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{{Quotation|'''Party Escort Bot'''|Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position.|sound=partyescort.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''Party Escort Bot'''|Thank you for assuming the party escort submission position.|sound=partyescort.wav}} | ||
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== Development and acting == | == Development and acting == | ||
According to [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] writer Erik Wolpaw, the Party Escort Bot was initially intended to be seen as an easter egg {{spoiler|during the escape chapter of ''Portal''. Wolpaw describes the bot as something that will "presumably come to collect Chell after she escapes the fiery death that GLaDOS had prepared for her".<ref>[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=2 Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development] on GameInformer</ref>}} Currently, the voice actor behind the Party Associate has yet to be named and may likely | According to [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] writer Erik Wolpaw, the Party Escort Bot was initially intended to be seen as an easter egg {{spoiler|during the escape chapter of ''Portal''. Wolpaw describes the bot as something that will "presumably come to collect Chell after she escapes the fiery death that GLaDOS had prepared for her".<ref>[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=2 Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development] on GameInformer</ref>}} Currently, the voice actor behind the Party Associate has yet to be named and may likely just be someone who worked at Valve at the time. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The Party Escort Bot uses a placeholder model in-game, named <code>GhostAnim.mdl</code>, which uses the texture of the bean cans found throughout the game. Shooting a [[Portals|portal]] on it or anywhere near it will crash the game. It was nicknamed "Bean Cube" during the ''Portal'' ARG. | * The Party Escort Bot uses a placeholder model in-game, named <code>GhostAnim.mdl</code>, which uses the texture of the bean cans found throughout the game. Shooting a [[Portals|portal]] on it or anywhere near it will crash the game. It was nicknamed "Bean Cube" during the ''Portal'' ARG. | ||
* The | * The Bot's line isn't subtitled. | ||
* The | * The Bot's line also isn't translated in other languages. | ||
* The track '''''Party Escort''''' from the [[Portal soundtrack]] is a reference to the Party Escort Bot. | * The track '''''Party Escort''''' from the [[Portal soundtrack]] is a reference to the Party Escort Bot. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
{{Gallery | {{Gallery | ||
|title = | |title = Portal | ||
|lines = 4 | |lines = 4 | ||
|height = 200 | |height = 200 | ||
|width = 150 | |width = 150 | ||
|File:Party Escort Bot GhostAnim.png|alt1=PEB|The Party Escort Bot's placeholder model in-game. | |File:Party Escort Bot GhostAnim.png|alt1=PEB|The Party Escort Bot's placeholder model in-game. | ||
|File:Portal_Tabletop_Party_Escort_Bot.jpeg|alt1= | |File:Party Escort Bot.png|alt1=PEB|Party Escort Bot as it appears in ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''. | ||
|File:Portal_Tabletop_Party_Escort_Bot.jpeg|alt1=PEB|Party Escort Bot's character card from the [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquistion Game|Portal board game]]. | |||
|File:Party escort robot.png|Fan art, pre-Portal | |||
}} | }} | ||
== List of appearances == | == List of appearances == | ||
* ''[[Portal]]'' | * ''[[Portal]]'' | ||