"Cell Service" is the thirteenth episode of Season 3 of Team Four Star's DragonBall Z Abridged and is the forty-third episode overall. It was first uploaded to YouTube on August 24, 2014.
Summary[]
The Creature absorbs a guy right in front of Piccolo, causing Nail to puke in his head. Piccolo is horrified by The Creature and asks why he's doing this. The Creature responds that he was in stasis for four years, and he gets a thrill for absorbing people. The Creature then powers up; while he does that, Gohan, Krillin, and Yamcha feel his ki and realize that it feels very similar to each of the Z-fighters.
After The Creature powers down, Piccolo calls him a monster in anger, much to The Creature's amusement. Piccolo notes with irony that they both have something in common: getting a power boost whenever they absorb someone. Piccolo then powers up, destroying the city, getting the notice of Android 17 and 18, who brush it off as Vegeta having a hissy fit. The Creature and Piccolo then battle, Piccolo managing to spin kick him, much to Nail and Kami's disbelief. During the fight, The Creature pauses and asks Piccolo if he wants to see something cool. He puts his hand in a familiar stance, causing Nail and Kami to realize he's using Piccolo's special move. Piccolo doesn't think so but dodges when The Creature fires the Makenkosepo (pronouncing it correctly, to Kami's astonishment). Piccolo gets the upper hand and demands how The Creature knows his move. The Creature then replies that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and charges in another familiar stance. Piccolo realizes he's firing a Kamehameha, which is impossible since only Goku can use that move, and Gohan, and Krillin, and Master Roshi, and Yamcha, and himself one time, before dodging The Creature's attack.
As Trunks and Krillin fly over to the scene, The Creature grabs Piccolo from behind and attempts to drink his arm. Piccolo escapes, but with barely an arm. Piccolo tricks The Creature into explaining his origin story: The Creature reveals he is a bio mechanical android created by Dr. Gero, much to Piccolo's annoyance, with the cells of every fighter in the universe, including the Z-Fighters and every villain they faced off against, which is how he can use their moves. However, The Creature notes that there's a secret that can allow him to gain more power, so he came from a different timeline, killing the timelines Trunks in addition, to become 'perfect'. He also notes that he technically doesn't have a name, but that all things considered, he'll go with...Cell. Having heard enough, Piccolo asks Cell if he wants to see something cool. Cell knows full well that Piccolo is playing him, but he does. Piccolo rips off his old arm and grows a new one, with Cell remarking that it is both 'hardcore' and not good for him. Trunks and Krillin land on the scene, but Cell uses a Solar Flare to escape.
In the stinger, Vegeta senses Cell's ki, believing it to be his own and claiming that he'll kill himself.
Cast[]
- Takahata101 – Cell
- Lanipator – Piccolo, Krillin, Vegeta
- Remix – Kami, Android 16
- Hbi2k – Nail
- MasakoX – Gohan
- Faulerro – Yamcha
- Ganxingba – Android 17
- Shudo Ranmaru – Android 18
- KaiserNeko – Trunks
Music[]
- Shunsuke Kikuchi - Cha-La Head-Cha-La (Variations)
- Hironobu Kageyama - Cha-La Head-Cha-La
- Kenji Yamamoto - An Eerie Stillness
- Jesper Kyd, Sascha Dikiciyan, and Cris Velasco - Bloodshot Stronghold Ambient
- Kenji Yamamoto - Symphonic Transformation
- Paul Lenart and Richard Rosenblatt - Blue Harmonica
- Shunsuke Kikuchi - Gekitotsu!! 100-Oku Powaa no Senshi-tatchi
- Kenji Yamamoto - Scampering Battle
- Takanori Arisawa - Kyoufu from Digimon Frontier
- Kenji Yamamoto - An Unfamiliar Menace
Running Gag[]
- A picture of two flies mating is shown when Cell uses the Solar Flare to escape.
Trivia[]
- The title is a pun on a cell phone service provider.
- Cyborgs 17 and 18 are referred to as "Jinzou ningen" in the Japanese version, meaning 'Artificial Humans' It can be a collective term encompassing androids (robots built to look like humans), cyborgs (humans enhanced with artificial/mechanical components) and possibly clones (which Cell basically is).
- This is the last episode to have the disclaimer use the "non-profit" line in the sentence.
- This is the first episode to use the Cell Saga intro. As such, Season 3 has the most intro changes out of all the series so far.
- It also changes the disclaimer picture to represent the Cell Saga.
- Piccolo believes that Gohan knows the Kamehameha wave technique, but he doesn’t learn it until after he and Goku leave the time chamber.
- In the scene where Cell was explaining his origins, the scene was intended to be a lot longer and feature more exposition, but was scrapped due to Takahata101 believing that they were "giving too much away and focusing too much time on exposition", which means that they were doing "too much showing and not enough telling".
- There were two deleted scenes for this episode:
- The first one had the North Korean army attack Cell but failed. They removed it due to the current political situation between U.S. and North Korea.
