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** After getting beaten up by Trunk, Cell quotes Daffy Duck's famous "This means war" gag from ''Looney Toons''.

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** After getting beaten up by Trunk, Trunks, Cell quotes Daffy Duck's famous "This means war" gag from ''Looney Toons''.



-->'''Tien''': I didn't Kikōhō myself half to death so he could get laid!

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-->'''Tien''': I didn't Kikōhō myself half to death so he could get laid!
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* SideBet: Piccolo and Tien bet on whether Vegeta or Krillin will screw things up for everyone. Bulma [[TakeAThirdOption bets on both]]

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* SideBet: Piccolo and Tien bet on whether Vegeta or Krillin will screw things up for everyone. Bulma [[TakeAThirdOption bets on both]]both]]. And wins.
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** Android 16 asks 18 in an agitated manner why she is still in the area, just like he did to her and 18 when Imperfect Cell attacked them episodes earlier. 18 replies, just like 17 did, that they're the three amigos (or, in this case, dos compadres).

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** Android 16 asks 18 in an agitated manner why she is still in the area, just like he did to her and 18 17 when Imperfect Cell attacked them episodes earlier. 18 replies, just like 17 her brother did, that they're the three amigos (or, in this case, dos compadres).

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* BookEnds: This episode starts with Goku singing a song about how he wants to see Gohan become a Super Saiyan. It ends with Cell singing a song about how he's now perfect and everyone's fucked.

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* BookEnds: This episode starts with Goku [[IWantSong singing a song about how he wants to see Gohan become a Super Saiyan. Saiyan]]. It ends with Cell [[VillainSong singing a song about how he's now perfect and everyone's fucked.fucked]].


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* VillainSong: Cell's "P.E.R.F.E.C.T." song at the end of the episode.
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** The opening song Goku sings about Gohan becoming a Super Saiyan is an allusion to the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7IHZv5Q594 Giant Woman]]" song from Series/StevenUniverse.

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** The opening song Goku sings about Gohan becoming a Super Saiyan is an allusion to the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7IHZv5Q594 Giant Woman]]" song from Series/StevenUniverse.''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
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* NoSell: Cell doesn't even register a modicum of pain at the hits that 16, 18, or Krillin give him. Trunks is able to actually do some damage, but Cell ends up using Solar Flare before he can be finished off.

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* NoSell: [[NoSell No Cell]]: Cell doesn't even register a modicum of pain at the hits that 16, 18, or Krillin give him. Trunks is able to actually do some damage, but Cell ends up using Solar Flare before he can be finished off.
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** After getting beaten up by Trunk, Cell quotes Daffy Duck's famous "This means war" gag from ''Looney Toons''.
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After stroking Vegeta's pride, Cell gets his chance to continue searching for Android 18, something that he's able to accomplish almost instantaneously. Krillin gets close enough to deactivate 18, but realizes that he's truly in love with and proceeds to destroy the remote. Trunks, Krillin, Android 16, and 18 all engage in a battle against Cell in order to stop him from accomplishing his goal, but it proves to be an insufficient effort, due in part to Cell's battle strategies and Vegeta impeding their efforts. Eventually, Cell absorbs 18 and reaches his Perfect form, to the horror of everyone but Vegeta.

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After stroking Vegeta's pride, Cell gets his chance to continue searching for Android 18, something that he's able to accomplish almost instantaneously. Krillin gets close enough to deactivate 18, but realizes that he's truly in love with her and proceeds to destroy the remote. Trunks, Krillin, Android 16, and 18 all engage in a battle against Cell in order to stop him from accomplishing his goal, but it proves to be an insufficient effort, due in part to Cell's battle strategies and Vegeta impeding their efforts.them. Eventually, Cell absorbs 18 and reaches his Perfect form, to the horror of everyone but Vegeta.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Krillin is immediately and understandably ''confused'' by the fact that [[WhatTheHellHero 18 and Trunks are shocked that he destroyed the remote.]] Mainly because ''nobody told him'' that the possibility of Cell absorbing 18 is now an even greater problem than her being a threat in general (hence why 18's assurance that she and 16 don't intent to hurt any innocent people or any of the heroes was enough to make him break it) - mainly because the situation had changed rather dramatically from the time he acquired said remote, and nobody had given him any-heads up in that time. Granted, him knowing beforehand probably wouldn't have changed much, but still.
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** Tien describes Krillin as being "a total bitch." This is the exact description Bulma used for Krillin in Episode 13 when they got trapped on Namek.
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* SoProudOfYou: Subverted. Vegeta notes that Trunks' act of rebellion has made Vegeta felt pride in someone else for the first time in his life. However, since it also involved potentially robbing Vegeta of his ultimate challenge against a Perfect version of Cell, it makes him furious.

