| “ | Don't worry, you will soon be joining him... Demon King Piccolo. | „ |
| ~ Imperfect Cell to Piccolo |
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Cell
From The Codex
| “ | I wonder... Just how powerful have I become? | „ |
| ~ Semi-Perfect Cell to Android #16 |
| “ | I’m sorry for disappointing you. Will you help me warm up? | „ |
| ~ Perfect Cell to Vegeta |
| “ | I’ve come back more perfect than ever. Son Goku didn’t defeat me at all, he just made me better! | „ |
| ~ Super Perfect Cell to Son Gohan |
Background
Cell is a Bio-Android created by the conniving Red Ribbon Scientist, Doctor Gero. Following the destruction of Red Ribbon at the hands of the young Son Goku (and the death of Gero’s son,) the maniacal doctor conceived a master plan to get his revenge.
Through this, Dr. Gero began the experimentation of a line of biological androids, or cyborgs, which involved not only Cell, but also Androids #17 and #18. Cell, however, was Dr. Gero’s most ambitious and dangerous project.
To create him, Dr. Gero gathered the DNA of several warriors, including: Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Frieza, and King Cold. Fusing them together, a horrible bug-like abomination known as Imperfect Cell was created. Cell grew in secret within Dr. Gero’s lab, before finally coming out of hiding and stealing a time machine from Bulma.
Cell then took the time machine and travelled back to the main timeline, where he would have free access to countless humans to feast on. Although his presence was made known to the heroes of Earth, they were unable to defeat him before he absorbed Androids #17 & #18, transforming into Perfect Cell.
Finally reaching his complete, perfect form, Cell set up a tournament of his own called the Cell Games, where fighters all around the world were challenged to take him on. Cell fought both Son Goku and then Son Gohan, but was not satisfied enough by the fights. Because of this, Cell goaded Gohan to draw out his true anger.
After a long scuffle, Gohan in his new Super Saiyan 2 transformation easily overpowered Cell, and sent him to desperate measures. Cell was going to self-detonate, but was carried off-planet by Son Goku, who was killed in the explosion.
However, Cell returned more powerful than ever, and faced against Son Gohan one final time. After a climactic beam struggle between Cell’s Solar Kamehameha, and Son Gohan’s Kamehameha, Son Goku returned to help his son, and the two overpowered Cell. Consumed by the Father-Son Kamehameha, the Bio-Android was wiped from the planet, finally defeated.
Statistics
Key: Imperfect Cell (Pre-Human Absorption) | Imperfect Cell (Post-Human Absorption) | Semi-Perfect Cell | Perfect Cell | Super Perfect Cell
Tier: 5-C | At least High 5-B | At least High 5-B, likely far higher | 4-B | 4-B
Name: Cell
Origin: Dragon Ball
Sex: Male
Age: At least 25 years old
Classification: Bio-Android, Perfect Warrior
Alignment: Chaotic Evil (Cell is the perfect mix between the intense cruelty of Frieza, and the fight-loving demeanor of the Saiyans. He takes intense amounts of pride in needless destruction, wiping out entire islands for the sake of it as well as wreaking havoc across the land in search for a place to run the Cell Games. However, the Cell Games themselves are a testament to Cell's love of combat, as he set them up specifically to draw entertainment out of battle instead of simply ending the conflict immediately)
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Moon level+ (Is directly compared to Saiyan Saga Goku's level of power; Saiyan Saga Goku easily stopped Nappa's attacks, who is 9.8x stronger than the Piccolo that destroyed the moon) | At least Large Planet level (Grew far more powerful after absorbing tens of thousands of humans, becoming more powerful than Android 17, who himself is much more powerful than First Form Frieza through being above Super Saiyans; First Form Frieza can casually destroy Planet Vegeta) | At least Large Planet level, likely far higher (After absorbing Android 17, he is far more powerful than before) | Solar System level (Is far stronger than before, to the point where he can match Full Power Super Saiyan Goku. Shouldn’t be much weaker than his Super Perfect self, whose Kamehameha was going to destroy the solar system) | Solar System level (Should be a small bit more powerful than before, as he only matches Super Saiyan 2 Gohan due to Gohan’s pre-existing injuries. His Kamehameha was going to destroy the solar system)
Durability: Moon level+ | At least Large Planet level | At least Large Planet level, likely far higher | At least Large Planet level, likely far higher | Solar System level | Solar System level
Striking Strength: Moon Class+ | At least Large Planet Class | At least Large Planet Class, likely far higher | Solar System Class | Solar System Class
Lifting Strength: Class M, likely Higher (Superior to King Piccolo Saga Goku, who fused his untapped potential with the Oozaru within him, making his power tenfold above his previous self who moved a giant boulder with a lot of effort. Can casually lift his spaceship) | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher | Class M, likely Higher
Travel Speed: At least High Hypersonic (Directly compared to Saiyan Saga Goku, who traveled over a million kilometers in 2 days, meaning he can move at 5787 m/s) | At least FTL (Should be superior to Goku on Namek, who went so fast that he escaped from King Kai’s view, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem) | At least FTL, likely far higher (Should be far faster than before) | FTL | At least FTL (Should be somewhat faster than before)
