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nomuru2d Gamer-turning-maker from Port Saint Lucie, FL Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Longing for Dulcinea
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#18801: Mar 7th 2016 at 6:48:09 AM

I'd have assumed it was the nanomachines.

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#18802: Mar 7th 2016 at 7:51:05 AM

Cell regenerates. 17 and 18 are biomechanical. As long as they're incorporated into his biology, they probably regenerate with him.

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#18803: Mar 7th 2016 at 8:02:47 AM

That doesn't answer the Storage Space question.

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#18804: Mar 7th 2016 at 8:13:48 AM

My headcanon is that the first one gets broken down into parts (like how Super Android 13 just took a few key parts from 14 and 15). The second one is stored within relatively, like an endoskeleton.

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#18805: Mar 7th 2016 at 8:16:31 AM

It doesn't answer the question of storage space, but if Toriyama actually cared about that, he wouldn't have had Cell get smaller when he transforms from Semi-Perfect to Perfect.

There really isn't an answer for how adding more mass to Cell made him shrink.

edited 7th Mar '16 8:17:00 AM by TobiasDrake

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WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#18806: Mar 7th 2016 at 8:34:10 AM

Simple, he's more dense now.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#18807: Mar 7th 2016 at 8:56:57 AM

E = mc^2. The extra mass is converted into energy or something.

Seriously, law of mass conservation is high school chemistry; once you go down to physics, mass and energy end up being interchangeable. And this is a series where people can shoot planet bursters from their fingers.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#18808: Mar 7th 2016 at 9:00:12 AM

OR how Bulma's dad made a device that can store an entire spaceship in a small pill with a button.

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#18809: Mar 7th 2016 at 9:18:47 AM

I'd have assumed it was the nanomachines.

Lol, just found my new headcanon. Nanomachines, it's obviously the only thing that makes sense here.

edited 7th Mar '16 9:19:34 AM by hardcorefakes

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#18810: Mar 7th 2016 at 9:19:47 AM

Or capsules. Really, the things that debuted at the early chapters?

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#18811: Mar 7th 2016 at 9:23:58 AM

There's literally zero reason to associate Capsule Corp tech with Cell's anatomy.

Nanomachines.

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#18812: Mar 7th 2016 at 9:31:59 AM

But Cell is biology. It's in his name.

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#18813: Mar 7th 2016 at 11:39:01 AM

Oh, there is some reason to associate the two. Capsules existing means there is science in that universe that allows for either extreme shrinkage of matter, or flawless mass/energy conversion. And then there's the shrinking watch.

If that science exists, Gero can have used that theory when designing his creations.

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#18814: Mar 7th 2016 at 11:46:14 AM

Yeah. Shrinking technology not only exists but is commercialized. It wouldn't be hard for Gero to just buy a Capsule and then reverse-engineer the tech.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#18815: Mar 7th 2016 at 1:02:04 PM

The idea that 18 and 17 could be so mechanical that they can be capsulized is oddly hilarious. I keep imagining Krillin or Marron accidentally discovering something like that and freaking out.

edited 7th Mar '16 1:02:24 PM by KnownUnknown

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#18816: Mar 7th 2016 at 1:05:45 PM

I imagine that 17's wife and kids would freak out more, given that they might not know that 17 is a cyborg.

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#18817: Mar 7th 2016 at 1:09:29 PM

Marron might not know. She's a bit young to have the "Mommy has robot parts" conversation.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#18818: Mar 7th 2016 at 1:10:23 PM

  • "The bad news is, we accidentally dropped her in the crate of capsules that we were donating to charity!"
  • "Why would we be donating capsules to charity? And why didn't you just uncapsule her right away?"
  • "Look, just go with it!"

edited 7th Mar '16 1:10:49 PM by KnownUnknown

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#18819: Mar 7th 2016 at 6:01:45 PM

x5[up]When is Dr. Gero, known terrorist, going to find the time to buy a capsule from a store? What, did he send 19 out for groceries?

Also, Dr. Gero's field seems to be biology and computer science, that doesn't mean he's going to randomly be able to reverse engineer Capsule Corp tech, which I would assume would be a closely guarded secret anyways.

edited 7th Mar '16 6:02:29 PM by hardcorefakes

EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#18820: Mar 7th 2016 at 6:06:02 PM

You forgot robotics. Considering he did make purely mechanical androids.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#18821: Mar 7th 2016 at 6:08:09 PM

All this talk of nanomachines is making me imagine 18 as Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.

"A power level of zero? The hell are you thinking?"

*punts Vegeta*

"Played college ball you know, could have gone pro if I hadn't 'joined' the army."

"Why won't you die?!"

*breaks Vegeta's arm*

"Nanomachines, son"

edited 7th Mar '16 6:08:17 PM by Moth13

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#18822: Mar 7th 2016 at 6:09:54 PM

[up][up][up] Unless becoming a cyborg was the very first thing he did (like, within 3 weeks of being on the run soon), he'd have had to go and get supplies from somewhere, in order to not die from not eating food.

Also, how many places knew the ringleaders of Red Ribbon well enough to recognize Gero on sight and know him to be a high ranking member of Red Ribbon?

Heck, Gero kept his identity concealed from Akira Toriyama for years.

edited 7th Mar '16 6:10:05 PM by Enlong

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#18823: Mar 8th 2016 at 10:39:46 AM

Dr. Gero grows his own food in his laboratory, maybe...

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#18824: Mar 8th 2016 at 12:30:31 PM

Heck, Gero kept his identity concealed from Akira Toriyama for years.

It's kind of funny how Gero zig-zags between competent genius and incompetent screw-up.

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#18825: Mar 8th 2016 at 6:42:15 PM

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