Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series)

The Ark (1991)

Scott Menville: Ma-Ti

Quotes 

• Collector : Why did you open the hatch? Didn't you know what would happen?

  Ma-Ti : We had to risk it. We must get back to Earth.

  Collector : [makes an exclamation of bafflement]  But this isn't a punishment. I'm offering you safety - a new home.

  Kwame : Collector, we do not *want* a new home. Just another chance to save the old one.

  Collector : I understand now.

  [activating a control] 

  Collector : I underestimated your courage. Your unselfishness. If everyone on Earth had your dedication, then perhaps humans would not be an endangered species after all.

• [last lines] 

  Gaia : Thanks for bringing back my Planeteers, Collector.

  Collector : [with two unidentifiable creatures]  It's a rare pleasure, Gaia. Most of my creatures no longer have homes to return to.

  Gaia : Just one other thing - I'd rather you left *those* two behind as well.

  [gestures to Greedly and Blight, in one of Collector's matrices ready to be transported, Collector releases them] 

  Collector : Now behave yourselves.

  Hoggish Greedly : Oh, y-y-y-y-yes, yes, sir, uh, uh, uh, ma'am, uh, it.

  Dr. Blight : ...Whatever you say!

  [they hustle off] 

  Collector : You know, Gaia, I didn't think anyone would miss those two.

  Gaia : No one would. It's just that I can't bear to have the rest of the galaxy think *they* represent humanity.

  Gaia : It *would* be a shame. Wouldn't it?

  Linka , Wheeler , Gi , Kwame , Ma-Ti : YES!

  Collector : And now, I must return to the Space Ark. Keep up your good work, Planeteers.

  [speaks in his native language, Gaia says something back, and with a last word he enters a pipe into space and vanishes] 

  Wheeler : Hey, I didn't know you could speak his language. What'd he say?

  Gaia : Collector says that no matter where you're from or what language you speak, we're all in this together.

• Gaia : [at the planeteer alert]  Zoos are one way of preserving endangered species, but the best way is to protect the habitats where these animals live.

  Linka : Even our homes are built in wild animals' territory.

  Ma-Ti : So if you want your yard to be an animal sanctuary, leave an area uncut.

  Kwame : Trees and brush provide shelter and food to animals such as birds and foxes.

  Gi : By building a blind, you can watch them, but they're wild and can be dangerous.

  Captain Planet : We can live at peace with all of Earth's creatures. The power is yours!

• Captain Planet : [at a special epilogue sequence not marked as a 'planeteer alert']  I'm Captain Planet.

  Planeteers : And we're Planeteers.

  Captain Planet : You can be a planeteer too by helping to make the world a better place to live for everyone who shares our planet.

  Ma-Ti : Including our wild animal friends like Sneezer, who are being killed to make jewelry, souvenirs, and fur coats

  Gi : So tell your friends not to buy things that required an animal to give its life.

  Gaia : We mustn't plunder our planet.

  Captain Planet : The power is yours!