After years of anguish from a defeat that took place decades ago,
Dr. Gero continues to plot revenge against the character that destroyed Red Ribbon and
ruined him- Goku. Android Android #19 is the first of a series of creations to destroy
Goku. Along with the scheme, Dr. Gero requests Android #19 to make him into a Cyber so
that he would become stronger, and this bears witness of the transformation of Dr. Gero to
Android Android #20. The Z Warriors meet with Androids #19 and #20 and the two sides
engage in battle. Goku leaves the battle while Vegeta faces Android Android #19. The
android is destroyed and Dr. Gero is shattered. Despite the grave defeat, Dr. Gero's
cybernetic programming enables him to self-repair, so that he may live to fight again.
Android Android #20 then works on developing a better android model. Meanwhile, he
unleashes two of his other creations, Android Android #17 and Android Android #18.
Androids Android #17 and Android #18 get annoyed of Dr. Gero. As a result, Android Android
#17 kills Dr. Gero. But, the doctor had just finished creating Android Android #21, who is
still developing in a giant test tube. Before he dies, he issues the final command to his
new android to feast on the rebellionous androids. Android Android #17 and Android Android
#18 leave the lab and unleash Android Android #16. But as it turns out, Android Android
#16 is a peaceful android. (This can be shown through his love towards the wild animals.)
As time passes, the Z Warriors become aware of the new androids as they battle again and
again but always reach a stalemate. However, the Z Warriors are still not match for the
androids because the androids are robots, and therefore do not tire in a long battle while
the Z Warriors eventually run out of energy. Goku suffers a heart attack in one battle and
retreats. Trunks, who was sent back in time by future Bulma with medicine to heal Goku's
heart so that Goku would live to kill the androids and thus change the future, gives Goku
the medicine. Goku is saved, but the Say-jins still do not continue to fight the androids.
Instead, they train in a chamber to get stronger. Meanwhile, Piccolo fuses with Kami, his
half father, to become stronger (His story is told in the Dragonball series.) Dende, a
Namek child, replaces Kami as guardian of the dragonballs. Androids Android #16, Android
#17, and Android #18 go to seek Goku to destroy him. Piccolo finds the androids first and
begins to fight them. Back in Dr. Gero's lab, Cell has finished developing and breaks out
of the giant "test tube", promising to fulfill his creator's wish. Cell flies to
find Androids Android #17 and Android #18. On his way devours the souls of the unlucky
civilians he passes to become stronger. Finally, he meets with the other androids. To our
heroes' surprise, they learn that Androids Android #17 and Android #18 know nothing about
Cell. Cell and Android Android #17 threaten to kill each other. Android Android #17 heads
out to fight him. But, he does not stand up to Cell and is easily defeated. This is when
our heroes learn the great powers of Cell. Android Android #18 is now worried, but Android
Android #16 flies out to fight Cell. To everybody's amazement, Android Android #16 is able
to stand up to Cell. However, he is still destroyed. Cell now heads for his goal and
devours Android Android #17 with his tail. Cell now changes into Cell--form 2. With the
power of Android Android #17 combined to his, he becomes stronger than ever. Then, he
heads over to devour Android Android #18. Android Android #18 tries to escape, but she is
still eventually devoured. Cell now changes into Cell form 3, and becomes "Perfect
Cell" Cell, after devouring the souls of so many people, is no longer an android and
becomes organic. After Cell is gone, Bulma collects the body parts of Android Android #16
and repairs him. Android 16 is re-programmed to fight on the Z Warriors' side. Our heroes
now head out to fight Cell, and Android Android #16 is once again destroyed. Cell grows
strong enough and reproduces. From his body come 7 Cell Juniors, miniature blue duplicates
of Cell. With the death of Android 16, an enraged teenage Gohan powers up and reaches
Super Say-jin level 2. Gohan then destroys all the Cell Juniors and fights Cell. In a
following battle, Cell is kicked and Android Android #18 is spit back out. (She is
unconscious.) Cell turns back into form 2 and is defeated. But, he activates his
self-destruction mode so that when he dies, the world will blow up with him. To save the
Earth, Goku teleports Cell out of Earth and into Kai's planet, where Cell blows up. Thus,
Goku, Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory die as well. The Z Warriors mourn the loss of Goku, but
cheer at the victory over Cell at the same time. A fireball flies out of nowhere and
pierces through Trunks. Upon Trunks' death, Cell, in form 3, appears. He tells that when
he blew up, a brain cell survived. From the cell, other cells multiplied and he was once
again formed. Cell happily laughs as he tells that he is amazed he is able to rebuild
himself into form 3! Then, Cell threatens to destroy the earth. Now it is up to Gohan to
try to save our planet. With one arm (the other injured when he went to let a fireball
meant for Vegeta hit him), Gohan prepares a fireball. He fires at Cell and Cell fires
back. A stalemate is meant, but with Kai's help, Goku is able to talk to Gohan and
encourages him. Meanwhile, Krillin protects the unconscious Android #18 and Yamcha, Tien,
and Vegeta attack Cell in hope that this will Gohan distract Cell. With the help of the
now dead Kai, Goku, also dead, is able to communicate with Gohan and encourages him to use
all his power to defeat Cell. Gohan overpowers Cell and Cell is disintegrated by Gohan's
fireball. (But, Satan takes credit for Cell's death because of his lies to the reporters.)
At the end, the warriors gather the dragonballs to bring those killed by Cell back to
life. However, Goku is still dead because he was already brought back to life once and
cannot come back again, but tells that he is okay and is now with Kai. Android Android #18
awakens and flees. However, everybody learns here that Krillin has developed a crush on
Android Android #18! At the end of this series, there is a short memorial about the life
of Goku.
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