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Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

2014-09-20T20:58:47Z

Pgj1997:

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{{Game infobox
| appid = 280740
| game-name-override = Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative
| boxart-image = Aperture Tag Header.jpg
| developer = Aperture Tag Team
| engine = [[Source_Engine|Source Engine]]
| released = 15 Jul 2014
| modes = Singleplayer
| genre = First-person puzzle/platformer
| requirements = [[Portal 2]]
}}

'''Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative''' is a [[Portal 2]] modification featuring gameplay focussing around the use and manipulation of the [[Gels]] featured in ''Portal 2''.

== Story ==
The events take place after the events of Portal 2's cooperative campaign's Mobility Gels course, and before the events of the Art Therapy course, in the Aperture Science Facility, while [[GLaDOS]] had finished building the Aperture Science Paint Gun. A test subject wakes up in an [[Aperture Science]] [[Extended Relaxation Center]]'s restroom ready to begin his test. He is introduced to Nigel, a [[personality core]] and his test associate. He then is put through a series of tests featuring the Aperture Science Paint Gun, [[Aperture Science]]'s final product. When the testing is over, Nigel was surprised that there was someone to complete every single [[test chamber]] and thinks that he is the proper one to deactivate the old Aperture Science Stability Stable Energy Reactor, the energy supply of Aperture Science, as a new one was built. Nigel is really surprised that he made it through so easily and decides to put him through another round of tests. {{Spoiler|Near the end of the test, the test subject accidentally breaks into a maintenance area of the Aperture Science facility, which happened to be the [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]]'s control room. The test subject learns about his fate, and decides to close the fire area, so that he survives. When he reaches the end of the test, Nigel doesn't know what's wrong with the Incinerator, and claims that "he is actually happy that you didn't have to die", so he lets the subject out of Aperture Science. The outside is finally revealed when the "room" malfunctions and the truth is revealed. The outside was a simulation of Aperture Science, much like the one in the end of Portal 2 (according to Thinking with Time Machine, which isn't canon to the Half Life Universe)}}

== Mechanics ==
{{main|Mechanics}}
{{Expandlist}}
* Aperture Science Paint Gun
: Allows the player to coat a surface with a never-ending supply of either [[Repulsion Gel]] or [[Propulsion Gel]], and allows the player to pick up objects in a similar fashion to the [[Portal gun]].
* Aperture Science Paint Gun Activation Field
: Has two sides: The green one activates the Paint Gun so that it can shoot [[gel]], and the purple one deactivates it.
* Aperture Science Vacuum Delivery System
: As a substitute to Portal's [[Chamberlock]]s, the Vacuum pipes are used for transportation between [[test chambers]].
* Glass
: Much like non-portable surfaces, you can't put [[Gels]] on glass.

== Characters ==
===Nigel===
Nigel is the [[Core]] that helps you in Aperture Tag.He looks like the [[Space Core|cores]] from [[Portal 2]] but is a reskin of the [[Fact Core|cores]] (also from Portal 2), with an Orange eye instead of Pink.
[[File:B297a0970e498b036c71e3b7e35182c3e91f79e0.jpg|thumbnail|right|Nigel in his office.]]

===The Heavy Metal Core===
An easter egg found in a [[test chamber]], the Heavy Metal Core sits in his chair and listens to a heavy metal version of [[Still Alive (song)|Still Alive]] and bounces his eye container plate up and down. His eye is alternating red and white bands.



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Portal Test Chamber 17

2013-12-04T16:27:32Z

Pgj1997:

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{{Chamber infobox
| title = Test Chamber 17
| map = testchmb_a_13.bsp
| number = 17
| total = 19
| screenshot = Portal Test Chamber 17.png
| icon1 = cube dispenser on
| icon2 = cube hazard on
| icon3 = pellet hazard on
| icon4 = pellet catcher on
| icon5 = water hazard
| icon6 = fling enter
| icon7 = fling exit
| icon8 = turret hazard
| icon9 = dirty water
| icon10 = cake
| previous = Portal Test Chamber 16
| next = Portal Test Chamber 18
}}

This [[Test Chamber]] is the eighteenth level of the game, and introduces the player to the [[Weighted Companion Cube]]. The Chamber also features multiple [[High Energy Pellet]]s.

== Hazards ==
* [[High Energy Pellet]]s
* [[Weighted Storage Cube|Cube Hazard]]

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
*Go to the end of the hallway.
*Pick up your [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]] and place it in front of the small ledge. Jump on the cube and then jump on the ledge.
*Pick up the cube and repeat. Take the cube and use it as a shield from the Pellet.
*Upon reaching the other side of the hallway, look out for the bouncing Pellet. Wait for the pellet to disappear.
*Go in front of the second hallway. Wait for the pellet in that hallway to go away from you.
*Run to the other side while using the cube as a shield. Then turn to the left and go through the door.
*Drop down from the ledge and go through the doorway facing the three lifts.
*Use the cube to bounce the Pellet into the catcher.
*Go back and leave the cube on the floor. Fire a portal on the wall above the ledge.
*Turn to face the catcher. Place a portal on the angled wallpanels.
*Put the other portal on the wall where the Pellet is bouncing off. Wait for the pellet to get into the catcher.
*Drop down from the ledge and pick up the cube.
*Go in the room with the button. Turn left and place the cube on the [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|button]] on the ledge opening the second door.
*Head back out of the dark room and place a portal on the wall facing the doors and buttons.
*With the other portal on the ledge, go through the portal. Go to the other end of the hallway again.
*Shoot the portal on the wall where the last pellet is bouncing off and go back to stand next to the button in the dark room (avoid the Pellet).
*Wait for the Pellet to go past you and the button towards the door. When it does, go stand on the button and the Pellet should hit the catcher.
*Take the Companion cube out of the room and then place a portal above the ledge. Go through the portal with the cube.
*Jump on lift with the cube. Continue by jumping on the two other ones. Then turn right and jump down to the lower ledge.
*Go along the hallway. Put the cube on the button and go through the door.
*Push the [[switch]] and get the Companion cube from the button.
*Euthanize the Companion Cube by dropping it down in the [[Emergency Intelligence Incinerator]].
*Enter the [[chamberlock]] behind you.
}}

=== Alternative Solutions ===
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
* By stacking the cameras from the Ratman's Den (and the additional camera that can be detached from the wall) in front of the raised platform, you can reach the platform with the Companion Cube without guiding all the Pellets to the Pellet Catchers.
}}

== Related Achievements ==
{{Achievement table
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Portal|Fratricide}}
}}

== Video walkthrough ==
{{chamber demonstration}}

== See Also ==
* [[Portal Test Chamber 17 (Advanced)]]
* [[Portal Test Chamber 17 (Bonus)]]

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[[Category:Portal chambers]]

List of Fact Sphere facts

2013-11-21T19:29:57Z

Pgj1997:

This is a '''list of [[Fact Sphere]] facts'''.

