks Wheeler to take the controls, stating that they are only going to have one chance to save Captain Planet. Gi warns Wheeler "no grandstanding", to which he replies "trust me."<br />
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Captain Pollution has kicked Captain Planet into the toxic sludge, and he is struggling and sinking under, as though he is drowning.<br />
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The Planeteers quickly put their plan into action. Holding the geo-cruisr at a safe distance, Wheeler hovers and allows Gi and Linka time to spray Captain Pollution with fresh water from a hose. Kwame then swoops down in a harness and grasps Captain Planet's hand just before he sinks completely. Wheeler then jets the cruiser into the sky. The force of the wind causes the sludge to drip off of Captain Planet, and he awakes to discover the Planeteers. He looks up and thanks them.<br />
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Linka and Gi spray Pollution with water again as he follows them. Kwame calls up to Ma-Ti to pull him up.<br />
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Gi produces a solar device, which recharges Captain Planet's energy. Recharged, he challenges Captain Pollution, who grabs hold of him and dives into the earth with him.<br />
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However, he has dived straight into a natural lava vat, which strengthens Captain Planet, but weakens Captain Pollution. Captain Planet throws Captain Pollution into the lava, and he sinks, appearing to melt. His final words are "You'll never overcome pollution."<br />
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Captain Planet tells the Planeteers they did a great job, before finally returning his powers to them. As they fly off, Kwame wonders what they should do next. Wheeler responds: "Whatever the team wants."<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gi:''' (Indecipherable) and developers have destroyed much of the Louisiana Black Bear's home, and only a few are left.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But in some countries, bear organs and parts are still in great demand.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' We should pass laws to make trading in bear parts illegal.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' We should protect all animals whose habitats are threatened. Kids, write your government representatives. Your letters can save teddy bears and endangered animals around the world. The power is yours!<br />
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Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gi:''' The best thing you can do to help our environment is get involved.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Join an environmental group, or join up with friends to start your own projects.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Clean up a park or a beach. Organise a recycling program at school, or in your neighbourhood. And plant trees and remember to take care of them.<br />
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'''Gi:''' It's all part of making our planet healthy again.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We must all work together to protect the animals, trees, oceans and air.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* The [[geo-cruiser]] remains in the spot where it crash-landed in the episode [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]].<br />
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* [[Sludge]] fires [[Ooze]] again immediately after the job has been completed. As Ooze trudges out into the desert, [[Plunder]] remarks: "This is turning out to be even more profitable than I had dreamed."<br />
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* [[Kwame]] has a lantern, which is knocked out of his hand after [[Linka]]'s shoe slips and sends a small rock down. The lantern ignites the toxic waste leaking onto the ground, which starts the blaze.<br />
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* [[Wheeler]] is obviously tense, though it may just be from their previous argument. He responds to [[Gi]] with sarcasm, but Kwame quickly calms him down, and we learn some of the [[Earth Planeteer]]'s backstory.<br />
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* Kwame mentions his mother had fallen ill, and it was then his job to collect firewood. He does not mention his father, or whether or not his mother recovered.<br />
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* After Kwame's story on why he thinks trees are so important, Linka and Gi are shown nodding sympathetically, indicating that the previous argument has been put to rest once and for all.<br />
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* [[Captain Pollution]] grows in size as he basks in more and more toxic surroundings. His hair also grows more and more out of control.<br />
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* Captain Pollution sings to the tune of Home on the Range: Oh give me a home, where the waste-water foams, and the slime and the scum both decay. Where never is heard, the chirp of a bird, and you can't see the sky for days.<br />
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* Gi's dolphin friend is named [[Kisa]].<br />
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* Gi's [[parents]] were/are marine biologists. They were researching in a laboratory overlooking the sea until their grants were revoked.<br />
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* The company which shut down Gi's parents' project and polluted the coastline was called "Sternkill Industries".<br />
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* In his flashback, Wheeler's father is shown as young, strong and muscular-looking. This is in direct contrast to the image later shown in [[Talkin' Trash]], which is set many years later.<br />
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* The blonde girl who saves Wheeler from the street thugs is voiced by Kath Soucie, who provides the voice for Linka.<br />
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* Grime, dirt and oil appears to drip and fall from Captain Pollution whenever he moves.<br />
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* Linka's father was a foreman in a mine.<br />
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* Linka's village looks bleak and cold, with little there except for the mine.<br />
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* Linka's father is blond, with green eyes - during this season and later seasons, Linka's eyes are also green.<br />
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* It was Linka's [[grandmother]] who sparked her love for birds, teaching her everything she knows. Linka says her greatest joy came from the birdsong, and she learned to mimic birds and incorporate their sounds into her music.<br />
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* Linka's brother, [[Mishka]], does not appear in Linka's flashback in this episode. Linka's mother is never mentioned.<br />
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* Linka is the one to bandage Wheeler's ankle on the way to [[Commander Clash]]'s island.<br />
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* The teamwork the Planeteers show in their efforts to rescue Captain Planet is a direct contrast to how they appeared at the beginning of the episode, [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I]].<br />
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* Captain Planet destroys Captain Pollution by using a natural lava vat.<br />
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* Captain Pollution's final words are "You'll never overcome pollution."<br />
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* After Captain Pollution is destroyed, there is a shot of the geo-cruiser in which Gi is displayed using Linka's voice to say: "Amazing what people can do when they work together."<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Sludge:''' So when do we get paid for this stuff?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Patience, Mr. Sludge. The client will be here soon to reward us for our ecological efforts.<br />
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'''Ooze:''' That was a real back-breaker - but we've dumped it all!<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Good. Then you're fired again! Get going!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We'd better find a piece of wood or something, to use as a torch.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh yeah, right, Gi. See any trees down here?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Easy, Wheeler. If there is any wood around, I will find it...<br />
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''Kwame recites a story of his childhood:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' When I was young, my mother fell ill, and searching for firewood became my job. Over the years, the trees around my village began to disappear. Piece by piece, they were stripped away. Wood became as precious as gold, and no one thought to plant new trees. Each day, I was forced to travel farther and farther to find firewood. One afternoon, I spotted a small herd of elephants. I knew they would eventually lead me to trees. I followed the magnificent beasts for hours, until finally - trees! But before the elephants could take cover in that tiny patch of forest, poachers opened fire. That awful sight burned itself into my mind. I realised that people are not the only ones who need trees to survive. Animals need them for food, and protection too. That is why I believe so strongly in planting trees.<br />
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''Kwame uncovers a length of wood:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' All right! You can still find firewood!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' I have not lost my touch.<br />
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''Wheeler uses a cigarette lighter to light the end of the torch:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Fire! Heh. Neither have I.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Look! Smoke!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hit it!<br />
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''The Planeteers hurry along the tunnel, away from the smoke.''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Let us hope this is the way out.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' If not, we're shafted!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Oh give me a home, where the waste-water foams, and the slime and the scum both decay. Where never is heard, the chirp of a bird, and you can't see the sky for days.<br />
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''Captain Pollution is taking a toxic bath:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Come on in, Planet! The toxicity is just right!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Ah, no thanks, my acidic amigo.<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Hey, greeny-weeny! I'm taking a shortcut. You're welcome to follow. If you dare!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' No thanks, Pollution. I'll make my own travel arrangements.<br />
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''Wheeler has twisted his ankle and insists that the others leave him behind:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' We're not leaving you!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You have no choice! Leave me alone!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Listen, don't argue with me on this one. Please. Let me tell you a story...<br />
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''Gi begins her childhood story:''<br />
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'''Young Gi:''' (''Giggling'') Come on, Kisa.<br />
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''As Gi and the dolphin play, Gi's parents are in their laboratory on the cliff above:''<br />
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'''Man:''' You'll have to leave immediately. Your grants have been revoked.<br />
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'''Gi's father:''' What?<br />
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'''Man:''' Sternkill Industries has bought up the coast. They're putting in a smelter here.<br />
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'''Gi's mother:''' But our research...<br />
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'''Man:''' There's nothing I can do.<br />
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''Gi's mother is then seen down on the coast, trying ton convince Gi to leave. Kisa is in the water, obviously agitated by Gi's distress:''<br />
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'''Young Gi:''' No! I can't leave her! Please!<br />
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'''Gi's mother:''' I'm sorry, Gi. We have no choice.<br />
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'''Young Gi:''' Kisa! I'll be back! I promise!<br />
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'''Gi:''' All I thought about was getting back to her. I saved every penny of my allowance, and never stopped planning. It took me nearly a year, but I finally made it. There was something eerie about the beach.<br />
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''Young Gi is shown walking along a beach, dark and cloudy and obviously polluted.''<br />
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'''Young Gi:''' Kisa! Kisa!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Then I saw her...<br />
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''Kisa washes up onto the shore, weak and covered with sores and red growths.''<br />
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'''Young Gi:''' No! No! What have they done to you?<br />
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'''Gi:''' As I held her, I knew I would devote myself to protecting the seas and all their precious life. I had to abandon one friend. It's not going to happen again.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Sorry I lost it before. It's really been a long time since I had to lean on anyone. I remember when I was a kid back in Brooklyn, I was pretty much on my own...<br />
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''Wheeler's flashback begins. He is shown in an argument with another child:''<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Hey, come on, tough guy! Pay up! You owe me!<br />
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''A voice from a window above calls out:''<br />
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'''Wheeler's father:''' What are you doin' down there?<br />
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''Distracted, Wheeler is punched in the stomach by the boy he was arguing with. The other boy runs off.''<br />
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'''Boy:''' Later, loser!<br />
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'''Wheeler's father:''' I thought I told you to get me a bottle.<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' I tried, Dad, but -<br />
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'''Wheeler's father:''' I'm tired of your excuses! Try harder or don't come back, you no-good loser!<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Who wants to come back to this dump?<br />
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''He kicks a tin can away and walks off.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I wandered the streets for hours, until I didn't know where I was.<br />
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''Wheeler is confronted by a group of three teenagers, brandishing lead pipes and lengths of chain.''<br />
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'''Teenager:''' Hey, punk. Don't you know it's dangerous in the park at night?<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Hey, what are you doing?<br />
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''They position themselves to attack him, but Wheeler is saved by two older teenagers dropping from the trees above.''<br />
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'''Girl:''' Hey, you okay, kid?<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Yeah. Thanks. Man, that was incredible! Right out of Robin Hood or something. Where'd you guys come from?<br />
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'''Boy:''' We live in the park.<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Where?<br />
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'''Girl:''' Right up there, in the tree!<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' Get outta here!<br />
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'''Boy:''' Seriously! We build our homes in the trees.<br />
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'''Girl:''' Yeah! And we do it without hammering a single nail into the trunks.<br />
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'''Boy:''' So uh, what are you doin' out here all alone?<br />
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'''Young Wheeler:''' I don't have anywhere else to go.<br />
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'''Girl:''' Then stay with us, kid. If you're not afraid of heights, that is.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It turned my whole life around - finding people who believed I was worth something.<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Oh, urgh! Yuck! This place looks so revoltingly clean. I think I'm gonna ralph.<br />
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''Captain Planet has just trapped Captain Pollution inside an iceberg:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Pollution on the rocks!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' So much pollution, so little time! Now to catch up with my toxic twin...<br />
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''The Planeteers are trying to find their way out of the mine:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Most of these tunnels probably lead deeper into the mine.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Let's go that way! It angles up!<br />
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'''Linka:''' No! That is a dead end!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Since when did you become the mine expert?<br />
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'''Linka:''' I grew up in a mining town, Yankee!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yeah? Well I grew up in New York, but that doesn't make me a stockbroker!<br />
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''Linka begins to tell her story:''<br />
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'''Linka:''' My family worked in the mines. It shaped my whole life. My father was foreman.<br />
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''Panicked workers are fleeing the mine in Linka's village. Her father follows, holding a cage containing a dead canary.''<br />
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'''Linka's father:''' This will break Linka's heart.<br />
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''At Linka's family home, she is shown as a young girl, helping her grandmother feed caged birds.''<br />
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'''Linka:''' I helped my grandmother raise canaries. My father used them in the mines to detect gas. I loved birds, and my grandmother taught me all about them. My greatest joy came from the bird songs. I learned to mimic their sounds and use them in my music.<br />
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''Linka's father returns home with the dead canary.''<br />
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'''Linka's father:''' Linka, I'm sorry.<br />
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'''Young Linka:''' No! It is not fair!<br />
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''She starts to cry, and her father hugs her and soothes her.''<br />
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'''Grandmother:''' The birds are not dying in vain, Linka. Because of their sensitivity to gas, they are able to save many human lives.<br />
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'''Young Linka:''' But why must it be this way?<br />
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''The flashback ends, but Linka is crying.''<br />
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'''Linka:''' It still hurts me when birds suffer. And now it is so much graver than in the mines. Birds around the world are dying and showing us how polluted our environment has become! That is why I feel so strongly that we owe animals a great debt.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Strange how disasters can bring people closer together.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' People will always have differences, but in our hearts, we are all the same.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Great. Looks like our luck's taken a nose-dive!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Not yet! As you Yankees say, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Keep your yapper shut. I'll do the talking.<br />
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''Plunder's client emerges from his private jet:''<br />
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'''Sludge:''' So, did you bring the money?<br />
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'''Client:''' Who is this, Plunder?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Temporary help.<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Yeah, and it's payday! (''He snatches the briefcase of money from the client.'')<br />
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''The Planeteers emerge from the mine and call out below:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey, Mr. Plunger! We finished hiding the barrels for you! Couple of 'em busted open - they're kind of flimsy.<br />
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'''Client:''' Now look - I pay you top dollar to ensure safe disposal! I cannot afford bad press! (He snatches the briefcase back from Sludge).<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Hey! You can't do that!<br />
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'''Client:''' Watch me!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Er, don't be hasty! I'm sure something can be arranged...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''Whispering to Kwame'') Yeah, like a padded cell...<br />
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'''Client:''' The feds will hear about this.<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Oh-ho-ho. No one will take the word of those eco-geeks over a tycoon like me.<br />
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''Ooze arrives, obviously suffering the effects of the desert sun:''<br />
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'''Ooze:''' I'm no eco-geek. But I'd be happy to testify against my ex-bosses. Water! (He collapses).<br />
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'''Client:''' Bring the witness!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Curse those meddling planet pests!<br />
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''Linka is bandaging Wheeler's ankle:''<br />
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'''Linka:''' Stop squirming!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey, that feels pretty good, babe.<br />
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'''Linka:''' It is much easier treating a bird. No lip!<br />
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''The Planeteers have spotted Captain Pollution for the first time during this episode:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh no, it is Captain Pollution!<br />
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'''Linka:''' He is huge!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Monstrous!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' It looks like we will have only one shot at saving Captain Planet...<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Oh, how touching. The eco-freaks to the rescue. But who's gonna rescue them?<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' You'll never overcome pollution!<br />
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''The current mission has been completed:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Well, my friends. Where to now?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I know exactly what we should do!<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' What?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Whatever the team wants!</div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=A_Mine_is_a_Terrible_Thing_to_Waste_Part_I&diff=2861
A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I
2012-06-24T12:25:40Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Did You Notice? */</p>
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<div>A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Part I) is the first episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The story is by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Lauren Bright. The episode is written by Sean Catherine Derek and Lauren Bright.<br />
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In this episode we see the return of Captain Pollution, and we learn a little about Ma-Ti's life before he became a Planeteer. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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[[Looten Plunder]] and [[Sly Sludge]] are illegally dumping toxic waste in an old salt mine. [[The Planeteers]], meanwhile, are arguing about what their next mission should be. [[Gaia]] interrupts and gives them two - the mission with Plunder and Sludge, and another mission near [[Commander Clash]]'s island involving a nuclear waste spill. The Planeteers send [[Captain Planet]] to deal with the nuclear waste, while they take on Plunder and Sludge. When Plunder and Sludge trap the Planeteers in the mine, they are forced to band together and find their way out, putting their differences aside. Captain Planet, meanwhile, discovers that the nuclear waste has revived an old nemesis of his - [[Captain Pollution]].<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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A ship is battling a ferocious storm. Rain and rolling waves are making things difficult, and thunder and lightning are present.<br />
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[[Looten Plunder]] and [[Argos Bleak]] march out onto the deck, towards Plunder's helicopter. The crew ask for Plunder's help, stating that the sea is too rough. Plunder replies he doesn't care whether or not the waste he is transporting makes it overseas. They take off, heading towards a salt mine, where [[Sly Sludge]] is burying toxic waste. Plunder does not appear to have much faith in Sludge, telling Bleak he could "bungle even a simple job, like burying toxic waste."<br />
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Through bluer skies, the [[geo-cruiser]] is flying erratically, weaving and performing loops. Inside, [[Wheeler]] is at the controls, and the other Planeteers are shouting at him to stop. He stops only after [[Linka]] threatens to blow him out of his seat.<br />
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[[Gi]] makes a comment about Wheeler "goofing off" instead of making difficult decisions, and Wheeler replies that there are no pressing problems right now. Gi responds that this means they can get back to basics.<br />
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She and Linka wish to fly to California, to help the animals there that have been affected by a recent oil spill.<br />
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However, [[Kwame]] says he thought that at the first chance they got, they were flying to India in order to plant trees. Linka and Kwame start to argue about which is the more important matter, and the other Planeteers soon join in - except for [[Ma-Ti]], who suggests that everyone is perhaps a little tired.<br />
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[[Gaia]] interrupts the argument with thunder and flashes of light: "That's enough!"<br />
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She tells the Planeteers that their next mission is on [[Planet Vision]] - Sly Sludge is burying toxic waste in a salt mine. Wheeler is not sure he sees the problem, but Gaia tells him that there's a danger of the toxic waste seeping into drinking water and contaminating it for hundreds of miles.<br />
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It is obvious there is still tension between the Planeteers, but Gaia refuses to get involved in their previous argument, and leaves. The Planeteers continue to argue as they travel towards the salt mine.<br />
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On Plunder's transport ship, the crew are still fighting the storm, but realise they are about to hit the rocks. They are forced to abandon ship, and the ship hits the rocks, causing the drums of toxic waste to fall into the sea. Many of them wash up onto an island and burst open, seeping into the ground.<br />
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Gaia reappears and tells the Planeteers that there has been a nuclear waste spill at sea. On the Planet Vision screens, the Planeteers recognise the island as the one where they met [[Commander Clash]] and [[Captain Pollution]]. They recall the events of [[Doctor Blight]] stealing their rings to create opposite powers to their own, which summoned Captain Pollution when combined. This can be seen in the episodes [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]] and [[Mission to Save Earth Part II]].<br />
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Gaia suggests that they send [[Captain Planet]] to clean up the island while they continue on to fight Sludge. Captain Planet promises to have the spill cleaned up "in two ticks of a geiger counter."<br />
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At the salt mine, Sludge is losing patience with [[Ooze]], who is apparently doing a bad job of things. A large, muscular (and obviously dim-witted) man arrives, pushing his car up the hill. He wipes sweat from his brow and tells Sludge he is answer the newspaper advertisement for "A heinous henchman to serve a machiavellian master."<br />
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The man introduces himself as [[Dave Flusher III]]. Ooze immediately assumes that Flusher will be his assisstant, but Sludge fires him, telling him that Flusher is his replacement instead. He orders Flusher to kick Ooze out.<br />
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However, before anything can happen, the Planeteers arrive. Ooze instantly sees this as trouble, but Sludge appears crafty, muttering to himself about having a "surprise" for the Planeteers. He immediately orders Flusher to hide, and hires Ooze again, telling him to get back to work. The Planeteers tell Sludge there are there to shut him down, and he instantly gives in, stating he knows better than to argue with them. Ma-Ti is initially suspicious, but Wheeler explains "even the Sly man knows when he's out-classed."<br />
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Ma-Ti doesn't believe it's going to be as simple as that, and edges back towards the geo-cruiser.<br />
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Sludge changes his tune suddenly - ordering Ooze to run the Planeteers down with his forklift. The Planeteers - minus Ma-Ti, who is safe by the geo-cruiser - attempt to run away, but Flusher leaps out at them, cornering them. Ma-Ti runs the geo-cruiser at him, knocking him over. The Planeteers scramble to retreat inside the geo-cruiser, barely making it away in time. Sludge and Ooze both hit the geo-cruiser with their forklifts, but it is still able to take off.<br />
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Wheeler and Linka start to argue again with animals vs. trees, but Ma-Ti quickly draws their attention to a new problem: Plunder's helicopter is just above them.<br />
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Bleak rams the geo-cruiser, claiming that it won't be long before they're grounded. The Planeteers cry out in alarm. Ma-Ti tries to take evasive action, with the other Planeteers calling out advice and direction. He steers through canyons and around rocks, but Plunder's helicopter flies ahead of them and sends out a stream of thick smoke. Ma-Ti can no longer see.<br />
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The geo-cruiser hits a towering column of rock, and spins out of control. Linka screams at Ma-Ti to pull up, knowing they are going to crash. The geo-cruiser comes to a rough landing, sliding across the ground.<br />
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Meanwhile, Captain Planet has arrived at the scene of the nuclear disaster. He dives beneath the ground in search of lead. As soon as he enters the earth, five points on the ground begin to glow. These are the points where the evil rings created by Doctor Blight were destroyed. Captain Planet has unknowingly reactivated their magic as it was combined with the nuclear waste. Captain Pollution reforms.<br />
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When Captain Planet arrives above ground again, carrying a large deposit of lead, Captain Pollution punches him away. Captain Planet groans: "Not him again!"<br />
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It's soon clear that Captain Pollution is in his element. He creates a tidal wave of nuclear waste, which Captain Planet, obviously weakened, barely evades. Captain Pollution challenges him to play a game he likes to call "Kill the Planet." The object of the "game" is simple - Pollution destroys, and Planet tries to stop him.<br />
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Captain Planet is soon struggling against Captain Pollution, who is quick and agile in the toxic environment. Captain Pollution soon zaps Captain Planet with electricity, weakening him enough for Captain Pollution to get a head start. He decides to fly off to heat up the oil fires in Kuwait again.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Planeteers are being forced to walk into the salt mine Plunder and Sludge have been using to store waste in. Flusher has hold of Gi and Kwame, Bleak has hold of Wheeler and Ma-Ti, and Sludge has hold of Linka. [[Suchi]] follows behind, unrestrained.<br />
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Plunder and Bleak tell the Planeteers that since they are so concerned with the toxic waste leaking, the Planeteers are going to keep an eye on it forever.<br />
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The Planeteers are pushed down to the ground, and the eco-villains make their escape. Bleak detonates dynamite, caving the mine in and trapping the Planeteers inside. Trying to escape the tunnel as this happens, the Planeteers are thrown backwards, and towering barrels of toxic waste fall. Linka cannot believe that the villains would be so cruel as to bury them alive. The Planeteers despair about not having their powers back yet - and there is no sign of Captain Planet. They wonder what is taking him so long.<br />
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Captain Pollution has reached the oil fields, and quickly sets about blowing them up, causing lots of toxic smoke. Captain Planet is obviously struggling in the increasing pollution. Meanwhile, Captain Pollution is getting stronger. He abandons the oil fields and goes in search of new fun. Captain Planet puts the fires out and follows the trail of toxic smoke Captain Pollution has left behind.<br />
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Inside the mine, Wheeler and Kwame are clearing rocks away from the site of the cave-in. Linka and Gi are attempting to reach a mineshaft higher up. They begin to argue again about which actions will get them out of the mine, when Ma-Ti cries out for them to stop.<br />
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He tells the Planeteers the story of how his [[parents]] died as a result of arguing between villages. His parents sent him away to live with the [[Shaman]] due to the danger escalating. Ma-Ti returns to the village to find it in flames. Among the rubble he discovers the necklace his mother made for his father. Ma-Ti says that the horrible night did end in some good, as it solidified the coalition, and everyone worked together to save both the trees and the animals.<br />
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Kwame suggests that he and Wheeler help the girls reach the mineshaft, and Wheeler agrees.<br />
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Captain Pollution is flying alongside a train carrying toxic waste. He plans to derail the train and cause yet another environmental disaster. He pushes the train, causing it to go faster. The driver tries to stop, but his efforts are futile. Luckily, Captain Planet arrives, and pushes the train from the front, slowing it down. Captain Pollution burns a bridge they are about to cross, forcing Captain Planet to use huge amounts of energy to stop the train in time. The driver has abandoned the train, jumping out and landing safely on an embankment.<br />
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Captain Planet manages to stop the train, but Captain Pollution knocks the train off the bridge anyway, sending it falling towards the river. Captain Planet causes a tidal wave from the river that catches the train gently. He holds the train up, trying to deposit it gently on the shore, but Pollution ruptures one of the tanks holding the toxic weed-killer. Captain Planet is doused in the chemicals, and it obviously weakens him and causes him pain. Pollution, meanwhile, rejoices in the chemicals spilling out, bathing in them happily and gaining strength.<br />
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He flies away, and Captain Planet uses his last ounce of strength to plug the leak in the tanker, before tumbling down the embankment into the river, where he slowly sinks.<br />
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Back in the mine, Kwame is standing on Wheeler's shoulders, trying to reach the ledge up to the mine shaft Linka and Gi discovered earlier. Wheeler is struggling to hold Kwame's weight. They both fall into a stack of barrels, and soon realise that they've caused them to start leaking fumes into the air.<br />
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The episode ends with Linka exclaiming that the fumes are lethal, and Wheeler adding: "We're dead meat!"<br />
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The episode is continued in [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]].<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gi:''' The best thing you can do to help our environment is get involved.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Join an environmental group, or join up with friends to start your own projects.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Clean up a park or a beach. Organise a recycling program at school, or in your neighbourhood. And plant trees and remember to take care of them.<br />
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'''Gi:''' It's all part of making our planet healthy again.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We must all work together to protect the animals, trees, oceans and air.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Toxic waste comes from places you may not expect.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Used motor oil.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Paints, and other common chemicals.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Even the batteries in toys!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Throwing them in the trash means they'll end up in a dump, where they can contaminate the soil or groundwater.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Some communities have special centres for disposal of toxic materials. Find out where yours is!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' And if there isn't one in your area, ask your parents and teachers to get one started!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* According to his newspaper advertisement, [[Sludge]] refers to himself as "Mr. Sludge Esquire."<br />
* Sludge's ad reads: "A heinous henchman to serve a machiavellian master."<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]] has a gold tooth.<br />
* The [[geo-cruiser]] is hit by Sludge's and Ooze's forklifts, but it is still able to take off, with [[Ma-Ti]] as pilot. Sludge also crashes into Ooze's forklift.<br />
* There is a shot of the Planeteers cheering in the geo-cruiser after having escaped from Sludge, in which Linka is displayed with Gi's voice.<br />
* Wheeler does not have his seatbelt on when Bleak initially rams the geo-cruiser, but he suffers no ill-effects.<br />
* Captain Pollution needs nobody to summon him in this episode - he appears after Captain Planet enters the nuclear waste-soaked ground.<br />
* This is the episode in which Captain Pollution taunts "I'm back!" This catchphrase is used during the new Captain Planet theme song in [[season 6]].<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]] is voiced by David Coburn - the same man who voices [[Captain Planet]].<br />
* The Kuwait Oil Fires of which Captain Pollution talks occured in 1991, and burned for months.<br />
* The title of the episode is spoken by Plunder, in response to Kwame's dismayed question on how he can do something like this.<br />
* As they are forced further into the mine, Flusher has hold of Gi and Kwame, Bleak has hold of Wheeler and Ma-Ti, and Sludge has hold of Linka. Suchi follows behind, unrestrained.<br />
* We learn that Ma-Ti is an orphan in this episode. He was raised by the [[Shaman]] after his [[parents]] were killed.<br />
* Ma-Ti's father's name was Chico.<br />
* Ma-Ti keeps his father's necklace in the pocket of his vest.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Bleak:''' Back to the salt mine, Mr. Plunder?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Yes, and step on it, Bleak. That simpleton Sludge could even bungle a simple job, like burying toxic waste.<br />
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''Wheeler is performing stunts while flying the geo-cruiser:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Stop!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Level up, Wheeler!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Enough!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yahoo! (''He performs another turn, and the Planeteers cry out again''.)<br />
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'''Linka:''' Level up, Yankee, or I swear I will blow you right out of your seat!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Man, you guys are no fun.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Wait a minute. I thought we were going to India to plant trees, first chance we got.<br />
