When a man called Baron Giftus announces that he's arranging an agreement for him to take care of the world's forests, Wheeler is skeptical, but the other Planeteers are pleased; Ma-Ti even goes to offer him a gift as a token of his people's appreciation. However, while there, he finds out that Baron Giftus is actually Looten Plunder, who plans to cover the forests up and sell the oxygen they produce to the world's cities.
This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
- Accidental Hero: Downplayed; Wheeler ventures into the air outtake hose to escape from the dome and find some way to stop Plunder, using a ball contraption put together by Ma-Ti's people to avoid being shaken to pieces in the process. The ball bounces out as Bleak is cornering the other Planeteers and hits him.
- Chekhov's Gun: The beginning of the episode has Ma-Ti's tribesmen showing Wheeler how they tap sap from trees and turn it into rubber. The rubber turns out to be instrumental in forming a "vehicle" to keep Wheeler in one piece while he deals with the high winds in the outgoing air tunnel. Shortly after his arrival, Captain Planet uses the rubber to tie up Plunder, Bleak, and the two other lackeys.
- Delaying the Rescue: Although Gi, Kwame, and Linka know what Wheeler is in for trouble thanks to Plunder's latest scheme, they focus on finding Ma-Ti instead. As Kwame says, Wheeler is probably fine for the moment, despite being trapped under a dome, whereas they don't know where Ma-Ti is or what happened to him.
- The Dissenter Is Always Right: Wheeler is the only one who distrusts Baron Giftus, and Gi scolds him for it. Later, however, it turns out he was absolutely correct in his suspicions, which Ma-Ti lampshades after finding out the truth and being kidnapped for knowing too much.
- Evil Laugh: Plunder does quite a bit of cackling while gloating about his success.
- Group Hug: Upon being rescued, Ma-Ti gets a hug from Gi and Linka at the same time.
- The Guards Must Be Crazy: Played With. Bleak puts Suchi in a cage, ties Ma-Ti up and strips him of his ring. However, he sets the cage near enough that Suchi can untie his master, and leaves the ring in the same room.
- Hand Gagging: After finally grabbing Ma-Ti, Bleak shoves a hand over his mouth.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Plunder's disguise, which fools everyone else, is no match for Ma-Ti's Heart power. After hearing Giftus use his name, he becomes suspicious and, one application of his power later, knows who's under the beard and other makeup without having to unmask Plunder physically.
- He Knows Too Much: Downplayed; when Ma-Ti unmasks Plunder, Plunder sends his mooks after him. Bleak ultimately captures him and leaves him in a back room, tied up and under guard.
- Heroic BSoD: After finding out Baron Giftus' secret and consequently being kidnapped, Ma-Ti calls himself foolish for trusting the man. He has to take a few minutes to cry before trying to escape.
- I Never Told You My Name: Ma-Ti becomes suspicious of Baron Giftus (actually Looten Plunder in disguise) when the latter addresses him by name despite them never having met before.
- Lame Pun Reaction: At the end of the episode, Wheeler quips that Plunder's scheme was "domed to failure." The others are quite vocal about considering it an especially bad pun; Gi even holds her nose.
- Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: Wheeler gets his foot stuck between two rocks as Plunder's lackeys prepare to drop a dome on the area and cuts through his shoelaces with his ring's powers to free himself. Thankfully, the villagers have a replacement pair of shoes for him not long afterwards.
- Meaningful Echo: Suspicious of Giftus' motives for making the arrangement, Wheeler offers to stay in the Amazon to look after Ma-Ti's tribe while the others take him to greet the man. The shaman, brushing off the slight, tells Wheeler that they'll look after him too. As he prepares to venture into the outgoing air tunnel to get help, Wheeler thanks the tribesmen who accompanied him for looking out for him.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: When Plunder orders his mooks to grab Ma-Ti, he manages to shimmy up a convenient rope. Plunder yells at them for letting a miniature King Kong make monkeys out of them.
- Properly Paranoid: Wheeler seems to have no particular reason to assume that Giftus isn't on the up and up, and Gi chastises him for being so cynical. Even Ma-Ti ultimately has to admit that Wheeler was right.
- Punny Name: Looten Plunder, who's incognito while trying to get control over the planet's forests, creates a punny name as an alias: Baron Giftus (as in "beware of Greeks bearing gifts").
- Recognizable by Sound: As the other Planeteers are being backed towards an air hose by Bleak, they hear yelling from the opening, which they quickly recognize as Wheeler.
- Too Good to Be True: Wheeler wonders aloud what Giftus plans to get from the arrangement when the team sees the announcement on the television. Gi and Ma-Ti think he's just being suspicious, but it turns out that Baron Giftus is an alias used by Looten Plunder in the latest of his schemes.The Planeteers have just watched Baron Giftus on TV, promising to protect the Earth's forests.
Ma-Ti (delighted): The man is a saint!
Wheeler: Yeah, right. A regular Santa Claus. So what's his angle?
Gi: Wheeler, don't be such a cynic.
Wheeler: I'm just saying it sounds too good to be true.
