Mr. Satan Takes the Stage! The Curtain Rises On the Cell Games!

Mr. Satan Takes the Stage! The Curtain Rises on the Cell Games!
Japanese Name	サタン軍ぐん団だん大おお暴あばれ！セルゲームの幕まく開あき
Romaji name	Satan-gundan Ō-abare! Seru Gēmu no Maku’aki
Literal Name	Satan's Legion Runs Wild! The Curtain Rises on the Cell Games
Series	Dragon Ball Z Kai
Saga	Cell Games Saga
Episode #	87
Uncut counterpart:	The Games Begin Losers Fight First
Chapter counterpart	The Cell Game Begins! Heroes Assemble! Hercule, Champion of the World
Japanese airdate	December 26, 2010
English airdate	November 9, 2011
Previous episode	A New Guardian! The Return of the Dragon Balls!
Next episode	Showdown! Cell vs. Goku!

"Mr. Satan Takes the Stage! The Curtain Rises on the Cell Games!" (サタン軍ぐん団だん大おお暴あばれ！セルゲームの幕まく開あき, Satan-gundan Ō-abare! Seru Gēmu no Maku’aki, lit. "Satan's Legion Runs Wild! The Curtain Rises on the Cell Games") is the eighty-seventh episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai. This episode first aired in Japan on December 26, 2010. Its original American airdate was November 9, 2011.

Summary

Mr. Satan is effortlessly knocked away by Perfect Cell

As Mr. Satan hypes himself in front of the media, Vegeta, Android 16, Goku, and the others arrive at the stage. Mr. Satan insists he goes before him, though when his students Caroni and Pirozhki arrive, he allows them to go first, but they are defeated without Cell needing to move. Mr. Satan tries to intimidate Cell by breaking some tiles and then goes on the attack, but Cell knocks him out of the ring with a single blow, not even bothering to kill him. As Cell wishes to take on a proper opponent, Goku steps into the ring.

Trivia

• The scenes with Caroni, Miss Piiza, and Pirozhki were not in the manga, making these segments a rare example of filler in Kai. Because the characters remain present throughout the Cell Games in the anime, their introductions had to be retained for the sake of context and continuity.
• In the English dub, Mr. Satan appears to reference Pokémon cards when watching Android 16 arrive to the Cell Games. When Jimmy Firecracker wonders if 16 and Cell know each other, Mr. Satan scoffs, saying "So what? Let 'em trade recipes and pokey-mens for all I care!"