To reach his perfect form.
The film doesn't follow official canon but it is assumed that the events depicted take place during the time the Z Warriors were training for the Cell Games, and therefore, yes, the Androids were already absorbed by Cell.
In DragonBall and DragonBall Z, there are a total of 20 androids; in DragonBall Z, 5 androids were introduced.Android 16: Purely mechanical, with greater power and self-destruct mechanism.Android 17: A male cyborg forcibly transformed; he has infinite energy.Android 18: A female cyborg forcibly transformed; she has infinite energy.Android 19: Either a cyborg or machine (likely the former), this android can absorb energy through his palms.Android 20: Dr. Gero himself, this android can absorb energy through his palms.
Dr. Gero is the maker of them.
his main goal is to find android 17 and 18 and absorb them and then he wants to test his power by making a tournament called the Cell Games
Trunks turns super saiyan because after witnessing his friend gohan killed in the streets knowing it was the work of androids 17 and 18 explodes his anger explodes and he becomes a super saiyan.
Dr. gero made cell to absorb the androids if 17 and 18 turn on him so he made cell and gave him the powers of goku freiza piccolo and maybe vegata and when cell was trying to grow he couldn't cause it wasnt to much space where he was born so Dr.Gero put cell in a egg and sent him to the pass to get back at his androids for turning on him and when cell came out of the egg he looked like a huge insect so he had to grow intill he shed out of his shell after that he was going and find android 17 and 18 but he found a city where he could of absorb people to get to his full power so he went to the city and there were people and he started to absorb them with his tail that he use to absorb people and Dr.Gero comes back in GT to get his revenge so he makes a new 17 and get the old 17 and make them into 1
yes he does but the only androids he fought was android 13,19,16 and cell and super android 17
Cell has a total of 5 forms: larva cacoon imperfect form (without androids 17 and 18) semi perfect form (with android 17 only) perfect form (with both androids 17 and 18)
Before Androids 17 & 18 appeared, in The Androids Appear.
No, Cell just absorbed Android 17 nothing else happen then after the others wished back the victims that Cell absorbed 17 was part of the victim. If you want to know more about this go to Watch-dragonball.com go to Dragon ball z episodes scroll down and go to episode 177, name of the episode " Goku's Decision "
The film doesn't follow official canon but it is assumed that the events depicted take place during the time the Z Warriors were training for the Cell Games, and therefore, yes, the Androids were already absorbed by Cell.
18 never got "killed" but 17 did because Cell absorbed "him" ("" cuz androids arent he or she theyre its)and he doesn't come back to life
Cell is an android from the future. He has a cell of each powerful saiyan like goku, piccolo and krillin. Then he went to the past to absorb androids 17 and 18 to go in his perfect form. Later gohan turns super saiyan 2, then kills him with a father-son kamehameha wave. He is also the one who return in Dragon Ball GT after they retrieve the dark dragon balls
In DragonBall and DragonBall Z, there are a total of 20 androids; in DragonBall Z, 5 androids were introduced.Android 16: Purely mechanical, with greater power and self-destruct mechanism.Android 17: A male cyborg forcibly transformed; he has infinite energy.Android 18: A female cyborg forcibly transformed; she has infinite energy.Android 19: Either a cyborg or machine (likely the former), this android can absorb energy through his palms.Android 20: Dr. Gero himself, this android can absorb energy through his palms.
Dr. Gero is the maker of them.
There is an episode where trunks returns to the future and kills android 17, 18 and Cell, if that's what you are referring to. Episode: 179 "Free The Future"
Cell was created by the the same scientist (Gero) as them. His intention was for Cell to absorb them and reach his perfect form. which in the end he succeeds. Dats true but after a kik 2 da stomach by gohan he spits out 18