Cell Games Saga

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Episodes (uncut) 166-194 Episodes (edited) 151-179
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The Cell Games, is a fictional event in the manga Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z and the anime Dragon Ball Z. It was a one-time-only tournament similar to that of the Tenka'ichi Budôkai competition, but was managed by Cell: a hideous creation of Doctor Gero who was born from various tissue samples of the Z Fighters and some of the Z warriors past enemies such as Freeza. This saga occurs between the Perfect Cell Saga and the Great Saiyaman Saga. This saga aired in Japan in 1993.

This is part of US season four.

Contents 1 Major characters 2 Supporting Characters 3 Plot 4 Cell Games Begin 5 Goku's Defeat 6 Gohan vs. Cell 7 Gohan vs. Super Perfect Cell 8 Peace At Last 9 Afterwards... 10 Episode list 10.1 Uncut Version (29 episodes) 10.2 Edited Version (29 episodes)

[edit] Major characters

• Cell
• Son Gohan
• Son Goku
• Android 16
• Android 18
• Vegeta
• Bulma
• Mr. Satan (Hercule)
• Kuririn
• Piccolo
• Yamcha
• Tenshinhan
• Trunks
• Dende

[edit] Supporting Characters

• Master Roshi
• Puar
• Oolong
• Chaozu
• ChiChi
• Gyuumao
• Umigame
• Korin
• Mr. Popo
• Dende
• Yajirobe
• Dr. Briefs
• Bulma's Mom
• Uranai Baba

[edit] Plot

[edit] Cell Games Begin

Nine days have gone by and the Z Warriors have done as much training as they possibly could, except Goku and Gohan, who was convinced that Goku was enough of a match in his Full-Power Super Sayian form. When the tournament commenced, Goku decided he would be the first one to fight Cell. Goku was the first actual fighter, for the "World Champion" Hercule attempted to fight Cell first, though he was easily knocked away and disqualified. Throughout the entire tournament he runs from the media covering the story, claiming that he is suffering from intense stomach pains and and calls the techniques in the ring "Tricks or Illusions". Goku and Cell began to battle and in a heated display of power, technique and ability, Goku seems to be able to keep up against the mechanically engineered monster. Cell pulled out all kinds of tricks, performing various moves such as the Death Beam and the Kamehameha wave.

[edit] Goku's Defeat

Goku and Cell battled for a while until Cell grew tired of being confined to the small ring. So Cell destroyed the ring and made the battle an all- out fight, just to make things more interesting for him. No rules applied. Goku threw everything he could at Cell and even tricked Cell into believing he would destroy the Earth with a Kamehameha wave. This is where the Instant Transmission Kamehameha (known as Warp Kamehameha in the dub) wave was introduced. Cell was noticeably afraid as Goku powered up the energy blast, but Goku tricked him by performing instant transmission to teleport directly in front of Cell, and unleashed the blast on him. The entire top half of Cell was disinigrated. The Z Warriors seemed content until the remains of Cell jumped to its feet and regenerated. Goku knew that if he continued the Earth would be destroyed, or Cell and himself would die fighting each other. Goku suddenly stopped fighting Cell and surrendered. He reasoned that only one person could defeat Cell. When Goku revealed his son Gohan as his pick to fight, the Z Fighters were furious (noticeably Vegeta and Piccolo) and Cell was amused.

