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Cell
The ultimate creation of Dr. Gero. After extensive research of gathering information about the Namek, Saiyan and Freeza's race's fighting techniques as well as their biological make-up, Dr. Gero was able to combine the best of everyone into a single entity called Cell. Cell's purpose seemed to be nothing but to do be ultimate fighting machine regardless of the methods (such taking millions of lives to fuel his power).
Cell's power is not fully realized until he absorbs both #17 and #18, which is called the "Complete Form" or the 3rd stage of development. After he had reached Complete Form and believed that no could defeat him, everything became a game to him.
He subsequently spared the life of Trunks after Trunks forfeited the fight against him. He announced the Cell Game and gave the Dragon Ball Warriors time to "get up to speed" in order to seek more challenge.
He had always believed that Goku was his ultimate challenge. It wasn't until Son Goku forfeited the fight and handed it over to his more powerful son, Gohan (no pun intended).
When Cell was finally confronted with defeat and even death by Gohan, nothing was a game to him anymore. Vengeance was the only thing that filled his evil mind. He became much more powerful after his unsuccessful attempt to destroy the world by his self-destruct mechanism. But he was still no match for Gohan.