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[[File:Long_Fall_Boots.png|right|thumb|Chell's Long Fall Boots|200px]] | [[File:Long_Fall_Boots.png|right|thumb|Chell's Long Fall Boots|200px]] | ||
{{Quotation|'''Wheatley'''|You know what? Go ahead and jump. You've got braces on your legs. No braces on your arms, though. Gonna have to rely on the old human strength to keep a grip on the device and, by extension, me. So do. Do make sure to maintain a grip.|sound=Wheatley_sp_a1_wakeup_jump11.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''Wheatley'''|You know what? Go ahead and jump. You've got braces on your legs. No braces on your arms, though. Gonna have to rely on the old human strength to keep a grip on the device and, by extension, me. So do. Do make sure to maintain a grip.|sound=Wheatley_sp_a1_wakeup_jump11.wav}} | ||
The '''Long Fall Boots''', | |||
The '''Long Fall Boots''', simply as the '''Boots''', only appear in the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]''. These boots were created by [[Aperture Science]] in order to reduce costs and solve a "reproducible human error problem", which often resulted in the destruction of expensive test equipment (namely the [[Handheld Portal Device]]). | |||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The Long Fall Boots were designed to prevent Test Subjects from injuring themselves when falling from great heights at any speed, even terminal velocity. Although the | The Long Fall Boots were designed to prevent human Test Subjects from injuring themselves when falling from great heights at any speed, even terminal velocity. Although the boots appear to be a safety precaution for the benefit of Test Subjects, the rationale behind their creation was by no means altruistic. In fact, the Long Fall Boots were created in order to protect the [[Handheld Portal Device]] from being destroyed when Test Subjects fell from extreme heights. Although Test Subjects were considered expendable, manufacturing Handheld Portal Devices required significant expenditure. | ||
The precursors to the Long Fall Boots were [[Chell]]'s [[Advanced Knee Replacement]]s, which were present in [[Portal]] but were {{spoiler|[[Party Escort Bot|destroyed]]}} prior to the commencement of Portal 2. | The precursors to the Long Fall Boots were [[Chell]]'s [[Advanced Knee Replacement]]s, which were present in ''[[Portal]]'' but were {{spoiler|[[Party Escort Bot|destroyed]]}} prior to the commencement of her awakening in ''Portal 2''. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||