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'''Linka:''' How can you think about trees when animals are suffering?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Without trees, everything will suffer.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yeah, especially people!<br />
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'''Gi:''' But people have choices! Animals are victims.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Don't you understand that animals need trees as much as people do?<br />
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'''Linka:''' All your little saplings will be big help to a gull suffocating right now in toxic goo!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But that is short-term thinking! We must look at the big picture!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wait! It is all important. Perhaps we are a little tired.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Trees are homes to the animals.<br />
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'''Linka:''' The wildlife needs us now!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Birds are dying!<br />
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''Gaia interrupts the arguing Planeteers with a show of thunder and light.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Time out! If you had checked Planet Vision, you'd already know your next assignment.<br />
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''As Kwame, Linka, Gi and Wheeler continue to argue:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, it is going to be a long day.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Isn't it terrible that Sludge would poison the Earth?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Yeah, but at least there aren't any animals at risk.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Or trees!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Pardon me for butting in on your eco-argument, Planeteers, but there's been a nuclear waste spill at sea.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Don't worry, Planeteers! I'll have that spill cleaned up in two ticks of a geiger-counter!<br />
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'''Ooze:''' My own assistant, boss?<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Wrong! Your replacement. You're fired!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' All right, Sludge, the party's over!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We're shutting you down!<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Okay, okay! I know better than to argue with you. I'll just pack it in.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' (''Whispering to Wheeler'') It does not seem like Sludge to give in so easily...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Come on, Ma-Ti! Even the Sly man knows when he's out-classed.<br />
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''Ooze is driving a forklift towards the Planeteers, but Wheeler is confident, forgetting he no longer has his Fire power:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Well, if it isn't the wizard of Ooze!<br />
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'''Linka:''' This is going to take longer than we thought. I guess the animals will have to wait.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You mean the trees, don't you?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti''': Uh, could you stop long enough to help me with a problem?<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' What?<br />
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''Plunder's helicopter slams into the geo-cruiser from above.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Wow, that' a nasty nuclear brew. Looks like it's time to get the lead out!<br />
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''Captain Planet emerges from beneath the ground with a large deposit of lead:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Now to foil this pollution!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Can I give you a hand, bro? (He punches Captain Planet, who goes flying through the air.)<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Not him again!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' I'm back!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Wave bye-bye, Captain-Pain-in-the-Butt!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is taunting Captain Planet.''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' You're the next contestant in a little game I like to play. It's called "Kill the Planet." Pun intended! It's really simple - I destroy, and you try and stop me! Sounds pretty fun, huh? Now, where to start? I know! The oil fires in Kuwait. I'll heat them up again.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Something tells me I'm gonna hate this game.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' How can you do this to the land?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Haven't you heard? A mine is a terrible thing to waste. Since you enviro-meddlers are so concerned about this toxic waste leaking...<br />
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'''Bleak:''' We're gonna let you keep an eye on it - forever!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot believe it! Those barbarians buried us alive!<br />
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''Shooting electricity at the oil rigs:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' I'm a lootin', tootin', high-pollutin' son-of-a-bum from pow, pow! (He blows the end of his shooting finger) Am I hot or what?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' This oil field's not big enough for the both of us. I'm running you in.<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Go ahead... make my day.<br />
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''Wheeler and Kwame are clearing rocks, and Linka and Gi are trying to reach a mineshaft:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey! How about a little help over here?<br />
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'''Linka:''' We do not have a week!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Yeah, why don't you help us get up to that shaft?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, right, we'll just fly up there.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Bozhe moy, do not be such a wise-guy, Wheeler! Just help us!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, hail to the queen!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' All this arguing leads nowhere! I know. I have seen it...<br />
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''Ma-Ti's flashback begins:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' My father's people and my mother's village could not see eye-to-eye. It cost many their lives, and some, even more. My father and mother's people each worked for sustainable use of the forest. But they did not always work together.<br />
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'''Man:''' Chico, I do not trust those Indians.<br />
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'''Villager:''' It is you white men who are always breaking your promise!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Please, friends, we have worked in harmony with this land too long. The forest is our life!<br />
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'''Developer:''' All of you clear out of here!<br />
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''The crowd disperses, with each side grumbling about the other. Ma-Ti stands as a young child beside his father (Chico). Chico approaches the developer standing by the bulldozers.''<br />
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'''Chico:''' It is not over!<br />
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'''Developer:''' Be careful, Chico. We have ways of dealing with trouble-makers like you.<br />
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''Night time, and Ma-Ti's parents are talking gently to him:''<br />
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'''Mother:''' Ma-Ti, try to understand...<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' No, I will not go!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Son, it is not safe for you to stay here. You must go and live with the Shaman, until the danger passes.<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' But, if it is dangerous, you and Mama must come too!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Your mother and I cannot run. We must stay as an example to the coalition.<br />
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'''Mother:''' Indians and rubber-tappers must stand united. Saving the forest is the most important thing.<br />
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'''Shaman:''' Come, Ma-Ti. It is time to go.<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' Yes, Grandfather.<br />
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'''Chico:''' Remember, my son... No matter the odds, you must always follow your heart.<br />
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''Ma-Ti nods, and hugs his parents for the last time before following the Shaman out the door. Once he is out of sight, his parents cry.''<br />
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''That night, Ma-Ti and Shaman are sleeping up on a cliff over-looking the village, Ma-Ti awakes and sees the village burning. He screams, and he and the Shaman hurry down to help the villagers, but they are too late.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We ran as fast as we could, but by the time we got there, it was too late. I thought my heart would break when I found my father's necklace. My mother had made it for him. I never saw my parents again. But that horrible night solidified the coalition. The people all worked together to stop the clear-cutting and save the trees - and the animals!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is flying alongside a train carrying toxic waste:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Woah, the speed this guy's going, he may not need any help derailing. But then, where would the fun be? It's just amazing. One little choo-choo, and a few thousand gallons of weed-killer, can trigger such a lovely train of events!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is bathing in toxic chemicals:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Ahh, I needed a good shower! I was starting to feel - bleurgh! Clean!<br />
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''Wheeler and Kwame have fallen after trying to reach a high ledge:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Well, that was a bust.<br />
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'''Gi:''' For real. <br />
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A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part I
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<div>A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Part I) is the first episode in the fourth series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The story is by Nick Boxer, Sean Catherine Derek and Lauren Bright. The episode is written by Sean Catherine Derek and Lauren Bright.<br />
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In this episode we see the return of Captain Pollution, and we learn a little about Ma-Ti's life before he became a Planeteer. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Captain Pollution]]<br />
* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
* [[Ooze]]<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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[[Looten Plunder]] and [[Sly Sludge]] are illegally dumping toxic waste in an old salt mine. [[The Planeteers]], meanwhile, are arguing about what their next mission should be. [[Gaia]] interrupts and gives them two - the mission with Plunder and Sludge, and another mission near [[Commander Clash]]'s island involving a nuclear waste spill. The Planeteers send [[Captain Planet]] to deal with the nuclear waste, while they take on Plunder and Sludge. When Plunder and Sludge trap the Planeteers in the mine, they are forced to band together and find their way out, putting their differences aside. Captain Planet, meanwhile, discovers that the nuclear waste has revived an old nemesis of his - [[Captain Pollution]].<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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A ship is battling a ferocious storm. Rain and rolling waves are making things difficult, and thunder and lightning are present.<br />
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[[Looten Plunder]] and [[Argos Bleak]] march out onto the deck, towards Plunder's helicopter. The crew ask for Plunder's help, stating that the sea is too rough. Plunder replies he doesn't care whether or not the waste he is transporting makes it overseas. They take off, heading towards a salt mine, where [[Sly Sludge]] is burying toxic waste. Plunder does not appear to have much faith in Sludge, telling Bleak he could "bungle even a simple job, like burying toxic waste."<br />
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Through bluer skies, the [[geo-cruiser]] is flying erratically, weaving and performing loops. Inside, [[Wheeler]] is at the controls, and the other Planeteers are shouting at him to stop. He stops only after [[Linka]] threatens to blow him out of his seat.<br />
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[[Gi]] makes a comment about Wheeler "goofing off" instead of making difficult decisions, and Wheeler replies that there are no pressing problems right now. Gi responds that this means they can get back to basics.<br />
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She and Linka wish to fly to California, to help the animals there that have been affected by a recent oil spill.<br />
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However, [[Kwame]] says he thought that at the first chance they got, they were flying to India in order to plant trees. Linka and Kwame start to argue about which is the more important matter, and the other Planeteers soon join in - except for [[Ma-Ti]], who suggests that everyone is perhaps a little tired.<br />
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[[Gaia]] interrupts the argument with thunder and flashes of light: "That's enough!"<br />
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She tells the Planeteers that their next mission is on [[Planet Vision]] - Sly Sludge is burying toxic waste in a salt mine. Wheeler is not sure he sees the problem, but Gaia tells him that there's a danger of the toxic waste seeping into drinking water and contaminating it for hundreds of miles.<br />
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It is obvious there is still tension between the Planeteers, but Gaia refuses to get involved in their previous argument, and leaves. The Planeteers continue to argue as they travel towards the salt mine.<br />
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On Plunder's transport ship, the crew are still fighting the storm, but realise they are about to hit the rocks. They are forced to abandon ship, and the ship hits the rocks, causing the drums of toxic waste to fall into the sea. Many of them wash up onto an island and burst open, seeping into the ground.<br />
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Gaia reappears and tells the Planeteers that there has been a nuclear waste spill at sea. On the Planet Vision screens, the Planeteers recognise the island as the one where they met [[Commander Clash]] and [[Captain Pollution]]. They recall the events of [[Doctor Blight]] stealing their rings to create opposite powers to their own, which summoned Captain Pollution when combined. This can be seen in the episodes [[Mission to Save Earth Part I]] and [[Mission to Save Earth Part II]].<br />
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Gaia suggests that they send [[Captain Planet]] to clean up the island while they continue on to fight Sludge. Captain Planet promises to have the spill cleaned up "in two ticks of a geiger counter."<br />
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At the salt mine, Sludge is losing patience with [[Ooze]], who is apparently doing a bad job of things. A large, muscular (and obviously dim-witted) man arrives, pushing his car up the hill. He wipes sweat from his brow and tells Sludge he is answer the newspaper advertisement for "A heinous henchman to serve a machiavellian master."<br />
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The man introduces himself as [[Dave Flusher III]]. Ooze immediately assumes that Flusher will be his assisstant, but Sludge fires him, telling him that Flusher is his replacement instead. He orders Flusher to kick Ooze out.<br />
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However, before anything can happen, the Planeteers arrive. Ooze instantly sees this as trouble, but Sludge appears crafty, muttering to himself about having a "surprise" for the Planeteers. He immediately orders Flusher to hide, and hires Ooze again, telling him to get back to work. The Planeteers tell Sludge there are there to shut him down, and he instantly gives in, stating he knows better than to argue with them. Ma-Ti is initially suspicious, but Wheeler explains "even the Sly man knows when he's out-classed."<br />
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Ma-Ti doesn't believe it's going to be as simple as that, and edges back towards the geo-cruiser.<br />
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Sludge changes his tune suddenly - ordering Ooze to run the Planeteers down with his forklift. The Planeteers - minus Ma-Ti, who is safe by the geo-cruiser - attempt to run away, but Flusher leaps out at them, cornering them. Ma-Ti runs the geo-cruiser at him, knocking him over. The Planeteers scramble to retreat inside the geo-cruiser, barely making it away in time. Sludge and Ooze both hit the geo-cruiser with their forklifts, but it is still able to take off.<br />
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Wheeler and Linka start to argue again with animals vs. trees, but Ma-Ti quickly draws their attention to a new problem: Plunder's helicopter is just above them.<br />
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Bleak rams the geo-cruiser, claiming that it won't be long before they're grounded. The Planeteers cry out in alarm. Ma-Ti tries to take evasive action, with the other Planeteers calling out advice and direction. He steers through canyons and around rocks, but Plunder's helicopter flies ahead of them and sends out a stream of thick smoke. Ma-Ti can no longer see.<br />
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The geo-cruiser hits a towering column of rock, and spins out of control. Linka screams at Ma-Ti to pull up, knowing they are going to crash. The geo-cruiser comes to a rough landing, sliding across the ground.<br />
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Meanwhile, Captain Planet has arrived at the scene of the nuclear disaster. He dives beneath the ground in search of lead. As soon as he enters the earth, five points on the ground begin to glow. These are the points where the evil rings created by Doctor Blight were destroyed. Captain Planet has unknowingly reactivated their magic as it was combined with the nuclear waste. Captain Pollution reforms.<br />
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When Captain Planet arrives above ground again, carrying a large deposit of lead, Captain Pollution punches him away. Captain Planet groans: "Not him again!"<br />
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It's soon clear that Captain Pollution is in his element. He creates a tidal wave of nuclear waste, which Captain Planet, obviously weakened, barely evades. Captain Pollution challenges him to play a game he likes to call "Kill the Planet." The object of the "game" is simple - Pollution destroys, and Planet tries to stop him.<br />
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Captain Planet is soon struggling against Captain Pollution, who is quick and agile in the toxic environment. Captain Pollution soon zaps Captain Planet with electricity, weakening him enough for Captain Pollution to get a head start. He decides to fly off to heat up the oil fires in Kuwait again.<br />
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Meanwhile, the Planeteers are being forced to walk into the salt mine Plunder and Sludge have been using to store waste in. Flusher has hold of Gi and Kwame, Bleak has hold of Wheeler and Ma-Ti, and Sludge has hold of Linka. [[Suchi]] follows behind, unrestrained.<br />
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Plunder and Bleak tell the Planeteers that since they are so concerned with the toxic waste leaking, the Planeteers are going to keep an eye on it forever.<br />
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The Planeteers are pushed down to the ground, and the eco-villains make their escape. Bleak detonates dynamite, caving the mine in and trapping the Planeteers inside. Trying to escape the tunnel as this happens, the Planeteers are thrown backwards, and towering barrels of toxic waste fall. Linka cannot believe that the villains would be so cruel as to bury them alive. The Planeteers despair about not having their powers back yet - and there is no sign of Captain Planet. They wonder what is taking him so long.<br />
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Captain Pollution has reached the oil fields, and quickly sets about blowing them up, causing lots of toxic smoke. Captain Planet is obviously struggling in the increasing pollution. Meanwhile, Captain Pollution is getting stronger. He abandons the oil fields and goes in search of new fun. Captain Planet puts the fires out and follows the trail of toxic smoke Captain Pollution has left behind.<br />
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Inside the mine, Wheeler and Kwame are clearing rocks away from the site of the cave-in. Linka and Gi are attempting to reach a mineshaft higher up. They begin to argue again about which actions will get them out of the mine, when Ma-Ti cries out for them to stop.<br />
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He tells the Planeteers the story of how his [[parents]] died as a result of arguing between villages. His parents sent him away to live with the [[Shaman]] due to the danger escalating. Ma-Ti returns to the village to find it in flames. Among the rubble he discovers the necklace his mother made for his father. Ma-Ti says that the horrible night did end in some good, as it solidified the coalition, and everyone worked together to save both the trees and the animals.<br />
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Kwame suggests that he and Wheeler help the girls reach the mineshaft, and Wheeler agrees.<br />
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Captain Pollution is flying alongside a train carrying toxic waste. He plans to derail the train and cause yet another environmental disaster. He pushes the train, causing it to go faster. The driver tries to stop, but his efforts are futile. Luckily, Captain Planet arrives, and pushes the train from the front, slowing it down. Captain Pollution burns a bridge they are about to cross, forcing Captain Planet to use huge amounts of energy to stop the train in time. The driver has abandoned the train, jumping out and landing safely on an embankment.<br />
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Captain Planet manages to stop the train, but Captain Pollution knocks the train off the bridge anyway, sending it falling towards the river. Captain Planet causes a tidal wave from the river that catches the train gently. He holds the train up, trying to deposit it gently on the shore, but Pollution ruptures one of the tanks holding the toxic weed-killer. Captain Planet is doused in the chemicals, and it obviously weakens him and causes him pain. Pollution, meanwhile, rejoices in the chemicals spilling out, bathing in them happily and gaining strength.<br />
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He flies away, and Captain Planet uses his last ounce of strength to plug the leak in the tanker, before tumbling down the embankment into the river, where he slowly sinks.<br />
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Back in the mine, Kwame is standing on Wheeler's shoulders, trying to reach the ledge up to the mine shaft Linka and Gi discovered earlier. Wheeler is struggling to hold Kwame's weight. They both fall into a stack of barrels, and soon realise that they've caused them to start leaking fumes into the air.<br />
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The episode ends with Linka exclaiming that the fumes are lethal, and Wheeler adding: "We're dead meat!"<br />
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The episode is continued in [[A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste Part II]].<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gi:''' The best thing you can do to help our environment is get involved.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Join an environmental group, or join up with friends to start your own projects.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Clean up a park or a beach. Organise a recycling program at school, or in your neighbourhood. And plant trees and remember to take care of them.<br />
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'''Gi:''' It's all part of making our planet healthy again.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We must all work together to protect the animals, trees, oceans and air.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Toxic waste comes from places you may not expect.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Used motor oil.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Paints, and other common chemicals.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Even the batteries in toys!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Throwing them in the trash means they'll end up in a dump, where they can contaminate the soil or groundwater.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Some communities have special centres for disposal of toxic materials. Find out where yours is!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' And if there isn't one in your area, ask your parents and teachers to get one started!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* According to his newspaper advertisement, [[Sludge]] refers to himself as "Mr. Sludge Esquire."<br />
* Sludge's ad reads: "A heinous henchman to serve a machiavellian master."<br />
* [[Dave Flusher III]] has a gold tooth.<br />
* The [[geo-cruiser]] is hit by Sludge's and Ooze's forklifts, but it is still able to take off, with [[Ma-Ti]] as pilot. Sludge also crashes into Ooze's forklift.<br />
* There is a shot of the Planeteers cheering in the geo-cruiser after having escaped from Sludge, in which Linka is displayed with Gi's voice.<br />
* Wheeler does not have his seatbelt on when Bleak initially rams the geo-cruiser, but he suffers no ill-effects.<br />
* Captain Pollution needs nobody to summon him in this episode - he appears after Captain Planet enters the nuclear waste-soaked ground.<br />
* This is the episode in which Captain Pollution taunts "I'm back!" This catchphrase is used during the new Captain Planet theme song in [[season 6]].<br />
* [[Captain Pollution]] is voiced by David Coburn - the same man who voices [[Captain Planet]].<br />
* The Kuwait Oil Fires of which Captain Pollution talks occured in 1991, and burned for months.<br />
* The title of the episode is spoken by Plunder, in response to Kwame's dismayed question on how he can do something like this.<br />
'''Kwame:''' How can you do this to the land?<br />
'''Plunder:''' Haven't you heard? A mine is a terrible thing to waste.<br />
* As they are forced further into the mine, Flusher has hold of Gi and Kwame, Bleak has hold of Wheeler and Ma-Ti, and Sludge has hold of Linka. Suchi follows behind, unrestrained.<br />
* We learn that Ma-Ti is an orphan in this episode. He was raised by the [[Shaman]] after his [[parents]] were killed.<br />
* Ma-Ti's father's name was Chico.<br />
* Ma-Ti keeps his father's necklace in the pocket of his vest.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Bleak:''' Back to the salt mine, Mr. Plunder?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Yes, and step on it, Bleak. That simpleton Sludge could even bungle a simple job, like burying toxic waste.<br />
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''Wheeler is performing stunts while flying the geo-cruiser:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Stop!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Level up, Wheeler!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Enough!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yahoo! (''He performs another turn, and the Planeteers cry out again''.)<br />
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'''Linka:''' Level up, Yankee, or I swear I will blow you right out of your seat!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Man, you guys are no fun.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Wait a minute. I thought we were going to India to plant trees, first chance we got.<br />
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'''Linka:''' How can you think about trees when animals are suffering?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Without trees, everything will suffer.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yeah, especially people!<br />
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'''Gi:''' But people have choices! Animals are victims.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Don't you understand that animals need trees as much as people do?<br />
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'''Linka:''' All your little saplings will be big help to a gull suffocating right now in toxic goo!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But that is short-term thinking! We must look at the big picture!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wait! It is all important. Perhaps we are a little tired.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Trees are homes to the animals.<br />
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'''Linka:''' The wildlife needs us now!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Birds are dying!<br />
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''Gaia interrupts the arguing Planeteers with a show of thunder and light.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Time out! If you had checked Planet Vision, you'd already know your next assignment.<br />
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''As Kwame, Linka, Gi and Wheeler continue to argue:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Oh, it is going to be a long day.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Isn't it terrible that Sludge would poison the Earth?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Yeah, but at least there aren't any animals at risk.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Or trees!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Pardon me for butting in on your eco-argument, Planeteers, but there's been a nuclear waste spill at sea.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Don't worry, Planeteers! I'll have that spill cleaned up in two ticks of a geiger-counter!<br />
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'''Ooze:''' My own assistant, boss?<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Wrong! Your replacement. You're fired!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' All right, Sludge, the party's over!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We're shutting you down!<br />
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'''Sludge:''' Okay, okay! I know better than to argue with you. I'll just pack it in.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' (''Whispering to Wheeler'') It does not seem like Sludge to give in so easily...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Come on, Ma-Ti! Even the Sly man knows when he's out-classed.<br />
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''Ooze is driving a forklift towards the Planeteers, but Wheeler is confident, forgetting he no longer has his Fire power:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Well, if it isn't the wizard of Ooze!<br />
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'''Linka:''' This is going to take longer than we thought. I guess the animals will have to wait.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You mean the trees, don't you?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti''': Uh, could you stop long enough to help me with a problem?<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' What?<br />
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''Plunder's helicopter slams into the geo-cruiser from above.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Wow, that' a nasty nuclear brew. Looks like it's time to get the lead out!<br />
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''Captain Planet emerges from beneath the ground with a large deposit of lead:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Now to foil this pollution!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Can I give you a hand, bro? (He punches Captain Planet, who goes flying through the air.)<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Not him again!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' I'm back!<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Wave bye-bye, Captain-Pain-in-the-Butt!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is taunting Captain Planet.''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' You're the next contestant in a little game I like to play. It's called "Kill the Planet." Pun intended! It's really simple - I destroy, and you try and stop me! Sounds pretty fun, huh? Now, where to start? I know! The oil fires in Kuwait. I'll heat them up again.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Something tells me I'm gonna hate this game.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' How can you do this to the land?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Haven't you heard? A mine is a terrible thing to waste. Since you enviro-meddlers are so concerned about this toxic waste leaking...<br />
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'''Bleak:''' We're gonna let you keep an eye on it - forever!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot believe it! Those barbarians buried us alive!<br />
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''Shooting electricity at the oil rigs:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' I'm a lootin', tootin', high-pollutin' son-of-a-bum from pow, pow! (He blows the end of his shooting finger) Am I hot or what?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' This oil field's not big enough for the both of us. I'm running you in.<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Go ahead... make my day.<br />
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''Wheeler and Kwame are clearing rocks, and Linka and Gi are trying to reach a mineshaft:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey! How about a little help over here?<br />
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'''Linka:''' We do not have a week!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Yeah, why don't you help us get up to that shaft?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, right, we'll just fly up there.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Bozhe moy, do not be such a wise-guy, Wheeler! Just help us!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, hail to the queen!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' All this arguing leads nowhere! I know. I have seen it...<br />
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''Ma-Ti's flashback begins:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' My father's people and my mother's village could not see eye-to-eye. It cost many their lives, and some, even more. My father and mother's people each worked for sustainable use of the forest. But they did not always work together.<br />
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'''Man:''' Chico, I do not trust those Indians.<br />
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'''Villager:''' It is you white men who are always breaking your promise!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Please, friends, we have worked in harmony with this land too long. The forest is our life!<br />
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'''Developer:''' All of you clear out of here!<br />
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''The crowd disperses, with each side grumbling about the other. Ma-Ti stands as a young child beside his father (Chico). Chico approaches the developer standing by the bulldozers.''<br />
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'''Chico:''' It is not over!<br />
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'''Developer:''' Be careful, Chico. We have ways of dealing with trouble-makers like you.<br />
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''Night time, and Ma-Ti's parents are talking gently to him:''<br />
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'''Mother:''' Ma-Ti, try to understand...<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' No, I will not go!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Son, it is not safe for you to stay here. You must go and live with the Shaman, until the danger passes.<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' But, if it is dangerous, you and Mama must come too!<br />
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'''Chico:''' Your mother and I cannot run. We must stay as an example to the coalition.<br />
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'''Mother:''' Indians and rubber-tappers must stand united. Saving the forest is the most important thing.<br />
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'''Shaman:''' Come, Ma-Ti. It is time to go.<br />
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'''Young Ma-Ti:''' Yes, Grandfather.<br />
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'''Chico:''' Remember, my son... No matter the odds, you must always follow your heart.<br />
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''Ma-Ti nods, and hugs his parents for the last time before following the Shaman out the door. Once he is out of sight, his parents cry.''<br />
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''That night, Ma-Ti and Shaman are sleeping up on a cliff over-looking the village, Ma-Ti awakes and sees the village burning. He screams, and he and the Shaman hurry down to help the villagers, but they are too late.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We ran as fast as we could, but by the time we got there, it was too late. I thought my heart would break when I found my father's necklace. My mother had made it for him. I never saw my parents again. But that horrible night solidified the coalition. The people all worked together to stop the clear-cutting and save the trees - and the animals!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is flying alongside a train carrying toxic waste:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Woah, the speed this guy's going, he may not need any help derailing. But then, where would the fun be? It's just amazing. One little choo-choo, and a few thousand gallons of weed-killer, can trigger such a lovely train of events!<br />
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''Captain Pollution is bathing in toxic chemicals:''<br />
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'''Captain Pollution:''' Ahh, I needed a good shower! I was starting to feel - bleurgh! Clean!<br />
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''Wheeler and Kwame have fallen after trying to reach a high ledge:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Well, that was a bust.<br />
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'''Gi:''' For real. <br />
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Greenhouse Planet
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Greenhouse Planet is the first episode in the third series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Doug Molitor.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers learn that the new President's science advisor is [[Doctor Blight]], and she is incorrectly informing him on greenhouse gasses. As the Planeteers hurry to stop her, they are caught up in Blight's plans for experimental rocket fuel. They call Captain Planet for help, but Ma-Ti and Kwame are locked in a rocket with the President and jetted into outer space! Captain Planet is forced to exist with only his Earth and Heart powers as the other Planeteers are arrested. It's up to Captain Planet to save the Planeteers and stop Blight's plans.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a reporter stating that a new power plant, with it's own oil field, is about to be opened and dedicated by the President. The President waves off allegations of global warming, stating that by burning the cheap oil, it will help the economy - and besides, his science advisor says there's no real evidence of global warming.<br />
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The Planeteers are watching on Planet Vision. Kwame is outraged by the President's words, and the Planeteers soon discover that Doctor Blight is the President's new science advisor. Her latest plan is to make the Earth too hot for humans.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to the eco-copter, intent on stopping her.<br />
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Blight mixes chemicals together and corks them into a Champagne bottle. When the President uses the bottle to dedicate the plant as "The Blight Power Plant", we learn the chemicals inside result in Blight's new "Gas Guzzler Rocket Fuel". When the President raises the issue of the gas not exactly being the "cleanest-burning", Blight tells him that the fuel will get the space probe to Venus in a matter of hours. The President is placated, mentioning that he'd like to see that.<br />
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The Planeteers arrive in the eco-copter, and see in dismay that they are too late to stop the opening of the power plant. Kwame is convinced that once the President discovers who Blight really is, he will shut it down.<br />
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The Planeteers are suddenly forced to land by another helicopter - security. The bodyguard tells the Planeteers that their best chance of seeing the President is to "stand along the motorcade and wave." Gi then causes a wave that washes over the government's helicopter. This causes a distraction big enough for Linka to sweep Kwame and Ma-Ti (and Suchi) over the fence with her ring.<br />
