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-->'''Linka:''' You missed the point of her story. [...] It is not smart to build so close to the water.

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-->'''Linka:''' You missed the point of her story. [...] It is not smart to build so close to the water.water.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Whenever Gaia introduces a new proto-Planeteer into her tale, she says that the character in question was a lot like one of her Planeteers. In order of appearance: Niko[[note]]Wheeler[[/note]], Lydia[[note]]Linka[[/note]], Wally[[note]]Kwame[[/note]], Li[[note]]Gi[[/note]] and Asi[[note]]Ma-Ti[[/note]].

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During a stormy day on Hope Island, Gaia entertains the Planeteers with a tale from the 1940's of when a past generation of Planeteers helped stop Hoggish Greedly's grandfather, Don Porkaloin, and Dr. Blight's grandmother, Betty, from destroying a beach.

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During a stormy day on Hope Island, Gaia entertains the Planeteers with a tale from the 1940's 1940s of when a past generation of Planeteers helped stop Hoggish Greedly's grandfather, Don Porkaloin, and Dr. Blight's grandmother, Betty, from destroying a beach.



* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite wielding a magic ring and interacting with two powerful nature spirits on a regular basis, Wheeler questions quite a few elements of Gaia's tale.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite wielding a magic ring and interacting with two powerful nature spirits on a regular basis, Wheeler questions quite a few elements of Gaia's tale. She eventually gets a little exasperated with him.
-->'''Gaia:''' Wheeler, who's telling this story, you or me?



* CementShoes: The proto-Planeteers get captured and tied up with their feet in cement.

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* CementShoes: The Three of the proto-Planeteers – Wally, Niko and Li – get captured and tied up with their feet in cement.



* IdenticalGrandson: [[RuleOfThree Three times]]. Don Porkaloin, Rex Rigger I, and Betty Blight all look the same as their respective grandchildren, save for such small details like Don's mustache.

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* IdenticalGrandson: [[RuleOfThree Three times]]. Don Porkaloin, Rex Rigger I, and Betty Blight all look the same as their respective grandchildren, save for such small details like Don's mustache.



* SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team - Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka replies that he missed the point, though.

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-->'''Gaia:''' Now, stop pestering me for details. The storm's over, so go out; enjoy the sun.
* SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team - Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka replies believes that he it's not really important, though.
-->'''Linka:''' You
missed the point, though.point of her story. [...] It is not smart to build so close to the water.

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Captain Planet sings his own theme song.
* CementShoes: The proto-Planeteers get captured and tied up with their feet in cement.



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka replies that he missed the point, though.



* SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team - Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s.

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* SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team - Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s.1940s.
* UnreliableNarrator: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka replies that he missed the point, though.
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During a stormy day on Hope Island, Gaia entertains the Planeteers with a tale from the 1940's of when a past generation of Planeteers helped stop Hoggish Greedly's grandfather, Don Porkaloin, and Dr. Blight's grandmother, Betty, from destroying a beach.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite wielding a magic ring and interacting with two powerful nature spirits on a regular basis, Wheeler questions quite a few elements of Gaia's tale.
* FramingDevice: The actual plot of the episode is the story that Gaia tells to entertain the Planeteers when they're stuck inside during a storm.
* IdenticalGrandson: [[RuleOfThree Three times]]. Don Porkaloin, Rex Rigger I, and Betty Blight all look the same as their respective grandchildren, save for such small details like Don's mustache.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka replies that he missed the point, though.
* ShipTease: Between Niko and Lydia, Wheeler's and Linka's respective counterparts. Wheeler eventually asks enthusiastically if the two ended up marrying each other, but Gaia refuses to elaborate on this.
* SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team - Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s.

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