Meanings
- Anyone who wishes to save the environment with an ambitious plan.
On July 1, 1999, Vice President Al Gore, Captain Planet, presented the US Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore the Everglades to Congress, boldly going where no vice president had gone before […].
2004, William Hodding Carter, Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida, page 591 more example
Ross does an ingenious riff on the picture of the United States “generating a ton of toxic waste every minute in peacetime”, now suddenly becoming “Captain Planet” responsible for the ecological well-being of all the earth’s inhabitants.
1993, Marjorie B. Garber, Jann Matlock, Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Media Spectacles, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64, →ISBN
Origin
From Captain Planet, a fictional cartoon character who protects the natural environment.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French capitaine Planète
- capitaine PlanèteAnyone who wishes to save the environment
Cite this entry
Captain Planet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Captain%20Planet
“Captain Planet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Captain%20Planet. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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