Legacy of Captain Planet

Swat Kats and Ducktales are my favorites mentioned so far. Greg mentioned Captain Planet briefly, but take a moment to consider that show's achievements.

First of all, the list of guest voice actors is just ridiculous. Everybody wanted to be on this show, and this was back before being green was cool. Richard Gere was even supposed to voice one of the villains, but ended up backing out. A partial list of people who did appear on the show is as follows:

Whoopi Goldberg
Ed Asner
Meg Ryan
Martin Sheen
Jeff Goldblum
Sting
Helen Hunt
Danny Glover
Phil Hartman
Casey Kasem
Neil Patrick Harris
Vanna White

Captain Planet also contained a character named Duke Nukem...



Although it is not the same Duke Nukem from the video games, it still brings this image to mind everytime...


Lastly, Captain Planet had (hands down) the best villain names of any cartoon (but definately not the best villains... I'll vote for Batman on that one):

Hoggish Greedly
Looten Plunder
Verminous Skumm
Sly Sludge
Tank Flusher III

And so I leave you with...



Also, Darkwing Duck