The History of Cell Explained in Dragon Ball

The Story of the Life of Cell is the topic for Dragon Ball In Depth 71! Everything you've ever wanted to know about Cell, the POWER of Cell, the SECRET of Cell's Origin, Cell Max Explained and MUCH more! The THIRD Part of the DBID series along with Red Ribbon Army Explained and Androids Explained.
Video Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
01:40 Part 1 - The Birth of Cell
07:25 Part 2 - Backstory and Biology
16:24 Part 3 - The Rise and Fall of Cell
23:18 Part 4 - Cell Continues (Cell Jr, Cell Max, Cell X Explained)
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[@Naruku2121]

In a round about way, Cell as the culmination of all of Gero's plans did succeed in his overall objective. One of Gero's creations did complete the objective to kill Goku.

[@muhammadHassan-kj1jy]

Yeh. I always used to hear people say that Dr Gero was responsible for Gokus death. In the end, he did win (For about 7 years, anyway)

[@maximillianoorosco-randhaw9336]

I actually prefer Cell over Frieza. When came to transformations, while Frieza’s forms were cool, but he still retained the same personality. With Cell however, each of his forms has very different personalities and almost portrayed as separate and different characters, at least in the English versions, both Early Funimation and Kai.

[@tyrannotherium7873]

Me to styles my favorite villain then frieza

[@Jholmesncc]

Did you know frieza first 3 forms are not his original? These were forms created by frieza to reduce his power so he wouldn’t accidentally blow up planets he conquered.

[@maximillianoorosco-randhaw9336]

@@Jholmesncc Yeah, which is why I think Frieza’s “Final Form” should have been called his “True Form” or “Base Form” because that’s what he actually looks like

[@anthonymartinez9847]

I used to feel the same but now frieza just became too lovable in super to me. I used to hate him🤣🤣🤣

[@davidsuper773]

Why does Beast Gohan look like Baryon Mode Naruto?

[@maximillianoorosco-randhaw9336]

Fun Fact: in the Early Funimation Dub: they changed Cell’s explanation of how he survived his explosion. Rather then having a nucleus inside his head, he said every cell has a life of its own. If even one cell survives, that’s all he needs.

[@karnage2948]

What’s funny enough im more used to hearing the latter than the former. And idk y but the latter makes more sense in my head

[@WeBarelySober]

Sounds like some kaiju shit like Shin Godzilla or Destoroyah.

[@FalangeRevolutionary986]

@@WeBarelySober Cell came before both

[@boneman9751]

@@FalangeRevolutionary986ok.?

[@FalangeRevolutionary986]

@@boneman9751 Just saying

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Imagine if Cell had Broly's cells.

[@Mandalore_ultimate]

Bruh he'd be unstoppable

[@LITTLE1994]

The best Dragon Ball Z villain - period. I love his character and how he was a counter to the classic Super Saiyan form, and forced everyone to try to find a higher level before Gohan ultimately did it by defeating him as SSJ2.

[@SSG_Gogeta]

I really like Cell. He was an amalgamation of all the main characters and still had his own personality in a sense. He had the best build up. Not to mention his character was really well written. The Z Fighters essentially had to fight themselves especially the worst versions of their core personality traits.

[@cinemaarts8795]

That's one of my favorite aspects of the Cell saga, in many ways it was the last hurrah for the Z fighters. Each one got a moment to shine before being pushed to the sidelines or fading away into the background in future sagas.

[@Gokulosestoavirus]

Cell is also the only villain that Goku showed some fear with. Goku planned Cell demise. If you really think about it. Something about Cell really terrified Goku.

[@joshualowe959]

CELL: menacing, cunning, smart, manipulative, ruthless, powerful & intimidating CELL MAX: A mindless giant monster

[@Xnaut314]

Cell Max did his job as the final challenge in Super Hero, but it still left me wanting to see the original Cell return in DBS properly. I'd like to think that OG Cell could sense the climax fight in Super Hero and thinks of Max as a wannabe knockoff as he has been silently training in Hell and only needs a opportunity to escape and exact his revenge.

