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Within Portal | Within the ''Portal'' series, 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 ''Schrödinger's Cat'', a famous {{W|thought experiment}} conceived by {{W|Erwin Schrödinger}}. It involves placing a cat in a closed box with a neurotoxin and a photon emitter which is capable of triggering its release. The emitter shoots a single photon through a partially silvered mirror which it has a 50/50 chance of passing through, resulting in either the photon harmlessly reflecting back or passing through and triggering the neurotoxin, resulting in the cats death. This results in a quantum superposition of states where the cat is both alive and dead if no observer looks in the box to view the outcome. 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, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to ''Schrödinger's Cat'', a famous {{W|thought experiment}} conceived by {{W|Erwin Schrödinger}}. It involves placing a cat in a closed box with a neurotoxin and a photon emitter which is capable of triggering its release. The emitter shoots a single photon through a partially silvered mirror which it has a 50/50 chance of passing through, resulting in either the photon harmlessly reflecting back or passing through and triggering the neurotoxin, resulting in the cats death. This results in a quantum superposition of states where the cat is both alive and dead if no observer looks in the box to view the outcome. The experiment is also referenced by GLaDOS in the [[Portal_2:_Lab_Rat|Lab Rat comic]] when she requests boxes, cats and neurotoxin. | ||
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* In ''Fable III'', when you have become the king, during the quest where you must meet with Paige to break up a robbery, the player must navigate their way through the basement area. This is the only time the player is allowed down in there. Upon discovery of stacks of crates, there is a small entry way where you can navigate through. There you'll find a man in a cell worshipping a crate with pink hearts painted on all sides, a reference to the [[Weighted Companion Cube]] found in the ''Portal'' series. Next to the cell is a baked cake, also a reference to the fabled cake in ''Portal''. | * In ''Fable III'', when you have become the king, during the quest where you must meet with Paige to break up a robbery, the player must navigate their way through the basement area. This is the only time the player is allowed down in there. Upon discovery of stacks of crates, there is a small entry way where you can navigate through. There you'll find a man in a cell worshipping a crate with pink hearts painted on all sides, a reference to the [[Weighted Companion Cube]] found in the ''Portal'' series. Next to the cell is a baked cake, also a reference to the fabled cake in ''Portal''. | ||
*The achievement '''Fratricide''' is a term meaning ''a person who kills his or her brother''. | |||
== Movies == | == Movies == | ||