"Let me show you what I'm truly capable of... FLASHING THREE FRAMES BACK-AND-FORTH IN RAPID SUCCESSION! HAAAAAAAA!
...
"So, kid, are you impressed by what you see?"
"...I have the power of animators dumping jagged lines of white paint on my aura. I win."


I thought everyone was joking about the DBZ anime-padding. Gohan and Cell just stared at each other for a full minute, spent five minutes dancing about, and then took another five minutes for Cell to power up. My sole consolation is that I picked the right fight to watch, as Gohan's distinctly unimpressed look... is entirely appropriate.