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* TalkingIsFreeAction: Piccolo invokes this by gettting Cell to explain his origin and motives so he can recover and regenerate the arm Cell absorbed.

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* CaptainObvious: When Piccolo asks Cell if he's the one responsible for killing Ginger Town's inhabitants, Cell replies that it was another guy, last name [=ShitSherlock=], first name No.

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When Piccolo asks Cell if he's the one responsible for killing Ginger Town's inhabitants, Cell replies that it was another guy, last name [=ShitSherlock=], first name No.No.
** Nail says "Oh hey, he's behind you." After Cell had already ''grabbed Piccolo from behind''.
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** While Cell is explaining his backstory to Piccolo, when he gets to the part about his EvilPlan to arrive in the past to absorb the Androids of this timeline, the camera begins tilting to an angle like the villains' lairs in the 1960's live-action ''Series/{{Batman}}'' show.

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** While Cell is explaining his backstory to Piccolo, when he gets to the part about his EvilPlan to arrive in the past to absorb the Androids of this timeline, the camera begins tilting to an angle like the villains' lairs in the 1960's live-action ''Series/{{Batman}}'' ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' show.
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!!!Original Airdate: August 24, 2014

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[[caption-width-right:300:Cell settles in for a heaping helping of [[MrExposition exposition]].]]
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* FunWithSubtitles: Cell's name continues to be the Lenny Face emoticon ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) until he comes up with "Cell" as his name during his exposition.
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* LiteralMinded: Android 18's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired:

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* LiteralMinded: Android 18's framing of his her question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired:
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!!Tropes:!!Well I am pretty disturbing! Remember that time I drank those tropes?
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'''Android 16:''' [[AC:[[{{Transgender}} I do not believe the car identifies as either male or female]].]]

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'''Android 16:''' [[AC:[[{{Transgender}} I do not don't believe the car identifies as either male or female]].]]
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* LiteralMinded: Android 17's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired:

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* LiteralMinded: Android 17's 18's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired:
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'''Android 16:''' [[AC:[[LiteralMinded I do not believe the car identifies as either male or female]].]]

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'''Android 16:''' [[AC:[[LiteralMinded [[AC:[[{{Transgender}} I do not believe the car identifies as either male or female]].]]
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* LiteralMinded: Android 17's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired?

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* LiteralMinded: Android 17's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired?desired:
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* LiteralMinded: Android 17's framing of his question on Android 16's repairs of the van's transmission leaves a lot to be desired?
-->'''Android 18:''' Hey 16, how's that tranny coming along?\\
'''Android 16:''' [[AC:[[LiteralMinded I do not believe the car identifies as either male or female]].]]
** Fortunately, [[LateToThePunchline 16 does eventually put two and two together]].
--->'''Android 16:''' [[AC:Wait, did you mean the transmission? Because it's fixed.]] ''(cranks the motor)''
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->'''Gohan:''' Huh? Why does it feel like my Dad is fighting Mr. Piccolo... and Vegeta is fighting Mr. Piccolo... 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:''' Except for [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]].\\
'''Yamcha:''' Well, duh, that's because I'm right here.\\
'''Krillin:''' (''{{beat}}'') [[SureLetsGoWithThat Yeah, that's gotta be it]]...



* YouMonster: Piccolo calls Cell this after Cell explains why he absorbs his victims. Cell sarcastically replies that he hasn't heard that one screamed at him today.

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* YouMonster: Piccolo calls Cell this after Cell explains why he absorbs his victims. Cell sarcastically replies that he hasn't heard that one screamed at him today.today.
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->"''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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* ISurrenderSuckers: Piccolo feigns defeat when one of his arms is drained, conning Cell into some exposition before plucking off and re-growing his useless arm.
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** When Cell fires Piccolo's own Masenkopopo technique at him, Kami replies inside the latter's head "So ''that's'' how you pronounce it," referencing Piccolo's difficulty with saying the name of the move during the fight with Raditz and eventually using the dub name "Special Beam Cannon" instead.