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The President and Blight are walking around the base of the rocket. The President mentions that it's a good thing this is just a test flight, as he does not want to risk anyone's life with an experimental fuel. Blight appears surprised by this news.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti watch on, knowing that if they approach the President while he is still with Blight, he will not listen to them. Ma-Ti spots a wasps nest, and sends the wasps after the group. The boys manage to take the President aside, rescuing him from the wasps, in order to tell him what is really going on in Blight's mind.<br />
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Blight and MAL discover that the President is about to be loaded into the rocket with Ma-Ti and Kwame. Worried that the Planeteers are going to tell the President the truth about her, they decide to get the President "lost in space" by reprogramming the orbiter.<br />
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Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President are on the walkway leading to the rocket. The President tells them he does not believe in "this greenhouse thing", and that it would not be good economics to shut the power plant down.<br />
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Blight and MAL rig the rocket to launch.<br />
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Wheeler, Linka and Gi are still with government security outside the fence, and they watch on with horror as they notice that their friends are still on the gantry crane. Wheeler manages to cut the control cable with a laser from his ring, but the countdown continues.<br />
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Realising they have no other choice, Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President hurry into the rocket.<br />
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The Planeteers call Captain Planet. Captain Planet comments that with all the pollution in the air from the power plant, his job is going to be more difficult. He quickly chases the rocket.<br />
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Meanwhile, government security has just been told through their radios that the Planeteers are part of a plot to kidnap the President. Security immediately orders that Wheeler, Linka and Gi be arrested. The three are quickly handcuffed, despite Wheeler's denials.<br />
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Mission Control contacts the rocket, telling the President that the rocket cannot be turned around.<br />
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Captain Planet is chasing the rocket, but is caught in the stream of pollution coming from the back. He struggles to keep up, and only manages to grab hold of the booster rocket, which then separates.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti soon realise that they are in space, as gravity is no longer affecting them, and they are floating about. Ma-Ti mentions that he feels light-headed. He then laughs at Suchi's reaction, but Kwame tells him it's not funny: they are now beyond the reach of both Captain Planet and Gaia.<br />
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Captain Planet realises he has just missed them. Breathlessly, he tries to return his powers to the Planeteers.<br />
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Sitting handcuffed and side-by-side in a cell, Wheeler, Linka and Gi appear unaware that the powers return to their rings.<br />
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A green beam (Earth) and a yellow beam (Heart) of light stream towards the rocket, but double-back and combine, reforming Captain Planet. His skin is brown and his uniform appears faded and not the usual bright red. With dismay, Captain Planet realises that Kwame and Ma-Ti are too deep into space for their powers to return to them.<br />
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He falls to Earth, still clutching the booster rocket.<br />
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MAL arrives on the rocket's computer. Kwame realises that MAL is the reason the rocket launched. The President assumes they will be safe orbiting Venus until the rescue ship comes, but MAL laughs, telling them that he has reprogrammed the ship's computer and they're going to crash-land on Venus. He tells them that the temperature on Venus exceeds 800 degrees.<br />
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The President realises that in order to turn the ship around, the first thing they need to do is disconnect MAL - but MAL resists by electrocuting him and melting the tools he tries to use. He then takes "a shortcut", sending the passengers spinning through the cabin. Kwame hits his head, and tells Ma-Ti that MAL has them trapped.<br />
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Captain Planet has washed up on on of Hope Island's beaches. Gaia meets him. Captain Planet is grateful that his Earth power still works, and Gaia tells him his Heart power still works as well, indicating that these are the only two powers needed for him to take on a form.<br />
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On the Planet Vision, Gaia shows Captain Planet what's going on.<br />
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Wheeler, Linka and Gi are still sitting in a cell, handcuffed and slumped over, looking tired. Blight tells security to keep them handcuffed, as they are all part of the plot to kidnap the President. Security assures Blight that the Planeteers aren't going anywhere until they've got the President back.<br />
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Outside, MAL tells Blight that the power plant is leaking carbon dioxide into the vents, and it will put everyone to sleep.<br />
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Linka yawns, and says they need to get out of there. Wheeler yawns as well, and wonders aloud about what happened to Captain Planet. Apparently he is unaware that he has his Fire power back. Also yawning, Gi begins to hope that Kwame and Ma-Ti are all right, but she never finishes her sentence.<br />
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In despair on Hope Island, Captain Planet watches helplessly, begging them not to go to sleep. He tries to fly out and rescue them, but crashes heavily to the ground. Gaia tells him that without the power of Wind, he can no longer fly.<br />
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Gaia tells Captain Planet that if she and him combine all their powers, they can reach Ma-Ti and Kwame. She holds her hands up and Captain Planet presses his own hands against them, creating a field of energy.<br />
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In the rocket, the President is arguing that he will not shut down power plants and put people out of work just for some "crazy theory that might not even happen."<br />
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Ma-Ti suddenly hears Captain Planet, and urges everyone to concentrate. Captain Planet suddenly appears to them, and urges the President to change his mind. He shows images of what will happen to the Earth if carbon dioxide continues to be pumped into the atmosphere. The polar ice will melt, cities will be flooded, economies will crash and animals will die.<br />
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The President dismisses it all as an unproved theory, which Kwame reacts to angrily.<br />
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As they draw nearer to Venus, things inside the rocket start to heat up. The President burns his hand on a ladder, and Kwame points to Venus through the window, telling the President that all the proof of greenhouse gasses can be seen on that planet.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti explain that clouds on Venus are full of greenhouse gasses, trapping the sun's heat, and that Earth could one day be exactly the same. The President, having seen visual proof and suffering from the temperature inside the rocket, suddenly understands. He immediately attempts to radio Mission Control and tell them to shut the Blight plant down, but MAL interrupts before he can complete the message.<br />
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Gaia tells Captain Planet it is now up to him, but he is doubtful he can do it without all of his powers. Gaia tells him that so long as he has courage, he can do it. He takes the geo-cruiser and flys out to rescue the three arrested Planeteers.<br />
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On the rocket, the President is suddenly anxious to change his actions.<br />
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MAL tries to stop him disconnecting the computer. Just before MAL is about to electrocute the President and finish him off, Suchi disconnects MAL by pulling his cable out.<br />
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Kwame manages to get manual control of the rocket moments before they are about to crash into Venus. He turns the rocket around and hopes they have enough fuel to get back to Earth.<br />
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In the cell, Wheeler is slumped onto Gi's shoulder. She yawns again and mentions they have to escape. Linka's chin is on her chest and she is slumped also. The security guards are snoring.<br />
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Outside, Blight is bragging to herself, saying there is no one left to stop her now. However, Captain Planet arrives in the geo-cruiser.<br />
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Inside, Wheeler and Linka are apparently both asleep, but Gi is witness to Captain Planet opening the cell with a crow bar. He says he needs to conserve power - but he does have the handcuff keys.<br />
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He carries the Planeteers outside - they are all unconscious now.<br />
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Blight spots Captain Planet and tells him he must have been demoted from Captain to Private. She attempts to spray him with toxic waste.<br />
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The Planeteers wake up just in time for Captain Planet to dive on them and shield them from the spray from Blight's hose. MAL causes sparks that turn the toxic waste into flames. Captain Planet leads Blight's attention away from the Planeteers, running and jumping around the power plant.<br />
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Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President return to Earth, with Kwame safely landing the spaceship. The President immediately orders that the Blight Power Plant be shut down. Blight begs him to reconsider, offering him nuclear power plants instead - but her plant is shut down and she is dragged away.<br />
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Captain Planet needs to recharge: "Well, Planeteers, I'm due for a major recharge! And I'm not leaving a wake-up call. The power is yours!"<br />
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The episode ends with the President enquiring to Kwame about wind and solar power. Everyone laughs as Kwame responds: "Read my lips, Mr. President - they work!"<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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''First Planeteer Alert:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Our world is an exciting place.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Biology, chemistry, geology and other sciences can help us understand how it works.<br />
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'''Gi:''' For example, biology is the study of living things.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' And geology explains the Earth's physical structure, and how it was formed.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' The more you know about our Earth, the more you will appreciate its beauty and complexity.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' So learn all you can! They power is yours!<br />
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''Second Planeteer Alert:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Forests and plants are the air-conditioners of our planet.They help regulate temperature and humidity, as well as keep the air clean.<br />
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'''Linka:''' So plant a tree or start a garden in your backyard.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Or grow potted plants in your house.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' All it takes is a little work, sunlight, and...<br />
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'''Gi:''' Water!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* The Planeteers use the eco-copter in this episode, rather than the geo-cruiser. <br />
* The President opens the power plant as "The Blight Power Plant". <br />
* Wheeler is flying the eco-copter when the Planeteers arrive at the power plant. <br />
* Suchi goes with the Planeteers during their mission in this episode. <br />
* The President tells Kwame and Ma-Ti that he does not believe in the greenhouse effect. <br />
* Kwame barely make it off the gantry crane into the rocket in time. <br />
* Wheeler, Gi and Linka are the only Planeteers to offer Captain Planet their usual catch-phrase of "Go, Planet!" as Kwame and Ma-Ti are still in the rocket. <br />
* Once out of the Earth's atmosphere, Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President are beyond the reach of Captain Planet and Gaia. <br />
* The power of Wind is what enables Captain Planet to fly. <br />
* When Gaia and Captain Planet combine their powers, Captain Planet is able to appear to Ma-Ti and Kwame. <br />
* Kwame grows angry with the President as they continue to try and change his mind about greenhouse gasses. Ma-Ti sounds exasperated when he tries to explain the greenhouse effect to the President. <br />
* Gaia tells Captain Planet that the power that counts the most is his courage. Presumeably, this comes from his Heart power. <br />
* Captain Planet takes the geo-cruiser to rescue Wheeler, Linka and Gi. <br />
* Suchi is the one who defeats MAL, by disconnecting his cables. <br />
* The President says he is "bushed". <br />
* Gi is the final Planeteer to fall asleep. Wheeler and Linka are both unconscious when Captain Planet arrives to rescue them. Wheeler falls asleep with his head on Gi's shoulder. <br />
* We see Doctor Blight's scar in this episode - an explosion causes her hair to stand on end, exposing her face. <br />
* Kwame lands the spaceship safely, despite never having flown before. He lands it in the ocean and it continues towards shore safely. <br />
* When Captain Planet returns Kwame's and Ma-Ti's powers, the sound effect is different to when he usually returns to recharge. He also disappears as a whirlwind, rather than a flash of light. <br />
* In the second Planeteer Alert for this episode, Gi can cause water to fall directly from her ring.<br />
* This is the first time Dr. Blight is seen wearing something besides her usual pink jumpsuit; in this case, a business suit.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Reporter:''' Today, the world's biggest power plant, with it's own off-shore oil-field, starts operation. But many nations complain that the plant will put too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Yet, that doesn't worry the President of this country, who is here to dedicate this plant. (''Speaking to the President'')' Mr. President, won't your country be adding many greenhouse gasses to our atmosphere?<br />
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'''President:''' We've just made the hugest oil find in history, and burning this low-cost oil will be a big help to our troubled economy.<br />
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''The Planeterers are watching on Planet Vision.''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But what about the carbon dioxide that will release? It acts like an invisible blanket, heating up the whole planet!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Take it easy, Kwame! You know he can't hear you.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' (''sighing'') I know.<br />
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'''President:''' I hear people are worrying about this global warming thing...<br />
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'''Kwame/Gi:''' Huh?!<br />
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'''President:''' And according to my science advisor, there's no real proof. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a power plant to dedicate.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No real proof? The President is getting very bad advice!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' From a very bad advisor! (She activates Planet Vision again).<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Doctor Blight!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' The President doesn't realise that this is all part of her insane experiment to make Earth too hot for humans.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Then it is time we made things too hot for her!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' To the eco-copter, everyone!<br />
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'''President:''' This is quite a power plant you've built for us here, Doctor Blight. I can't wait to kick this baby into gear.<br />
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'''Blight:''' This dedication should be a blast, Mr. President.<br />
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''In response to Blight's Gas Guzzler Rocket Fuel:''<br />
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'''President:''' Not exactly the cleanest burning, is it?<br />
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'''Blight:''' No. But so powerful it'll get that space probe of yours to Venus in a few hours.<br />
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'''President:''' Oh, really? Well, I'd like to see that...<br />
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'''Blight:''' I took the liberty of refuelling your rocket. The milage isn't great, but the pick-up's out of this world!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Please! We must see the President!<br />
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'''Bodyguard:''' Sorry, kid. Your best bet is to stand along the motorcade and wave.<br />
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'''President:''' Good thing this is just a test flight. I don't want to risk astronaut lives with an experimental fuel.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Really? Why not?<br />
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''After Ma-Ti and Kwame save him from the wasps:''<br />
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'''President:''' Phew! Thanks fellas! Seems we stumbled into a hornet's nest.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Sir, you are about to be the victim of a real sting!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' By a real pest! Doctor Blight!<br />
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'''President:''' This just doesn't make sense, even if this greenhouse thing's true - I don't believe it, by the way -<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Please! You must shut down her plant! Every hour it is spilling tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere!<br />
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'''President:''' It wouldn't be sound economics.<br />
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'''MAL:''' We launch in ten seconds.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Well then what are we doing here?!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Look, on the gantry crane! Kwame and Ma-Ti - and the President!<br />
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'''Linka:''' They will be burnt to a crust!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's crisp! But not if I do some burning first! Fire!<br />
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''Wheeler cuts the control cable using his ring.''<br />
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'''Wheeer:''' I don't get it! I cut the control cable, but it's still blasting off!<br />
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MAL: Your gas-guzzler rocket is carrying the President to new heights of popularity!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Uh-oh. Someone's polluting the air! That's not going to make my job any easier.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' (''choking'') Man, this rocket could sure use a tune-up!<br />
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'''Blight:''' MAL, get off your disk-drive and do something, before he rescues them!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Keep your shirt on, Doctor!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' We must be in outer space...<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' (''Laughing at Suchi'') As Suchi just found out...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' This is not funny, Ma-Ti. We are now beyond the reach of Captain Planet - and even Gaia!<br />
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'''MAL:''' This is your captain, speaking! Not the one you were hoping for, of course.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' MAL! He must have infiltrated the ship's computer.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Welcome aboard our one-way flight to Earth's sister planet, Venus.<br />
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'''President:''' Venus, huh? Well, should be safe 'til the rescue ship comes.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Haw-haw-haw, ho ho, that's a hot one, Pres. ol' boy. Look at Venus on infared! The hottest planet in the solar system.<br />
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'''President:''' Phew! Good thing we're just orbiting.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh, did I forget to mention? I reprogrammed this orbiter. You're going to crash-land on Venus!<br />
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''MAL taunts the President, Kwame and Ma-Ti.''<br />
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'''President:''' Wait a sec, I know you! You're Doctor Blight's computer! She must have shanghied us!<br />
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'''MAL:''' You'll enjoy Venus, Mr. President. A balmy climate - today's forecast calls for temperatures in the low 800s.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' 800 degrees! Hot enough to melt lead.<br />
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'''MAL:''' So keep your heads inside!<br />
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''Captain Planet washes up on Hope Island:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Well, at least my Earth power still works.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' So does your Heart power. And you're going to need it for what lies ahead. Come, look at the Planet Vision.<br />
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''On the screen, Wheeler, Linka and Gi are in a cell, still handcuffed. They are slumped, looking tired.''<br />
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'''Blight:''' Keep them handcuffed! They're all part of the plot.<br />
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'''Security:''' Don't worry, Doctor Blight. They're not going anywhere until we get our President back.<br />
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'''Blight:''' I like the way you put that.<br />
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''She walks outside and opens her laptop, containing MAL.''<br />
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'''MAL:''' Doctor, your plant is leaking carbon dioxide into the air vents! It will put everyone in there to sleep.<br />
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'''Blight:''' What a gas, MAL! Did you ever have one of those days where everything was working out perfectly?<br />
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''Captain Planet tries to fly, but crashes to the ground.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You don't have the power of Wind anymore, remember?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Wow, what a come-down.<br />
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''On the rocket, Kwame and Ma-Ti are trying to convince the President that the greenhouse effect is actually happening:''<br />
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'''President:''' Shut down plants and put people out of work, all for some crazy theory that might not even happen? I'm sorry but I'm not going to do it.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Mr. President, if you see what you're risking, maybe you'll change your mind.<br />
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'''President:''' Tricks won't make me change my mind. Heard all this before, about "the too much carbon dioxide" thing.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' We don't know how much carbon dioxide is too much! But the last decade was one of the hottest in history. If we make things worse with greenhouse gasses, the polar ice could melt and flood every coastal city. (''He shows the President images of flood cities''). In New York, rising seas will take a bite out of the Big Apple. As for Hong Kong, it'll be long gone. While the only tourists left in Venice will be scuba divers. For humans it would mean farm land turned to deserts, the collapse of entire economies - hunger on an unimaginable scale!<br />
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'''President:''' But it probably won't be that bad...<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Maybe. Or maybe it'll be worse. A real climate change means every animal will have to adapt or die. In time, the lucky ones might find new habitats, or even evolve new physical traits.<br />
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'''President:''' It's still just an unproved theory. I need proof on all this.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' What will it take to convince you?!<br />
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''Kwame points to Venus:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' There is your proof, Mr. President. That is the atmosphere of Venus. A real greenhouse planet!<br />
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'''President:''' What's Venus got to do with Earth?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Venus is a lot like Earth, but it's all desert - too hot for water or any kind of life as we know it.<br />
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'''President:''' How come?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Because! Clouds on Venus are full of greenhouse gasses, like carbon dioxide. They trap the sun's heat.<br />
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'''President:''' Like an out-of-control greenhouse... You mean the Earth could end up like this?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Do you want to take that chance?<br />
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'''President:''' No, never!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Gaia, what good is a superhero without superpowers?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You still have the power that counts most. Your courage.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Thanks, Gaia. (''He runs to the geo-cruiser''). Who says I can't fly?<br />
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'''President:''' Time to think about the big picture - got a planet to save! Charge!<br />
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'''President:''' I can feel the gravity of Venus.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Not to mention the gravity of the situation!<br />
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'''President:''' Phew! Man, am I bushed.<br />
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'''Blight:''' There's no one to stop me now! Greenhouse planet, here we come!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh, er, um, Doctor? They cut my link to the space orbiter.<br />
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'''Blight:''' So what? There's no one who can save this planet now.<br />
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''MAL spots the geo-cruiser.''<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh, er - except maybe Captain Planet?<br />
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'''Blight:''' (''Panicking'') No! It's impossible!<br />
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''Captain Planet carries the unconscious forms of Wheeler, Gi and Linka outside:''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Wow, I never knew what a hard job I have. Ow, my back...<br />
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'''Blight:''' Well, well. Look at the mighty Captain Planet. Looks like he's been demoted. To Private Planet.<br />
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''She starts a hose of toxic waste and sprays it towards Captain Planet. He dives on the Planeteers, who have just woken up, and shelters them.''<br />
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'''MAL:''' May I offer you a light, Doctor?<br />
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'''Blight:''' MAL, you're such a gentleman.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Lay low, Planeteers! I'll deal with Blight's burning ambition.<br />
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''Seeing the rocket return with Kwame, Ma-Ti and the President:''<br />
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'''Blight:''' No! They can't be back! MAL, I'm going to boot you right in your software.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Blight, you couldn't torch the broad side of a tar pit.<br />
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'''Bodyguard:''' Are you all right, Mr. President?<br />
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'''President:''' I will be, as soon as we shut down the Blight Power Plant.<br />
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'''Bodyguard:''' You heard the President!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Pres, baby, be reasonable! If you don't like burning oil, I've got a great nuclear plant for you!<br />
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'''President:''' Get this woman out of my sight!<br />
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'''Blight:''' How about burning toxic waste?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Well, Planeteers, I'm due for a major recharge! And I'm not leaving a wake-up call. The power is yours!<br />
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'''President:''' So, Kwame. Tell me more about this solar stuff and that wind power thing.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Read my lips, Mr. President - they work! <br />
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== Gallery ==</div>
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Uncle Dmitri
2012-06-24T12:18:39Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Quotes */</p>
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<div>[[File:Mindpollution23.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Uncle Dmitri]] Dmitri is [[Linka]]'s uncle and [[Boris]]' father. He lives in Washington DC. <br />
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Linka visits Dmitri and Boris in the episode [[Mind Pollution]]. Dmitri appears surprised by her visit, but very pleased, sweeping her up in his arms.<br />
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He confides to Linka that he is worried about his son, Boris. He hopes that Linka's visit will cheer Boris up.<br />
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Dmitri cooks blintzes for Boris and Linka, but a fire breaks out in the kitchen. Everyone escapes unharmed, but Dmitri is not seen again during the episode. It is never revealed how he reacted to Boris' death or if he ever spoke to Linka again afterwards.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
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Boris is rotund, with white hair and dark eyes.<br />
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== Significant Episodes ==<br />
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* [[Mind Pollution]] <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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''Linka surprises Dmitri with a visit:''<br />
'''Linka:''' Hello, Uncle Dmitri!<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Linka! What a surprise!<br />
'''Linka:''' Oh, Uncle Dmitri, it is so good to see you! Where is my favourite cousin?<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Boris, come see who is here!<br />
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''Boris has come downstairs in his pyjamas, looking unwell:''<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Get dressed, and I will make Linka my famous blintzes for breakfast! And Boris, for once, please comb your hair!<br />
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''Dmitri expresses concern to Linka:''<br />
Dmitri: Boris - he is moody, and does nothing but stay out late. He never meets his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<center><br />
<gallery><br />
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File:Mindpollution18.jpg|[[Linka]], at the door of the house shared by Dmitri and his son, [[Boris]]<br />
File:Mindpollution19.jpg|Dmitri is overjoyed to see Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution21.jpg|Dmitri and his niece, Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution23.jpg|Dmitri refers to his blintzes as "famous"<br />
File:Mindpollution26.jpg|Cooking blintzes for Linka and Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution27.jpg|Telling Linka he is worried about Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution29.jpg|Dmitri escapes the fire unharmed<br />
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</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Uncle_Dmitri&diff=2857
Uncle Dmitri
2012-06-24T12:17:07Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>[[File:Mindpollution23.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Uncle Dmitri]] Dmitri is [[Linka]]'s uncle and [[Boris]]' father. He lives in Washington DC. <br />
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Linka visits Dmitri and Boris in the episode [[Mind Pollution]]. Dmitri appears surprised by her visit, but very pleased, sweeping her up in his arms.<br />
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He confides to Linka that he is worried about his son, Boris. He hopes that Linka's visit will cheer Boris up.<br />
<br />
Dmitri cooks blintzes for Boris and Linka, but a fire breaks out in the kitchen. Everyone escapes unharmed, but Dmitri is not seen again during the episode. It is never revealed how he reacted to Boris' death or if he ever spoke to Linka again afterwards.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
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Boris is rotund, with white hair and dark eyes.<br />
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== Significant Episodes ==<br />
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* [[Mind Pollution]] <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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''Linka surprises Dmitri with a visit:''<br />
'''Linka:''' Hello, Uncle Dmitri!<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Linka! What a surprise!<br />
'''Linka:''' Oh, Uncle Dmitri, it is so good to see you! Where is my favourite cousin?<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Boris, come see who is here!<br />
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''Boris has come downstairs in his pyjamas, looking unwell:''<br />
'''Dmitri:''' Get dressed, and I will make Linka my famous blintzes for breakfast! And Boris, for once, please comb your hair!<br />
<br />
''Dmitri expresses concern to Linka:''<br />
Dmitri: Boris - he is moody, and does nothing but stay out late. He never meets his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<center><br />
<gallery><br />
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File:Mindpollution18.jpg|[[Linka]], at the door of the house shared by Dmitri and his son, [[Boris]]<br />
File:Mindpollution19.jpg|Dmitri is overjoyed to see Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution21.jpg|Dmitri and his niece, Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution23.jpg|Dmitri refers to his blintzes as "famous"<br />
File:Mindpollution26.jpg|Cooking blintzes for Linka and Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution27.jpg|Telling Linka he is worried about Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution29.jpg|Dmitri escapes the fire unharmed<br />
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</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Uncle_Dmitri&diff=2856
Uncle Dmitri
2012-06-24T12:15:45Z
<p>OzQueen: Created page with "Uncle Dimitri Dimitri is Linka's uncle and Boris' father. He lives in Washington DC. Linka visits Dimitri and Boris in..."</p>
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<div>[[File:Mindpollution23.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Uncle Dimitri]] Dimitri is [[Linka]]'s uncle and [[Boris]]' father. He lives in Washington DC. <br />
<br />
Linka visits Dimitri and Boris in the episode [[Mind Pollution]]. Dimitri appears surprised by her visit, but very pleased, sweeping her up in his arms.<br />
<br />
He confides to Linka that he is worried about his son, Boris. He hopes that Linka's visit will cheer Boris up.<br />
<br />
Dimitri cooks blintzes for Boris and Linka, but a fire breaks out in the kitchen. Everyone escapes unharmed, but Dimitri is not seen again during the episode. It is never revealed how he reacted to Boris' death or if he ever spoke to Linka again afterwards.<br />
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== Appearance ==<br />
<br />
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Boris is rotund, with white hair and dark eyes.<br />
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== Significant Episodes ==<br />
<br />
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* [[Mind Pollution]] <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Linka]]<br />
* [[Bliss]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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''Linka surprises Dimitri with a visit:''<br />
'''Linka:''' Hello, Uncle Dimitri!<br />
'''Dimitri:''' Linka! What a surprise!<br />
'''Linka:''' Oh, Uncle Dimitri, it is so good to see you! Where is my favourite cousin?<br />
'''Dimitri:''' Boris, come see who is here!<br />
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<br />
''Boris has come downstairs in his pyjamas, looking unwell:''<br />
'''Dimitri:''' Get dressed, and I will make Linka my famous blintzes for breakfast! And Boris, for once, please comb your hair!<br />
<br />
''Dimitri expresses concern to Linka:''<br />
Dimitri: Boris - he is moody, and does nothing but stay out late. He never meets his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Gallery ==<br />
<br />
<center><br />
<gallery><br />
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File:Mindpollution18.jpg|[[Linka]], at the door of the house shared by Dimitri and his son, [[Boris]]<br />
File:Mindpollution19.jpg|Dimitri is overjoyed to see Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution21.jpg|Dimitri and his niece, Linka<br />
File:Mindpollution23.jpg|Dimitri refers to his blintzes as "famous"<br />
File:Mindpollution26.jpg|Cooking blintzes for Linka and Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution27.jpg|Telling Linka he is worried about Boris<br />
File:Mindpollution29.jpg|Dimitri escapes the fire unharmed<br />
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</gallery><br />
</center></div>
OzQueen
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Mind Pollution
2012-06-24T12:15:28Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Other Characters */</p>
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<div>Mind Pollution is the third episode in the second series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Doug Moliter.<br />
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Rather than dealing with any environmental problem, the Planeteers face the issue of drugs, and what can happen to a polluted mind. It becomes personal when [[Linka]]'s cousin, and eventually Linka herself, become "polluted" by [[Skumm]]'s latest experiment.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dmitri]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers are taking a few days vacation. Linka is staying in Washington with her [[Uncle Dimitri]] and her cousin [[Boris]]. It soon becomes clear that Boris has a drug problem - [[Verminous Skumm]] is selling a highly-addictive drug named [[Bliss]].<br />
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When Boris slips a pill into Linka's food and triggers an addiction, it's up to the other Planeteers to save her.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a clean-cut young man being offered drug by [[Verminous Skumm]]. Skumm claims that "[[Bliss]]" will make any difficulties go away. The young man pays a wad of cash for the bag of pills Skumm hands him. After taking one, his expression seems to change intantly. Though he no longer looks as healthy as he did just a few moments ago, the young man laughs to himself, the Bliss taking effect immediately. Skumm claims that "Nothing can bring you down now."<br />
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The young man runs out into the street and narrowly avoids being hit by a bus. He falls backwards and hits his head on the pavement, but continues to laugh hysterically. Skumm joins him, delighting in the young man's ruination.<br />
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On [[Hope Island]], [[Linka]] is holding a checklist, running through a last-minute check of items on the [[geo-cruiser]]. The other Planeteers seem a little weary of her enthusiasm. [[Gi]] comments, "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture."<br />
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Linka seems very eager to get somewhere, and we soon learn via [[Kwame]] that the Planeteers are taking a small vacation. Linka is going to visit her uncle and her cousin, Boris, in Washington.<br />
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The Planeteers drop her off, with Kwame telling her one of them will be back in a week to pick her up. She waves goodbye to the geo-cruiser as it flies away.<br />
