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Synopsis
Eco-villains beware: Captain Planet is here to save the day! With the guidance of Gaia, five Planeteers - representing Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Heart - come together to defend our planet from environmental destruction. With their powers combined, the team becomes the solution to pollution!
Cast & Crew
Joey Dedio
Wheeler (voice)
LeVar Burton
Kwame (voice)
Kath Soucie
Linka (voice)
Scott Menville
Ma-Ti (voice)
Janice Kawaye
Gi (voice)
David Coburn
Captain Planet (voice)
Andy Heyward
Producer
Trivia about Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Gi was inspired by Malaysian environmental activist Chee Yoke Ling of Sahabat Alam Malaysia, while Ma-Ti was inspired by Paulinho Paiakan.
She also stated that Wheeler was based on her father, and made him to be environmentally unaware based on the view she had of the attitudes displayed by the United States at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
Kwame was inspired by the survivors of the Rhodesian Bush War.
In a September 2012 interview with Barbara Pyle and co-developer Nicholas Boxer, it was stated that Hope Island was located near the Bahamas.
The Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) was founded in 1991, when series producer Barbara Pyle negotiated a percentage of the show's merchandising revenue to empower young people.
According to Barbara Pyle, the inspiration for the five Planeteers came from real people that she met during the show's pre-production in 1989.
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