WHAT IF Cell Turned Good? 

Cell: "I drink people." Krillen: "SENZU BEAN!" *Krillen throws a Senzu Bean* Cell: "I drink b e a n s ."

"Give me a good reason why I should abandon my ways and join forces with you." "Ka... Me... Ha... Me..." "Not gonna lie, you do raise a valid point."

Since Bulma got rid of all the evil in him I can totally see the majin curse being used on him and he just laughs and says “that tickles” and everyone just stares in confusion.

Cell sitting all alone at a beach: "(...) Sandman I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic bean Mr. Sandman Bring me a dream"

this version of cell: "I'm NOT a bugMAN, I'm a hugMAN!"

"I'm not a mean bug-man, I just want to have hugs!" Put THAT on a shirt

Masako: - brings up sensu's as alternative food source - Me: Oh... That makes sense. Probably better than my thought that he'd eat Piccolo's arms since he can regrow them. Less traumatic for Piccolo. xD

What to feed Cell? Easy. The clones Dr Briefs made. You know which ones.

I’m picturing Larval Cell slowly scuttling around like a roomba until it finally get into a secure, dark corner. And I cannot express how much joy the mental image of roomba Cell (Cellba, Roomcell?) brings me.

"I'm not a mean bug man, I just want hugs." Lol. awesome.

Many people don't know this but Android 21 was Cells' original unofficial name

Having cell's voice on such an innocent character puts a really goofy smile of my face, also your impression of everyone else is godlike too

I just realized. Piccolo raising Android 21 is essentially him raising he own biological son considering that Piccolo makes up a part of 21 (even more so than in the original considering that since the Frieza and King Cold parts were removed making Piccolo's DNA a larger percentage).

Gero built this in a CAVE! With a pile of S C R A P S !

"IM NOT A WEIRD BUG MAN! I JUST WANT HUGS" Holy hell I'm dying 😂😂

I am just imagining the scene: Bulma is so excited about the results of her creation, ancious to see how it will turn out and bragging about herself, and then Vegeta just says "What does it eat?", and she is just "hum..."

CELL: I DIDN'T WISH TO BE BORN DADS!!

Nappa would be thrilled to know Vegeta's wife is in charge of the Pokemon day care center.

"He's just a big, bug man kid!" Me, an intellectual: buggle wuggle baby boi

This story is surprisingly cute, I didn’t know that I would end up liking it so much.

I can imagine Krillin yelling "senzu bean!" And throwing it at larvae cell lmao

Man, a good Cell trained by Piccolo and Goku would be an absolute power house. I've always thought that Goku and Piccolo exemplify two types of power: power through raw overwhelming strength, and power through refined skill and tactics. Imagine if Cell Junion synthesized both of those approaches to power!

I wish Cell turned good. He always seemed like he'd be willing to, but wasn't given a proper chance. Likely the present day Cell, like you proposed. Tho, I feel like they wouldn't have to alter his dna. Think Piccolo and Vegeta, they were able to over come their base programming so to speak, I believe he'd be able to do the same

Some people: There's no way Cell would be good! Me: Exactly what I thought of Vegeta, but look at how much he keeps proving us wrong.

Cell may not have gained new power but he gained new friends.

I feel like he would he would probably still have a high intelligence rather than be some baby bug man, he was 6 years old when they first met him and had a relatively high intelligence.

Android 18:"How can we know that we can trust him?" Android 17:"Yeah, how can we know?" (Cell appears next to behind them on the Flying Nimbus) Cell:"Brother! Sister! Look what I found!" Everyone (except for 17 and 18):"..." 17 and 18:"???"

I love 21 so much! He's such a cute bug baby. Bulma choosing to raise Cell due to scientific ambition and mother instincs due to it's apearance makes a lot of sense.

I actually really enjoyed this and this also shows potential that was wasted in the manga/anime so please make a part 2

Cool story you came up with, but I think Cell could eat regular food perfectly fine if he wanted to Lol If he can eat a Senzu bean there's really no reason he couldn't eat something else

It actually sounds plausible. I'd believe it. Also that "I'm not an evil bug man, i just want hugs!" line royally cracked me up. XD

21's too perfect, too pure, too a-lot-of-things to simply be replaced.

I've always loved the idea of the Z Warriors saving the baby present Cell rather than just blowing up the lab. I always thought to myself "This Cell hasn't done anything wrong. Why kill it?" Love to see how a scenario like this will play out.

So what we're "Sayain" is that Cell is essentially Trunks' and Goten's Pokemon lol.

