Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Cell goes pale as he is unable to keep up with Gohan’s speed. Saying that he will show his true power, he emits a tremendous ki, but Gohan in unperturbed. Gohan furthermore endures Cell’s full-power punch, and reciprocates with his own punch! Cell is on his knees after just two punches. Cell is stupefied in amazement, as are Kuririn and the others. Gohan fights the frantically angry Cell, and overwhelms him! Cell fires a Kienzan and a Makankōsappō, but they have no effect against Gohan. Finally giving in to fear, Cell shoots a full-power Kamehameha from up in the air! But on the ground, Gohan fires a Kamehameha, knocking it back and blowing away Cell’s arms and legs!! After the frenzied Cell has regenerated his body, Gohan hits him even harder. But as he does, he induces a change in Cell’s body, and Cell spits No. 18 out of his mouth! Squirming in pain, Cell returns to the stage before his perfect form.

Episode Notes

• While the original broadcast of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement. The credits below reflect those from the original broadcast in which Kenji Yamamoto is credited as the series’ musical composer, although Shunsuke Kikuchi is credited as such in all subsequent re-airings and all home video releases of this episode.
• Fuji TV publicist Tomoko Kumagai was incorrectly credited in the ending credits as “熊谷直子”, rather than her actual name, “熊谷知子”. This error was eventually noticed and publicly addressed by Toei Animation in an “Apology and Correction” note included with the “Artificial Human & Cell arc” box sets released in January 2015. However, the error was not actually corrected in these releases and still appears in all Blu-ray and DVD home video sets, in addition to the episode’s original broadcast.

Re-animated Scene Gallery

This collection compiles all re-animated scenes featured in this episode’s original broadcast, listed in order of appearance. Each re-animated scene will be presented with a screen shot from the original Dragon Ball Z TV series (left) and another taken from the Dragon Ball Kai TV broadcast (right). In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was broadcast in widescreen, so these comparisons will maintain this proper aspect ratio. All original comparison screen shots were taken from the Japanese Dragon Boxes and maintain their proper 4:3 aspect ratios. It should be noted that some of these re-animated scenes only appear in the widescreen presentation of the series and were possibly omitted from fullscreen releases, both domestically and internationally.

Episode Credits

All credits listed below are as originally presented in the episode. The credit structure used in Dragon Ball is actually quite simple; the staff involved with the production of the series as a whole are listed in the opening credits and the staff involved with this specific episode are listed in the ending credits. All original credit errors have been corrected to maintain accurate spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series staff, visit the Production Guide.

Cast Credits

The cast credits are listed in order of character importance within the series. For more detailed information about the series cast, visit the Cast Guide.

Opening Credits

Ending Credits