
Wheeler is the third Planeteer to discover his ring. She catches it and looks at it sitting in her palm. However, the dolphin returns and tosses Gi's ring towards her. She returns to the shore and throws a hoop out towards the dolphin before pulling her jacket on, indicating that the game could be over. She is from Asia and is swimming with a dolphin in the ocean. Gi is the second Planeteer to discover her ring. On the second attempt, his ring emerges from the Earth, caught on the end of the staff, glowing. He wipes sweat from his brow and uses the end of the staff to pierce the dirt before slipping a plant into the newly-created pocket. He is shown as a young African man, leaning on a staff in the desert under a hot setting sun. Kwame is the first Planeteer to discover his ring. The rings are swept into the air, and Gaia narrates their journey. Gaia says that the time has come to use them, and she needs those people to help her save the Earth. She summons a special crystal from across the room that holds five magic rings. They're going to destroy my planet if they keep going on like this." Commenting that perhaps she's been asleep for a little too long, she declares that it's time to summon the "five special young people" from across the globe. She spots Greedly's illegal drilling, oil seeping out into the ocean, creating a huge slick. She uses Planet Vision to figure out what's going on. She uses magic to repair the new hole in the ceiling, but when another rumble occurs, she becomes more concerned. Drops of water begin to fall on her face. Gaia, the Spirit of Earth, is sleeping in her chamber on Hope Island when she is disturbed by a rumbling. Steering the machine into the ocean, Greedly starts the drill, which continues down through the ocean floor. Greedly agrees, claiming the job to be done, and they'll be gone before anyone even knows they're there. Rigger laughs too, and adds that they can even drill inside wildlife sanctuaries.

Greedly laughs and claims that with his new machine, he can drill for oil anywhere. At the controls of the machine sits a fat pig-like man named Hoggish Greedly and his sidekick, Rigger. Birds fly about in panic, and trees are torn down and crushed by a giant, four-legged machine. Suddenly, noises of machinery and destruction are heard. The opening shot is of a small white rabbit playing in a peaceful, green forest. They also learn what happens when their powers combine: Captain Planet is summoned. The Planeteers are forced to bond and test their new powers while fighting Greedly's operation. Given little time to get used to their new surroundings and responsibilities, the Planeteers are sent on their first mission: Hoggish Greedly is illegally drilling for oil in the ocean, flooding the coastline with pollution. Their powers are Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, and Heart respectively. Kwame, Wheeler, Linka, Gi, and Ma-Ti are all summoned to Hope Island and given five rings. She decides to summon five "special young people" from across the globe to fight for Earth. Upon waking, she learns that the Earth is in serious danger due to over-population and pollution.