With the new cell having no DNA from frieza he'd probably have less chitin, and might also grow hair. I never wanted to think about that but now I can't stop. Cell with fabulous hair, maybe it's genetic engineering, maybe it's maybelline.

I disagree with the basic premise here: prefect cell wasn't too far gone really. In fact, in keeping with many, many asian myths, he was prime for a face turn. He became perfect, but was still beaten. His whole goal was attaining perfection, and if he can be beaten, then he's not perfect. He's made of goku/gohan cells, as well as the rest, so it's not that he doesn't have the genetics, so he tries to figure out what he is missing and hangs arround the z-fighters (particularly goku's family) to determine what that is. Since he's a living creature and not purely machine, its entirely possible that over this period of time he comes to befriend said people, and in the end turns good. IE: pretty much exactly what happened with both piccolo and vegeta.

I think with bulma working on him he could have extra cells from 17 and 18 to take away his drive to eat them. Then have him grow slower so he emerges as a perfect cell child to grow up with gohan and trunks easier

Wait... I just thought of an inconsistency. Perfect cell never trained as far as we saw, or any other of his forms for that matter. So through training, 21 might be a strong as semi perfect cell but still be in the imperfect form.

This is what went through my mind when it came to 'android 21' meeting Goku. Goku: hi everyone! 21 to Piccolo: Is that him? Piccolo: yes. 21 to Goku: DADDY!

Cell is my favorite villain. And it's brainstorming him in future arcs. So I'd love to see more of this.

Me before the video: Masako wtf, what're you smoking today? Me after the video: Give. Me. More.

His PERFECT jaw line would be a great addition to the Z-Fighters

The thing that I like about frieza more than cell is that frieza doesn't really want to destroy the universe but rather rule it. If he destroys the universe he'd run out of "playthings" and I think that's why he agreed to fight alongside Goku in super during the tournament of power. And I think that's really why goku was sure he'd accept the offer. Not just to be resurrected again.

It’d need to be perfect cell. He’s the most normal looking. I wish he’d came back in super too good of a character

You would think Bulma & Dr.Briefs would create a Fast-growing Sensu bean Farm by now

I like the ring of C-3 (Capsule Corp Cell). Android 21 seems kind of odd, I don't see Bulma continuing Geros numbering

Replacing a morally questionable character with a version of them that is unquestionably good-hearted... I'm suddenly having flashbacks to Dagda in SMT IV: Apocalypse.

Okay Masako, bro, lets talk. Weve seen what if Raditz, Nappa, Broly, and now Cell turn good. Why dont we crank it up a notch or twelve and give to you an interesting challenge. Yes its based off another movie character but to be fair, it would be nice to see. What if Cooler turned good. After all, hes not like Frieza or Cold, hes...Cooler. Plus when you think on it he was kinda the black sheep of the family. He didnt really care much for Saiyans or conquest or what have you. As a matter of fact, he was more interested in killing Goku when we first see him. Not because he bested Frieza, because after all Cooler always looked at Frieza as a weakling and a shameful part of the family and with his defeat it would be a mockery to the entire race. And he would be going to kill Goku just to prove that his race is superior to the Saiyans and to restore honor to them if you will. How would he turn good however? Well what if its like this. He does get hit with his supernova (the one that launched him into space and out to the sun?) But in time he was able to escape it much like vegeta did to Gokus Kamehameha Wave. Here Cooler would do what Frieza never would. He takes this chance to retreat and to regroup at one of his outpost planets. After a dip in a rejuv pod, he decides that Goku is a worthy fighter and decides to do another first for the race. He trains. And he trains hard. How long does he train? About around the time when the androids first appear. Think about that, in mid fight, its not Vegeta saving Goku from 19, its a death beam that destroys 19 that saves Goku. At first yeah everyone would panic...all except for Gohan who would be leagues of confused he could have just killed Goku to right? Thats when Cooler says that hes going to be the one to kill the monkey, and when he sees Goku as he is, he basically scoffs and tells the others to take him away and heal him. It wouldnt be fun or even rewarding if he killed Goku like this. The rest, so you choose, is up to you. ^·^ I know it seems alot but come on Masako Im sure you can do it. After all youve done a beastly good job on the whole, you know, what if dude bro turned good thing, so do this. That is if you read this and think about it. I would ask if you would comment back if you think you would do this but your a busy man and a youtuber and what not but hey if you could that wouls be awesome.

Cell: buddy I drink beans

Cell: I’m not a mean bug man I just want hugs. Me: XD

You had me with the thumbnail, Imperfect Cell was always my favorite Cell.

“AH YES IM A BUG MAN BUDDY” My heart...