==True Facts==
#[[Media:Fact core fact25.wav|The billionth digit of Pi is 9.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact10.wav|Humans can survive underwater. But not for very long.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact31.wav|A nanosecond lasts one billionth of a second.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact29.wav|Honey does not spoil.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact06.wav|The atomic weight of Germanium is seven two point six four.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact08.wav|An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact14.wav|Rats cannot throw up.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact15.wav|Iguanas can stay underwater for twenty-eight point seven minutes.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact24.wav|The moon orbits the Earth every 27.32 days.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact27.wav|A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact32.wav|According to Norse legend, thunder god Thor's chariot was pulled across the sky by two goats.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact34.wav|Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, at 3,410 degrees Celsius.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact35.wav|Gently cleaning the tongue twice a day is the most effective way to fight bad breath.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact37.wav|The Tariff Act of 1789, established to protect domestic manufacture, was the second statute ever enacted by the United States government.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact38.wav|The value of Pi is the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter in Euclidean space.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact39.wav|The Mexican-American War ended in 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact40.wav|In 1879, Sandford Fleming first proposed the adoption of worldwide standardized time zones at the Royal Canadian Institute.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact41.wav|Marie Curie invented the theory of radioactivity, the treatment of radioactivity, and dying of radioactivity.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact42.wav|At the end of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, Konstantin kills himself.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact28.wav|Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.]]<ref>{{W|Mpemba effect}}</ref>
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact01.wav|The situation you are in is very dangerous.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact13.wav|Polymerase I polypeptide A is a human gene.]] ''[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/25885 The shortened gene name is POLR1A]''

==Nearly True Factoids==
#[[Media:Fact core fact19.wav|The Sun is 330,330 times larger than Earth.]] ''The sun has approximately 333,000 times the ''mass'' of the Earth. In terms of volume it is 1.3 million times larger than the Earth.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact01.wav|Dental floss has superb tensile strength.]] ''The tensile strength of dental floss depends on what it is made of. Nylon floss will have a much higher tensile strength than Teflon floss.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact11.wav|Raseph, the Semitic god of war and plague, had a gazelle growing out of his forehead.]] ''The gazelle was part of a headdress and did not grow out of his head.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact16.wav|Human tapeworms can grow up to twenty-two point nine meters.]] ''Some tapeworms can grow that long, but not the sort that infest humans.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact26.wav|If you have trouble with simple counting, use the following mnemonic device: one comes before two comes before 60 comes after 12 comes before six trillion comes after 504. This will make your earlier counting difficulties seem like no big deal.]] ''While the mnemonic device itself is correct, it is very unlikely to enable a person to count.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact59.wav|The first person to prove that cow's milk is drinkable was very, very thirsty.]] ''Adult humans in hunter-gatherer cultures are almost always lactose-intolerant; lactose-tolerance in adulthood has developed over time among people in agricultural societies where drinking milk is common (lactose-intolerance is common in Asians, whose agricultural societies never drunk milk).''
#[[Media:Fact core fact36.wav|Roman toothpaste was made with human urine. Urine as an ingredient in toothpaste continued to be used up until the 18th century.]] ''Urine has never been used as a toothpaste ingredient, but it was used as an ingredient in detergents and disinfectants from Roman times up until the 19th century.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact21.wav|Volcano-ologists are experts in the study of volcanoes.]] ''"Vulcanologists" is more correct, but this is a valid alternative term.''

== Partially True Factoids==
Note: '''Bolded''' sections are untrue.
#[[Media:Fact core fact04.wav|Cellular phones will not give you cancer. '''Only hepatitis'''.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact58.wav|In Greek myth, Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humankind. '''The jewelry he kept for himself'''.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact17.wav|The Schrodinger's cat paradox outlines a situation in which a cat in a box must be considered, for all intents and purposes, simultaneously alive and dead. '''Schrodinger created this paradox as a justification for killing cats'''.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact46.wav|In 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. '''Like everything he did, Lincoln freed the slaves while sleepwalking, and later had no memory of the event'''.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact12.wav|The plural of surgeon general is surgeons general. '''The past tense of surgeons general is surgeonsed general''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact43.wav|Contrary to popular belief, the Eskimo does not have one hundred different words for snow. '''They do, however, have two hundred and thirty-four words for fudge.''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact56.wav|Halley's Comet can be viewed '''orbiting Earth''' every seventy-six years. '''For the other seventy-five, it retreats to the heart of the sun, where it hibernates undisturbed.''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact57.wav|The first commercial airline flight took to the air in 1914. '''Everyone involved screamed the entire way.''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact52.wav|Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, ''' did so accidentally while chasing a bird. ''']]
#[[Media:Fact core fact44.wav|'''In Victorian England, a commoner was not allowed to look directly at the Queen, due to a belief at the time that the poor had the ability to steal thoughts.''' Science now believes that less than 4% of poor people are able to do this.]]

==Probably False Factoids==
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact05.wav|We will both die because of your negligence.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact06.wav|This is a bad plan. You will fail.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact07.wav|He will most likely kill you, violently.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact08.wav|He will most likely kill you.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact09.wav|You will be dead soon.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact11.wav|You are going to die in this room.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact22.wav|The Fact Sphere is a good person, whose insights are relevant.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact23.wav|The Fact Sphere is a good sphere, with many friends.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact66.wav|Dreams are the subconscious mind's way of reminding people to go to school naked and have their teeth fall out.]]

