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* ...that the cake is a Blackforest cake, a culinary speciality from south Germany?
* ...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 Valve's webcomic [http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/ Lab Rat] explains Chell's survival?
* ...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 ''[[Portal]]'s'' main character was originally going to be a man?
* ...that {{Spoiler|multiple cakes can be seen on [[GLaDOS]]'s monitor just before ''[[Portal]]'''s boss fight?}}


* ...that Portal 2's co-op mode was originally supposed to feature Chell and a second woman called Mel?
* ...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 [[Doug Rattmann|Rat man]] can be heard in Portal 2?
*...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 defective [[Defective_Turret|defective turrets]] may still be dangerous?[http://theportalwiki.com/wiki/Announcer_voice_lines]
*...that in a 2006 build of ''Portal'', [[GLaDOS]] was a floating cube of ''Half-Life 2'' rollermines?


* ...that [[Doug Rattmann|Rat man]] hinted to be alive during Portal 2 outro?
*...that there is a cut testing element which slows you down?[https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Aperture_Science_Self_Esteem_Field]


* ...that Portal 2 concept missed [[Chell]], [[GLaDOS]] and [[Portal|portals]] themselves?
*...that Wheatley originally was named Pendleton?[https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Wheatley#Behind_the_scenes]
 
* ...that [[Portal 2]] take place '''several hundreds years''' after events of [[Portal]] from the words of Valve employee?
 
* ...that there's a third unidentified person in the background of the Caroline portrait?
 
* ...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 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 there is a interactive trailer for Super 8 in Portal 2?
 
* ...that [[GLaDOS]] was intended to speak [[voice lines]] of [[Announcer]] in first chapter of [[Portal  2]]?
 
* ...that [[Ellen McLain]] favors [[GLaDOS]] over all other characters she has portrayed in [[Valve]] games?


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 22:51, 6 April 2026

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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 Ellen McLain wrote a song to be used as an easter egg in Portal 2, known simply as "GLaDOS' Song"?[1]
  • ...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 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?[2]
  • ...that Wheatley originally was named Pendleton?[3]

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