#Cell instant transmission full#

The user could not travel to an area they had never been to, however, unless they could detect someone familiar to use as a homing beacon. It was revealed in Dragon Ball Z: Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan that this move briefly moved the user into a pocket dimension which then allowed them to move to any location instantly.

#Cell instant transmission full#

As a Super Saiyan 4, however, he was able to use the ability to its full potential. When Goku became a child in Dragon Ball GT, the ability to use this technique was greatly hindered to the point where he just randomly traveled to places a short distance away.

In the FUNimation dub of the anime, Goku described the technique as allowing him to move at the speed of light (specifically 186,000 miles per second), however, it occurs instantly as New Planet Namek for example was light years away. Goku could even shift through realms, having no problem teleporting from Earth to Planet Kaishin in the Kaioshin Realm to find information on the location of New Planet Namek. This technique had many practical uses throughout the series. For example, at the end of Dragon Ball Z, Goku proclaimed to Dende that he could not travel to New Planet Namek because their Ki signatures were too far away. This action was usually accompanied by Goku placing his index and middle fingers on his forehead to help him concentrate, though if extra time was taken, the technique could be performed without this aid.īecause Instant Transmission requires a Ki signature to lock onto (whereas Instantaneous Movement does not), the successful performance of this technique was dependent on one's ability to detect them. Instantaneous Movement allowed Goku, and anyone who was in contact with him (although plants did not count), to instantly travel great distances (from meters to light years, or even travel between the Mortal Realm and the Next World) just by concentrating on a particular individual's energy signature and 'transmitting' or feeling that being's location. In the Dragon Ball series, heroes mostly use the technique rather than villains. Throughout the rest of the series, Goku used the technique often to travel around the universe. Later, he discovered he could use two of his popular attacks with this technique, the Instant Kamehameha and the Instant Spirit Bomb. He intended to use the technique to get to Earth before Freeza could harm anyone, but found it unnecessary because Future Trunks had already come to finish Freeza off.

The Yardrats taught Instantaneous Movement to Goku during his time on their homeworld.