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The entirety of these gases are stored and manufactured in a reinforced tank, located in the bowels of the Enrichment Center. Eight main hoses allow the gas to be transferred to any location within the facility. {{spoiler|During the chapter ''The Escape'', Chell sabotages the system by cutting the eight primary hoses, thereby destroying the generator.}}
The entirety of these gases are stored and manufactured in a reinforced tank, located in the bowels of the Enrichment Center. Eight main hoses allow the gas to be transferred to any location within the facility. {{spoiler|During the chapter ''The Escape'', Chell sabotages the system by cutting the eight primary hoses, thereby destroying the generator.}}


The variety of neurotoxin used within the Aperture Science facilty is unusual in that a certain concentration is required before it becomes lethal. Until the saturation level has been reached, the gas is not lethal and is presumed to be merely toxic. It is this delay that provides Chell with the opportunity to defeat GLaDOS in ''Portal'' {{spoiler|and later, Wheatley in ''Portal 2''}}.
The variety of neurotoxin used within the Aperture Science facilty is unusual in that a certain concentration is required before it becomes lethal. Until the saturation level has been reached, the gas is not lethal and is presumed to be merely toxic. {{Spoiler|It is this delay that provides Chell with the opportunity to defeat GLaDOS in ''Portal'' and later, Wheatley in ''Portal 2''.}}


==Trivia==
== Trivia ==
* Despite the neurotoxin generator being {{Spoiler|completely destroyed by Chell and Wheatley early on in the game, Wheatley is still able to use neurotoxin in the final battle, which could be explained by his using the leftover neurotoxin still in the distribution system.}}
* Despite the [[Portal 2 Chapter 5 Neurotoxin Generator|neurotoxin generator]] being {{Spoiler|completely destroyed by Chell and Wheatley early on in the game, Wheatley is still able to use neurotoxin in the final battle.}}
* The [[Announcer]] is known to pronounce "neurotoxin" in two different ways: {{Spoiler|During the chapter ''The Escape'' and at the beginning of the final boss fight in "The Part Where He Kills You", he pronounces it as "ne-oo-rotoxin". However, later on in the same boss fight, he pronounces it way faster, as "nürotoxin"}}
* The [[Announcer]] is known to pronounce "neurotoxin" in two different ways: {{Spoiler|During the chapter ''The Escape'' and at the beginning of the final boss fight in "The Part Where He Kills You", he pronounces it as "ne-oo-rotoxin". However, later on in the same boss fight, he pronounces it much faster, as "nürotoxin"}}
* The Neurotoxin Storage room is the only room in Portal 2 that allows the player to place portals on a moving surface, where a portal is used to burn the tubes that dispense neurotoxin off via a [[Thermal Discouragement Beam]].


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==