Dr. Gero

Bit of a quick "What-if?" idea for you guys to ponder on; getting your thinking meat cooking, as it were.

- Hypothetically speaking, lets imagine a scenario where Android 16 survives the events of the Cell Games - with Goku still sacrificing himself to save Earth due to Semi-Perfect Cell been a sore loser by wanting to "go out with a bang", before Gohan later destroys Super Perfect Cell with the Father-Son Kamehameha and the aid of the other fighters.

- With Goku confirmed to be dead and not coming back to Earth (for the time being anyway), this allows 16 to finally delete his "Kill Son Goku" mission objective as it has technically been completed.

As a result, he heads off to become a protector of nature - similar to what he did in one of the games where he'd defeat poachers and protect all wildlife. That said, he still keeps in touch with Bulma and Capsule Corporation and also gets some more upgrades to his body/repairs when needed; this contact saving him later as he is able to get off Earth along with Goku, Vegeta, Dende, Mr. Satan and Bee when Kid Buu destroys the planet.

- Question is, if he survived to the "Super Hero Saga" and was able to meet Dr. Hedo, how do you think their meeting would go?

I ask since 16 is based off Dr. Gero's oldest son, Gevo - who is Dr. Hedo's uncle; Gevo's brother abandoning the Red Ribbon Army as he thought it was poisoning his father's mind. Could 16 maybe have some hidden files relating to Gero's younger son in his system?

If not, might Hedo actually recognize 16 as been one of his Grandfather's creations and that he's based on his Uncle?

Curious to see what you guys think.

Hypothetically, lets imagine that Dr. Gero - after escaping the Red Ribbon Army before Goku destroys it in Age 750 - uses his ladybird drones to acquire a sample of Goku's DNA; having learned from Major Metallitron's 3D scans during the robot's battle with Goku that the boy is an alien.

From this, Gero begins growing two clones of Goku; albeit at an accelerated rate initially (in homage to the clones since Toriyama was a Star Wars fan and similar to how Broly's clone was grown rapidly, but not as fast in this case).

With Gero been the clone's closest equivalent to a father figure, he provides the clones with food and training exercises to make them stronger - and with the possibility that these clones of Goku may have something closer to their original "Kakarot" mentality prior to the original Goku's amnesia. Additionally, the clones would still have their tails - giving Gero a way to control them as children at least due to the tail weakness.

We eventually get to the point where the Goku clones have gone through their growth spurts into adults and are made into Androids with cybernetic upgrades and an infinity engine (like how Lapis and Lazuli became Androids 17 and 18 respectively); Gero still making the on/off remote just in case and also making Android 19 so he too can become an Android (Android 20).

So, when the "Androids Saga" in DBZ rolls around and Dr. Gero eventually activates his android clones of Goku to take on the Z-Fighters (Future Trunks been taken off guard as this didn't happen in his timeline), how do you think the battles would go - both against the Z-Fighters and later when Cell rocks up?

Also, do you think these clones could be reformed?

Curious to see what you guys think.