Captain Planet and the Planeteers

Captain Planet ( Original: Captain Planet and the Planeteers first, from 1993, eventually The New Adventures of Captain Planet) is an invented by Ted Turner animated series, is designed to make young people aware of the pollution and accordingly to behave environmentally friendly. The series ran from 10 September 1990 to 1993 and ended with the sale of rights to broadcast the series on other television stations. 1993-1996 the series from Hanna -Barbera under the title The New Adventures of Captain Planet was continued. A toy series of action figures and vehicles were sold in the years 1991-1994 by Tiger Electronics.

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Gaia, the Mother Earth, has been awakened by the wanton destruction of the people on the planet Earth from its long sleep. The realization that the earth is always delivered more damage and destruction that led them to create five magic rings, each individual is able, one of the natural elements: earth to control fire, wind and water as well as the element love.

Gaia sends the rings to five chosen young people who come from different parts of the globe: Kwame from Africa, Wheeler from North America, Linka from Russia, Gi from Asia and Ma -Ti from South America. These five helpers of the earth make up the " Planeteers ". Your task is to protect the earth from disasters and to do their best to avoid them. Gaia uses her vision to make areas that are threatened by destruction identify and then to send the planet team there to solve the problems. The Planet team uses a powered with solar energy transportation, so that it itself does not cause pollution.

In some hopeless situations that can not master even the Planeteers, unite and enlarge them all their powers to summon Captain Planet. This has all the powers of the planet teams not only united, but also doubled, to symbolize that the combined forces are stronger than the force of each on its own. Captain Planet has silvery- blue skin and grass green hair. He wears red gloves, boots, a swimsuit and epaulettes with a yellow image of the earth on the chest. The colors of his clothes also represent the colors of the rings. ( Green → earth → Fire Red, Silver → Wind, Blue and Yellow → water → Love). Like many other superheroes, he has superhuman strength and the ability to fly.

Despite its vulnerability, pollution, Captain Planet is a formidable and valiant hero. If Captain Planet has done his job, he returns to Earth to re- charge its powers. Before he does that, he always says his famous saying: " You have the power! "

Characters

The planetary team is led by Gaia, a modern representation of the ancient Greek goddess of fertility and of the planet Earth, summoned to protect the world from pollution, criminals and natural disasters. The five teenagers who all come from different regions of the world, embody different ethnic groups. The given them magic rings allow them time to time, the four classical elements (earth, fire, wind and water) and a fifth element called "love " (which includes love, communication and telepathy ) to control.

Kwame: Origin Africa. He possesses the power of the earth and is the first in the order to summon Captain Planet ring means. He is 16 years old, has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He has a soft spot for plants and trees. Kwame grew up in his home village in Africa in a tribe. He is with the country and around one and does everything it can to protect and maintain it. Secretly, he is regarded as the leader of the planet team and embodies the voice of reason and keeps the team in difficult situations under control.

Wheeler: Origin North America ( Brooklyn, New York). He has the power of fire and is the second in order to summon Captain Planet ring means. He is 17 years old, has red hair and light blue eyes. Wheeler is the oldest of the Force, but does not necessarily have much knowledge about the protection and conservation of the earth and the environment on. He is the nice, easy-going joker the team and although he has his heart in the right place, he often in many a dangerous situation. He and Lenka develop at the beginning of the series to each other a special relationship. Your mutual know-it rebukes are the cover of their actual affection for each other. His compassion and fighting spirit makes Wheeler became the backbone of the team.

Lenka: origin Russia in the German version; Soviet Union and Eastern Europe later in the original English version. Lenka is spelled and pronounced in the original English version Linka. It has the power of the wind and is the third in the order to summon Captain Planet ring means. She is 16 years old, has blonde hair and blue eyes. In later episodes of the series her eye color was changed to green. She has a fondness for birds and studied ornithology. She is a master in strategy and logic and computer expert. Lenka is very factually oriented and her good sense contributes in many critical moments in problem solving. Sometimes it tends to return Wheelers overtures or even seems to find pleasure in them. You can hardly recognize this and hence we are often unimpressed and annoyed by him.

Gi: Origin Asia. In the German version of East Asia. It has the power of the water and is the fourth in the order to summon Captain Planet ring means. She is 16 years old, has black - blue hair and light brown eyes. Gi is a self-proclaimed marine biologist. Her love for animals, but especially to marine animals, contributes to the common consciousness of the planet teams to protect a wide variety of animal species and species. Barbara Pyle described their nationality as Malaysian or Japanese.

Ma - Ti: Origin South America ( Amazon Rain Forest). He possesses the power of love ( in the English original heart / heart) and is the fifth and last in the order to summon Captain Planet ring means. Ma -Ti was raised by a Kayapo shaman and uses the power of love to teach other beings caring, compassion and understanding and communicating. With that power, he can also telepathically contact and communicate with them also with animals. At twelve, he is the youngest and physically the smallest of Force. He has long black hair and dark brown eyes. With his childlike innocence and sympathy he 's got the whole group together. Ma -Ti also has a small monkey named Suchi as a pet, who often sits on the shoulder at him and accompanied the Planeteers on his travels.

To call Captain Planet, it requires a precise sequence of actions. Each of the five members of the planet teams successively calls using his ring, according to the name of his element on, spreading her hand with the ring in the air and sets the magical power rays of the rings free, merge, thereby creating Captain Planet.

Rogues

A small group of rogue, also called the " environmental villains ", comes in episodes several times before. Most of the villains work alone or have a mate with whom they are trying in their own interests to harm the earth. Sometimes it also happens that a merger between two or three rogue or start a " mafia", only to pollute the planet together. The best known are:

• " Loot King" ♂ (English original looting Plunder ), a wealthy poacher and greedy businessman
• " Count Atomic," ♂ (English original Duke Nukem ), a radioactive mutant who embodies the danger of nuclear energy
• "Doctor Plage " ♀ (English original Dr. Blight ), a mad scientist who represents the risk of uncontrolled technology and unethical scientific experiments
• "Big mud " ♂ (English original Sly Sludge ), a ruthless scavengers
• " Ratzfatz " ♂ (English original Verminous Skumm ) part human, part rat, embodies a lack of hygiene and urbanization
• " Greed " ♂ (English original hoggish Greedly ), a pig -like human, the uncontrolled industrialization and greed personified
• " Zarm " ♂ (English original Zarm ), the former spirit of the Earth, Gaia left because of his megalomania after the conquest of foreign countries and eventually planets of other peoples destroyed

Synchronization

The German version of Captain Planet was synchronized by the Hamburger Synchron GmbH.