Combat Speed: FTL (Directly compared to Son Goku, who could avoid a point blank laser beam, could avoid the Kamehameha which could reach the moon in a very shot timeframe, along with tagging someone who could react to a Kamehameha) | FTL (Can react to foes faster than Goku on Namek, who fought so fast that King Kai could not keep up with him, despite King Kai being able to track his spaceship without problem) | At least FTL (Should be far faster than before) | At least FTL | At least FTL+
Reaction Speed: FTL | FTL | At least FTL (Should be far faster than before) | At least FTL | At least FTL+ (Comparable in reactions and speed to Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, who is 666,666,666 times faster then 22nd Budokai Kid Goku)
Stamina: Limitless (Cell has stamina that seemingly never runs out; a trait shown in other Bio-Androids, Androids #17 and #18. He was able to wait several days straight for the Cell Games, and still fight at peak conditions. His Saiyan mixed with Namekian physiology allows for him to both heal, and grow, from fatigue)
Range: Standard Melee, Interstellar with Ki Attacks (Ki attacks can reach out of the planet and to other planets. All ki attacks should be comparable to Goku's kamehameha, which reached all the way to the sun) and Instant Transmission (Allows for Cell to teleport virtually anywhere so long as he can lock onto someone’s ki in that location)
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Is comparable in battle smarts to the likes of Son Goku, who has been fighting for decades. Cell himself was not only created by an extraordinary scientist, but was able to outsmart Trunks during their battle. Cell can learn and use techniques simply upon viewing them once)
Powers and Abilities
Notable Techniques
- Flight: With a mastery of Ki control, Cell is able to fly at incredibly high speeds.
- Ki Blast: Using Ki, Cell can concentrate it into a ball that he uses as a projectile attack.
- Kamehameha: The iconic move coined by Master Roshi, which Yamcha has adopted for himself. This starts as a blue Ki ball, which is charged in Yamcha’s hands before releasing as an incredibly powerful beam.
- Solar Kamehameha: Cell’s most powerful Kamehameha variant, which he claimed had the power to wipe out the Solar System.
- Instant Transmission: This technique allows Cell to instantly travel virtually anywhere, so long as he can lock onto someone’s ki.
- Spirit Bomb: A technique that Cell claimed he could perform, which has him draw in the energy of all of the life around him into one gigantic ball of ki, that can eradicate evil in a massive explosion. Cell’s variant of this move has been shown to have a more green hue.
- Special Beam Cannon: A move that Cell adopted from Piccolo, which takes a great deal of time to build up. It’s an extremely condolences and thin beam of energy, shown to puncture nearly anything in its path.
- Solar Flare: Another adopted technique, Cell places his hands on his forehead and unleashes a blinding light, which is specifically used to blind his foes.
- Big Bang Crash: Cell’s variant of Vegeta’s Big Bang Attack, which comes in a red color opposed to blue. This is a simple ball of energy that is formed through an outstretched arm.
- Death Beam: An attack adopted from Frieza’s DNA, which is a simple purple beam shot out of his fingertips.
- Telekinesis: Cell can use telekinetic abilities to lift, cut, and shape objects, which he notably used to create his Cell Game’s arena.
- Absorption: Using his tail, Cell can absorb other creatures. He can do this either through puncturing his victim and sucking out their life energy, or through actually sucking the victim through his tail whole. Absorbing Androids #17 and #18 grant him new forms.
- Android Barrier: Cell surrounds himself with a large green bubble of ki, that protects him from most attacks.
Other
Standard Tactics: Cell will employ hand to hand combat along with ki attacks. He will also try to drain energy from his opponents. If the opponent seems to be too strong he will either self-destruct or use his solar kamehameha to destroy the solar system.
Weaknesses: If Perfect Cell accumulates enough damage, he is susceptible to throwing up either Android #17 or #18, which will revert him back to his previous forms. He is incredibly arrogant, which led to him angering Gohan and transforming into a Super Saiyan 2, leading to Cell’s death.
Note: Some clips used on the profile come from an anime or movie due to the fact that some abilities from ki use shouldn't function much differently from how they can in canon, along with this sometimes the anime version/video game version of a scene will be used for cleaner visuals. Toriyama himself directly overlooks scenes in the anime and movies and gives Toei the thumbs up[1].
Note 2: The speed scaling for PLs are taken with a grain of salt as there are noticeable times where someone's speed isn't equal to their power, such as Burter being faster then Recoome and Jeice, along with Super Saiyan Grade 3 Trunks having his power greatly increased but his speed decreased.
Battle Records
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Discussions (Link For Mobile Users):
| Discussion threads involving Cell |
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I check the plot and script that gets sent to me from Toei Animation. I also do some character designs and touch-ups, as well as altering the names and such."