[@drewreischl6714]

Become so powerful even the confines of hell cannot keep him imprisoned. He's is so set on proving that he is the perfect being that nothing can stop him, not even the fabric of reality.

[@sdm47]

Thee are technically 2 Cells in our timeline (perfect cell and larval cell) Maybe they both come back to life somehow, then once larval cell is fully grown he works to achieve his perfect form, the 2 perfect cells train together until they’re of equal power, and finally do a namekian style fusion

[@sanjaynambisan2538]

My favourite character in the entire series next to gohan. He facilitated growth for so many characters and he himself developed throughout the story as one of the most fierce villains the series has ever seen. It’s a good thing they never wished him back cos he has the highest potential out of any character in the series

[@blaketindle4703]

I still want the REAL Cell to return! My favorite Dragon Ball villain!

[@aakashtiwari7594]

Completely agreed,base form cell was the most strategic one. Realising that he needs to absorb humans to become stronger than Piccolo and others and then absorbing 17,he made some smart decisions

[@mechajay3358]

This video is _Ultimate Perfection._ It pretty much explains why Cell is one of the most memorable villains in Dragon Ball.

[@LittleAl016]

12:58, your flesh actually goes up Cell's tail along with everything else that's being sucked up. It's only the clothes you're wearing that remain.

[@a.g.cordovafitness1299]

I really like Cell, so much to the point where I think he should've been brought back at least as a draft for T.O.P. an by him seeing all these new different transformations that everyone has achieved it would've inspired him and he would've absorbed techniques as well to achieve a new form of perfection

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Fun fact: The Cell that fought Gohan is actually from another future.

[@karnage2948]

Bonus Fun Fact: Trunks killed a Cell both before and after gohan, the only character to kill cell twice.

[@ogeidnomar4601]

Until now-Gohan killed Cell Max. 2 kills for him too.

[@mando7323]

Fun fact: Literally everyone with a brain already knew this

[@TheXimena711]

Fun Fact: *Fun fact*

[@justinarzola4584]

Everyone already knows that.

[@jovanyzuniga6035]

I think the tiny bugs from Dr. Gero never got Trunks DNA was because he never arrived back in time during Cell’s Timeline. That only occurred during the Main Time Line.

[@TheSaturnMan]

Yeah you're right, with the four timelines involved things get confusing but this is indeed correct.

[@paliboy93]

You would be correct. It’s a very famous plot hole. There should be no Future Trunks fighting Frieza in the timeline Cell originated from. But Cell truly does say this in his conversation with Piccolo. Even in the manga.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Remember. Cell was created to absorb the Androids and kill Goku. Which he did.

[@Saint0999]

He never beat Goku tho technically

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@Saint0999 he did

[@Saint0999]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 na

[@grantfuller6123]

@@Saint0999 he defeated goku

[@giodawg45]

Crazy how there was three different Cells. The one Gohan defeated, the one Trunks defeated in the future, and the one both Krillin and Trunks killed in the underground lab.

[@justinarzola4584]

And outside the main story there's xeno cell, heroes cell and now cell max.

[@cellandbuuaremyfavoritedbz1542]

BLACK CELL TOO WE HAVE A LOT OF CELL FROMS

[@dergrosseeierman]

Bit of a logic twist there. If Trunks & Krillin in the present destroyed „Baby“ Cell in the lab….technically Cell in the future (in any form) should cease to exist. Or does Reality not work this Way? 😂

[@DatAsianGuy]

@@dergrosseeierman I am currently rewatching Dragon Ball Z (Kai) and they actually talk about this. DBZ is not based around a single timeline that is altered, but the multiverse theory, where changing the past, creates a splinter timeline. Yamcha, Krillin and Gohan even question Future Trunks why he even went back in time, when his own future wouldn't be changed at all.

