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{{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 minds '''can''' lie. Never doubt it...}}

~~{{Quotation|~~'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'~~d rather have gone~~ to the ~~moon~~.}}

'''Doug Rattmann''', also nicknamed as simply 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]], Rattman is the only known employee to have survived. He is stated to be a {{W|schizophrenic}}, and shown to take anti-psychotic medication to ease his delusions and hallucinations.

'''Doug Rattmann''', also nicknamed as simply the '''Rat Man''', was a scientist at the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center and the overarching protagonist of the Portal series. 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.

Rattman 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]]''.

~~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'' ===

[[File:Doug Rattmann sane.jpg|thumb|right|Rattmann as he appears in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' comic, holding his ~~schizophrenia~~ medicine, prior to the events of the ''Portal'' series.]]

[[File:Doug Rattmann sane.jpg|thumb|right|Rattmann as he appears in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' comic, holding his anti-psychotic medicine, 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.}}

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[[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 ~~travelling~~ 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.

Delusional, running low on medication and traveling with what appears 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|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 all of [[Relaxation Chamber]] beds are offline due to the explosion compromising the power grid, he proceeds to save Chell's life by patching hers into the reserve power grid. 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]]''.}}

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:''Your pain is ignored by a little pill.''<br />

As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattmann is dependent on ~~antipsychotics~~ to ~~fight~~ his ~~schizophrenia~~. <br/>

As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattmann is dependent on anti-psychotics to treat his paranoid delusions. <br/>

~~==Name Spelling Inconsistencies==~~

~~[[File:Character_Card_Rattmann.png|right|thumb|250px|Doug Rattmann's character card from [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]]]]~~

Rattmann's name has been spelled both with one and two n's. However, because of Rattmann's username "drattmann" in the [[Portal ARG]], it is believed that the correct spelling is with two n's. This is because his username would have been created by Rattmann himself, or automatically generated by [[Aperture Science]] from his personnel file. His name also appears with two n's in [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]].<br/>

Rattmann's name appears with a single n spelling once, on the [[Songs to Test By]] track "Ghost of Rattman." This diverges from the common double n spelling, which causes confusion when it comes to the correct spelling.

== Known dens ==

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|File:Ratman Diorama 4.png|Depicting [[Chell]] and her behavioral statistic.

|File:Ratman Diorama 5.png|One of Rattmann's less intelligible dioramas. Possibly a reference to "Smooth jazz will be deployed in 3, 2, 1..." said in a test chamber in Portal.

|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A ~~Cut~~ diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] ~~Impliying~~ that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].

|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]], implying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].

|File:Ratman Wall Art 1.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.

|File:Ratman Wall Art 2.png|Ditto.

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* Doug Rattmann was behind the Aperture Image Format, used in the [[Portal ARG]].

* Doug Rattmann's [[Media:Doug_Rattmann_Sp_a2_pull_the_rug_r2.ogg|voice]] can be heard in certain Rat-Man dens in ''Portal 2'', and during the [[Portal 2 OST]] track ''"Ghost of Rattman"''. These are both voiced by former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw.<ref>https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/1387546992927068161</ref>

* The medication Doug takes in Lab Rat is called ziaprazidone, a version of a real anti-psychotic, ziprasidone.

* The “Armstrong Cube” artwork references his transmission in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6]]. If one follows the actions to achieve Final Transmission, the radio emits a Morse-code like sound. When translated, the noise leads to a staticky image of a Weighted Companion Cube on the lunar surface.

* Various wall art by Rattmann can be found in the Portal 2 Adventure World in [[Lego Dimensions]], along with a hidden Den. The infamous "cake is a lie" scribblings can also be found on walls, though instead of trailing off, it ends with "the cake is in the kitchen on the second floor."

** Over a year later, the game's developers teased that there were still undiscovered secrets within Lego Dimensions<ref>https://twitter.com/doa1984/status/781878793778724865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>, one of which was related to ''Portal''. In November of 2016, players finally discovered that Doug ~~Rattmann~~ himself was hidden throughout various parts of the level "GLaD to Meet You".<ref>http://www.brickstolife.com/found-doug-~~Rattmann~~-in-lego-dimensions/</ref>

** Over a year later, the game's developers teased that there were still undiscovered secrets within Lego Dimensions<ref>https://twitter.com/doa1984/status/781878793778724865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>, one of which was related to ''Portal''. In November of 2016, players finally discovered that Doug Rattman himself was hidden throughout various parts of the level "GLaD to Meet You".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161119092408/http://www.brickstolife.com/found-doug-rattmann-in-lego-dimensions/</ref>

