143
edits
Goo: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Trivia
(Added information about radios) |
(→Trivia) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
Goo is usually present within testing chambers in order to provide a penalty for failure, and to ensure that test subjects are precise with their movements and positioning of their [[portals]]. | Goo is usually present within testing chambers in order to provide a penalty for failure, and to ensure that test subjects are precise with their movements and positioning of their [[portals]]. | ||
Almost all objects that have fallen into the goo are irretrievable, with the only exception being radios | Almost all objects that have fallen into the goo are irretrievable, with the only exception being radios because they are light enough to float on it. In such cases where testing elements like [[cubes]] are needed to solve a test, a replacement may be issued immediately if the first one was dropped into the goo (unless the [[Vital Apparatus Vent|dropper]] is activated by a button, in which case you may have to press the button again). On some occasions during ''[[Portal 2]]'', objects in the goo can be heard and seen [[Material Emancipation Grill|fizzling]] immediately after falling in, while in most, they will simply be deleted soon after they fall out of sight and are not being held on to. | ||
Appearance-wise in ''[[Portal]]'', the goo appears as a mixture of red, green, and brown-colored liquid with a swirled appearance. As of ''Portal 2'', the goo appears to be mainly brown, often with smoke swirling around its presence like in ''Portal''. | Appearance-wise in ''[[Portal]]'', the goo appears as a mixture of red, green, and brown-colored liquid with a swirled appearance. As of ''Portal 2'', the goo appears to be mainly brown, often with smoke swirling around its presence like in ''Portal''. | ||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
|File:Portal Test Chamber 08.png|The goo as seen in Test Chamber 08 of ''[[Portal]]''. | |File:Portal Test Chamber 08.png|The goo as seen in Test Chamber 08 of ''[[Portal]]''. | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Closed Captions == | |||
* When [[Atlas]], [[P-body]] or [[Chell]]<!--Confirm--> die | |||
*# Water Splash | |||
*# Explosion | |||
== Trivia == | |||
* Using cheats to fire a rocket into the goo results in an [[hl2:Isaac Kleiner|Isaac Kleiner]] voice line ("Oh, fiddlesticks. What now?") from Half Life 2 playing. This voice line is a fallback sound used by Valve to indicate a nonexistent or missing sound file. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||