Off Road Hog | |
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Season 02, Episode 12 | |
Air date | November 30, 1991 |
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"We must stop Greedly! His off-road hogs are turning the desert into a wasteland!"
"What's Ma-Ti talkin' about? I thought that's what a desert was."
"No, but that's the way it will be, if Greedly has his way."
--Ma-Ti, Wheeler, and Gaia
"You can have plenty of fun in this desert without destroyin' it!"
--Josh
Off Road Hog is the twelfth episode in the second 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
- Pete
- Josh
- Hoggish Greedly
- Rigger
Plot Synopsis[]
As Ma-ti tours the deserts of Nevada with his friend Josh, they discover Hoggish Greedly turning the desert into his private off-road course and that he's holding a wasteful off-road race, making the desert even more dangerous. With the Planeteers' help, they try to make sure the desert doesn't become a real wasteland.
Episode Summary[]
Pete, a dirt bike enthusiast, loves off-road racing with Hoggish Greedly and Rigger, until Ma-Ti and desert guide Joshua Stone show him how alive this "barren" desert really is, and how much damage off-road vehicles do to it. Pete and the Planeteers swoop in on hang gliders to stop Greedly's ORV race, but Captain Planet is needed to save everyone from a flash flood.
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Planeteer Alerts[]
- First Planeteer Alert
Ma-Ti: The desert is a wonderful place. But, while it looks rugged. It is really very fragile.
Wheeler: Damage from off-road vehicles and dirt bikes takes a long time to heal.
Gi: These ruts were left by military training half a century ago.
Kwame: Plants have a hard enough time growing in the desert. Do not make it worse for them. If you're camping, bring your own firewood or stone.
Linka: Look at the wild flowers, but do not pick them.
Captain Planet: You can enjoy the desert without destroying it. The power is yours!
- Second Planeteer Alert
Gaia: So many cars...
Captain Planet: So much pollution; smog is bad for all living things.
Kwame: But you can help.
Linka: There are lots of ways to get around that don't pollute.
Captain Planet: And when you get your own cruiser...
Wheeler: Keep it tuned up; and your tires properly inflated. Remember: drive safe, drive clean.
Significant Moments and Facts[]
•Gaia mentions that a dirt bike, when driven through a desert, displaces 1,500 pounds of topsoil per mile.
Quotes[]
Gaia: Desert soil can take a thousand years to build up, and Greedly's 'recreational bulldozers' can destroy it in just one second.
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