[@cjvaye99]

I feel cell is always forgotten when talking about who has the most potential in Dragonball. think about it, for people who say it's Gohan, Gohan's DNA is actually in Cell in addition to everyone else so wouldn't that by default mean he hasn't the highest potential possible. look what Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo and Freeza have accomplished since then and they are all apart of Cell. I don't think we even saw the top of the iceberg of cell's power.

[@willdiesel8431]

Piccolo had a hard cap on his power. A one off movie doesn't change that. And Gohan was said to have the highest potential of all the Z warriors yet he has regressed so much. I still don't understand how you guys get excited for the Freeza ass pulls and power ups but he really isn't that relevant unless he is pulling a power up from his anus that magically puts him on par with the Saiyan stars. Cell is technologically out of date.

[@vikingfromnorth45]

Cuz he is more popular and is training getting two new power ups

[@buildaggedonarmanaziie4462]

He is one of the BEST Villains. Top 3 of Dragon Ball Villains, for sure.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Bulma scared Cell when she stood up to him.

[@2ruthl355]

21:05 i always figured Cell somehow learned how to use Instant Transmission because when he blew up, his core was able to absorb some of Goku’s DNA in the explosion because Goku was also blown to bits

[@stefcannon2580]

My first DBZ villain and one of the coolest, for me! My first foray into DBZ was the episode where 16 self-destructed during the Cell Games, so seeing Perfect Cell in charge was an awesome entry into one of my favourite shows ever! Great video as always!

[@Nerdy_Aomeba]

Write u think this was your best work yet! Top notch video! Cell is my favorite villain. They should of brought the original Cell and not this monster. He should come back even though I don’t want another rehash like the other golden narcissist was was brought back twice… what a waste that was.

[@kushgodreturns5873]

Cell have potential to be the strongest in the universe (or multiverse) if you really think about it.

[@iainsmit118]

How come you never mention Cochin and wheelie from worlds strongest who had bio warriors and Cochin even made himself an android and wheelo had a battle suit. That’s how gero was able to transfer his brain from dr wheelo and Cochins work

[@dannylopez5976]

Think Cell Max being a form of his 2nd stage was smart. It is Toriyama's favorite, doesn't take from the Perfect Cell we know too much, gives him a more intimidating design.

[@joshualowe959]

Cell was the smartest most intelligent villain. He was made of the cells of the Z fighters & Frieza so he knew all their strengths & weaknesses. He drank people to make himself stronger, but his main targets were Androids 17 & 18. After he absorbed them, he was seemingly unstoppable. Vegeta couldn't stop him, Future Trunks couldn't stop him not even Goku could stop Cell even after all the training in the Hyperbolic time chamber. But then Gohan of all people truly ascended above Super Saiyan and completely beat down Cell & even punched cell so hard he lost Android 18. But Gohan wanted to kill cell slowly and Cell decided to self destruct himself to destroy the earth. Goku sacrificed himself & teleported Cell away from earth to King Kai's planet and Cell exploded there and destroyed King Kai's planet. But Cell came back even stronger than his perfect form even after losing Android 18 and blasted Future Trunks which made Vegeta angry and blasted Cell, but Cell wasn't hurt one bit by Vegeta's onslaught and took out Vegeta. In the end, Gohan ultimately destroyed Cell. Cell was one of the best villains in Dragon Ball because of his intelligence, his demeanor & his desire to obtain power, to assert his dominance & destroy the universe

[@misters4022]

disagree: oddly enough, buu is the smartest villian. especially the forms that *didnt" absorb any of the z-fighters.

[@joshualowe959]

@@misters4022 Buu was very smart. Super Buu that is. Fat Buu at first only did what Babidi told him to do and just wanted to keep eating sweets. Kid Buu was dangerous & powerful, but didn't talk very much. Super Buu on the other hand made smart planning to purposely get beaten down by Gotenks & Gohan so he can absorbed them both & Piccolo.

[@Rekuzan]

Rex "FIGHT ME!!!" *Cell racks his forearm like a shotgun* "Any last words?" Rex "Team Fourstar do it bett-" *BLAM!!!*

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I'm kond of happy that Cell wasn't brought back after the Cell Saga. His character would've been wasted.

