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{{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'd rather have gone to the moon.}} | {{Quotation|'''Doug Rattmann'''|I'd rather have gone to the moon.}} | ||
'''Doug Rattmann''', commonly nicknamed as 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]], Rattmann 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. | '''Doug Rattmann'''(alternate spelling Rattman), commonly nicknamed as 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]], Rattmann 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. | ||
Rattmann does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the backstage of various testing chambers in ''Portal'' and the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]''. | Rattmann does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the backstage of various testing chambers in ''Portal'' and the single-player campaign of ''[[Portal 2]]''. | ||
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{{spoiler|His fate is left unknown as the entire bed with him is nowhere to be found when Chell later revisits this Relaxation Vault at the beginning of the single-player campaign in ''[[Portal 2]]''.}} | {{spoiler|His fate is left unknown as the entire bed with him is nowhere to be found when Chell later revisits this Relaxation Vault at the beginning of the single-player campaign in ''[[Portal 2]]''.}} | ||
=== ''Portal 2'' === | === ''Portal 2'' === | ||
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{{spoiler|At some point in the events of the [[Portal 2#Perpetual Testing Initiative|Perpetual Testing Initiative]], in which the player takes role of stick figure [[Bendy]] - is shifted into a variety of alternate universes at the Enrichment Center as a means of still having [[Cave Johnson]] as ongoing CEO. There is a universe in which Rattman is CEO of the Aperture company. Cave (now former junior claims representative of Aperture) hijacks the intercoms to yell out and warn everyone that Rattmann (the current CEO) is embezzling from the staffs' paychecks.}} | {{spoiler|At some point in the events of the [[Portal 2#Perpetual Testing Initiative|Perpetual Testing Initiative]], in which the player takes role of stick figure [[Bendy]] - is shifted into a variety of alternate universes at the Enrichment Center as a means of still having [[Cave Johnson]] as ongoing CEO. There is a universe in which Rattman is CEO of the Aperture company. Cave (now former junior claims representative of Aperture) hijacks the intercoms to yell out and warn everyone that Rattmann (the current CEO) is embezzling from the staffs' paychecks.}} | ||
== Ghost of Rattmann == | |||
Ghost of Rattmann is the 7th track on the Portal 2 soundtrack "Portal 2: Songs to Test By." It includes what is speculated to be Rattmann speaking to himself, his Companion Cube, or even Cave Johnson. The ramblings draw parallels with the [[Borealis]] as well as multiple events in the 2011 comic [[Lab Rat]]. You can access this recording in Den #7 in Portal 2, located in test chamber 17.<br /> | |||
''(Unintelligible)''<br /> | |||
''I had no choice, help me, Uncle Johnson,''<br /> | |||
''Help me chose my desire!''<br /> | |||
''(Unintelligible)''<br /> | |||
''They took me to Mesa (unintelligible) mutilation''<br /> | |||
''It was coming soon!''<br /> | |||
''It's gone, sir, it's been stolen!''<br /> | |||
''The ship is stolen!''<br /> | |||
''(Unintelligible)''<br /> | |||
''He's dead. Everyone, dead!''<br /> | |||
''But she lives! Please, help me, Chell!''<br /> | |||
''I can touch it!''<br /> | |||
''Johnson? (Unintelligible)''<br /> | |||
''The ship is gone, they're moving it to Mesa Hill!''<br /> | |||
''That's where it all started.''<br /> | |||
''(Unintelligible)''<br /> | |||
''Little girl, it's ok.''<br /> | |||
''Your pain is ignored by a little pill.''<br /> | |||
===Connections to the Borealis=== | |||
''It's gone, sir, it's been stolen!''<br /> | |||
''The ship is stolen!''<br /> | |||
''The ship is gone, they're moving it to Mesa Hill!''<br /> | |||
By "the ship," Rattmann is referring to the [[Borealis]]. | |||
===Connections to events in Lab Rat=== | |||
''He's dead. Everyone, dead!''<br /> | |||
''But she lives! Please, help me, Chell!''<br /> | |||
''I can touch it!''<br /> | |||
This could refer to two incidents, both described in Portal 2: Lab Rat.<br /> | |||
The first incident is the infamous Bring Your Daughter to Work Day. ''He's dead. Everyone, dead!'' could refer to the people killed by [[GLaDOS]] during this incident, with ''But she lives!'' referring to GLaDOS herself.<br /> | |||
However, these lines could alternatively be referring to the dead bodies in the cryo-chambers. As shown on page 17 of Portal 2: Lab Rat, all of the chambers were offline, however Rattmann was able to save Chell by resetting her life support and putting her in "the long sleep." This would also align with the next line ''I can touch it,'' referring to page 25, where Rattmann had to reach to push a button to save Chell.<br /> | |||
''Little girl, it's ok.''<br /> | |||
''Your pain is ignored by a little pill.''<br /> | |||
As shown in Portal 2: Lab Rat, Rattmann is dependent on antipsychotics to fight his schizophrenia. | |||
== Known dens == | == Known dens == | ||