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Captain Planet was the first cartoon to deal with AIDS. The episode featured a villain who brainwashed the community making them think Aids could be passed by casual contact, making the whole town hate a young man infected by HIV- AIDS voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
The Captain Planet cartoon had an episode dedicated to the dangers of over population with the planeteer alert telling you not to have too many kids
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The TV series Captain Planet was the first children's show to deal with HIV-AIDS. The episode involved a villain brainwashed a community, making them think HIV could pass on just by casual contact, making the entire town hate a young man infected by HIV, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
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Captain Planet had an episode dealing with an HIV positive child voiced by Neil Patrick Harris, and Elizabeth Taylor voiced his mother
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Phil Collins wrote the captain planet theme song.
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Phil Collins (of Genesis) wrote the Captain Planet and The Planeteers theme song
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Whoopi Goldberg was the voice of Gaia on "Captain Planet" for three years. It was the first role she accepted after winning an Oscar in 1990.
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Captain Planet had his own charity, the Captain Planet Foundation and it's still active to this day
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Duke Nukem was temporarily renamed to "Duke Nukum" as a safety measure due to the name already being in use by a Captain Planet villain. It was later discovered that Captain Planet did not trademark the name.
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On an episode of Captain Planet, a character dies from a drug overdose.
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The cartoon "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" had a tie-in charity designed to spread environmental awareness. And the charity is still going strong.
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Duke Nukem’s name was nearly changed because of the character Duke Nukem in the Captain Planet cartoon series
Neil Patrick Harris voiced a character called Todd Andrews (an HIV patient) on Captain Planet & the Planeteers' episode entitled "A Formula for Hate" - source
One of the producers of Captain Planet used money made from merchandising to start a charity: the Captain Planet Foundation, and whose beneficiaries are called Planeteers.
LeVar Burton had the power of Earth on Captain Planet
Captain planet did an episode on HIV and AIDS
Captain Planet was voiced almost entirely by major celebrities, including Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, and Levar Burton in the main cast and even more in the guest appearances.
Ted Turner came up with Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Captain Planet and his friends once stopped Catholics and Protestants using nuclear weapons against each other in Belfast
Whoopi Goldberg, Levar Burton, Jeff Goldblum, Meg Ryan, and Martin Sheen all voiced characters on Captain Planet