[@Mr.PR2000]

More like destroyed

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Remember when Goku gave Cell a Senzu Bean?

[@BlazerRox]

Imagine how powerful a perfect Cell Max would be.

[@zacharywomack2414]

Its disrespectful to not acknowledge his perfection when referring to Perfect Cell. The only villian to state he'd be back and the only one who didn't. Perfect Cell got done dirty. Best introduction and talks the most smack.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

The question is... if Cell trained for a period of time, will he get a black or golden form?

[@lightlati7496]

He's green because of Piccolo's cells. Maybe he'll turn orange?

[@icyFL0]

Black and golden with god ki😳

[@Rekuzan]

I never thought Cell was ever truly evil....not the way Freeza was...... Just really Really REALLY F***ing mean & I can respect that. Either way, we was always a lot of fun!

[@inboundira329]

I always thought he just didn’t care like a human and only wanted to become perfect. But then the best ways to do those things were evil

[@songoku9348]

Love these vids. Dragon Ball in depth is one of the OG classic series on the channel.

[@spencernewman1645]

Keep the Dragon Ball in Depth videos coming! Love these

[@spartanJared91]

I've been waiting for this type of video. Cell has always been my #1 favorite Dragonball villain!

[@ortiz11039]

I always thought that 17 and 18 had to be constructed from human templates to be able to be absorbed. Even though Dr gero already had the technology to create stronger Androids like 16 completely robotic

[@jeff2k83]

I really enjoy these history explained videos, they are well done. Great job as always.

[@Gaming_Hub_UK]

Truly a spectacular video and something I hope gets more views due to the simplified explanation of Cell and his entire psychology. One of the things I liked about cell max in particular was how he was this giant construct of reminder to Gohan like a sort of a nightmare where it's just him big and like a monster and allowed Gohan to further understand the words of Piccolo. Nevertheless, this was a very awesome video to watch 😀👍.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Fun fact: Cell after absorbing 17 and before absorbing 18... that form was Akira Toriyama's favorite form.

[@spary1018786]

He literally says this in the video?

[@TheLegendLynx]

yet again thank you Danny for the time and effort you put into your videos!

[@RandomGuy-zl5sp]

been waiting so long for this, thank you danny

[@blackbroly]

Cell is literally the perfect being he has the potential to be the strongest

[@ogdoom5238]

Fastest I have ever showed up. Been waiting for this banger all january

[@truckercowboyed2638]

I always liked that aspect of cell he's this perfect being yet has massive flaws like his arrogance and his anger raging when he is losing against Gohan,

[@mynamewastaken06]

Bro I been waiting for this one. Thanks again!

[@SomeAustrianGuy_]

Tbh, Cell absorbing 18 is still, to this very day, one of the most disgusting and haunting experiences I have ever witnessed I really have no fucking clue how people can be into this sorta stuff

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Fantastic Video Geekdom! Cell is an awesome culmination of everything we love about Dragon Ball. Like Piccolo Jr, he wanted an epic duel a Budokai styled Tournament, and cunning like Vegeta on Namek; waiting for his chance to strike. He represents the fearful powerhouse of Frieza, but creates his own air of aristocracy when interacting Trunks " If he could become stronger?". Without a doubt he would become a great addition to Dragon Ball villains!

[@SupThomas]

Take a drink everytime Geekdom says Cell 😂 Great video man, can’t believe you are still dropping incredible DBZ content all these years later 🙏

[@BKbomber92]

Great breakdown & very accurate 💯💯

[@JesseNightingale]

I did not know Perfect Cell was that much taller than 2nd form Cell lol

[@yaboyz5277]

Great vid geekdom!

[@masterquake7]

Love these in depth videos

[@zkamgames]

Brilliant Very Brilliant 🙏 i loved the whole entire history behind Cell as a villian.

[@jadenkyle5098]

Great video on the history of cell really like it.

