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Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, including, but not limited to, games, movies, songs, and even other games. | Within Portal 2, both in-game and in the trailers, are multiple '''references'''. There are a variety of references, including, but not limited to, games, movies, songs, and even other games. | ||
== General References == | == General References == | ||
* The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to '' | * The achievement, '''Schrodinger's Catch''', is a reference to ''Schrödinger's Cat'', a famous {{W|thought experiment}} conceived by {{W|Erwin Schrödinger}}. It involves placing a cat in a closed box with a neurotoxin and a photon emitter which is capable of triggering its release. The emitter shoots a single photon through a partially silvered mirror which it has a 50/50 chance of passing through, resulting in either the photon harmlessly reflecting back or passing through and triggering the neurotoxin, resulting in the cats death. This results in a quantum superposition of states where the cat is both alive and dead if no observer looks in the box to view the outcome. The experiment is also referenced by GLaDOS in the [[Portal_2:_Lab_Rat|Lab Rat comic]] when she requests boxes, cats and neurotoxin. | ||
*The achievement, '''Preservation of Mass''', is a reference to the ''Law of Conservation of Mass'' | *The achievement, '''Preservation of Mass''', is a reference to the ''{{W|Law of Conservation of Mass}}'' in Newtonian physics. The law states that the mass in a closed system remains constant over time. | ||
*One of Wheatley's lines, [[Media:Wheatley bw_finale02_spinnyblade03.wav|"Machiavellian!"]], refers to Machiavelli, an Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author of the 15th-16th century. | *One of Wheatley's lines, [[Media:Wheatley bw_finale02_spinnyblade03.wav|"Machiavellian!"]], refers to Machiavelli, an Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author of the 15th-16th century. | ||