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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#33826: Feb 6th 2016 at 9:28:57 AM

That one time...hm, that "one" other time?

Never mind, Cell only regenerated 3 times.

That one time is after a long out n' out fight with Goku.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#33827: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:06:43 AM

So here's a thought:

What do think is the weirdest wish someone could try and make that is within the Dragon's power?

Like, could you use it to wish someone pregnant?

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33828: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:13:51 AM

Probably if that person is below the Dragon's power.

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#33829: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:24:38 AM

You can wish for a planet to be formed around them just fine though.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#33830: Feb 6th 2016 at 10:43:41 AM

Wishing to taste the rainbow.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#33831: Feb 6th 2016 at 11:02:59 AM

A wish for all future wishes to involve women's underwear. No matter what the wisher ask for, they will receive an armful of Victoria's Secret underwear.

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#33832: Feb 6th 2016 at 11:05:35 AM

Shenron, you're like, totes adorbs and I'm gonna wish for a little mini-Shenron that I can keep in my purse and feed doggie treats to!

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
himitsu keisatsu
#33833: Feb 6th 2016 at 11:09:24 AM

A pet miniature Shenron would be awesome though. If you were mugged you'd be all like "Bitch I got a dragon!"

Also I'd totally name him Trogdor.

edited 6th Feb '16 11:11:19 AM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#33834: Feb 6th 2016 at 11:10:50 AM

That he's wasting energy to regenerate, except for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case in DB.

Except it is. A point is made more than once about how Namekians need time to regenerate and how it weakens them. I don't remember about Cell but it stands to reason the same applies to him.

T-manboy55 Since: Jan, 2016
#33835: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:04:00 PM

Like when Cell blasted a hole in Piccolo?

Envyus Since: Jun, 2011
#33836: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:09:22 PM

The thing with Cell is that he gets a power boost from near fatal injuries so that probably refunds some of the energy he spent regenerating. And he has Freeza's ability to survive in pretty much any state.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#33837: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:15:36 PM

Thing is, since he can both regenerate and survive in pretty much any state, what counts as a near fatal injury? The only one I can think of is when he blew himself up and zeknai'd into Super Perfect Bullshit.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#33838: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:19:22 PM

He only got one zenkai, he says as much himself. He and the good guys would notice if he was getting much stronger every time he regenerated.

edited 6th Feb '16 12:28:21 PM by LSBK

IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33839: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:20:55 PM

I'd assume that it's when he gets reduced to a single cell, which comes close to killing him, but doesn't quite finish him off.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#33840: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:26:05 PM

So while Cell can't take full advantage of the Zenkai, when he does, it's still pretty useful.

If Gohan hadn't used a blast powerful enough to completely destroy his core (by incinerating him) he might have still come back.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#33841: Feb 6th 2016 at 12:58:54 PM

Actually, he can abuse it far more than any other being in the universe can.

Because he can explode himself down to one cell on command and regenerate with no adverse effects, and thus, trigger a zenkai whenever he needs one.

Simply put, if Cell had taken the time to trigger another zenkai before getting back, he would've shitstomped Gohan with minimal effort.

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#33842: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:00:45 PM

Well he did say that there's no guarantee he could come from self-destruction again. He was as surprised as everyone else that it happened. He basically got very lucky that his nucleus survived.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#33843: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:02:35 PM

Self Destructing while Semi Perfect probably nerfed his explosion.

T-manboy55 Since: Jan, 2016
#33844: Feb 6th 2016 at 1:31:42 PM

[up]But he was also weaker(durability wise)in that form. Even if he were in his perfect form wouldn't he increase in durability as well as power?

edited 6th Feb '16 1:35:47 PM by T-manboy55

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#33845: Feb 6th 2016 at 3:05:37 PM

A single cell survival is a really risky gambit to take.

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Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#33846: Feb 6th 2016 at 3:11:20 PM

We could always get a bird to do that one for us.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#33847: Feb 6th 2016 at 5:38:38 PM

A single cell survival is a really risky gambit to take.

And it's not just From a Single Cell. It has to be a single specific cell, his nucleus. If it were anything else, he'd be dead.

The probability of reducing himself to just that cell every time must be ridiculously low.

@ Saiga: Like I said, being able to at least meaningfully injure Semi-Perfect Cell would satisfy me.

Being able to put up a "good fight" against Semi-Perfect Cell would completely fuck up the story.

The Androids are not match to them so there's no way he wouldn't just immediately vaporize them when they showed up. He'd easily slaughter first form Cell in his first appearance, and he'd still be stronger than Cell after his second appearance so why did Cell even drink all those humans? It effectively would have gone nowhere that he was doing that. Then Semi-Perfect Cell looks kind of bad even before Vegeta shows up and kicks his ass.

Semi-Perfect Cell was kind of a letdown as he is, he doesn't need to be dragged down further to make Piccolo look a little better.

The story and villain's threat is much more important than making Piccolo look good.

The problem is that Toriyama built up Piccolo's fusion and clearly had a plan for it, but he didn't have a need for it. It moved the story along when he hit a brick wall but it didn't end up needing to be a big deal.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#33848: Feb 6th 2016 at 5:55:26 PM

[up] That is a very good point, about making the villains too unimpressive right from the starting bell.

But on the other hand I still don't like the idea of such an important fusion being below 16, or that it's something the Saiyans could fairly easily surpass with MOAR TRAININGS.

But on the other other hand it only seems easy to us due to the Time Dilation.

edited 6th Feb '16 6:04:47 PM by HamburgerTime

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#33849: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:05:46 PM

The Saiyans need to do that because that is what the Saiyans do.

16 being above him is the thing I have a problem with, but I think Cell being the one to motivate 16's involvement is just perfect and their fight is cool.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#33850: Feb 6th 2016 at 6:08:35 PM

Though I really do like 16 a lot.


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