Looten Plunder is a villain in the animation series of Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
Plunder is a wealthy business man who scours the globe for means of profit, regardless of who or what is sacrificed in the process. He also sports business suits with patterns of rare or endangered animals. Because of this careless greed, Plunder has come into conflict with Captain Planet and the planeteers on numerous occasions.
Although Plunder is often present for all of his conflicts, he rarely takes an active part in the action as more than a commander. Plunder is a charismatic villain, letting others do his dirty work for him as he manages to talk governments into handing over money for something that would be harmful in the first place. Though Plunder has hired many assassins and mercenaries in his time, he is almost always seen with his personal body guard, the mercenary Argos Bleak. Though Bleak typically serves as Plunder's shield and sword, he has been known to act on his own. For instance, in the episode “the Predator” when Bleak sells his services to a seaside resort as a shark exterminator, Plunder is absent and appears to have nothing to do with Bleak’s scheme.
Plunder has allied himself with other villains on numerous occasions, including the creation of Captain Pollution. During this period, Looten Plunder gained the power of deforestation. Plunder's was the only power not to be used for a purpose besides calling Captain Pollution other than that of Doctor Blight's.
Plunder could be considered the show's own version of Lex Luthor and Roland Daggett, a wealthy evil industrialist who often trades blows with a near-invulnerable superhero.
His name is an obvious play on the expression "loot and plunder".
He is quoted in the show's theme song ("You'll pay for this, Captain Planet!"). In fact, this quote is said directly after the lyric "bad guys who like to loot and plunder".
