Captain Planet

English

Etymology

From Captain Planet, a fictional cartoon character who protects the natural environment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæptɪn ˈplanɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæptɪn ˈplænət/

Proper noun

Captain Planet

1. Anyone who wishes to save the environment with an ambitious plan.
   • 1993, Marjorie B. Garber, Jann Matlock, Rebecca L. Walkowitz, Media Spectacles, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64, →ISBN:

     Ross does an ingenious riff on the picture of the United States “generating a ton of toxic waste every minute in peacetime”, now suddenly becoming “Captain Planet” responsible for the ecological well-being of all the earth’s inhabitants.

   • 2004, William Hodding Carter, Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida, page 59:

     On July 1, 1999, Vice President Al Gore, Captain Planet, presented the US Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore the Everglades to Congress, boldly going where no vice president had gone before […] .

Translations

Anyone who wishes to save the environment

• French: capitaine Planète m