Hoopy the Hoop

2015-02-24T14:16:28Z

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[[Image:Hoopy the Hoop.png|right|200px|Hoopy the Hoop]]
In ''[[Portal]]'', '''Hoopy the Hoop''' was a hoop fallen from the sky {{spoiler|among the wreckage of [[GLaDOS]] at the end of the game. Hoopy landed on the [[Aperture Science]] parking lot in front of [[Chell]] just before being dragged off by the [[Party Escort Bot]].}}

As stated in an interview with [[Valve]] on [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/10/opening-the-portal-exploring-portal-s-creation-and-its-ties-to-half-life-2.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 "Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development"], they never expected "The Cake is a Lie" to become such a huge hit. The developers expected, if anything, that Hoopy the Hoop would become the meme derived from ''Portal''. And to some, it was. Those who refused to ignore Hoopys creative genius made him the memes that they always knew he deserved.

Erik Wolpaw explains, "We thought we should have a warehouse full of Hoopy t-shirts and mugs and posters…we would watch that hoop roll by over and over again. That was the part of the game we were most proud of, and nobody cared."

== Appearances ==
=== ''Portal'' ===
{{See also|Portal}}

Hoopy the Hoop rolls across the screen {{spoiler|at the end of the game as [[Chell]] lays outside the [[Aperture Science]] facility.}}

=== ''Portal 2'' ===
{{See also|Portal 2}}

Hoopy is known to appear in a few places within ''Portal 2''. Its earliest known appearance is in [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber|GLaDOS' ruined chamber]], where it lays slightly to the left of what could be described as [[GLaDOS]]' head; its second known appearance is underneath a floor [[Panels|panel]] in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 2|Test Chamber 02]]. {{spoiler|It then makes it's third known appearance behind a desk in [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann]]'s den in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6|Test Chamber 06]]; this is the same den as referred to by the [[Achievements#Portal 2|Final Transmission]] achievement.}}
Hoopy's fourth appearance is in multiple custom test chambers (Created and published with the [[Puzzle Maker|Perpetual Testing Initiative]].) It is seen by noclipping into the ceilings of the exit rooms, although it doesn't appear in each one.

== Gallery ==
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|title = Hoopy the Hoop
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|File:Portal Hoopy the Hoop 1.png|alt1=h|{{Spoiler|Hoopy the Hoop at the end of ''[[Portal]]''}}|spoiler1=yes
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|Hoopy the Hoop during ''[[Portal 2]]'', in [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber|GLaDOS' ruined chamber]].
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 02 Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|Hoopy the Hoop in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 2|Test Chamber 02]].
|File:Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6 Hoopy the Hoop.png|alt1=h|{{spoiler|Hoopy the Hoop in one of [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann's dens]].}}|spoiler4=yes
|File:Hoopy Portal2 CustomChamber.jpg|Hoopy the Hoop found in the ceiling of a [[Puzzle Creator|custom test chamber]]
}}

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