[edit] Gohan vs. Cell

It took awhile for the battle to commence between Gohan and Cell, and even longer for Gohan to get serious. As a Full-Power Super Saiyan, he did no better than his father, and the Z-Fighters were noticeably worried (except Goku). As the battle continued Gohan told Cell to stop fighting, as the power he could harness when he became enraged would destroy everything. However, this only fueled Cell's desire to push Gohan to the limit much to Gohan's horror. Finally, Android 16 decided to destroy Cell himself. He wrapped his arms around Cell's torso, similar to how Chioatzu tried to kill Nappa by self destructing, with the same purpose in mind. To Android 16's surprise, his bomb had been removed by Bulma when she re-programmed him earlier during repairs. Cell then gained the upper hand and destroyed all of 16 but his head, which rolled over the batllefield. Cell even claimed that even if the bomb did blow up, he would most likely not be affected too much. Cell then created 7 smaller blue versions of himself from his tail, christened the Cell Jr.s. After they were born he ordered them to attack the Z fighters, but not kill them. Each Cell Jr. were close to the power of Cell himself. Only Vegeta and Trunks in their Super Sayian forms and possibly Piccolo were a match for them at all, and all others were brutally beaten up (even Super Sayian Goku, who was the weakest of all at this point from his fight with Cell) As Gohan watched these maniacal minions heartlessly beat his friends and family, he became angry, but it was still not enough. Cell, noticing Gohan's anger, ordered the Cell. Jrs to kill everyone. At this point, Hercule discovered the head of Android 16 which, surprisingly, could still talk! 16 pleaded with Hercule to take him near Gohan (throw him if he had to), for the sake of the world. Hercule complied despite his fear and the Android's head landed between Gohan and Cell. 16 gave some advice and words of encouragement to Gohan, saying it was okay to fight sometimes to defend loved ones, and to protect the nature he loved. Cell, overhearing this, claimed that this was good advice and promptly crushed 16's head beneath his foot. This was the breaking point, and Gohan snapped. This enraged Gohan to the very limits and pushed him to a new level, Super Saiyan 2 or the Super Saiyan level ascended beyond a Super Saiyan. (Although it was not named at this point in the series) Cell was pleased when Gohan reached this form but Gohan's first action was mercilessly killing off the smaller Cells, which he defeated in a single hit each. The already astounded Z warriors, with the exception of Goku, were amazed as Gohan and Cell began to battle, with Gohan dominating the powerful android. Cell finally learned fear when Gohan began dodging his all his attacks, taunting him, and overpowering even his Full-Power Kamahameha at point blank range. Making the same mistake Trunks made earlier, he began a USSJ-like transformation that reduced his speed drastically, making him unable to hit Gohan. After one punch to the stomach and another to the head, Cell then spit up Android 18, reverting to his second form.

[edit] Gohan vs. Super Perfect Cell

Enraged, Cell began to do his Self Destruction maneuver. Goku decided to step in because if he didn't, Cell would have killed himself, destroying the planet with him. Goku used the instant transmission to reach Cell and then transmissioned them both to King Kai's planet, which was subsequently destroyed along with Goku, Cell, King Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory. The Z Warriors were in anguish over what had transpired and knew Goku took his life for the rest of the planet. But to their surprise, Cell hadn't died. A single blast by Cell went through Trunks and critically wounded him. He came back in his "perfect" form, even stronger than before because his core remained unharmed, and from it he had regenerated. He had become stronger thanks to the Saiyan cells inside him, which after a near-death experience, increased his power dramatically. The once distraught Gohan was in fact pleased to see Cell had returned, and hoped to avenge his father. Vegeta, seeing his own son get blasted by Cell, became stunned, but this soon turned to anger as he went into a berserk rage against Cell. It was absolutely hopeless, however, as Cell gave one hit to Vegeta that knocked him out and almost killed him. He was about to kill Vegeta off with a Ki blast, but Gohan intercepted the blast with his own arm. It became badly damaged, and hung limply at his side. Vegeta, in a rare moment, actually apologised to Gohan. Cell jumped back and prepared for an attack. Cell fired a Kamehameha wave at Gohan that he claimed was powerful enough to destroy the entire solar system, to which Gohan answered with a one-handed Kamehameha. Since Gohan had used up a lot of energy and only used one arm for a Kamehameha, he was at a disadvantage. The battle between Kamehameha waves proved intense. As Tien, Piccolo, Vegeta, Trunks, Krillin, and Yamcha watched, they begun to doubt Gohan's power. In a heated battle between Gohan and Cell, the Kamehameha wave grew and grew. Gohan was aided by his father during the battle, who encouraged him and supported him against Cell. Gohan's friends also assisted for the sake of it, knowing that they were too weak to make a difference in the outcome, in a five-sided attack.

[edit] Peace At Last

Cell begins to take the upper hand in the struggle then suddenly an attack from Vegeta leaves Cell stunned for a quick second. Gohan seizes the moment and unleashes one of the most powerful kamehameha waves in Dragonball Z, with encouragement from Goku speaking to him from Heaven. As Cell's body disintergrates it is obvious Cell cannot understand that he has been defeated. His core is the last thing to burn up in the Kamehameha, and its destruction marks the moment of Cell's death.

