I'm not sure if this true or not but I heard someone said that's Dr gero program 17 and 18 to act dumb when cell around them so it's be eazy for cell to get to them. They said this is true. But I might be wrong
THE LEGENDARY BATMAN!!
2024-06-03 00:54:50 +0000 UTC
OR it's the Tri Bean because he's a tri clops. lol but if you want to get into geometry if you rotate a reuleaux triangle on a 2-dimensional plane you can in fact get a square, and as the attack is coming down you see Cell's shadow in 3 places spinning too, so whoever in the writing room came up with "Tri Beam" probably knows more math than most.
Shamir Smith
2024-06-02 20:21:52 +0000 UTC
Tien quite literally giving back shots to cell LOL
Naruto Uzumaki
2024-06-02 04:41:40 +0000 UTC
This is why Tien is one of my favorites. One of his best moments in DBZ.
Coolio
2024-06-02 03:48:32 +0000 UTC
Tien actually shapes his hands in to a rhombus or diamond. So its not a triangle. Also the attack is called spirit cannon. Funimation writers must've been high when they came up with tri beam.
Charan Kondugari
2024-06-02 02:15:26 +0000 UTC
This was actually Toriyama's favorite form of Cell. I heard he wanted Semi Perfect Cell to have a bigger role in the story originally.
Shamir Smith
2024-06-02 02:06:05 +0000 UTC
Without their idiocy, we wouldn't have gotten Perfection π The usual response on DBZ-centric forums is that "teaming up does jack." In this case, you have to suspend your disbelief even more XD
Mike Litoris
2024-06-02 01:42:00 +0000 UTC
I call him "Fish lips." Fish lips Cell is here! π
Jaehwa Jeong
2024-06-02 01:21:22 +0000 UTC
Androids 16, 17 AND 18 are the dumbest characters in this arc, if only 16 stepped in sooner with Piccolo and 17&18 JUMP cell they could have won, heβll tien couldβve kept him down too. It just doesnβt make ANY sense why they all stood there and watch 17 get his ass kicked.
Seth-San
2024-06-02 00:47:49 +0000 UTC
In this instance the Power Levels actually makes sense, because Tien is inputting his Life Force (which has an unquantified boost depending on the user) into the Tri Beam attack which is why he was getting tired so quick, so it's much more powerful than usual.
Hitrule
2024-06-02 00:06:33 +0000 UTC
Same question as "why is the picture square when the lens is round?" Tien's Shin Kikoho is more of a blast of concussive force. Its really just meant to push an opponent back, but Semi Perfect Cell does get a few scratches. Imagine if Tien pulled that out of his ass earlier? It would probably have done more damage to anyone else. He could've used it to stun Imperfect Cell and keep him in place while everyone charges up their best finishing blast. Like other moves, it is shown at the last second, but time-frame wise, the character had it all along, even though Toriyama came up with it mere panels later XD
Mike Litoris
2024-06-01 23:55:16 +0000 UTC
Yeah.... these episodes are painful to watch with 18 just standing around... that is really PIS because she's a lot smarter than that. But the transformation was EPIC and Tien's Neo-Tri-Beam! Can't wait for more bro!