I could see Cell becoming good after absorbing the androids and at first everyone worships him as a hero for “defeating” the androids.He’s such an egomaniac I could see him jamming it up with Hercule as his hype man

But Masako... Make part two or un-subscribe!

Though here’s how he met Videl; Gohan: Oh, hey 21 21: Hey Gohan. Videl: Hey Gohan There you-(sees 21 and is stunned silent) 21: Hi 🙂 Videl: (screams loudly) 21: (screams as well) Gohan: (Awkwardkt watches then scream in unison) 😓

In one of those many moments of desperation during the Buu Saga I could see 17 and 18 telling 21 about its other forms and possibly letting themselves be absorbed in hopes of defeating Buu.

What if Gohan turned Super Saiyan when Piccolo died for the first time in the Saiyan Saga?

I clicked on this video thinking "Okay, Masako's really pushing it now', but after watching it I was left saying 'Huh, it kinda works'.

“Archaic programming language” Bulma: “oh god, he programmed it all in prolog!”

6:00 Piccolo as the parent... DODGE!!!

1:42 the most intense BUT MASAKO I’ve heard so far

What if Trunks turned bad?

So they look at cell and it's like "IT'S A BUG MAN!" "Wait.. no.. he's wearing a gi.." "Ohhh! Okay!"

I must say how truly great this is. I wondered myself if the gang had take in present Cell and raised him right, not only because Imperfect Cell is my personal favorite form of his, but it feels so plausible and would've improved the story!! Just like your Raditz turning good storyline! Also, a genius move to have Cell/21 nourish on senzu beans instead of people! Not only is it far less violent, but I imagine it would give him a huge power boost to feed that way.

Cell should absorb buu I think, the z fighters were having trouble killing him in all of his squishiness, so having the idea of cell absorbing him would make sense and make cell very strong

We keep having, “what is x character turned good” but how about “what if x character stayed evil” there’s tons of characters that start as villains but turn to the heroes side such as Tien, Piccolo, Vegeta, Android 18, & Buu

I would love to see a heroic version of cell. A fairly similar situation with a Cell Jr getting revenge but turns good later on. Either way I like it. He could even absorb the odd baddie or 2 Like Babidi's henchmen, Frieza's troops Etc. Maybe be friends with Good Buu, then later down the track, when a crisis occurs, The 2 can fuse together and become Majin Cell. [Basically a robust pink version of Cell] Now that's Great Potential right there.

this story made me really like cell as a heroe, as a guy who is just learning and is the odd one of the group just like piccolo was, and someone who would learn from him and be more like him

What if Frieza turned good? No nevermind he will turn back evil anyways

I'm curious as to what this Cells reaction would be when that Cell Games reenactment show occurs; would he be thankful that he's not gonna turn out like the previous Cell, or his he going to be shocked/upset that a version of him COULD be so evil?

Videl : Hey goha.... WAIT IS CELL?

A saiyan, a namekian and a bio-android walk into a bar. tell me thats not the makings of a joke or a tv sitcom?

so goten has 3 dads now?

Just imagine Freeza saying "I'M NOT A MEAN INTERGALACTIC RULER,I JUST WANTZ HUGS!" XD

id like to see Bulma manage to help Cell become perfect but still retain the good inside of him

Interesting idea, and it also opens up to further parallel symmetry with Piccolo in that there is the potential of someday having 17/18 willingly be absorbed by him similar to nail/kame.

I can't really begin to say how much I've always wanted this AU. Imperfect cell (specifically his first form) is what got me into DBZ, after years of ignoring it. I've always loved his design, his color scheme, and even the voice the English dub had chosen for him (and I'm not too into dubs). So in 2012 when I got into the series, I was obsessed with 1st form cell. And it was always hard for me, because there's little merch of him outside of figurines, statues, or plushes. And his appearance in that form is quickly removed shortly after his introduction (manga mostly) . I always wanted to see a version of cell where he lived and wasn't evil. So getting to listen to this, finally game me some closure for that feeling. I've been waiting for this for 7 years. Thank you Masako, I can't wait to hear the next one.

What if 16 survived the cell games

"I'm not a mean bug man! I just want hugs!"

If red ribbon androids8,16,17,18 and 21 could become good guys then I guess cell can too

P is for priceless the look upon you're faces E is for extinction on all your puny races R for revolution which will be televised F is for *FUCCED* you are, now allow me to reprise.. E is for ecsentric just listen to my song C is for completion that i waited for so long T is for the terror, upon you i'll bestow my name is perfect cell, and i'd like to say. *hello*

The larva state is... ADORABLE?

