![]() With nothing to go on except that there were superpowers involved that combined to make an even more powerful character, Harnage and his colleagues came up with a scenario wherein Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, reached out to teenagers from specific global regions - Africa, Asia, South America, Eastern Europe, and the United States - and tasked them with saving the planet from pollution. Harnage says that Turner originally tasked DIC and Hanna-Barbera with creating a concept for the show. Harnage tells SYFY WIRE that the entire production team “had real visions of changing the world by doing something with real social ramifications." Though he feels that the show fell short of its goal, he takes comfort in the fact that it “got kids to step up further and start recycling." Phil Harnage was the senior staff writer of DIC Entertainment when Ted Turner, the billionaire TV producer and founder of TBS and CNN, approached the company with his idea. Today it is perhaps best remembered for its catchy theme song, whose lyrics many millennials still know by heart. Though Captain Planet was never as popular as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it performed well enough to run for six seasons from 1990 to 1996 - with the series run from 1993 to 1996 being retitled The New Adventures of Captain Planet and airing on Turner Program Services - and have a spin-off video game, action figure line, Marvel comics limited series, and promotional crossover with Burger King. 15, 1990, and followed the story of five teenagers with magical rings (the Planeteers) fighting to save the world from pollution with the help of a "superhero" (Captain Planet) who formed when the Planeteers' power came together. The animated superhero series was first broadcast by TBS on Sept. She gives five magic rings to five special young people.įrom Africa, Kwame with the power of earth.įrom the North America, Wheeler with the power of fire.įrom the Soviet Union, Linka with the power of wind.Īnd from South America, Ma-Ti with the power of heart.Captain Planet and the Planeteers is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, and even though the show looks like a gentle relic now, back then it was hailed for its commitment to educating children about the role that they could play in preserving and protecting the world. Gaia, the spirit of the Earth.Ĭan no longer stand the terrible destruction plaguing our planet. ![]() The Planeteers team up and the series' logo appear.Ĭaptain Planet Intro and Outro HQ Lyrics Captain Planet is flying through locations, removing fire from the woods. The Planeteers have rings to earn superpowers to introduce Captain Planet from the grounds. Ma-Ti oversees terrorist attacks alongside monkeys and the bus, using his ring to earn a superpower to earn. The whale is kidnapped while the morbidly obese man got annoyed, splashed, became crazy, and the dolphin jumped. Transition to waves, Gi is surfing in the ocean, using her ring to earn a superpower to make water a cyclone. The papers are flying and messing up out of the machine while Linka is using her ring to earn a superpower to twist and turn two people. A human-like, pumpkin is driving a truck and Wheeler is on a rocket, using his ring to earn a superpower to melt the ground and the truck is broken. ![]() The jeep goes up into the African grounds. Kwame is using his ring to earn a superpower to pass on the jeep alongside elephants rush. The ring morphs a globe while the Planeteers rush and have one big problem. The eye zooms on Gaia, has magic in hands. The intro begins with a traffic of cars, a view of city is zooming into Earth. In addition to credits, it is performed by an uncredited female singer It is written by Nicholas Boxer, but composed by Tom Worrall, Murrray McFadden, and Timothy Mulhollan. The main theme music of the short-lived animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers plays before every episode.
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