Captain Planet was the brain child of media mogul Ted Turner. Gaia, the Spirit of the Earth, awakens to find the world in danger from pollution and other toxic evils. So, she assembles a group of geographically and racially diverse youth -- Wheeler (North America), Kwame (Africa), Linka (Eastern Europe), Ma-Ti (South America) and Gi (Asia). And, by their powers combined, they form a super being known as Captain Planet.