While waiting for Part 2, I predict the following: *Story #1:* Cell 21 goes off with the Z Fighters to join Supreme Kai and Kibito in finding Dabura and Babidi. Dabura kills Kibito and petrifies Krillin and Piccolo, much like he did in the show, which pisses off Cell since Piccolo was one of his "dads". Vegeta, Goku, and Gohan's fights with Pui Pui, Yakon, and Dabura go the same as they were too, BUT... Dabura petrifies Gohan as well during their fight. Cell snaps and attacks Dabura and out of pure instinct, he stabs and drinks Dabura, killing him and freeing the others. Taking advantage of Cell's rage and seeing as Dabura's a part of him now, Babidi corrupts him instead of Vegeta, turning him into "Majin Cell". With Cell now powered by Babidi's magic and Dabura's energy, The part would end on Goku being forced to face off with Majin Cell as a SSJ3, while Gohan and Vegeta and left to try and stall Buu's revival... *Story #2:* Cell 21 stays behind with Goten and Trunks since he still wants to test his power (and the other forbidding him from coming due to his lack of training). Taking place in that last battle royale that was setup once the Z-Fighter leave, it's down to The Boys, (as Mighty Mask), Android 18, Cell, and Hercule. Rather than fight "Mighty Mask" though, 18 singles out Cell, attacking only him out of anger and hatred for what Cell did to her and 17 in the past. Mighty Mask gets involved and 18, not wanting to waste any time away from going after Cell, exposes the boys and forces them to retreat. Shocked and angry that 18 would hurt/humiliate his friends, Cell goes on the offense and rings her out too with his latent power. However during which, he takes it a little too far, and out of shame from snapping (noticing how scared Marron looks,) he surrenders and leaves to join the boys. Arriving at where Buu emerges, Cell notices the statues of Piccolo and Krilling and tracing their energy coming from Dabura, Cell snaps again and attacks Dabura, and out of pure instinct, he stabs and drinks Dabura, killing him and freeing the others. The part would end on Cell being confronted by Buu.

2:58 Please God, don’t scare me like that

Once we get to super, I'd like to see him mentally mature into an adult or at least a teen. Wacky kid imperfect Cell is fun and all, but I would be itching to see some meaningful character growth from him, and I'd really like to see him come into his own as a fighter as well. Maybe a wish on the dragon gets him into his perfect form during the Buu saga out of necessity? Also, I may have missed it, but when are the Z-Fighters going to tell him about his past counterpart? They can't keep him in the dark about it forever.

As long as the "Evil" in cell isnt his ability to be a smartass im okay with this lol

"I'm a bug-man BUDDY!"

i always love these 'what if' scenarios. there's got to be some point where 'android 21' somehow transforms. i mean his semi and perfect forms can't be forgotten about. at least that's how i feel. xD plus, i think it'd be cool seeing the evil cell watch 'android 21' battle buu from hell

BUT MASAKO!!!!!!!!!!! This was actually good.

What if Cooler wanted to thank the Z-Fighters for killing Frieza?

Goku: piccolo take care of cell Piccolo: what do you think I am a free babysitter

You should do a Fanfiction with this kind of stuff, seriously these 'what if' theories you do are awesome!

Gohan has 2 green daddies

I like this. Even as a kid, I aways felt bad for "Present Cell". You know, the whole "nature versus nurture" thing, what with Piccolo also being conceived for evil purposes and growing to become his own namekian, I always thought Cell could have too. Also, something worth noting is that "Present Cell" and "Future Cell" are probably not exactly the same. Why? Becuse present Cell probably had Trunk's DNA. Think about it, Gero collected Frieza's and Cold's DNA when they arrived on earth, wouln't it make sense that he would also collect a sample from the misterious stranger capable of killing them both without efford? Granted, I don't know how much that would've changed things, but it would have been the perfect excuse for this Cell to be ever slightly different in personality and maybe even in look to the other one.

This would have been an interesting development. It could also have led to an emotional conundrum of needing Cell to absorb 17 and 18 in order to help fight Buu; having them willingly sacrifice themselves (similarly to what Kami had to do) in the name of defeating Buu would have been a great storytelling moment, I think.

Not to mention Trunks’ time-traveling changed 17 and 18’s very nature. Making them far different from the sadistic killers he knew. It’s not much a stretch to say Cell could have been impacted as well.

I always wanted cell to be a good guy. But mostly in his first form. That form is cooler.

What if Goku taught everyone Instant Transmission upon returning from Yardrat?

DUUUUDE I FREAKING LOVE THIS STORY!!! Please continue with the android 21(cell) story. 21 has become my favorite character and I really hope your story gets looked at and animated because this is AWESOME stuff!!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆

"Cell" should be friends with Tien in this timeline.