The Logic of Captain Planet

There aren’t that many iconic cartoons from the early 90s. For most, the 80s were the heyday of kids cartoons and by the time Ted Turner had created Captain Planet, most of those series had long since gone the way of the dodo.

However, there is little doubt that Captain Planet was an icon unto himself. In addition to teaching kids about how classy one could look with a green mullet, it had a higher purpose, to teach the youth of the world about the environment and where to put their recyclables.

Today, it is hard to think of a series more routinely lampooned than Captain Planet and the reasons go far beyond the camp and cheese that came with it. No, despite our fond memories of the Captain, this series was pretty inane, even for a 30-minute PSA on the environment. Read more