Goku vs a Gauntlet

Originally posted by NemeBro
Plus you forgot to mention how his cruelty has been completely unmatched in the series.

Oh, and how the only person who took a genuine pleasure in torturing his foes more than him was probably Buu.

Oh, and how he lacks any redeeming quality, he is sadistic, sociopathic, and a coward.

You say Freeza is generic...Yet your favorite villain is Cell? Who just wanted to show off how strong he was?

Freeza's goal for immortality was simplistic, but really, what else is there for him? He had already controlled a large portion of the universe, why not desire immortality to rule it forever?

Not one DBZ character matches Freeza in sheer villainy.

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Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
To be fair, Cell has some of Frieza's cells (and that of his father's), giving him basically the same cruelty aspects and genuine pleasure as Frieza in torturing his foes, which was especially evident when he pushed Gohan beyond his limits by sending out Cell Juniors to torture/kill the Z fighters, snatching the Senzu Beans before he did so, and stomping on poor # 16's head when that was all that was left of him.
Not to mention, getting absorbed by Cell with your skin/body being sucked right out of your clothes (and into his tail) can be seen as the most cruel kind of death shown in the series. Sure, Buu absorbed people too, but did so in a more childish way by making them chocolate or candy.

He did not derive any particular pleasure for torture, he was just trying to get Gohan to go all out. Did he feel any remorse for doing what he did to the Z fighters and 16? No, but he did not do so for the sake of doing so.

That is how he builds power...Freeza toyed with Nail with a sociopathic glee until he finally grew bored.