Instead, the Captain Planet characters usually represented corporate business or industry with profit driven motives who took pleasure in trashing the environment. But it was also ahead of its time in a number of other very interesting ways.įor example, the villains were bad in different ways to other evil characters like Megatron, Skeletor or Dr Claw. It sought to promote a responsible approach to our environment a few decades before the idea became mainstream. Even back then I realised it had a different heartbeat than the others. This year is the 30th anniversary of that show I remember watching as a kid all those years ago. That show was Captain Planet and the Planeteers. But there was one in particular that burst onto that crowded cartoon scene with a very, very different spirit. These shows were colourful, had catchy theme songs and fantastical plot lines. Three decades since it first emerged on our screens, Captain Planet and the Planeteers will always be remembered as the show that introduced an entire generation to corporate greed and environmental protection.Ĭhildren of the late 1980s and early 1990s had a number of iconic cartoons to choose from: Transformers, He-Man, Gummi Bears, My Little Pony, Dangermouse, Inspector Gadget, Care Bears – the after school hours provided hours of engaging entertainment in an era before the internet and personal devices annexed our attention.
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