Cell has batted Mister Satan out of the ring, and Gokuu is stepping in. The announcer is panicking, and asks Satan to comment on having lost. The pro wrestler says that he slipped. The two argue over the fate of the Earth, and Vejita is stunned at realizing that Satan's power level hadn't changed at all -- in fact, Vejita can't believe that the idiot who has absolutely no power at all is called the World's Champion. Everyone watches as Gokuu enters the ring. Cell finally reacts, saying that this had better be fun. Trunks is nervous about Gokuu's plans, and the announcer rants about Mister Satan having recovered from being knocked out of the ring -- Satan will fight again at the end of the current match. Satan is then asked how he'd survived the smash into the mountain, and he replies that he's in great condition, and can handle this kind of thing easily. In a few more seconds, this new guy will be knocked out of the ring too; they share a laugh. Cell tells Gokuu to attack, and the fight starts. Gokuu's kamehame-ha is easily batted aside. When they part, Cell says that this was a good warm-up. Satan and the announcer stand with their mouths open. Kuririn is a little concerned, and the announcer describes the slightly impressive display of combat by "the unnamed fighter." He asks for Satan's comment, and eventually, the stunned wrestler says that he knew that it would go like this, but the blond guy isn't all that great. Cell thinks about Gokuu's strength, and the fact that the Saiya-jin isn't fighting full-out. Gokuu utters "Yoshi" (meaningless word used when focussing attention on something; similar to "right,") Trunks notices the change in the guy's eye color, and Cell knows that Gokuu is stepping up to full power. The shockwave shakes a few people, most especially Vejita. Trunks is also impressed, and Kuririn is very happy. Gohan's not sure what the fuss is about. The announcer describes the previous explosion, and Gokuu's suddenly getting blond hair. Then it's Cell's turn. The announcer comments on Cell doing the same explosion, and Satan says that this is a trick that's getting old fast. Cell tells Gokuu to attack. The fight continues. Wiping blood from his mouth, Cell states that he's pleased with events, and Gokuu replies in the same vein. The announcer and Satan missed what just happened, and the cameraman says that his camera's slowmotion isn't good enough to play it back in detail. The announcer asks Satan about the incredible speed of the battle, and the wrestler just answers "yeah, yeah," in shock. Then, Cell prepares to unleash a full power kamehame-ha -- Gokuu is afraid for the others standing on the ground. So, Gokuu leaps up, telling Cell where to fire. Just before the blast hits him, Gokuu teleports behind Cell and knocks him down. Cell asks what happened, and Gokuu answers, adding that Cell can teleport too. The monster likes this idea, and Gokuu asks why Cell had been willing to waste the innocent observers. The monster answers that he knew Gokuu would fly up to protect everyone. Then, Cell says that the time for talk is past -- there's a planet of people that needs killing. Gokuu gets batted around. Cell says that since he can move so fast he doesn't need to teleport to beat Gokuu. The fight goes airborne, and the two normal people can't figure out where it is. Kuririn is impressed. Cell decides that there's no need for the pretense of a game anymore, and prepares to destroy the ring so that they can touch down on the ground at the same time and not be disqualified by the rules of the game. Gokuu is concerned about Cell's use of power and tells everyone to run out of the way. Kuririn comments on that being a close call, and the announcer thanks #16 for the help. #16 tells the two normals to go back home, and the announcer says they can't do that -- Mister Satan is still waiting for his chance at a rematch. Satan fakes a fearless laugh. Now, the only way to lose the fight is to die. And the fight continues, full out. Gokuu prepares a Kamehame-ha, and Cell laughs -- at this power, it would threaten everything on Earth. Gokuu doesn't stop. Cell says, "Hey, now..." and Piccolo is also surprised at this move. Kuririn doesn't think that Gokuu will fire, but he does. Then, Gokuu teleports and takes Cell point-blank. The monster gets out "Damn, I blew..." and gets wasted. Gokuu pants from the effort. Yamcha and Tenshin think it's over, but Kuririn and Trunks don't react properly. The announcer asks for a comment, and Satan pretends to be disappointed at not being able to fight again. Gokuu still feels the monster's energy, and Kuririn shouts out that Cell will probably regenerate. He does, adding that he got this ability from Piccolo. Gokuu and Cell banter, and then start fighting again. Gokuu's energy balls start hurting, so Cell uses a barrier to protect himself. Meanwhile, the people watching this on TV are realizing that this isn't a movie. Two old people at home are commenting on the blond guy being the husband of Chi Chi. Buruma wants to know why Gokuu isn't getting serious, and Kamesennin replies that he has no idea whether Gokuu can win this