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{{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|I'm Cave Johnson. I own the place.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro04.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''Cave Johnson'''|I'm Cave Johnson. I own the place.|sound=Cave_Johnson_fifties_intro04.wav}} | ||
'''Cave Johnson''' is the founder of [[Aperture Science]], which evolved from its precursor, Aperture Fixtures and later Aperture Science Innovators. Cave Johnson first appeared by a username and password scrawled in one of the [[Media:Portal_Ratman_scrawling.png|Rattmann's dens]] during ''[[Portal]]'', and was fleshed out and provided with additional details during the [[Portal ARG|''Portal'' ARG]]. | '''Cave Johnson''' is the founder of [[Aperture Science]] {{spoiler|and the posthumous overarching antagonist of [[Portal]] and [[Portal 2]],}} which evolved from its precursor, Aperture Fixtures and later Aperture Science Innovators. Cave Johnson first appeared by a username and password scrawled in one of the [[Media:Portal_Ratman_scrawling.png|Rattmann's dens]] during ''[[Portal]]'', and was fleshed out and provided with additional details during the [[Portal ARG|''Portal'' ARG]]. | ||
In ''[[Portal 2]]'', Cave Johnson became a prominent character through a variety of automated audio recordings from 1952 to as late as sometime in the 1980s. {{spoiler text|His current status and whereabouts are unknown, but he is presumed dead due to his exposure to the toxic by-products created as a result of refining moon rocks.}} | In ''[[Portal 2]]'', Cave Johnson became a prominent character through a variety of automated audio recordings from 1952 to as late as sometime in the 1980s. {{spoiler text|His current status and whereabouts are unknown, but he is presumed dead due to his exposure to the toxic by-products created as a result of refining moon rocks.}} | ||
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==== Aperture ==== | ==== Aperture ==== | ||
At the time of its creation, Aperture Science Innovations had developed {{spoiler text|the ''Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device'',}} a prototype to the modern [[Handheld Portal Device]] Chell wields. {{spoiler text|As such, it seems that Aperture had already started to perfect portal technology, but was not ready to release it to the world, under the belief that much more could be done than just create portals. Of course, the technology was also impractical and bulky, and was delayed by Cave's wild innovations. During the 1970s, Aperture Science had become known as just 'Aperture', and the rise of Black Mesa and its success in bidding for contracts pushed Cave's temper to the limit. It is also implied that Black Mesa stole designs from Aperture and began to produce them commercially before Aperture could do so because Johnson refused to release the devices until they met his | At the time of its creation, Aperture Science Innovations had developed {{spoiler text|the ''Aperture Science Portable Quantum Tunneling Device'',}} a prototype to the modern [[Handheld Portal Device]] Chell wields. {{spoiler text|As such, it seems that Aperture had already started to perfect portal technology, but was not ready to release it to the world, under the belief that much more could be done than just create portals. Of course, the technology was also impractical and bulky, and was delayed by Cave's wild innovations. During the 1970s, Aperture Science had become known as just 'Aperture', and the rise of Black Mesa and its success in bidding for contracts pushed Cave's temper to the limit. It is also implied that Black Mesa stole designs from Aperture and began to produce them commercially before Aperture could do so because Johnson refused to release the devices until they met his eccentric standard of perfection. It was around this time that Caroline became a bigger part of Cave's life as a secretary, and Cave became more desperate in his struggle to continue his work by offering $60 to potential test subjects, although only rarely were test subjects able to collect their reward due to the hazards involved.}} | ||
==== Aperture Laboratories ==== | ==== Aperture Laboratories ==== | ||
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{{See also|Perpetual Testing Initiative}} | {{See also|Perpetual Testing Initiative}} | ||
During the events of the ''Perpetual Testing Initiative'', Cave Johnson {{spoiler|and his numerous duplicates}} resume(s) his place as the head of Aperture Science {{spoiler|and guides the player character, [[Bendy]], through the multiverse. These events take place in a parallel universe(s) in which Cave did not die of moon rock poisoning.}} | During the events of the ''Perpetual Testing Initiative'', Cave Johnson {{spoiler|and his numerous duplicates}} resume(s) his place as the head of Aperture Science {{spoiler|and guides the player character, [[Bendy]], through the multiverse. These events take place in a parallel universe(s) in which Cave did not die of moon rock poisoning.}} | ||
=== ''Aperture Desk Job'' === | |||
{{See also|Aperture Desk Job}} | |||
During the events of ''Aperture Desk Job'', Cave Johnson {{spoiler|in the form of pre-recorded messages, and his statuesque, robotic, head}} resume(s) his place as the head of Aperture Science {{spoiler|and at the end of the short, pleads with the player to kill him and end his robotic suffering, after the player's AI companion, Grady, 'arranges a meeting' (breaks into his office) to show the newly invented turret to him, with the player granting his wish, shooting the computer's power source, putting an end to his suffering. This is short lived however as the facility's backup power quickly re-awakens him, after which he promptly fires Grady and the player, before plummeting through the floor, into a pit, and singing a short operatic requiem, as the game's credits roll.}} | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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* The 1950s portrait of Cave Johnson bears strong resemblance to a photo of [[wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]].<ref name="Disney">[http://kpitalrisk.free.fr/images/stars/46000/s_im-1682-portrait-de-walt-disney.jpg Disney image reference]</ref> | * The 1950s portrait of Cave Johnson bears strong resemblance to a photo of [[wikipedia:Walt Disney|Walt Disney]].<ref name="Disney">[http://kpitalrisk.free.fr/images/stars/46000/s_im-1682-portrait-de-walt-disney.jpg Disney image reference]</ref> | ||
* Valve Lead Animator Bill Fletcher was the inspiration for the appearance of Cave Johnson.{{citation needed}} | * Valve Lead Animator Bill Fletcher was the inspiration for the appearance of Cave Johnson.{{citation needed}} | ||
* If the player accesses the portrait with Cave Johnson and Caroline in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 4|Enrichment Sphere #4 in Chapter 7]], [[GLaDOS]] will point out that Cave Johnson and Caroline look so [[Media:GLaDOS potatos portrait01.wav|familiar]], along with the achievement ''Portrait of a Lady'' being unlocked if this happens for the first time. | * {{Spoiler|If the player accesses the portrait with Cave Johnson and Caroline in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 4|Enrichment Sphere #4 in Chapter 7]], [[GLaDOS]] will point out that Cave Johnson and Caroline look so [[Media:GLaDOS potatos portrait01.wav|familiar]], along with the achievement ''Portrait of a Lady'' being unlocked if this happens for the first time.}} | ||
* Cave Johnson started the GLaDOS project as a way to cheat death before he died from his moon rock poisoning. If he were to die, he said that he wanted Caroline to be inputted into GLaDOS. | * Cave Johnson started the GLaDOS project as a way to cheat death before he died from his moon rock poisoning. If he were to die, he said that he wanted Caroline to be inputted into GLaDOS. | ||