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The Underground

2021-12-11T17:17:13Z

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[[File:Theunderground_title_card.png|thumb|300px|right|The logo of the series]]
'''The Underground''' is a video series animated by Gleb Lvov and formerly produced by Machinima. In it, there is a core called the [[The Underground#Interview Core|Interview Core]] who hosts a talk-show where "the rejected are respected and the best-case has no place." It takes place in two forgotten locations within the [[Aperture Science|Aperture Laboratories]]. Currently, there are nine released episodes, and features a cast consisting of new [[cores]], a turret band, the Mainframe, the [[Party Escort Bot]] and several others.

== The Cast ==
{| class="wikitable" border="0" style="width:52%"
! Character
! Gender
! Voiced by
! First Appearance
|-
|[[The Underground#Interview Core|Interview Core]]
|Male
|Andrew Walker
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Anthony|Anthony]]
|Male
|Mitchell McLeod
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Paranoia Core|Paranoia Core]]
|Female
|Jennifer Tonna
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Protocol Core|Protocol Core]]
|Male
|Mitchell McLeod
|Protocol Core
|-
|Elite Core
|Male
|Peter Bird
|Elite Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Ambition Core|Ambition Core]]
|Male
|Michael Ferretti
|Ambition Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Ego Core|Ego Core]]
|Male
|Sean Oxspring
|Ego Core
|-
|The Mainframe
|Male
|Harry Callaghan
|Protocol Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Friendship Cores|Blue]]
|Male
|Matthew Kowalewski
|Friendship Cores
|-
|[[The Underground#Friendship Cores|Yellow]]
|Male
|Pat Boivin
|Friendship Cores
|-
|Party Escort Bot
|#UNKNOWN#
|Sound Files used from Portal
|Elite Core
|}

[[File:InterviewCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Interview Core]]
=== Interview Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ego Core''' describing the Interview Core|Don't flatter yourself, you never were a functioning part of anything.|}}

The '''Interview Core''' is a corrupted [[Cores#Personality Cores|personality core]] who appears in all episodes of the series. He escaped incineration by [[GLaDOS]] and found himself on a table, setting the literal stage for the talk-show. As the host of ''The Underground'', the Interview Core is responsible for interviewing his guests and giving answers to his possibly empty audience. {{Spoiler|He also has a Therapeutic Voice Processor, which he uses to guide two cores through couples therapy.}}

[[File:Theband.PNG|thumb|150px|right|Anthony (right) and ''The Band'']]
=== Anthony (and The Band) ===
{{Quotation|'''Interview Core''' to Anthony about the lack of good guests|Why don't we ever get anyone more intelligent, introspective. Someone like... me! I think it's because of you. Yeah, you're just driving them all away with all your sulking.|}}
'''Anthony and The Fritz Brothers Band''' is a trio of [[turrets]], two of which are [[Defective Turret|defective]]. Anthony often faces issues with his defectiveness, {{Spoiler|such as falling apart during a rimshot or having trouble with romantic interests.}}

[[File:ParanoiaCore.png|thumb|150px|right|The Paranoia Core]]
=== Paranoia Core ===
''This is about a character in The Underground. For the bounty prize item in Poker Night 2, see [[Cores#Paranoia Core|Cores]].''
{{Quotation|'''Paranoia Core'''|This is hell, isn't it? It's ''android hell'', isn't it? I knew it, I ''knew'' it was real!|sound=Paranoia_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Paranoia Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the first episode of the series. She is suspicious of all things, and speaks like a stereotypical conspiracy theorist, saying that it knows of "secret walls [being built] in the dead of night in secret to house all the secret boxes that contain files of all the secret rooms where all ''the real'' secrets are being kept."

{{spoiler|Some time after the first episode, the Paranoia Core is fitted to a new frame and, in effect, "becomes" the Party Escort Bot from ''[[Portal]].''}}

[[File:ProtocolCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Protocol Core]]

=== Protocol Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Protocol Core'''|I'm not defective, I'm special.|sound=Protocol_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Protocol Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the second episode of the series. He is very knowledgeable about all Enrichment Center policies and was "hand"-picked by GLaDOS to enforce "all of her wonderful regulations." The Protocol Core is under the idea that it was created to be perfect, and as such, denies being corrupted despite being in placed into an [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]] prior to the episode.