battle. Cell tells Gokuu to take a senzu seed to recover from his exhaustion. Trunks thinks that this is a good idea, but Kuririn doesn't part with one. Vejita has to explain that a true Saiya-jin doesn't take this kind of easy way out in combat. Trunks won't accept this. They argue, and Cell asks Gokuu what's taking so long -- eat the seed and get back to fighting. Gokuu grins, powers down, and surrenders. Cell is stronger than him, and Gokuu is satisfied at having proved this. Everyone is stunned, and the announcer has to ask the cameraman to have it repeated to him. Cell is angry, and reminds them that this means that he can now go out and kill everyone. Gokuu answers that just because he's given up doesn't mean that Cell has been proved to be the strongest on the planet. The announcer realizes that this means that it's Mister Satan's turn again -- but Mister Satan has just come down with a crippling stomach ache. He'd love to fight, but he can't just now. Gokuu announces that there's someone still stronger, and Vejita and Cell don't believe this. Gokuu wasn't sure if he could win, so he wanted to go first. Now, he knows that this other person can easily defeat Cell. Cell is amused, and wants to know this person's name. Satan says that if his name is called, he's gone out to change clothes. Gokuu says it's now Gohan's turn. Everyone is shocked, most of all, Piccolo. The Namek demands to know why Gokuu is sending the boy out to die. The cameraman says that the name is "Gohan." The announcer wants to know why the unnamed guy is talking about getting a bentou to eat at this time. Cell also wants to know what the gimmick is. Gokuu asks if Gohan is ready, and the boy just stammers. Piccolo keeps protesting. Gokuu answers that Gohan has surpassed his own strength long ago. They argue over this for a while, and finally let the boy go ahead. Vejita can't handle the shock, and Gokuu adds that with peace in the world, Gohan can return to his studies as a normal student. This decides the matter for Gohan, and he enters the fray. Asking for a senzu seed from Kuririn, Gokuu straightens up and throws the thing to Cell. Everyone reacts to the fighter's attempt to make it a fair battle. Cell is distrustful, but swallows the seed and is amazed at the strength that returns to him. Piccolo is pissed, and wants to know what's going through the man's head. Then, Gohan powers up. (Surprises Piccolo.) (In the TV series, Gohan's aura is pretty cool.) People comment on the power, and Cell states that Gokuu has just set his own child out to die (which he'll happily participate in.) After a few missed attacks, Cell declares that speed is not enough, you've got to have true fighting spirit. He batters the boy a bit before blowing him through a couple of big hills. Kuririn and Trunks are dismayed, Cell wants to return to beating up adults, and Chi Chi (at home watching TV) passes out. The announcer describes the events, and Piccolo verbally rips into Gokuu for condemning his own kid to death. Gokuu disagrees, and comments on the fact that Gohan's power level hasn't changed yet. Cell tells Gokuu to eat the senzu seed and return to the fighting, and the man calls him an idiot, telling him to look behind him. Cell does this. Cell is pleasantly surprised. But, Gohan asks the monster to stop the fighting. Cell doesn't understand. Gohan says that he doesn't like to fight, and doesn't like to kill things. He's not like his father. Kuririn complains about not being able to understand Gohan's whispering. Gohan and Cell continue, then Cell decides that he'll force the boy to switch up to full power by beating up on him. The bashing continues for a while, with Cell demanding that Gohan power up. Gokuu approves of the monster's tactics. Kuririn recognizes Cell's finger blasts as being Freeza's signature attack. Cell gets Gohan in a bear hug, and asks if this hurts -- come on and switch to full power. Piccolo wants to interfere, but Gokuu wants things to proceed a bit longer. If Gohan just gets serious, he'll gain the power to easily defeat Cell. The others can't believe that the boy has that kind of power. Then, Piccolo interrupts, saying that the son is not like the father -- Gohan hasn't been raised to enjoy fighting like Gokuu had been. Right now, the thoughts going through the boy's head are probably "Why? Why did my father abandon me to die?" Piccolo is about to attack Cell, and Gokuu asks Kuririn for another senzu seed. This is when Cell decides that if hurting Gohan isn't going to work, he'll start hurting Gohan's friends. Gohan yells out "Stop!!!" The monster takes the senzu seeds from Kuririn, and Gohan demands to know what the monster is planning. "Nothing. To You." They argue some more, and Gohan claims that he doesn't have the control to switch on his full power. Piccolo tells the group to get ready, and Gokuu complains about not eating the seed earlier. Gohan attacks, and gets batted away while Cell tells him to power up. Then #16 leaps in from behind and gets Cell into a bear hug. Because he's a full robot, no one could feel his power before. People tell him to get away, but #16 