The Captain Planet Series
Perhaps another of those series I thought were either an old shame or not is Captain Planet. The whole show itself was pretty much focused on five youngsters who were selected by Gaia the spirit of the Earth to summon Captain Planet. Mythologically speaking, Gaia is Mother Earth and the mother of creation in Greek Mythology who continues to rule even after Uranus and Cronus were overthrown. So I had my thoughts on what's pretty silly about the series too. The characters are Kwame from Africa, Wheeler from North America, Linka from Europe, Gi from Asia (no country specified) and Matti from South America. So pretty much, Gaia chooses them because of the purity of their intent. The villains themselves you might want to think how in the world did they get their names? Did their parents have a poor sense of naming? So we have the names as puns to what they do: 1.) Duke Nukem (NOT the video game hero) well is nuclear reaction. 2.) Dr. Blight me...