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** When Cell fires Piccolo's own Masenkopopo Makankōsappō technique at him, Kami replies inside the latter's head "So ''that's'' how you pronounce it," referencing Piccolo's difficulty with saying the name of the move during the fight with Raditz and eventually using the dub name "Special Beam Cannon" instead.



* IronicEcho: Cell asks Piccolo if he "wants to see something cool" before firing Piccolo's own Masenkopopo technique at him. Piccolo asks him the same thing before tearing the arm Cell drained off and using his regenerative abilities to regrow it.

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* IronicEcho: Cell asks Piccolo if he "wants to see something cool" before firing Piccolo's own Masenkopopo Makankōsappō technique at him. Piccolo asks him the same thing before tearing the arm Cell drained off and using his regenerative abilities to regrow it.

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* CallBack: In response to Piccolo's IronicEcho below, Cell replies "I know you're playing me, but I do," the same comment Vegeta made in Episode 37 when Piccolo suggested letting him fight Android 20 instead of Vegeta.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
** When Cell fires Piccolo's own Masenkopopo technique at him, Kami replies inside the latter's head "So ''that's'' how you pronounce it," referencing Piccolo's difficulty with saying the name of the move during the fight with Raditz and eventually using the dub name "Special Beam Cannon" instead.
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In response to Piccolo's IronicEcho below, Cell replies "I know you're playing me, but I do," the same comment Vegeta made in Episode 37 when Piccolo suggested letting him fight Android 20 instead of Vegeta.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Thanks to Imperfect Cell's NightmareFuel tendencies from canon being played completely straight and [=Takahata101=]'s creepy delivery of his lines that aren't CrossingTheLineTwice.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Thanks to Imperfect Cell's NightmareFuel tendencies from canon being played completely straight and [=Takahata101=]'s creepy delivery of his lines that aren't already CrossingTheLineTwice.

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* StealthHiBye: Trunks is surprised that Krillin was somehow able to fly up next to him without Trunks sensing him until Krillin started speaking to him. Krillin then [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope, calling it "stealth mode."



* StealthHiBye: Trunks is surprised that Krillin was somehow able to fly up next to him without Trunks sensing him until Krillin started speaking to him. Krillin then [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope, calling it "stealth mode."

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Upon sensing Piccolo fighting Cell, Gohan comments on how it feels like all of the Z-Fighters are fighting Piccolo- except [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]]. Yamcha thinks it's because he's right there with Gohan.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Upon sensing Piccolo fighting Cell, Gohan comments and Krillin comment on how it feels like all of the Z-Fighters are fighting Piccolo- except [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]]. Yamcha thinks it's because he's right there with Gohan.them.


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* StealthHiBye: Trunks is surprised that Krillin was somehow able to fly up next to him without Trunks sensing him until Krillin started speaking to him. Krillin then [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope, calling it "stealth mode."
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* EatsBabies: Cell at one point coughs up a pacifier. He's surprised by it, mostly because "[[CrossingTheLineTwice it's not even the right hole]]."

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* EatsBabies: Cell at one point coughs up a pacifier. He's surprised by it, mostly because "[[CrossingTheLineTwice "[[CrossesTheLineTwice it's not even the right hole]]."

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* EatsBabies: Cell at one point coughs up a pacifier. He's surprised by it, mostly because "it's not even the right hole."

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Thanks to Imperfect Cell's NightmareFuel tendencies from canon being played completely straight and [=Takahata101=]'s creepy delivery of his lines that aren't CrossingTheLineTwice.
* EatsBabies: Cell at one point coughs up a pacifier. He's surprised by it, mostly because "it's "[[CrossingTheLineTwice it's not even the right hole.hole]]."
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: With his arm drained by Cell, Piccolo feigns defeat in order to get Cell to reveal his backstory to him to buy time while he builds up energy to regenerate his arm.

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** -->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!

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** -->'''Cell:''' This bit from Cell:
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''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!
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** -->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!

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** -->'''Cell:''' **-->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!
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-->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!

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-->'''Cell:''' **-->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere/ VillainExitStageLeft: Upon Krillin and Trunks arriving to back up Piccolo, Cell blinds his opponents with a Solar Flare[[note]][[RunningGag The image this time]] is of two flies mating[[/note]] before retreating.

