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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 ~~only~~ heard 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.}}

{{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]].}}

{{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]].}}

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 only heard 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.}}
-{{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]].}}
+{{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]].}}
 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 ==