Captain Planet and the Planeteers was one of the many highlights of my childhood. If you're unfamiliar with the show, it centers around these five kids from every area of the world that recieved these magic rings from the Earth spirit, Gaia, who was woken by Hoggish Greedly who was drilling over her sleeping chamber. Anyway, it was up to these kids to defend the planet from mass destruction and teach others how to take care of the planet that they called home. Whenever they couldn't handle a certain tast they would call upon Captain Planet who had all the powers the kids had but his were way more powerful. The girl on the far right, Linka, had the power of wind and was from the Soviet Union. To her left is Wheeler who's from New York and was able to control fire. In the middle of the picture is Gwame, who came from Africa, had the power of Earth, to this day I'm not quite sure what that is exactly but he was essentially the leader of the group. Coming from China is Gi. She was in charge of anything that had to do with water. And finally there's Ma-ti. He had the power of heart. Growing up I thought he seriously got the short end of the stick because I didn't know really what it was but it didn't seem important because it wasn't an element. I now know that "heart" is really the ability to instill caring and compassion into that episode's enemy. Unfortunately, the show ended after five years and kids now don't really have the oppertunity to enjoy what showed me the importance of keeping our planet clean.
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