History Recap / CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E6TheConqueror

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Zarm offers the Planeteers Iron Fists of their powers. Ma-Ti turns his down, even though Zarm tells him he can control ''the hearts of the world''. It sure helped that Ma-Ti's ring warned him that Zarm was [[TheSociopath heartless]] and canceled out Zarm's [[CompellingVoice attempts]] at [[HypnoticEyes brainwashing him]] – which ''is'' possible without the ring as well, but the other Planeteers didn't manage it until they found out what a monster Zarm was. That's right: the Heart Ring makes you ImmuneToMindControl. This spirals into the defeat of Zarm's plan.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zarm almost wins, corrupting most of the team and turning Gaia mortal... but he leaves her and Ma-Ti alone afterwards, only sending an earthquake to kill his nemesis after she goes to talk to the rogue Planeteers, who are still convinced he's a good guy. Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.

* MoralityChain: While the corrupted Planeteers become more power-mad, they still have soft spots for Gaia and Ma-Ti. Upon seeing the two standing in front of the missile base they're trying to destroy, they're horrified that they could have killed them before realizing it. They go to talk to them.

* WeCanRuleTogether: After the other three corrupted Planeteers have torn off their gauntlets, Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to keep control of Wheeler, promising to make him ruler of the world and following it up with a burst of HypnoticEyes just to make sure. It fails miserably; he's barely finished before Wheeler says he doesn't want the kind of world Zarm is offering and throws his own gauntlet far away.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. After Zarm introduces himself as an alien, Linka wonders how could he possibly know the human language. He claims, a bit hesitantly, that it's "a simple language". Later, however, it turns out that he can speak it because he used to be a Spirit of Earth – either before Gaia or alongside her.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Zarm offers the Planeteers Iron Fists of their powers. Ma-Ti turns his down, even though Zarm tells him he can control ''the hearts of the world''. It sure helped that Ma-Ti's ring warned him that Zarm was [[TheSociopath heartless]] and canceled out Zarm's [[CompellingVoice attempts at]] [[HypnoticEyes brainwashing him]] – which ''is'' possible without the ring as well, but the other Planeteers didn't manage it until they found out what a monster Zarm was. That's right: the Heart Ring makes you ImmuneToMindControl. This spirals into the defeat of Zarm's plan.

* KarmaHoudini: The Planeteers themselves, minus Ma-Ti, destroy a military base and almost set off several nuclear missiles while under Zarm's influence and never get prosecuted for it.

* MoralityChain: While the corrupted Planeteers become more power-mad, they still have soft spots for Gaia and Ma-Ti. When they see them standing in front of the missile base they're trying to destroy, they're horrified that they could have killed them before realizing it. They go to talk to them.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zarm almost wins, corrupting most of the team and turning Gaia mortal... but he leaves her and Ma-Ti alone afterwards, only sending an earthquake to kill his nemesis after Gaia goes to talk to the rogue Planeteers, who are still convinced he's a good guy. Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.

* RevengeThroughCorruption: Although Zarm getting the older team members on his side helps his general goal of spreading destruction, the fact that he taunts Gaia with the fact that "her Planeteers" are following him implies that a (if not ''the'') main purpose is to strike at Gaia for whatever unspecified thing made him angry at her.
* TakeBackYourGift: When they throw off the corruption, Kwame, Gi, Linka and Wheeler signify it by taking off and throwing away the gauntlets of conquest Zarm gave them.

