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* ... that | * ...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 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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- ...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 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 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]