==False Factoids==
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact18.wav|The Space Sphere will never go to space.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact02.wav|The square root of rope is string.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact07.wav|89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact63.wav|At some point in their lives 1 in 6 children will be abducted by the Dutch.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact64.wav|According to most advanced algorithms, the world's best name is Craig.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact65.wav|To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact50.wav|Whales are twice as intelligent, and three times as delicious, as humans.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact05.wav|Pants were invented by sailors in the sixteenth century to avoid Poseidon's wrath. It was believed that the sight of naked sailors angered the sea god.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact09.wav|In Greek myth, the craftsman Daedalus invented human flight so a group of Minotaurs would stop teasing him about it.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact20.wav|The average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact33.wav|China produces the world's second largest crop of soybeans.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact47.wav|In 1948, at the request of a dying boy, baseball legend Babe Ruth ate seventy-five hot dogs, then died of hot dog poisoning.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact48.wav|William Shakespeare did not exist. His plays were masterminded in 1589 by Francis Bacon, who used a Ouija board to enslave play-writing ghosts.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact49.wav|It is incorrectly noted that Thomas Edison invented 'push-ups' in 1878. Nikolai Tesla had in fact patented the activity three years earlier, under the name 'Tesla-cize'.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact51.wav|The automobile brake was not invented until 1895. Before this, someone had to remain in the car at all times, driving in circles until passengers returned from their errands.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact54.wav|The most poisonous fish in the world is the orange ruffy. Everything but its eyes are made of a deadly poison. The ruffy's eyes are composed of a less harmful, deadly poison.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact55.wav|The occupation of court jester was invented accidentally, when a vassal's epilepsy was mistaken for capering.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact60.wav|Before the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, anyone wanting to fly anywhere was required to eat 200 pounds of helium.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact61.wav|Before the invention of scrambled eggs in 1912, the typical breakfast was either whole eggs still in the shell or scrambled rocks.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact62.wav|During the Great Depression, the Tennessee Valley Authority outlawed pet rabbits, forcing many to hot glue-gun long ears onto their pet mice.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact10.wav|This situation is hopeless.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact53.wav|Diamonds are made when coal is put under intense pressure. Diamonds put under intense pressure become foam pellets, commonly used today as packing material.]] (Believe it or not, ''graphite'' put under intense pressure produces diamonds, not coal.)
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact32.wav|Corruption at 25%]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact33.wav|Corruption at 50%]] ''At the time you are holding the Fact Sphere, corruption is at 75%.''
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact20.wav|Fact: Space does not exist.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact25.wav|The Fact Sphere is not defective. Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact16.wav|The Fact Sphere is always right.]]

==Subjective or Unverifiable Factoids==
#[[Media:Fact core fact03.wav|While the submarine is vastly superior to the boat in every way, over 97% of people still use boats for aquatic transportation.]] ''The second half of this fact is almost certainly true, but the first half is entirely subjective.''
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact02.wav|The likelihood of you dying within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact03.wav|The likelihood of you dying violently within the next five minutes is eighty-seven point six one percent.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact04.wav|You are about to get me killed.]] ''The game does not record the ultimate fate of the Fact Sphere.''
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact13.wav|The Fact Sphere is the most intelligent sphere.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact14.wav|The Fact Sphere is the most handsome sphere.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact15.wav|The Fact Sphere is incredibly handsome.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact19.wav|You will never go into space.]] ''Subjective, as it is unknown wheather or not it is {{spoiler|reffering to [[Chell]] specifically''}}
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact21.wav|Spheres that insist on going into space are inferior to spheres that don't.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact24.wav|Whoever wins this battle is clearly superior, and will earn the allegiance of the Fact Sphere.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact12.wav|You could stand to lose a few pounds.]]
#[[Media:Fact core fact22.wav|Avocados have the highest fiber and calories of any fruit.]] ''Difficult to verify as it depends on your definition of fruit. Coconuts are almost pure cellulose fiber taken as a whole, but the edible part is quite low in fiber.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact23.wav|Avocados have the highest fiber and calories of any fruit. They are found in Australians.]] ''The second half is true, although avocados can also be found in other places.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact18.wav|Every square inch of the human body has 32 million bacteria on it.]] ''Difficult to verify as it could vary depending on whether you're counting the internal surfaces as well.''
#[[Media:Fact core fact30.wav|The average adult body contains half a pound of salt.]] ''Depends on how you define "salt".''
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact17.wav|The Adventure Sphere is a blowhard and a coward.]]

==Not Facts or Factoids==

#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact26.wav|Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact27.wav|Pens. Pens. Pens. Pens. Pens. Pens. Pens.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact28.wav|Apples. Oranges. Pears. Plums. Kumquats. Tangerines. Lemons. Limes. Avocado. Tomato. Banana. Papaya. Guava.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact29.wav|Error. Error. Error. File not found.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact30.wav|Error. Error. Error. Fact not found.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact31.wav|Fact not found.]]
#[[Media:Fact core attachedfact34.wav|Warning, sphere corruption at twenty-- rats cannot throw up.]]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Lists]]

Portal Test Chamber 14 (Bonus)

2013-11-21T19:20:24Z

Pgj1997: The Companion Cube isn't even in this chamber!

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{{Chamber infobox
| title = Test Chamber 14 (Bonus)
| map = testchmb_a_09.bsp
| number = 14
| total = 19
| screenshot = Portal Test Chamber 14.png
| icon1 = cube dispenser
| icon2 = cube hazard on
| icon3 = pellet hazard on
| icon4 = pellet catcher on
| icon5 = water hazard on
| icon6 = fling enter on
| icon7 = fling exit on
| icon8 = turret hazard
| icon9 = dirty water on
| icon10 = cake
| previous = Portal Test Chamber 13 (Bonus)
| next = Portal Test Chamber 15 (Bonus)
}}

This is the second Bonus map of the game. It is unlocked when the original Test Chamber 14 has been completed.