feels that this is the only way. He'll trigger the self-destruct device inside himself, and take them both out. (The Z Fighters didn't know about this thing.) #16 concentrates on triggering the bomb, but it doesn't go off. Kuririn tells him that Buruma probably found it and took it out when he was being repaired in Capsule Corp. Cell laughs, and gives the robot the chance to die, anyway. Cell laughs at the head, the remains of Dr. Gero's work, and kicks it away. Surprising the announcer, Satan, and the cameraman. Cell counts the number of Z Fighters, and Vejita wants to know what the monster is up to. Cell spits out 7 little copies of himself (similar to what the Demon King Piccolo had done for making minions,) and tells them to go up on the hill and beat up the people there. Don't kill them, though. Gokuu shouts out a warning, and Cell gloats over his children's chances of beating them. People swear as the runts attack. Gohan silently pleads for them to stop -- because Trunks isn't from this time, he can't be resurrected by the Dragon Balls. The runts chitter and laugh as they fight. Cell can feel Gohan's power level raising and is happy -- but the boy better hurry and surpass Trunks and Vejita (who are in ultra super Saiya-jin form, and are losing.) Then, Yamcha's arm gets broken, Vejita gets trashed, Tenshin gets kicked, and Gokuu gets dropped. Gohan loses himself in thought, trying to find the great power supposedly inside himself, trying to get to where he can help his friends from dying. The announcer and Satan are gibbering in fear. Suddenly, a weak voice pipes up, asking for help -- just throw him towards the boy. Satan yells back at #16's head that it'd be crazy to attract Cell's attention like that. #16 taunts the "World's Champion," and the announcer snaps back that Mister Satan is the human's champion -- but those guys are all monsters. Satan makes up his mind, and picks up the head. The announcer tells him that this'll get him killed, and Satan says that this fighter, whose name they don't know, had faced Cell in battle. This is the least he can do. So, Satan runs in to get closer, and #16 apologizes for having to do it this way. Gohan is tearfully pleading for the massacre to stop, and Cell figures that he only has to push a little more. The monster tells his babies to kill the Z Fighters. This almost has the desired effect. Then, there's a thud, and some rolling. Satan curses the fact that his throw was off. #16 tells Gohan that it's good to be peaceful, and not to like fighting. To try to solve problems by talking them out, if you can. #16 doesn't like to fight, either. Cell states that this is good advice, and steps on #16's head -- destroying him. Gohan goes over the edge, and reaches his full power. Vejita tries to understand what happened. Cell realizes that he's gotten what he wanted. Gohan tells them that it's over, and steps forward. Cell marvels over this true display of force. And Gohan snatches the senzu seeds from Cell. Gokuu is pleased, and the runts start angrily chittering and one of their own has its head explode. All of the runts die. Piccolo can't believe that this is Gohan. The boy throws the seeds to Trunks (to give them to the others,) and faces off against Cell. Cell is really pissed. Vejita can't handle the display of such great force. Kuririn recovers, and asks how Trunks had gotten the senzu seeds; Trunks answers, and Kuririn is stunned at seeing Gohan's immense power. Trunks also tells the runt to hurry up and move farther back. Cell sneers that the boy has great strength, but not enough to defeat him. Gohan says that he'll beat the monster, and Cell tells him to watch the true power of Cell. The resulting aura blasts everyone, and Gokuu says that now it's time to see the action for real. Cell asks for Gohan's reaction to the power-up, and the boy replies, "what about it?" The monster sneers and attacks, but Gohan takes the blow without staggering. When Cell pauses to rest, he can't believe how much damage he's taken in only 2 punches. Gokuu smiles, Vejita fumes, and the announcer rants about the small boy. After some more fighting, Cell realizes that he's going to lose in a fist fight. So he goes airborne to fire a Kamehame-ha. The Z Fighters start to panic, Cell announces that he'll destroy the planet with his full-power attack, and Gohan just stands there. Vejita thinks that it's all over, but Gohan quietly mutters "Kamehame-HA!!!!!" and chews Cell up pretty good. Cell wants to know how this boy got such great power, and Vejita worries over this, too. Gokuu yells out for his son to finish Cell off now, but the boy is just starting to have fun. Gokuu yells back that he doesn't know what Cell can really do, but Gohan waits for the monster to regenerate. Cell yells out "Shit" a few times, and then bulks up, adding that he's not going to lose. Trunks notices that Cell's speed changes with the massive build up of muscle. But, the monster is unstable, and the kick to the head causes him to spit up #18, and to change back down from his perfect form. Gohan considers this to be boring, because it's all over now. Cell swears, and