![]() ![]() Joe’s Eco-Warriors used outlandishly eco-friendly measures to combat these evildoers, whether through special backpacks that shot fresh water, or simply the magic of planet Earth, embodied by Captain Planet.īut in the end, it was the villains that said the most about our guilt over polluting the planet, and made it seem like our insurmountable environmental problems could just be socked in the jaw. The signature crime of Captain Planet’s Sly Sludge involved illegal dumping of toxic waste, while Hexxus from Ferngully embodied rainforest deforestation. ![]() Villains were specifically created to personify the hot button environmental issues of the day. Take one part greedy corporate robber baron, add a dash of hatred for the environment, and then garnish with a mutant deformity that mirrors some evil character trait, and you’ve got a recipe for a cartoon eco-villain from the era. In the early 90s, cartoon eco-villains were all the rage ( 20th Century Fox/Jeremy Nyberg/Youtube)įor a short time in the early 1990s, many cartoons gravitated toward a similar sort of villain. ![]()
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