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{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|Reality is a story the mind tells itself. An artificial structure conjured into being by the calcium ion exchange of a million synaptic firings. A truth so strange it can only be lied into existence. And our minds '''can''' lie. Never doubt it...}}

~~{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'd rather have gone to the moon.}}~~

'''Doug Rattman''', also nicknamed as simply the '''Rat Man''', was a scientist at the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center. Prior to the events of ''[[Portal]]'' while [[GLaDOS]] began flooding the entire facility with [[neurotoxin]], Rattman is the only known employee to have survived. A paranoid {{W|schizophrenic}}, he is dependent on anti-psychotic medication as a means of keeping him sane.

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As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattman is dependent on antipsychotics to fight his schizophrenia. <br/>

~~==Name Spelling Inconsistencies==~~

~~[[File:Character_Card_Rattmann.png|right|thumb|250px|Doug Rattmann's character card from [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]]]]~~

Rattman's name has been spelled both with one and two n's. However, because of Rattman's username "drattmann" in the [[Portal ARG]], it is believed that the correct spelling is with two n's. This is because his username would have been created by Rattman himself, or automatically generated by [[Aperture Science]] from his personnel file. His name also appears with two n's in [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]].<br/>

Rattman's name appears with a single n spelling once, on the [[Songs to Test By]] track "Ghost of Rattman." This diverges from the common double n spelling, which causes confusion when it comes to the correct spelling.

== Known dens ==

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|File:Ratman Diorama 4.png|Depicting [[Chell]] and her behavioral statistic.

|File:Ratman Diorama 5.png|One of Rattmann's less intelligible dioramas. Possibly a reference to "Smooth jazz will be deployed in 3, 2, 1..." said in a test chamber in Portal.

|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A ~~Cut~~ diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] ~~Impliying~~ that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].

|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]], implying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].

|File:Ratman Wall Art 1.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.

|File:Ratman Wall Art 2.png|Ditto.

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 {{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|Reality is a story the mind tells itself. An artificial structure conjured into being by the calcium ion exchange of a million synaptic firings. A truth so strange it can only be lied into existence. And our minds '''can''' lie. Never doubt it...}}
-{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'd rather have gone to the moon.}}
 '''Doug Rattman''', also nicknamed as simply the '''Rat Man''', was a scientist at the [[Aperture Science]] Enrichment Center. Prior to the events of ''[[Portal]]'' while [[GLaDOS]] began flooding the entire facility with [[neurotoxin]], Rattman is the only known employee to have survived. A paranoid {{W|schizophrenic}}, he is dependent on anti-psychotic medication as a means of keeping him sane.
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 As shown in [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]], Rattman is dependent on antipsychotics to fight his schizophrenia. <br/>
-==Name Spelling Inconsistencies==
-[[File:Character_Card_Rattmann.png|right|thumb|250px|Doug Rattmann's character card from [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]]]]
-Rattman's name has been spelled both with one and two n's. However, because of Rattman's username "drattmann" in the [[Portal ARG]], it is believed that the correct spelling is with two n's. This is because his username would have been created by Rattman himself, or automatically generated by [[Aperture Science]] from his personnel file. His name also appears with two n's in [[Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game]].<br/>
-Rattman's name appears with a single n spelling once, on the [[Songs to Test By]] track "Ghost of Rattman." This diverges from the common double n spelling, which causes confusion when it comes to the correct spelling.
 == Known dens ==
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 |File:Ratman Diorama 4.png|Depicting [[Chell]] and her behavioral statistic.
 |File:Ratman Diorama 5.png|One of Rattmann's less intelligible dioramas. Possibly a reference to "Smooth jazz will be deployed in 3, 2, 1..." said in a test chamber in Portal.
-|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A Cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]] Impliying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].
+|File:Ratman Diorama 6.png|A cut diorama with the [[Tubes]] drawn with what appears to be early versions of [[Atlas]] and [[P-Body]], implying that originally Rattmann was still alive after [[Portal 2: Lab Rat]].
 |File:Ratman Wall Art 1.png|Rattmann trying to express himself.
 |File:Ratman Wall Art 2.png|Ditto.