[@kiddwrld7577]

Please do Majin Buu in the upcoming year I fear I might not live long enough to fully understand the complexity of that creature

[@reagenlionel]

I don't mind the cell juniors being back. I don't know why they regenerated. But their personalities, I don't think needed to be inherited. The example being on piccolo, his personality is noticeably different than king piccolo, and changed due to his experiences. The cell juniors are still children so they are easier to tame and teach.

[@BeholdOmega]

Thanks for the history lesson Geekdom!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Fun fact: The Cell in this video killed Trunk. Twice. ✌️

[@cai11tube]

I always wondered how semi perfect cell would looked like if he absorbed 18 1st instead of 17

[@UnwantedGhost1]

Good thing Cell didn't have Broly's DNA. And Buu if possible. Then it would have been the end of universe 7 if Beerus doesn't respond.

[@chanceneck8072]

Damn.... I gotta admit.... This truly is THE BEST video about Cell that I have ever seen.....

[@taviondelgado1747]

Been waiting for him to go more in depth of the most badass villain in the series

[@alexanderrhymes7588]

Love this!

[@joshuagonzales8451]

Love that confidence Geekdom “ this is the best video of Cell you will ever seen” talk your talk. More people should feel that way about themselves

[@joshuagonzales8451]

Badass vid too

[@tvfan14]

Cell was my first favorite charactor for years. When I was a kid Cell is the character that first got me interested in DBZ.

[@masonanderson9190]

Cell has been around for over 20 years and geekdom101 just dropped another video about him. I’m so happy to have your content, and to see people celebrating and still talking about dragon ball.

[@jdot634]

Over 20?! More like over 30, closer to 40 years

[@th3azscorpio]

People will be talking about Dragonball til the end of time. Its such a legendary, and iconic series; and that's an understatement in itself.

[@bangbangkill7431]

I like Frieza as a villian but the Cell arc was amazing the mystery of his creation absorbing humans Dr Gero the Piccolo vs #17 fight Cell games and Gohan defeating him it was amazing.

[@Z-fighter126]

Cell is “You’re your own worst enemy” incarnate.

[@chanceneck8072]

Dude .... It's like barely past midnight here and you're dropping this? You know, I GOTTA watch this now, right?...

[@adammyrick4002]

What do we have to get this man to a million subscribers?

[@abbycee1577]

10:00 -- It's because Cell couldn't fit in the time machine and had to regress to his larval state, then it'd take him four years to grow back to its first form, and he'd be able to absorb 17 and 18 in the same exact year they were introduced to the main characters: it was all calculated by Cell.

[@paliboy93]

It wasn’t though. Piccolo asked Cell why he chose to come back to the time he did. Cell literally replied that he didn’t plan it. He just hit go on the coordinates Trunks had just set. It’s never explained why Trunks wanted to go back to that time. It makes no sense. In Chapter 169 of the manga, Cell says he traveled back just 3 years, not 4. And that it takes 3 years to mature from nymph to Imperfect Cell. That makes much more sense. I’m not sure why it was changed, maybe to serve as a possible explanation as to why the Main Timeline branched so differently from Trunks’ predictions.

[@ihateeveryone8161]

@@paliboy93 I've always head cannoned it that this particular version of Trunks didn't actually defeat the androids, but Bulma from his time found a way to deactivate them. Trunks likely was going back to leave the technology to destroy the androids without leaving a trace of him being actually being there. Don't forget at first Trunks was being very cautious not to change history in any way except stopping the Androids. Revealing himself threatened his own existence in that time.

[@KickDoeLock]

It’s crazy because. In future trunks timeline. Gohan was an adult and lost to the androids. Cell didn’t believe gobhan was as strong as he was because Gohan was years younger than the Gohan in the future.

[@Geekdom101]

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[@digunder14]

wasn't the in-universe reason for him resembling second form do to how complicated gero's encryption was and how lengthy fully decrypting it so was only partially decrypted by that point in the film?

