"Yes, you seem to know much, Piccolo. But there is still much for you to learn." |
Borrowed Powers (カメハメ波!? 悟空の気を持つモンスター, Kamehameha!? Goku no Ki wo Motsu Monsuta) is the third episode of the Imperfect Cell Saga and the one hundred forty-second overall episode in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. The episode first aired on June 3, 1992. The original American air date was October 6, 2000.
Summary
Gohan flies up to where his father is sleeping
This episode begins with Piccolo confronting a monster who has a man in his grasp; the creature’s hostage starts to bargain with Piccolo, saying that he is by far the richest man in the town, and that he will reward him if he saves his life. Piccolo stares down the creature, and adamantly tells him to release the man. Without a word, the monster lets him go, and drops him to the ground. Piccolo is obviously surprised by how easily the creature obeyed his command, but then suddenly, without warning, it stabs the man through the back with the long, sharp tip of his tail. A strange “sucking” noise begins, as the creature slowly begins to absorb the man, just as he did the other townspeople. The man starts to scream, then slowly begins to wither away, then melt, and eventually disappears completely, leaving only his clothing behind. The creature then calls Piccolo by his name. Piccolo asks him why he called him by that name, but the monster will not give him any answers, except that he and him are a lot like brothers. The creature then starts powering up to try to impress Piccolo, but Piccolo is not impressed.
Piccolo battles with the unknown monster
Meanwhile, at Kame House, Gohan feels a huge power level that feels like there are two Piccolos and Krillin feels it too. They run outside and now they feel like it is Frieza and King Cold's power levels and Master Roshi does not believe it is them because Future Trunks destroyed them both. Yamcha feels it too and he thinks it is Goku, but Gohan flies up to where his father is sleeping and tells it is not him either. Krillin flies off to find Future Trunks as he is heading to Gingertown. Krillin and Future Trunks start talking about what huge power levels they sense at Gingertown.
After the anonymous foe is finished powering up, Piccolo starts powering up too. A bigger crater than the creature's is formed under Piccolo, and a huge light forms as all the rocks and cement is coming up from the ground. The insectoid monster is pretty impressed with Piccolo's power. Piccolo forms a huge ball of energy and sends it at the enemy.
Elsewhere, Krillin and Future Trunks flying and a huge flash is seen over the horizon. Krillin tells to Future Trunks how Piccolo fused with Kami and is now a Super Namek.
The creature charging a Kamehameha
After the blast, the Ginger Town monster is not that banged up. Piccolo charges at the monster and dodges a punch from it. He flies up behind it and kicks it in the back. As it recovers, Piccolo does another backflip double kick that the foe dodges. Piccolo disappears and reappears behind the beast and performs his backflip kick again, sending it flying through the air. Then, he runs really fast under him and stops right in front of the creature, but it flies up and surprises Piccolo with a Special Beam Cannon. Piccolo easily deflects it, as it destroys a nearby building. The beast charges Piccolo and they ascend into the sky, trading blows. Piccolo manages to strike the creature in the mouth, dashing downward. As the creature reasserts controls of its flight, Piccolo flies up behind it, and, just as the creature turns to face him, kicks it in the face, sending it crashing to the ground.
Piccolo tells the monster that he is quite impressed by its strength, something he didn't give much credit for. The Super Namekian then asks again how the beast knows his technique, but the creature won't tell, saying it will take a lot more than beating him to unlock his secrets.
The monster prepares a Kamehameha, and Piccolo is frozen in disbelief that this enemy knows that technique out of all of them. Elsewhere, in the badlands, Vegeta then turns towards the direction of Ginger City while training and says "Kakarot?" with some confusion. In addition, at Kame House, Gohan looks out of the window and then looks towards the comatose Goku behind him and says "Dad?" in a similar tone of confusion (strongly implying that the beast had recombined his own genetic data to match that of Goku's to perform the attack). The monster then shoots the beam, covering the whole screen in the blast. That is when the episode ends.
Fights
- Piccolo vs. Imperfect Cell
Trivia
- In the original FUNimation dub, when Imperfect Cell absorbs the richest man in Gingertown, the intro of "Cell Kills Man" is drowned out by the unreleased "Devastation" theme, then gradually the "Cell Kills Gunman" beat until it fades toward the middle of "Cell Kills Man". In the remastered version, "Cell Kills Man" is played full after the "Ginyu Transformation" theme.
Gallery
 Cell appears  Cell  Cell absorbs a wealthy man in Gingertown  The man being absorbed by Cell  Cell finishes absorbing the man's energy  Piccolo charges an Explosive Demon Wave  Piccolo charging his Explosive Demon Wave  Piccolo fires his Explosive Demon Wave at Cell  Piccolo firing his Explosive Demon Wave  Cell hit by the Explosive Demon Wave  Piccolo attacks Cell  Cell fires a Special Beam Cannon at Piccolo  Piccolo deflects Cell's Special Beam Cannon  Cell prepares a Kamehameha |
Imperfect Cell Saga/Episodes