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...that GLaDOS', Turrets' and Caroline's voice actor, Ellen McLain, also voices the Administrator in Team Fortress 2 and the Overwatch in the Half-Life 2 series?
...that GLaDOS stands for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System?
...that Ellen McLain is also an opera singer and sang the Turret Opera?
...that Valve employee Richard Lord was the original, placeholder voice for Wheatley?
...that Portal 2 originally wasn't going to have portals?
...that there were plans for "sticky gel" in Portal 2?
...that both Portal and Portal 2 derived many of their ideas from prototypes made by Digipen students?
...that the cake in Portal is a Black Forest cake that project lead Kim Swift chose at a nearby bakery?

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...that the cake is a lie?

...that the cake is a Black Forest cake, a culinary specialty from Germany?

...that Valve's webcomic Lab Rat explains Chell's survival?

...that in the Portal Steam trailer, the player character is male?[1]

...that Portal 2's co-op mode was once planned to feature Chell and a second human character named Mel?

...that Rattmann can seemingly be heard rambling in the Ghost of Rattman^(sic) song?

...that the Portal 2 preview at E3 2010 showed a testing element called the Pneumatic Diversity Vent that didn't end up being used in test chambers?

...that there is an interactive trailer for the movie Super 8 in the PC version of Portal 2?[2]

...that pre-recorded messages of GLaDOS originally took the place of the Announcer's voice lines in the first chapter of Portal 2?

...that Ellen McLain favors GLaDOS over all other characters she has portrayed in Valve games?

...that there is a cut type of turret called the Hover Turret which looked like a personality core?

...that Portal 2 was originally going to be a prequel with no Chell, GLaDOS, or portals?

...that the Animal King Turret was planned to marry off one of its Turrets to Chell?[3]

...that there were plans for a "Reflection Gel" in Peer Review?

...that Chell was once planned to speak in Portal 2's ending sequence?[4]

...that all Test Chambers of the Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC were created by only two people, Danny Woodall and Chip Sbrogna?[5]

...that Ellen McLain wrote a song to be used as an easter egg in Portal 2, known simply as "GLaDOS' Song"?[6]

...that High Energy Pellets are reused almost directly from Half-Life 2 (still called "Combine Balls" in the game files), and were also once planned to be in Portal 2?

...that multiple cakes can be seen on GLaDOS's monitor just before Portal's boss fight?

...that Portal 2 internally has four "acts", separate from chapters, shown by map names and referenced in developer commentary (Chapter 6 was referred to as "Chapter 3")?

...that in Portal Test Chamber 16 you can move the wall blocks from Rattmann's den through portals and kill turrets with them?

...that in the video showing Portal 2's level editor, in the scene where everyone is working on a test chamber, one of them is watching Meet the Pyro rather than making a test chamber?

...that in a 2006 build of Portal, GLaDOS was a floating cube of Half-Life 2 rollermines?

...that there is a cut testing element which slows you down?[7]

...that Wheatley originally was named Pendleton?[8]

