History Recap / DragonBallZAbridgedE44

** At one point, Cell speaks in a manner incredibly reminiscent of the TeenGirlSquad.

* ShoutOut: [[Manga/OnePiece Pirate Goku, Sword-Guy Piccolo]],[[note]]In English, Piccolo and Roronoa Zoro are voiced by the same actor.[[/note]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ninja Goku]] while Goku is dreaming.

* CallBack:
** What's the first thing Vegeta says when he finds out about Cell being an android?
---> "Do I hear five!?!"

* ContinuityNod: Piccolo apologizes to Tien for his father killing Chaotzu in the original ''Manga/{{Dragonball}}''.

** The ending of the episode has Cell killing TJ and the Wombat, the two obnoxious radio [=DJs=] from ''The History of Trunks Abridged''.

* CallForward: The revelation that Android 16 is modeled after Dr. Gero's son in particular will play a role in [[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedE56 Episode 56]].

'''Cell:''' Sorry, that's not in the lineup. (''absorbs the caller'') Speaking of the line-up, in the next half-hour we've got "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Music/DuranDuran, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Music/LaurynHill, followed by [[Music/EricCarmen "All By]] [[Music/CelineDion Myself"]].

* IncrediblyLamePun:

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: After killing TJ and the Wombat, TheStinger has Cell takes over their radio show, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou absorbing his victims live on-air]] and playing tracks that fit his character.
-->'''Cell:''' Hey! Welcome back to 98.5 The Cell! We have another caller making a request.\\

'''Cell:''' Sorry, that's not in the lineup. (''absorbs the caller'')

!!Tropes:

->"''III KILLED CELLLLL!''"

'''Victim:'' PLEASE don't kill me!\\

'''Vegeta:''' '''''[[AwesomeEgo I AM the hype]]'''''!

---> '''Piccolo''': So yeah, that's basically it in a nutshell.\\

-->'''Cell:'' Hey! Welcome back to 98.5 The Cell! We have another caller making a request.\\

* XanatosGambit: Tien tells Krillin this is why [[BullyingADragon he continues to taunt Vegeta]]: If Vegeta kills him, Tien wins by proving that Vegeta is affected by the human's remarks. ''And Vegeta knows it''.

* ShoutOut: [[Manga/OnePiece Pirate Goku, Sword Fighter Piccolo]],[[note]]In English, Piccolo and Roronoa Zoro are voiced by the same guy.[[/note]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ninja Goku]] while Goku is dreaming.

"''III KILLED CELLLLL!''"

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: After killing TJ and the Wombat, TheStinger has Cell takes over their radio show, absorbing his victims live on-air and playing tracks that fit his character.

* XanatosGambit: Tien tells Krillin this is why [[BullyingADragon he continues to taunt Vegeta]]: If Vegeta kills him, Tien wins by proving that Vegeta is affected by the human's remarks. ''And Vegeta knows it''.

-->'''Trunks:''' Do you really believe your own hype?\\
'''Vegeta:''' [[AwesomeEgo I AM the hype]].

-->'''Tien:''' Do you really believe your own hype?\\

* MythologyGag: The notes on the Androids Trunks finds in Dr. Gero's lab reference the WordOfGod from Akira Toriyama that 17 and 18 were twins named Lapis and Lazuli before being converted into Androids and that 16 was modelled off of Gero's son. [[spoiler:The latter doubles as {{Foreshadowing}} to TheReveal in Episode 56 that Gero's son was one of Goku's victims in his assault on the Red Ribbon Army base as a child.]]

* [[DoNotAdjustYourSet Do Not Adjust Your Dial]]: After killing TJ and the Wombat, TheStinger has Cell takes over their radio show, absorbing his victims live on-air and playing tracks that fit his character.
* GenreSavvy: Both Trunks and Krillin had this shot of brilliance for Cell. Trunks realizing that there might be a Cell in the current timeline if this Cell came from the future, and Krillin mentioning that Dr. Gero must have a basement lab (as all mad scientists do).

* SoundtrackDissonance: Right before he enters their studio to kill them, Cell requests TJ and the Wombat to play "Video Killed the Radio Star" which they do. Cell then brutally kills and absorbs the two of them as the song plays, complete with LastNoteNightmare as the episode ends.

* SoLastSeason: When Vegeta tries to state that Piccolo is still not strong as a Super Saiyan, Piccolo immediately says that it's not much of a milestone anymore.

** The ending of the episode has Cell killing TJ and the Wombat, the two obnoxious radio DJs from ''The History of Trunks Abridged''.

As Cell runs off to search for a city to devour, Krillin and Trunks go back to Dr. Geor's lab to find anything more on the Androids.

--> "Do I hear five!?!"

-> '''Piccolo''': So yeah, that's basically it in a nutshell.
-> '''Krillin''': You mean a nut-CEL--
-> '''Everyone else''': Shut up!

As Cell runs off to search for a city to devour, Krillin and Trunks go back to Dr. Geor's lab to find anything more on the Androids.