Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series)
Two Futures: Part 2 (1991)
Joey Dedio: Wheeler
Quotes
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Wheeler : [running over to her] Gi! Gi! You're older.
Gi : I am told I look pretty good for over fifty. Now who are *you*, young man? And how did you get on my island?
Wheeler : "Young man"? But it's me, Wheeler. Boy, I've missed you!
Gi : I don't recognize you...
Wheeler : [thinking] Of *course* she doesn't. I changed history so - we never met!
[aloud]
Wheeler : I guess you remind me of someone I once knew. Someone who cared a great deal about the planet.
Gi : Long ago, I was given this ring. I use it to help whenever I can - like saving *this* creature. One of the last dolphins or Earth.
[kneels and starts untying the netted dolphin on the beach]
Wheeler : "Last dolphins"? But there must be millions of them!
Gi : Right. Maybe thirty years ago. Now they are one of the few species that are not yet extinct. Water!
[her ring causes a wave to come ashore and the dolphin swims out]
Wheeler : Extinct? How?
Gi : Overfishing, pollution. You name it.
Wheeler : Then why are you living here like a hermit? You could be out using your power to change the world!
Gi : [as thunder sounds and rain begins to fall] Oh, sure, change the world! When I was young I tried joining a group called the Planeteers, but not enough people came.
Wheeler : [knowing that he was the only one needed who did not arrive] "Not enough people"?
Gi : Thas's why I don't miss people. Now you had better find shelter. The eye of the storm is passing.
Wheeler : Gi, wait! It's not too late! You and I can *still* be Planeteers!
Gi : Wake up and smell the carbon dioxide. It's too late for this world. It's all I can do to save a few dolphins.
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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!
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Wheeler : I'm not *crazy*. I *know* you! You love *birds*!.You can play their songs, right?
Linka : I used to love that... But - that was decades ago, before pesticides wiped out all of the birds... How could you possibly know that?
Wheeler : I KNOW you! As a Planeteer!
Linka : *Liar*! Oh, there was *supposed* to be an American boy like you, but he lacked the courage to join us.
Wheeler : [sinks into the van-seat next to hers] Okay... maybe I - he was wrong... but you're wasting your powers here!
Linka : "Wasting*? If I did not stop that riot, then there would be no food for the other towns. Be practical.
Wheeler : "PRACTICAL"? You're worried about a few towns! We need to save the entire Earth!
Linka : Ha. "Save the Earth"? You poor lunatic.
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Wheeler : [transported to a polluted city full of starving people] This can't be the *rainforest*. There's been some kind of mistake.
Ma-Ti : [sitting facing away from behind, sighs] You are right. Both times.
[Wheeler turns as he stands to face him with an empty bowl]
Ma-Ti : This place cannot be a rainforest anymore. And this *city* is a mistake. Please, young sir, some spare change?
Wheeler : [horrified at how ragged and thin he is] Ma-Ti...!
Ma-Ti : Forgive me, but if I ever knew you, I have forgotten. I find life is easier if I can forget the past.
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Wheeler : [after he uses his ring to bring out enough Heart in an indifferent man to give charity] Ma-Ti, you could do *so* much more with your power! You could move people to care about the whole planet!
Ma-Ti : [sighs] You have much Heart, young one. Why couldn't I have known you when I was a young Planeteer?
Wheeler : Well... I, uh...
Ma-Ti : But you cannot rebuild a *rainforest*. It is gone forever.
[points at him in amazement]
Ma-Ti : And you think that you can save an entire world?
[buries his face in his hands and begins to sob]
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Wheeler : [Wheeler blocks himself from an hour before as he moves to prevent their past self from taking the Fire ring] Hey - what're you doing? Who *are* you?
Wheeler : I'm you. But about an hour smarter.
Wheeler : [his past self] Look - he's got the ring! I've *gotta* stop him! I'm *tired* of being a Planeteer! I have to save *myself*! The *others* can save the Earth!
Wheeler : That's what I thought. But I was wrong! *Everything* is connected. So we need *everybody* to keep this planet going, *including* us. I mean me... uh, you know what I mean.
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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!
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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!