What if, instead of hanging out with Ted Turner and going back in time to fight Hitler, Captain Planet and the Planeteers were the stars of an R-rated anime in which they threw out their sweet vests and became disaffected eco-terrorists hooked on endangered, psychoactive toads?
https://gizmodo.com/the-secret-origin-of-captain-planet-5798325
Illustrator Benjamin Ang has imagined such a situation where perhaps this amphibian addiction is the case. Look how disgruntled Ma-Ti is for having the most mediocre power! I bet he only summons cone shells. Also, Captain Planet eats a hydroelectric dam whenever he’s summoned. It’s in his contract.
https://gizmodo.com/the-cone-snails-eating-habits-will-give-you-nightmares-5872270
Related: Don Cheadle as Captain Planet.
https://gizmodo.com/watch-captain-planet-go-insane-kill-everyone-5836217
[Via Comics Alliance]