== Hazards ==
* [[Weighted Storage Cube|Cube Hazard]]
* [[High Energy Pellet]]s
* [[Goo]]

== Strategy ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
=== Portals ===
* Place a floor portal beside the victory lift then run up the stairs to the pellet receptacle. Wait for the stairs to retract before placing your second portal in the floor of the pit and diving through.

=== Steps ===
* When using floor portals, cancel your exit portal as soon as you pop out of it, by firing the same colour somewhere else. This is easy if you have a portal-friendly ceiling above, but can be tricky if you have to cast around for a surface mid-flight.
* Place a portal close in front of the victory lift and another right in front of the chamberlock. Jump through and cancel the exit portal.
* Shoot a portal on the wall above the stair pit.
* Shoot the other portal at your feet and as you fall, shoot the exit portal (the one on the wall) onto your landing spot.
* As you come flying up in front of the lift, move backwards to land on the platform.
* Jump, don't walk, to the chamberlock.
=== Time ===
* Like least steps, only faster.
* Don't waste time portalling to the lift - just keep run-jumping.
}}

== Award requirements ==
{{Bonus goals|6|4|2|55|20|10|50|20|10}}

== Video strategies ==
-To do-

== See also ==
* [[Portal Test Chamber 14]]
* [[Portal Test Chamber 14 (Advanced)]]

{{TestChambersNav}}
[[Category:Portal chambers]]

Portal Test Chamber 05

2013-11-21T19:18:53Z

Pgj1997: The Companion Cube isn't even in this chamber!

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{{Chamber infobox
| title = Test Chamber 05
| map = testchmb_a_02.bsp
| number = 05
| total = 19
| screenshot = Portal Test Chamber 05.png
| icon1 = cube dispenser
| icon2 = cube hazard on
| icon3 = pellet hazard
| icon4 = pellet catcher
| icon5 = water hazard
| icon6 = fling enter
| icon7 = fling exit
| icon8 = turret hazard
| icon9 = dirty water
| icon10 = cake
| previous = Portal Test Chamber 04
| next = Portal Test Chamber 06
}}

This [[Test Chamber]] is the sixth level of the game, and requires the player to utilise multiple [[Weighted Storage Cube]]s in order to proceed.

== Hazards ==
* [[Weighted Storage Cube|Cube Hazard]]

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
* Approach the pit at the back of the room and place a portal underneath the Cube.
* Place a portal on a nearby wall or floor and go through it.
* Collect the Cube and walk back through the portal.
* Place the cube on either of the buttons.
* Go back through your portal and stand on the raised platform.
* Place a portal on the wall behind the raised platform on the opposite side of the chamber.
* Go through the orange portal and collect the other cube.
* Place the second Cube on the other button.
* Proceed into the [[Chamberlock]].
}}

== Video walkthrough ==
{{chamber demonstration}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|width=192
|height=108
|lines=1
|File:Portal TC 05 - Beta 01.jpg|Pre-release Test Chamber 05
|File:Portal TC 05 - Beta 02.jpg|Ditto
|File:Portal chamber05 01.png|Overview
}}

{{TestChambersNav}}
[[Category:Portal chambers]]

Portal Test Chamber 14

2013-11-21T19:16:52Z

Pgj1997: The Companion Cube isn't even in this chamber!

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{{Chamber infobox
| title = Test Chamber 14
| map = testchmb_a_09.bsp
| number = 14
| total = 19
| screenshot = Portal Test Chamber 14.png
| icon1 = cube dispenser
| icon2 = cube hazard on
| icon3 = pellet hazard on
| icon4 = pellet catcher on
| icon5 = water hazard on
| icon6 = fling enter on
| icon7 = fling exit on
| icon8 = turret hazard
| icon9 = dirty water on
| icon10 = cake
| previous = Portal Test Chamber 13
| next = Portal Test Chamber 15
}}

This [[Test Chamber]] is the fifteenth level of the game, and includes [[Weighted Storage Cube]]s and [[Buttons]], as well as the [[High Energy Pellet]].

== Hazards ==
* [[Weighted Storage Cube|Cube Hazard]]
* [[High Energy Pellet]]s
* [[Goo]]

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
*Go to the end of the hall and turn left. Go forwards and up the stairs.
*Turn left and shoot a portal on the panels near the ceiling directly facing the cube.
*Go back to the stairs that have now been lowered and then fire the other portal on the floor and go through the portal.
*You should land within range of the [[Weighted Storage Cube]]. Pick it up and go down the stairs. Place the cube on the [[Heavy Duty Super Colliding Super Button|button]].
*Go through the door turn right. You'll see another room ahead.
*Go to the room and turn to face the moving platforms.
*Fire a portal on the other side of the room and the other portal on the wall on the right near you.
*Enter through the portal and shoot the portal you placed on this side of the room on the wall facing the High Energy Pellet.
*Get to the other side of the room by using the moving platforms.
*Remember to dodge the High Energy Pellet as you go back to the main hallway.
*Shoot other portal on the ceiling over the High Energy Pellet Receptacle.
*Use the [[Victory Lift]] to enter the [[Chamberlock]].
}}

=== Alternative Solution ===
{{Spoiler|Apart from completing the level as was intended, players can also [[Flinging|fling]] their way onto the [[Victory Lift]] using the altitude from the lowered staircase.}} The commentary node in this level reveals that the development team was made aware of this matter during play-testing, and that it was left in on purpose.

* If player put the cube on the button than pick it up and take it towards the door, the door will suddenly broken.

== Video walkthrough ==
{{chamber demonstration}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|width=192
|height=108
|lines=1
|File:Portal TC 14 - Beta 01.jpg|Pre-release Test Chamber 14
}}

== See Also ==
* [[Portal Test Chamber 14 (Advanced)]]
* [[Portal Test Chamber 14 (Bonus)]]

{{TestChambersNav}}
[[Category:Portal chambers]]

Cake

2013-11-21T19:13:08Z

Pgj1997: Emphasis on words is bad form. Also, fixed a quote that was in italics, rather than quotation marks

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[[Image:Portal Cake.png|right|200px]]
{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|There really was a cake...|sound=GLaDOS_escape_01_death_nag01-1.wav}}

The promise of '''Cake''' is introduced by [[GLaDOS]] as an incentive for [[Chell]] to complete the [[test chambers]] in the original [[Portal]]. It is referenced in many of the [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann's dens]] as "a lie", sparking the {{w|internet meme}} [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-cake-is-a-lie "The Cake is a lie"]. {{Spoiler|The Cake can be seen at the end of Portal in a room surrounded with waking [[Personality_core|Personality Cores]] and the [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]].}}

== Portal ==
The cake is spoken of frequently throughout Portal. It is often mentioned through dialogue as well as [[Rattmann]]'s wall art in his dens. Although the dens frequently claim that the cake is in fact a lie, the ending of Portal shows the actual cake.

