Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, sends out five magic rings which are obtained by teenagers who are then tasked with protecting the planet Earth, sometimes individually and sometimes by combining to call forth Captain Planet who (among other things) can even take them into the past (“OK at the Gunfight Corral”).
There she is, boys: my own time machine.

Variants

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  1. Captain Planet and the Planeteers by Ted Turner and Barbara Pyle (31 October 1992).
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ted Turner