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* BaitAndSwitch: When Cell tries GURU it takes a bit longer to be rejected than the other passwords.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Cell tries GURU GURU, it takes a bit longer to be rejected than the other passwords.
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** King Cold answers the door naked as [[Recap/HFIL7 he had been established to be a home nudist]].
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** King Cold answers the door naked as [[Recap/HFIL7 he had been established to be a home nudist]].
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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife, he'll force them to restore him to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. It ''is'' in fact possible for the living enter the Afterlife, being a physical place that can be flown/teleported to by those who know where to look, but Freeza had no way of knowing that at the time.

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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife, he'll force them to restore him to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. It ''is'' in fact possible for the living to enter the Afterlife, being a physical place that can be flown/teleported to by those who know where to look, but Freeza had no way of knowing that at the time.
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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife he'll force them to turn him back to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. Though it ''is'' possible for a living person to enter the Afterlife, as Goku demonstrated, Freeza had no way of knowing that at the time.

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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife Afterlife, he'll force them to turn restore him back to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. Though it It ''is'' in fact possible for a the living person to enter the Afterlife, as Goku demonstrated, being a physical place that can be flown/teleported to by those who know where to look, but Freeza had no way of knowing that at the time.
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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan for real, and that Super Saiyan 2 exists.

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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan for real, and that Super Duper Saiyan 2 (Super Saiyan 2) exists.



* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife he'll force them to turn him back to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. Though it ''is'' possible for a living person to enter the Afterlife, as Goku demonstrated, nether Cell or Freeza had anyway of knowing that at the time.

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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife he'll force them to turn him back to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. Though it ''is'' possible for a living person to enter the Afterlife, as Goku demonstrated, nether Cell or Freeza had anyway no way of knowing that at the time.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing:
** Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HFIL tournament.
** When guessing codes, Cell brings up that the buttons correspond to letters. At the end of the episode, King Cold inputs "4386," which can translate to GEVO, the name of Dr. Gero's son who Android 16 was based on. This is followed by a rather blatant confirmation that whoever set up the code is a member of the Red Ribbon Army, most reasonably Dr. Gero himself.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing:
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FiveSecondForeshadowing: Freeza immeditately figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HFIL tournament.
** * {{Foreshadowing}}: When guessing codes, Cell brings up that the buttons correspond to letters. At the end of the episode, King Cold inputs "4386," which can translate to GEVO, the name of Dr. Gero's son who Android 16 was based on. This is followed by a rather blatant confirmation that whoever set up the code is a member of the Red Ribbon Army, most reasonably Dr. Gero himself.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HFIL tournament.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: FiveSecondForeshadowing:
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Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HFIL tournament. tournament.
** When guessing codes, Cell brings up that the buttons correspond to letters. At the end of the episode, King Cold inputs "4386," which can translate to GEVO, the name of Dr. Gero's son who Android 16 was based on. This is followed by a rather blatant confirmation that whoever set up the code is a member of the Red Ribbon Army, most reasonably Dr. Gero himself.



** When King Cold resets the security system to the garage, the screen flashes the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.

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** When King Cold resets the security system to the garage, the screen flashes the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, which corresponds to that of Dr. Gero's son, Gevo, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.

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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan, and that Super Saiyan 2 exists.

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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan, Saiyan for real, and that Super Saiyan 2 exists.


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* MissingStepsPlan: Freeza says once he becomes Emperor of the Afterlife he'll force them to turn him back to life, find the Dragon Balls to wish himself immortal, and then blow the Afterlife up for good measure. Cell asks him how he'd even get back if he's immortal, with Freeza stating he'd find a way. Though it ''is'' possible for a living person to enter the Afterlife, as Goku demonstrated, nether Cell or Freeza had anyway of knowing that at the time.


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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: After Freeza learns there is a level beyond a regular Super Saiyan, he asks if it is called a "Super Duper Saiyan", the same name Goku thought of.
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* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish ''Caddyshack II'' on anyone.

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* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish ''Caddyshack II'' on anyone.anyone, not even Freeza.



** King Cold announces during TheStinger that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with two of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler and Bojack.

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** King Cold announces during TheStinger that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with two of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler and Bojack.Bojack.
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* BottleEpisode: The episode almost entirely takes place in the garage.

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* BottleEpisode: The episode almost entirely takes place in the garage.garage, and until the ending only Cell and Freeza have speaking roles.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Cell tries GURU it takes a bit longer to be rejected than the other passwords.
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* AudienceWhatAudience: Cell gets confused when the ogres start talking about the credits.

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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies the ''Franchise/DieHard'' movies, which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.
** King Cold brings up the time Guru was tipped over.

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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about.about last episode. Cell replies the ''Franchise/DieHard'' movies, which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.
** King Cold brings up the time [[Recap/HFILE5 Guru was tipped over.over]].



* ContinuityNod: Freeza refers to Super Saiyan 2 as "Super Duper Saiyan", which Cell humors.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Cell asks if Freeza is planning on [[Recap/HFILE6 messing with his garbage cans again]].
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Freeza refers to Super Saiyan 2 as "Super "[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE60Part2 Super Duper Saiyan", Saiyan]]", which Cell humors.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The ogres mention an announcement after the credits. They even look at the viewer went mentioning how many people miss TheStinger at the end of [[OncePerEpisode each episode]].

