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[[Image:Hoopy the Hoop.png|right|200px|Hoopy the Hoop]] | [[Image:Hoopy the Hoop.png|right|200px|Hoopy the Hoop]] | ||
In ''[[Portal]]'', '''Hoopy the Hoop''' was a hoop fallen from the sky among the wreckage of [[GLaDOS]] at the end of the game. Hoopy landed on the [[Aperture Science]] parking lot in front of [[Chell]] just before being dragged off by the [[Party Escort Bot]]. | In ''[[Portal]]'', '''Hoopy the Hoop''' was a hoop fallen from the sky among the wreckage of [[GLaDOS]] at the end of the game. {{Spoiler|Hoopy landed on the [[Aperture Science]] parking lot in front of [[Chell]] just before being dragged off by the [[Party Escort Bot]].}} | ||
As stated in an interview, [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/10/opening-the-portal-exploring-portal-s-creation-and-its-ties-to-half-life-2.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 "Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development"], with Valve, they never expected "The Cake is a Lie" would become such a huge hit. They expected, if anything, that Hoopy the Hoop would become the meme derived from [[Portal]]. Erik Wolpaw explains, "We thought we should have a warehouse full of Hoopy t-shirts and mugs and posters…we would watch that hoop roll by over and over again. That was the part of the game we were most proud of, and nobody cared." | As stated in an interview, [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/10/opening-the-portal-exploring-portal-s-creation-and-its-ties-to-half-life-2.aspx?PostPageIndex=3 "Opening The Portal: Exploring The Game's Development"], with Valve, they never expected "The Cake is a Lie" would become such a huge hit. They expected, if anything, that Hoopy the Hoop would become the meme derived from [[Portal]]. Erik Wolpaw explains, "We thought we should have a warehouse full of Hoopy t-shirts and mugs and posters…we would watch that hoop roll by over and over again. That was the part of the game we were most proud of, and nobody cared." | ||
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=== Portal 2 === | === Portal 2 === | ||
{{See also|Portal 2}} | {{See also|Portal 2}} | ||
Hoopy is known to appear in a few places within ''Portal 2''. His | Hoopy is known to appear in a few places within ''Portal 2''. His earliest known appearance is in [[Portal 2 Chapter 1 Her Chamber|Her Chamber]], where he lays slightly to the left of what could be described as [[GLaDOS]]' head; his second known appearance is underneath a floor panel in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 2|Test Chamber 2]]. He makes his third known appearance behind a desk {{Spoiler text|in [[Doug Rattmann|Rattmann's]] den}} in [[Portal 2 Chapter 2 Test Chamber 6|Test Chamber 6]]; this is the same den as referred to by the [[Achievements#Portal 2|Final Transmission]] achievement. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||