Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second form?

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Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second form?

Post by blackenfist » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:32 am

When gohan punched cell making him spit 18 he became significantly weaker than Gohan. However not just to gohan. Vegeta, Goku,Trunks, and maybe even piccolo are much more powerful at this point. So the question is. Why didn't anyone jump in to finish cell off while gohan was toying with him?
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by Legendary Saiya-Jin » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:43 am

They were afraid of Gohan.
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:35 am

Because in the manga, Cell immediately bloats up into his self-destruction mode after spitting up 18?
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:11 am

There was no need to.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by SSJ4_Zankuto » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:56 am

Goku did tell Gohan to finish him off when Cell reverted into his Semi-Perfect form. I'm sure others had faith in Gohan to finish Cell if in their place.
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by Marco Polo » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:36 am

I miss battles such as Goku/Piccolo vs. Raditz and Goku/Gohan/Krillin/Yajirobe vs. Vegeta, where the characters would not hesitate to fight the main enemy all at once. It's really sad when you have a bunch of powerful warriors and only one of them fights the enemy while the others just stand there looking shocked and commenting the fight as if it were a match of ice hokey or something :(
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:40 am

Marco Polo wrote:I miss battles such as Goku/Piccolo vs. Raditz and Goku/Gohan/Krillin/Yajirobe vs. Vegeta, where the characters would not hesitate to fight the main enemy all at once. It's really sad when you have a bunch of powerful warriors and only one of them fights the enemy while the others just stand there looking shocked and commenting the fight as if it were a match of ice hokey or something :(
There's Goku/Vegeta/Fat Boo/Mr. Satan vs. Pure Boo near the tail-end of the Majin Boo Saga.
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DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.
jjgp1112 wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:31 am I'm just about done with the concept of reboots and making shows that were products of their time and impactful "new and sexy" and in line with modern tastes and sensibilities. Let stuff stay in their era and give today's kids their own shit to watch.

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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by Marco Polo » Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:44 am

DBZAOTA482 wrote:There's Goku/Vegeta/Fat Boo/Mr. Satan vs. Pure Boo near the tail-end of the Majin Boo Saga.
Yeah that was decent. But even then Vegeta and Fat Boo didn't really shine (Vegeta battlewise anyway) and Mr. Satan's actions were all very predictable for the reader. But I did like that the Gods, the Nameks, the Earth all contributed to Pure Boo's defeat in their own way.
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Re: Why didn't anyone step in to kill cell when in second fo

Post by Dark Red Z » Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:36 pm

I understood it as they didn't want to risk Gohan's pure wrath being redirected upon them by ruining this fight.
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