It's All Nineteen, Anyway.
I'm gonna be seeing "Serenity" in a li'l bit, because I could go for a movie, and some sick, sad part of me demands I check this thing out to see if it lives up to the hype, or dies like its flagging box office take (now a staggering $14.3 million). Sort of the same sado-masochistic tendencies that got me reading this book. More on this next time
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After the Cell Games, Cell kills Goku and Gohan kills Cell, and the animators at TOEI had some episodes to fill while they waited for the comics to get the next storyarc underway, so they did this five-part story set in the afterlife. Since he's a hero, Goku gets to keep his body and continue training in heaven (as opposed to turning into a small fluffy cloud, like everyone else). Cell, on the other hand, goes to hell, where he gets to keep all his super powers for some reason, but at least he's stuck there and can't get out.
So no sooner does Goku arrive in heaven than the Grand Kai informs him that Cell and all of Goku's other dead enemies have teamed up to take over hell, and he sends Pikkon, their best fighter, to go put down the insurrection. Goku goes along, figuring Pikkon might need his help, but as the screencap clearly shows, he's got everything under control.
This is why Pikkon is so reviled among purists. Not only is he an apocryphal character, but his power appears inconsistent, since Pikkon can beat Cell, and Cell was stronger than Goku, but Goku beats Pikkon in the finals of the Otherworld Tourney. Personally, I think Cell only lost because he wasn't designed to fight Pikkon, despite being stronger. It's like how the Borg are invulnerable to phasers but Captain Picard can mow them down with a machine gun.
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