BONUS CONTENT: Artificial Humans part 2 and Cell part 1

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Dragon Ball Z ep 162 - Breaking Through the Boundaries of Super Saiyan!! Trunks Summons a Storm

Perfect Cell is really, really strong. Predictably, this means Vegeta, who has previously dominated Fishlips Cell, can't do jack shit. (Are you noticing a pattern yet?)

Dragon Ball Z ep 161 - Super Vegeta in Peril!! An Absolute Perfect Terror Closes In!!

Vegeta wants to fight Perfect Cell.

Dragon Ball Z ep 160 - Battle Power Infinity!! Birth of the God of Destruction Named Cell

At length, Cell has achieved his Perfect Form.

Dragon Ball Z ep 159 - A Shock to the Entire Universe!! Cell's Spectacular Evolution Toward His Perfect Form

#18 wants to know why Kuririn spared her life, when it was certainly his own chance to destroy her.

Kuririn doesn't have an answer.

(Kuri-chan, you so kawaii, stop it.)

Dragon Ball Z ep 158 - I'm So Distraught!! Kuririn's Handiwork in Destroying #18

Kuririn holds the controller that Bulma built to shut down the Artificial Humans. But as he looks at #18, he can't help but feel sorry for her. She was, after all, just a normal human girl before Dr. Gero changed her into a cyborg.

Dragon Ball Z ep 157 - Dangerous Pride!! A Challenge to Cell's Perfect Form

This episode title is very misleading. Those familiar with Dragon Ball Z (but not so familiar has to remember the names of every episode) will assume this is the episode where Vegeta challenges Cell to obtain his Perfect form so they can have a real fight. Not so.

Dragon Ball Z ep 156 - On Your Knees, Cell! I Am Super Vegeta!!

Vegeta puts the hurt on Cell. No matter what the monster does, Vegeta counters it two-fold, utterly dominating him in their fight. Much to the surprise of everyone, except for Trunks.

(This is what this whole episode looks like.)

Dragon Ball Z ep 155 - Suddenly Full-Throttle!! The Super Power of a Radiant Vegeta

Goku and Gohan have at length entered the Room of Spirit and Time. Goku shows Gohan where their toilet, beds, and year's supply of food are located (so probably just a weekend's worth of food for Goku), and then shows him where they'll be training: A vast nothingness the same size as earth, but with one-fourth the air, and 50x the gravity, with temperature ranging from blistering cold to sweltering hot.

Dragon Ball Z ep 154 - I Will Dispose of Everything!! A Reborn Vegeta, Father and Son, Sally Forth

Vegeta and Trunks emerge from the Room of Spirit and Time a day after entering. According to Mr. Popo, they've stayed in longer than anyone else he can remember. Trunks admits that Vegeta overcame the Super Saiyan wall two months in, but Vegeta tells Trunks not to say anything else he doesn't need to say. Trunks shuts up immediately. (Effectively making him the new Nappa.)

Dragon Ball Z ep 153 - Tomorrow, I'm Going to Pulverize You!! Goku's Challenge

Goku vainly shouts for Tenshinhan to cease firing his Shin-Kikoho. But as Tenshinhan is the only person between Cell and #18 and his Perfect form, Ten sacrifices his own life energy to keep the monster at bay.

Dragon Ball Z ep 152 - #17 Swallowed... The Transforming Cell is a Super Gourmet

To prevent him from absorbing #17 and #18, #16 has come face to face with the monster Cell. Though they appear to be equals in strength, Cell's Namekian DNA gives him a unique advantage when it comes to regrowing limbs.

Dragon Ball Z ep 151 - One Final Remaining Hope... #16, the Wordless Warrior, Takes Action!!

Artificial Human #17 does his very best to fight against the new-and-improved Cell. (I guess a couple of days eating humans will really do a number for your strength, huh?)

50 episodes in 50 pictures! DBZ 101 - 150

Are you talking about Kuririn?!

Dragon Ball Z ep 150 - The Suicide Counterattack Prove Ineffective! Piccolo's Flame Burns Out!!

Cell has arrived. And he's even stronger than he was before. The spirits of the many humans he's absorbed scream out as he raises his ki, taunting Piccolo, as he eyes #17 and #18. Though he is surprised by the appearance of a third Artificial Human, he thinks an older model like #16 won't be of any consequence.

Dragon Ball Z ep 149 - How I Have Waited For This Day!! Cell's Prologue to Perfection

Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans (DBZ Movie 7)

Dragon Ball Z ep 148 - The Gekiretsu Kodan That Split the Heavens!! Piccolo vs. Artificial Human #17

Artificial Human #17-- 

vs. Piccolo.

Moji Maker Z!

Like everyone else on the internet, I decided to play with Toei Animation's new toy: Moji Maker Z. It's a neat little Dragon Ball Z logo maker. You set the name and the picture and press go, and there you go, your own DBZ logo. Neat, huh? Here's mine.

Dragon Ball Z ep 147 - Hasten Your Training, Saiyans! In the Room of Spirit and Time...

Son Goku is back.

Dragon Ball Z ep 146 - Goku Awakens to Battle! Go Beyond Super Saiyan!!

Dragon Ball Z ep 145 - The Secret of Cell's Birth! What Lies Below the Laboratory?

In order to prevent Cell from reaching his Perfect form, our heroes are committed to tracking down either Cell or the Artificial Humans before Cell can merge with them. Except for Vegeta. Vegeta would much rather Cell merge with the Artificial Humans so that it lowers the amount of butts his needs to kick. And Vegeta swears he'll be able to do just that when he goes beyond Super Saiyan.

Dragon Ball Z ep 144 - Piccolo's Grievous Mistake! Cell Turn Loose on the City!

Piccolo stares down the monster Cell after bluffing weakness. Cell is impressed Piccolo used such a cunning tactic as to fake his own handicap to get information from Cell. Piccolo assures him that strategy was courtesy of Kami-sama. Cell quietly notes that if Kami and Piccolo have merged, the Dragon Balls must be gone...

Dragon Ball Z ep 143 - A Life Form of Evil and Destruction!! His Name is Artificial Human Cell

Shockingly, the monster unleashes Goku's Kamehameha!!

Dragon Ball Z ep 142 - Kamehameha! The Monster Who Possesses Goku's Ki

Dragon Ball Z ep 141 - To Face an Unprecedented Foe... Birth of a Super Namekian

We join #18 finally shopping for new clothes. She isn't pleased with the rural town's aesthetics. And the store owner is less pleased when 18 walks off without paying. He confronts her outside, but upon seeing #16, he thinks better of it and calls the police.

Dragon Ball Z ep 140 - The Discovery of an Evil Egg!! A Terrified Trunks

A mysterious time machine has appeared on the outskirts of civilization. Exactly like the time machine Trunks came in from the future, Trunks, Gohan, and Bulma leave to investigate.

Review: Artificial Humans Saga (DBZ episodes 118 - 139)

It took us awhile, but we're here at last. The Artificial Humans Saga. Some love it, some hate it. Is there good to be found in these episodes? Or should DBZ have ended already? More after the break.