Captain Planet

English Etymology From Captain Planet, a fictional cartoon character who protects the natural environment. Pronunciation en /ˈkæptɪn ˈplanɪt/ UK en /ˈkæptɪn ˈplænət/ US Proper noun Captain Planet Anyone who wishes to save the environment with an ambitious plan. en 1993 Marjorie B. Garber; Jann Matlock; Rebecca L. Walkowitz Media Spectacles http://books.google.com/books?id=afZfG7yKpbcC&pg=PA64&dq=%22captain+planet%22&sig=Uw7ag3C46ks3IJ2jKFw1WFGzEPg 64 Routledge 0415907519 978-0415907514 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. en 2004 William Hodding Carter Stolen Water: Saving the Everglades from Its Friends, Foes, and Florida 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: fr capitaine Planète m en eponyms