Doug Rattmann



Doug Rattmann, better known as the Rat Man, is an Aperture Science employee. Rattmann was working at Aperture Science when GLaDOS flooded the entire facility with deadly neurotoxin, and is the only known employee to have survived the attack. He does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the Aperture test chambers in Portal and Portal 2. A paranoid, he is dependant on anti-psychotic medication to keep him sane.

History
In the Portal 2: Lab Rat comic he is revealed to be an Aperture Science employee who worked on the Handheld Portal Device.

Dens
Aside from leaving paintings, murals and messages behind, Doug Rattman also discovered a number hidden rooms in Aperture Science. He adorned these rooms with messages and artwork, and primarily used them as refuges in order to escape GLaDOS' scrutiny. The hidden rooms are present in both Portal and Portal 2, and are known as the Ratman's Dens. A total of 12 have been discovered, 5 in Portal and 7 in Portal 2.

Portal
Delusional, running low on medication and traveling with a talking Weighted Companion Cube, he watches from the shadows as Chell is tested by GLaDOS. Although never seen in Portal, his 'dens' can be found by the player, containing crude bedding, empty cans of beans and scribblings and dioramas on the walls. It is in one of these dens that the words 'The cake is a lie' is found scribbled on a wall, resulting in the well-known meme.

Trivia

 * Doug Rattmann was behind the Aperture Image Format, used in the Portal ARG.
 * He can be [[Media:Doug_Rattmann_Sp_a2_pull_the_rug_r2.ogg|heard rambling]] in certain locations of his dens in Portal 2.
 * His voice also can be heard in Portal 2 OST during track "Ghost of Rattman"