* WeCanRuleTogether: After the other three corrupted Planeteers have torn off their gauntlets, Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to keep control of Wheeler, telling him that he can make him ruler of the world and following it up with a burst of HypnoticEyes just to make sure. It fails miserably; he's barely finished before Wheeler tells him he doesn't want the kind of world Zarm is offering and throws his own gauntlet far away.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The corrupted Planeteers go more along the lines of SmugSuper {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s than outright evil. Their first "mission" is an effort to get rid of nuclear missiles, and Linka points out, while they're still debating, that they had trouble with the original problem they arrived to solve and might be more competent at their jobs with more power to wield. However, they're still very fond of Gaia, their TeamMom. When Linka sees her standing in front of the missile base, looking mortal, she stops Wheeler from using his gauntlet to destroy the place. Wheeler, in turn, reacts in horror that he could have killed Gaia. Despite their belief that Zarm is a good guy, they're willing to listen to her, and quickly move to help when Zarm upsets part of the silo on her.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Subverted. After Zarm introduces himself as an alien, Linka wonders how could he possible know the human language. He claims, a bit hesitantly, that it's "a simple language". Later, however, it turns out that he can speak human language because he used to be a Spirit of Earth – either before Gaia or alongside her.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The corrupted Planeteers go more along the lines of SmugSuper {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s than outright evil. Their first "mission" is an effort to get rid of nuclear missiles and Linka points out while they're still debating that they had trouble with the original problem they arrived to solve and might be more competent at their jobs with more power to wield. However, they're still very fond of Gaia, the TeamMom. When Linka sees her standing in front of the missile base, looking mortal, she stops Wheeler from using his gauntlet to destroy the place. Wheeler, in turn, reacts in horror that he could have killed her. Despite their belief that Zarm is a good guy, they're willing to listen to her, and quickly move to help when Zarm upsets part of the silo on her.
* EvilIsEasy: Zarm offers the Planeteers magical gauntlets that are far more powerful than Gaia's rings. Unfortunately, using them also make them DrunkOnTheDarkSide. They become braggier and start using their powers more destructively. (This especially fits this trope because the one Planeteer to refuse the offer is Ma-Ti, whose power is both the most good and the least combat-oriented). The gauntlets are also fashioned so that the Planeteers have to remove their rings to wear them, symbolically casting aside their allegiance to Gaia.
* HateAtFirstSight: Downplayed; Ma-Ti doesn't hate Zarm, but he distrusts him from their first conversation. Unlike the others, he can tell that the stranger's heart is empty and he doesn't feel comfortable with him.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Zarm offers the Planeteers Iron Fists of their powers. Ma-Ti turns his down, though Zarm tells him he can control ''the hearts of the world''. It sure helped that Ma-Ti's ring warned him that Zarm was [[TheSociopath heartless]] and canceled out Zarm's [[CompellingVoice attempts at]] [[HypnoticEyes brainwashing him]] (something that ''is'' possible without the ring, but that the other Planeteers didn't manage until they found out what a monster Zarm was). That's right: the Heart Ring makes you ImmuneToMindControl. This spirals into the defeat of Zarm's plan.

* LightIsNotGood: When introducing himself to the Planeteers, Zarm pretends to be a benevolent alien who just wants to share his planet's advanced technology. His true colors come out about halfway through the episode, when Gaia first confronts him, although the corrupted Planeteers believe him much longer - up to the moment when he attacks Gaia directly.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zarm almost wins, corrupting most of the team and turning Gaia mortal... but he leaves Gaia and Ma-Ti alone afterwards, only sending an earthquake to kill his nemesis after Gaia goes to talk to the rogue Planeteers, who are still convinced he's a good guy. Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.
* PlatonicKissing: When Gi shakes off Zarm's influence, Gaia gives her a little kiss on the forehead. It's platonic, because Gaia almost directly states in other episodes that she sees the Planeteers [[LikeASonToMe as her children]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Zarm's eyes glow red a lot while trying to corrupt the Planeteers, seemingly as a sign of him using PsychicPowers on them. It's possible to NoSell it, however; Wheeler does when Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to retain control over him after losing the others.

* WeCanRuleTogether: After the other three corrupted Planeteers have torn off their gauntlets, Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to keep control of Wheeler, telling him that he can make him ruler of the world and following it up with a burst of HypnoticEyes just to make sure. It fails miserably; he's barely finished before Wheeler tells him he doesn't want the kind of world Zarm is offering and throws away his own gauntlet.

* DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs: Naturally, Zarm throws out this argument after Kwame discards his gauntlet, telling him that if he doesn't take the conqueror's position, someone else will.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The corrupted Planeteers go more along the lines of SmugSuper {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s than outright evil. Their first "mission" is an effort to get rid of nuclear missiles and Linka points out while they're still debating that they had trouble with the original problem they arrived to solve and might be more competent at their jobs with more power to wield. However, they're still very fond of Gaia, the TeamMom. When Linka sees her standing in front of the missile base, looking mortal, she stops Wheeler from using his gauntlet to destroy the place. Wheeler, in turn, reacts in horror that he could have killed her. Despite their belief that Zarm is a good guy, they're willing to listen to her, and quickly move to help when Zarm upsets part of the silo on her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In this episode, Ma-Ti finds Zarm's heart empty. Later, in "Summit to Save Earth", he ultimately concludes that Zarm simply ''has'' no heart.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Zarm's eyes glow red a lot while trying to corrupt the Planeteers, seemingly as a sign of him using PsychicPowers on them. It's possible to NoSell it, however; Wheeler does when Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to retain control over him after losing the others.
* PlatonicKissing: When Gi shakes off Zarm's influence, Gaia kisses her on the forehead. Given that she almost directly states in other episodes that she sees the Planeteers [[LikeASonToMe as her children]], it's platonic.

* EvilIsEasy: Zarm offers the Planeteers magical gauntlets that are far more powerful than Gaia's rings. Unfortunately, using them also make them DrunkOnTheDarkSide. They become braggier and start using their powers more destructively. (This especially fits this trope because the one Planeteer to refuse the offer is Ma-Ti, whose power is both the most good and the least combat-oriented.) The gauntlets are also fashioned so that the Planeteers have to remove their rings to wear them, symbolically casting aside their allegiance to Gaia.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zarm almost wins, corrupting most of the team and turning Gaia mortal...but he leaves Gaia and Ma-Ti alone afterwards, only sending an earthquake to kill his nemesis after Gaia goes to talk to the rogue Planeteers (who are convinced he's a good guy). Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The corrupted Planeteers go more along the lines of SmugSuper {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s than outright evil (given that they're trying to get rid of nuclear missiles and Linka points out that they could be better at their jobs with more power to wield). However, they're still very fond of Gaia, the TeamMom. When Linka sees her standing in front of the missile base, looking mortal, she stops Wheeler from using his gauntlet to destroy the place. Wheeler, in turn, reacts in horror that he could have killed her. Despite their belief that Zarm is a good guy, they're willing to listen to her, and quickly move to help when Zarm upsets part of the silo on her.

* VirtueIsWeakness: Being the embodiment of destruction and hatred, Zarm takes a dim view of anything more positive. When the four Planeteers he corrupted break loose and reunite with Gaia and Ma-Ti, he calls it "sentimental slop" and asks what happened to their strong selves.

* PlatonicKissing: When Gi shakes off Zarm's influence, Gaia kisses her on the forehead. Given that she almost directly states in other episodes that she sees the Planeteers as her children, it's platonic.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The corrupted Planeteers go along the lines of SmugSuper {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s (given that they're trying to get rid of nuclear missiles and Linka points out that they could be better at their jobs with more power to wield). However, they're still very fond of Gaia, the TeamMom. When Linka sees her standing in front of the missile base, looking mortal, she stops Wheeler from using his gauntlet to destroy the place. Wheeler, in turn, reacts in horror that he could have killed her. Despite their belief that Zarm is a good guy, they're willing to listen to her, and quickly move to help when Zarm upsets part of the silo on her.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zarm almost wins, corrupting most of the team and turning Gaia mortal... and then Gaia goes to talk to the rogue Planeteers (who are convinced he's a good guy) and he just ''has'' to send an earthquake to kill her. Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Zarm's eyes glow a lot while trying to corrupt the Planeteers, seemingly as a sign of him using PsychicPowers on them. It's possible to NoSell it, however; Wheeler does when Zarm makes a last-ditch effort to retain control over him.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He almost won... and then, he just had to try to kill Gaia before the eyes of the Planeteers, four of whom were convinced he was a good guy. Cue his "conquerors" abandoning him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Zarm's eyes glow a lot while trying to corrupt the Planeteers.