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==== {{Spoiler|"Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds"}} ==== | ==== {{Spoiler|"Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds"}} ==== | ||
{{Spoiler|[[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which triggered Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell went down on the fall, GLaDOS was pecked by | {{Spoiler|[[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which triggered Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell went down on the fall, GLaDOS was pecked by the [[Bird|crow]] that flew away.<ref>{{W|Prometheus#Late Roman antiquity|Prometheus}} actually gave fire to humans, and was exiled to the top of a mountain and had his own liver ripped out by a bird every day. The general meaning of the quote remains the same, though.</ref>}} | ||
==== {{Spoiler|"It | ==== {{Spoiler|"It won't be enough"}} ==== | ||
{{Spoiler|This may be | {{Spoiler|block=yes|This quotation has no known reference. Two possibilities may be relations that: | ||
* the paradox won't work on Wheatley, or | |||
* the core transfer will not succeed.}} | |||
==== {{Spoiler|"The answer is beneath us"}} ==== | ==== {{Spoiler|"The answer is beneath us"}} ==== | ||
{{Spoiler|GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep underneath Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}} | {{Spoiler|GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep underneath Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}} | ||
==== {{Spoiler|"Her name is Caroline"; "Remember that | ==== {{Spoiler|"Her name is Caroline"; "Remember that"}} ==== | ||
{{Spoiler|[[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}} | {{Spoiler|[[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}} | ||