{{spoiler|After the interview, he is brought before the Mainframe and disappears into a shaft underneath it.}}

[[File:AmbitionCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Ambition Core]]
=== Ambition Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ambition Core'''|You think the fact that I don't have hands is gonna keep me from flipping you the bird? Yeah! Check that out! I'm flipping you a whole damn ostrich!|sound=Ambition_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Ambition Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the fourth episode of the series. He has a very ardent demeanor, which he displays to everyone, including the incinerator. {{Spoiler|He tried to take over the show until he realized Anthony's incompetence.}}

{{spoiler|After the interview, he was attached to The Mainframe.}}

[[File:EgoCore.png|thumb|150px|right|The Ego Core]]
=== Ego Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ego Core'''|It's not every day Aperture builds a core like me. Perfect! Inside and out.|sound=Ego_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Ego Core'''{{spoiler|, or Onathan,}} is a corrupted personality core who appears in the fifth episode of the series. {{spoiler|Before the events of The Underground, he worked with the Interview Core processing test subjects.}} He describes himself as more intelligent and superior to the other cores, but is all the while overly egotistical. {{spoiler|After the interview, he was attached to the Mainframe.}}

[[File:Yellowblue.png|thumb|150px|right|The Friendship Cores]]

=== Friendship Cores ===
{{Quotation|'''Yellow''' about Blue|Me and dumbass here are "friendship cores". We were designed to simulate trust or something stupid like that.|sound=Friendship_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The two friendship cores, '''Yellow''' and '''Blue''' are two cores who appear in the sixth episode of the series. {{spoiler|The two cores were fused after both being smashed together by a crusher due to Blue's antics. After this, Blue was constantly berated by his partner due to his stupidity and resulted in a fight during the show. They were put through a couples therapy session by the Interview Core. Afterwards, they were separated while being taken by the claw.}}

[[File:Somethingbigger.png|thumb|150px|right|The Mainframe]]
=== The Mainframe ===
{{Quotation|'''The Mainframe''' about the Protocol Core|Hm. I don't like him.}}

'''The Mainframe''' is a somewhat enigmatic character in the series. After each interview, the cores are sent to him. Anything the Mainframe dislikes, from cores to sitcoms, go down a trapdoor controlled by him. The cores the Mainframe accepts are attached to him, in a manner not unlike GLaDOS and her coresand also his first sketches of GLaDOS.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|lines = 3
|height = 110 | width = 200
|File:Paranooo.PNG|The Interview Core and the Paranoia Core
|File:partyescort_underground.png|The Paranoia Core as the Party Escort Bot
|File:Mainframe.PNG|The Mainframe, based on the old GLaDOS concept art
|File:Underground.PNG|The Ego Core and the Interview Core
|File:EliteCore.png|The Elite Core, who appears in the third episode.
|File:Therapy.png|Therapeutic Voice Processor
|File:Glebcores.jpg|Planned cores for the series
}}
==Transcripts==
*[[The Underground/Episode 1 Transcript|Episode 1: Paranoia Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 2 Transcript|Episode 2: Protocol Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 3 Transcript|Episode 3: Elite Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 4 Transcript|Episode 4: Ambition Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 5 Transcript|Episode 5: Ego Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 6 Transcript|Episode 6: Friendship Cores]]
== Trivia ==
* The Underground is written by Gleb Lvov, Mitchell McLeod, and Andrew Walker.
* The Paranoia Core is an interpretation of a [[Unused content|cut personality core]] from ''[[Portal 2]].'' While non-canon to the Portal universe, this core also makes an appearance in the game ''[[Poker Night 2]]'' as [[GLaDOS]]' bounty prize item.
*The first five episodes of The Underground have been released within a short time of each other in July 2011. The sixth episode was released in late September 2013. Since its release, Gleb's YouTube channel was shut down, possibly canceling the series as a whole. Although there are alternative versions with Russian subtitles on YouTube, the only version of the sixth episode has English subs. However, the series has since been rebooted during early 2021.
*The Mainframe is based on an early concept art of [[GLaDOS]].

[[Category:The Underground]]
[[Category:Non-canon articles]]

The Underground

2021-12-11T17:10:50Z

Lightvsdark777: Added voice lines

[[File:Theunderground_title_card.png|thumb|300px|right|The logo of the series]]
'''The Underground''' is a video series animated by Gleb Lvov and formerly produced by Machinima. In it, there is a core called the [[The Underground#Interview Core|Interview Core]] who hosts a talk-show where "the rejected are respected and the best-case has no place." It takes place in two forgotten locations within the [[Aperture Science|Aperture Laboratories]]. Currently, there are six released episodes, and features a cast consisting of new [[cores]], a turret band, the Mainframe and the [[Party Escort Bot]].