- The second one had a scene where Kami was superimposed onto Piccolo when Cell was drinking his arm with Kami and Nail referencing the "Oh my god" meme from Troll 2.
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Episode Transcription (English)[]
[Winds blowing through town]
[Mysterious mutant moans menacingly]
PICCOLO: What the hell is going on here?
(???/IMPERFECT CELL): Ohohohohoho… Let's answer your question… with another question:
PICCOLO: Yeah? And what's tha--
(???): WANNA SEE ME DRINK THIS GUY?!
MAN: AHHH--!
[♫ "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" ♫]
MAN: -AHHHHHHhhhhhhh- -ughhhhhhhhhhh...
NAIL: 'Oh... oh God, I, I think I'm gonna *puke*!'
PICCOLO [off-screen]: 'You CAN'T PUKE! You're in my--'
NAIL: (Throws up)
KAMI: 'Oh, good Lord, it's everywhere!!'
(???): Ahhhhh… So Piccolo… What brings you to myyy neighborhood?
PICCOLO: I sensed a disturbance.
(???): WELL I AM pretty disturbing! Remember that time I drank that guy? THAT was f*cking weird.
PICCOLO: So I take it you're the one who exterminated this entire city then.
(???): Oh no, no, that was another guy. His name was, "Shit Sherlock", first name, "No".
PICCOLO: Why...? JUST WHY?!
(???): Well... three reasons: First: I was asleep, for like, four years, and I am understandably hungry.
(???): Two: There's nothing more satisfying than the rush I get from watching a person disappear.
(???): And three - and I need you to pay attention on this one: HEEEEEEEEE YAAAAAAAAAA!
GOHAN: Huh!? Why does it feel like my Dad is fighting Mr. Piccolo?
GOHAN:And Vegeta is fighting Mr. Piccolo?
GOHAN: And Mr. Piccolo is fighting... Mr. Piccolo?
KRILLIN: That's weird. It even feels like I'm out there.
GOHAN: It feels like everyone we know is fighting Mr. Piccolo.
KRILLIN [o-s]: 'Cept for Yamcha.
YAMCHA: Well duh, that's because I'm right here.
KRILLIN: Yeah, that's gotta be it...
(???): Ahhhh… and threeee: *That* is how I power the beautiful temple that is my body.
PICCOLO: You.... You're a monster!
(???): "Oh, I'm a monster!" I haven't heard that one screamed at me today. Of all peop– PLAH! [Spits out a pacifier] Oh, that is just EMBARRASSING! It's not even the right hole...
PICCOLO: As much as it disgusts me to admit… You and I have at least one thing in common.
(???): More than you know...But continue.
PICCOLO: We both get a significant power-up when we absorb someone.
(???): Ominous!
PICCOLO: HRGHHHHHHHHH!
[Harmonica is played and the scene changes]
"ANDROID" 18: I can't believe you screwed up the van...
"ANDROID" 17: Honestly, I don't know what you were expecting, I didn't even get my license before Dr. Gero went all "Blade Runner" on us.
18: Excuses… Hey, Sixteen! How's that tranny coming along?
ANDROID 16: I don't believe the car identifies as either male or female...
18: So... Whaddya think that explosion was?
17: Meh, who cares? Probably just Vegeta throwing a hissy-fit or some--
16: Wait! Did you mean the transmission? Because it's fixed.
[Android 16 starts the van]
[Scene shifts back to Piccolo and Cell]
(???): OO-AH!
(???): (Mentally) 'Oh, so he fused with Kami. So that's a thing...'
(???): AHHH!
KAMI: 'Did you just SPIN-kick him?!'
PICCOLO: (Mentally) 'I know, right!? I've always wanted to do that!'
NAIL: 'Please don't do it again...'
PICCOLO: (Mentally) 'MY body, MY rules! DAMMIT!'
(???): (Mentally) 'Huh, faster than me. That could be a slight pain in the ass. 'But--'
(???): AH! MY ASS-BUTT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(???): Wanna see something cool? HYAAAAAAAAAAAH! Ahhhhhhhh.
PICCOLO: 'What is he doing?'
KAMI: 'That looks like your technique.'
PICCOLO: 'Well it's not!'
NAIL: 'He is doing the finger-thing.'
PICCOLO: 'So?! Goku does that when he telepor--'
(???): Makankōsappō!
PICCOLO: 'Oh crap!'
KAMI: 'So *that's* how you pronounce it...'
PICCOLO: RAH!
(???): (Mentally) '...He's gonna kick me again, isn't he?'
(???): Alright, I'm going to need you to do me a solid and NOT kick me anymore.
PICCOLO: Start by telling me how you know my technique, and maybe I'll consider it...
(???): Well, what can I say? "Imitation is the greatest form of flattery." Speaking of which… Kaaaaaaaa....
PICCOLO: 'No! That's impossible! The only one who knows that technique is Goku!'