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* SoProudOfYou: Subverted. Vegeta notes that Trunks' act of rebellion has made makes Vegeta felt feel pride in someone else for the first time in his life. However, since it also involved potentially robbing Vegeta of his ultimate challenge against a Perfect version of Cell, it makes him furious.infuriates him.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: [[RunningGag As per usual]], there is a still frame when Cell uses Solar Flare, only this time they go for NightmareFuel instead of {{Squick}} with a (mercifully cropped) picture of Cell ''raping'' 18.



* SideBet: Piccolo and Tien bet on whether Vegeta or Krillin will screw things up for everyone.

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* SideBet: Piccolo and Tien bet on whether Vegeta or Krillin will screw things up for everyone. Bulma [[TakeAThirdOption bets on both]]

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** Trunks spends over a minute screaming the BigNo he started at the end of the previous episode, only to be cut off by Vegeta

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** Trunks spends over a minute screaming the BigNo he started at the end of the previous episode, only to be cut off by VegetaVegeta.
* BookEnds: This episode starts with Goku singing a song about how he wants to see Gohan become a Super Saiyan. It ends with Cell singing a song about how he's now perfect and everyone's fucked.

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* MythologyGag: Cell hums the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8_b4qi3Ss Perfect Cell theme music]] as he marches his way to 18.



** Cell hums the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8_b4qi3Ss Perfect Cell theme music]] as he marches his way to 18.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: To 16's chagrin, 18 comes back to ask him how he's doing after he previously told her to take off without him. She reiterates what her brother said about them being TrueCompanions.
* NoSell: Cell doesn't even register a modicum of pain at the hits that 16, 18, or Krillin give him. Trunks is able to actually do some damage, but Cell ends up using Solar Flare before he can be finished off.

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After stroking Vegeta's pride, Cell gets his chance to continue searching for Android 18, something that he's able to accomplish almost instantaneously. Krillin gets close enough to deactivate 18, but realizes that he's truly in love with and proceeds to destroy the remote. Trunks, Krillin, Android 16, and 18 all engage in a battle against Cell in order to stop him from accomplishing his goal, but it proves to be an insufficient effort, due in part to Cell's battle strategies and Vegeta impeding their efforts. Eventually, Cell absorbs 18 and reaches his Perfect form, to the horror of everyone but Vegeta.

Meanwhile, Piccolo, Tien, and Bulma spectate on the fight from the Lookout, and Goku and Gohan continue their training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.



* DelayedReaction: It takes a while for Piccolo to understand what the significance is of Android 18 being a girl, having little understanding of romance or attraction. When Tien reveals that it means that Krillin destroyed the remote in order to get laid, Piccolo simply responds with "Oh. Gross."



* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate...[[YankTheDogsChain for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]

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* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen Krillin realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate...[[YankTheDogsChain for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]

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** Android 16 adamantly refuses Krillin's plea not to kill anyone ''purely'' because he's still set on destroying Goku, who would technically be categorized as "anyone".



* RageBreakingPoint: Trunks is pushed past this by the mix of Vegeta helping Cell to absorb 18 and Krillin's failure to destroy her. Notably, at the beginning of the episode, he was still submissive enough to his father that he immediately stopped screaming when Vegeta ordered him to can it. By episode's end, he's grown so angry that he actually blasts Vegeta away when the latter goes on about Trunks ruining his plans.



* SoProudOfYou: Subverted. Vegeta notes that Trunks' act of rebellion has made Vegeta felt pride in someone else for the first time in his life. However, since it also involved potentially robbing Vegeta of his ultimate challenge against a Perfect version of Cell, it makes him furious.
* SuddenlyShouting: When Bulma starts gloating in a sing-song voice about the guys owing her zeni, Piccolo screams about how Cell is going to kill them all.



* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate......[[YankTheDogsChain for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]

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* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate......reciprocate...[[YankTheDogsChain for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]


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* VillainsNeverLie: When Trunks angrily points out to Vegeta that Cell has been manipulating him in their conversation, Cell points out that he actually hasn't lied the whole time.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate......[[BaitTheDog for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]

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* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate......[[BaitTheDog [[YankTheDogsChain for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]
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** Trunks spends over a minute screaming the BigNo he started at the end of the previous episode, only to be cut off by Vegeta


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* ThrowTheDogABone: After three seasons and multiple movies of being the series' official Chew Toy (and especially his experiences with [[HoneyTrap Maron]]) Krillen realizes he is in love with Android 18, and she actually starts to reciprocate......[[BaitTheDog for about 5 minutes before Cell absorbs her.]]
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** Trunks tells Cell that he isn't involved in the conversation between himself and Vegeta, to which Cell replies that he thinks he's pretty involved. This refers back to Cell's previous exchange with Harry just before he blew up the islands in his attempt to find 18.
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* DoubleEntendre: Cell contains to drop all kinds of creepy innuendos.

