Dragon Ball Z Episode 189
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| The Nightmare is Reborn!! An Absolute and Perfect Terror | |||
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| Air Date | 16 June 1993 (Fuji TV) | ||
| Opening | CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA | ||
| Eyecatch | 1st Eyecatch | ||
| Ending | Come Out, Incredible ZENKAI Power! | ||
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| Chapters |
Dragon Ball Chapter 413 (Pages 9-End) Dragon Ball Chapter 414 | ||
| TV Rating | 19.5% | ||
| Format | 4:3 (NTSC) | ||
| Main Staff Credits | |||
| Scenario | Aya Matsui | ||
| Art | Chigusa Yokoyama | ||
| Animation | Yukio Ebisawa | ||
| Director | Hiroki Shibata | ||
| FUNimation English Dub | |||
| Title | Cell Returns! | ||
| Air Date | 20 December 2000 (Cartoon Network) | ||
"The Nightmare is Reborn!! An Absolute and Perfect Terror" is the one hundred and eighty-ninth episode of the Japanese animated television series Dragon Ball Z. The episode first aired in Japan on Fuji TV on 16 June 1993, receiving a ratings share of 19.5%. It was written by Aya Matsui and directed by Hiroki Shibata.
Synopsis
As Gohan and the others are dumbfounded after Cell kills Trunks, Cell explains that the reason he was able to revive was due to his nucleus remaining. What's more, Cell has powered up and reached his perfect form again! Vegeta attacks him, trying to avenge Trunks, but Cell isn't hurt by his rapid-fire attack, and easily beats Vegeta. Shielding Vegeta from Cell's finishing blow, Gohan's left arm is seriously injured!! Cell takes this opportunity to raise his ki, and is about to fire at Gohan.
Summary
Part A
Cell reappears surrounded by a yellow aura and lightning, just like Son Gohan. Everyone looks on, aghast that he somehow survived. The announcer, still forgetting that his microphone is broken, asks aloud where the man that disappeared with Cell went. Cell smiles, seemingly relishing the terror on everyone's faces. On the Serpent Road, Son Goku is incredulous that Cell survived. They saw him explode! Goku is upset that he died for nothing, while Kaiō is upset that he died for nothing and his planet was destroyed. On God's Temple, Dende confirms to Mr. Popo that not only has Cell survived, but that he has emerged more powerful than before. He does not think that even Son Gohan will be able to defeat him.
Cell explains that he survived because a small lump in his head, his nucleus, survived the explosion.[note 1] From that, he was able to regenerate himself. Cell then flashes back to the explosion on Kaiō's Planet. Although the planet and Cell's body were destroyed, his nucleus remained floating in space where Kaiō's planet had been.[note 2] Cell quickly regenerated from that nucleus, discovering that he had returned to his Perfect form, but "like Son Gohan" more powerful than before. Cell hypothesized that he has the Saiyan ability to become more powerful after escaping from near-death. He also realized that he had learned Son Goku's teleportation technique and used that to return to the battlefield. Gohan powers up and tells Cell that he is happy; he is happy because now he can avenge his father's death!
Trunks, badly injured from Cell's blast, coughs up blood and dies. Vegeta is in shock. The world fades out and he sees only his son, dead. Vegeta flashes back to Son Goku's departure and then Trunks's surprise attack. He recalls Gohan being excited to be able to avenge his father, while his own son lies dead. Vegeta snaps and charges at Cell, powering up along the way. With a shout, he fires a powerful ki attack at Cell!
Part B
Vegeta pummels Cell with ki attack after ki attack, spilling out his rage against his son's killer. Dust clouds cover the battlefield as the fighters protect themselves from the ki shockwaves. Only Gohan seems unperturbed. After innumerable volleys, Vegeta pauses as exhaustion overtakes him. He pants as the dust begins to clear below, but Cell leaps out and knocks him to the ground. Despite Vegeta's fury, the Artificial Human seems undamaged. Vegeta lays on the ground, his body and arms contorted and broken. Cell launches a finishing blow against the Saiyan Prince, but Gohan races to put his body between Vegeta and Cell's attack. The shockwave on impact knocks out out Mister Satan and his entourage. Gohan saved Vegeta, but at a terrible cost: he struggles even to stand and his right arm is broken and bleeding. Cell is thrilled that his battle will soon be over, but Gohan returns to a fighting stance.
Gohan silently admits that Cell became much more powerful than he thought. Piccolo screams for a senzu, but Kuririn reveals that they used them all up. Cell says that he will end the battle right away and prepares a kamehameha... but that blast will not only end the battle but the Earth as well.
Cast
The following table provides the cast as credited in the original Japanese broadcast.
Main Staff
The following list provides the main staff responsible for the production of this episode as credited in this specific episode's ending credits.
- Scenario: Aya Matsui
- Director (Storyboard): Hiroki Shibata
- Animation Supervisor: Yukio Ebisawa
- Art Director: Chigusa Yokoyama
- Key Animation: Studio Live, Yukio Ebisawa, Toshiyuki Kan'no, Hideki Inoue, Yūko Inoue
- Special Effects: Yukari Hashimoto
- Assistant Director: Akihiko Yamaguchi
- Production Progression: Yoshiaki Yanagi
Items
Setting
- Cell Games Arena
- Serpent Road
- God's Temple
- Kaiō's Planet (flashback)
Variations
Notes
- ↑ Cell's explanation for how he survived his self-destruct may not be fully accurate. He had previously regenerated when his head had been blown off, doing so from his lower extremities rather than a cell in his head.
- ↑ During Cell's flashback, Kaiō's Planet is first depicted as being in a more traditional "space" setting, but is depicted as above the orange clouds of Hell after Cell regenerated.
Production
Tidbits
- This episode features flashbacks to Dragon Ball Z Episode 188, as well as flashbacks to two minutes earlier in this same episode.
References
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