them. >> my work here is done, but yours is just beginning, plan planeteers. >> i was just 5 or 6 years old and watching this cartoon. it didn't just talk about fake made up problems but real problems. if it wasn't the dna in my system already for conservation, captain planet did it in a way where it was perfect. >> we always knew that we would be part of a quest to save the environment. >> the power is yours. >> while captain planet was reaching a new audience, ted's own planeteers, his children and grandchildren were learning from the superhero himself. >> he's kind of always been captain planet, you know. >> we would be reprimanded for not turning off the lights or the tv whenever we left the room, and i mean, it was serious business. >> we would go fishing, and spent time together everywhere where we could get outdoors as quickly as we could. >> in 1990, ted gave his plan