Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series)

Two Futures: Part 1 (1991)

Joey Dedio: Wheeler

Quotes 

• Dr. Blight : It's been over an hour. Looks like your *hero* has abandoned you.

  [yawns] 

  Wheeler : It was YOUR radioactivity that took away Cap's powers!

  [yawns] 

  Wheeler : This is the most boring New Year's Eve I've ever spent.

  MAL : *Boredom's* not making you yawn. It's carbon-dioxide.

  Wheeler : [springs up]  WHAT? You mean we're runnin' out of oxygen?

  MAL : Not "we", human. "You." *I* never use the stuff.

• Wheeler : Scratch one New Year's Eve party. We'll never get back by midnight.

  Kwame : If Greedly changes history, it will not be a happy New Year.

• Gaia : Wheeler - what have you *done*?

  Wheeler : I stopped being a Planeteer so I wouldn't die in an ice-cave. That's all.

  Gaia : No, that's *not* all. You've changed history; look!

  Wheeler : [glances behind where she points to see a man in a tank-top sit on a curb then take out a newspaper to fan himself, wipes his own forehead]  Yeah. It's hot. And it was cold, a minute ago. But wait a second!

  [whirls back to her] 

  Wheeler : How could I change the weather? All I did was quit the Planeteers!

• Wheeler : [of Greedly and Rigger's time-travel that caused the increased global-warming]  Why didn't Captain Planet stop them?

  Gaia : Captain Planet does *not exist*. You changed history. You never joined the Planeteers, so there *are* no Planeteers. They each went their own separate ways.

  Wheeler : [sees the Time Pool's image of the others parting]  Aw, c'mon, Gaia, you could've found someone else to be a Planeteer instead of me.

  Gaia : No. Each individual has a unique role to play. You were supposed to set an example for countless others.

• Wheeler : [about to enter the future]  Man, I'll see all the progress, the new inventions... This is *excellent*!

  Gaia : We'll see if you like what you find.

• Wheeler : [hammering the wall that caused the cave-in]  Captain Planet, we're trapped in here!

  Dr. Blight : Yes, *please* get us out, Captain Planet! I promise I'll be good from now on!... I'll tell any lie I can *think* of to get out of here.

• Wheeler : It's not fair! THIS is what I get for trying to save the world? I could've been havin' *fun* tonight! Sometimes I wish I'd never *gotten* this stupid ring.

  Dr. Blight : Do you really mean that? Because I can arrange it.

  Wheeler : Arrange what?

  Dr. Blight : I can send you back in time to the moment when you got that ring from Gaia. When was it, anyway?

  Wheeler : Uh - last January. The fifth.

  Dr. Blight : You heard that, MAL; start up the Time Pool. Wheeler's going back in time. To January fifth. And where were you that day?

  Wheeler : Brooklyn, New York, but I really don't wanna go back in time...

  Dr. Blight : [steps behind him]  Aren't you tired of being a Planeteer, of always recycling, car-pooling, conserving energy?

  Wheeler : [hesitantly]  It's what everybody *should* do...

  Dr. Blight : Forget "should". Isn't it time you did what *you* wanna do?

  Wheeler : Changing history... I dunno...

  Dr. Blight : There are billions of other people who can save Earth. You've got your *own* life to worry about.

  Wheeler : [shoves her backward]  I don't trust you, Blight.

  Dr. Blight : Then think about *this*: our only way out of this cave-in is to change history so it didn't happen!

• Wheeler : [after crash-landing from the Time Pool]  Man - where am I? And *when* am I?

• Wheeler : [Wheeler snatches the Ring of Fire and is confronted by his past self]  Hey - what's the big - Whoa! You look just like me! Who ARE you?

  Wheeler : I *am* you. Not too long from now.

  Wheeler : What're you talkin' about?

  Wheeler : I came back in time to warn you: don't accept this ring. This ring is gonna kill us! Leave it alone!

  Wheeler : [circling him]  Time-travel, huh? Why should I believe all this?

  Wheeler : I'm here, aren't I?