Characters

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The Portal storyline is home to a number of richly detailed characters.

Characters

In order of appearance:

Chell

Main article: Chell

Chell is the protagonist and the character in which you control in both Portal and Portal 2 during the single player portions. She is notoriously tenacious, renowned for a "never give up", "never say die" attitude as highlighted in the Portal: Lab Rat comic. Throughout both games, she doesn't speak, and interacts silently with the world around her.

GLaDOS

Main article: GLaDOS

GLaDOS (or Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is the primary antagonist throughout both Portal and Portal 2. She is a sentient computer that was built to help control, and later fully control all aspects of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. Witty and sarcastic, her tone and mode of speech is generally surprisingly human, but with the cold calculating precision only a computer can afford.

Doug Rattmann

Main article: Doug Rattmann

Doug Rattmann is an ex-Aperture Science employee.

Weighted Companion Cube

Main article: Weighted Companion Cube

The Weighted Companion Cube is a variant of the Weighted Storage Cube. It plays a vital role in the testing process.

Wheatley

Main article: Wheatley

Wheatley is an accompanying character in Portal 2. An eccentric and excitable Personality Core, he aims to help Chell escape the facility.

Cave Johnson

Main article: Cave Johnson

Cave Johnson is the deceased founder of Aperture Science.

Caroline

Main article: Caroline

Caroline was Cave Johnson's assistant. At the time of Cave's death, her consciousness was transferred into the core system to become GLaDOS.

Atlas

Main article: Atlas

Atlas is the blue avatar robot in the Portal 2 Co-op, and is the short, nervous masculine side of the two.

P-body

Main article: P-body

P-body is the orange avatar robot in the Portal 2 Co-op, and is the confident, feminine side of the two.