If Cell time traveled to a different time...

[LeprikanGT]

If he went to a different timeline where a differeny 'him' was alive, could he have absorbed himself and gotten even stronger that way?

We already saw with Trunks that two Trunks can exist at once and anything done to baby Trunks would not affect the different timeline future Trunks.

[Dayspring]

I don't see why he couldn't absorb the past Cell like he would any other being. He didn't even need to assimilate the androids or absorb the humans he did, it's just that it was significantly faster to each Perfect Form if he did. Theoretically, he could just pump out Cell Jr after Cell Jr and absorb them until he became stronger than Vegetto. Plus, as you mentioned, he'd be creating a new timeline, so killing his younger self wouldn't do anything to him.

[Silver Sinspawn]

I wonder if cell could learn to fuse with his other selves. A super ultimate cell would make a good what if. He wouldn't have those human-esque features likely.

[Dayspring]

I wonder if cell could learn to fuse with his other selves. A super ultimate cell would make a good what if. He wouldn't have those human-esque features likely.

A fusion of two Cells would probably just be a super-strong Cell in Metamoru clothing. To become a super ultimate Cell, he could probably also just self-destruct a lot and get massive zenkais non-stop.

[Terra-jin]

If he went to a different timeline where a differeny 'him' was alive, could he have absorbed himself and gotten even stronger that way?

Honestly, I think Cell gained more power from absorbing the cyborgs than he would from his (imperfect) self. But sure, he could get stronger and stronger that way. If only his perfect form would fit inside the time machine

[Vegeta Jr]

That brings the question though, do the Cell Jrs take a part of Cell's power when they are 'born'?

Makes no sense for him to create these uber powerful creatures yet still retain the same power level, he could have just created an army of them if so.

[SSJmole]

Why are you absorbing yourself? Why are you absorbing yourself?



(Sorry I had to.)

[Dayspring]

That brings the question though, do the Cell Jrs take a part of Cell's power when they are 'born'?

Makes no sense for him to create these uber powerful creatures yet still retain the same power level, he could have just created an army of them if so.

If he did, it'd be a matter of letting his Saiyan+Namek cells regain that lost power and then absorbing the Cell Jrs afterward. But seeing how he seemed fine enough in the manga, I don't think he lost any power at all (or no more than a typical generic ki blast would make him ''weaker'').

[caejones]

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).
And really, the Cell Jrs seem to be the only blatent case of this in the series (Buu, being the embodiment of "WTF?", does not count. ).

[Dayspring]

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).
And really, the Cell Jrs seem to be the only blatent case of this in the series (Buu, being the embodiment of "WTF?", does not count. ).

How are the Cell Jrs an example of violation of energy conservation?

[Platformnik]

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).
And really, the Cell Jrs seem to be the only blatent case of this in the series (Buu, being the embodiment of "WTF?", does not count. ).

If the Cell Jrs are literally considered Cell's children as a result of him reproducing, then it doesn't mean that he has to use energy to make them.

[Fin]

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).
And really, the Cell Jrs seem to be the only blatent case of this in the series (Buu, being the embodiment of "WTF?", does not count. ).

Cell Jrs are the only blatant case? 16, 17 and 18 are perpetual motion machines!

[Bussani]

If the Cell Jrs are literally considered Cell's children as a result of him reproducing, then it doesn't mean that he has to use energy to make them.

How does that not violate energy conservation? Where does their energy come from?

Cell Jrs are the only blatant case? 16, 17 and 18 are perpetual motion machines!

I always imagined the "infinite energy reactors" were siphoning energy from some kind of ever-present hyperspace, which would make them no more perpetual than a solar calculator (until the sun burns out).

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).

Personally, I decided that ki fell outside of those sort of rules a good while ago. A person creates ki out of thin air to begin with, after all.

[Platformnik]

If the Cell Jrs are literally considered Cell's children as a result of him reproducing, then it doesn't mean that he has to use energy to make them.

How does that not violate energy conservation? Where does their energy come from?

Cell Jrs are the only blatant case? 16, 17 and 18 are perpetual motion machines!

I always imagined the "infinite energy reactors" were siphoning energy from some kind of ever-present hyperspace, which would make them no more perpetual than a solar calculator (until the sun burns out).

Bleh, I never liked violating energy conservation (yeah, yeah, "Dragonball doesn't care about real-world science" and all that).

Personally, I decided that ki fell outside of those sort of rules a good while ago. A person creates ki out of thin air to begin with, after all.

Eh, maybe you're right. The fact that they're as strong as Cell himself right when they're born wouldn't make much sense. Like you said ki in the show in general doesn't work the same as it would in the real world anyway.