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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere/ ScrewThisImOutOfHere / VillainExitStageLeft: Upon Krillin and Trunks arriving to back up Piccolo, Cell blinds his opponents with a Solar Flare[[note]][[RunningGag The image this time]] is of two flies mating[[/note]] before retreating.
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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere/VillainExitStageLeft: Upon Krillin and Trunks arriving to back up Piccolo, Cell blinds his opponents with a Solar Flare[[note]][[RunningGag The image this time]] is of two flies mating[[/note]] before retreating.

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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere/VillainExitStageLeft: ScrewThisImOutOfHere/ VillainExitStageLeft: Upon Krillin and Trunks arriving to back up Piccolo, Cell blinds his opponents with a Solar Flare[[note]][[RunningGag The image this time]] is of two flies mating[[/note]] before retreating.
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Piccolo faces with a new mysterious creature that killed the entire population of Ginger Town, but is confident that with his new power up thanks to the fusion of Kami. But will he expect the secrets behind this creature?

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Piccolo faces with a new mysterious creature that killed the entire population of Ginger Town, but is confident that with his new power up thanks to the fusion of Kami. But will he expect the secrets behind this creature?creature?
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Nail is somehow able to throw up inside Piccolo's mindscape upon seeing Cell absorb one of his victims.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Cell explains to Piccolo that he's made up of the cells of the universe's greatest fighters, which is why he's able to perform all their special techniques.
* CallBack: In response to Piccolo's IronicEcho below, Cell replies "I know you're playing me, but I do," the same comment Vegeta made in Episode 37 when Piccolo suggested letting him fight Android 20 instead of Vegeta.
* CaptainObvious: When Piccolo asks Cell if he's the one responsible for killing Ginger Town's inhabitants, Cell replies that it was another guy, last name [=ShitSherlock=], first name No.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Upon sensing Piccolo fighting Cell, Gohan comments on how it feels like all of the Z-Fighters are fighting Piccolo- except [[ButtMonkey Yamcha]]. Yamcha thinks it's because he's right there with Gohan.
* EatsBabies: Cell at one point coughs up a pacifier. He's surprised by it, mostly because "it's not even the right hole."
* InsistentTerminology: Cell tells Piccolo that he's "completely bio-mechanical, unlike my siblings, Cyborgs 17 and 18." He lets out a "Good for you; You're wrong," when Piccolo explains that they call them Androids.
* IronicEcho: Cell asks Piccolo if he "wants to see something cool" before firing Piccolo's own Masenkopopo technique at him. Piccolo asks him the same thing before tearing the arm Cell drained off and using his regenerative abilities to regrow it.
* PrecisionFStrike: Piccolo lets out a frustrated "Goddamnit!" when Cell reveals that he's yet another creation of Dr. Gero's.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere/VillainExitStageLeft: Upon Krillin and Trunks arriving to back up Piccolo, Cell blinds his opponents with a Solar Flare[[note]][[RunningGag The image this time]] is of two flies mating[[/note]] before retreating.
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** Cell asks Piccolo what he's doing in Ginger Town. Piccolo says it's because he [[Franchise/StarWars sensed a disturbance]].
-->'''Cell:''' ''(thinking) So, he's faster than me, that might be a slight pain in the ass, but-(gets literally kicked in the rear end by Piccolo)'' Ahh! My [[Series/{{Supernatural}} assbutt]]!
** While Cell is explaining his backstory to Piccolo, when he gets to the part about his EvilPlan to arrive in the past to absorb the Androids of this timeline, the camera begins tilting to an angle like the villains' lairs in the 1960's live-action ''Series/{{Batman}}'' show.
* SuddenlyShouting: When Piccolo finds Cell, he's in the middle of absorbing one of his victims and asks what's going on here.
-->'''Cell:''' ''(chuckles malevolently)'' Let's answer your question with another question.\\
'''Piccolo:''' Yeah, and what's tha-\\
'''Cell:''' WANNA SEE ME DRINK THIS GUY?! ''(injects tail into victim)''
* YouMonster: Piccolo calls Cell this after Cell explains why he absorbs his victims. Cell sarcastically replies that he hasn't heard that one screamed at him today.
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