You can use the same water fountain or even the same cafeteria. (turns to address the crowd) May I have your attention, please! A lot of you are worried about AIDS, and there's a rat in your midst who's been spreading lies! Give 'em the facts, Coach.Ĭoach: (to the crowd) You can't get AIDS from casual contact. Captain Planet: This is supposed to be a school, but I think these people need a little education about the HIV virus.Wheeler: Skumm's posters! It's disgusting! Ma-Ti: (seeing one of Skumm's posters) I cannot believe this! Listen.Skumm: Have you heard? whispers to girl Don't touch him or you could be next.Gi: (seeing the posters Skumm has made about Todd) This is low even for Skumm!.Skumm: AIDS is the best thing to come along since the Black Plague.This is the first time Neil Patrick Harris voice-acted a character in animation before becoming more prevalent in other animated roles.However, the "V" in "HIV" already stands for virus. HIV is called the "HIV virus" in this episode.Instead, along with Todd's coach, he delivers an impassioned speech about AIDS and tells the people Skumm has fed them a pack of lies. Like with Mind Pollution Captain Planet does not insult the villain with puns and/or jokes like normal.Todd's mother was voiced by Elizabeth Taylor, who was a well-known activist in the fight against AIDS.Skumm is assisted by another rat mutant throughout the episode.When he was diagnosed in 1984, AIDS was not well understood by the public and, like Todd Andrews in this episode, White has faced ostracism and harassment from his community. The events of the episode were based on the real-life case of Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who contracted HIV from contaminated blood used to treat his hemophilia.Planeteer Alerts First Planeteer AlertĬaptain Planet: The health of our planet relies on the health of its people. Skumm encourages fear and panic in a small town when a local teen contracts HIV/AIDS. While the crowd cheer Todd, Skumm and his hench rat try to sneak off, only to be intercepted by Captain Planet, who delays them long enough for the police to arrive and arrest them. When the crowd, with Skumm among them, react angrily to Todd's presence at the school's basketball game, Captain Planet and Todd's coach set the record straight with Captain Planet telling the crowd that they have been led astray by lies, and the coach tells them they can't get AIDS by casual contact. ![]() Ma-Ti uses his Heart Ring's power to pinpoint Todd's location, and the Planeteers summon Captain Planet, who brings Todd back. After having a nightmare where his girlfriend, mother, brother, best friend, and coach all tell him of their disappointment in him, Todd decides to go back, only to find that the boat he used to reach the shack is gone, leaving him stranded. The Planeteers arrive to drive the angry mob away, but Todd then disappears, fleeing to an old shack. ![]() The townspeople then wreck Todd's mother's vegetable stand. The Planeteers see posters Skumm has made about Todd plastered on walls all over town. He discovers that a basketball player named Todd Andrews (voiced by Neil Patrick Harris) has been diagnosed as being HIV-positive, and Skumm starts spreading rumours that Todd has AIDS, turning his classmates and the townspeople against him. Verminous Skumm breaks into a doctor's office and searches through medical files. The main characters featured in this episode are:
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