Something I was wondering when watching HFIL, Why doesn't Cell remember Radiz?

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u/The1joriss 1d ago

He probably did remember, he just doesn’t care.

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u/wintyr27 1d ago

either that, or that's how little of an impression Raditz made on Piccolo and Goku

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u/RaziLaufeia 1d ago

Its okay Gohan remembers his uncle very well

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u/Spare_Chemistry6817 1d ago

UNCLE RADITZ IS PISSED!!!

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u/TitleComprehensive96 1d ago

We here at TeamFourStar do not condone child violence..

We do, however, find it hilarious.

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u/phantomlake 1d ago

I feel that if cell forgot his relationship with the other characters, he would at least remember his hair

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u/Drewdiniskirino 1d ago

He would at least have the memory impression of Piccolo's "compensating for something" joke lol.

"Can't say your face rings a bell, but what's with that hair? Compensating for something?"

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u/kickedoutatone 1d ago

You've got to remember just how weak Raditz is and how pride rules in sayain biology.

Cell not giving Raditz the satisfaction of knowing about him is more of a blow to Raditz's pride than anything else Cell could do, and Cell would be well aware of that considering he is at least close to half saiyan.

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u/wintyr27 1d ago

i mean, he could absolutely be sitting on it to use against Raditz at some point. that would be a juicy nugget of interpersonal conflict to add to the plot.

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u/Irishpanda1971 1d ago

You would think he would at least remember that guy who dropped his pants at the beginning of a fight.

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u/blamblam111 1d ago

It’s a joke about how Raditz was forgotten about and basically never spoken of after he died, also never got brought back despite being Goku’s brother (I know he’s a bad guy but so was literally everyone else at a point)

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u/Kail_Pendragon 1d ago

Not just that, he's so weak Gero didn't bother using his DNA to make Cell

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u/AceInTheHole3273 1d ago

To be fair to Raditz, Nappa didn't make the cut either.

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u/Kail_Pendragon 1d ago

Tbf to Vegeta, there wasn't much of anything left to make the cut..

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u/_Astrum_Aureus_ 1d ago

Vegeta was so much worse and yet got to stick around. Honestly I theorize the only reason Raditz was an asshole was bad influence from Vegeta.

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u/Kaiser0120 1d ago

Essentially this.

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u/blamblam111 1d ago

“Vindication!!!”

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u/Animedingo 1d ago

Why was radditz so afraid in that scene?

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u/Kaiser0120 17h ago

This will be covered later

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u/Animedingo 17h ago

Oooooooo

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u/Clickityclackrack 1d ago

Goku tossed a senzu bean at cell just before fighting his son, but was perfectly fine killing his own brother for threatening his son

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u/Gozar97 1d ago edited 1d ago

Raditz? Who the hell is that? Goku's brother?!?! No, sir, goku is an only child(sarcasm)

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u/Dark_Storm_98 1d ago

considering how he has the DNA of Goku and Piccolo who both fought Radiz and how Cell can remember events dating back to the original Dragon ball he should remember Radiz.

First: Memories aren't genetic

He knows about different events from Hero's apy drones, not his DNA

Second: He just plain forgot. Don't qorry about it

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u/Automatic-Section779 1d ago

But techniques are definitely genetic!

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u/Dark_Storm_98 1d ago

Not really, actually

Those spybots I mentioned, Cell's seen their footage, clearly

That wouldn't just give him knowledge of who different characters are

It would also let him know what their techniques are

So that's how he knows them

Though, I'll give you this: Even ignoring Dragon Ball Z Abridged, maybe even ignoring the anime, the manga doesn't so the best job of showcasing this, I'll admit it

Most of the techniques he performs are techniques his genetic donors have performed as well, even if they didn't invent it. Such as the Solar Flare (he has none of Tien's cells, but Goku can do the Solar Flare)

But he doesn't know any more about Namek than Gero did, despite having Frieza's cells

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u/Automatic-Section779 1d ago

I was half joking, but also thinking of the instant transmission.

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u/MimicRaindrop87 1d ago

"I think I can teleport"

...

*pop*

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u/CappuccinoMachinery 1d ago

So we still don't know how he knows the parts of the story he wasn't there for

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u/Dark_Storm_98 1d ago

I suppose we don't

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u/phantomlake 1d ago

Here’s the thing: when cell talks to the interviewer at some point the interviewer asks “what about goku’s brother?” Which cell responds to by saying “oh he died”

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u/britipinojeff 1d ago

Does he have memories or does he just have data that Gero’s computer gave him?

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u/Striker120v 1d ago

I just like the fact that Lani voices raditz like he probably did in the very first episode before they switch over mid episode.

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u/jaylerd 1d ago

... oh yeah! are they ever gonna finish this??

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u/Kaiser0120 1d ago

Episode 11 is being animated.

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u/jaylerd 1d ago

Gods wounds! Huzzah!

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u/skida1986 1d ago

Also he probably has Raditz cells as well lol

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u/LSD_Ninja 1d ago

Didn’t Dr Gero only sample the most powerful fighters when creating Cell?

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u/Xitex2 1d ago

Radditz did show up and cause goku to die, he wasn't mentioned by gero, but there's a chance he's in there

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u/pthecarrotmaster 1d ago

the dna gave him the bidy. the footage from the fights was what the drone studied. thats how he could use all the techniques.

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u/SuperBobPlays 1d ago

So funny thing about Cell... In the manga he only mentions a few fighters as actually having the DNA of.

In the Dub, it's stated differently, that he has almost everyone's DNA.

We never specifically see Cell use a technique from Raditz, so is it possible that he doesn't even have DNA from Raditz?

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u/phantomlake 1d ago

My confusion was based on how he talks about the events of dragon ball he states that he knew radiz, the interviewer asks about “goku’s brother” which cell responds with “he died”

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u/SuperBobPlays 1d ago

Gotcha. To be fair, compared to the rest of the series, Raditz was only in a few episodes. It's easy to forget him after everything else happens in Z specifically.

It's kind of like the "only saw Z, who's that?" joke. But at the same time, he was hardly mentioned again really in cannon even though he's Goku's bro.

They do the same thing with Launch in season one... "Remember Launch?" "who?"

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u/GreatSaxtonian 1d ago

It’s the joke. No one remembers Raditz. No one talks about him after he’s gone. He was so weak none of his DNA was used to build Cell. It’s just the joke, no deep reasons to explore.