=== Recipe ===
In addition to the simple mention of the Cake, an actual recipe is given. The recipe can be found on several computer screens after Chell's escape from death. Additionally, during the battle with GLaDOS, the [[Cores#Intelligence Core|Intelligence Core]] will recite the recipe for the Cake. The recipe often contains inedible or undesireable ingredients, such as "fish shaped ethyl benzene" or "cranial caps."
{{hatnote|See also: [[Core voice lines#Intelligence core|Intelligence Core voice lines]]}}

== Portal 2 ==
The cake is referenced again in Portal 2, but much more infrequently. The earliest reference to it can be seen on computer monitors; it's recipe is displayed amidst gibberish. Another is referenced once through a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxd7gdSt7dU#t=19m19s sticker on the fake door before GLaDOS takes Chell to her chamber], mentioning that she [[Media:GLaDOS fgbrvtrap02.wav|"...honestly, TRULY didn't think [Chell would] fall for that."]] This contradicts the common notion that GLaDOS may have forgotten about the cake after the destruction of the Intelligence Core.

== Trivia ==
* The cake does not appear in ''[[Portal 2]]'' as it did in ''[[Portal]] 1'', Eric Wolpaw stated that it was removed because he and Valve were tired of the memes and had had enough of cake jokes.
* The cake slice icon shown on the neon panels throughout [[Test Chamber]]s in Portal appears in another Valve game, [http://store.steampowered.com/app/630 Alien Swarm], as the icon of the achievement "Perfect".
** The icon has also appeared on the [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Noise_Maker#Team_Fortress_Birthday TF Birthday Noise Maker] item's icon in ''Team Fortress 2'', with the cherry removed.
* The cake was put in the game as inspired from the Black Forest cake sold in a bakery near the Valve headquarters.

Oracle Turret

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[[File:Oracle Turret 1.png|thumb|right|300px|The Oracle Turret stuck in a Vital Apparatus Vent]]
{{Quotation|'''Oracle Turret'''|I'm different.|sound=Turret_turretstuckintube09.wav}}
The '''Oracle Turret''' is a friendly [[Sentry Turret]] that is encountered twice in ''[[Portal 2]]''. Although the Oracle Turret is never named in-game, the name was revealed in an interview with Valve writers.<ref>[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/27/valve-on-portal-2-spoiler-interview-part-one/ Valve On Portal 2: Spoiler Interview Part One], John Walker, [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ rockpapershotgun.com], April 27, 2011. Accessed April 30, 2011.</ref>

== Encounters ==
=== [[Story#Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] ===
[[File:Oracle Turret 2.png|thumb|right|300px|The Oracle Turret on its way to redemption]]
The player first encounters the Oracle Turret in [[Story#Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] of ''Portal 2'', where the Oracle Turret is stuck in a pneumatic transport tube. The Oracle Turret asks the player to help it, and to take it with her; however the Oracle Turret is inaccessible and [[Wheatley]] instructs the player to move past and ignore it.

=== [[Story#Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] ===
The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point is says "Thank you" and an achievement is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages, one of them hinting that "[[GLaDOS|her]] name is [[Caroline]]".The Turret also mentions an event from Greek mythology when Prometheus was punished by the gods and was thrown into the bowels of the Earth to be pecked at by birds. This is likely a reference to the later level in which GLaDOS/PotatOS and [[Chell]] fall down a deep shaft and GLaDOS is pecked by a bird.}}
If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed.

== Related achievements ==
=== Portal 2 ===
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|No Hard Feelings}}

== See also ==
* [[Turret]]
* [[Oracle Turret voice lines]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{CharactersNav}}

Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 7

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{{Test Chamber Infobox
| title = Chapter 2 - Test Chamber 07
| valve-title= Pit Flings
| map = sp_a2_pit_flings.bsp
| dirty = 1
| number = 07
| total = 22
| screenshot = Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 07.png
| icon1 = cube dispenser on
| icon2 = cube button on
| icon3 = cube hazard on
| icon4 = water hazard
| icon5 = fling enter on
| icon6 = fling exit on
| icon7 = laser sensor on
| icon8 = laser redirection
| icon9 = turret hazard
| icon10 = dirty water
| previous = Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6
| next = Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 8
}}

This is the seventeenth level of the game, and takes place within a dilapidated Test Chamber. This level requires the player to utilize their knowledge of the [[Thermal Discouragement Beam]], [[Button]]s and momentum in order to successfully solve the Test Chamber. This level is also unique in that it features a damaged [[Emancipation Grid]], which allows the player to unlock the "Preservation of Mass" achievement. The [[Weighted Companion Cube]] is also introduced here.

== Hazards ==
*[[Thermal Discouragement Beam]]

== Walkthrough ==
{{Spoiler|block=yes|
*Proceed to the chamber, jump over the Thermal Discouragement Beam and pick up the [[Companion Cube]].
*Look up and wait for the second companion cube to fall. When it does, pick it up and block the beam with it (it will fizzle).
*Wait for the third cube to fall and take it to the block the beam. Lift on the opposite side of the entrance will descend.
*Get on the lift and place a portal under the cube and other one on the wall to get the beam connected again.
*Wait for the lift to get to the top.
*Place a portal on the angled panels further away and walk over there. Place the other portal under the cube, so it'll come out near you.
*Pick up the cube and jump through the portal on the floor. Place the cube on the [[Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button|button]].
*Place a portal on the other angled panels on the far-left corner and then place the other portal on the floor.
*Jump through the portal on the floor and go to the [[chamberlock]].
}}

== Video walkthrough ==
{{walkthrough}}

== Trivia ==
Use the Companion Cube to block the beam then run to the wall by the victory lift and you can pull Wheatley from the wall.
He will not activate the button nor talk to you, but he can be used to block the beam if dropped face down.