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In a clean, well-kept street, Linka rings the doorbell to her Uncle Dmitri's house. He greets her jovially, apparently surprised by her visit. She asks to see her favourite cousin, and Uncle Dmitri calls Boris down the stairs. He emerges in a blue dressing gown and slippers, looking tired and ill. It is the young man we saw at the beginning of the episode.<br />
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Linka is immediately concerned by Boris' appearance, asking if he is all right. He tells her he is just getting over a cold.<br />
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Dmitri claims he is going to make a special breakfast of blintzes, and indicates that the problems with Boris have been going for some time, requesting: "For once, please comb your hair."<br />
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Boris takes another pill upstairs.<br />
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As he is cooking breakfast, Uncle Dmitri admits to Linka that he is worried about Boris, telling her that the young man is moody and stays out late, but does not meet up with his friends. He wonders if Linka could talk to Boris and find out what is wrong.<br />
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They are interrupted by Boris arriving in the kitchen in high spirits. He is dressed and wearing sunglass, and claims he has combed his hair especially for Linka.<br />
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Linka becomes concerned by a graze on Boris' forehead. He tells her it is nothing, but she moves to clean it up for him anyway. However, Boris knocks the bottle of rubbing alcohol out of her hands, and it lands on the stove, where Uncle Dmitri is still making blintzes. A fire quickly spreads.<br />
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However, with some quick thinking, Linka uses her ring and a box of baking soda to extinguish the flames. Boris takes a dazed interest in her ring after seeing her use it for the first time.<br />
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Linka and Boris are riding their bikes to a Russian café for breakfast, now that their own has been destroyed. Linka is in good spirits, riding fast and making jokes, but Boris begs for her to wait for him. She stops in amazement, asking if he needs to catch his wind.<br />
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When the subject of wind comes up, Boris asks about her ring and she tells him it has the power of Wind, and it was given to her so she could help protect the Earth.<br />
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He asks if he can try it sometime, and tells her that if she allows him to use her ring, he'll give her "one of these" - the pills Skumm gave to him.<br />
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Linka is outraged instantly, asking Boris if he has lost his mind. They wrestle for the bag, which splits open, and the pills disappear down a drain. Boris is instantly angry, blaming Linka and calling her a "stupid cow" before riding away across a busy road, cutting through traffic. Linka watches on in dismay.<br />
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Boris is beside himself when we see him next - he is with Skumm, begging for more Bliss and handing him wads of money. Skumm tells him that the price of Bliss has gone up, and Boris doesn't even have enough to buy one pill. Boris begs him, telling Skumm he is in agony. Skumm tells him that once someone is used to Bliss, "anything else is real pain."<br />
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Boris offers to bring Skumm a ring "with fantastic powers" in exchange for Bliss. Discovering that Boris knows Linka, one of the Planeteers, Skumm tells him to forget the ring and bring Linka to him instead. In exchange, he will give Boris enough Bliss to last him the rest of his life. Boris instantly rejects this idea, despite being in pain. He tells Skumm he loves his cousin and will never betray her. Skumm, however, points out that Boris will continue to suffer without the pills.<br />
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Linka returns to her uncle's house, crying out for him as soon as she is in the door. However, he has left a note, telling her there is trouble at the embassy. Linka immediately turns on the television to discover that vandals are downtown, high on a new designer drug called Bliss. Linka immediately becomes worried, pleading aloud, "Not Boris."<br />
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Boris, however, shows up behind her. Relieved, she embraces him, and he tells her he has now stopped using Bliss. However, behind his back he has blintzes, which are contaminated with Bliss pills. He hands one to Linka. She happily eats it, unaware that there are pills hidden inside the filling.<br />
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Boris instantly falls under the spell of Bliss again, dreamily asking her: "Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?"<br />
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The geo-cruiser lands on Hope Island, with Gi and [[Ma-Ti]] inside. Kwame and [[Wheeler]] are waiting nearby. Kwame asks why Linka is not with them, and Ma-Ti replies he thought she was coming back with them. Wheeler says they have not heard from her all week, and Gi is instantly worried.<br />
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Gaia appears and tells them to hurry to [[The Crystal Chamber]] - there is an answer, but not one they're going to like. On the [[Planet Vision]] screen, Gaia shows them how desperate people are becoming to get their hands on more Bliss. They are handing over their possessions in order to pay for the increasingly-expensive drug.<br />
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Gi asks why this constitutes as an eco-alert, and Gaia informs her that this is the most "insidious kind of pollution," and that people's minds and bodies are becoming polluted.<br />
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Skumm plans to take over one town's "wealth and health" before gradually moving on to the world, getting everyone addicted to Bliss. Eventually, he will be the only one who can think straight.<br />
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Kwame asks Gaia if she thinks Linka is also on Bliss, but Wheeler interrupts him with instant denial, saying Linka is too smart to do drugs. Gaia believes that so long as Linka is surrounded by those on Bliss, she is in trouble. The Planeteers hurry to join Linka in Washington.<br />
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Gi lands the geo-cruiser behind some bushes, where it won't be seen. They split up to search for Linka.<br />
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Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial when Ma-Ti asks Wheeler who Lincoln was. He states that the statue looks sad. Wheeler tells him Lincoln freed the slaves and paid with his life, and Ma-Ti comments that perhaps he is sad now because his people are enslaved again - this time by drugs.<br />
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A crowd gathers behind Wheeler and Ma-Ti. Gi cries out to them, warning them that the crowd is advancing on them.<br />
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Wheeler tries to hold them back by causing a fire, but the crowd appears ready to walk through it. Skumm says they do not care about getting injured - only getting more Bliss. Skumm begins to turn the crowd against the Planeteers.<br />
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Ma-Ti says they need [[Captain Planet]], but Skumm drags a young woman out of the crowd. It is Linka, and she is dishevelled and dazed, mumbling about needing more Bliss. The Planeteers cry out for her, but Skumm hands her a pill, and she takes it instantly. Wheeler tries to run to her, and the other Planeteers restrain him as the crowd advances on them. Skumm tells them they will not get any more Bliss until they get the Planeteers.<br />
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The Planeteers retreat. Ma-Ti cries out to Linka to help them call Captain Planet, but she is a zombie, swallowing more pills and accusing Ma-Ti of trying to bring her down. Skumm encourages her to get high, putting a hand on her shoulder. Wheeler yells at him to keep his "paws" off her.<br />
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Kwame realises they will never make it past the crowd of addicts to help Linka. He creates an earthquake, causing the crowd to fall, and Gi uses water from the Reflecting Pool to wash them away. However, encouraged by Skumm, the crowd gets up again, and the Planeteers realise they are in a stand-off.<br />
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Ma-Ti asks Wheeler to distract Skumm. Wheeler causes a fire that burns the bag of Bliss in Skumm's hand, destroying the pills. Skumm taunts him by waving a notebook at him, telling him he still has the Bliss formula and can make more in minutes.<br />
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Ma-Ti grabs Linka's wrist and pulls her away from Skumm.<br />
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Skumm realises she is gone, and sees Ma-Ti pulling her away into the trees. He sends the crowd of addicts after them.<br />
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Ma-Ti races to get Linka to safety, but she trips and lands in a large puddle of water. She laughs hysterically, and Ma-Ti pleads with her to hurry up, because Skumm is chasing them.<br />
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Wheeler, Kwame and Gi have managed to race ahead of the crowd of addicts. Kwame and Wheeler grab Linka under the arms and race away with her, quickly followed by Ma-Ti and Gi, as well as the crowd of addicts.<br />
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As they rush to find a hiding place, Linka begs for them to take her back.<br />
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Inside, Kwame calls for someone to help them, but there is no one within earshot. Wheeler makes a remark about never being able to find a cop when the city is under seige from zombies.<br />
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Ma-Ti uses his ring to search the city and discovers that everyone has fled. The only people left are the Planeteers, Skumm, and his addicts.<br />
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Boris leads the group of addicts towards the Planeteers, who are barricading themselves inside The Capitol.<br />
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Wheeler turns around and begs Linka to help them call Captain Planet. She is huddled on the floor, digging around in her pockets for more pills. Wheeler kneels in front of her and pleads for her to stop taking the pills, claiming they are poison. She tells him she needs it - "Without it, you cannot imagine the pain."<br />
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The crowd is about to break through the doors into the building. The Planeteers block the door with memorial statues and desks. Boris makes his way to a window and pleads for Linka to let him in, telling her that Skumm will give them more Bliss.<br />
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Wheeler turns around to discover Linka gone. He decides to try and think like a zombie in order to track her down.<br />
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He finds Linka in the Vice President's office. She has unlatched the window and is about to let Boris in, but Wheeler slams it shut again, locking him out.<br />
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Wheeler grabs Linka by the arms and shakes her, asking her how could she help him, and didn't she know what the crowd wanted to do to them? Linka laughs, and tells Wheeler she was afraid like him, too, and that Boris had to slip Bliss into her food. She tells him she is glad he did.<br />
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Linka then tries to coerce Wheeler into taking a pill with her. "Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?"<br />
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He leads her to a mirror, begging her to look into it and see what "this junk" has done to her. She giggles at her reflection and tells him she looks beautiful.<br />
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Boris crashes his way through the window, which causes him to start bleeding profusely.<br />
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Wheeler struggles to hold Linka back as Kwame rushes in and causes a tremor that knocks a bookcase in front of the shattered window, blocking the rest of the crowd out. He realises it is only a matter of time before the crowd breaks through, so he and Ma-Ti carry Linka out of the room. Wheeler follows them, dazed, before running suddenly back into the Vice President's office, where Gi is bandaging Boris' bleeding arms. Boris tries to get up in search of more Bliss, but Gi orders him back down, stating he's badly hurt.<br />
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Wheeler asks what Gi is doing: "What are you doing? That traitor is the one who got Linka hooked!"<br />
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They hear the crowd barge in the front entrance. Wheeler helps Gi carry Boris to safety. Wheeler is worried that they'll never find a way out, claiming he has never even taken a tour of The Capitol. Kwame says he has, and he knows where the door is. However, with the crowd following them, the Planeteers are forced to escape through a window onto the roof. Skumm watches from below.<br />
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Linka and Boris are hunched up on the ground, hugging themselves and obviously feeling ill. Both are dirty and dishevelled. Linka is moaning about needing more Bliss.<br />
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The windows are broken out by the crowd of addicts, still intent on hunting the Planeteers down. One of them grabs Ma-Ti and starts to haul him backwards. Ma-Ti cries to Kwame for help, and Kwame tugs him back, only to fall. Wheeler catches Kwame's foot, and the Kwame and Ma-Ti are dangling over the edge with Wheeler trying to pull them back up. Skumm arrives in his [[Skumm-O-Copter]], hovering over them. He gives instructions via a megaphone - a whole bottle of Bliss to anyone who gives the Planeteers a push.<br />
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Boris calls out to him, demanding the bottle. Skumm throws it to him and Boris downs half the pills in one go, only to have Linka snatch the rest. Gi tries to stop her, but Linka threatens that anyone who tries to stop her will be blown away with her ring.<br />
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Wheeler has managed to pull the others back up onto the ledge.<br />
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Linka attempts to use her ring against Gi, but the Planeteers realise her mind is too polluted for her ring to work.<br />
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Boris suddenly collapses, and Gi moves a panicked Linka aside in order to see what is wrong with him. She takes his pulse, and tells Linka that Bliss has killed him. Linka starts trying to wake Boris up, convinced that Gi is lying. Wheeler pulls her up gently and tells her that Boris is dead. She starts crying, hugging Wheeler and crying denials into his shoulder. She tells Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain.<br />
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The windows are punched out by the crowd. They are almost right on top of the Planeteers now.<br />
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Wheeler takes Linka's arms and begs her to stop taking the pills, as she needs to use her ring now to call Captain Planet. She tells him she cannot.<br />
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He pleads for her to do it for Boris, and after a few seconds, she takes the pills out of her pocket and throws them over the edge of the building. Kwame starts the process of summoning Captain Planet.<br />
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Captain Planet rescues Ma-Ti and Linka from the top of the building first, and then flies back for Kwame, Wheeler and Gi, just before the crowd surges out onto the ledge.<br />
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He spots Skumm in his helicopter, and tells him he's "gone way too far, this time."<br />
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He says he ought to give Skumm a taste of his own medicine, and Skumm begs for Captain Planet not to force him into addiction. Captain Planet says he'd never play by those rules, before creating a whirlwind and then a fire that sucks the remaining pills - and Skumm's notebook - out of the helicopter and destroys them. The formula for Bliss and the remaining pills are all gone.<br />
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Captain Planet then forces Skumm to fall from the helicopter and into the river.<br />
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The next scene is of a medical camp, where Linka is lying on a stretcher bed. Tents are set up around her, indicating many other people are also being attended to. Gi comments that the road ahead is still long and difficult.<br />
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Wheeler kneels by Linka and tells her it's okay to cry: "They say withdrawal is the worst kind of pain."<br />
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She tells him it's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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Skumm is shown crawling from the river, swearing revenge against Captain Planet. He takes a piece of cheese from his pocket and takes it, only to realise too late that it contained a Bliss pill. He realises he has polluted himself.<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Linka:''' Some drugs are good for you, but many can be harmful.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Only use medicine you get from a doctor or your parents. These can keep you healthy.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Illegal drugs are dangerous. They can damage your mind, as well as your heart, your lungs, your whole body.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Only a fool thinks drugs are cool.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' And if you have a drug problem, get help. You can choose not to take drugs. The power is yours.<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The health of our planet relies on the health of its people.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' To reach the highest heights...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and win the fight to save our planet...<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' ...we must have strength...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' ...endurance...<br />
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'''Gi:''' ... and courage!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Our minds...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and our bodies must be in shape!<br />
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'''Commander Clash:''' Stay fit!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* At the beginning of the episode, Linka is anxious to have everything 'just right' as the geo-cruiser prepares for take-off. The other Planeteers seem used to her 'perfectionist' behaviour, with Gi even stating: "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture." <br />
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* Boris and Linka have the same hair and eye colour. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri is making blintzes for breakfast - a thin pancake, similar to a crêpe. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri states that Linka and Boris were always close, and Linka refers to Boris as her "favourite cousin". <br />
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* Boris becomes aggressive when Linka tears the bag of pills and they fall down the drain. <br />
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* Skumm claims that when someone is used to Bliss, anything else - such as reality - is real pain. <br />
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* Despite being in pain, Boris initially refuses to hand Linka over to Skumm, telling him that he loves his cousin and will never betray her. <br />
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* Dmitri's note to Linka and Boris: "Trouble at embassy. Back Later. Dmitri." <br />
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* Linka does not contact the Planeteers during the week she is gone, and she does not return to Hope Island when she is supposed to. Wheeler and Kwame assume she is coming home with Gi and Ma-Ti, and they assume she is coming home with Wheeler and Kwame. <br />
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* Wheeler needs to be restrained by the other Planeteers as he witnesses Linka taking a Bliss pill. <br />
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* Bliss changes both Linka's and Boris' eye-colour from blue to a reddish-brown. <br />
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* Wheeler is enraged when Skumm puts his hand on Linka's shoulder, crying out to him: "Take your paws off her, you rat!" <br />
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* Skumm keeps the Bliss formula/recipe in a notebook. Apparently, he does not have it memorised. <br />
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* Linka tells Wheeler that when she stops taking Bliss, the pain is unimaginable. <br />
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* Wheeler has little sympathy for Boris, stating that he's "the traitor who got Linka hooked." He also appears incredulous when Gi attempts to bandage Boris' arms, stating that taking the drug in the first place was Boris' own fault. <br />
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* Wheeler has never taken a tour of The Capitol - Kwame has. <br />
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* Linka would have killed Gi by blowing her off the top of The Capitol, but her mind was too polluted for her ring to work. <br />
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* Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses, and tells Linka he's dead. "Bliss killed him. I'm sorry." <br />
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* Linka admits to Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain. He asks her to do it for Boris, and she finally throws the pills away, and the team can summon Captain Planet. <br />
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* Captain Planet seems particularly outraged by this eco-villain scheme. <br />
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* We never see Captain Planet return his powers in this episode. <br />
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* Linka says the pain of withdrawal is overshadowed by the pain of losing Boris. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri is not seen again during this episode - the last scene he appears in is the one in which the fire starts in his kitchen. <br />
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* Skumm is never apprehended properly, though he does cause himself to become addicted to Bliss.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on. Get Blissed out.<br />
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'''Gi:''' When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Wheeler, make sure the bolts are not loosening up.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''muttering'') I know someone who could use a little loosening up.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I heard that, Wheeler! Ma-Ti, double-check all his bolts.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, man!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Is everybody ready for take-off?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh no! Linka, I forgot to put the wings back on!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I have missesd my cousin Boris so much! (She looks pointedly at Wheeler) He is charming.<br />
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'''Dmitri:''' Boris worries me. He is moody; does nothing but stay out late - but never meet his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You need to catch your wind?<br />
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'''Boris:''' Speaking of wind - how could your ring blow out a fire like that?<br />
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'''Linka:''' My ring has the power of Wind. I was given it to help protect the Earth.<br />
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'''Boris:''' These drugs can make you happier than you've ever been in your life.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Drugs! Boris, have you lost your mind? (She attempts to wrestle the bag of bills from him.)<br />
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'''Boris:''' Give those back! (The bag tears and the pills disappear down a drain.) You stupid cow! I needed those!<br />
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'''Boris:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Sorry, kid, but the price of Bliss has gone sky-high. This isn't even enough to buy one pill.<br />
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'''Boris:''' Please, give me some! I am in agony!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Now that's the funny thing. When you're used to Bliss, anything else is real pain.<br />
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'''Boris:''' What if I bring you a ring? With fantastic powers? A ring that controls the wind itself?<br />
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'''Skumm:''' A ring? You mean you know one of those Planeteers?<br />
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'''Boris:''' My cousin Linka.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Forget the ring! Bring me the girl and you can have enough Bliss to last you the rest of your life.<br />
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'''Boris:''' No! I love my cousin - I will never betray her to you.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Then go ahead and suffer.<br />
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'''Reporter:''' The vandals fled just seconds ago. The police suspect they were high on a new dangerously-addictive designer drug called Bliss.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Boris! I was afraid you were in that Blissed-out mob.<br />
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'''Boris:''' I have seen now that Bliss is bad news, so I have stopped using it. Thank you for setting me straight.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You should never have used drugs in the first place. I am so glad you've stopped.<br />
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''After handing Linka a blintz contaminated with Bliss:''<br />
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'''Boris:''' Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Isn't Linka with you?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We thought she was coming back with you.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' We didn't hear from her all week.<br />
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'''Gi:''' This isn't like her. What could have happened?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You won't like the answer, Planeteers. To The Crystal Chamber, and hurry!<br />
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'''They gather around the Planet Vision.'''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Something terrible is happening in Washington.<br />
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''A heavily-graffitied street is shown.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Man, what went down on that street?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' What went down, Wheeler, was people's self-respect. They no longer care about their neighbourhood, or themselves.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's terrible!<br />
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'''Gi:''' But why the eco-alert? Is this pollution?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' It's the most insidious kind of pollution. These kids are polluting their minds and bodies with drugs.<br />
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''On the Planet Vision moniters, Skumm is busy peddling his drugs.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You say you broke up with your boyfriend? Flunked that test? Didn't get that job you wanted? Just plain bread? Come on, don't get stressed out. Get Blissed out! I got Bliss - but the price has gone up.<br />
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''People are shown handing their belongings out to Skumm in the hopes of receiving more Bliss.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' All they live for now is more Bliss.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's it, you Blissed-out morons. First I take your town's wealth and health. And then, I get the rest of the world hooked on Bliss. And I'll be the only one who can still think straight!<br />
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'''Gi:''' They're polluted, all right.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Gaia! You do not think that Linka...?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Nah, she's too smart to do drugs.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' But as long as those around her do, she's in a world of trouble.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Then we will get her out of it!<br />
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''Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wheeler, who was this man? He looks sad.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's President Lincoln. Long ago, he freed the slaves, and paid with his life.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Maybe he is sad - seeing his people now enslaved by drugs.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' They don't care about injuries! Just running out of Bliss.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Verminous Skumm! We need Captain Planet.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You bet you do! But you'll never be able to summon him again!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on, druggies! No more Bliss until you get those Planeteers!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Help us call Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, you're just trying to bring me down.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's right, my little Bliss-brain. Go on, get high.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Take your paws off her, you rat!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Skumm is coming!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh Ma-Ti, do not be so uptight. Skumm is not such a bad guy.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Why is it when the city's under seige by zombies you can never find a cop?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you gotta stop taking that stuff. It's poison!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh no, Wheeler. I need this. Without it, you cannot imagine the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Okay Wheeler, think. If you were a zombie, where would you go? The Vice President's office!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I was afraid like you, Wheeler. Boris had to slip Bliss into my food. But now I am so glad he did. Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What's wrong with you? Take a look in the mirror and see what this junk has done to you!<br />
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'''Linka:''' What do you mean? I look beautiful.<br />
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''Wheeler discovers Gi bandaging Boris' wounds.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Gi, what are you doing? That's the traitor who got Linka hooked!<br />
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'''Gi:''' The drug made him do it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh yeah? Well nothing made him take the drug. He did that to himself.<br />
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''Skumm sees the Planeteers on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Well now they've got nowhere to go but down.<br />
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''The Planeteers are on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I bet this is one place your tour did not take you.<br />
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''Ma-Ti and Kwame are dangling over a high ledge:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Ma-Ti, hold on!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I plan to!<br />
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''Gi tries to stop Linka swallowing more pills:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Linka, don't!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet! If anyone touches my Bliss, I will blow them away!<br />
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''Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Bliss killed him. I'm sorry.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No! You are lying! Boris! It's me, Linka! Wake up!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka... He's dead.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No, no, no! Oh, Wheeler. These things killed Boris, but without them, I cannot stand the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you have to stand it! You have to use your ring, now!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Concentrate! Do it for Boris!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' You've gone way too far, this time, Skumm! Polluting people's minds is a new low, even for you!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I ought to give you a dose of your own medicine.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' No! Please don't make me an addict.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Lucky for you, I don't play your games, Skumm. But according to my house rules, dealer always loses.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's okay to cry. They say withdrawal's the worst kind of pain.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet. It's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' I'll get my revenge, Captain Planet. You're not the big cheese here. <br />
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Mind Pollution
2012-06-24T12:13:00Z
<p>OzQueen: </p>
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<div>Mind Pollution is the third episode in the second series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Doug Moliter.<br />
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Rather than dealing with any environmental problem, the Planeteers face the issue of drugs, and what can happen to a polluted mind. It becomes personal when [[Linka]]'s cousin, and eventually Linka herself, become "polluted" by [[Skumm]]'s latest experiment.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dimitri]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers are taking a few days vacation. Linka is staying in Washington with her [[Uncle Dimitri]] and her cousin [[Boris]]. It soon becomes clear that Boris has a drug problem - [[Verminous Skumm]] is selling a highly-addictive drug named [[Bliss]].<br />
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When Boris slips a pill into Linka's food and triggers an addiction, it's up to the other Planeteers to save her.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a clean-cut young man being offered drug by [[Verminous Skumm]]. Skumm claims that "[[Bliss]]" will make any difficulties go away. The young man pays a wad of cash for the bag of pills Skumm hands him. After taking one, his expression seems to change intantly. Though he no longer looks as healthy as he did just a few moments ago, the young man laughs to himself, the Bliss taking effect immediately. Skumm claims that "Nothing can bring you down now."<br />
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The young man runs out into the street and narrowly avoids being hit by a bus. He falls backwards and hits his head on the pavement, but continues to laugh hysterically. Skumm joins him, delighting in the young man's ruination.<br />
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On [[Hope Island]], [[Linka]] is holding a checklist, running through a last-minute check of items on the [[geo-cruiser]]. The other Planeteers seem a little weary of her enthusiasm. [[Gi]] comments, "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture."<br />
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Linka seems very eager to get somewhere, and we soon learn via [[Kwame]] that the Planeteers are taking a small vacation. Linka is going to visit her uncle and her cousin, Boris, in Washington.<br />
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The Planeteers drop her off, with Kwame telling her one of them will be back in a week to pick her up. She waves goodbye to the geo-cruiser as it flies away.<br />
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In a clean, well-kept street, Linka rings the doorbell to her Uncle Dmitri's house. He greets her jovially, apparently surprised by her visit. She asks to see her favourite cousin, and Uncle Dmitri calls Boris down the stairs. He emerges in a blue dressing gown and slippers, looking tired and ill. It is the young man we saw at the beginning of the episode.<br />
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Linka is immediately concerned by Boris' appearance, asking if he is all right. He tells her he is just getting over a cold.<br />
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Dmitri claims he is going to make a special breakfast of blintzes, and indicates that the problems with Boris have been going for some time, requesting: "For once, please comb your hair."<br />
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Boris takes another pill upstairs.<br />
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As he is cooking breakfast, Uncle Dmitri admits to Linka that he is worried about Boris, telling her that the young man is moody and stays out late, but does not meet up with his friends. He wonders if Linka could talk to Boris and find out what is wrong.<br />
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They are interrupted by Boris arriving in the kitchen in high spirits. He is dressed and wearing sunglass, and claims he has combed his hair especially for Linka.<br />
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Linka becomes concerned by a graze on Boris' forehead. He tells her it is nothing, but she moves to clean it up for him anyway. However, Boris knocks the bottle of rubbing alcohol out of her hands, and it lands on the stove, where Uncle Dmitri is still making blintzes. A fire quickly spreads.<br />
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However, with some quick thinking, Linka uses her ring and a box of baking soda to extinguish the flames. Boris takes a dazed interest in her ring after seeing her use it for the first time.<br />
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Linka and Boris are riding their bikes to a Russian café for breakfast, now that their own has been destroyed. Linka is in good spirits, riding fast and making jokes, but Boris begs for her to wait for him. She stops in amazement, asking if he needs to catch his wind.<br />
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When the subject of wind comes up, Boris asks about her ring and she tells him it has the power of Wind, and it was given to her so she could help protect the Earth.<br />
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He asks if he can try it sometime, and tells her that if she allows him to use her ring, he'll give her "one of these" - the pills Skumm gave to him.<br />
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Linka is outraged instantly, asking Boris if he has lost his mind. They wrestle for the bag, which splits open, and the pills disappear down a drain. Boris is instantly angry, blaming Linka and calling her a "stupid cow" before riding away across a busy road, cutting through traffic. Linka watches on in dismay.<br />
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Boris is beside himself when we see him next - he is with Skumm, begging for more Bliss and handing him wads of money. Skumm tells him that the price of Bliss has gone up, and Boris doesn't even have enough to buy one pill. Boris begs him, telling Skumm he is in agony. Skumm tells him that once someone is used to Bliss, "anything else is real pain."<br />
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Boris offers to bring Skumm a ring "with fantastic powers" in exchange for Bliss. Discovering that Boris knows Linka, one of the Planeteers, Skumm tells him to forget the ring and bring Linka to him instead. In exchange, he will give Boris enough Bliss to last him the rest of his life. Boris instantly rejects this idea, despite being in pain. He tells Skumm he loves his cousin and will never betray her. Skumm, however, points out that Boris will continue to suffer without the pills.<br />
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Linka returns to her uncle's house, crying out for him as soon as she is in the door. However, he has left a note, telling her there is trouble at the embassy. Linka immediately turns on the television to discover that vandals are downtown, high on a new designer drug called Bliss. Linka immediately becomes worried, pleading aloud, "Not Boris."<br />
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Boris, however, shows up behind her. Relieved, she embraces him, and he tells her he has now stopped using Bliss. However, behind his back he has blintzes, which are contaminated with Bliss pills. He hands one to Linka. She happily eats it, unaware that there are pills hidden inside the filling.<br />
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Boris instantly falls under the spell of Bliss again, dreamily asking her: "Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?"<br />
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The geo-cruiser lands on Hope Island, with Gi and [[Ma-Ti]] inside. Kwame and [[Wheeler]] are waiting nearby. Kwame asks why Linka is not with them, and Ma-Ti replies he thought she was coming back with them. Wheeler says they have not heard from her all week, and Gi is instantly worried.<br />
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Gaia appears and tells them to hurry to [[The Crystal Chamber]] - there is an answer, but not one they're going to like. On the [[Planet Vision]] screen, Gaia shows them how desperate people are becoming to get their hands on more Bliss. They are handing over their possessions in order to pay for the increasingly-expensive drug.<br />
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Gi asks why this constitutes as an eco-alert, and Gaia informs her that this is the most "insidious kind of pollution," and that people's minds and bodies are becoming polluted.<br />