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* DoubleEntendre: Cell contains continues to drop all kinds of creepy innuendos.

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* DoubleEntendre: Cell contains to drop all kinds of creepy innuendos.



* LyricalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: 16, asking why 18 ''still'' hasn't escaped from Cell.

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* LyricalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.everyone.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: 16, asking why 18 ''still'' hasn't escaped from Cell.


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* SideBet: Piccolo and Tien bet on whether Vegeta or Krillin will screw things up for everyone.

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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: 16, asking why 18 ''still'' hasn't escaped from Cell.

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* LyricalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.* PunctuatedForEmphasis: 16, asking why 18 ''still'' hasn't escaped from Cell.



* VocalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.
* WhatTheHellHero: Trunks freaks out when he realizes that Krillin didn't shut down the Androids.

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* VocalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.
* WhatTheHellHero: Trunks freaks out when he realizes that Krillin didn't shut down the Androids.Androids, asking what the hell is wrong with him.
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** Perfect Cell introduces himself with a song, just as Imperfect Cell did in his first appearance.
* CallingYourAttacks: FUTURE KICK!


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* LastRequest: 18 tells 16 to look after Krillin just before Cell absorbs her.


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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: 16, asking why 18 ''still'' hasn't escaped from Cell.


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* VocalDissonance: Perfect Cell introduces himself to everyone by belting out a cheery song...detailing the pain and torment he's about to inflict on everyone.
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** Krillin is compared to a duck again.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Trunks freaks out when he realizes that Krillin didn't shut down the Androids.

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* BigWhat: Tien's reaction when he discovers that Krillin destroyed the remote.


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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Although 18 doesn't really complain about Krillin stepping on the remote in order to avoid killing her, she also notes that, pragmatically, he probably should have kept it around.
* ExactWords: Cell promises to give Vegeta "everything he has coming to him" once he completes his final transformation. Vegeta picks up on the ambiguous nature of this statement ("OMINOUS!") but is too confident in his own abilities to care.
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown: 16 convinces 18 to follow Krillin without him because he's too damaged to escape in an efficient way and Cell doesn't care about absorbing him anyway.
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** Cell hums the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8_b4qi3Ss Perfect Cell theme music]] as he marches his way to 18.

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* BigNo: Krillin thinks one to himself when Cell begins his transformation to perfect form.



** When Trunks attempts to hold him off, Cell notes that Vegeta's claim from the previous episode about his son being almost as strong as him was true.



* LoveEphiphany: Krillin realizes that he's in love with 18 as he's holding the remote, which leads to him stoomping it.

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** Trunks tells 18 to blow herself up or leave (he doesn't care which), much like Tien did previously.
** Android 16 asks 18 in an agitated manner why she is still in the area, just like he did to her and 18 when Imperfect Cell attacked them episodes earlier. 18 replies, just like 17 did, that they're the three amigos (or, in this case, dos compadres).
* LoveEphiphany: LoveEpiphany: Krillin realizes that he's in love with 18 as he's holding the remote, which leads to him stoomping it. stomping it.
* ShoutOut:
** The opening song Goku sings about Gohan becoming a Super Saiyan is an allusion to the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7IHZv5Q594 Giant Woman]]" song from Series/StevenUniverse.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Vegeta actually laughs a bit when Trunks snarks at him for being a terrible/non-existent parent.
* BigWhat: Tien's reaction when he discovers that Krillin destroyed the remote.
* CallBack:
** After hearing that Cell will give Vegeta "everything he has coming to him", Vegeta responds with an enthusiastic "Ominous!" This mirrors a response that Imperfect Cell gave to Piccolo in Episode 43 when the latter said they both increase their power through absorption.
** Vegeta's "I know you're playing me, but you're right" comes up again, with him having previously said it after Piccolo convinced him to let someone else fight Android 20.
** Vegeta brings back the "foiling my plans" running bit from the Namek Saga.
* LoveEphiphany: Krillin realizes that he's in love with 18 as he's holding the remote, which leads to him stoomping it.
* TakeAThirdOption: When asked whether to bet on Vegeta or Krillin screwing up, Bulma decides to go with "both". [[GenreSavvy Of course, she's proven right.]]
* UpToEleven: Perfect Cell's immense power increase is so massive that even Bulma, who doesn't possess the ability to sense power levels, is able to feel the change.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Tien cannot believe that Krillin ''actually'' risked the lives of everyone by destroying the remote for a girl.
-->'''Tien''': I didn't Kikōhō myself half to death so he could get laid!

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