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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
=== '' | === ''Portal'' === | ||
{{See also| | {{See also|Portal}} | ||
[[File:GLaDOS P1.png|thumb|120px|right|GLaDOS in ''[[Portal]]'', with [[Cores#Personality Cores|personality cores]] attached.]] | [[File:GLaDOS P1.png|thumb|120px|right|GLaDOS in ''[[Portal]]'', with [[Cores#Personality Cores|personality cores]] attached.]] | ||
Before the events of '' | Before the events of ''Portal'', one of Aperture's technicians, [[Doug Rattmann]], successfully evaded GLaDOS' attempts to flood the Enrichment Center with [[neurotoxin]]. He then took refuge in several departments throughout the facility and began tampering with the initial test subject roster, rearranging [[Chell]] to the top of the list as Test Subject #1 instead. Since GLaDOS initiated a lockdown, Rattmann was forced to live his whole life hiding between the backstages of [[Test Chambers]] in the Enrichment Center. He then left various warnings of GLaDOS through graffiti that could only be found behind several corrupted [[Panels|wall panel]]s in Test Chambers, in hopes that Chell would later stumble upon them. GLaDOS was able to operate the company all while residing in her Central AI Chamber, despite lacking full control over the facility. | ||
She then awakens Chell for her mandatory testing of the [[Handheld Portal Device]], which began the events of ''Portal''. During these periods, she constantly intimidated Chell during her performances and gave bitter yet innocent sarcastic notions by simply acting out like conveniently placed pre-recorded messages. {{spoiler|Several tests later, Chell would later discover the various graffiti left behind by Rattmann and immediately became aware that this was not the case, but was forced to play along with GLaDOS' plans.}} | She then awakens Chell for her mandatory testing of the [[Handheld Portal Device]], which began the events of ''Portal''. During these periods, she constantly intimidated Chell during her performances and gave bitter yet innocent sarcastic notions by simply acting out like conveniently placed pre-recorded messages. {{spoiler|Several tests later, Chell would later discover the various graffiti left behind by Rattmann and immediately became aware that this was not the case, but was forced to play along with GLaDOS' plans.}} | ||
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After Chell completed the final test chamber, {{spoiler|GLaDOS immediately revealed her true colors as she attempts to lower her into a pit of fire. Chell was able to escape her attempt to incinerate her and from there, Chell makes her way throughout the facility in an attempt to escape, to GLaDOS' horror. As she traverses the facility, she realizes the only way to escape from it is to confront GLaDOS in [[Central AI Chamber|her chamber]], a conflict which Chell won by incinerating all of her personality cores. After the conflict, GLaDOS was heavily damaged and thrown into the parking lot, where she remained dormant for an unspecified amount of time as the facility degraded over the years.}} | After Chell completed the final test chamber, {{spoiler|GLaDOS immediately revealed her true colors as she attempts to lower her into a pit of fire. Chell was able to escape her attempt to incinerate her and from there, Chell makes her way throughout the facility in an attempt to escape, to GLaDOS' horror. As she traverses the facility, she realizes the only way to escape from it is to confront GLaDOS in [[Central AI Chamber|her chamber]], a conflict which Chell won by incinerating all of her personality cores. After the conflict, GLaDOS was heavily damaged and thrown into the parking lot, where she remained dormant for an unspecified amount of time as the facility degraded over the years.}} | ||
=== '' | === ''Portal 2'' === | ||
{{See also| | {{See also|Portal 2}} | ||
==== Reawakening era ==== | ==== Reawakening era ==== | ||
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[[File:GLaDOS concept art.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Earliest known concept art of GLaDOS.]] | [[File:GLaDOS concept art.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Earliest known concept art of GLaDOS.]] | ||
During Anime Midwest 2011, voice actress {{W| | During Anime Midwest 2011, voice actress {{W|Ellen McLain}} revealed that the premise of GLaDOS had always been a robotic voice that would guide the protagonist and often intimidates them. Early on development, [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] had used copyrighted voice samples as a {{W|placeholder}} for GLaDOS. As Ellen McLain previously voiced the radio communications dispatcher of the [[hl2:Combine Overwatch|Combine Overwatch]] throughout the [[hl2:Half-Life 2|''Half-Life 2'']] saga, the developers had chosen her for the role of GLaDOS. During this time, developers had kept the development quiet, leaving Ellen unaware of what game it is that she is doing voice work for. Ellen was later made aware of her work and success when ''[[Portal]]'' was finally released. | ||