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Skumm plans to take over one town's "wealth and health" before gradually moving on to the world, getting everyone addicted to Bliss. Eventually, he will be the only one who can think straight.<br />
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Kwame asks Gaia if she thinks Linka is also on Bliss, but Wheeler interrupts him with instant denial, saying Linka is too smart to do drugs. Gaia believes that so long as Linka is surrounded by those on Bliss, she is in trouble. The Planeteers hurry to join Linka in Washington.<br />
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Gi lands the geo-cruiser behind some bushes, where it won't be seen. They split up to search for Linka.<br />
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Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial when Ma-Ti asks Wheeler who Lincoln was. He states that the statue looks sad. Wheeler tells him Lincoln freed the slaves and paid with his life, and Ma-Ti comments that perhaps he is sad now because his people are enslaved again - this time by drugs.<br />
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A crowd gathers behind Wheeler and Ma-Ti. Gi cries out to them, warning them that the crowd is advancing on them.<br />
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Wheeler tries to hold them back by causing a fire, but the crowd appears ready to walk through it. Skumm says they do not care about getting injured - only getting more Bliss. Skumm begins to turn the crowd against the Planeteers.<br />
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Ma-Ti says they need [[Captain Planet]], but Skumm drags a young woman out of the crowd. It is Linka, and she is dishevelled and dazed, mumbling about needing more Bliss. The Planeteers cry out for her, but Skumm hands her a pill, and she takes it instantly. Wheeler tries to run to her, and the other Planeteers restrain him as the crowd advances on them. Skumm tells them they will not get any more Bliss until they get the Planeteers.<br />
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The Planeteers retreat. Ma-Ti cries out to Linka to help them call Captain Planet, but she is a zombie, swallowing more pills and accusing Ma-Ti of trying to bring her down. Skumm encourages her to get high, putting a hand on her shoulder. Wheeler yells at him to keep his "paws" off her.<br />
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Kwame realises they will never make it past the crowd of addicts to help Linka. He creates an earthquake, causing the crowd to fall, and Gi uses water from the Reflecting Pool to wash them away. However, encouraged by Skumm, the crowd gets up again, and the Planeteers realise they are in a stand-off.<br />
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Ma-Ti asks Wheeler to distract Skumm. Wheeler causes a fire that burns the bag of Bliss in Skumm's hand, destroying the pills. Skumm taunts him by waving a notebook at him, telling him he still has the Bliss formula and can make more in minutes.<br />
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Ma-Ti grabs Linka's wrist and pulls her away from Skumm.<br />
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Skumm realises she is gone, and sees Ma-Ti pulling her away into the trees. He sends the crowd of addicts after them.<br />
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Ma-Ti races to get Linka to safety, but she trips and lands in a large puddle of water. She laughs hysterically, and Ma-Ti pleads with her to hurry up, because Skumm is chasing them.<br />
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Wheeler, Kwame and Gi have managed to race ahead of the crowd of addicts. Kwame and Wheeler grab Linka under the arms and race away with her, quickly followed by Ma-Ti and Gi, as well as the crowd of addicts.<br />
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As they rush to find a hiding place, Linka begs for them to take her back.<br />
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Inside, Kwame calls for someone to help them, but there is no one within earshot. Wheeler makes a remark about never being able to find a cop when the city is under seige from zombies.<br />
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Ma-Ti uses his ring to search the city and discovers that everyone has fled. The only people left are the Planeteers, Skumm, and his addicts.<br />
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Boris leads the group of addicts towards the Planeteers, who are barricading themselves inside The Capitol.<br />
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Wheeler turns around and begs Linka to help them call Captain Planet. She is huddled on the floor, digging around in her pockets for more pills. Wheeler kneels in front of her and pleads for her to stop taking the pills, claiming they are poison. She tells him she needs it - "Without it, you cannot imagine the pain."<br />
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The crowd is about to break through the doors into the building. The Planeteers block the door with memorial statues and desks. Boris makes his way to a window and pleads for Linka to let him in, telling her that Skumm will give them more Bliss.<br />
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Wheeler turns around to discover Linka gone. He decides to try and think like a zombie in order to track her down.<br />
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He finds Linka in the Vice President's office. She has unlatched the window and is about to let Boris in, but Wheeler slams it shut again, locking him out.<br />
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Wheeler grabs Linka by the arms and shakes her, asking her how could she help him, and didn't she know what the crowd wanted to do to them? Linka laughs, and tells Wheeler she was afraid like him, too, and that Boris had to slip Bliss into her food. She tells him she is glad he did.<br />
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Linka then tries to coerce Wheeler into taking a pill with her. "Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?"<br />
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He leads her to a mirror, begging her to look into it and see what "this junk" has done to her. She giggles at her reflection and tells him she looks beautiful.<br />
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Boris crashes his way through the window, which causes him to start bleeding profusely.<br />
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Wheeler struggles to hold Linka back as Kwame rushes in and causes a tremor that knocks a bookcase in front of the shattered window, blocking the rest of the crowd out. He realises it is only a matter of time before the crowd breaks through, so he and Ma-Ti carry Linka out of the room. Wheeler follows them, dazed, before running suddenly back into the Vice President's office, where Gi is bandaging Boris' bleeding arms. Boris tries to get up in search of more Bliss, but Gi orders him back down, stating he's badly hurt.<br />
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Wheeler asks what Gi is doing: "What are you doing? That traitor is the one who got Linka hooked!"<br />
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They hear the crowd barge in the front entrance. Wheeler helps Gi carry Boris to safety. Wheeler is worried that they'll never find a way out, claiming he has never even taken a tour of The Capitol. Kwame says he has, and he knows where the door is. However, with the crowd following them, the Planeteers are forced to escape through a window onto the roof. Skumm watches from below.<br />
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Linka and Boris are hunched up on the ground, hugging themselves and obviously feeling ill. Both are dirty and dishevelled. Linka is moaning about needing more Bliss.<br />
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The windows are broken out by the crowd of addicts, still intent on hunting the Planeteers down. One of them grabs Ma-Ti and starts to haul him backwards. Ma-Ti cries to Kwame for help, and Kwame tugs him back, only to fall. Wheeler catches Kwame's foot, and the Kwame and Ma-Ti are dangling over the edge with Wheeler trying to pull them back up. Skumm arrives in his [[Skumm-O-Copter]], hovering over them. He gives instructions via a megaphone - a whole bottle of Bliss to anyone who gives the Planeteers a push.<br />
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Boris calls out to him, demanding the bottle. Skumm throws it to him and Boris downs half the pills in one go, only to have Linka snatch the rest. Gi tries to stop her, but Linka threatens that anyone who tries to stop her will be blown away with her ring.<br />
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Wheeler has managed to pull the others back up onto the ledge.<br />
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Linka attempts to use her ring against Gi, but the Planeteers realise her mind is too polluted for her ring to work.<br />
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Boris suddenly collapses, and Gi moves a panicked Linka aside in order to see what is wrong with him. She takes his pulse, and tells Linka that Bliss has killed him. Linka starts trying to wake Boris up, convinced that Gi is lying. Wheeler pulls her up gently and tells her that Boris is dead. She starts crying, hugging Wheeler and crying denials into his shoulder. She tells Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain.<br />
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The windows are punched out by the crowd. They are almost right on top of the Planeteers now.<br />
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Wheeler takes Linka's arms and begs her to stop taking the pills, as she needs to use her ring now to call Captain Planet. She tells him she cannot.<br />
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He pleads for her to do it for Boris, and after a few seconds, she takes the pills out of her pocket and throws them over the edge of the building. Kwame starts the process of summoning Captain Planet.<br />
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Captain Planet rescues Ma-Ti and Linka from the top of the building first, and then flies back for Kwame, Wheeler and Gi, just before the crowd surges out onto the ledge.<br />
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He spots Skumm in his helicopter, and tells him he's "gone way too far, this time."<br />
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He says he ought to give Skumm a taste of his own medicine, and Skumm begs for Captain Planet not to force him into addiction. Captain Planet says he'd never play by those rules, before creating a whirlwind and then a fire that sucks the remaining pills - and Skumm's notebook - out of the helicopter and destroys them. The formula for Bliss and the remaining pills are all gone.<br />
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Captain Planet then forces Skumm to fall from the helicopter and into the river.<br />
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The next scene is of a medical camp, where Linka is lying on a stretcher bed. Tents are set up around her, indicating many other people are also being attended to. Gi comments that the road ahead is still long and difficult.<br />
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Wheeler kneels by Linka and tells her it's okay to cry: "They say withdrawal is the worst kind of pain."<br />
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She tells him it's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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Skumm is shown crawling from the river, swearing revenge against Captain Planet. He takes a piece of cheese from his pocket and takes it, only to realise too late that it contained a Bliss pill. He realises he has polluted himself.<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Linka:''' Some drugs are good for you, but many can be harmful.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Only use medicine you get from a doctor or your parents. These can keep you healthy.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Illegal drugs are dangerous. They can damage your mind, as well as your heart, your lungs, your whole body.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Only a fool thinks drugs are cool.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' And if you have a drug problem, get help. You can choose not to take drugs. The power is yours.<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The health of our planet relies on the health of its people.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' To reach the highest heights...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and win the fight to save our planet...<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' ...we must have strength...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' ...endurance...<br />
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'''Gi:''' ... and courage!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Our minds...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and our bodies must be in shape!<br />
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'''Commander Clash:''' Stay fit!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* At the beginning of the episode, Linka is anxious to have everything 'just right' as the geo-cruiser prepares for take-off. The other Planeteers seem used to her 'perfectionist' behaviour, with Gi even stating: "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture." <br />
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* Boris and Linka have the same hair and eye colour. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri is making blintzes for breakfast - a thin pancake, similar to a crêpe. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri states that Linka and Boris were always close, and Linka refers to Boris as her "favourite cousin". <br />
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* Boris becomes aggressive when Linka tears the bag of pills and they fall down the drain. <br />
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* Skumm claims that when someone is used to Bliss, anything else - such as reality - is real pain. <br />
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* Despite being in pain, Boris initially refuses to hand Linka over to Skumm, telling him that he loves his cousin and will never betray her. <br />
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* Dmitri's note to Linka and Boris: "Trouble at embassy. Back Later. Dmitri." <br />
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* Linka does not contact the Planeteers during the week she is gone, and she does not return to Hope Island when she is supposed to. Wheeler and Kwame assume she is coming home with Gi and Ma-Ti, and they assume she is coming home with Wheeler and Kwame. <br />
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* Wheeler needs to be restrained by the other Planeteers as he witnesses Linka taking a Bliss pill. <br />
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* Bliss changes both Linka's and Boris' eye-colour from blue to a reddish-brown. <br />
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* Wheeler is enraged when Skumm puts his hand on Linka's shoulder, crying out to him: "Take your paws off her, you rat!" <br />
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* Skumm keeps the Bliss formula/recipe in a notebook. Apparently, he does not have it memorised. <br />
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* Linka tells Wheeler that when she stops taking Bliss, the pain is unimaginable. <br />
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* Wheeler has little sympathy for Boris, stating that he's "the traitor who got Linka hooked." He also appears incredulous when Gi attempts to bandage Boris' arms, stating that taking the drug in the first place was Boris' own fault. <br />
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* Wheeler has never taken a tour of The Capitol - Kwame has. <br />
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* Linka would have killed Gi by blowing her off the top of The Capitol, but her mind was too polluted for her ring to work. <br />
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* Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses, and tells Linka he's dead. "Bliss killed him. I'm sorry." <br />
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* Linka admits to Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain. He asks her to do it for Boris, and she finally throws the pills away, and the team can summon Captain Planet. <br />
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* Captain Planet seems particularly outraged by this eco-villain scheme. <br />
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* We never see Captain Planet return his powers in this episode. <br />
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* Linka says the pain of withdrawal is overshadowed by the pain of losing Boris. <br />
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* Uncle Dmitri is not seen again during this episode - the last scene he appears in is the one in which the fire starts in his kitchen. <br />
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* Skumm is never apprehended properly, though he does cause himself to become addicted to Bliss.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on. Get Blissed out.<br />
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'''Gi:''' When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Wheeler, make sure the bolts are not loosening up.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''muttering'') I know someone who could use a little loosening up.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I heard that, Wheeler! Ma-Ti, double-check all his bolts.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, man!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Is everybody ready for take-off?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh no! Linka, I forgot to put the wings back on!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I have missesd my cousin Boris so much! (She looks pointedly at Wheeler) He is charming.<br />
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'''Dmitri:''' Boris worries me. He is moody; does nothing but stay out late - but never meet his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You need to catch your wind?<br />
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'''Boris:''' Speaking of wind - how could your ring blow out a fire like that?<br />
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'''Linka:''' My ring has the power of Wind. I was given it to help protect the Earth.<br />
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'''Boris:''' These drugs can make you happier than you've ever been in your life.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Drugs! Boris, have you lost your mind? (She attempts to wrestle the bag of bills from him.)<br />
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'''Boris:''' Give those back! (The bag tears and the pills disappear down a drain.) You stupid cow! I needed those!<br />
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'''Boris:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Sorry, kid, but the price of Bliss has gone sky-high. This isn't even enough to buy one pill.<br />
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'''Boris:''' Please, give me some! I am in agony!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Now that's the funny thing. When you're used to Bliss, anything else is real pain.<br />
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'''Boris:''' What if I bring you a ring? With fantastic powers? A ring that controls the wind itself?<br />
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'''Skumm:''' A ring? You mean you know one of those Planeteers?<br />
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'''Boris:''' My cousin Linka.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Forget the ring! Bring me the girl and you can have enough Bliss to last you the rest of your life.<br />
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'''Boris:''' No! I love my cousin - I will never betray her to you.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Then go ahead and suffer.<br />
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'''Reporter:''' The vandals fled just seconds ago. The police suspect they were high on a new dangerously-addictive designer drug called Bliss.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Boris! I was afraid you were in that Blissed-out mob.<br />
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'''Boris:''' I have seen now that Bliss is bad news, so I have stopped using it. Thank you for setting me straight.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You should never have used drugs in the first place. I am so glad you've stopped.<br />
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''After handing Linka a blintz contaminated with Bliss:''<br />
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'''Boris:''' Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Isn't Linka with you?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We thought she was coming back with you.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' We didn't hear from her all week.<br />
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'''Gi:''' This isn't like her. What could have happened?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You won't like the answer, Planeteers. To The Crystal Chamber, and hurry!<br />
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'''They gather around the Planet Vision.'''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Something terrible is happening in Washington.<br />
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''A heavily-graffitied street is shown.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Man, what went down on that street?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' What went down, Wheeler, was people's self-respect. They no longer care about their neighbourhood, or themselves.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's terrible!<br />
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'''Gi:''' But why the eco-alert? Is this pollution?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' It's the most insidious kind of pollution. These kids are polluting their minds and bodies with drugs.<br />
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''On the Planet Vision moniters, Skumm is busy peddling his drugs.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You say you broke up with your boyfriend? Flunked that test? Didn't get that job you wanted? Just plain bread? Come on, don't get stressed out. Get Blissed out! I got Bliss - but the price has gone up.<br />
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''People are shown handing their belongings out to Skumm in the hopes of receiving more Bliss.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' All they live for now is more Bliss.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's it, you Blissed-out morons. First I take your town's wealth and health. And then, I get the rest of the world hooked on Bliss. And I'll be the only one who can still think straight!<br />
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'''Gi:''' They're polluted, all right.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Gaia! You do not think that Linka...?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Nah, she's too smart to do drugs.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' But as long as those around her do, she's in a world of trouble.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Then we will get her out of it!<br />
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''Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wheeler, who was this man? He looks sad.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's President Lincoln. Long ago, he freed the slaves, and paid with his life.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Maybe he is sad - seeing his people now enslaved by drugs.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' They don't care about injuries! Just running out of Bliss.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Verminous Skumm! We need Captain Planet.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You bet you do! But you'll never be able to summon him again!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on, druggies! No more Bliss until you get those Planeteers!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Help us call Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, you're just trying to bring me down.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's right, my little Bliss-brain. Go on, get high.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Take your paws off her, you rat!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Skumm is coming!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh Ma-Ti, do not be so uptight. Skumm is not such a bad guy.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Why is it when the city's under seige by zombies you can never find a cop?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you gotta stop taking that stuff. It's poison!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh no, Wheeler. I need this. Without it, you cannot imagine the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Okay Wheeler, think. If you were a zombie, where would you go? The Vice President's office!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I was afraid like you, Wheeler. Boris had to slip Bliss into my food. But now I am so glad he did. Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What's wrong with you? Take a look in the mirror and see what this junk has done to you!<br />
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'''Linka:''' What do you mean? I look beautiful.<br />
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''Wheeler discovers Gi bandaging Boris' wounds.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Gi, what are you doing? That's the traitor who got Linka hooked!<br />
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'''Gi:''' The drug made him do it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh yeah? Well nothing made him take the drug. He did that to himself.<br />
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''Skumm sees the Planeteers on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Well now they've got nowhere to go but down.<br />
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''The Planeteers are on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I bet this is one place your tour did not take you.<br />
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''Ma-Ti and Kwame are dangling over a high ledge:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Ma-Ti, hold on!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I plan to!<br />
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''Gi tries to stop Linka swallowing more pills:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Linka, don't!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet! If anyone touches my Bliss, I will blow them away!<br />
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''Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Bliss killed him. I'm sorry.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No! You are lying! Boris! It's me, Linka! Wake up!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka... He's dead.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No, no, no! Oh, Wheeler. These things killed Boris, but without them, I cannot stand the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you have to stand it! You have to use your ring, now!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Concentrate! Do it for Boris!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' You've gone way too far, this time, Skumm! Polluting people's minds is a new low, even for you!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I ought to give you a dose of your own medicine.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' No! Please don't make me an addict.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Lucky for you, I don't play your games, Skumm. But according to my house rules, dealer always loses.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's okay to cry. They say withdrawal's the worst kind of pain.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet. It's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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Mind Pollution
2012-06-24T12:10:37Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>Mind Pollution is the third episode in the second series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Doug Moliter.<br />
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Rather than dealing with any environmental problem, the Planeteers face the issue of drugs, and what can happen to a polluted mind. It becomes personal when [[Linka]]'s cousin, and eventually Linka herself, become "polluted" by [[Skumm]]'s latest experiment.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Other Characters ==<br />
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* [[Boris]]<br />
* [[Uncle Dimitri]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers are taking a few days vacation. Linka is staying in Washington with her [[Uncle Dimitri]] and her cousin [[Boris]]. It soon becomes clear that Boris has a drug problem - [[Verminous Skumm]] is selling a highly-addictive drug named [[Bliss]].<br />
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When Boris slips a pill into Linka's food and triggers an addiction, it's up to the other Planeteers to save her.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a clean-cut young man being offered drug by [[Verminous Skumm]]. Skumm claims that "[[Bliss]]" will make any difficulties go away. The young man pays a wad of cash for the bag of pills Skumm hands him. After taking one, his expression seems to change intantly. Though he no longer looks as healthy as he did just a few moments ago, the young man laughs to himself, the Bliss taking effect immediately. Skumm claims that "Nothing can bring you down now."<br />
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The young man runs out into the street and narrowly avoids being hit by a bus. He falls backwards and hits his head on the pavement, but continues to laugh hysterically. Skumm joins him, delighting in the young man's ruination.<br />
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On [[Hope Island]], [[Linka]] is holding a checklist, running through a last-minute check of items on the [[geo-cruiser]]. The other Planeteers seem a little weary of her enthusiasm. [[Gi]] comments, "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture."<br />
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Linka seems very eager to get somewhere, and we soon learn via [[Kwame]] that the Planeteers are taking a small vacation. Linka is going to visit her uncle and her cousin, Boris, in Washington.<br />
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The Planeteers drop her off, with Kwame telling her one of them will be back in a week to pick her up. She waves goodbye to the geo-cruiser as it flies away.<br />
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In a clean, well-kept street, Linka rings the doorbell to her Uncle Demitri's house. He greets her jovially, apparently surprised by her visit. She asks to see her favourite cousin, and Uncle Demitri calls Boris down the stairs. He emerges in a blue dressing gown and slippers, looking tired and ill. It is the young man we saw at the beginning of the episode.<br />
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Linka is immediately concerned by Boris' appearance, asking if he is all right. He tells her he is just getting over a cold.<br />
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Demitri claims he is going to make a special breakfast of blintzes, and indicates that the problems with Boris have been going for some time, requesting: "For once, please comb your hair."<br />
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Boris takes another pill upstairs.<br />
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As he is cooking breakfast, Uncle Demitri admits to Linka that he is worried about Boris, telling her that the young man is moody and stays out late, but does not meet up with his friends. He wonders if Linka could talk to Boris and find out what is wrong.<br />
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They are interrupted by Boris arriving in the kitchen in high spirits. He is dressed and wearing sunglass, and claims he has combed his hair especially for Linka.<br />
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Linka becomes concerned by a graze on Boris' forehead. He tells her it is nothing, but she moves to clean it up for him anyway. However, Boris knocks the bottle of rubbing alcohol out of her hands, and it lands on the stove, where Uncle Demitri is still making blintzes. A fire quickly spreads.<br />
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However, with some quick thinking, Linka uses her ring and a box of baking soda to extinguish the flames. Boris takes a dazed interest in her ring after seeing her use it for the first time.<br />
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Linka and Boris are riding their bikes to a Russian café for breakfast, now that their own has been destroyed. Linka is in good spirits, riding fast and making jokes, but Boris begs for her to wait for him. She stops in amazement, asking if he needs to catch his wind.<br />
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When the subject of wind comes up, Boris asks about her ring and she tells him it has the power of Wind, and it was given to her so she could help protect the Earth.<br />
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He asks if he can try it sometime, and tells her that if she allows him to use her ring, he'll give her "one of these" - the pills Skumm gave to him.<br />
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Linka is outraged instantly, asking Boris if he has lost his mind. They wrestle for the bag, which splits open, and the pills disappear down a drain. Boris is instantly angry, blaming Linka and calling her a "stupid cow" before riding away across a busy road, cutting through traffic. Linka watches on in dismay.<br />
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Boris is beside himself when we see him next - he is with Skumm, begging for more Bliss and handing him wads of money. Skumm tells him that the price of Bliss has gone up, and Boris doesn't even have enough to buy one pill. Boris begs him, telling Skumm he is in agony. Skumm tells him that once someone is used to Bliss, "anything else is real pain."<br />
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Boris offers to bring Skumm a ring "with fantastic powers" in exchange for Bliss. Discovering that Boris knows Linka, one of the Planeteers, Skumm tells him to forget the ring and bring Linka to him instead. In exchange, he will give Boris enough Bliss to last him the rest of his life. Boris instantly rejects this idea, despite being in pain. He tells Skumm he loves his cousin and will never betray her. Skumm, however, points out that Boris will continue to suffer without the pills.<br />
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Linka returns to her uncle's house, crying out for him as soon as she is in the door. However, he has left a note, telling her there is trouble at the embassy. Linka immediately turns on the television to discover that vandals are downtown, high on a new designer drug called Bliss. Linka immediately becomes worried, pleading aloud, "Not Boris."<br />
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Boris, however, shows up behind her. Relieved, she embraces him, and he tells her he has now stopped using Bliss. However, behind his back he has blintzes, which are contaminated with Bliss pills. He hands one to Linka. She happily eats it, unaware that there are pills hidden inside the filling.<br />
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Boris instantly falls under the spell of Bliss again, dreamily asking her: "Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?"<br />
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The geo-cruiser lands on Hope Island, with Gi and [[Ma-Ti]] inside. Kwame and [[Wheeler]] are waiting nearby. Kwame asks why Linka is not with them, and Ma-Ti replies he thought she was coming back with them. Wheeler says they have not heard from her all week, and Gi is instantly worried.<br />
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Gaia appears and tells them to hurry to [[The Crystal Chamber]] - there is an answer, but not one they're going to like. On the [[Planet Vision]] screen, Gaia shows them how desperate people are becoming to get their hands on more Bliss. They are handing over their possessions in order to pay for the increasingly-expensive drug.<br />
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Gi asks why this constitutes as an eco-alert, and Gaia informs her that this is the most "insidious kind of pollution," and that people's minds and bodies are becoming polluted.<br />
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Skumm plans to take over one town's "wealth and health" before gradually moving on to the world, getting everyone addicted to Bliss. Eventually, he will be the only one who can think straight.<br />
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Kwame asks Gaia if she thinks Linka is also on Bliss, but Wheeler interrupts him with instant denial, saying Linka is too smart to do drugs. Gaia believes that so long as Linka is surrounded by those on Bliss, she is in trouble. The Planeteers hurry to join Linka in Washington.<br />
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Gi lands the geo-cruiser behind some bushes, where it won't be seen. They split up to search for Linka.<br />
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Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial when Ma-Ti asks Wheeler who Lincoln was. He states that the statue looks sad. Wheeler tells him Lincoln freed the slaves and paid with his life, and Ma-Ti comments that perhaps he is sad now because his people are enslaved again - this time by drugs.<br />
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A crowd gathers behind Wheeler and Ma-Ti. Gi cries out to them, warning them that the crowd is advancing on them.<br />
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Wheeler tries to hold them back by causing a fire, but the crowd appears ready to walk through it. Skumm says they do not care about getting injured - only getting more Bliss. Skumm begins to turn the crowd against the Planeteers.<br />
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Ma-Ti says they need [[Captain Planet]], but Skumm drags a young woman out of the crowd. It is Linka, and she is dishevelled and dazed, mumbling about needing more Bliss. The Planeteers cry out for her, but Skumm hands her a pill, and she takes it instantly. Wheeler tries to run to her, and the other Planeteers restrain him as the crowd advances on them. Skumm tells them they will not get any more Bliss until they get the Planeteers.<br />
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The Planeteers retreat. Ma-Ti cries out to Linka to help them call Captain Planet, but she is a zombie, swallowing more pills and accusing Ma-Ti of trying to bring her down. Skumm encourages her to get high, putting a hand on her shoulder. Wheeler yells at him to keep his "paws" off her.<br />
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Kwame realises they will never make it past the crowd of addicts to help Linka. He creates an earthquake, causing the crowd to fall, and Gi uses water from the Reflecting Pool to wash them away. However, encouraged by Skumm, the crowd gets up again, and the Planeteers realise they are in a stand-off.<br />
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Ma-Ti asks Wheeler to distract Skumm. Wheeler causes a fire that burns the bag of Bliss in Skumm's hand, destroying the pills. Skumm taunts him by waving a notebook at him, telling him he still has the Bliss formula and can make more in minutes.<br />
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Ma-Ti grabs Linka's wrist and pulls her away from Skumm.<br />
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Skumm realises she is gone, and sees Ma-Ti pulling her away into the trees. He sends the crowd of addicts after them.<br />
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Ma-Ti races to get Linka to safety, but she trips and lands in a large puddle of water. She laughs hysterically, and Ma-Ti pleads with her to hurry up, because Skumm is chasing them.<br />
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Wheeler, Kwame and Gi have managed to race ahead of the crowd of addicts. Kwame and Wheeler grab Linka under the arms and race away with her, quickly followed by Ma-Ti and Gi, as well as the crowd of addicts.<br />
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As they rush to find a hiding place, Linka begs for them to take her back.<br />
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Inside, Kwame calls for someone to help them, but there is no one within earshot. Wheeler makes a remark about never being able to find a cop when the city is under seige from zombies.<br />
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Ma-Ti uses his ring to search the city and discovers that everyone has fled. The only people left are the Planeteers, Skumm, and his addicts.<br />
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Boris leads the group of addicts towards the Planeteers, who are barricading themselves inside The Capitol.<br />
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Wheeler turns around and begs Linka to help them call Captain Planet. She is huddled on the floor, digging around in her pockets for more pills. Wheeler kneels in front of her and pleads for her to stop taking the pills, claiming they are poison. She tells him she needs it - "Without it, you cannot imagine the pain."<br />
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The crowd is about to break through the doors into the building. The Planeteers block the door with memorial statues and desks. Boris makes his way to a window and pleads for Linka to let him in, telling her that Skumm will give them more Bliss.<br />
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Wheeler turns around to discover Linka gone. He decides to try and think like a zombie in order to track her down.<br />
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He finds Linka in the Vice President's office. She has unlatched the window and is about to let Boris in, but Wheeler slams it shut again, locking him out.<br />
