Numbers Game

"Although population numbers in less-developed nations may be greater, a child in a developed country uses up to 30 times more resources than a child in a less-developed nation."

--Voice-over at the environmental theme park

Numbers Game
Season 5, Episode 11
Dr. Blight applying her product on a customer
Air date	February 18, 1995
Episode guide
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Numbers Game is the eleventh episode in the fifth season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Main Characters

The main characters featured in this episode are:

• Kwame
• Wheeler
• Linka
• Gi
• Ma-Ti
• Captain Planet
• Gaia
• Duke Nukem
• Looten Plunder
• Doctor Blight
• Sly Sludge

Plot Synopsis

Wheeler rides in the Tunnel of Love with Linka and falls asleep. As soon as he wakes up, he finds himself as a middle-aged man, and married to a pregnant Linka! The other Planeteers have also grown into middle-aged citizens. Wheeler also finds out that other things have drastically changed: he has eight children and one on the way, some of the eco-villains are salespeople, Gaia has become a moody old woman, and Captain Planet seems to no longer care about the Earth. In short, this is not the kind of future life Wheeler was expecting.

Episode Summary

None yet.

Planeteer Alerts

First Planeteer Alert

Gaia: Every 10 years, our planet's population grows by nearly a billion people.
Linka: Soon, there will be more than 6 billion of us sharing Earth's limited resources.
Gi: So not only do we need to make thoughtful choices about family size, but we must start conserving now.
Ma-Ti: Get together with your friends and family and think of ways to reduce your consumption, as well as reuse and recycle.
Wheeler: And start doing them.
Kwame: So we can all have a green tomorrow.
All: The power is yours!

Second Planeteer Alert

Wheeler: You can turn grass and leaves into great soil.
Kwame: Building a composter to do this is fun and easy.
Linka: Check with your library or garden center to find out how.
Gi: Lots of stuff can be composted -- eggshells, vegetables, coffee grounds.
Ma-Ti: The important thing is to get started so you cut down on what you send to the dump each week.
Captain Planet: We must all do our part to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
All: The power is yours!

Significant Moments and Facts

• This is the second episode where it was all a dream for Wheeler, the first being Population Bomb. It's weird that Wheeler didn't really learn a lesson from Piebald and still has many children with Linka.

Trivia

• Wheeler and Linka's future kids Joey, David, and Kath are references to David Coburn, Joey Dedio, and Kath Soucie the voice actors of Wheeler, Linka, and Captain Planet.

Quotes

• Wheeler: What do we do?
• Gaia: Beats me, honey.
• Kwame: The same thing we always do, let our powers...
• Wheeler: Hey, where's Linka?
• Linka: Be right there, dear.
• Kwame: As I was saying, let our powers combine. Earth.
• Wheeler: Fire!
• Linka: Wind.
• Gi: Water.
• Ma-Ti: Heart.
• Captain Planet: By your powers combined, I am...! What do you want now, huh?!

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