Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series)

Two Futures: Part 2 (1991)

LeVar Burton: Kwame, Opening Narrator

Quotes 

• Kwame : [both gasp as a shell races toward them, he tackles Wheeler]  *Down*, you fool!

  Wheeler : [in shock, after a hut is destroyed]  Someone's shellin' at us!

  Kwame : [dryly]  Ah - you noticed. But they will not be for long. Earth.

  [his ring causes the mound of dirt near the shooters to shake in an earthquake, they flee and it crumples] 

  Wheeler : Hey - you sure got rid of *them*!

  Kwame : They will return. They always do.

  Wheeler : What do they want?

  Kwame : This land. The only oasis left in the region - look around you, boy!

  Wheeler : [examines his surroundings to find a few dead trees and no grass]  Oh, no! All the land here used to be green, and beautiful! Now it's a desert!

  Kwame : Global warming changed the weather. The rainfall moved away from us.

  Wheeler : But we planted trees out there to hold back the water and stop erosion!

  Kwame : No one *ever* planted trees out *there*.

  Wheeler : What're you talking about? The Planeteers helped you!

  Kwame : [touching a tree]  The Planeteers? Ha! We had fine ideas, but - others did not do their part and eventually we went our separate ways. I planted a few trees in *our* village, but I am only one man. If others had helped me... maybe we could have saved much more.

  [both leap behind the tree as two more shells are fired toward them and hit it] 

  Wheeler : [grabbing his shoulder]  Kwame - let me help now! We can revive the Planeteers! We can do something to save the planet!

  Kwame : [grabs his collar]  Stop talking nonsense, boy! "Save the planet"! I am in a war to save this one oasis! If you want to help - then FIGHT!

• Kwame : Hey, Hero, did you have to take on those villains by yourself?

• Captain Planet : [during the first Planeteer alert]  The future of Earth rests in all our hands.

  Gi : Please don't waste water.

  Kwame : Please do not waste energy.

  Wheeler : Please don't waste your minds and bodies.

  Gaia : Please don't waste our future.

  Captain Planet : The power is yours!

• Captain Planet : [at the second Planeteer Alert, where we see people trying to put trash in an overflowing can]  We all wonder what effect each of us has on the future. Every person can set an example for bad...

  Kwame : ...Or for good.

  Linka : Together, with each of us setting good examples...

  Ma-Ti : ...We can save the planet.

  Wheeler : And protect the future.

  Captain Planet : The power is yours!