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{{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a postcard, too. Sorry, fellas. She's married. To science.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro07.wav}}

An unseen character in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'', '''Caroline''' was the personal assistant to former [[Aperture Science]] CEO [[Cave Johnson]], until later becoming his successor. Not much is known about her character, as she is heard at one point, briefly, through a small portion of Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages.

An unseen character in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'', '''Caroline''' was the personal assistant to former [[Aperture Science]] CEO [[Cave Johnson]], until later becoming his successor. Not much is known about her character, as she is heard at one point, briefly, through a small portion of Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages. She is also mentioned in Chapter 5, "The Escape", when the player picks up the [[Oracle Turret]] on the second conveyor belt.

From the recordings, it is clear Cave Johnson holds her in high regard, remarking that "she's the backbone of this facility". {{spoiler|Johnson later appointed her as his successor as one of his dying wishes.}}

She is mentioned in also chapter 3, "The Escape," when you pick up the turret on the second conveyor belt that says "I'm different." "Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. he was cast into the bowl of the earth and pecked by birds." "It won't be enough." "The answer is beneath us." "Her name is Caroline." "Remember that!" "That's all I can say." Then the turret goes in a loop of saying, "Thank you!"

{{spoiler|Although the length of her tenure as CEO is unknown, it is clear that Johnson prized her enough to have her essence extracted into a [[Cores#Central Core|core]] to oversee the Facility's operations, the core of which became [[GLaDOS]].}}

{{spoiler|Although the ~~amount~~ of ~~time she became~~ CEO is unknown, it is clear that Johnson ~~had praised~~ her enough to have her essence extracted into a [[Cores#Central Core|core]] to oversee the Facility's operations, the core of which became [[GLaDOS]].}}

Caroline is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655889/ Ellen McLain].

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{{spoiler|It becomes clear that Caroline's mind was inserted into the AI that became GLaDOS, a fact GLaDOS silently recalls on her own as she listens to the recordings. GLaDOS' demeanor slowly changes as her memories of Caroline emerge, and she claims to have turned over a new leaf. After defeating [[Wheatley]] and regaining control of the Enrichment Center, GLaDOS thanks Chell for being her "best friend" and for helping her realize "where Caroline lives in her brain". The [[Announcer]] then proceeds to state that she has promptly deleted Caroline from her system.}}

{{spoiler|It is never made clear how much of GLaDOS was Caroline. The line "Now little Caroline is in here too" from the closing song "''[[Want You Gone]]''" suggests Caroline is still somewhere in GLaDOS' memory. Voice actress Ellen McLain stated on a panel at Anime Midwest 2011, ~~that~~ to her belief, Caroline is not deleted at all.}}

{{spoiler|It is never made clear how much of GLaDOS was Caroline. The line "Now little Caroline is in here too" from the closing song "[[Want You Gone]]" suggests Caroline is still somewhere in GLaDOS' memory. Voice actress Ellen McLain stated on a panel at Anime Midwest 2011 that, to her belief, Caroline is not deleted at all.}}

== Portrait ==

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== Trivia ==

* {{spoiler text|There are [[Caroline voice lines#Unused voice lines|unused Caroline voice files]] in the game files, which suggest Caroline was against the idea of implanting her mind into the AI.}}

* Valve Visual Designer [[hl2:Laura Dubuk|Laura Dubuk]] was the ~~inspiration~~ for Caroline's appearance.~~{{cite}}~~

* Valve Visual Designer [[hl2:Laura Dubuk|Laura Dubuk]] was the model for Caroline's appearance.

== See also ==

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 {{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a postcard, too. Sorry, fellas. She's married. To science.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro07.wav}}
-An unseen character in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'', '''Caroline''' was the personal assistant to former [[Aperture Science]] CEO [[Cave Johnson]], until later becoming his successor. Not much is known about her character, as she is heard at one point, briefly, through a small portion of Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages.
+An unseen character in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'', '''Caroline''' was the personal assistant to former [[Aperture Science]] CEO [[Cave Johnson]], until later becoming his successor. Not much is known about her character, as she is heard at one point, briefly, through a small portion of Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages. She is also mentioned in Chapter 5, "The Escape", when the player picks up the [[Oracle Turret]] on the second conveyor belt.
 From the recordings, it is clear Cave Johnson holds her in high regard, remarking that "she's the backbone of this facility". {{spoiler|Johnson later appointed her as his successor as one of his dying wishes.}}
-She is mentioned in also chapter 3, "The Escape," when you pick up the turret on the second conveyor belt that says "I'm different." "Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. he was cast into the bowl of the earth and pecked by birds." "It won't be enough." "The answer is beneath us." "Her name is Caroline." "Remember that!" "That's all I can say." Then the turret goes in a loop of saying, "Thank you!"
+{{spoiler|Although the length of her tenure as CEO is unknown, it is clear that Johnson prized her enough to have her essence extracted into a [[Cores#Central Core|core]] to oversee the Facility's operations, the core of which became [[GLaDOS]].}}
-{{spoiler|Although the amount of time she became CEO is unknown, it is clear that Johnson had praised her enough to have her essence extracted into a [[Cores#Central Core|core]] to oversee the Facility's operations, the core of which became [[GLaDOS]].}}
 Caroline is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655889/ Ellen McLain].
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 {{spoiler|It becomes clear that Caroline's mind was inserted into the AI that became GLaDOS, a fact GLaDOS silently recalls on her own as she listens to the recordings. GLaDOS' demeanor slowly changes as her memories of Caroline emerge, and she claims to have turned over a new leaf. After defeating [[Wheatley]] and regaining control of the Enrichment Center, GLaDOS thanks Chell for being her "best friend" and for helping her realize "where Caroline lives in her brain". The [[Announcer]] then proceeds to state that she has promptly deleted Caroline from her system.}}
-{{spoiler|It is never made clear how much of GLaDOS was Caroline. The line "Now little Caroline is in here too" from the closing song "''[[Want You Gone]]''" suggests Caroline is still somewhere in GLaDOS' memory. Voice actress Ellen McLain stated on a panel at Anime Midwest 2011, that to her belief, Caroline is not deleted at all.}}
+{{spoiler|It is never made clear how much of GLaDOS was Caroline. The line "Now little Caroline is in here too" from the closing song "[[Want You Gone]]" suggests Caroline is still somewhere in GLaDOS' memory. Voice actress Ellen McLain stated on a panel at Anime Midwest 2011 that, to her belief, Caroline is not deleted at all.}}
 == Portrait ==
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 == Trivia ==
 * {{spoiler text|There are [[Caroline voice lines#Unused voice lines|unused Caroline voice files]] in the game files, which suggest Caroline was against the idea of implanting her mind into the AI.}}
-* Valve Visual Designer [[hl2:Laura Dubuk|Laura Dubuk]] was the inspiration for Caroline's appearance.{{cite}}
+* Valve Visual Designer [[hl2:Laura Dubuk|Laura Dubuk]] was the model for Caroline's appearance.
 == See also ==