| 1 | During a stormy day on Hope Island, Gaia entertains the Planeteers with a tale from the 1940s of when a past generation of Planeteers helped stop Hoggish Greedly's grandfather, Don Porkaloin, and Dr. Blight's grandmother, Betty, from destroying a beach. |
| 2 | !!This episode includes examples of the following tropes: |
| 3 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite wielding a magic ring and interacting with two powerful nature spirits on a regular basis, Wheeler questions quite a few elements of Gaia's tale. She eventually gets a little exasperated with him. |
| 4 | -->'''Gaia:''' Wheeler, who's telling this story, you or me? |
| 5 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Captain Planet sings his own theme song. |
| 6 | * CementShoes: Three of the proto-Planeteers – Wally, Niko and Li – get captured and tied up with their feet in cement. |
| 7 | * FramingDevice: The actual plot of the episode is the story that Gaia tells to entertain the Planeteers when they're stuck inside during a storm. |
| 8 | * IdenticalGrandson: [[RuleOfThree Three times]]. Don Porkaloin, Rex Rigger I, and Betty Blight all look the same as their respective grandchildren, save for small details like Don's mustache. |
| 9 | * ShipTease: Between Niko and Lydia, Wheeler's and Linka's respective counterparts. Wheeler eventually asks enthusiastically if the two ended up marrying each other, but Gaia refuses to elaborate on this. |
| 10 | -->'''Gaia:''' Now, stop pestering me for details. The storm's over, so go out; enjoy the sun. |
| 11 | * SimilarSquad: The "proto-Planeteers" from Gaia's tale are shown on screen as the present-time team – Wally is Kwame's counterpart, Niko is Wheeler's, and so on. Gaia justifies it by saying that the Planeteers remind her of those people from the 1940s. |
| 12 | * UnreliableNarrator: It's not clear whether or not the story told by Gaia is ''completely'' true. At the end of the episode, Wheeler even says that she probably was "pulling [their] legs". Linka believes that it's not really important, though. |
| 13 | -->'''Linka:''' You missed the point of her story. [...] It is not smart to build so close to the water. |
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