History Trivia / CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers

** Japanese dub featured Creator/HochuOtsuka, Creator/ShigeruNakahara, Creator/AtsukoTanaka, Creator/RikaFukami and Creator/ChikaSakamoto.

** The reason the titular character doesn't have a {{Celebrity Voice Actor}}? He was initially slated to be played by ''Creator/TomCruise'', who backed out at the last minute.
* TheWikiRule: The [[http://captainplanet.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers_Wiki Wikia/Fandom version]] and the [[http://captainplanetandtheplaneteers.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page ShoutWiki version]].

* DoingItForTheArt: Ted Turner was genuinely angered by pollution and abuse of natural resources, and commissioned the series as his way of doing something about it.

** The exaggeration of the villains to the point of cartoonish supervillainy meant that children watching the show would not be troubled by their parents if they worked in a polluting industry. Loggers, for example, are not monsters, but had they been portrayed as such, that could have caused confusion and conflict, so the bad guys had to be as over the top as possible. The fact loggers are portrayed as complete monsters by some {{Animal Wrongs Group}}s who take the show as a holy writ for environmentalism suggests that as exaggerated as it was StrawmanHasAPoint. Unfortunately, this may have backfired, since the unrealistic and over-the-top nature of the villains has made them a frequent target for snark for adult viewers who are more knowledgeable about environmentalism.

** Creator/MartinSheen, the voice of Sly Sludge, was replaced in season 4 by Creator/JimCummings.

** Creator/JamesCoburn was replaced by Ed Gilbert as the voice of Looten Plunder in season 4.

* AllStarCast: The earlier seasons had a large number of {{Celebrity Voice Actor}}s, including Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, Creator/LeVarBurton, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Music/{{Sting}}, and Creator/MartinSheen.

* TalkingToHimself: In the later seasons, when both Duke Nukem and Verminous Scumm were in the same episode; both were voiced by Creator/MauriceLaMarche.

** Creator/DavidRappaport was the voice of MAL for the first four episodes featuring him and Dr. Blight, but was replaced by Creator/TimCurry for the rest of the series because he passed away while the first season was still in production.

* PosthumousCredit: MAL's original actor David Rappaport died while the first season was still in production and had only recorded dialogue for four episodes prior to his passing. In spite of this, the show's first season still acknowledges his involvement in the end credits until Tim Curry replaced Rappaport as the voice of MAL.

* NamesTheSame: This show's Duke Nukem shares a name with the video game series ''VideoGame/DukeNukem'', which stars a human by the same name.[[note]]In fact, Apogee changed the first Duke Nukem game's title to "Duke Nukum" as they believed there would be a potential trademark issue, though they were able to switch back as it never became a problem.[[/note]]

** The executive producer of the show, Nick Boxer, [[http://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/mnntv/captain-planet/captain-planet-older-brother-or-superhero once pitched the idea of removing Captain Planet, the show just being the "Planeteers"]]. But Ted Turner rejected the idea, so the team attempted to find way to keep the Planeteers empowered while Captain Planet did the heavy lifting. One way they did this was having the kids rescue Captain Planet himself when he is downed from time to time by the villains. So in a way, while Captain Planet does do the heavy lifting and rescues the Planeteers, when Captain Planet is down, the Planeteers, without their powers, must work together and rescue him as well. So in a way, the producers attempted to avert a BrokenAesop.