Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Bulma has used No. 17’s blueprints and built an emergency deactivation controller for the artificial humans as fast as she could. With just this, the artificial humans can be destroyed. But Cell notices the gigantic ki that Piccolo is giving off as he fights No. 17 at full power, and begins moving with insane speed to absorb No. 17 and 18. Piccolo and No. 17 continue their even battle, with neither of them giving an inch. The island is destroyed by this tremendous collision of power, and crumples into the sea. Having finally completed the artificial humans’ emergency deactivation controller, Bulma takes the infant Trunks and hurries to Kame House in her plane. While No. 17’s energy never falls no matter how much he fights, Piccolo is gradually losing stamina. At this point, the powered-up Cell appears.

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of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement.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

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