Placing the companion cube on the button after collecting Wheatley and using momentum to fling yourself to the exit will cause GLaDOS to say: [[Media:GLaDOS sp_a2_pit_flings_future_starter01.wav|"Uh oh. You're stranded. Let's see if the cube will try to help you escape. Actually, so that we're not here all day, I'll just cut to the chase: It won't. Any feelings you think it has for you are simply byproducts of your sad, empty life."]] She will then fizzle the cube on the button thus releasing a further cube form the Vital Apparatus Vent and say: [[Media:GLaDOS sp_a2_pit_flings_future_starter02.wav|"Anyway, here's a new cube for you to project your deranged loneliness onto."]]

If you place a portal on the wall past the broken [[Material Emancipation Grill]], you can then retrieve the Companion Cube. However, before you enter the lift, GLaDOS will fizzle the cube and say "I think that one was about to say 'I love you.' They're sentient, of course. We just have a lot of them."

== Related achievements ==
{{Show achievement|Portal 2|Preservation of Mass|width=50%}}

== Music ==
{{main|Portal 2 soundtrack}}
{{Track|Love as a Construct}}

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[[Category:Portal 2 chambers]]

Doug Rattmann

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{{SpoilerHeavy}}

[[File:Doug Rattmann.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Doug Rattmann after the events of ''[[Portal]]'', as seen in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' comic.]]

{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|Reality is a story the mind tells itself. An artificial structure conjured into being by the calcium ion exchange of a million synaptic firings. A truth so strange it can only be lied into existence. And our mind '''can''' lie. Never doubt it...}}

'''Doug Rattmann''', commonly nicknamed as the '''Rat Man''', was a scientist at the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center. Prior to the events of ''[[Portal]]'' while [[GLaDOS]] began flooding the entire facility with [[neurotoxin]], Rattmann is the only known employee to have survived. A paranoid {{W|schizophrenic}}, he is dependent on anti-psychotic medication as a means of keeping him sane.

Rattmann does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the backstage of various testing chambers in ''Portal'' and the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]''.

== Overview ==
=== ''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' ===
{{See also|Portal 2: Lab Rat}}
[[File:Doug Rattmann sane.jpg|thumb|right|Rattmann as he appears in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' comic, prior to the events of the ''Portal'' series.]]

In the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]'' comic, he is revealed to be an Aperture Science employee who worked on the [[Handheld Portal Device]].<ref name="portal device work">''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' comic, [[:File:Lab Rat P13.jpg|page 13]]</ref> {{spoiler|He expresses doubts about GLaDOS and the effectiveness of a morality core, remarking "You can always ignore your conscience".<ref name="conscience quote">''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' comic, [[:File:Lab Rat P14.jpg|page 14]]</ref> His fears turn out to be justified when she poisons all the staff in the Enrichment Center with [[neurotoxin]] upon activation during the company's Bring-Your-Daughter-To-Work Day.}}

{{spoiler|Prepared for the outcome, he survives the initial attempts to kill him and proceeds to sneak through parts of the facility, avoiding GLaDOS who is actively hunting him. Acting on a 'hunch', he breaks into the test subjects' filing room and arranges [[Chell]]'s name to the top of the test subject roster,<ref name="chell reorder">''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' comic, [[:File:Lab Rat P21.jpg|page 21]]</ref> leading to the events in ''Portal''.}}

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

[[File:Portal RatmanBed.png|thumb|left|120px|Crude bed that can be found in most of Rattmann's dens.]]

Delusional, running low on medication and traveling with what he sees to be a talking [[Weighted Companion Cube]], he watches from the shadows as [[Chell]] is put through [[GLaDOS]]' testing course. Although he is never spotted in-game in any of the playable ''Portal'' series, his refuge areas (referred to as dens) can be found by Chell, containing crude bedding, empty cans of beans and scribblings and dioramas on the walls. It is in one of these dens that the warning phrase "The cake is a lie" can be found scribbled on a wall; as GLaDOS continually promises that there would be cake at the end of testing.

{{spoiler|Following Chell's conflict with GLaDOS after her escape from the testing tracks, the ''Lab Rat'' comic details Rattmann's point of view after the events of ''Portal'' in which he follows the sound of the explosion and finds a route to the outside world after the destruction of GLaDOS. His joy is short lived as he witnesses an unconscious Chell being dragged back into the facility by the [[Party Escort Bot]]. Feeling guilt, as it was his actions that resulted in her being the first test subject, he once again enters the facility and finds Chell has been put in long-term cryogenic relaxation.<ref name="chell relaxation">''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' comic, [[:File:Lab Rat P15.jpg|page 15]]</ref> Finding out that Chell's [[Relaxation Chamber]] is offline due to the downfall of GLaDOS, the overall facility operator, he proceeds to save Chell's life by unplugging all other available chambers from their cryogenic supply and into hers. He is injured in the process when he is shot by [[Turret]]s that are still left in nearby test chambers.<ref name="ratmann shot">''Portal 2: Lab Rat'' comic, [[:File:Lab Rat P17.jpg|page 17]]</ref> He then submits himself into Chell's cryogenic stasis bed found in the [[Relaxation Vault]] previously used in the events of ''Portal'', and falls asleep in it.}}

{{spoiler|His fate is left unknown as the entire bed with him is nowhere to be found when Chell later revisits this Relaxation Vault at the beginning of the single-player campaign in ''[[Portal 2]]''.}}

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

During the events of the single-player campaign of ''Portal 2'', Rattmann's fate is left unknown. Whether or not he is dead is left up to debate, as [[Chell]]'s cryogenic stasis bed that she used before the events of ''[[Portal]]'' he took refuge in, had disappeared entirely.

[[File:Portal_2_Chapter_2_Test_Chamber_6_rat_man_den.png|thumb|right|170px|A Rattmann den during ''[[Portal 2]]'s'' single-player.]]