In ''Portal 2'', GLaDOS' dialogue shortly after her awakening was originally much more insulting. As playtesters grew uncomfortable with her insults, it was then decided that GLaDOS continues her passive-aggressive behavior which she began from the ''Portal'' credits song, [[Still Alive]]. {{spoiler|When it was decided that GLaDOS and Chell needed to work together to face [[Wheatley]], Valve opts for GLaDOS to be uploaded into a potato battery. Writer Jay Pinkerton describes the transformation as "a very stark difference between this imperious, all-powerful GLaDOS talking to you, and this powerless GLaDOS talking to you on your gun", and that potato GLaDOS was initially needling towards playtesters. To counteract this, she was made into a more sidekick type of character.<ref>[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/27/valve-on-portal-2-spoiler-interview-part-one/ Valve On Portal 2: Spoiler Interview] on Rock, Paper, Shotgun</ref>}} | In ''Portal 2'', GLaDOS' dialogue shortly after her awakening was originally much more insulting. As playtesters grew uncomfortable with her insults, it was then decided that GLaDOS continues her passive-aggressive behavior which she began from the ''Portal'' credits song, [[Still Alive]]. {{spoiler|When it was decided that GLaDOS and Chell needed to work together to face [[Wheatley]], Valve opts for GLaDOS to be uploaded into a potato battery. Writer Jay Pinkerton describes the transformation as "a very stark difference between this imperious, all-powerful GLaDOS talking to you, and this powerless GLaDOS talking to you on your gun", and that potato GLaDOS was initially needling towards playtesters. To counteract this, she was made into a more sidekick type of character.<ref>[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/04/27/valve-on-portal-2-spoiler-interview-part-one/ Valve On Portal 2: Spoiler Interview] on Rock, Paper, Shotgun</ref>}} | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* GLaDOS is voiced by opera singer and voice | * GLaDOS is voiced by opera singer and voice actress {{W|Ellen McLain}}. | ||
* The acronym "GLaDOS" is a pun of the name "Gladdys" and the term DOS (Disc Operating System). | * The acronym "GLaDOS" is a pun of the name "Gladdys" and the term DOS (Disc Operating System). | ||
* | * Ellen McLain, the actress that voices GLaDOS, also provides the voice for the [[tf:Administrator|Administrator]] in [[tf:Team Fortress 2|''Team Fortress 2'']] and the [[hl2:Combine Overwatch|Combine Overwatch]] in the [[hl2:Half-Life 2|''Half-Life'']] series. This makes Ellen McLain the only voice present in every game included in the ''[[The Orange Box]]''. | ||
* The most favored character that Ellen McLain has voiced is none other than GLaDOS. She reveals that despite the hard effort in pulling off the voice of the [[tf:Administrator|Administrator]] from ''Team Fortress 2'' and her unique way of ordering things, GLaDOS' character had a greater impact on her through her popular passive-aggressive behavior and subtle insults. | * The most favored character that Ellen McLain has voiced is none other than GLaDOS. She reveals that despite the hard effort in pulling off the voice of the [[tf:Administrator|Administrator]] from ''Team Fortress 2'' and her unique way of ordering things, GLaDOS' character had a greater impact on her through her popular passive-aggressive behavior and subtle insults. | ||
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* {{spoiler|When in her potato battery form, she is commonly referred to by the community as "PotatOS;" this nickname is derived from the word "potato" and her name, GLaDOS. Valve favored this nickname and placed it as her official name when in her potato battery form, as shown in the Portal 2 Soundtrack "PotatOS Lament".}} | * {{spoiler|When in her potato battery form, she is commonly referred to by the community as "PotatOS;" this nickname is derived from the word "potato" and her name, GLaDOS. Valve favored this nickname and placed it as her official name when in her potato battery form, as shown in the Portal 2 Soundtrack "PotatOS Lament".}} | ||
* On the 2011 Video Game Awards, ''Portal 2'' had won the award for "Best Performance by a Human | * On the 2011 Video Game Awards, ''Portal 2'' had won the award for "Best Performance by a Human Female" for Ellen McLain's role as GLaDOS.<ref>[http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011-nominees/voting/best-performance-by-a-human-female Best Performance by a Human Female] on Spike</ref> | ||
* On April 8th, 2015. John Patrick Lowrie and Ellen released a non official song simply called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiNKEXtx7I ''GLaDOS' Song''], it is intended to play on an easter egg in Portal 2 somewhere in the development, but was cut due to not fitting GLaDOS' dark tone. | * On April 8th, 2015. John Patrick Lowrie and Ellen released a non official song simply called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgiNKEXtx7I ''GLaDOS' Song''], it is intended to play on an easter egg in Portal 2 somewhere in the development, but was cut due to not fitting GLaDOS' dark tone. | ||
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* ''[[Portal 2]]'' | * ''[[Portal 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Randolph the Red-Nosed Turret]]'' | * ''[[Randolph the Red-Nosed Turret]]'' | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||