#cell jrs

[mysticalsnapper]

been busy with tomadachi life and other things, I've got like 50 or so of just purely dragonball miis

this is about the best quality I can get

[lusticiars]

dilf or whatever the fuck

[imperfectercell]

cell canceled for sending his juniors into the stratosphere with telekinesis

[dailycupofcreativitea]

Cell still hasn't been able to beat Gohan in his ascended form...but sometimes he likes to pretend, for the fans 😌

(Edit: reuploaded because I forgot Gohan’s right arm...sorry Gohan! You have a bad habit of losing/damaging those arms of yours eh?)

[masenkoha]

[onesillybeach]

I made my friend a thing.

[sweetescapeartist]

A CLOSER LOOK AT CELL'S BIOLOGY

Many already know that Cell is based off of a cicada. But although Cell looks male, did you know that Cell was inspired by the female cicada? Well, specifically the tail.

CELL: Attatched to Cell's abdomen is a long tail with a pointy end that stabs, absorbs energy (and 17 & 18), & Cell reproduces offspring from there too.

THE FEMALE CICADA: Compared to the male's abdomen, the female cicada's abdomen has a long pointy end (the ovipositor) that is used to cut slits in branches of trees & shrubs to lay their eggs inside them. They also absorb "energy" (sperm) that they recieve from their male partners.

Cell's tail is feminine. This explains why the tail looks the way it does when it is both closed & opened. The tail is an a ovipositor (a tubular organ that female insects reproduce from & some of them attack with). It also has the female function of being an "entrance" which is why Cell absorbs people through the tail.

Cell's ovipositor tail even has a small opening at the end of the sharp tip; just like female cicada & other female insects do.

And in his perfect form, Cell's tail is positioned close towards his abdomen, making Cell resemble a female cicada even more.

So there you have it...

Cell has the appearance of a humanoid male, but the reproductive capabilities of a female. Because why would the perfect life form need to reproduce with any "lesser" beings when it should simply reproduce on it's own?

EXTRA TIDBITS:

Since Cell reproduced asexually, it's possible that Toriyama took inspiration from certain insects, like wasps, that reproduce through parthenogenesis; a fancy word for asexual reproduction.

There is thelytokous parthenogenesis (female offspring produced from unfertilized eggs) & arrhenotokous parthenogenesis (male offspring produced from unfertilized eggs). Meaning the Cell Jrs may be "pseudo-males" or "pseudo-females." But, since most male & female insects look the same at first glance, the ovipositor & color of the exoskeleton are quick ways to identify what sex they are. Similarly, the exterior of the Cell Jrs. are of a different color & they do not posses an ovipositor. So, it appears to be that the Cell Jrs. are "pseudo-males" who lack reproductive capabilities. {Cell also has long wings like the female cidada does while the Cell Jrs. have shorter wings like the male cicadas do.}

Going back to the wasp influence that Toriyama probably took from... Only female bees & wasps can sting from their ovipositor. And guess what? Cell has a ovipositor he stings people with; but instead of injecting venom into people, Cell absorbs their life energy.

Cell's exterior resembles that of a male human more than a female, but that is due to Cell being sexually dimorphic. Meaning, other than their reproductive system, the sexes of the same species exhibit different charactistics in terms of color, size, markings, ect.

Cell is a sexual dimoporhic "pseudo-female."

This is some of the research I'm doing for the DB DataBook/Biology Book project I'm gradually working on. I research real animals (or other inspirations), compare those findings to how Toriyama depicted the different aliens in DB, then attempt to explain how the biology & specific anatomy for said alien races works.

I've found some interesting information that involves Namekians & Saiyans too. One example is the connection between gastropods and Namekians. Both of them reproduce asexually from their throats, but in different ways. It's also possible that the male reproductive part of the snail/slug might be the reason why Namekians have stretchy arms.

(Also, gastropods have something called a "love dart" that is used for sexual reproduction, but is also dangerous & deadly when mating. Remove the sexual aspect & keep the deadly capability, and this could have very well been an inspiration for Piccolo's body piercing Makankosappo.)

[punkgears]

offspring.

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