== The Cast ==
{| class="wikitable" border="0" style="width:52%"
! Character
! Gender
! Voiced by
! First Appearance
|-
|[[The Underground#Interview Core|Interview Core]]
|Male
|Andrew Walker
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Anthony|Anthony]]
|Male
|Mitchell McLeod
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Paranoia Core|Paranoia Core]]
|Female
|Jennifer Tonna
|Paranoia Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Protocol Core|Protocol Core]]
|Male
|Mitchell McLeod
|Protocol Core
|-
|Elite Core
|Male
|Peter Bird
|Elite Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Ambition Core|Ambition Core]]
|Male
|Michael Ferretti
|Ambition Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Ego Core|Ego Core]]
|Male
|Sean Oxspring
|Ego Core
|-
|The Mainframe
|Male
|Harry Callaghan
|Protocol Core
|-
|[[The Underground#Friendship Cores|Blue]]
|Male
|Matthew Kowalewski
|Friendship Cores
|-
|[[The Underground#Friendship Cores|Yellow]]
|Male
|Pat Boivin
|Friendship Cores
|-
|Party Escort Bot
|#UNKNOWN#
|Sound Files used from Portal
|Elite Core
|}

[[File:InterviewCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Interview Core]]
=== Interview Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ego Core''' describing the Interview Core|Don't flatter yourself, you never were a functioning part of anything.|}}

The '''Interview Core''' is a corrupted [[Cores#Personality Cores|personality core]] who appears in all episodes of the series. He escaped incineration by [[GLaDOS]] and found himself on a table, setting the literal stage for the talk-show. As the host of ''The Underground'', the Interview Core is responsible for interviewing his guests and giving answers to his possibly empty audience. {{Spoiler|He also has a Therapeutic Voice Processor, which he uses to guide two cores through couples therapy.}}

[[File:Theband.PNG|thumb|150px|right|Anthony (right) and ''The Band'']]
=== Anthony (and The Band) ===
{{Quotation|'''Interview Core''' to Anthony about the lack of good guests|Why don't we ever get anyone more intelligent, introspective. Someone like... me! I think it's because of you. Yeah, you're just driving them all away with all your sulking.|}}
'''Anthony and The Fritz Brothers Band''' is a trio of [[turrets]], two of which are [[Defective Turret|defective]]. Anthony often faces issues with his defectiveness, {{Spoiler|such as falling apart during a rimshot or having trouble with romantic interests.}}

[[File:ParanoiaCore.png|thumb|150px|right|The Paranoia Core]]
=== Paranoia Core ===
''This is about a character in The Underground. For the bounty prize item in Poker Night 2, see [[Cores#Paranoia Core|Cores]].''
{{Quotation|'''Paranoia Core'''|This is hell, isn't it? It's ''android hell'', isn't it? I knew it, I ''knew'' it was real!|sound=Paranoia_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Paranoia Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the first episode of the series. She is suspicious of all things, and speaks like a stereotypical conspiracy theorist, saying that it knows of "secret walls [being built] in the dead of night in secret to house all the secret boxes that contain files of all the secret rooms where all ''the real'' secrets are being kept."

{{spoiler|Some time after the first episode, the Paranoia Core is fitted to a new frame and, in effect, "becomes" the Party Escort Bot from ''[[Portal]].''}}

[[File:ProtocolCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Protocol Core]]

=== Protocol Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Protocol Core'''|I'm not defective, I'm special.|sound=Protocol_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Protocol Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the second episode of the series. He is very knowledgeable about all Enrichment Center policies and was "hand"-picked by GLaDOS to enforce "all of her wonderful regulations." The Protocol Core is under the idea that it was created to be perfect, and as such, denies being corrupted despite being in placed into an [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]] prior to the episode.

{{spoiler|After the interview, he is brought before the Mainframe and disappears into a shaft underneath it.}}

[[File:AmbitionCore.PNG|thumb|150px|right|The Ambition Core]]
=== Ambition Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ambition Core'''|You think the fact that I don't have hands is gonna keep me from flipping you the bird? Yeah! Check that out! I'm flipping you a whole damn ostrich!|sound=Ambition_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Ambition Core''' is a corrupted personality core who appears in the fourth episode of the series. He has a very ardent demeanor, which he displays to everyone, including the incinerator. {{Spoiler|He tried to take over the show until he realized Anthony's incompetence.}}