[@RealSaiyanGod]

Love the videos Geekdom! & man I completely forgot about how badly drawn Cell was drawn in GT 😂 the eyes Chico 😂😂

[@anaveragespider4797]

Cell is my favorite villain. Great video, Geekdom c:

[@-VinnieWilson02-]

Semi Perfect Cell has always been my favorite as well.

[@joshualowe959]

18:50 it was because of Vegeta being prideful & Krillin being a simp that Cell was able to absorb 18 and become perfect.

[@yote1226]

Finally!! A video on perfection!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

It's thanks to the Trunks that killed Frieza that Cell managed to steal the time machine and go back in time.

[@Jiron127]

It was the other trunks lol. They all killed frieza. Timeline 1: Trunks future where goku killed frieza aka original timeline destroyed by zeno in dbs. Timeline 2: The main event timeline Timeline 3: The unseen timeline when trunks disabled androids successfully (no rosat training). Timeline 4: cells timeline where he killed trunks to go to past (main timeline). Timeline 5: Zamasu kills gowasu successfully becoming goku black Ps: I might be missing one timeline?

[@JSPHTRS]

The epitome of Dragon Ball suspense and story telling

[@loki.odinson]

Now I'm nostalgic and have to go back and watch all the Cell Dragonball Z episodes. Good stuff. Dragonball at its finest.

[@LuiCambio]

You can start it off by watching History of Trunks movie and then continue on with the series of when Trunks comes to the past

[@loki.odinson]

@@LuiCambio hell yeah. One of my favorite parts is when Trunks travels back to his timeline and kicks all their asses.

[@LuiCambio]

@@loki.odinson same lol that's how I got my wife into DBZ 😂 then I got her to watch the entire series from DB, DBZ, DBS, & DBGT lol

[@loki.odinson]

@@LuiCambio That is so awesome. :-)

[@Yokai_Yuri]

Cell was the perfect plan and villain

[@whitefang1615]

Larva Cell: "Once I revert to an egg, I must bury myself underground for three years. There my form matures."

[@quartzquantum7530]

Do a what if video on how Beast Gohan would have defeated Cell Max if he was 100% complete instead of being activated early. I would like to see that! I enjoyed this History of Cell Explained in Dragon Ball in depth video. Thank you Danny!

[@daytonchris8351]

as a kid i always just thought that the trunks from cell's timeline went back in time, fought the androids with goku and vegeta, beat them, and maybe vegeta or the others trained him a little bit so he could go back and beat the androids on his own, he beat them and then when he prepped the machine to go back in time to thank the others, that's when cell jumped him. kind of like how future cell was planning on doing it to future trunks, but trunks already knew about him and stopped him. but the 1 year early thing confuses me now too. and i never knew that the androids shrunk. i always wondered how 17 and 18 could both fit inside of him at the same time and he still looked thin. the comparison to the absorption crystals is interesting too. i never thought about it like that before. lol

[@CannibalCowboy51]

Here is a question for you Geekdom: If Cell had ever met Dr. Gero, would he have let him live or killed him off like android 17 and 18?

[@skorpinox]

The Cell Ark was pretty awesome.

[@swaggsavage313]

My favorite villain in the entire Dragon Ball franchise

[@thewatcher4720]

Since we’re talking about the cell saga. Do you think in the future you could do a video of the villian hatchiyack? Because I’ve been waiting for you to talk about him. I’ve been subscribed for about 3 years and I love your channel.

[@ClaytonOHara]

21:38 made me laugh way harder than it should have lol “weird bug alien,” idk why that just killed me

[@noire.blackheart]

Cell: absorbs android 17 and gets energy barrier. Cell: absorbs android 18 and gets... baby making powers. Sounds about right for Toriyama.

[@xgentis]

I would say that Cell is more like a cicada than a cockroach, Cell larval state look like the nymph of a cicada down to him burying himself in the ground.

[@gokuxgohanx5644]

OMG its finally here🔥

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Imagine if Cell absorbed Android 21.

[@nathanielbennett2950]

Great video 👍🏿