Episode Information

Episode Synopsis

Unable to endure Goku’s rapid-fire energy bullet attack, Cell finally uses a barrier! While Goku is short of breath, Cell is still composed. Seeing their showdown, Vegeta admits that his own power is no match for Goku’s, while Cell’s power is even greater than Goku’s. As Cell sneers, Goku suddenly announces that he gives up!! Vegeta and the others are all surprised at Goku’s announcement that he gives up. Afraid that his turn might come again, Satan pretends to have a stomachache. But Goku says there is someone even stronger than Cell, and chooses Gohan as the next challenger. In response to his father’s expectations, Gohan resolves to confront Cell. Furthermore, Goku recuperates Cell with a senzu, amazing Kuririn and everyone. After unleashing a tremendous ki, Gohan confronts Cell, who underestimates him! Even while being hit by Cell, he stands up again without even flinching…

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of this episode featured Kenji Yamamoto’s musical score, the background music in all subsequent re-airings have been replaced by Shunsuke Kikuchi’s original musical score from Dragon Ball Z due to allegations of musical infringement.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

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