The Many Mistakes of the Cell Saga.
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Published 2023-09-16
Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Android 17, Android 18, and more all made mistakes in the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z.
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In all of Dragon Ball Z, the one Saga that stands out as happening entirely due to constant mistakes made by our main cast of characters is the Cell Saga. The Buu Saga is a close second, but at least the threat of Buu was taken seriously by most of the cast immediately.
Unlike the Cell Saga, which starts with the biggest wasted opportunity in the series - shrugging off a warning from the apocalyptic future. It should be a very simple process, Trunks is from the Future - him being a Super Saiyan while also being a hybrid-Saiyan due to his different hair color proves this. Even the doubters in the group quickly believed him due to his knowledge of events like Goku’s landing time and location or even just time traveling in front of them. So, with the knowledge that Dr. Gero is building the androids, it's as simple as a wish on the Dragon Balls to stop him - and worst case scenario - Bulma knows where his lab is so they should be able to find it and destroy it.
However, that’s not what happens as almost every fighter in the group agrees they’d rather train and wait to fight the Androids than deal with them prematurely. I do think Goku has the most plausible reason to not go after Gero yet - citing him not having built the androids yet. I know he was a part of the Red Ribbon Army in the past so he has done bad things before, but then again, most of the people standing next to Goku as he says this tried to kill him in the past - so at the very least this is in character for him.
And hey this may have been a blessing in disguise since we don’t know when Gero made himself into an Android so if he was already artificial by the time Trunks arrived in the Past then they would’ve been absolutely destroyed if they tried to fight him. Trust me, characters make worse mistakes than this.
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All Comments (21)
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Who made the worst mistake in the Cell Saga?
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To be fair, while Cell not just killing Gohan outright was definitely a tactical error, it makes perfect sense from a narrative perspective. The genes of Goku and Vegeta are blended into Cell's makeup, and both of them have made that exact mistake in the past.
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Basically, the whole saga is almost about the mistake’s everyone made in order to make it the most iconic saga in the franchise
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I am surprised you missed this one. Everyone doesn't mention it. Goku planning to not tell anyone about the androids is a huge mistake. The reason the Z fighters knew about the upcoming androids was Piccolo. Piccolo decided he needed to warn the fighters about the future androids. Piccolo pretty much saved everyone. Goku's heart condition would have started leaving him unable to fight and the others too weak to fight.
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I feel like Cell letting Gohan reach SSJ2 is a much bigger mistake than Vegeta letting Cell become complete. Vegeta's mistake was not preventing the thing that Cell was already going to do. But Cell was actually helping Gohan to push him over the edge, while Gohan did not even want to become angry, and he didn't really know how to either.
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The worst mistake would be between vegeta wanting cell to absirb 18 for a fight or krillin giving up earth for 🤖😺.
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I like to think Gero vs. Piccolo was Gero's very first fight in his life, taking precautions the way a scientist does but never saw combat in his life.
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I think it’s awesome that after all the mistakes the cast made (which were all mostly consistent with their characters and acknowledged as mistakes by the narrative imo) that it was Cell making the exact same types of mistakes that did him in in the end
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To be fair Vegeta's role in DBZ basically up until his sacrifice in the Buu arc is to always make things worse, and then get his ass kicked for making things worse and prove how strong the villain is.
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Yamcha made two mistakes as well. He found the people Androids 19/20 killed and didn't notify the others. When he found them, instead of raising his Ki, he just shouted which was pointless as they were all scattered through an entire island causing him to almost die. In the end, he only wished Cell's victims back and ignored Android 19/20's ones.
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This arc basically build on everyone’s mistakes and poor choices 💀
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The protagonist’s imperfections allowed Cell to reach his perfection. Kind of awesome actually
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I like that this arc was propelled by everyone’s flaws and mistakes. Gero is striking revenge on the heroes and Cell is literally a combination of everyone: a dark reflection of the cast
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I always say using an attack that doesn't require movement, like most beams, would've been a great use of SSJ Grade 3.
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The worst mistake was ignoring Bulma’s suggestion on using the dragon balls to stop the androids
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It's funny when you point out the mistakes with the androids considering the reason we only got 17 and 18 and eventually Cell was because Toriyama's editor kept disagreeing with his choice of villains for the arc.
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Thank you for explaining this. People really don’t understand how the Cell Saga would have been handled a lot differently if those dumb decisions and mistakes weren’t made.
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I am pretty sure the point of the shutdown remote wasn't to make it so Cell can't absorb them, but so that anyone could just blow them up easily.
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For me, telling that Krillin didn't kill 18 just by love for her is a bit wrong. For me, He didn't want to kill her because she didn"t have made anything objectively evil since she as been activate. Krillin is one if not the most "human" and "moral" character. Killing Android 18 just by precaution is something he would never do. Maybe it's a mistake but like a lot of mistake made by the character in this arc, these mistake are in logic with who and how they are.
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10:43 Tbf with him, Cell wasn't expecting Gohan to constest his Solar Kamehameha since he has almost no energy left. Also, even Gohan wasn't expecting being able to stop Cell. He just won because he was able to unleash his full power after Cell was distracted by the Z fighters.
