Trunks returns to the other Z Senshi and together they await Cell's announcement. Soon enough, Cell...borrows a television station to introduce himself and make his announcement. The world has 10 days to destruction unless he can be defeated in battle...it looks pretty grim. Enter the champion of the 24th Tenkaichi Budokai (which we never saw), Mr. Satan! Mr. Satan is...well, nothing compared to the Z Senshi, but he thinks pretty highly of himself, and he IS strong. To demonstrate his strength, he drags some buses across an arena. Still... any one of our warriors would throw that same bus. Mr. Satan claims he can and will defeat Cell. Meanwhile, the Z Senshi pay no attention to him. They continue their training, and Son Gokou and Son Gohan eventually come out of the Room of Spirit and Time. Their clothes are shredded...and what's more is that Gohan has become a Super Saiya-jin. The two of them have been able to naturally keep the state, which of course, doesn't please Vegeta. Gokou checks up on Cell and says that he honestly doesn't know whether or not he can win. Even so, he's not worried in the least, and even refuses another shot at the Room of Spirit and Time, baffling everyone. He says that he and Gohan will train on the Earth for the next nine days, with intermittent days of rest and training. On a more personal note, the next few episodes are some of my personal favorite non-fighting episodes in the entire series. We see the Son family as a normal family, not the family of fighters who continue to save the world time and time again, despite Chi Chi's disapproval. Since a year passed in the Room, they celebrate Gohan' 11th birthday. Gohan and Gokou relax outside while Kuririn watches, amazed that they could be so calm. They have no worries. Gohan trusts in his father's power, and Gokou seems to trust in...something that he won't let anyone else in on. And so the days of training and resting go buy. The Room of Spirit and Time gets some more use, including Piccolo taking a turn of his own, but the Son family remains on Earth the whole time. Eventually, the day of Cell's Game arrives. Vegeta and Android 16 show up ahead of the rest of the Z Senshi, and of course, Mr. Satan and his entourage. The other Z Senshi fly in and Mr. Satan claims it's a trick... must be a trick, since he can't fly. Mr. Satan and his followers take on Cell first. With Satansama are the runner ups from the Tenkaichi Budokai. Each one gets knocked out easily, so Mr. Satan himself takes a shot at it. He goes up to fight Cell, but Cell's arm moves, smacking Satan. He apparently "slips" and flies several yards out of the ring. Oops. Son Gokou steps up for a shot at Cell. They seem to be pretty evenly matched, and Gokou even completely destroys Cell's upper half with a Kamehameha (Cell regenerates), but in the end, he begins to run low on power and surrenders. He asks if he can name the next contestant, and Cell allows him to. Cell states that while Piccolo, Vegeta, and Trunks are all very strong, they're not even as strong as Gokou. Being such, they are not worthy opponents. As you can imagine, Vegeta doesn't like that... but then again, it is true, and Vegeta knows it. Gokou names his choice for Cell's next opponent. "It's your turn, Gohan." Everyone is shocked, and they all urge Gokou to reconsider. Cell doesn't believe Gohan could compete with him, and even he tries to change Gokou's mind. Gokou ignores all of them and talks to Gohan. Gohan doesn't think he can do it, but agrees to try. He pulls off his turban and mantle (yep, Piccolo's clothes again... this time, the whole thing) and lowers himself down to the battle (the Z Senshi are watchign from atop a cliff). He raises his ki, which is higher than anyone except Gokou expected. Despite this, none of them believe Gohan can win. Gokou just watches. The fight begins and Gohan easily blocks Cell's hits. Cell says that he's pretty good and decides to use his full speed. At this point, Gohan gets the crap kicked out of him. At one point during the battle, Android 16 jumps in and tries to self destruct on Cell...only to find that bulma and Dr. Briefs removed his self-detonation mechanism. Cell blows him to pieces and continues. Gohan finally tells Cell that he thinks he knows why his father chose him to fight, and describes all the events in which he got angry and became tremendously powerful. Cell doesn't believe him, but is intrigued nonetheless. He vows to bring forth Gohan's hidden power so that he can fight a stronger opponent (must be those Saiya-jin cells). He beats up on Gohan for a while, but it doesn't work. Seeing this, Cell decides to go after the other fighters on the cliff. He spits out 7 small mini-Cells, called Cell Jr.'s, from what remains of his tail. Each one goes to fight a Z Senshi. As can be expected, Ten, Yamucha, and Kuririn don't have much of a chance. Even Super Saiya-jin Vegeta and Trunks are having a hard time, and Gokou never bothered to get a senzu, so he's REALLY in bad shape. Piccolo gains the upper hand on his Cell Jr. and begins helping out the others so that they can defend Gokou. Even the Cell Jr's don't get Gohan, though. Over by Satansama and Co. rests the head of Android 16. Being a robot, he's not dead, and he speaks to the people. He asks Mr. Satan to take him (meaning just his head) to Gohan. Mr. Satan doesn't want to and the others argue against it as well, but 16 gets to his pride and Satan agrees to help out. He gets relatively close and then