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* BreakingTheFourthWall: The ogres mention an announcement after the credits. They even look at the viewer went mentioning how many people miss TheStinger at the end of [[OncePerEpisode each episode]].episode]] (and in this case, would've presumably missed context for the next episode).
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but neither work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Possibly meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son. Alternatively it could be HEVN (heaven)[[/note]]

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but neither work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Possibly meaning "GEVO", Dr. [[note]]Two possibilities are "GEVO" (Dr. Gero's son. Alternatively it could be son), which would fit the Red Ribbon theme, or HEVN (heaven)[[/note]] (heaven).[[/note]]

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* OhCrap: As King Cold reveals the Hell Games will be an Inter-HFIL tournament, Freeza grumbles out a panicked "He ''wouldn't''" as he realizes he would be bringing in Cooler.



** King Cold announces during TheStinger that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.

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** King Cold announces during TheStinger that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one two of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.Cooler and Bojack.
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Since the code wasn't spoken outloud, we can really only guess the meaning.


* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but neither work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Likely meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son.[[/note]]

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but neither work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Likely [[note]]Possibly meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son.[[/note]] Alternatively it could be HEVN (heaven)[[/note]]
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* ActorAllusion: Freeza briefly attempts to brute force the pin pad by entering every single possible combination, much like Melvin did in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies ''Film/DieHard2'', which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.

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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies ''Film/DieHard2'', the ''Franchise/DieHard'' movies, which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HIFL tournament.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HIFL inter-HFIL tournament.



* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan.

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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan.Saiyan, and that Super Saiyan 2 exists.



* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Likely meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son[[/note]]

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether neither work. The code turns out to be 4386.[[note]]Likely meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son[[/note]]son.[[/note]]
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* ContinuityNod: Cell and Freeza both refer to Super Saiyan 2 as "Super Duper Saiyan".

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* ContinuityNod: Cell and Freeza both refer refers to Super Saiyan 2 as "Super Duper Saiyan".Saiyan", which Cell humors.
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* InternalReveal: Freeza learns that Vegeta has become a Super Saiyan.

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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies Film/DieHard2, which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.

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** Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies Film/DieHard2, ''Film/DieHard2'', which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.


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* ContinuityNod: Cell and Freeza both refer to Super Saiyan 2 as "Super Duper Saiyan".
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386 (GEVO, Dr. Gero's son).

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386 (GEVO, 4386.[[note]]Likely meaning "GEVO", Dr. Gero's son).son[[/note]]
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* EvilLawyerJoke: When Cell asks if he’s able to sue someone in Hell, Raditz says there are enough lawyers around.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386.

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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386.4386 (GEVO, Dr. Gero's son).



* TheReveal: Down played as we still don't really know what's going on, but the hidden pin pad has something to do with the Red Ribbon Army.
* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish Caddyshack II on anyone.

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* TheReveal: Down played Downplayed as we still don't really know what's going on, but the hidden pin pad pinpad has something to do with the Red Ribbon Army.
* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish Caddyshack II ''Caddyshack II'' on anyone.



** King Cold announces that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.

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** King Cold announces during TheStinger that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.
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This got deleted somehow. I thought the page was locked while I was writing the tropes.


* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish Caddyshack II on anyone.

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* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish Caddyshack II on anyone.anyone.
* WhamShot: Twofold:
** When King Cold resets the security system to the garage, the screen flashes the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.
** King Cold announces that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.

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* WhamShot: Twofold:
** When King Cold resets the security system to the garage, the screen flashes the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.
** King Cold announces that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.

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--->Original airdate: July 3rd, 2023

Freeza tries to figure out what his father is up to, but ends up trapped in the garage with Cell and Guru.

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!! Tropes in this episode:

* WhamShot: Twofold:
BottleEpisode: The episode almost entirely takes place in the garage.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The ogres mention an announcement after the credits. They even look at the viewer went mentioning how many people miss TheStinger at the end of [[OncePerEpisode each episode]].
* TheBusCameBack: In the final moments of TheStinger we see Cooler, and surprisingly enough [[AbortedArc Bojack]].
* CallBack:
** When Freeza asks what Cell and his father were talking about. Cell replies Film/DieHard2, which Freeza has never heard of. We also see the arena the Ginyu were working on in the same episode.
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King Cold resets brings up the security system to time Guru was tipped over.
* CallForward: As fans speculated,
the garage, arena is for the screen flashes Other World Tournament, which the main series hadn't gotten to.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Even Freeza figures out what his father is getting at when he mentions making it an inter-HIFL tournament.
* ImproperlyParanoid: Freeza's paranoia gets him locked in the garage as he could of sworn he saw his father go in there "clear as day" during the night. The next morning King Cold has an explanation for everything. Subverted when it turns out he really is hiding something in the garage.
* LockedInARoom: Freeza's failed attempt at guessing the password triggers a lock down, trapping him and Cell inside.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted as Freeza tries his birthday (0001) and a shortened version of his name on the pin pad. Cell tries HFIL and GURU, but nether work. The code turns out to be 4386.
* PopculturalOsmosisFailure: Freeza doesn't know any of the movies they were talking about, even when the other aliens are aware of them.
* TheReveal: Down played as we still don't really know what's going on, but the hidden pin pad has something to do with
the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.
** King Cold announces that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.
Army.
* TakeThat: Cell wouldn't wish Caddyshack II on anyone.
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* WhamShot: Twofold:
** When King Cold resets the security system to the garage, the screen flashes the Red Ribbon Army logo after he enters the code, signifying that whatever he's plotting involves Dr. Gero.
** King Cold announces that the upcoming Hell Games will be fought between the [=HFILs=], with one of the other [=HFILs=] being represented by none other than Cooler.

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