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Wheeler grabs Linka by the arms and shakes her, asking her how could she help him, and didn't she know what the crowd wanted to do to them? Linka laughs, and tells Wheeler she was afraid like him, too, and that Boris had to slip Bliss into her food. She tells him she is glad he did.<br />
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Linka then tries to coerce Wheeler into taking a pill with her. "Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?"<br />
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He leads her to a mirror, begging her to look into it and see what "this junk" has done to her. She giggles at her reflection and tells him she looks beautiful.<br />
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Boris crashes his way through the window, which causes him to start bleeding profusely.<br />
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Wheeler struggles to hold Linka back as Kwame rushes in and causes a tremor that knocks a bookcase in front of the shattered window, blocking the rest of the crowd out. He realises it is only a matter of time before the crowd breaks through, so he and Ma-Ti carry Linka out of the room. Wheeler follows them, dazed, before running suddenly back into the Vice President's office, where Gi is bandaging Boris' bleeding arms. Boris tries to get up in search of more Bliss, but Gi orders him back down, stating he's badly hurt.<br />
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Wheeler asks what Gi is doing: "What are you doing? That traitor is the one who got Linka hooked!"<br />
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They hear the crowd barge in the front entrance. Wheeler helps Gi carry Boris to safety. Wheeler is worried that they'll never find a way out, claiming he has never even taken a tour of The Capitol. Kwame says he has, and he knows where the door is. However, with the crowd following them, the Planeteers are forced to escape through a window onto the roof. Skumm watches from below.<br />
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Linka and Boris are hunched up on the ground, hugging themselves and obviously feeling ill. Both are dirty and dishevelled. Linka is moaning about needing more Bliss.<br />
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The windows are broken out by the crowd of addicts, still intent on hunting the Planeteers down. One of them grabs Ma-Ti and starts to haul him backwards. Ma-Ti cries to Kwame for help, and Kwame tugs him back, only to fall. Wheeler catches Kwame's foot, and the Kwame and Ma-Ti are dangling over the edge with Wheeler trying to pull them back up. Skumm arrives in his [[Skumm-O-Copter]], hovering over them. He gives instructions via a megaphone - a whole bottle of Bliss to anyone who gives the Planeteers a push.<br />
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Boris calls out to him, demanding the bottle. Skumm throws it to him and Boris downs half the pills in one go, only to have Linka snatch the rest. Gi tries to stop her, but Linka threatens that anyone who tries to stop her will be blown away with her ring.<br />
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Wheeler has managed to pull the others back up onto the ledge.<br />
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Linka attempts to use her ring against Gi, but the Planeteers realise her mind is too polluted for her ring to work.<br />
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Boris suddenly collapses, and Gi moves a panicked Linka aside in order to see what is wrong with him. She takes his pulse, and tells Linka that Bliss has killed him. Linka starts trying to wake Boris up, convinced that Gi is lying. Wheeler pulls her up gently and tells her that Boris is dead. She starts crying, hugging Wheeler and crying denials into his shoulder. She tells Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain.<br />
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The windows are punched out by the crowd. They are almost right on top of the Planeteers now.<br />
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Wheeler takes Linka's arms and begs her to stop taking the pills, as she needs to use her ring now to call Captain Planet. She tells him she cannot.<br />
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He pleads for her to do it for Boris, and after a few seconds, she takes the pills out of her pocket and throws them over the edge of the building. Kwame starts the process of summoning Captain Planet.<br />
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Captain Planet rescues Ma-Ti and Linka from the top of the building first, and then flies back for Kwame, Wheeler and Gi, just before the crowd surges out onto the ledge.<br />
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He spots Skumm in his helicopter, and tells him he's "gone way too far, this time."<br />
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He says he ought to give Skumm a taste of his own medicine, and Skumm begs for Captain Planet not to force him into addiction. Captain Planet says he'd never play by those rules, before creating a whirlwind and then a fire that sucks the remaining pills - and Skumm's notebook - out of the helicopter and destroys them. The formula for Bliss and the remaining pills are all gone.<br />
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Captain Planet then forces Skumm to fall from the helicopter and into the river.<br />
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The next scene is of a medical camp, where Linka is lying on a stretcher bed. Tents are set up around her, indicating many other people are also being attended to. Gi comments that the road ahead is still long and difficult.<br />
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Wheeler kneels by Linka and tells her it's okay to cry: "They say withdrawal is the worst kind of pain."<br />
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She tells him it's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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Skumm is shown crawling from the river, swearing revenge against Captain Planet. He takes a piece of cheese from his pocket and takes it, only to realise too late that it contained a Bliss pill. He realises he has polluted himself.<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] First Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Linka:''' Some drugs are good for you, but many can be harmful.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Only use medicine you get from a doctor or your parents. These can keep you healthy.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Illegal drugs are dangerous. They can damage your mind, as well as your heart, your lungs, your whole body.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Only a fool thinks drugs are cool.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' And if you have a drug problem, get help. You can choose not to take drugs. The power is yours.<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]] Second Planeteer Alert:<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The health of our planet relies on the health of its people.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' To reach the highest heights...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and win the fight to save our planet...<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' ...we must have strength...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' ...endurance...<br />
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'''Gi:''' ... and courage!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Our minds...<br />
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'''Linka:''' ...and our bodies must be in shape!<br />
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'''Commander Clash:''' Stay fit!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* At the beginning of the episode, Linka is anxious to have everything 'just right' as the geo-cruiser prepares for take-off. The other Planeteers seem used to her 'perfectionist' behaviour, with Gi even stating: "When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture." <br />
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* Boris and Linka have the same hair and eye colour. <br />
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* Uncle Demitri is making blintzes for breakfast - a thin pancake, similar to a crêpe. <br />
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* Uncle Demitri states that Linka and Boris were always close, and Linka refers to Boris as her "favourite cousin". <br />
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* Boris becomes aggressive when Linka tears the bag of pills and they fall down the drain. <br />
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* Skumm claims that when someone is used to Bliss, anything else - such as reality - is real pain. <br />
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* Despite being in pain, Boris initially refuses to hand Linka over to Skumm, telling him that he loves his cousin and will never betray her. <br />
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* Demitri's note to Linka and Boris: "Trouble at embassy. Back Later. Demitri." <br />
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* Linka does not contact the Planeteers during the week she is gone, and she does not return to Hope Island when she is supposed to. Wheeler and Kwame assume she is coming home with Gi and Ma-Ti, and they assume she is coming home with Wheeler and Kwame. <br />
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* Wheeler needs to be restrained by the other Planeteers as he witnesses Linka taking a Bliss pill. <br />
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* Bliss changes both Linka's and Boris' eye-colour from blue to a reddish-brown. <br />
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* Wheeler is enraged when Skumm puts his hand on Linka's shoulder, crying out to him: "Take your paws off her, you rat!" <br />
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* Skumm keeps the Bliss formula/recipe in a notebook. Apparently, he does not have it memorised. <br />
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* Linka tells Wheeler that when she stops taking Bliss, the pain is unimaginable. <br />
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* Wheeler has little sympathy for Boris, stating that he's "the traitor who got Linka hooked." He also appears incredulous when Gi attempts to bandage Boris' arms, stating that taking the drug in the first place was Boris' own fault. <br />
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* Wheeler has never taken a tour of The Capitol - Kwame has. <br />
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* Linka would have killed Gi by blowing her off the top of The Capitol, but her mind was too polluted for her ring to work. <br />
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* Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses, and tells Linka he's dead. "Bliss killed him. I'm sorry." <br />
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* Linka admits to Wheeler that she knows Bliss killed Boris, but without the pills, she cannot stand the pain. He asks her to do it for Boris, and she finally throws the pills away, and the team can summon Captain Planet. <br />
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* Captain Planet seems particularly outraged by this eco-villain scheme. <br />
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* We never see Captain Planet return his powers in this episode. <br />
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* Linka says the pain of withdrawal is overshadowed by the pain of losing Boris. <br />
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* Uncle Demitri is not seen again during this episode - the last scene he appears in is the one in which the fire starts in his kitchen. <br />
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* Skumm is never apprehended properly, though he does cause himself to become addicted to Bliss.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on. Get Blissed out.<br />
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'''Gi:''' When you look up 'perfectionist' in the dictionary, it has Linka's picture.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Wheeler, make sure the bolts are not loosening up.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' (''muttering'') I know someone who could use a little loosening up.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I heard that, Wheeler! Ma-Ti, double-check all his bolts.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, man!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Is everybody ready for take-off?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh no! Linka, I forgot to put the wings back on!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I have missesd my cousin Boris so much! (She looks pointedly at Wheeler) He is charming.<br />
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'''Demitri:''' Boris worries me. He is moody; does nothing but stay out late - but never meet his friends. Linka, you were always close. Perhaps you could talk to him.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You need to catch your wind?<br />
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'''Boris:''' Speaking of wind - how could your ring blow out a fire like that?<br />
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'''Linka:''' My ring has the power of Wind. I was given it to help protect the Earth.<br />
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'''Boris:''' These drugs can make you happier than you've ever been in your life.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Drugs! Boris, have you lost your mind? (She attempts to wrestle the bag of bills from him.)<br />
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'''Boris:''' Give those back! (The bag tears and the pills disappear down a drain.) You stupid cow! I needed those!<br />
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'''Boris:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Sorry, kid, but the price of Bliss has gone sky-high. This isn't even enough to buy one pill.<br />
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'''Boris:''' Please, give me some! I am in agony!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Now that's the funny thing. When you're used to Bliss, anything else is real pain.<br />
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'''Boris:''' What if I bring you a ring? With fantastic powers? A ring that controls the wind itself?<br />
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'''Skumm:''' A ring? You mean you know one of those Planeteers?<br />
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'''Boris:''' My cousin Linka.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Forget the ring! Bring me the girl and you can have enough Bliss to last you the rest of your life.<br />
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'''Boris:''' No! I love my cousin - I will never betray her to you.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Then go ahead and suffer.<br />
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'''Reporter:''' The vandals fled just seconds ago. The police suspect they were high on a new dangerously-addictive designer drug called Bliss.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Boris! I was afraid you were in that Blissed-out mob.<br />
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'''Boris:''' I have seen now that Bliss is bad news, so I have stopped using it. Thank you for setting me straight.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You should never have used drugs in the first place. I am so glad you've stopped.<br />
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''After handing Linka a blintz contaminated with Bliss:''<br />
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'''Boris:''' Isn't that the best thing you ever ate?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Isn't Linka with you?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We thought she was coming back with you.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' We didn't hear from her all week.<br />
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'''Gi:''' This isn't like her. What could have happened?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You won't like the answer, Planeteers. To The Crystal Chamber, and hurry!<br />
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'''They gather around the Planet Vision.'''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Something terrible is happening in Washington.<br />
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''A heavily-graffitied street is shown.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Man, what went down on that street?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' What went down, Wheeler, was people's self-respect. They no longer care about their neighbourhood, or themselves.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's terrible!<br />
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'''Gi:''' But why the eco-alert? Is this pollution?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' It's the most insidious kind of pollution. These kids are polluting their minds and bodies with drugs.<br />
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''On the Planet Vision moniters, Skumm is busy peddling his drugs.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You say you broke up with your boyfriend? Flunked that test? Didn't get that job you wanted? Just plain bread? Come on, don't get stressed out. Get Blissed out! I got Bliss - but the price has gone up.<br />
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''People are shown handing their belongings out to Skumm in the hopes of receiving more Bliss.''<br />
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'''Gaia:''' All they live for now is more Bliss.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's it, you Blissed-out morons. First I take your town's wealth and health. And then, I get the rest of the world hooked on Bliss. And I'll be the only one who can still think straight!<br />
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'''Gi:''' They're polluted, all right.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Gaia! You do not think that Linka...?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Nah, she's too smart to do drugs.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' But as long as those around her do, she's in a world of trouble.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Then we will get her out of it!<br />
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''Wheeler and Ma-Ti are at the Lincoln Memorial:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wheeler, who was this man? He looks sad.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That's President Lincoln. Long ago, he freed the slaves, and paid with his life.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Maybe he is sad - seeing his people now enslaved by drugs.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' They don't care about injuries! Just running out of Bliss.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Verminous Skumm! We need Captain Planet.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' You bet you do! But you'll never be able to summon him again!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I need more Bliss...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come on, druggies! No more Bliss until you get those Planeteers!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Help us call Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, you're just trying to bring me down.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' That's right, my little Bliss-brain. Go on, get high.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Take your paws off her, you rat!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Linka! Skumm is coming!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh Ma-Ti, do not be so uptight. Skumm is not such a bad guy.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Why is it when the city's under seige by zombies you can never find a cop?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you gotta stop taking that stuff. It's poison!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh no, Wheeler. I need this. Without it, you cannot imagine the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Okay Wheeler, think. If you were a zombie, where would you go? The Vice President's office!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I was afraid like you, Wheeler. Boris had to slip Bliss into my food. But now I am so glad he did. Oh, come on, please try it, Wheeler. For me?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What's wrong with you? Take a look in the mirror and see what this junk has done to you!<br />
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'''Linka:''' What do you mean? I look beautiful.<br />
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''Wheeler discovers Gi bandaging Boris' wounds.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Gi, what are you doing? That's the traitor who got Linka hooked!<br />
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'''Gi:''' The drug made him do it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh yeah? Well nothing made him take the drug. He did that to himself.<br />
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''Skumm sees the Planeteers on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Well now they've got nowhere to go but down.<br />
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''The Planeteers are on top of The Capitol:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I bet this is one place your tour did not take you.<br />
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''Ma-Ti and Kwame are dangling over a high ledge:''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Ma-Ti, hold on!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I plan to!<br />
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''Gi tries to stop Linka swallowing more pills:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Linka, don't!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet! If anyone touches my Bliss, I will blow them away!<br />
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''Gi takes Boris' pulse after he collapses:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Bliss killed him. I'm sorry.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No! You are lying! Boris! It's me, Linka! Wake up!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka... He's dead.<br />
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'''Linka:''' No, no, no! Oh, Wheeler. These things killed Boris, but without them, I cannot stand the pain.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Linka, you have to stand it! You have to use your ring, now!<br />
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'''Linka:''' I cannot...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Concentrate! Do it for Boris!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' You've gone way too far, this time, Skumm! Polluting people's minds is a new low, even for you!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I ought to give you a dose of your own medicine.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' No! Please don't make me an addict.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Lucky for you, I don't play your games, Skumm. But according to my house rules, dealer always loses.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's okay to cry. They say withdrawal's the worst kind of pain.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet. It's not as bad as losing Boris.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' I'll get my revenge, Captain Planet. You're not the big cheese here. <br />
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OzQueen
https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Heat_Wave&diff=2852
Heat Wave
2012-06-24T12:09:02Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>[[File:Heatwave82.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Doctor Blight creates a forcefield over Hope Island]]'''Heat Wave''' is the 19th episode in the first series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It focuses on the issues of greenhouse gasses and global warming. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[MAL]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
Linka is sailing near Hope Island when a barge approaches. It is soon evident that Doctor Blight is up to no good. Blight takes Linka prisoner and creates a forcefield over Hope Island before pumping greenhouse gases into the newly-created confined space. It's up to Kwame, Wheeler, Gi and Ma-Ti to save Linka and stop Doctor Blight before Hope Island - and Gaia - are destroyed forever. <br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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Animals in a forest are disturbed by dozens of machines sawing down trees. Doctor Blight and MAL watch their progress, and she demands that all the trees are chopped down.<br />
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MAL gloats that chopping down the trees is merely the first phase in their "evil plan" - step two is to use coal to create lots of dirty smoke, and step three is oil and gasoline - all fuel for Blight's "smog-spewing barge".<br />
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The barge is shown to be intaking wood, coal and fuel and turning it into thick, heavy smoke and pollution. Blight describes it as "part car, part power plant, part factory".<br />
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Blight describes her plan to heat up the Earth's atmosphere by trapping the sun's rays beneath a thick layer of toxic smog. However, she first wants to test the scheme against Hope Island. MAL reveals he's been working hard to locate Gaia and Hope Island, and it appears to have paid off. Blight begins towing her latest invention out to sea, towards Hope Island. Not even MAL knows what it is yet - Blight claims it is a surprise.<br />
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Suddenly, an alarm goes off, and MAL warns Blight that someone is coming. Looking through a pair of binoculars, Blight spots Linka, doing some sailing near Hope Island. Wondering what a barge is doing so close to the island, Linka moves closer for a look, until she realises the barge has started chasing her. She uses her Wind power to create a gust that can take her to safety, but Blight breaks through it with a mechanical arm from the side of her ship. Linka attempts to abandon her craft, but it is seized by the mechanical arm, and she is knocked unconscious.<br />
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Blight declares: "One Planeteer down, four to go."<br />
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Blight orders MAL to prepare "the force field dome" - which he states he did milliseconds ago. With the request to "activate it, honey child," put to him, MAL controls the force field - a giant metal contraption rising out of the ocean depths from below the barge and projecting a huge electrical field all the way around Hope Island. MAL questions Blight on whether or not the Planeteers will be able to notice it, and she states that it's already too late for them to stop it, even if they do notice.<br />
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On Hope Island, Kwame is showing Ma-Ti his greenhouse. Ma-Ti comments on the beautiful flowers, and states that many of them remind him of his home in the rainforest. Kwame tells him that the glass windows on the greenhouse keep the sun's warmth inside, even on cool days.<br />
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Doctor Blight decides to start pumping her smoke and pollution into the force field via an underwater tube. She uses the mechanical arms on the barge to load wood into the incinerator, which creates smoke. As the mechanical arm comes back for a second load, Linka slowly awakes. She sees the arm reaching for her and screams, moving out of the way barely in time. Her water craft is destroyed, and Linka is almost dropped into the incinerator herself - clinging to the side with one hand, she manages to pull herself to safety.<br />
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Linka confronts Blight just as MAL and Blight are bragging about Hope Island already being 20 degrees hotter. The confrontation doesn't last long - Blight uses a fan to blow smog into Linka's face, rendering her powers useless and forcing her to stumble outside, choking. Linka falls down a flight of steps into the coal pile, and Blight quickly ensures she is buried with her arms trapped by her side so she can't use her ring. Linka warns her that the Planeteers will still find a way to stop her, but Blight declares they'll never beat the conditions she is creating on Hope Island.<br />
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Meanwhile, on Hope Island, Wheeler and Gi are running towards the water. Wheeler is astounded that the temperature heated up so fast, but Gi declares a "quick dip" will cool them off. They both dive in the water, only to surface and complain about it being as warm as a bath.<br />
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Gaia appears as a hologram and confirms that something is very wrong. She asks the Planeteers to The Crystal Chamber.<br />
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Gaia explains that Blight has put a force field around Hope Island and is pumping toxins in. She collapses, and Kwame tells her she looks ill, but she insists that they don't worry about her. She tells them they have a job to do, and it is at this point Wheeler notices Linka is missing.<br />
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Gaia shows them on the Planet Vision that Linka is a prisoner on the barge, struggling to get free.<br />
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Suchi asks Ma-Ti to call Captain Planet, but Ma-Ti says they need Linka to do so.<br />
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The four remaining Planeteers take the eco-sub down into the ocean with the intent of sneaking up on Blight's barge. Gi despairs as she sees dead fish - and even sharks - floating past, thanks to Blight's pollution and rising ocean temperatures.<br />
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Ma-Ti is looking through a pair of binoculars, and belives he can see the force field - "A kind of shimmering."<br />
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He requests that Gi try and break through it using her ring, but all this does is create an enormous tidal wave, which rocks and spins the eco-sub. Gi appears to have suffered some sort of pain or discomfort from her efforts. She says the force field is too strong. Ma-Ti and Kwame have planned to dive under it. However, they soon realise that the force field extends all the way to the ocean floor.<br />
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Unable to change course, the Planeteers simply hang on, knowing they are going to crash. Hitting the force field causes some sort of electrical explosion, and the eco-sub is thrown backwards, tumbling and rolling across the ocean floor. The Planeteers are unharmed, but the eco-sub is temporarily useless to them. When Ma-Ti calls on Gaia for help, she says she needs help too, and collapses. She explains to the Planeteers, through Ma-Ti, that if Hope Island dies, she will die as well.<br />
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Ma-Ti swears that they will save both Gaia and Hope Island.<br />
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Kwame says that the eco-sub will work "so long as we do not run into any more force fields." Blight watches on and knows they will never get past the force field.<br />
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Linka desperately tries to free herself from the pile of coal, knowing that if she doesn't stop Blight, Hope Island will be ruined forever.<br />
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Blight decides it is time for the next phase of her plan, which means she will reveal the "surprise" to MAL. He claims he is about to crash from curiousity. Blight uses a remote control to open part of the force field.<br />
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Gi notices an object moving towards them on the moniters in the eco-sub, and Kwame realises this must mean Blight has opened the force field. The Planeteers slip beneath the mystery object and escape out into the open ocean.<br />
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While Blight is distracted with moving the mystery object through the force field, Gi and Kwame swim out through the escape hatch in the eco-sub, aiming to help Linka escape.<br />
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They discover that the smog near the barge is terrible. Kwame states they will never be able to use their rings, and Gi reminds him they can still use their heads.<br />
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Kwame and Gi manage to free Linka from the coal pile. Blight instantly blames MAL for her escape. Linka, Kwame and Gi search for a way to turn the smog off.<br />
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Linka finds a wheel, and begins to turn it, but it does not lead to the smog. Kwame pushes her out of the way just before flames shoot from a pipe behind her. Blight manipulates the barge with the remote control she keeps with her.<br />
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Linka turns the wheel again, and oil spills onto the deck. As they run away, Blight chases them, slipping on the oil and sliding down the barge onto a ramp, which shoots her out into the ocean.<br />
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Blight decides it's time to flee. She orders MAL to join her on her speedboat, before she reveals the surprise object to him: a giant iceberg.<br />
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Thanks to the high temperatures inside the force field, the iceberg begins to melt, and the sea level around Hope Island begins to rise rapidly.<br />
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Kwame, Gi and Linka instantly start search for a way to turn the smog off and slow the process. They try every switch, but none of them work, until Gi finally discovers one last one. It shuts down the incinerator and stops the smog being produced.<br />
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Hurriedly, they jump off the barge and greet Ma-Ti and Wheeler, who are waiting for them. Ma-Ti congratulates them on stopping the pollution from entering the force field, but Doctor Blight ruins their good moods from afar, telling them via a megaphone that there is still enough heat trapped inside the force field to melt the entire iceberg.<br />
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The Planeteers despair, knowing that they can't get back through the force field to Gaia, until Gi spots the now-useless underwater tube, which was feeding the smog into the force field. Kwame decides to ram it with the eco-sub and break it loose from the force field so they can get inside. However, the tube does not break loose. Instead, the eco-sub is once again sent crashing along the ocean floor. Wheeler declares they are in "a whale of trouble."<br />
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This gives Ma-Ti an idea, and he uses his power to call upon a whale, which breaks the pipe for them. Kwame can now steer the eco-sub back inside the force field.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to The Crystal Chamber. Water is up to their ankles. Gaia is slumped over a crystal in the middle of the room. Wheeler pulls her up gently, and she looks into his eyes and tells him that they must save Hope Island. There is not much time left.<br />
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Wild waves are starting to roll in and Linka urges them to get Gaia to higher ground.<br />
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MAL asks Doctor Blight why she's not going to stick around and watch, and she claims Hope Island is already on the rocks and she doesn't need to see any more. She daydreams of what the disaster will look like when she melts the polar ice caps.<br />
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The Planeteers have taken Gaia to the roof of The Crystal Chamber, but the water is still rising. Gaia is lying down with her head in Wheeler's lap, looking ill. Kwame worries that they cannot summon Captain Planet through the force field.<br />
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Gaia tells the Planeteers to aim their rings into the water. The message will carry.<br />
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Captain Planet arrives, and says his powers are weak, but that he can borrow power using the iceberg and the sun. He concentrates the rays from the sun before burning a hole through the force field and destroying the tower that sends the signal. The force field is broken, and the extra water is released into the ocean, causing a wave that sinks Blight's barge, which she has abandoned.<br />
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The wave carried to Blight in her speedboat. Before she goes under, she begs MAL to tell her everything she needs to know about surfing - but it's too late, and she is swamped by the wave.<br />
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Hope Island appears normal and peaceful once again. The Planeteers are busying clearing up in The Crystal Chamber, mopping up water and clearing away sand. Even Suchi helps.<br />
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Gaia breathes deeply and stands strong, saying it feels nice to feel cool again.<br />
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Gi wonders about all the carbon dioxide that was released, thanks to Doctor Blight. Captain Planet tells Gi that he can't undo any of it - and that around the world, more is being added every day. He warns everyone to burn less of the fuels Blight used, as they pollute the atmosphere and make Earth hotter. Gi asks if people can stop it, and Captain Planet replies, "we must," before ending the episode with his catchphrase:<br />
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"The power is yours."<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' You can help fight the greenhouse effect.<br />
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'''Linka:''' The less oil, wood and coal we burn...<br />
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'''Gi:''' ...The less greenhouse gasses we put ino the air.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' And get your neighbourhood to plant trees - or plant one yourself.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Trees absorb carbon dioxide - the worst greenhouse gas!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Be cool, and keep our planet from getting too hot.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours! <br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* Kwame has a greenhouse on Hope Island. Ma-Ti specifically refers to it as Kwame's as the he is showing him the plants he has been growing. <br />
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* When Hope Island begins to suffer the effects of Blight's actions, Gaia suffers as well. <br />
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* Gi suffers pain or discomfort as she tries to use her ring to break through Blight's forcefield. The force field is too strong for her. <br />
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* Linka spends almost the entire episode clad only in her bikini. She is also covered in coal smudges until she abandons the barge with Gi and Kwame. <br />
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* Wheeler has very little dialogue in this episode, but it's he who is cradling Gaia when she is so ill. <br />
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* The eco-sub can apparently take a lot of punishment - in this episode, it has two high-speed collisions, and it still manages to work!<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''MAL:''' Step one in our evil plan: firewood!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Congratulations, Doctor Blight. You've raised air pollution to an art.<br />
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'''MAL:''' We'll have such fun making life on Earth too hot to handle.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Right you are, sweetie. But first, we must test my scheme on the island the Planeteers call Hope.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh, goodie! All my massive computations to locate Gaia and Hope Island have paid off!<br />
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'''Blight:''' We'll make those planet punks suffer - then I'll deliver the final blow!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh come on, Doctor Blight. You can tell your own computer - what is this secret surprise we're towing?<br />
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'''Blight:''' If I told you, then it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it MAL baby? (She kisses him.)<br />
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'''Blight:''' Prepare the force field dome!<br />
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'''MAL:''' I already did that! Milliseconds ago!<br />
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''Blight is looking through her binoculars:''<br />
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'''Blight:''' So they made a little greenhouse. So what! I made a really big greenhouse - out of Hope Island!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Then let's put the heat on and start cooking!<br />
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'''Blight:''' What should we burn first, baby-cakes?<br />
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'''MAL:''' Well I would -<br />
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'''Blight:''' Wood! Of course.<br />
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'''MAL:''' - think coal would be best...<br />
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'''Linka:''' Doctor Blight! I should have known your twisted mind was behind this.<br />
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'''Blight:''' No, darling. You should have known my brilliant mind would outwit yours.<br />
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'''Blight:''' With your arms trapped like that, your ring is useless.<br />
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'''Linka:''' The Planeteers will still stop you!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Your friends will never beat the heat!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Doctor Blight has created a force field around Hope Island, and is pumping pollution into it. If we don't stop her...<br />