After the battle ends, the heroes made their way to Kami's lookout, renamed Dende's lookout because Dende became the Earth's guardian. Cell was gone but so was Goku, and after the Z Warriors attempted to wish him back after wishing all of Cell's victims back (this included Trunks), but failed because of Goku's decision to stay in Other World. Goku explained that he seems to attract evil people, so it would be better for the Earth to live in peace without him. He also said that Gohan surpassed him greatly now, so there would be no worries if another threat came. With the second wish, Krillin wanted 18 and 17 to be wished into people due to his crush on 18. But Shenron could not grant the wish, as both Androids were stronger than him and he could not change anything about their persons. So Kuririn instead wished that the bombs inside both of them were removed. This Shenron could do with ease. #18, who had been hiding revealed herself and got angry at Kuririn for thinking that would soften her feeling for any of them. She then flew off, but not before saying "See you later." Piccolo planned to stay at Kami's Palace, and Gohan promised to visit him every once in a while. Trunks planned to stay for the night and leave for the future the next day after a good sleep. Tenshinhan told then he would probably never see them again, and after goodbyes, left to see Chaozu. As everyone said their goodbyes and parted ways, Yamcha told Trunks what Vegeta did for him. After hearing this Trunks became for the first time, proud of his father. Meanwhile, Mr. Satan lies to the whole world by claiming credit for Cell's defeat. As Cell has been destroyed and Shenron has revived Cell's victims, the people of Earth believe that this is proof that Mr. Satan defeated Cell and can magically revive the dead, despite seeing him lose pathetically to Cell on TV.

[edit] Afterwards...

At the end of this saga, Trunks returns to his own time via his time machine after heartfelt goodbyes from the present (Gohan, Kuririn, Yamcha, Bulma, her parents, and even Vegeta), battling and destroying both 17 and 18 with ease. 3 Years later, when Trunks was planning a trip to the present to tell them about the destruction of the Androids, Cell in the imperfect form would plan to kill him and take his time machine but be killed with ease due to his greatly increased power. His future is then restored to peaceful times as long as Trunks, the last Z-Fighter is alive.

[edit] Episode list

English anime episode list.

[edit] Uncut Version (29 episodes)

• 166. What is The Tournament?
• 167. The Doomsday Broadcast
• 168. Meet Me in The Ring
• 169. No Worries Here
• 170. A Girl Named Lime
• 171. Memories of Gohan
• 172. A New Guardian
• 173. Dende’s Dragon
• 174. The Puzzle of General Tao
• 175. The Games Begin
• 176. Losers Fight First
• 177. Goku vs. Cell
• 178. Cell’s Bag of Tricks
• 179. No More Rules
• 180. The Fight Is Over
• 181. Faith in a Boy
• 182. Gohan’s Plea
• 183. Android Explosion
• 184. Cell Juniors Attack!
• 185. Awakening
• 186. The Unstoppable Gohan
• 187. Cell’s Break Down
• 188. A Hero’s Farewell
• 189. Cell Returns!
• 190. The Horror Won’t End
• 191. Save The World
• 192. Goku’s Decision
• 193. One More Wish
• 194. Free The Future

[edit] Edited Version (29 episodes)

• 151. What is the Tournament?
• 152. The Doomsday Broadcast
• 153. Meet Me In The Ring
• 154. No Worries Here
• 155. A Girl Named Lime
• 156. Memories of Gohan
• 157. A New Guardian
• 158. Dende's Dragon
• 159. The Puzzle of General Tao
• 160. The Games Begin
• 161. Losers Fight First
• 162. Goku vs. Cell
• 163. Cell's Bag of Tricks
• 164. No More Rules
• 165. The Fight is Over
• 166. Faith in a Boy
• 167. Gohan's Plea
• 168. Android Explosion
• 169. Children of Cell Attack
• 170. Awakening
• 171. The Unstoppable Gohan
• 172. Cell's Mighty Break Down
• 173. A Hero's Farewell
• 174. Cell Returns!
• 175. The Horror Won't End
• 176. Save The World
• 177. Goku's Noble Decision
• 178. One more Wish
• 179. Free the Future