starts ballooning. He's become a large bomb now, and in one minute he'll destroy the planet. If Gohan attacks, he'll just speed up the process. Gohan realizes that he's screwed up, and he collapses to the ground. The others wait for the end, and Cell counts off the remaining seconds. However, Kuririn comments on Gokuu's strange expression, and the fighter says that he's figured out how to save the planet. He tells them "bye bye," and teleports out. He appears in front of Cell, telling Gohan that he'll take over from here. He gives a last word for Chi Chi, and teleports out with Cell. But, the only place he can think of going, with only 4 seconds left, is Kaiou-sama's planet. Cell yells out "shit" and self-destructs. Piccolo tells the group that he can't feel Gokuu's power anymore, and Kuririn calls out his friend's name. Gohan screams out "father," and the announcer tries to figure out what happened. Kuririn tries to reassure the boy that it's finished, and they gather up #18's body to take back. The runt tries to tell the boy that everyone had done their best, etc. Gokuu apologies to Bubbles, and Kaiou bitches at the fighter (why not choose Kami-sama's tower, or some planet sparsely populated by humans?) They exchange excuses, until Gokuu realizes that Cell's spirit hasn't joined them in the "Other World." Kaiou figures out that this means that Cell is still alive. Back on Earth, Kuririn's trying to tell the group that since #18 hadn't killed anything living, she can't be such a bad person. Then, the group feels an incredible power, and an energy bolt leaps out to kill Trunks. Cell steps from the cloud of dust, wondering who he'd hit. Cell is back, and he explains that since a small piece of his head had remained unvaporized, he was able to regenerate himself back into his perfect form. And, because of the Saiya-jin blood in him, coming back from near-death has made him even stronger than before. Using Gokuu's teleport, he quickly returned to Earth. Vejita fumes over Trunk's death. Cell wants to know why Gohan's powered up again, and the boy answers that he's gleefully going to waste his father's killer. Cell asks how that's going to happen. Vejita yells out "Trunks!!!" and "Shit!!!", then attacks Cell. The ultra Saiya-jin fires off a lot of blasts before being batted away. Cell is about to kill the downed fighter, but Gohan protects him from the blast -- it messes up his right arm, though. Kuririn calls Vejita an idiot -- stating that Trunks can be resurrected via the Dragon Balls. Cell is tired of playing and is going to wrap things up. Piccolo adds that they've run out of senzu seeds. Cell prepares to destroy the fighters, and the Earth with them. Gohan apologizes to his father for not being able to protect the Earth, and the others over-react (Vejita can sympathize with the boy, and Piccolo rages outloud at their helplessness.) In the city, people comment on the earthquake. The announcer describes the action, and Satan calls it a trick. Cell asks Gohan what's wrong, adding that this will be the last shot. Gohan is giving in, when Gokuu speaks to him via Kaiou-sama. They talk back and forth, with Gokuu promising to help Gohan out with his Kamehame-ha. (Cell hears part of the conversation, and thinks that there's only one person about to attack him.) Gokuu assures the boy that they'll win, and Gohan apologizes for getting his father killed. Gokuu says that he's doing ok in the other world with Kaiou-sama, so the boy should have fun while he's alive on Earth. Cell and Gohan start their Kamehame-ha's, and Piccolo shouts out that the boy's power isn't anywhere near strong enough to defeat the monster. Piccolo warns the Z Fighters, and the shockwave knocks them aside. The blasts are pretty even, for a while. Piccolo announces that Gohan's going to lose. Cell knows he's going to win, and Gokuu keeps trying to make Gohan push harder. Gohan is using up all his power, trying to punish Cell for damaging the Earth and people. The monster tells them goodbye, then gets hit in the head by Vejita's blast. The distraction is enough to allow Gohan to completely vaporize every particle of Cell (he can't believe this is happening.) The boy collapses, and Gokuu congratulates him. There's much rejoicing, and the group is going to take the bodies to Kami-sama's and get some senzu seeds. The others fly off, leaving Piccolo and Vejita behind. The Namek comments on Vejita's having helped, and the Saiya-jin replies that he didn't do it to save Earth, whose people he doesn't care about. Piccolo understands. Vejita talks to himself, about having done it for his kid. He also fumes about Kakarot's going off and dying so that Vejita can't kill him himself. He doesn't have anyone to fight anymore. Satan is gibbering, and the announcer asks what happened. Thinking fast, the wrestler realizes that no one else saw the end of the fight. Satan declares that he'd stepped in at the last minute and saved everyone. The balls of light were just a trick -- he's the one that defeated Cell. So, the announcer repeats this to the viewing audience, and the masses of the world start chanting Satan's