Summoning Captain Planet

Captain Planet & The Planeteers

Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an animated environmentalist television program that aired in the U.S. from September 1990 until December 1992. In the series, each of five Planeteers are given a ring which allows them to temporarily control one of the four classical elements--Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water--as well as the fifth element of Heart. When spoken out loud in a specific order and followed by the group’s cheer “GO PLANET!”, Captain Planet would appear from flashes of lightnings and sounds of thunders.

About

“Summoning Captain Planet” is a popular pastime on online BBS/imageboards like 4chan, Something Awful, and is rumored to have begun on LUElinks. The routine is adopted from the intro theme song of the popular 90s cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Example / Usage

A typical summoning goes like this:

Poster A: EARTH!
Poster B: FIRE!
Poster C: WIND!
Poster D: WATER!
Poster E: HEART!

Poster F: By your powers combined..I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!

Usage of C-C-COMBO BREAKER

It is also very common for users to break the “Captain Planet” chain by posting “C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!” amidst the buildup.

Poster A: Earth!
Poster B: FIRE!
Poster C: WIND!

Poster D: C-C-C-C-COMBO BRRRREAKER!!!!