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{{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a postcard, too. Sorry, fellas. She's married. To science.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro07.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a postcard, too. Sorry, fellas. She's married. To science.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro07.wav}} | ||
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'''Caroline''' is mentioned throughout the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]'', as the secretary to former [[Aperture Science]] CEO, [[Cave Johnson]]. Not much is known about her character as she is never seen, instead only heard through Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages. | |||
From the recordings, it is clear Cave Johnson holds her in high regard, remarking that 'she's the backbone of this facility'. {{spoiler|Eventually, Johnson appoints her as his successor as one of his dying wishes.}} | |||
{{spoiler|The amount of time she became CEO is unknown, however it is clear that Johnson had praised her enough to have her essence extracted into a [[Cores|personality core]] to oversee the facility's operations, the core now known as [[GLaDOS]].}} | |||
Caroline is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655889/ Ellen McLain]. | Caroline is voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655889/ Ellen McLain]. | ||
==Portrait== | == Portrait == | ||
Below, you will see a portrait of Aperture founder, [[Cave Johnson]], and a woman standing next to him. Though unsure of who the woman is, the most obvious candidate is Caroline. | Below, you will see a portrait of Aperture founder, [[Cave Johnson]], and a woman standing next to him. Though unsure of who the woman is, the most obvious candidate is Caroline. | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* [[Caroline voice lines]] | * [[Caroline voice lines|Caroline's voice lines]] | ||
* [[GLaDOS]] | * [[GLaDOS]] | ||
* [[Cave Johnson]] | * [[Cave Johnson]] | ||
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| “ | She's the backbone of this facility. Pretty as a postcard, too. Sorry, fellas. She's married. To science.
— Cave Johnson
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Caroline is mentioned throughout the single-player campaign of Portal 2, as the secretary to former Aperture Science CEO, Cave Johnson. Not much is known about her character as she is never seen, instead only heard through Cave Johnson's prerecorded audio messages.
From the recordings, it is clear Cave Johnson holds her in high regard, remarking that 'she's the backbone of this facility'. Eventually, Johnson appoints her as his successor as one of his dying wishes.
The amount of time she became CEO is unknown, however it is clear that Johnson had praised her enough to have her essence extracted into a personality core to oversee the facility's operations, the core now known as GLaDOS.
Caroline is voiced by Ellen McLain.
Portrait
Below, you will see a portrait of Aperture founder, Cave Johnson, and a woman standing next to him. Though unsure of who the woman is, the most obvious candidate is Caroline.
The portrait appears in a room at the near beginning of Chapter 7, when found, GLaDOS will comment on the portrait, and the player will get the achievement "Portrait of a Lady"
Her fate
When it becomes a distinct possibility that Cave Johnson may not live to see his artificial intelligence project realised, he makes it clear that Caroline will take over the running of the facility and, if need be, his place in the artificial brain. As the player explores the old facility with the potato GLaDOS, it emerges that GLaDOS has a recollection of Cave Johnson and unwittingly finds herself replying to his voice recording instructions.
It becomes clear that Caroline's mind was inserted into the AI that became GLaDOS, a fact GLaDOS slowly recalls as she listens to the recordings. GLaDOS' demeanor slowly changes as her memories of Caroline emerge, and she claims to have turned a new leaf. After defeating Wheatley and regaining control of the facility, GLaDOS thanks Chell for reminding her who she is, before promptly deleting Caroline's memories. It is never made clear how much of GLaDOS was Caroline. The line "Now little Caroline is in here too" from the closing song "Want you gone" suggests Caroline is still somewhere in GLaDOS' memory. Ellen McLain stated on a panel at Anime Midwest 2011, that to her belief, Caroline is not deleted at all.
Trivia
- There are unused Caroline voice files in the game files which suggest Caroline was against the idea of implanting her mind into the AI.
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