PowerC said:
AC10 said:
My favorite part about captain planet was the ridiculous things they routinely had to counter. I remember one episode the villians built a pollution machine. It literally just sits there and creates pollution. Why in the hell would anyone waste millions of dollars on something like that?
I don't know why Captain Planet never realized the source of the earths problems and turned on us in a murderous rampage where the only element of "heart" he would use is the one he ripped from your chest.
Actually, he's the most dangerous one.
From the Tv trope Article:
Captain Planet's Ma-Ti himself manages to elbow Hitler pretty damn hard that one time. Pre-pubescent boy vs. genocidal dictator. Power of heart vs. caricature featuring no heart whatsoever. It's probable the writers just stumbled onto this but...dude, Ma-Ti knocked Hitler to the ground. Give the kid his one-second victory. ◦
Heart IS an awesome power, besides. In one the It's A Wonderful Plot episode where Wheeler never got the ring, Ma-ti managed to get a snooty businessman to give him money. He can sense the location of seemingly any conscious life form, and if the comics are to be believed, he can read minds, knock people out, influence their decisions and command an endless horde of rabid wildlife to do his bidding. Screw fire! Heart is hardcore!
¡ Influence their decisions, indeed. One episode even shows a Bad Future where Ma-Ti stops playing around and becomes an unopposed dictator. Used effectively, Heart really is the strongest power, and Gaia wasn't just lying when she told him that in the first episode. However, Ma-Ti is so kind-hearted that he doesn't dare to use it to its full extent."
Did you read the last paragraph? He can freaking take over the world.
