Raffgier möchte den Treibhauseffekt verstärken, dabei aber nicht durch das Planetenteam aufgehalten werden. Dr. Plage hat zu diesem Zweck eine Zeitmaschine gebaut. Sie soll es Raffgier ermöglichen, bereits die Atmsophäre der Vergangenheit stark zu verschmutzen.
In this odd "It's a Wonderful Life" take-off, Wheeler doubts his usefulness as a Planeteer. Making him wish he could go back and change things. When Dr. Blight and Hoggish Greedly scheme to use a time pool to dump toxic waste from the present into the unspoiled past, Wheeler sees his chance. He returns to the point in New York where he was chosen by Gaia to have the ring of fire to become an eco-warrior. He stops himself just as he getting the ring. In that instant, time is changed drastically. Without a fifth member, Captain Planet could not be summoned, and the Planeteers went their seperate ways rather than forge ahead as a team. With Gaia as his guide, Wheeler witnesses the results of his temporal tampering and finds that a world without Captain Planet is a sorry one indeed...
En este extraño despegue de "Es una vida maravillosa", Wheeler duda de su utilidad como planeador. Haciéndole desear poder volver atrás y cambiar las cosas. Cuando el Dr. Blight y Hoggish Greedly planean usar una reserva de tiempo para arrojar desechos tóxicos del presente al pasado virgen, Wheeler ve su oportunidad. Regresa al punto en Nueva York donde fue elegido por Gaia para tener el anillo de fuego para convertirse en un eco-guerrero. Se detiene justo cuando recibe el anillo. En ese instante, el tiempo cambia drásticamente.