throws the head toward Gohan. It lands nearby and 16 speaks to an angry Gohan. He asks Gohan to save the world, the planet that he loves. Cell strolls over and smashes the head under his foot. "You always were an inferior model." Well, that's just about all Gohan can take. He phases out for a few seconds and screams as his power explodes. Everything stops and all eyes are on Son Gohan. Even the Cell Jr's stop their fighting to watch what's going on. Gohan is pissed and he's not going to take much more of this. Cell orders the Cell Jr's to kill their opponents, and Gohan gets even ANGRIER. His hair goes straight up (it had previously been up and out) and Gohan reaches Super Saiya-jin level 2. Super Gohan 2 (basically, another name for Super Saiya-jin 2 Gohan) takes on each and every Cell Jr himself, killing each one in a single hit. Then, he takes back the bag of senzu before Cell can even react (Cell had stolen the bag earlier on). He throws the bag to Trunks and tells him to get a senzu to everyone. Trunks complies and the battle goes on. Well, not really... Cell is no match for Gohan now, and Gohan easily beats up on him. Two punches cripple Cell, and his Perfect Body begins to break down. He spits out Android 18 and reverts back to his mid-form between Original and Perfect. He now has absolutely no chance. Any of the Saiya-jin and possibly even Piccolo could take him alone in this form. He goes to his last resort. Self destruction. He gets really bloated as he prepares to explode, and Gohan basically beats himself senseless (not literally, though) for toying with Cell and not killing him earlier. All looks grim until Gokou steps in. He says goodbye and teleports over to Cell. He says goodbye to Gohan and then puts his hand on Cell and they vanish. In Heaven, Cell and Gokou have suddenly appeared at Kaiousama's...right as Cell explodes. Kaiousama, Gregory, Bubbles, and Son Gokou are killed. Cell is no where to be found, and Gokou wonders aloud about that as they travel toward the check in station with Enma. Gohan is obviously not happy in the least, and he blames himself for his father's death. Suddenly, Trunks drops dead, a hole in his chest. A familiar laugh rings out and Perfect Cell reappears. He explains that one cell remained, and from that, he regened his entire body. Because of his Saiya-jin cells, he received a substantial power up. He can now maintain Perfect Form without Android 18, and he's even more powerful than he was before. Vegeta, angered at the death of Trunks, strikes at Cell, but is beaten up. Cell prepares to blast Vegeta, but Gohan intervenes and takes the blast full on. His left arm is pretty much shredded now, and his power's running low. Cell raises his ki and prepares to wipe out the planet. Vegeta apologizes to Gohan for his actions. Gohan is ready to die, and he sees no other way out of this. Suddenly, he hears his father's voice. "Giving up? A Saiya-jin never gives up." He tells Gohan that he's the strongest in the universe and urges him to fight. Gohan doesn't think he can, but Gokou says differently. Despite his doubts, Gohan begins powering up, which amazes everyone else. He raises his good arm and pulls it back. "KAAAA!!!....MEEEEE!!!....HAAAA!!!!...MEEEE!!!!...." Cell forms a Kamehameha of his own. They both sit there and raise their ki, and then fire at the same time. Their blasts meet and create a huge ball at their meeting point. They're about equal, then Cell's blast begins to overtake Gohan's. Gohan is just barely pushing back Cell, but Gokou tells him to dig deeper, and that he's not using his full power. Gohan throws more into the blast and gets it back to about a 50/50 standing. Piccolo's theme begins playing. "I'll stand with you, Gohan." Piccolo flies off behind Cell and blasts him. Without even turning all the way around, Cell blasts him back. Piccolo stands up and drives a Makkankousappo into Cell's back, and he doesn't let up. The other Z Senshi get the idea and step in to help out. Yamucha and Kuririn throw normal ki attacks and Tenshinhan fires constant Kikohou's. They keep getting blasted back, and they keep getting back up and resuming. Finally, they can do no more. They apologize to Gokou...but it's not over yet. A blast comes out of no where and hits Cell in the back. "VEGETA!" The Saiya-jin prince breathes heavily from his spot in the sky. Gokou, "NOW!!!" Gohan pumps all he has into the Kamehameha. Cell turns back, but it's too late. "WHAT?!" Gohan's blast gains ground and finally completely overtakes Cell's. Cell begins to break up and disintegrate. Cell is completely destroyed, right down to the very last cell, and Gohan's Kamehameha continues into outerspace, where it dissipates. Gohan collapses and immediately fades out of Super Saiya-jin. The other Z Senshi gather around him, overjoyed at Cell's death. Mr. Satan claims he destroyed Cell, and the people who know the truth don't care either way, so the world buys his story. The Z Senshi travel to God's Shrine, where Dende summons Shenron. Trunks is resurrected, but Shenron says he can do nothing about Son Gokou. Gokou speaks to them from the afterlife and says he doesn't mind. He says his goodbyes to everyone and tells Gohan that he's very proud of him. Farewell, Son Gokou. Trunks goes back to his time and destroys the Androids and Cell. In the afterlife, the Kaiou's hold an Anoyo Budokai in "honor" of Kaiousama's death, in which Gokou participates. Gohan returns to his studies. Peace returns to the Earth.