Our Hero Awakes

is the seventh episode of the Imperfect Cell Saga and the one hundred forty-sixth overall episode in the uncut Dragon Ball Z series. This episode first aired in Japan on July 1, 1992. Its original American airdate was October 12, 2000.
==Summary==
As Cell begins his afternoon snack, he flies down to a hangar at the airport. When he first goes in, a guard is watching the news, horrified by what he is hearing. As Cell walks in, the guard turns and is even more horrified. Without thinking he grabs his automatic rifle and tries to take down Cell. The bullets simply bounce right off of Cell's chest, and he stabs the guard in the gut, draining his life energy. Then Cell hears a noise, turns around and starts walking towards an over turned desk, where a young woman and her younger brother, named Tommy, are hiding.
The brother and sister are running hysterically from Cell. As they pant and run at their top speeds, Cell calmly walks after them. As they run from the hanger, the sister trips on a girder and drops her brother to the ground. As Cell walks towards them, he takes the chance and breaks into a run. As he is about to absorb them, Krillin transports the boy and girl out of danger, and they run off to grab a getaway plane while Krillin desperately dodges Cell's tail, using a Solar Flare to blind him. As the plane takes off, Krillin grabs the landing gear and flies off with the plane, frantically looking around for Cell, only to find him on the roof of the plane. Krillin jumps off and blasts to the roof of the plane, slamming Cell in the back and catching him by surprise. They fly and land on the plane's right wing, and after a little talk, Cell slams Krillin straight through the plane, and Krillin's head sticks out of the other side. Just as Cell is about to kill him, Piccolo and Tien Shinhan arrive at the scene. As Cell sees them, he flies off, knowing that Piccolo alone is too strong for him to handle. Piccolo is upset because they almost caught Cell, they all return to Kame House to wait for the next news broadcast, as Krillin ponders how many more innocent lives will be taken before Cell is stopped.
On the way to meet his father, Future Trunks reflects on all the events that have transpired recently, confused as to how Cell came to this timeline using a time machine identical to his own. He also wonders what caused the dramatic shifts in the timeline, as evidenced by Android 17 and Android 18's new strength, and the existence of Android 16, Android 19 and Android 20. After briefly wondering whether he is responsible, Future Trunks decides that he must focus on the present and continues his search for Vegeta so he can learn with him on how to ascend Super Saiyan.
Android 16, Android 17 and Android 18 are driving off-road through Mount Paozu to get to Goku's house so they can kill him. 18 complains about the off-road driving, but 17 protests that he simply wants to make the journey more interesting. 16 seems to agree with 17, as he remarks that Goku's house is close with a calm smile on his face after being asked its whereabouts by 18. Fully frustrated, 18 sticks her head out of the window and fires an energy wave forwards, demolishing the forest for miles, making the car trip a safer and smoother one, much to the annoyance of 17, who states that 18 is constantly draining the fun out of all activities . 
At Kame House, after hearing a report that Cell has shown up South City, Krillin, Yamcha, Gohan, Piccolo and Tien decide to go off to gang up on Cell, thinking he will not be able to handle all of them, however Piccolo has his doubts, stating that Cell is a smart figure and probably predicts this course of action.
Later, Chi-Chi is filling a large bowl with water, and as she walks away from the sink, an earth-shaking blast slams the house, causing her to send the bowl flying onto Master Roshi's head. At first she feels guilty after being chastised by Roshi, but another blast causes her to fall onto Roshi, prompting Roshi's perverted to believe that Chi-Chi is trying to hug him. He is immediately met with a palm strike to the side of the head, slamming him against the wall on the other side of the room. Thinking the Red Ribbon Androids might be attacking, she runs upstairs to check on Goku, and to her surprise, Goku has vanished. She runs to the window, calling for him. As she looks outside, she sees a huge shockwave of water spraying everywhere, and when it clears, Goku is standing strong, practicing his signature Kamehameha. Chi-Chi is overjoyed that Goku is healed, and runs out to Goku, and the two embrace. Goku apologizes to her for making her worry and tells her he is all better. Then, he tells Chi-Chi and Roshi he is not ready to fight yet. This frustrates Roshi, but relieves Chi-Chi, who does not want Goku to leave, because he just got better and needs more time to rest. He then states he will attempt to be stronger than a Super Saiyan and go to the next level.
==Major Events==
*Krillin confronts Cell at Basil Airport, saving a boy and a girl in the process.
*Goku finally wakes up after recovering from the heart virus.
==Battles==
*Airport Guard vs. Cell (Imperfect)
*Krillin vs. Cell (Imperfect)
==Appearances==
===Characters===
*Goku
*Gohan
*Krillin
*Yamcha
*Chi-Chi
*Master Roshi
*Tien Shinhan
*Piccolo
*Future Trunks
*Android 16	
*Android 17
*Android 18
*Cell
*Frieza 
*King Cold 
*Android 19 
*Dr. Gero
===Locations===
*Basil Airport
*Mount Paozu
*Kame House
===Objects===
*Airplane
===Bruce Faulconer tracks===
*"Ginyu Transformation" - When Krillin detects that Imperfect Cell is coming while he's at Kame House with Yamcha and Tien Shinhan.
*"Goku Recovers" - When Goku recovers from the Heart Virus.
*"Imperfect Cell Theme" - When Imperfect Cell pursues against a girl and her little brother Tommy, until Krillin saves them.
==Differences from the manga==
*The entire events at Basil Airport are exclusive to the anime.
*Android 16, Android 17 and Android 18 driving through Mount Paozu is exclusive to the anime.
==Trivia==
*There is a Twilight Zone reference when Krillin's head is hanging outside a plane and Cell resembles a monster. Cell puts his hand on Krillin and is about to kill him but decides not to because there isn't enough time. Then he wags his finger in a scolding manner just like in Twilight Zone and flies off.
*The version of this episode that aired on YTV differs from the version that aired on Toonami in that it has a monologue by Dale Kelly over the opening scene. Strangely, when Kyle Hebert redubbed all of Kelly’s narration for the Orange Brick sets, he redubbed this monologue as well.
*This is the middle episode of Dragon Ball Z. There are 291 episodes, when divided in half there are 145 episodes in each half and 146 is in the middle.
*Cell asks if Goku is still alive for the second time in this episode, even though Krillin had already told him in "Piccolo's Folly". Cell then says the near exact same thing about how Goku still being alive must be different from his timeline.
*Goku shows his affection to Chi-Chi in this episode after she becomes so happy that he is awake. He shows this by picking her up and swinging her in his arms to prove to her that he was all better (much to the delight of Chi-Chi).
**They briefly move off-screen where it is implied that the two are kissing. However, this suggested kissing scene creates a slight plot hole in Dragon Ball Super when Goku reveals he surprisingly had never kissed his wife after seeing Future Trunks kiss Future Mai (as he didn't even know what a kiss was which Vegeta was embarrassed by given the fact Goku is married). However, as it occurs off screen and is only implied, the kiss itself may not actually occurred thus the plot hole itself is only an implied one. Additionally, the off-screen implied kiss only occurs in the anime thus the plot hole is not present in the manga storyline.
*Chi-Chi's garb turns dark blue in the shot near the end of the episode when Master Roshi asks Goku why he does not yet want to fight.
*In the original Japanese broadcast, the first 15 seconds of the next episode preview were devoted to next week's show, and the other 15 seconds were devoted to a movie ticket lottery drawing for Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (Released in theaters on July 11, 1992). This preview was not included in the Dragon Box. Instead, the preview used was the rerun version for the next normal episode, "Time Chamber".
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