(???): Meeeee....
PICCOLO [o-s]: 'And Gohan...'
(???): (Continuing in the background) Meeeee....
PICCOLO: 'Aaaand Master Roshi...'
(???): Haaaaaa....
PICCOLO: 'Aaand Krillin...'
(???): MEEEEE....
PICCOLO [o-s]: 'Aaand Yamcha...'
(???): (Continuing in the background) MEEEEE....
PICCOLO: 'And me that one time I tried to just to see if I coul--'
(???): HAAAAAAAAAA!
TRUNKS: Dammit! A duplicate Time Machine… A monster on the loose… And now an entire city gone missing! And we still don't know where the Androids are.
KRILLIN: I know, right? A toootal fuster-cluck.
TRUNKS: AH! When did you--? I didn't even feel you!
KRILLIN: I affectionately refer to it as "Stealth-Mode"! So! What're we looking at?
TRUNKS: I have no idea! It could be a giant Cicada monster for all we know! Hopefully Piccolo will be able to hold his own until– Ah!
[Explosion vibrations]
KRILLIN: So, is that Piccolo, or… "Piccolo" Piccolo?
PICCOLO: 'Huh, this thing's just full of surprises...'
(???) [o-s]: Surpriiise!
PICCOLO: AH! UGH!
NAIL: 'Oh 'ey, he's behind you.'
(???): Howdy, neighbor...
PICCOLO: AHHHAHAHAHAAAA!
(???): Ohohohoho! It must be your first time! Because you are TIGHT! And unfortunately for you… it's also your last.
NAIL: 'Uhhh, he's drinking your arm!'
PICCOLO: 'I KNOW!'
KAMI: 'Well, then DO SOMETHING!'
PICCOLO: 'I AM!'
(???): AH! My beak-mouth! *Oh, God*... you're even starting to *look* like Kami!
KAMI: 'Dick...'
(???): You sure you don't want me to do the other arm? Even you out? 'Cause that's just distracting.
PICCOLO: Listen, I've obviously lost this fight. Without my arm, I'm finished.
NAIL: 'Wait, can't you *regrow* your ar--?'
KAMI: 'Shut up, Nail! He's doing a thing.'
(???): Ahh, submission. A second-favorite to futile resistance.
PICCOLO: But before you finish me off,
(???) [o-s]: Ehehehehehe.
PICCOLO: How about you tell me EVERYTHING about you?
(???): Ohhh, wellll....
PICCOLO: Unless you don't have anything important to say.
(???): No, no, it's just.... You're the first person to ask me, "Who?" or "What?" Normally they just ask, "Why?"
(???): Well, to start us off, then: I'm sure by now you're more than familiar with my father… Dr. Gero!
PICCOLO: Oh goddammit.
(???): Oh, BUT WAIT! *There's more*! I am purely bio-mechanical! Unlike my brother and sister: Cyborgs 17 and 18.
PICCOLO: We call them "Androids."
(???): Well good for you! You're wrong.
(???): As I was saying… our father created me with the sole purpose of becoming… Perfect. Infused with the genetic makeup of the galaxy's strongest warriors… collected over several decades.
PICCOLO: So that's how you know our techniques!
(???): Ohh, but I know much more than that… I know that in this timeline, there lies the secret to my true, perfect form. A secret I had all but conceded lost to me.
PICCOLO: "This" timeline? So you're from the future. But how?
(???): Ohhhh.
[FLASHBACK - Timeline 3] TRUNKS: Ahh, AHHHHH!
(???): I found a way… All you need to know is that I'm here now. And I will stop at nothing to achieve my perfection!
PICCOLO: Well then, I guess I know your story.
(???) [o-s]: You're welcome.
PICCOLO [o-s]: But I don't know your name.
(???): Oh, truth is, I don't really have one. But all things considered… I think I'll go with, "Cell".
PICCOLO: That's kind of boring.
CELL: Coming from the guy named after a woodwind instrument. You know what?! Doesn't matter anyway! I'ma drink you now!
PICCOLO: Wait!
CELL: Huh?
PICCOLO: Before that, do YOU wanna see something cool?!
CELL: Now I know you're playing me… and I do!
PICCOLO: Urgh! RAH! [Piccolo rips his withered arm off and regenerates a healthy one]
CELL: Oh, that is HARDCORE! Also not good for me. ALSO not good for me!
KRILLIN: What the hell is that?!
TRUNKS: And why is it giving me the most ominous sense of déjà vu?
CELL: Sorry, kids! Not telling the story again! But I will leave you all *enlightened*! SOLAR FLARE! Ahahahahaha!
KRILLIN: But that's Tien's thing!
PICCOLO: I F*CKING KNOW!
[ ♫ Closing theme (DBZ intermission) ♫ ]
VEGETA: Okay, *what the hell* am I sensing? Is that the Namekian? Is that me?! IS THAT ME STRONGER THAN ME?! *I'LL F*CKING KILL ME*!!!
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