All that is left of him in ''Portal 2'', like in the first game, are wall scribblings and various dioramas depicting either what he witnessed or simply what he feels like expressing.

Rattmann's graffiti work makes no appearances whatsoever during the course of the game's [[Cooperative Testing Initiative]]. {{spoiler|However, a [[Weighted Companion Cube]] can be spotted by [[Atlas]] and [[P-body]] in the last test of ''[[Cooperative Testing Initiative#Course Four: Excursion Funnels|Course Four: Excursion Funnels]]''. The cube is apparently attached to a Core Receptacle, indicating that it may in fact be as sentient as any other [[Cores]] in the series.}}

{{spoiler|At some point in the events of the [[Portal 2#Perpetual Testing Initiative|Perpetual Testing Initiative]], in which the player takes role of stick figure [[Bendy]] - is shifted into a variety of alternate universes at the Enrichment Center as a means of still having [[Cave Johnson]] as ongoing CEO. There is a universe in which Cave and Rattmann were born with switched bodies. In this universe, Cave (in Doug's voice and body) hijacks the intercoms to yell out and warn everyone that Rattmann (presumably in Cave's body and handling the company typically as the real Cave would) is embezzling from the staffs' paychecks.}}

== Known 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.

{{Columns|colwidth=25%
| col1 =
Den locations in ''Portal'':
* Den #1: [[Portal Test Chamber 16|Test Chamber 16]]
* Den #2: [[Portal Test Chamber 17|Test Chamber 17]]
* Den #3: [[Portal Test Chamber 18|Test Chamber 18]]
* Den #4: [[Portal Test Chamber 19|Test Chamber 19]]
* Den #5: [[Portal Test Chamber 19|Test Chamber 19]]

| col2 =

Den locations in ''Portal 2'':
* Den #1: [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Test Chambers 3 & 4|Chapter 1 - Test Chamber 4]]
* Den #2: [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 3|Chapter 2 - Test Chamber 3]]
* Den #3: [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6|Chapter 2 - Test Chamber 6]]
* Den #4: [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 11|Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 11]]
* Den #5: [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 12|Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 12]]
* Den #6: [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 16|Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 16]]
* Den #7: [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 17|Chapter 3 - Test Chamber 17]]
}}
{{clr}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|title = Known dens in ''Portal''
|lines = 4
|height = 100
|width = 150
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 1.png|Den #1
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 2.png|Den #2
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 2b.png|Den #2
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 3.png|Den #3
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 4.png|Den #4
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 5.png|Den #5
|File:Portal Rattmann Den 6.png|Den #6
}}

{{Gallery
|title = Known dens in ''Portal 2''
|lines = 4
|height = 100
|width = 150
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_1_Rattmann_den.png|Den #1
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_2_Test_Chamber_6_rat_man_den.png|Den #2
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_2_Test_Chamber_3_Rat_Man_den.png|Den #3
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_3_Test_Chamber_11_den.png|Den #4
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_3_Test_Chamber_12_den.png|Den #5
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_3_Test_Chamber_16_den.png|Den #6
|File:Portal_2_Chapter_3_Test_Chamber_17_den.png|Den #7
}}

{{Gallery
|title = Graffiti in ''Portal''
|lines = 4
|height = 200
|width = 150
|File:Rat Man handprint.png|A Rattmann scrawling.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 1a.png|Warning [[Chell]] about GLaDOS' trick.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 2a.png|A bundle of scrawlings.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 3a.png|Rattmann asking for something.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 5a.png|Warning to Chell about the [[Security Camera]]s.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 5b.png|Another warning about the cake.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 6a.png|Rattmann, apparently obsessed with the [[Companion Cube]].
|File:Rat Man scrawling 6b.png|Ditto.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 6c.png|Ditto.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 7.png|Confusing scrawling in the office.
|File:Rat Man scrawling8.png|Ditto.
|File:Rat Man scrawling 9.png|Helping lead Chell through her escape.
}}

{{Gallery
|title = Graffiti in ''Portal 2''
|lines = 4
|height = 200
|width = 150
|File:Ratman Diorama 1.png|One of Rattmann's dioramas drawn on a wall.
|File:Ratman Diorama 2.png|Ditto, depicting [[GLaDOS]].
|File:Ratman Diorama 3.png|Depicting the personnel killed by GLaDOS.
|File:Ratman Diorama 4.png|Depicting [[Chell]] and her behavioral statistic.
|File:Ratman Diorama 5.png|One of Rattmann's less intelligible dioramas.
|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|Ditto, with the [[Tubes]] drawn.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 1.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 2.png|Ditto.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 3.png|Ditto.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 4.png|Rattmann, apparently trying to describe his hallucinations.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 5.png|Depiction of Chell just before the battle with GLaDOS at the end of ''Portal''.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 6.png|Depiction of the development of GLaDOS.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 7.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 8.png|Ditto.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 9.png|Rattmann rejoicing with Chell's [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Gun]] after GLaDOS is destroyed in ''Portal''.
|File:Ratman Wall Art 10.png|Depiction of GLaDOS killing off the staff with [[neurotoxin]].
|File:Ratman Wall Art 11.png|spoiler17=yes|{{spoiler|Rattmann tying references on the [[Companion Cube]] being the first of its kind on the moon.}}
|File:Ratman Wall Art 12.png|Rattmann depicting Chell during her short term stasis before the events of ''Portal''.
}}

== 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"''
* In both of the above situations, his voice actor is unknown.

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Collaborative Disposition Test#Doug Rattmann|Collaborative Disposition Test]]
* [[GLaDOS]]
* [[Chell]]

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Cake

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[[Image:Portal Cake.png|right|200px]]
{{Quotation|'''GLaDOS'''|There really was a cake...|sound=GLaDOS_escape_01_death_nag01-1.wav}}

The promise of '''Cake''' is introduced by [[GLaDOS]] as an incentive for [[Chell]] to complete the [[test chambers]] in the original [[Portal]]. It is referenced in many of the [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann's dens]] as ''a lie'', sparking the {{w|internet meme}} [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-cake-is-a-lie "The Cake is a lie"]. {{Spoiler|The Cake can be seen at the end of Portal in a room surrounded with ''waking'' [[Personality_core|Personality Cores]] and the [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]].}}

== Portal ==
The cake is spoken of frequently throughout Portal. It is often mentioned through dialogue as well as [[Rattmann]]'s wall art in his dens. Although the dens frequently claim that the cake is in fact a lie, the ending of Portal shows the actual cake.

