Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

After heading to Doctor Gero’s laboratory, Trunks and Kuririn discover the present Cell inside an incubator in the laboratory’s basement. They also finds blueprints for No. 17. Trunks then destroys the laboratory and goes to find Vegeta to train. Meanwhile, Cell arrives in Nicky Town and attacks people, accumulating more life extract. At that time, Bulma uses No. 17’s blueprints to begin looking for the artificial humans’ weaknesses. In search of life extract, Cell appears in Basil Town. After discovering Cell, Kuririn resolutely challenges him, but is in an absolutely desperate pinch. Piccolo and the others then come rushing in, and Kuririn is saved. Elsewhere, the artificial humans have come close to Goku’s house. Cell avoids Piccolo and the others’ pursuit and steadily steals more life extract. Meanwhile at Kame House, Goku finally recovers from his contagious heart disease. Goku aims for a power even higher than the Super Saiyan.

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of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement.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 home video releases featuring his replacement score.

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

The overall credits listed follow a straight forward structure; 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 credits listed below are presented as they originally appeared in the episode’s initial broadcast, although errors have been corrected to maintain accurate and consistent spellings throughout the site. For more information and a complete listing of the series’ staff, visit the Animation Production Guide.

Cast Credits

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

Opening Credits

Ending Credits