Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series)

Losing Game (1992)

Janice Kawaye: Gi

Quotes 

• Wheeler : Steers don't grow *that* big. Not even in Texas.

  Gi : [flying over]  I'm gonna scare 'em off.

  Wheeler : Uhh, Gi - I think you just made 'em mad. But if it's any consolation, I-*I'm* scared.

• Ma-Ti : Look! Zebras ahead!

  Linka : Elephants. How beautiful!

  Mabutu : Welcome to my game ranch, Planeteers.

  Gi : Oh, look at the giraffe!

  Mabutu : We also have gazelles, wildebeest, and elands. They're game animals we harvest for food. We are not the only ones who feed on these animals, but when nature is in balance, there is enough for lions and humans alike.

  Wheeler : Feed? You mean you eat these animals?

  Mabutu : Yes. It is a game ranch, Wheeler.

  Wheeler : But - they're wild.

  Mabutu : They have helped feed my people for thousands of years. There are not as many predators as there once were. So if we did not harvest these animals, there would be too many for the land to support.

  Ma-Ti : Wheeler, you saw what happened to the land where cattle are being raised.

  Wheeler : Yeah, but gazelle-burgers? Yuck.

• Mabutu : [of the gazelle meat]  What did you think?

  Gi : Very good.

  Linka : Mm, just like venison.

  Wheeler : *Pass.* Give me a good old hamburger any day.

  Mabutu : If you knew how many chemicals went into most beef, you might change your mind.

• Wheeler : [seeing enlarged and some mutated cows' rampages]  It's a zoo out there!

  Gi : A very bizarre zoo.

• Ma-Ti : [Planeteer Alert]  People are destroying our forests to make land for grazing cattle.

  Kwame : When cattle are introduced to areas where they are not needed, they can destroy fragile eco-systems with their voracious appetites.

  Wheeler : The cattle eat everything and move on. Then the earth erodes, turning to desert.

  Linka : What can you do to help?

  Gi : Eat less red meat, and less land will be needed for cattle. You'll be healthier.

  Captain Planet : The power is yours!