=== Recipe ===
In addition to the simple mention of the Cake, an actual recipe is given. The recipe can be found on several computer screens after Chell's escape from death. Additionally, during the battle with GLaDOS, the [[Cores#Intelligence Core|Intelligence Core]] will recite the recipe for the Cake. The recipe often contains inedible or undesireable ingredients, such as "fish shaped ethyl benzene" or "cranial caps."
{{hatnote|See also: [[Core voice lines#Intelligence core|Intelligence Core voice lines]]}}

== Portal 2 ==
The cake is referenced again in Portal 2, but much more infrequently. The earliest reference to it can be seen on computer monitors; it's recipe is displayed amidst gibberish. Another is referenced once through a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxd7gdSt7dU#t=19m19s sticker on the fake door before GLaDOS takes Chell to her chamber], mentioning that she [[Media:GLaDOS fgbrvtrap02.wav|"...honestly, TRULY didn't think [Chell would] fall for that."]] This contradicts the common notion that GLaDOS may have forgotten about the cake after the destruction of the Intelligence Core.

== Trivia ==
* The cake does not appear in ''[[Portal 2]]'' as it did in ''[[Portal]] 1'', Eric Wolpaw stated that it was removed because he and Valve were tired of the memes and had had enough of cake jokes.
* The cake slice icon shown on the neon panels throughout [[Test Chamber]]s in Portal appears in another Valve game, [http://store.steampowered.com/app/630 Alien Swarm], as the icon of the achievement "Perfect".
** The icon has also appeared on the [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Noise_Maker#Team_Fortress_Birthday TF Birthday Noise Maker] item's icon in ''Team Fortress 2'', with the cherry removed.
* The cake was put in the game as inspired from the Black Forest cake sold in a bakery near the Valve headquarters.

Turret Opera

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{{spoiler|[[File:Turret_Opera.jpg|right|thumb|The Turret Opera, as seen at the end of the game.|200px]]}}

{{Quotation|'''Prima Donna Turret'''|{{spoiler|Mia bambina, oh ciel}}}}

The '''Turret Opera''' is an event in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'' in which a group of [[Turrets#Sentry Turret|Sentry Turrets]] form a unique melody via the movement sounds of their weaponry casings.

The opera is introduced as an easter egg in [[Portal 2 Chapter 3 Test Chamber 16|Test Chamber 16]] of [[GLaDOS]]' [[Test Chambers|testing tracks]] in ''Chapter 3: The Return'', hidden beside a wall with a gap near the start of the chamber, where a Turret can be seen inside it. Upon entering, [[Chell]] would be able to witness various Turrets beneath the room as they serenade to the [[Turrets#Prima Donna Turret|Prima Donna Turret]].

{{spoiler|The Turret Opera is seen again for the last time, as a closure to the game's single-player campaign, based on the popular opera phrase "it's not over until the fat lady sings" - in which the [[Turrets#Prima Donna Turret|Prima Donna Turret]] finally sings in the game along with the other Turrets.}}

{{spoiler|This opera sequence began by which the Turrets are pointed towards Chell, striking a predicted moment that GLaDOS would lie to Chell for giving her the freedom to leave the Enrichment Center. Surprisingly, the Turrets began serenading to her instead. As the lift ascends even further, Chell was able to witness an even larger group of Turrets awaiting her arrival as the Prima Donna Turret became the lead singer while the [[Turrets#Animal King Turret|Animal King Turret]] provides the background bass to their melody. After finally reaching the surface world, Chell was still able to hear the echoes of the large Turret Opera melody moments before the game ends.}}

== Finale Opera Lyrics ==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
! colspan="2" class="header" | Transcript
|-
! class="header" | Original
! class="header" | Translated
|-
|"''Cara bel,

cara mia bella,

mia bambina,

oh Chell,

che la stima,

che la stima,

oh! Cara mia, addio.

La mia bimba,

cara,

perché non passi lontana,

sì lontana da scienza?

Cara, cara mia bambina,

ah mia bel,

ah mia cara,

la mia cara,

la mia bambina,

oh cara, cara mia…''

|''Dear, beautiful,

my dear,

beautiful girl,

oh Chell,

that’s too bad,

that’s too bad,

well, My dear,

farewell.

My girl,

dear,

why don’t you stay away yes,

away from science?

Dear,

dear,

my girl,

my beautiful,

my dear,

my dear,

my girl,

my dear,

my dear…"''
|}

== Trivia ==
* {{spoiler|In the finale opera sequences, the [[Weighted Companion Cube|Companion Cube]] from ''[[Portal]]'' can be seen flowing upwards through the tubes in the background as the lift rises. Some people have mistaken this for [[Doug Rattmann]] running around.}}
* {{spoiler|A single [[Turrets#Frankenturret|Frankenturret]] can be seen waddling behind the group of Turrets on the left side of the finale opera room.}}
* Before becoming a voice actress, [[Ellen McLain]] was an opera singer.
* It was revealed by [[Ellen McLain]] that she had done both [[Want You Gone]] and the Turret Opera finale in just a two hour leap after finishing one of them.
* In [[Portal 2]], [[Weighted Companion Cube]]s can be heard humming it when nearby.
== Sheet Music ==

[http://sebastianwolff.info/ Sebastian Wolff] has transcribed the song and provided free sheet music:
* [http://sebastianwolff.info/news/2011/04/turret-opera-cara-mia-a-cappella/ Sheet music for choir (SATB)]
* [http://sebastianwolff.info/news/2011/04/turret-opera-cara-mia-piano/ Sheet music for solo piano]

== See Also ==
* [[Portal 2 Soundtrack]]
* [[Want You Gone]]
* [[Still Alive (song)]]

[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Portal 2]]