But thinking back on those many hours 30 years later, one show’s staying power rises above the rest: Captain Planet.įor those unfamiliar with the series, Captain Planet was an unlikely hit. and didn’t require cable, I probably watched it. You name it - if it came on after 3:15 p.m. Like many older millennials, I spent quite a few of my after-school hours in the 1990s parked in front of the TV. Facebook – .This story is part of Grist’s Summer Dreams arts and culture series, a weeklong exploration of how popular fiction can influence our environmental reality.
Facebook – Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! GOOOOOO PLANET!!…. Yahoo Answers – Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart! By your powers combined, I am…? Streetlight Manifesto Unofficial Forum – Summon Captain Planet With Me! GameFAQs – I shall summon Captain Planet GameSpot Forum – I Shall Now Summon Captain Planet BodyBuilding Forum – Lets summon Captain Planet! LHR Gaming Forum – Can LHR summon Captain Planet? TehPwnShop – Can you properly summon Captain Planet? A forum game. SEGA Forum – Can you properly summon captain planet? Universal Wrestling League Interactive – LOL LUE Lolz – Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart Urban Dictionary – Earth Fire Wind Water Heart Wikipedia – Captain Planet and the Planeteers Two Facebook pages to the popular catchphrase were created in January and May 2010, both named after the memorable chant from Captain Planet and The Planeteers. The Urban Dictionary definition of "EARTH FIRE WIND WATER HEART" was submitted by user Captain Planet on January 28th, 2005.
Įspecially on 4chan, where chain posting is considered a popular pastime, the summoning of Captain Planet proved to be increasingly difficult as others attempted to disrupt the chain by posting C-C-C-Combo Breaker amidst the buildup: Since its emergence through GameFAQs LUE board in the mid-2000s, the commenting meme has spread across many other gaming-related communities, including SEGA Forum, LHR Gaming Forum and GameSpot Forum, internet humor hubsites like 4chan, Something Awful and FARK, as well as on the BodyBuilding Forum misc board.
HalfLifeCrowBar (8:47:54 PM): EARTH FIRE WIND WATER HEART! Theyoungdragon57 (8:47:39 PM): Fire, water, wind ground… theyoungdragon57 (8:47:33 PM): what are the elements of the game? When chanted out loud in the proper order and followed by the group's cheer "GO PLANET!", Captain Planet would appear from flashes of lightnings and sounds of thunders.Īlthough its history of online usage remains somewhat murky, numerous online reference sites have attributed the gaming forum GameFAQs' LUE (Life, Universe and Everything) board as the site of origin, with its earliest archived instance found in an IRC chat log submitted to Lue Games forum on March 18th, 2005. In the series, each of five Planeteers are given a ring which allows them to temporarily control one of the four classical elements-Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water-as well as the fifth element of Heart. Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an animated environmentalist television program that aired in the United States from September 1990 until December 1992.
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