Zarm

Zarm is the main antagonist of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. As the archenemy of Gaia, Zarm comes into conflict numerous times with the Planeteers.

Description
Zarm is the antithesis of Gaia being the spirit of war and destruction. He was originally a spirit of the Earth alongside his foe, but for unknown reasons, Zarm lefty the Earth in search of other planets after being exiled by Gaia. At an uncertain time, Zarm came into contact with an extraterrestrial world, and he presented them with technological advances. However, the inhabitants of the planet eventually wiped itself out through nuclear warfare, and Zarm continued his immortal existence trying to destroy everything that Gaia cherished.

Zarm makes his first appearance in the episode "The Conqueror" in which he pretended to be a benevolent alien who gives the Planeteers gauntlets that amplify their powers. Not trusting the stranger, Ma Ti goes to consult Gaia about him. In the mean time, the gauntlets began to corrupt the Planeteers, and Zarm suggests to them that they destroy a military base in order to prove who was more powerful. Unbeknownst to them, once they did, it would incite a nuclear war. Ma Ti arrives with Gaia, and they free the others of the gauntlets' corruption. Zarm attempts to destroy the military base anyway only to be stopped.

His next major appearance was "Summit to Save Earth," Zarm coerces the Eco-Villains to his side, and they infiltrate a summit. They proceed to kidnap members of the summit and take their place. The Planeteers are made aware of their plan, and they try to stop them. When the Planeteers are caught in a tornado made of pollution, Zarm forces Gaia to choose either to save the Planeteers and let the planet die, or let the Planeteers die while the planet survives. With her guard down, Zarm transforms Gaia into an elderly mortal woman, and traps her and the Planeteers in his ship for ten years. The Eco-Villains rule over the world during the decade, making the planet a cesspool. With Gaia being near death and that the Earth would die when she does, Zarm decides to torment her more by allowing the Planeteers a futile chance to defeat him. However, his plan goes awry, and Captain America manages to stop him and sends him back into space with a trash-filled ship.

Zarm returns in "Scorched Earth" in which he takes possession of a dictator of Pacifica, and tries to goad him into enacting "Scorched Earth" a strategy in which the dictator's homeland is burnt to a crisp. Even after being defeated, Zarm still tries to cause trouble by possessing another potential dictator. Zarm also brags that he was the mastermind behind several different rulers in recorded history.