{{spoiler|After the interview, he was attached to The Mainframe.}}

[[File:EgoCore.png|thumb|150px|right|The Ego Core]]
=== Ego Core ===
{{Quotation|'''Ego Core'''|It's not every day Aperture builds a core like me. Perfect! Inside and out.|sound=Ego_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The '''Ego Core'''{{spoiler|, or Onathan,}} is a corrupted personality core who appears in the fifth episode of the series. {{spoiler|Before the events of The Underground, he worked with the Interview Core processing test subjects.}} He describes himself as more intelligent and superior to the other cores, but is all the while overly egotistical. {{spoiler|After the interview, he was attached to the Mainframe.}}

[[File:Yellowblue.png|thumb|150px|right|The Friendship Cores]]

=== Friendship Cores ===
{{Quotation|'''Yellow''' about Blue|Me and dumbass here are "friendship cores". We were designed to simulate trust or something stupid like that.|sound=Friendship_Core_Underground.mp3}}

The two friendship cores, '''Yellow''' and '''Blue''' are two cores who appear in the sixth episode of the series. {{spoiler|The two cores were fused after both being smashed together by a crusher due to Blue's antics. After this, Blue was constantly berated by his partner due to his stupidity and resulted in a fight during the show. They were put through a couples therapy session by the Interview Core. Afterwards, they were separated while being taken by the claw.}}

[[File:Somethingbigger.png|thumb|150px|right|The Mainframe]]
=== The Mainframe ===
{{Quotation|'''The Mainframe''' about the Protocol Core|Hm. I don't like him.}}

'''The Mainframe''' is a somewhat enigmatic character in the series. After each interview, the cores are sent to him. Anything the Mainframe dislikes, from cores to sitcoms, go down a trapdoor controlled by him. The cores the Mainframe accepts are attached to him, in a manner not unlike GLaDOS and her coresand also his first sketches of GLaDOS.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|lines = 3
|height = 110 | width = 200
|File:Paranooo.PNG|The Interview Core and the Paranoia Core
|File:partyescort_underground.png|The Paranoia Core as the Party Escort Bot
|File:Mainframe.PNG|The Mainframe, based on the old GLaDOS concept art
|File:Underground.PNG|The Ego Core and the Interview Core
|File:EliteCore.png|The Elite Core, who appears in the third episode.
|File:Therapy.png|Therapeutic Voice Processor
|File:Glebcores.jpg|Planned cores for the series
}}
==Transcripts==
*[[The Underground/Episode 1 Transcript|Episode 1: Paranoia Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 2 Transcript|Episode 2: Protocol Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 3 Transcript|Episode 3: Elite Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 4 Transcript|Episode 4: Ambition Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 5 Transcript|Episode 5: Ego Core]]
*[[The Underground/Episode 6 Transcript|Episode 6: Friendship Cores]]
== Trivia ==
* The Underground is written by Gleb Lvov, Mitchell McLeod, and Andrew Walker.
* The Paranoia Core is an interpretation of a [[Unused content|cut personality core]] from ''[[Portal 2]].'' While non-canon to the Portal universe, this core also makes an appearance in the game ''[[Poker Night 2]]'' as [[GLaDOS]]' bounty prize item.
*The first five episodes of The Underground have been released within a short time of each other in July 2011. The sixth episode was released in late September 2013. Since its release, Gleb's YouTube channel was shut down, possibly canceling the series as a whole. Although there are alternative versions with Russian subtitles on YouTube, the only version of the sixth episode has English subs.
*The Mainframe is based on an early concept art of [[GLaDOS]].

[[Category:The Underground]]
[[Category:Non-canon articles]]

File:Friendship Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T17:08:53Z

Lightvsdark777: Friendship Core voice from The Underground

== Summary ==
Friendship Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}

File:Ego Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T17:05:24Z

Lightvsdark777: Ego Core voice from The Underground

== Summary ==
Ego Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}

File:Ambition Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T17:00:13Z

Lightvsdark777: Ambition Core voice from The Underground

== Summary ==
Ambition Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}

File:Protocol Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T16:54:56Z

Lightvsdark777: Protocol Core voice from The Underground

== Summary ==
Protocol Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}

File:Core1.mp3

2021-12-11T16:50:59Z

Lightvsdark777: Lightvsdark777 moved page File:Core1.mp3 to File:Paranoia Core Underground.mp3: Clarification

#REDIRECT [[File:Paranoia Core Underground.mp3]]

File:Paranoia Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T16:50:59Z

Lightvsdark777: Lightvsdark777 moved page File:Core1.mp3 to File:Paranoia Core Underground.mp3: Clarification

== Summary ==
Paranoia Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}

File:Paranoia Core Underground.mp3

2021-12-11T16:50:34Z

Lightvsdark777: Paranoia Core voice from The Underground

== Summary ==
Paranoia Core voice from The Underground
== Licensing ==
{{Unknown license}}