== References ==

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 {{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 minds '''can''' lie. Never doubt it...}}
-{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'd rather have gone to the moon.}}
+'''Doug Rattmann''', also nicknamed as simply 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]], Rattman is the only known employee to have survived. He is stated to be a {{W|schizophrenic}}, and shown to take anti-psychotic medication to ease his delusions and hallucinations.
-'''Doug Rattmann''', also nicknamed as simply the '''Rat Man''', was a scientist at the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center and the overarching protagonist of the Portal series. 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.
+Rattman 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]]''.
-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, holding his schizophrenia medicine, prior to the events of the ''Portal'' series.]]
+[[File:Doug Rattmann sane.jpg|thumb|right|Rattmann as he appears in the ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' comic, holding his anti-psychotic medicine, 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.}}
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 [[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 travelling 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.
+Delusional, running low on medication and traveling with what appears 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|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 all of [[Relaxation Chamber]] beds are offline due to the explosion compromising the power grid, he proceeds to save Chell's life by patching hers into the reserve power grid. 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]]''.}}
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 :''Your pain is ignored by a little pill.''<br />
-As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattmann is dependent on antipsychotics to fight his schizophrenia. <br/>
+As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattmann is dependent on anti-psychotics to treat his paranoid delusions. <br/>
-==Name Spelling Inconsistencies==
-[[File:Character_Card_Rattmann.png|right|thumb|250px|Doug Rattmann's character card from [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]]]]
-Rattmann's name has been spelled both with one and two n's. However, because of Rattmann's username "drattmann" in the [[Portal ARG]], it is believed that the correct spelling is with two n's. This is because his username would have been created by Rattmann himself, or automatically generated by [[Aperture Science]] from his personnel file. His name also appears with two n's in [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]].<br/>
-Rattmann's name appears with a single n spelling once, on the [[Songs to Test By]] track "Ghost of Rattman." This diverges from the common double n spelling, which causes confusion when it comes to the correct spelling.
 == Known dens ==
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 |File:Ratman Diorama 4.png|Depicting [[Chell]] and her behavioral statistic.
 |File:Ratman Diorama 5.png|One of Rattmann's less intelligible dioramas. Possibly a reference to "Smooth jazz will be deployed in 3, 2, 1..." said in a test chamber in Portal.
-|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A Cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] Impliying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].
+|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]], implying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].
 |File:Ratman Wall Art 1.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.
 |File:Ratman Wall Art 2.png|Ditto.
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 * Doug Rattmann was behind the Aperture Image Format, used in the [[Portal ARG]].
 * Doug Rattmann's [[Media:Doug_Rattmann_Sp_a2_pull_the_rug_r2.ogg|voice]] can be heard in certain Rat-Man dens in ''Portal 2'', and during the [[Portal 2 OST]] track ''"Ghost of Rattman"''. These are both voiced by former Valve writer Marc Laidlaw.<ref>https://twitter.com/marc_laidlaw/status/1387546992927068161</ref>
+* The medication Doug takes in Lab Rat is called ziaprazidone, a version of a real anti-psychotic, ziprasidone.
 * The “Armstrong Cube” artwork references his transmission in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6]]. If one follows the actions to achieve Final Transmission, the radio emits a Morse-code like sound. When translated, the noise leads to a staticky image of a Weighted Companion Cube on the lunar surface.
 * Various wall art by Rattmann can be found in the Portal 2 Adventure World in [[Lego Dimensions]], along with a hidden Den. The infamous "cake is a lie" scribblings can also be found on walls, though instead of trailing off, it ends with "the cake is in the kitchen on the second floor."
-** Over a year later, the game's developers teased that there were still undiscovered secrets within Lego Dimensions<ref>https://twitter.com/doa1984/status/781878793778724865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>, one of which was related to ''Portal''. In November of 2016, players finally discovered that Doug Rattmann himself was hidden throughout various parts of the level "GLaD to Meet You".<ref>http://www.brickstolife.com/found-doug-Rattmann-in-lego-dimensions/</ref>
+** Over a year later, the game's developers teased that there were still undiscovered secrets within Lego Dimensions<ref>https://twitter.com/doa1984/status/781878793778724865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</ref>, one of which was related to ''Portal''. In November of 2016, players finally discovered that Doug Rattman himself was hidden throughout various parts of the level "GLaD to Meet You".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161119092408/http://www.brickstolife.com/found-doug-rattmann-in-lego-dimensions/</ref>
 == References ==