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-* ...that the cake is a Blackforest cake, a culinary speciality from south Germany?
+* ...that the cake is a lie?
-* ...that Valve's webcomic [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/ Lab Rat] explains Chell's survival?
+* ...that the cake is a [[w:Black Forest gateau|Black Forest cake]], a culinary specialty from Germany?
-* ...that ''[[Portal]]'s'' main character was originally going to be a man?
+* ...that Valve's webcomic ''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat|Lab Rat]]'' explains Chell's survival?
-* ...that Portal 2's co-op mode was originally supposed to feature Chell and a second woman called Mel?
+* ...that in the ''[[Portal]]'' [https://store.steampowered.com/app/400/Portal/ Steam trailer], the player character is male?[https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Chell#Behind_the_scenes]
-* ...that [[Doug Rattmann|Rat man]] can be heard in Portal 2?
+* ...that ''Portal 2'''s co-op mode was once planned to feature Chell and a second human character named Mel?
-* ...that defective [[Defective_Turret|defective turrets]] may still be dangerous?[http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Announcer_voice_lines]
+* ...that [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann]] can seemingly be heard rambling in the [[Portal 2 soundtrack#Portal 2: Songs to Test By - Volume 1 (Collectors Edition Disk #1)|Ghost of Rattman]]{{sic}} song?
-* ...that [[Doug Rattmann|Rat man]] hinted to be alive during Portal 2 outro?
+* ...that the ''Portal 2'' preview at E3 2010 showed a testing element called the [[Pneumatic Diversity Vent]] that didn't end up being used in test chambers?
-* ...that Portal 2 concept missed [[Chell]], [[GLaDOS]] and [[Portal|portals]] themselves?
+* ...that there is an interactive trailer for the movie ''[[w:Super 8 (2011 film)|Super 8]]'' in the PC version of ''Portal 2''?[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_(2011_film)#Filming]
-* ...that [[Portal 2]] take place '''several hundreds years''' after events of [[Portal]] from the words of Valve employee?
+* ...that pre-recorded messages of [[GLaDOS]] originally took the place of the [[Announcer]]'s [[voice lines]] in the first chapter of ''[[Portal 2]]''?
-* ...that there's a third unidentified person in the background of the Caroline portrait?
+* ...that [[Ellen McLain]] favors [[GLaDOS]] over all other characters she has portrayed in [[Valve]] games?
-* ...that the Portal 2 preview at E3 2010 showed a testing element called Pneumatic Diversity Vent that didn't make it to the game's final version?
+* ...that there is a cut type of turret called the [[Hover Turret]] which looked like a personality core?
-* ...that the hoop that falls out of the sky in the end of Portal was intended to be a meme by the developers, instead of the cake or the Companion Cube ? [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=3]
+* ...that ''Portal 2'' was originally going to be a prequel with no Chell, GLaDOS, or portals?
-* ...that there is a interactive trailer for Super 8 in Portal 2?
+* ...that the [[Animal King Turret]] was planned to marry off one of its [[Turret]]s to [[Chell]]?[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/09/01/chell-almost-married-a-turret-in-portal-2.aspx]
+* ...that there were plans for a "Reflection [[Gel]]" in [[Peer Review]]?
+* ...that Chell was once planned to speak in Portal 2's ending sequence?[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vboI7UUziHk]
+* ...that all Test Chambers of the [[Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC|Portal 2 Sixense MotionPack DLC]] were created by only two people, Danny Woodall and Chip Sbrogna?[https://web.archive.org/web/20150418094020/http://sixense.com/forum/vbulletin/showthread.php?4617-Who-are-the-creators-of-the-MotionPack-maps&p=14518&viewfull=1#post14518]
+* ...that [[Ellen McLain]] wrote a song to be used as an easter egg in ''Portal 2'', known simply as "GLaDOS' Song"?[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiNKEXtx7I]
+* ...that [[High Energy Pellet]]s are reused almost directly from ''Half-Life 2'' (still called "Combine Balls" in the game files), and were also once planned to be in ''Portal 2''?
+* ...that {{Spoiler|multiple cakes can be seen on [[GLaDOS]]'s monitor just before ''[[Portal]]'''s boss fight?}}
+* ...that ''Portal 2'' internally has four "acts", separate from chapters, shown by map names and referenced in [[Portal 2 developer commentary#Janitor Bob|developer commentary (Chapter 6 was referred to as "Chapter 3")]]?
+*...that in [[Portal Test Chamber 16]] you can move the wall blocks from [[Doug Rattmann#Known dens|Rattmann's den]] through portals and kill turrets with them?
+*...that in the video showing ''Portal 2'''s level editor, in the scene where everyone is working on a test chamber, one of them is watching ''[[tf:Meet the Pyro|Meet the Pyro]]'' rather than making a test chamber?
+*...that in a 2006 build of ''Portal'', [[GLaDOS]] was a floating cube of ''Half-Life 2'' rollermines?
+*...that there is a cut testing element which slows you down?[https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Aperture_Science_Self_Esteem_Field]
+*...that Wheatley originally was named Pendleton?[https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Wheatley#Behind_the_scenes]
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