UpFromTheSkies wrote:Cell's final form was originally going to be his second form, but his editor said it was too ugly, so Toriyama made another transformation as his final form.
No, not really. His editor did indeed demand that Cell have transformations, and tell Toriyama to make Cell attain his perfect form already as soon as the second form was introduced, but y'know, it was established right off the bat that Cell needed to absorb both #17 and #18 to attain his perfect form. In other words, as soon as Cell's second form appeared, it was already known that he would have another transformation after it. I suppose it could be that Toriyama never intended to have him
reach said perfect form at all, but if so... Thank you, Toriyama's editor. Because setting up the idea that the villain has an undefeatable perfect form he's trying to reach and then killing off said villain before he reached it would be anti-climactic as hell.
But yeah, pretty sure the only editorial interference with second form Cell was having him then almost
immediately reach his perfect form once it was introduced. Toriyama said he wanted to use the second form for longer, but I see no reason to assume that he wasn't going to have him reach his perfect form
at all before his editor complained.