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Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, including, but not limited to, games, movies, songs, and even other games. | Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, including, but not limited to, games, movies, songs, and even other games. | ||
== General References == | == General References == | ||
* The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to ''Schrodinger's Cat'', in which a cat is exposed to a | * The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to ''Schrodinger's Cat'', in which a cat is placed inside a sealed box and is exposed to a poison that has a 50% chance of killing the cat. His theory dictated that at some point cat would be both alive and dead at the same time. The experiment is also referenced by GLaDOS in the [[Portal_2:_Lab_Rat|Lab Rat comic]] when she requests boxes, cats and neurotoxin. | ||
*The achievement, '''Preservation of Mass''', is a reference to the ''Law of Conservation of Mass'' or ''Principle of Mass''. This law dictates that mass remains constant over time, and that mass and energy cannot be created or destroyed but rearranged and changed. | *The achievement, '''Preservation of Mass''', is a reference to the ''Law of Conservation of Mass'' or ''Principle of Mass''. This law dictates that mass remains constant over time, and that mass and energy cannot be created or destroyed but rearranged and changed. | ||