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''(Gaia slumps over, holding her head).''<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Gaia, are you all right? You look sick...<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Don't worry about me. You four have a job to do.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Four? Hey! Where's Linka?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Doctor Blight has taken her prisoner on that barge. Hurry. There's not much time.<br />
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''The eco-sub has crashed and the Planeteers are trapped inside, beneath the water.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What do we do now?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Ma-Ti, ask Gaia what we do now...<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia, we need help!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I'm sorry Ma-Ti, but so do I.<br />
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''Gaia stumbles and then collapses, obviously suffering ill-effects from Blight's scheme.''<br />
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''Ma-Ti communicates with Gaia from the eco-sub.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia, what's happening? What is wrong?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I'm not well, Ma-Ti.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' How can the Spirit of Earth be sick?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' My health is linked to the Earth, and to this special place. Once Hope Island dies, I too will die.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Do not worry, Gaia! We will save you both!<br />
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'''Blight:''' All right, MAL. It's time to get to the really cool part of my plan.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Oh goodie! At last I'll find out what that thing is. I'm about to crash from curiousity.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Well watch closely, because soon, Hope Island will be history!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' The smog from this barge is terrible! We will never be able to use our rings.<br />
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'''Gi:''' But we can use our heads. Come on!<br />
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''Blight punches MAL after Linka escapes.''<br />
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'''Blight:''' You chip-head! She got away!<br />
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''Blight has slipped on a puddle of oil and has gone overboard:''<br />
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'''Gi:''' That must be the first oil-spill that's ever helped anyone.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Ow! I think I slipped a disk drive.<br />
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''Gi has just turned off the incinerator on the barge.''<br />
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'''Gi:''' We did it!<br />
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'''Linka:''' It is time to abandon ship!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' We're in a whale of trouble.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Wheeler! That is it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What'd I say?<br />
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'''MAL:''' Doctor Blight, aren't you going to stick around and watch Hope Island go under?<br />
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'''Blight:''' No need, my micro-chipper friend. It's already on the rocks! Just think of the disasters when I melt the polar ice caps. Today, Hope Island - tomorrow, the world!<br />
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''Blight is watching a tidal wave coming towards her speedboat.''<br />
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'''Blight:''' Quick MAL! Tell me everything I need to know about surfing!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Just two words, Doctor. Wipe out!</div>
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Don't Drink the Water
2012-06-24T12:06:55Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>[[File:Dontdrinkthewater155.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The [[eco-villains]] team up and form the "Water Pollution Syndicate".]]Don't Drink The Water is the 18th episode in the first series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Dan Di Stefano. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Argos Bleak]]<br />
* [[Doctor Blight]]<br />
* [[Hoggish Greedly]]<br />
* [[Looten Plunder]]<br />
* [[Rigger]]<br />
* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[Don't Drink the Water (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The [[Eco-villains]] [[Looten Plunder]], [[Argos Bleak]], [[Doctor Blight]], [[Hoggish Greedly]], [[Rigger]] and [[Verminous Skumm]] all team up to pollute a European city's water supply. They pump clean water to their own location and sell it at a ridiculous price to the people who have been left without clean drinking water. <br />
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The Planeteers hurry to stop the plan, but are separated and forced to battle various hurdles, including saving [[Captain Planet]] after he is washed away in a toxic flood.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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In a clean, tidy-looking city, the eco-villains [[Looten Plunder]], [[Doctor Blight]], [[Hoggish Greedly]] and [[Verminous Skumm]] sit around a table in a high-rise building.<br />
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Plunder thanks his "fellow polluters" for coming, before unveiling a plan that will ensure they grow "filthy rich" - they will all pollute the Earth's water supplies, ensuring that nobody can drink from them. Then, the eco-villains will sell pure, uncontaminated drinking water at a ridiculous price to needy citizens.<br />
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Greedly starts the process by blowing up a garbage barge, polluting a river. Blight then contaminates another water supply with chemicals and sewage from a treatment plant. Skumm steals barrels of toxic waste and, using his '[[Skumm-o-copter]]', dumps them into yet another clean drinking supply.<br />
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Back in the high-rise building, Blight is applying lipstick. She kisses her reflection before stating that they have polluted every drop of water within one hundred miles of the city. Plunder then says that as soon as people get thirsty enough, the eco-villains can start raking in the cash.<br />
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Meanwhile, on [[Hope Island]], the Planeteers are working together to plant trees.<br />
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[[Gaia]] interrupts them with an eco-emergency. In [[The Crystal Chamber]], she shows them images of the polluted water supplies. The images are appearing so rapidly, [[Linka]] believes there is something wrong with the [[Planet Vision]]. Gaia informs her that it is simply registering images of the worst water-pollution disaster in Earth's history.<br />
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Having only the vague location of "central Europe" to work with, the Planeteers hurry to discover the source of the problem, taking off in the [[geo-cruiser]] with [[Wheeler]] as the pilot.<br />
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The geo-cruiser's pollution-monitor alerts the Planeteers to high levels of pollution. Going in for a closer look, the Planeteers realise that the streets are abandoned - there is not a person to be seen.<br />
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[[Kwame]] suddenly spots them - everyone is lined up in a huge line, exchanging wads of cash for bottled water. Looten Plunder and Hoggish Greedly are seen on the Planet Vision screens working together. The Planeteers are surprised that the two eco-villains have teamed up.<br />
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The Planeteers split up - Wheeler and [[Gi]] decide to follow Plunder and Greedly, while Kwame, Linka and [[Ma-Ti]] go to discover exactly what sort of contamination they're all dealing with.<br />
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The Planeteers are riding solar-powered motorbikes called [[eco-cycles]].<br />
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Wheeler and Gi discover that Plunder is selling clean water. They decide to follow him and Greedly to find out where it is. Gi takes a sample from a nearby gutter, describing the contamination as being as strong as acid. She places the glass vial in her jacket pocket.<br />
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She and Wheeler follow Plunder and Greedly to their base. They take the elevator, unaware that they are being watched on security cameras.<br />
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A net drops from the roof, trapping them. When Wheeler tries to burn through it, it crackles with blue electricity.<br />
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[[Bleak]] and [[Rigger]] are waiting for Wheeler and Gi as the elevator reaches its destination. The Planeteers are quickly over-powered and taken to the board room, where Plunder, Blight, Greedly and Skumm are all gathered.<br />
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Wheeler is surprised and angered to find them all gathered together. He furiously tells Plunder he won't get away with it, but Plunder reveals that the eco-villains have the only clean water supply in the city.<br />
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Plunder orders Bleak and Rigger to lock the Planeteers in the holding room.<br />
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Meanwhile, Kwame, Linka and Ma-Ti are taking readings elsewhere in the city. They have discovered that all the water they have tested is poisoned, with some puddles containing enough toxins to kill an elephant.<br />
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Deciding that they are not finding answers quickly enough, Linka suggests they call [[Captain Planet]]. Ma-Ti contacts Wheeler and Gi, who help the others summon Captain Planet before trying to break out of their cell themselves.<br />
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Greedly and Plunder are watching via a security camera. Greedly tells Plunder he'll go and stop them from calling Captain Planet, but Plunder suggests letting them do so.<br />
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Captain Planet is summoned. He turns to water momentarily to pass through a street grate into the underground waterway where Kwame, Linka and Ma-Ti are standing.<br />
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Blight is painting her nails when an alarm goes off, indicating to her that Captain Planet is nearby. She runs to tell Plunder, who then organises that toxic water be washed through that particular tunnel.<br />
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Captain Planet is flying through the tunnel with Linka, Kwame and Ma-Ti on his back.<br />
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Suddenly, they hear a noise. They stop, only to realise that a flood of polluted water is racing towards them. Linka is frightened, exclaiming "We will drown!"<br />
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Captain Planet quickly seals the Planeteers inside a giant pipe.<br />
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However, once taking care of the Planeteers, Captain Planet has no time to get himself to safety. He is swept away by the toxic water. The pipe is also swept away, with Linka, Kwame and Ma-Ti rolling and tumbling around inside.<br />
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Greedly and Plunder briefly celebrate the fact that Captain Planet is "belly-up in the harbour" after the toxic waste has washed him away.<br />
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The sealed pipe drops into the habour and is washed ashore. It appears they have been shut inside for some time - Linka looks angry and bored.<br />
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They push the seal open and discover that they have washed onto a beach littered with clumps of toxic waste.<br />
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Linka spots Captain Planet - he is washed up on the beach and is unconscious. They hurry to drag him up on the sand, but he is unresponsive. Realising that they need clean water to clean him off, Kwame and Ma-Ti go in search of a fresh water supply while Linka stays with Captain Planet. She holds his hand and begs him to hold on.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti are beginning to despair they will find no clean water, when Kwame spots an old tanker ship. They run towards it, hopeful that there is a water tank inside.<br />
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They begin search the barrels inside the old tanker, but can find no clean water. Frustrated, Ma-Ti begins to kick the empty barrels over.<br />
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Kwame, however, has heard a drop. He and Ma-Ti stop to listen before they track the sound to an old over-head water pipe. They test the water with the water-tester Linka gave them, and are ecstatic to realise it is clean.<br />
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Kwame and Ma-Ti take a bucket of clean water to Captain Planet. Ma-Ti washes him off and they all stand back, waiting with bated breath to see if the sun will recharge him.<br />
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Captain Planet recharges, much to the Planeteers' relief. He quickly flies off in order to stop the eco-villains.<br />
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Meanwhile, Wheeler and Gi are still sitting in the holding room in Plunder's penthouse. Gi realises that the others must have run into trouble, as they are taking so long to come and rescue them.<br />
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Wheeler suggests they try to escape themselves, but Gi worries they can't do so without their powers.<br />
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However, she then remembers the toxic sample in the vial in her pocket. She takes the vial and uses the toxic liquid to melt the lock on the door. Wheeler then throws his weight against the door, forcing it open.<br />
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They hurry to stop the eco-villains, returning to their eco-cycles. However, an alarm begins to sound.<br />
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They hurry into the elevator, knowing that the eco-villains have been alerted to their escape.<br />
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They hurry to ride their eco-cycles out of the garage of the building, but Bleak and Rigger discover them. Rigger throws the switch to the door, which begins to lower.<br />
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Wheeler tells Gi to keep going, no matter what happens, before he speeds up and rides directly at Bleak and Rigger. They scatter, and Wheeler manages to throw the switch to the door. It allows enough time for Gi to get away, but Wheeler is captured and subdued by Bleak.<br />
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Plunder enters and demands to know where Gi is. He is not pleased to hear she got away.<br />
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Blight and Skumm start expressing concern that Plunder's plan appears to be falling apart.<br />
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He tells them not to be foolish - Captain Planet and his "three other do-gooders" are believed to be dead.<br />
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Wheeler cries out a denial and starts to fight Bleak and Rigger, claiming he will get revenge on Plunder. He is restrained, however, and Plunder orders him to be thrown into the back of the truck.<br />
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Kwame, Linka, Ma-Ti and Gi are all in the geo-cruiser. They are communicating with Captain Planet via Planet Vision. He is just above the water treatment plant. He tells Gi not to worry about the fact Plunder has captured Wheeler - he tells the Planeteers to meet him at the treatment plant as soon as they can.<br />
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Cap confronts the eco-villains, telling them that he's going to stop their plan. However, Wheeler is still their prisoner, and the eco-villains threaten to hurt him if Captain Planet doesn't go away.<br />
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Captain Planet spots the geo-cruiser nearby, and plays along, telling Wheeler there is nothing he can do.<br />
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Bleak immediately starts to celebrate, jumping up and down shouting "We won! We won!" His actions cause him to accidently knock Wheeler over the edge of the treatement plant.<br />
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Wheeler falls towards the toxic water with a loud cry. However, Kwame is hanging from the geo-cruiser by a rope, and swoops in, catching Wheeler behind the knees.<br />
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With Wheeler safe, Captain Planet immediately sets to stopping the eco-villains. He uses his powers to turn a truck into a water-sanitising machine which sucks up all the toxic waste and cleans the water, allowing it to be drinkable again.<br />
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Captain Planet turns more trucks into "pollution-vacuums" and orders the eco-villains to clear up their own mess. <br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' Every year, tonnes of toxic waste are dumped into rivers, lakes and streams.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Much of it comes from people's homes.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' So to clean up Earth's water, clean up your act!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Do not pour chlorine, bleach, solvents and other toxic materials down your drain.<br />
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'''Linka:''' And keep things like motor oil and batteries out of your trash!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' To find an appropriate site to dump these toxic materials, contact your local sanitation department.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours! <br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* Blight appears throughout this entire episode, but [[MAL]] is never seen or heard. Blight does mentioned him briefly, however.<br />
* Plunder uses a world map to demonstrate his plan, indicating that they are located in Europe.<br />
* Skumm has a black rat sitting on his shoulder.<br />
* Greedly eats an entire pizza in one bite.<br />
* Blight applies make-up, brushes her hair, sprays perfume and paints her nails in this episode.<br />
* The geo-cruiser is fitted with something called a "pollution monitor", which can read pollution levels in the area.<br />
* The Planeteers ride eco-cycles in this episode - solar-powered motorbikes.<br />
* Linka, Kwame and Ma-Ti all disappear without putting on their helmets. In fact, Wheeler and Gi do not have helmets until they try to make their escape from the eco-villains later in the episode.<br />
* Gi describes the waste levels in the water as being "as strong as acid", yet she handles the sample with no gloves or protective gear.<br />
* Wheeler and Gi take the elevator to floor 10.<br />
* According to Rigger, Greedly is the one who thought of the "fire-proof net" that traps Wheeler and Gi in the elevator. According to Bleak, the idea was Plunder's.<br />
* Plunder's penthouse has a jail cell in it.<br />
* Captain Planet adds a "Yeah!" to his catchphrase, "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"<br />
* Linka holds Captain Planet's hand as he lies unconscious on the beach.<br />
* Ma-Ti uses a crowbar to open barrels in the old tanker.<br />
* Ma-Ti grows so frustrated in the search for clean water, he kicks several barrels over until Kwame tells him to stop.<br />
* Kwame has to use the crowbar to turn the tap on the water pipe.<br />
* Linka crosses her fingers after Ma-Ti washes the sludge from Captain Planet with a bucket of clean water.<br />
* Despite what happened to them the first time, Wheeler and Gi take the elevator again after they escape from the holding room.<br />
* Plunder taps Wheeler gently on the head with the ivory elephant's head on the end of his cane.<br />
* Despite earlier bragging of Captain Planet being eliminated, Plunder doesn't seem shocked or surprised when Cap shows up to stop him.<br />
* Captain Planet doesn't allow the eco-villains to escape at the end of this episode - instead, they are forced to clean up their own mess.<br />
* The other eco-villains all blame Plunder for things going pear-shaped. Blight even swears to never listen to him again.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Plunder:''' My fellow polluters, I thank you for coming.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' If we all stick together, we can stick it to planet Earth like it's never been stuck before!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' Just tell us the good part Plunder! How we're gonna get rich...<br />
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'''Plunder:''' The word is filthy rich, Mr. Greedly.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Hey Plunder, what are you trying to pull?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' The plug, Dr. Blight! Of the world's water supply.<br />
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'''Greedly:''' Since these people are already polluting their water supplies...<br />
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'''Plunder:''' We're just speeding up the process a bit... All in favour, say 'pollute'!<br />
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'''Blight:''' What better place than a sewer plant to help a water supply commit sewer-cide? When Doctor Blight ruins a reservoir, it stays ruined.<br />
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'''Blight:''' We've polluted every drop of water within a hundred miles of this city.<br />
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''The Planeteers are planting trees.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Here you go, tree baby!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Ohoho, so now you flirt with trees, eh Wheeler?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' The last signal came from central Europe.<br />
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'''Linka:''' That is not much to go on!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I know, but it'll have to do. You must find out what's behind this terrible problem, and quickly.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Do you notice anything funny about this city?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yeah - no people!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Keep in touch through Ma-Ti!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Yes, if you need us, drop me a thought!<br />
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''Wheeler and Gi are watching Plunder and Greedly sell bottled water:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I bet they polluted the city's water so they could sell their water! Cute.<br />
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'''Gi:''' That means Plunder's got clean water! We need to find it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Yeah, when he finishes here, let's follow him.<br />
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''He turns around only to find Gi has disappeared. She is behind him.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What are you doing?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Taking a sample of this toxic waste. It's as strong as acid. This must be where they dumped it in.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' No time for that - Plunder and Greedly are leaving! Let's tail 'em.<br />
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''Bleak and Rigger are in the process of taking Wheeler and Gi prisoner:''<br />
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'''Rigger:''' That's a fire-proof net! My boss thinks of everything, yep, yep!<br />
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'''Bleak:''' Your boss? It was my boss' idea!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Hey! Watch the threads!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' All the eco-rats in one nest!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' We prefer to refer to ourselves as a Water Pollution Syndicate.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Soon the whole world will be thirsty and filthy and sick!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' I'll drink to that!<br />
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'''Linka:''' The level of toxics in this puddle would kill an elephant!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Wouldn't you know? Plunder's penthouse comes complete with a prison.<br />
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'''Blight:''' My computer, MAL, traced down Captain Planet. He's in the city's water system with the rest of the Planeteers.<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Well, let's not keep them waiting!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' The water system is flooded with pollution, just like you ordered!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' What about Captain Planet?<br />
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'''Greedly:''' He's belly-up in the harbour with the other sick fish!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Wonderful. With him out of the way, the world is our toxic oyster.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, no! Captain Planet - he is hurt!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Pull him up on the sand!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' All that pollution in the water weakened him.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Get this garbage off him!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' That is not going to help. We need clean water.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' If we do not help him, soon he will -<br />
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'''Linka:''' Do not even think it! We must find pure water. Here, you take the water tester. I will stay with Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Come, Ma-Ti. Let us search.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Hang on, Captain Planet. Please hold on...<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Thanks, Planeteers!<br />
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'''Linka:''' We are just happy you are okay!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' But there's somebody who won't be happy. Excuse me, but I have some unfinished business to clean up...<br />
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'''Gi:''' Boy, those guys must have run into trouble...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Then we'll just break ourselves out!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Without our powers? Impossible! Then again... Maybe not. Maybe for once a little toxic waste might come in handy!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Huh?<br />
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''Gi uses the toxic waste from the vial in her pocket to destroy the lock on the door.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Is that the sample you took near that polluted stream?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Yes! No wonder people aren't drinking the water...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Allow me...<br />
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''He throws his shoulder against the door and it gives.''<br />
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'''Gi:''' You did it!<br />
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''Wheeler polishes his nails on his shirt.''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Are we Planeteers or what? Let's get to our eco-cycles and blow this pop-stand! We've got polluters to punish!<br />
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'''Gi:''' We'll never make it!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You keep going, no matter what!<br />
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''Gi has managed to escape, thanks to Wheeler.''<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Where's the other planet pest?<br />
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Bleak:''' She got away.<br />
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'''Rigger:''' It wasn't our fault, Mr. Plunder, nope, nope!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Got away? You fools! I told you to watch them!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' They did. They watched her escape.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Plunder, this is not going well.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Yeah, your great idea is starting to come apart!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Don't be a fool. Captain Planet and his three other do-gooders have already been eliminated.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' No! I'll get you for this Plunder!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' The only thing you're going to get is trouble. Throw him in the truck!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' What about the girl?<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Hahaha! Hey, I'm the guy who knocked Captain Planet out of his orbit! You think one girl is going to stop me?<br />
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'''Gi:''' Captain Planet, where are you?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I'm just above the water treatement plant, Gi.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Looten Plunder has captured Wheeler!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Don't worry, Planeteers! Just get here as soon as you can. We're gonna put those villains out to dry!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Your plot is all washed up, Plunder!<br />
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'''Plunder:''' Cool your jets, Captain Planet - if you value the safety of your little errand boy...<br />
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''Bleak wrestles a bound Wheeler into place near the edge of the treatment plant.'' <br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I wouldn't hurt him if I were you!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' He's in good hands, Captain Planet - so long as you go away and let us pollute in peace!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Yeah - while we've got him, you've got trouble.<br />
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''Captain Planet spots the geo-cruiser behind the eco-villains and Wheeler.''<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Sorry, Wheeler. There's nothing I can do.<br />
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'''Bleak:''' We won! We won!<br />
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''Kwame has just swung on a rope attached to the geo-cruiser, saving Wheeler before he hits the toxic water. Ma-Ti watches from above:''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Hi, Wheeler!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Just thought we would drop by.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I turned your pollution pump into pollution vacuums! Clean up your act!<br />
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'''Skumm:''' The pollution scheme of the century. Bah, skummbug!<br />
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'''Greedly:''' You were gonna make us rich!<br />
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'''Blight:''' I'll never listen to you again, Plunder! Never!</div>
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https://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Deadly_Ransom&diff=2850
Deadly Ransom
2012-06-24T12:06:07Z
<p>OzQueen: /* Significant Moments and Facts */</p>
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<div>Deadly Ransom is the 11th episode in the [[first series]] of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Perry Martin. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Doctor Blight]] <br />
* [[MAL]] <br />
* [[Duke Nukem]] <br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[Deadly Ransom (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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Doctor Blight, MAL and Duke Nukem manage to capture Captain Planet. They hold him for ransom in Antarctica, demanding barrels of nuclear waste in exchange for his life.<br />
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The Planeteers must work together without their powers as they hurry to rescue Captain Planet, before the effects of Nukem's radiation destroy him.<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode opens with a jet flying rapidly over a snowy landscape. [[Duke Nukem]] is piloting it while reciting a radio message to [[Doctor Blight]]. He tells her he is approaching her laboratory and the secret passage needs to be opened quickly.<br />
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The passage opens only just in time. Nukem lands his jet in a cavernous room inside a mountain. As he disembarks, he tells Blight her computer, [[MAL]] (the one in charge of opening the doors), is a menace. MAL displays disdain to Dr. Blight, asking why they should put up with this "nuclear nitwit", to which Blight replies, "MAL, baby, you be polite! [[Dr. Nukem]]'s here to help us be wicked."<br />
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Nukem asks Blight why she sent for him. She explains that she's about to start her most devious experiment yet, and that [[Captain Planet]] will be the guinea pig. However, she will need Nukem's help, and in exchange can offer him all the nuclear waste he wishes to feed on. Nukem agrees, and MAL sends a message to [[Gaia]] and [[the Planeteers]] - the idea being that the Planeteers will be the "bait" in the trap for Captain Planet.<br />
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On [[Hope Island]], Gaia issues an eco-alert, prompting the Planeteers to rush to [[The Crystal Chamber]]. On the [[Planet Vision]] screens, Gaia shows the Planeteers are strange glow emitting from Antarctica.<br />
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Suddenly, Duke Nukem's face appears on the screen, prompting Gaia and the Planeteers to step back in alarm. Nukem and Blight show off a large bomb, claiming it to be a nuclear weapon. When Gaia explains to the Planeteers that a nuclear waste disaster could mean contamination for millions of years, the Planeteers hurry to stop her.<br />
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At Blight's hideout, Nukem is questioning whether or not the Planeteers really will show up. Blight is confident they will, as they have convinced the Planeteers that the bomb is real. Obviously, it is not - but that's not what the Planeteers believe. MAL reveals they are pretending they already have nuclear waste in order to gain nuclear waste.<br />
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In the [[geo-cruiser]], which is being piloted by [[Linka]], [[Gi]] spots Dr. Blight's hideout. Nukem spots them and gleefully sparks with radioactive excitement. He immediately wants to try and shoot them down, but Blight takes over, aiming her new "[[freezing ray]]" at the geo-cruiser.<br />
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The ray instantly covers the geo-cruiser in a thick layer of ice, jamming the controls and sending the aircraft spinning out of control. [[Wheeler]] quickly melts the ice with his ring. Gi screams at Linka to pull up, but the controls are still jammed. [[Suchi]], who is with the Planeteers on this mission, seems terrified, as do the Planeteers.<br />
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Linka is finally able to pull the controls free using sheer strength, narrowly avoiding a crash landing. They all breathe a collective sigh of relief, but Blight appears on the Planet Vision monitors and tells them not to congratulate themselves just yet - they've only prolonged their "inevitable doom."<br />
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Blight orders that the nuclear waste bomb be activated. She and Nukem then retreat to what Blight describes as a radiation-proof underground shelter.<br />
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The Planeteers race to stop the imminent explosion, but realise there is no way for them to get up to the roof where the timer switch is. Gi quickly tells Wheeler to melt some ice with his Fire power, before she sends the newly-melted water upwards, creating a spiral staircase of ice steps.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to the rooftop and are relieved to see they have made it in time. They race towards the switch. On surveillence monitors, Blight and Nukem watch, commenting that the Planeteers have played right into their trap.<br />
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Blight activates a forcefield, trapping the Planeteers inside. Realising they are trapped, and with a minute to go before the bomb is set to explode, the Planeteers hurry to call Captain Planet.<br />
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Captain Planet arrives, and after a quick joke or two ("It looks like you've got an explosive situation on your hands!"), he deactivates the bomb. He then destroys the forcefield holding the Planeteers prisoner. Captain Planet lands near the freed Planeteers, telling them it appears that they have all stopped yet another eco-emergency.<br />
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However, Blight is watching, and flicks a switch. The top beam of the forcefield ray falls, prompting Captain Planet to cry out in alarm and reach out to catch it. As he is distracted, however, a trapdoor slides out from beneath him, and he begins to fall into a long tunnel.<br />
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As Captain Planet slows his fall and begins to fly towards the top, toxic smoke sprays out from the sides of the tunnel, poisoning and weakening him. The Planeteers watch from above in horror, before the trap door slams shut again.<br />
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Captain Planet tumbles down the long tunnel, choking on the toxic smoke. He eventually lands inside a large glass enclosure, weak and disoriented.<br />
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Nukem zaps Cap with a dose of radiation, rendering him even more powerless than before. Captain Planet is obviously helpless and in pain.<br />
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Up on the roof, the Planeteers are desperately trying to open the trap door to get inside. Suddenly, [[Ma-Ti]] notices a concealed entrance in the side of a nearby mountain. Nukem's jet flies out, and being towed behind, still in the glass case, is Captain Planet.<br />
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Linka runs to the nuclear waste bomb and discovers it to be empty. The Planeteers realise they have been tricked.<br />
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They return to Hope Island in order to gather advice from Gaia.<br />
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Blight and Nukem make contact with Hope Island again. When Linka demands that they let Captain Planet go, Nukem demands a lifetime supply of nuclear waste in exchange. When Wheeler broaches the subject of refusal, Nukem states they'll never see Captain Planet again unless their demands are met.<br />
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Captain Planet is tortured by more of Nukem's radiation. He cries out in pain and Gaia tells the Planeteers there is only one thing they can do - rescue Captain Planet.<br />
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Wheeler is worried, unable to see how they can rescue Captain Planet without their powers.<br />
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Linka, in a surprisingly irrational and helpless move, says they only thing they can do is give Nukem the nuclear waste. Gi doesn't wish to help them pollute the Earth, but Ma-Ti points out they will hurt Captain Planet if they don't comply.<br />
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[[Kwame]] keeps everybody calm with one sentence: "Captain Planet has never let us down, and we will not let him down."<br />
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The Planeteers track the location of Blight's lab by using their technology to trace her transmission signals. They are no longer in the geo-cruiser. Instead, they are in a Planeteer-style snow mobile.<br />
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The sensors on the vehicle indicate that Blight is hiding inside the glacier ahead.<br />
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The Planeteers park the snow mobile and proceed on skis towards Blight's glacial hideout.<br />
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At the front door, Wheeler continues on an argument that he apparently started before, claiming they should barge through the front door and tackle the problem head-on. Linka disagrees, stating it would be better to sneak in around the back and take Blight and Nukem by surprise. Wheeler rejects this, worried that they will be too late. He begins to hack at the ice door with his ice-pick. The others soon join in.<br />
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MAL sets off alarms and alerts Blight and Nukem to the fact the Planeteers are trying to force their way in through the front door. Blight orders MAL to give them a "cold reception", and he immediately triggers an avalanche.<br />
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The Planeteers flee, barely keeping ahead of the tumbling rock and snow on their skis. Luckily, they manage to leap across a gorge. The snow falls in and the avalanche stops, with the Planeteers safe on the other side.<br />
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Safe and back at the snow mobile, Wheeler and Linka are arguing. She is blaming him for setting off the alarms and alerting the [[eco-villains]] that they were there. Wheeler blames her for being all talk and no action, and not helping him.<br />
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Gaia arrives and interrupts them. Ma-Ti tells her they have let her down this time, but she tells him they haven't - they just need to stop blaming one another and get on with saving Captain Planet by working together.<br />
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Wheeler and Linka apologise to one another. Gi suggests they all put their heads together to come up with a new plan, and the Planeteers all high five.<br />
