Why didn't android 16 come back to life?

Vhanos · Post by **Vhanos** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:55 am

After he got killed by Cell and the eternal dragon restored everyone killed by him. I know that he is a robot but I can't get around to exactly as to why or how.

jwimz · Post by **jwimz** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:29 pm

Because a broken toaster cannot be brought back to 'life'. In the end, he is an android, a complete mechanical being and Shen Long didn't see him as a living being. Plus, when he 'died' he wouldn't have gone to Enma's place therefore not counted as dead.

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:29 pm

He's a robot. He had no soul.

Pieter · Post by **Pieter** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:47 pm

Wasn't android 8 also fully robot? And wasn't he destroyed by earths destruction? I believe he came back.

And in Gt Giru was brought back, even though that's GT.

Humpski · Post by **Humpski** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:07 pm

I guess the dragon just doesn't like him.

tainted saiyan · Post by **tainted saiyan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:37 pm

Actually, it is never mentioned that he is still dead. I could imagine 16 living in a monastery after the cell games.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:39 pm

tainted saiyan wrote:Actually, it is never mentioned that he is still dead. I could imagine 16 living in a monastery after the cell games.

Sorta like Ace Ventura?

"Come, my animal brethren!"

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:36 pm

Pieter wrote:Wasn't android 8 also fully robot? And wasn't he destroyed by earths destruction? I believe he came back.

That was one of those "nice to see the character again" moments.

shannarafan · Post by **shannarafan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:11 pm

Mechanical, schmechanical. A character that cool should not have been killed off.

Acid_Reign · Post by **Acid_Reign** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:17 pm

Obviously, some quote-unquote "androids" were cyborgs while others were legitimate robots.

gohanku · Post by **gohanku** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:22 am

I think Android 16 did get revived but you don't see him anymore. He should be living in the forest or something.

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:34 am

16 lives in the rainforest fighting the forces of Lutin Plunder Logging Corporation...
You wonder why Captain Planet retired? Not because he thought it was hopeless... because #16 was doing such a good job in his place...

*ahem*. I wonder about #17. Was he killed when Cell was destroyed? How did that work?

gohanku · Post by **gohanku** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:23 am

Umm ok, it like this. 17 in Cell, Cell goes bom, 17 goes bom, Cell rejunarates, 17 does not rejunarate, Cell comes back, 17 does not come back. So the only way for 17 to come back was the Dragonballs.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:34 am

No.16 was an android; a machine won't come back to life because it never had a life to begin with. GT made it confusing by showing No.19 but I'd rather get into asking a question of my own..

Now I don't want to get into definitions but according to the anime, we see Gero/No.20 in hell. So with No.20 technically being a cyborg was he still alive after his brain was put in to a mechanical body? If that's the case, that means he can be revived solely because his brain is still "alive".. Again, I'm going to point out that seeing Gero was only in the Z anime (I believe Buu Arc only) and GT.
-Rick

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:42 pm

Mr.Piccolo wrote:No.16 was an android; a machine won't come back to life because it never had a life to begin with.

And again, what about No. 8, then?

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:47 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
Mr.Piccolo wrote:No.16 was an android; a machine won't come back to life because it never had a life to begin with.
And again, what about No. 8, then?

I give this one up to a plothole. Eight's appearance had been his first in...well, since before Piccolo Daimao had even been thought up, so I doubt Toriyama-sensei reviewed the entire series to see who should be alive and not.

That's just me though. I have an easier time accepting "outside universe" explanations than others.

Mr.Piccolo · Post by **Mr.Piccolo** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:50 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
Mr.Piccolo wrote:No.16 was an android; a machine won't come back to life because it never had a life to begin with.
And again, what about No. 8, then?

No.8? That can be dismissed as DragonBall when reviving people was seen as it is in the real world.

But seriously, I don't know. Goku unleashed a massive attack after No.8. Gohan went SSj2. I'm assuming No.16's death was a bit more dramatic

, so reviving No.16 wouldn take some of that emotion away. Besides, No.16 still made it known that he was programmed to kill Goku. No.8 dropped that when he became Goku's friend. So in the end No.16 being around would be a bit awkward.."Hey your dad is dead and there's a constant reminder..
-Rick

Conan the SSJ · Post by **Conan the SSJ** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:57 pm

Aw hell, maybe 16 was reincarnated in that bird we saw flying in front of Gohan before he snapped.

caejones · Post by **caejones** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:38 pm

...
That... makes... sense!
Only 16 was reincarnated as Goten! :O

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:47 pm

Conan the SSJ wrote:Aw hell, maybe 16 was reincarnated in that bird we saw flying in front of Gohan before he snapped.

I like #16 as a monk better.

"Free your spirit"