Party Escort Bot



The Party Escort Bot or Party Associate, is a mysterious pink-eyed core and android that was originally cut from Portal until it was later added as part of the March 3, 2010 patch.

Overview
During the events of Portal,

The Party Escort Bot is seen briefly in the Portal 2: Lab Rat comic and was only partially depicted, revealed to be a core-based android with a pink eye.

Like most Aperture robots, the Party Escort Bot possesses a mechanical tone of voice.

Development and acting
According to Valve writer Erik Wolpaw, the Party Escort Bot was initially intended to be seen as an easter egg Currently, the voice actor behind the Party Associate has yet to be named and may likely have been a part of the Valve staff.

Trivia

 * The Party Escort Bot uses a placeholder model in-game, named, which uses the texture of the bean cans found throughout the game. Shooting a portal on it or anywhere near it will crash the game. It was nicknamed "Bean Cube" during the Portal ARG.
 * The Bot's line isn't subtitled.
 * The Bot's line also isn't translated in other languages.
 * The track Party Escort from the Portal soundtrack is a reference to the Party Escort Bot.

List of appearances

 * Portal
 * Portal: Still Alive
 * Portal 2: Lab Rat