Character from Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
The ultimate bio-android — grown from the DNA of every great fighter on Earth, driven by an insatiable need to achieve his Perfect Form and prove he is the pinnacle of all creation.
Each form has a different personality. Imperfect Cell is predatory and desperate — a monster driven by biological hunger to absorb the Androids. Semi-Perfect Cell is insecure and vain, obsessed with reaching completion. Perfect Cell is calm, articulate, and theatrical — combines Goku's love of combat with Frieza's arrogance and Vegeta's pride. Organizes the Cell Games not to destroy Earth but to test himself against the best. His fatal flaw is Vegeta's pride, literally — the Saiyan DNA in him makes him let Gohan power up rather than finishing the fight. When SSJ2 Gohan starts dismantling him, Cell panics and attempts to self-destruct, taking the planet with him rather than accepting defeat. Regenerated from a single cell and came back stronger, but the Saiyan arrogance was the seed of his final defeat.
Three distinct forms. Imperfect: insectoid, hunched, with a long tail tipped by a stinger for absorbing victims. Green exoskeleton with dark spots. Semi-Perfect: larger, more humanoid, bulkier, with a rounder face. Perfect: tall, lean, elegant — smooth green-and-black armor plating, angular purple features, a confident smirk, and a regal bearing that echoes Frieza's aristocratic poise. Wings appear in Perfect form.
Also known as: Cell, Perfect Cell, The Perfect Being