name. At Kami-sama's, Dende is healing #18, and Yamcha is warning him to leave before he gets killed (Kuririn doesn't think that's going to happen.) #18 jumps up, and Kuririn quickly tells her what had happened, #18 is surprised that it was Gohan, and Yamcha says "Yes!! And he's really strong, too!" Piccolo adds that she owes Kuririn for the favor of saving her body, and the runt says it was nothing. Gohan suddenly realizes that Kuririn likes #18, the runt tells him to shut up, and the others just figure it out for the first time. #18 insults the old bald man, and flies off. Yamcha yells out more insults, Tenshin tells him that he's wasting his time, and Piccolo wants them to hurry up and summon Shenlon. Gohan reassures the runt that all his friends are here, and Kuririn tearfully tells him to shut up. Shenlon appears, and #18 pauses to find out why the sky has gone black. The first wish is to bring back everyone killed by Cell, but Piccolo doesn't feel Gokuu's spirit return. Shenlon asks for the second wish, Yamcha asks about Gokuu, and is told "no-go." Then, Gokuu pipes up, via Kaiou-sama, and reassures them that with peace on Earth, there's nothing more for him to do. Besides, he'll meet them all again when they die, too. He tells them "Bye, bye." Shenlon stammers out, asking about the next wish. Yamcha says that asking for a necklace for his girlfriend is right out, right? After thinking a long time, Kuririn wants to know if #17 and #18 could be made fully human again. The dragon answers that since the androids are stonger than him, he can't do it. Yamcha wants to know why #17 is being included, and Piccolo states that since everyone killed by Cell has been wished back to life, that included #17. Kuririn then asks if the explosive devices inside the two androids can be removed -- "Yes, I can do that." It is done, Shenlon disappears, and Trunks asks why? Kuririn bashfully says that having bombs in you is a pitiful thing. Kuririn wonders about Yamcha's girlfriend, and the fighter tells him that that was just a cheap gag. Tenshin wants to know why the bomb was removed from #17, and the runt replies that it seemed reasonable, since #17 and #18 are probably lovers. Piccolo doesn't understand this love stuff. #18 jumps out from behind the pillar, calling the runt an idiot -- the two androids are brother and sister. They don't owe anybody anything for having the bombs removed. However, she leaves again with "until later." Yamcha shouts out "'Until later' -- you hear that? You still have a chance with her." Piccolo reiterates that he really doesn't understand this love thing. Then there's silence, as they realize that Gokuu is really gone. Teshinhan decides to leave, because Chao-zu is probably worried. He doesn't think they'll meet again, so everyone gives each other their best wishes and Trunks is told to return to the future and restore peace. Trunks is returning to the future. Piccolo is staying at Kami-sama's, but Gohan is given leave to come there and play with both Piccolo and Dende. The group splits up, and Trunks asks Yamcha what had happened to his father. He gets told, and is pleased with his father's behavior. Chi Chi breaks down at the news of Gokuu's death. Later, Trunks is saying goodbye to people, and Vejita signs his approval of the boy. In Trunk's future, in the west sector... Trunks announces that he's back, and Buruma welcomes him. He explains that the time in the Room of Spirit and Time had caused him to age 1 year in 24 hours. He further tells her what happened, and that he found his father to be a really cool guy (Buruma has trouble accepting that description of Vejita.) The radio announces that the androids are back, and Trunks goes out to fight them and return peace to the world. #17 and #18 are bantering about losing computer games when an old man shoots #17 in the face. The old man dies, and Trunks shows up to end the killing. #17 comments on the wimp still being alive, and #18 asks if it's ok for her to kill the guy off now. She can do whatever she likes. Trunks easily destroys her, and #17 asks how this is possible. Trunks just states that he's going to get revenge for the deaths of Gohan and friends. He finishes off #17, and says that it's over. Three years later, it's time for Cell to appear, and Trunks is going through the motions of going back in time. He then announces that he knows that Cell is present, and that the monster wants to kill him to take the time machine and go back to eat #17 and #18 to become complete. Cell wants to know how his victim knows this. This time, Trunks is going to finish things. They talk over past events, and Trunks states that he's the one that finished off #17 and #18 in this timeline. He blows Cell up into the air, and the two of them go out to an unpopulated area outside the city. They brag a bit, then attack. Cell then decides to demonstrate a really frightening power (kamehame-ha) and Trunks just completely eradicates the monster. Cell swears and dies. Trunks has won, and he thanks Gokuu and friends. The narration box simply says that the living Trunks has brought peace to his future timeline.