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Meanwhile, Captain Planet is still being tortured by Duke Nukem. The emblem on his chest is growing dark and flashing weakly, indicating that he is perhaps near death. However, he is adamant that the Planeteers will never give in to Nukem's evil demands.<br />
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Just then, MAL interrupts, showing footage of the geo-cruiser carrying a crate of five nuclear-waste barrels. Kwame transmits a message, indicating that they are specifically contacting Blight and Nukem, with Wheeler continuing, "You win. Here's the nuclear waste you ordered."<br />
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Captain Planet furiously tries to break out of his glass capsule, but is too weak. He falls to his knees, groaning.<br />
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The geo-cruiser carefully deposits the barrels in the snow. Linka's voice is heard, stating that the Planeteers have kept their side of the bargain and now Blight needs to keep hers. Gi agrees, demanding that Captain Planet be released at once.<br />
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Blight refuses, and orders MAL to give the Planeteers another taste of his powers. MAL gleefully obeys, shooting at the geo-cruiser. He hits it, and the cruiser plummets towards the ground, hitting hard and bursting into flames.<br />
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Nukem collects the nuclear drums, claiming the waste inside will last him for 100 years.<br />
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Blight has Captain Planet strapped down to a table. She claims she is going to discover the secret of his powers and then use them to destroy the Earth.<br />
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However, before she can go ahead with any part of her plan, the Planeteers leap out of the barrels that were supposedly holding the nuclear waste.<br />
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Gi reveals that the geo-cruiser was operating via a remote controle she had in her hand. MAL instantly disappears, stating, "Whoops! Got to go."<br />
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Nukem begins firing radiation at the Planeteers. They scatter, rolling and ducking to avoid his attack until Ma-Ti points out that the barrel lids are made of lead. They all grab a shield and deflect Nukem's attacks back at him, forcing him back.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to release Captain Planet from the table he is strapped to. He is unable to stand after absorbing so much of Nukem's radiation. Kwame and Wheeler support him as the Planeteers race for the door.<br />
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However, Nukem quickly recovers and begins to fire at them again. Gi uses her shield to protect the others as Captain Planet forces the doors open. The other Planeteers hurry through and Captain Planet weakly calls, "Hurry, Gi!" before she jams the shield between the doors, enabling him to stop his efforts. She and Captain Planet hurry outside and the doors are forced shut again.<br />
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The Planeteers lay Captain Planet out in the sun. With the sunlight and their hopeful attention, Captain Planet recharges, with Nukem's toxins leaving his body.<br />
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Captain Planet bursts through the wall of Blight's hideout. He immediately destroys MAL by turning into water and soaking MAL's control panels. MAL explodes, and the cavern begins to collapse. Captain Planet abandons Blight and Nukem, forcing them to flee in Nukem's jet.<br />
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Captain Planet thanks the Planeteers for saving him. He tells them that with friends like them, the Earth has a chance, before he utters his catchphrase: "The power is yours."<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is definitely a big problem.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' But if we all use less electricity, we can reduce the need for nuclear power!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Don't use a 100-watt bulb when a 60-watt will do!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Do not leave lights, the TV or radio on in an empty room.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Wash only full loads of laundry.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Energy effeciency can help save our planet.<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* Duke Nukem's "regular" sidekick, [[Leadsuit]], does not appear in this episode.<br />
* Dr. Blight wears a "designer" pink radiation suit throughout the episode, due to her being in close contact with Nukem.<br />
* Blight refers to Nukem as "Dr. Nukem".<br />
* Blight and Nukem's main aim is to get the Planeteers to call Captain Planet so they can capture him. However, Blight almost kills the Planeteers before they've even neared her trap, by shooting at them with her freezer ray.<br />
* Blight says, "Au revoir," to the Planeteers before retreating underground with Nukem.<br />
* Gi is apparently unable to manipulate snow or ice unless it is melted by Wheeler first.<br />
* Wheeler makes a joke about Gi's ice-water staircase being a "cool move" and is told off by Linka for making jokes. When Captain Planet makes jokes just a minute later, Linka doesn't comment.<br />
* Captain Planet literally uses an iron fist to destroy Blight's forcefield.<br />
* Cap cries out "Whoa, head's up!" when the forcefield projector falls.<br />
* Linka suggest the only thing the Planeteers can do to save Captain Planet is to give in to Nukem.<br />
* The Planeteers drive a snow-mobile in this episode. It is coloured and styled in the same way as the other Planeteer vehicles, though it is never explained how they got it to Antarctica from Hope Island. They are also seen using the geo-cruiser later on, though that was apparently left back on Hope Island after they returned to seek Gaia's guidance.<br />
* Linka does not appear to help hammer into the ice doors of Blight's fortress - she wished to go through the back.<br />
* Suchi hides inside of Ma-Ti's ski jacket when the avalanche begins.<br />
* Gaia has to make an appearance in order to stop Wheeler and Linka bickering.<br />
* Ma-Ti tells Gaia they have let her down.<br />
* The Planeteers all high-five one another when Gi suggests coming up with a new plan.<br />
* The emblem on Captain Planet's chest indicates his life and energy levels.<br />
* The geo-cruiser is completely destroyed in this episode. MAL shoots it down and it hits the ground and bursts into flames.<br />
* Captain Planet's reaction to the geo-cruiser's fiery destruction (and presumeably, the Planeteers' deaths), is to say: "You double-crossing creeps! You never had any intention of letting me go!" He does, however, seem very relieved when they leap out of the barrels, alive and well.<br />
* Ma-Ti saves Gi's life by shielding her with a lead barrel lid. It deflects Nukem's radiation.<br />
* Black smoke rises from Captain Planet's body as he recharges in the sun.<br />
* Captain Planet doesn't even try to apprehend Blight and Nukem - instead, he leaves them to escape the crumbling ruins of Blight's lab.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Nukem:''' This is Duke Nukem calling Dr. Blight! I am approaching your laboratory - get your mangy computer MAL to open that secret passage quick! Quick! I SAID QUICK!<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Dr. Blight, that computer of yours is a menace!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Why must we put up with this nuclear nitwit?<br />
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'''Blight:''' MAL, baby, you be polite! Dr. Nukem's here to help us be wicked.<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Keep your distance, Dr. Blight! Or you'll fry like a strip of bacon from my radioactivity.<br />
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'''Blight:''' No problem, sweetie, this designer leadsuit will shield me from your deadly rays. Do you like it? ....Well?<br />
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'''Nukem:''' I'm all aglow. Now why'd you send for me?<br />
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'''Blight:''' I'm starting my most devious experiment, and I need your help to catch the guinea pig.<br />
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'''MAL:''' Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Nukem:''' What's in it for me?<br />
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'''Blight:''' All the nuclear waste you can feed on, Duke.<br />
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'''Nukem:''' You certainly know how to treat royalty. But Captain Planet's no fool. How are we gonna capture him?<br />
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'''MAL:''' We'll bait the trap with Planeteers!<br />
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'''Blight:''' I told you MAL was a genius! He's even sending a phoney message to lure them into our clutches!<br />
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''Nukem is sending a transmission to Hope Island as Gaia and the Planeteers gather around the Planet Vision screens.''<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Hey Planeteers! Dr. Blight and Duke Nukem here! How do you like our nuclear waste bomb? With this, we can waste the planet! Ciao for now, planet punks!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Gaia, what will happen if they succeed?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Once that nuclear waste poisons our Earth, it can't be cleaned up. It'll be deadly to humans and animals for millions of years.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Where'd Blight and Nukem get that stuff?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Most radioactive waste is produced by nuclear power plants. It is so deadly it must be put in lead containers.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Dr. Blight must have broken into a storage site and stolen it!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' You must stop Blight and Nukem before they cause a catastrophe!<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Are you sure those Planeteers will fall for your scheme, Dr. Blight?<br />
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'''Blight:''' How could they resist? We made them think that container really is full of nuclear waste!<br />
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'''MAL:''' And by the time they figure out it isn't, Captain Planet will be our prisoner!<br />
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'''Blight:''' And then, dear Dukey, you will have all the real nuclear waste you crave.<br />
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'''MAL:''' It's sheer genius to get nuclear waste by pretending you already have it! No one cheats, lies and tricks better than you do, Doctor.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Oh, MAL, you say the sweetest things...<br />
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''Nukem has just spotted the Planeteers flying over:''<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Let me zap 'em!<br />
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'''Blight:''' No. Please allow me to put them on ice with my new freezer beam...<br />
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''The Planeteers have nearly crashed, and Suchi is thrown about the cabin, caught safely by Ma-Ti.''<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I told you to wear your seatbelt, Suchi!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Nice team work, everybody!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Phew, that was a close one!<br />
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'''Blight:''' Don't congratulate yourself yet, Planeteers. You're not safe, you've just prolonged your inevitable doom!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Come on Wheeler, time for team-work! First, you melt that ice with...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Fire!<br />
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'''Gi:''' And now that it is -WATER-, I'll shape it into steps, fast, before it refreezes!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Cool move, Gi.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Earth could be contaminated for millions of years, and you are making jokes!?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Hey there, Planeteers! Looks like you've got an explosive situation on your hands...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You can say that again, Cap! In ten seconds, we're history!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' History? Not in my book! Ah, an easy solution! Don't mean to be flip, but how's this for a quick switch?<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Captain Planet has deactivated the bomb!<br />
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'''Planeteers:''' Go, Planet!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Well Planeteers, it looks like another eco-emergency is down for the count!<br />
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'''Blight:''' That's what you think, Captain Planet! Our deadly game is just beginning.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' What's going on? Where am I?<br />
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'''Blight:''' Welcome to my parlour, said the spider to the fly.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Planeteers, over here! No nuclear waste - nothing!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What dummies we've been! This whole thing was just a set-up to capture Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' And we fell for it...<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Now what are we going to do?<br />
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'''Nukem:''' We have an important message for Gaia and her teenage dupes!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' What have you done with Captain Planet?<br />
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'''Blight:''' He's unsafe and unsound right here in my secret laboratory.<br />
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'''Linka:''' You must release him at once!<br />
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'''Blight:''' All in good time. But first, you must meet our ransom demands.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Which is?<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Bring me a lifetime supply of nuclear waste!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' And what if we refuse?<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Hahahaha! Then you'll never see Captain Planet again!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' There's only one thing you can do, Planeteers: Rescue Captain Planet.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' How are we gonna do that without our powers, Gaia?<br />
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'''Gaia:''' There is a way...<br />
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'''Linka:''' Oh, we will just have to give Duke Nukem the nuclear waste he demanded as ransom!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Then we'll be helping Nukem and Dr. Blight pollute the Earth!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' But if we do not, they will hurt Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Captain Planet has never let us down - and we will not let him down.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' I still say we should attack this place head-on and right now!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Nyet! Better to sneak inside and get Blight and Nukem by surprise.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' But what if we're too late? (He takes out a snow-pick and hammers at Blight's front door.) We can cut through this ice!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Intruders, intruders! Those planet pains are at it again!<br />
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'''Nukem:''' They're trying to break into our hideout!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Is this guy a genius or what?<br />
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'''Blight:''' Mind your manners, MAL. And give those meddlers a cold reception.<br />
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'''MAL:''' I always follow the doctor's orders! One avalanche coming up.<br />
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'''Linka:''' I told you your plan wouldn't work!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' At least I did something besides just talk!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Exactly! You set off the alarm!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Oh, so now it's all my fault? If I'd had some help, it would have been different!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Look, it's Gaia!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Planeteers, what's going on here?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia, I am afraid we have let you down this time.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' No you haven't! But you must remember, blaming each other is a waste of time. The only thing that matters is changing what's wrong. To rescue Captain Planet, you must stop blaming each other and start working together. The power is yours!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Gaia is right! We must stop saying it is someone else's fault.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Sorry, Linka.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Me too.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Let's put our heads together! I know we can come up with a plan to rescue Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Your power flunkies better pay our ransom soon, Captain Planet! You won't survive much more of my radiation!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Forget it, Nukem! The Planeteers will never agree to your evil demands!<br />
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'''MAL:''' Attention, attention, malevolent master! And you too, Duke Radish-head.<br />
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'''Nukem:''' Watch it, computer! Your mouth's too big for your microchips!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' This is the Planeteers, calling Dr. Blight and Duke Nukem!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' You win. Here's the nuclear waste you demanded.<br />
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'''Blight:''' Well, super-sap. It looks like you were wrong about your beloved Planeteers.<br />
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'''Linka:''' We kept our side of the bargain; now you keep yours!<br />
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'''Gi:''' Release Captain Planet at once!<br />
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'''Blight:''' No way. MAL, give those young fools another taste of your powers.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' You double-crossing creeps! You never had any intention of letting me go!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' What have you got up your evil sleeve now, Dr. Blight?<br />
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'''Blight:''' My greatest experiment of all! I'm going to learn the secret of your power and use it to destroy the Earth!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' And how do you plan to do that?<br />
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'''Blight:''' You'll see. I'm afraid you're going to go all to pieces.<br />
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'''Nukem:''' That was a mistake, Planeteers! The last you'll ever make!<br />
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'''Linka:''' Are you all right, Captain Planet?<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' I've absorbed too much of Duke Nukem's radiation...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Don't worry, Cap, we'll get you back on your feet. Let's make like an atom and split!<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' We made it!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Now to re-energise Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Linka:''' He needs to get back in touch with the powers that make him strong.<br />
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'''Gi:''' A good, healthy dose of pure sunshine!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' A touch of earth, air and water.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' And good friends cheering for him!<br />
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'''Blight:''' It's Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Very bright, Blight.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Thanks for getting me out of that hot spot, Planeteers. With friends like you, the Earth has a chance. And, as always, the power is yours!</div>
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Volcano's Wrath
2012-06-24T12:05:38Z
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<div>[[File:Volcano122.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Sly Sludge leaves the island as the volcano erupts.]]Volcano's Wrath is the ninth episode in the first series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Robert Schooley and Mark McCorkle. <br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Sly Sludge]]<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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* [[Volcano's Wrath (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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Sly Sludge has claimed to solve the world's garbage problem. He says he is able to shrink huge piles of garbage down to pea-sized amounts. When the Planeteers investigate, they discover that Sludge is really incinerating the trash in a volcano. <br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' Many of the things we throw away can be used again! That's called recycling.<br />
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'''Linka:''' The bottles in our trash can be turned into windows.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' And old papers into new books...<br />
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'''Gaia:''' The more things we recycle, the fewer of Earth's precious resources we use up, and the more beautiful it stays.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Together, we can make a difference! Recycle - the power is yours! <br />
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== Did You Notice? ==</div>
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Rain of Terror
2012-06-24T12:03:28Z
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<div>[[File:Rainofterror66a.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Planeteers cheer on [[Captain Planet]]]]Rain of Terror is the eighth episode in the [[first series]] of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. It was written by Perry Martin.<br />
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== Eco-villains ==<br />
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* [[Verminous Skumm]]<br />
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* [[Rain of Terror (Gallery)]]<br />
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== Plot Synopsis ==<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to stop [[Verminous Skumm]] using an abandoned factory to create an acid-rain storm. However, [[Ma-Ti]] is battling new self-esteem issues and he remains behind in the [[geo-cruiser]], leaving the other Planeteers to tackle the problem without him. When they run into trouble, only Ma-Ti can save the day...<br />
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== Episode Summary ==<br />
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The episode begins with shots of a drab city. Everything appears delapidated and in need of repair. Rats run through the streets.<br />
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Suddenly, a surveillance camera on a periscope-like pole emerges from the ground. Verminous Skumm is overheard talking to one of his many minions, pleased that the nearby factory is deserted. He makes a comment about it being shut down by environmentalists because it polluted too much. He demands that they then surface, and one of his henchmen obeys, driving the large drilling machine upwards. Skumm tells his friends it's time to start the factory up again and continue the pollution it used to produce.<br />
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The factory is soon up and running. Skumm is burning coal, ensuring huge clouds of thick smoke are being sent into the air. He then demands that a special rain-making chemical he has developed be added to the mix. He then says that the coal smoke will turn the resulting rain to acid.<br />
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On Hope Island, the Planeteers are running an obstacle course. Everyone appears to be enjoying themselves except Ma-Ti, who grows increasingly frustrated due to his small size hindering his ability to finish.<br />
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As Wheeler admires Linka's skills on the uneven bars, Kwame and Gi are having a friendly race. Both are cheating - Gi uses her ring to create a mud-puddle, causing Kwame to fall behind. He then creates an earthquake which knocks her from the top of the climbing wall - he catches her before she hits the ground. She quickly challenges him again, and they race over the wall, laughing and ribbing one another good-naturedly. Linka, and then Wheeler, both achieve the climbing wall. Ma-Ti is the only one left. He manages to jump the mud-trap, but almost over-balances. The other Planeteers stand by and cheer him on and encourage him. However, Ma-Ti falls from the top of the wall and, unlike Gi, is not lucky enough to be caught by Kwame. He lands in the mud-trap, causing the other Planeteers to laugh. He fails to see the joke, however, instead feeling embarrassed and upset.<br />
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Gaia arrives, and the Planeteers realise they must have a new mission. However, when Linka offers to help Ma-Tiup, he refuses, mournfully stating that he is always needing help because he is so small. He runs away towards the beach, leaving the others to go to The Crystal Chamber without him.<br />
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Ma-Ti comes in as Gaia is showing images of Verminous Skumm to the other Planeteers on the Crystal Vision. She says he was born and raised in toxic waste, and thrives in filth and slime. She informs the Planeteers that Skumm is nesting in an abandoned factory, burning coal. When Wheeler asks what's so bad about burning coal, Gaia tells him that the clouds can create acid rain. She tells the Planeteers that Skumm is designing a certain cloud, and that it could destroy an entire city if he isn't stopped.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to find Skumm. Linka is flying the geo-cruiser, stating they will be arriving in two minutes. Meanwhile, Ma-Ti is sitting silently, still thinking about how helpless he feels. He believes that everyone always has to help him, and that the Planeteers would be better off without him.<br />
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As Linka lands the geo-cruiser, the Planeteers started do disembark, excited about a new mission. When Wheeler says to Ma-Ti it's time to go, Ma-Ti says he won't be going with them. Dismayed, the other Planeteers ask why not, and he tells them it is because he feels he will only get in there way. He says he does not have what it takes to be a Planeteer, before he removes his Planteer ring. Wheeler tries to encourage him to come with them, but Ma-Ti is adamant, and asks the others to leave him alone.<br />
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Outside the geo-cruiser, the four older Planeteers wonder how they can make Ma-Ti feel better. Kwame wants to try and convince him they cannot do the job without him, but Wheeler points out that there isn't time. The giant acid cloud above them looks as though it could start pouring rain at any moment. Linka says she has an idea, and begins to explain it to the others as the camera pans away and returns to Skumm's factory.<br />
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Inside, Skumm is laughing, as his plan is almost complete. Chemicals and smoke are continuing to drift up into the sky, and he knows it will start raining acid at any moment.<br />
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Suddenly, the building begins to shake. Skumm and his men are startled and confused.<br />
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Outside, Kwame is standing with Gi and Wheeler, using his ring to tremble the ground and shake the building. Skumm emerges from the building, quietly furious that people have come to stop him. He orders his henchmen to spray the Planeteers with toxic waste. They scatter hastily, and only just in time. The waste is strong enough to melt concrete.<br />
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When Wheeler tries to retaliate by using his ring, it only creates more toxic smoke, adding to the already-polluted skies above. Kwame quietly urges Wheeler to remember the plan, and he, Wheeler and Gi all run around the side of the building. When Skumm and his rats chase them, Linka sneaks inside the factory.<br />
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Meanwhile, Ma-Ti waits alone in the geo-cruiser. He still has not put his ring back on, but he uses the Planet Vision screens in the geo-cruiser to check his friends' progress. He is worried when he sees Gi, Kwame and Wheeler being chased.<br />
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Realising they are trapped, the Planeteers decide to start fighting back. Gi uses her ring to release a torrent of water from a water-tower, knocking many of the villains away. Wheeler scatters more of them by setting some crates alight, and Kwame knocks the rest down by creating an earthquake.<br />
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Wheeler congratulates his friends, stating they got rid of them all - but turning around, the three of them are confronted by yet more of Skumm's rats. They are forced to surrender.<br />
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Just as Linka is about to shut down the factory, Skumm's drilling machine crashes through the wall. He demands that she give herself up.<br />
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Ma-Ti watches from the geo-cruiser, knowing that he has to help his friends, but worried that he is unable to.<br />
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Skumm locks the other four Planeteers up in a building that is still full of drums of toxic chemicals. Many of them are leaking fumes, and in the enclosed space, the Planeteers know they won't survive for long. Wheeler suggests burning their way out with his ring, but Linka stops him, telling him that the chemicals could ignite.<br />
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Kwame suggests using his ring to crack the foundations of the building so they can escape, but Gi points out the chemicals could spill and then seep into the ground.<br />
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Worried about contaminating the surrounding area with the chemicals they are trapped with, the Planeteers realise they cannot use their rings to escape. They realise they need to contact Ma-Ti and get him to help them.<br />
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Ma-Ti is concerned that he cannot see his friends anymore. He is suddenly drawn to his ring, which is glowing and humming nearby. Putting his ring on, he immediately senses their fear and panic. Deciding he doesn't care how dangerous it is, Ma-Ti runs to help them.<br />
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He sneaks between the buildings of Skumm's factory, avoiding the guards by hiding inside of empty barrels as they march past him. He realises that he has discovered an advantage to being small.<br />
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Ma-Ti locates the Planeteers, but is unable to get through the door of the building, as it is locked. Using his ring to communicate with them, he asks if there is another way in. Wheeler spots a window in the roof, and they urge Ma-Ti to get to the top and break it open. They are sounding increasingly desperate, as it is growing difficult for them to breathe.<br />
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Ma-Ti runs to the side of the building and discovers the brick-work has made a ladder-like appearance. He is able to climb up, though he doubts he can make it to the top. Halfway up, he slips and nearly falls. He despairs, believing he can go no further.<br />
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Suddenly, Gaia appears as an image above him. She encourages him, telling him that the only thing that can stop him is his fear. She knows he can do it - he just needs to look into his heart and believe it.<br />
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Ma-Ti feel strengthed after Gaia disappears, and realises his friends are still depending on him to rescue them.<br />
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Inside, the Planeteers are choking violently, apparently about to lapse into unconsciousness. Suddenly, Ma-Ti breaks the window above them, lowering a fire hose through so his friends can escape.<br />
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Skumm finishes burning his supply of coal. Up on the roof, the Planeteers are thanking Ma-Ti for saving them, stating that he was very brave to get to them. Overhead, thunder and lightning are frequent. Ma-Ti points out that it will rain at any moment. They realise the cloud is blowing towards an enormous city.<br />
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The Planeteers hurry to summon Captain Planet.<br />
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Skumm and his henchmen escape in their drilling machine as the acid rain starts. They watch on in delight as forests and grassland melt away.<br />
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Captain Planet hurries to blow the cloud away from the city by creating a controlled tornado. The Planeteers cheer him on. Away from the city, Captain Planet dives underground and emerges with a large mineral deposit to neutralise the acid in the cloud. He smashes it into powder and it neutralises the effects of Skumm's acid plan.<br />
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Captain Planet then flies after Skumm, who is still in his drilling machine. Skumm attempts to hit Captain Planet with cannon-shots of toxic waste, but Cap dodges them all and destroys Skumm's cannon. Skumm escapes, but the acid rain cloud has been destroyed.<br />
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Captain Planet congratulates Ma-Ti, saying that without his bravery, they all would have failed. Captain Planet returns the Planeteers' powers. Linka tells Ma-Ti it is nice to have him back on the team again.<br />
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Back on Hope Island, Ma-Ti completes the obstacle course, cheered on by his friends. <br />
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== Planeteer Alerts ==<br />
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[[File:Alert.jpg|200px|thumb|right]]'''Captain Planet:''' What's the problem, Planeteers?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' It's acid rain, Cap! Those factories burning coal and polluting the air are a real menace.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' When the air pollution mixes with the clouds and then rains, it can destroy forests.<br />
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'''Gi:''' As well as leak into drinking water and kill fish and other wildlife.<br />
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'''Linka:''' Write a letter to your congress-person to support our environmental laws.<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' The power is yours!<br />
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== Did You Notice? ==<br />
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* First appearance of Verminous Skumm.<br />
* The Planeteers all appear to have specific work-out and exercise clothes.<br />
* Gaia says that Skumm was born and raised in toxic waste.<br />
* Ma-Ti visibly sweats as he stresses about his friends being captured.<br />
* Wheeler uses his ring and ignites Skumm's toxic waste. He does not learn from this mistake, however - later on in the episode, he suggests using his ring to escape the enclosure where he and the other Planeteers are prisoners. Linka stops him.<br />
* Even when Ma-Ti is not wearing his ring, it glows when the other Planeteers try to contact him, attracting his attention.<br />
* When Ma-Ti puts his ring on, he notes that he can sense fear and panic from the other Planeteers.<br />
* Despite being surrounded by dangerous toxic chemicals, the Planeteers never have any trouble with their powers in this episode.<br />
* Gaia appears on the scene to encourage Ma-Ti, indicating she watches over the Planeteers on their missions from her station on Hope Island.<br />
* Ma-Ti uses a fire hose lowered through the broken window to help his friends out. Wheeler is the first to climb up.<br />
* The effects of Skumm's acid rain can be seen immediately.<br />
* Captain Planet avoids the acid rain by flying above the clouds.<br />
* Captain Planet destroys the cloud, but he doesn't attempt to capture or arrest Skumm.<br />
* Ma-Ti finishes the obstacle course on Hope Island at the end of the episode.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Come, my soliders of slime! We're going to see to it this factory resumes its dirty work, or my name ain't Verminous Skumm.<br />
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''The Planeteers are training on the obstacle course on Hope Island:''<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Come on, dudes! Last one to finish has to jump in an oil spill.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Need any help, ruski-tuski?<br />
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'''Linka:''' Hmph! That will be the day, Yankee.<br />
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''Ma-Ti has just fallen into a puddle of mud.''<br />
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'''Gi:''' Hey, Ma-Ti! With a cherry and some whipped cream, you'd look just like a hot-fudge sundae!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Verminous Skumm...<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' He's an exterminator's nightmare!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Come on, little buddy! Time to rock'n'roll.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I am not coming with you.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' What?<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I will just get in your way. I do not have what it takes to be a Planeteer.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Come on, Ma-Ti. You don't really mean that. Pick up your ring and -<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' No, Wheeler! Just go away! Just go away.<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Okay, little buddy. If that's how you feel...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' How dare you interrupt my work?<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' We're the Planeteers, you festering furball! It's our job to stop your evil work.<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Indeed? We'll see about that.<br />
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''Wheeler, Gi and Kwame are being chased by Skumm's rats.''<br />
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'''Gi:''' We just have to keep them busy, so Linka can shut down their coal-burning operation!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' That ruski-babe gets all the easy jobs!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' We are trapped!<br />
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'''Wheeler:''' Then it's time to stop running.<br />
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'''Gi:''' I agree. It's time to show these renegade rats what Planeteers can do!<br />
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''Skumm has caught Linka trying to shut his factory down and is watching her through his security cameras.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Hold it there, my pretty little Planeteer. You look out of sight in my sights...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Soon my acid rain cloud will begin its rain of terror! What a pity you won't be around to see it, Planeteers.<br />
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'''Kwame:''' You have not won yet! Let us go now, or you will regret it later! I am warning you...<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Save your breath! Impudent human.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' Heart. I can sense fear and panic... my friends are in terrible danger! I don't care how dangerous it is! I must help them.<br />
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'''Gi:''' Look!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' It is Ma-Ti!<br />
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'''Linka:''' He may be little, but he is big in courage!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' I saw you in trouble.<br />
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'''Ma-Ti:''' I am scared, Gaia. I cannot make it!<br />
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'''Gaia:''' Yes you can, Ma-Ti. The only thing holding you back is your fear. Look into your heart, and you will find all the strength you need. With courage, you can accomplish anything. The power is yours!<br />
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''Skumm is watching the results of his acid rain on the security monitors.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Now that's entertainment!<br />
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''Captain Planet is blowing Skumm's cloud away.''<br />
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'''Skumm:''' Who is that guy, and what's he doing with my cloud? Hey you! Get off of my cloud!<br />
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'''Kwame:''' Thanks, Captain Planet!<br />
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'''Captain Planet:''' Don't thank me - the real hero's Ma-Ti. With brave Planeteers like you, the Earth will always be safe from harm. Remember, the power is yours.<br />
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'''Gaia:''' The feeling that one person can't make a difference is the greatest obstacle of all. Congratulations, Ma-Ti. You overcame your fears. You're a true Planeteer.</div>
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