It's definitely the low point for Goku in terms of action. He only had two fights, one at the very beginning and one at the end, and he lost both of them.precita wrote:Goku really didn't do much of anything for the majority of the Cell saga either. It's pretty easy to forget how much of it he sits out of. He misses all the Android fights after 19, he misses Cell's first form and almost second form completely...and he only fights Perfect Cell for 3-4 episodes from what I remember.
I'd say most of the Cell saga was carried by Piccolo, Trunks, and to a lesser extent Vegeta then anyone. Gohan also did virtually nothing till the Cell games.
I mean contrast that to the Freeza arc where he doesn't lose a fight, other than when he gets his body stolen.