Profile Cell Age 24 when he's first encountered Eyes reptilian Hair scales Personality Trait His only desire is to become "perfect", even if that means killing everyone else. Cell was created by Dr. Gero as a means of destroying Goku. He took cells from all the great fighters of the world and combined them into the evil Cell. Cells' mission is to absorb Androids 17 and 18 so that he may become "perfect". Cell is actually from the same future as Future Trunks. It took 20 years for Dr. Geros' experiment to mature into Cell. Cell kills Trunks and steals his time machine to return to the past and absorb androids 17 and becomes Perfect Cell. Goku and Cell battle and are both destroyed, but Cell regenerates himself and comes back, but is destroyed again by Gohan. Special Moves Cell is able to perform all the special moves of the fighters he's absorbed.