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'''Wheatley''' is a [[Cores#Personality Cores|Personality Core]] of male programming and english west country accent who first appears in ''[[Portal 2]]''. He is [[Chell]]'s guide through the first part of the game, and planning to find a way to escape the facility. | '''Wheatley''' is a [[Cores#Personality Cores|Personality Core]] of male programming and english west country accent who first appears in ''[[Portal 2]]''. He is [[Chell]]'s guide through the first part of the game, and planning to find a way to escape the facility. | ||
== Portal 2 == | |||
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{{spoiler text|During the course of the game, Wheatley aids Chell into escaping from [[GLaDOS|GLaDOS']] tests. The two eventually sabotage GLaDOS' turret production line and neurotoxin and later confront GLaDOS herself. A core transference occurs and Wheatley takes over the facility. When he is about to let Chell escape, Wheatley becomes corrupted with the power and becomes the game's main antagonist. Wheatley traps GLaDOS in a potato battery and launches both her and Chell into [[Aperture Science|Aperture Science's]] old and forgotten test chambers by accident.}} | {{spoiler text|During the course of the game, Wheatley aids Chell into escaping from [[GLaDOS|GLaDOS']] tests. The two eventually sabotage GLaDOS' turret production line and neurotoxin and later confront GLaDOS herself. A core transference occurs and Wheatley takes over the facility. When he is about to let Chell escape, Wheatley becomes corrupted with the power and becomes the game's main antagonist. Wheatley traps GLaDOS in a potato battery and launches both her and Chell into [[Aperture Science|Aperture Science's]] old and forgotten test chambers by accident.}} | ||
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{{spoiler text|Wheatley is last seen in the prelogue after the end credits, with the [[Cores#Space Core|Space Core]] orbiting him, where he wishes he could say he was sorry for all he did to Chell.}} | {{spoiler text|Wheatley is last seen in the prelogue after the end credits, with the [[Cores#Space Core|Space Core]] orbiting him, where he wishes he could say he was sorry for all he did to Chell.}} | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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* Video game-wise, Wheatley appears to be an upgraded version of GLaDOS's Intelligence Core (the one telling the cake recipe), with a blue "eye" and three dots, though Wheatley has dots only on his right side. From early screenshots and the Portal 2 E3 teaser trailer, the model also appears to have been greatly improved and more detailed, with a wider range of emotions. | * Video game-wise, Wheatley appears to be an upgraded version of GLaDOS's Intelligence Core (the one telling the cake recipe), with a blue "eye" and three dots, though Wheatley has dots only on his right side. From early screenshots and the Portal 2 E3 teaser trailer, the model also appears to have been greatly improved and more detailed, with a wider range of emotions. | ||
* Wheatley's Cockney accent heard in the "Meet Wheatley" video shown at E3 2010 uses a placeholder voice provided by Valve animator Richard Lord.[ | * Wheatley's [[w:Cockney#Cockney_speech|Cockney accent]] heard in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYsAklh4uqQ "Meet Wheatley" video shown at E3 2010] uses a placeholder voice provided by [[Valve]] animator [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,55298/ Richard Lord].<ref>[http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/06/portal-2-wheatley/ Portal 2 Gains a Talkative Companion] on Wired.com</ref> Due to very positive feedback, Valve considered at some point making the voice official.<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21890104&postcount=83 Portal 2 E3 gameplay video (single post)] on the NeoGAF forums</ref> Later Lord himself emphasized that his voice was temporary, saying that "theres no way you will be dissapointed with the final voice - im over teh moon with who it might be." [sic],<ref>[http://lastoutpostofsanity.com/2010/06/tempvoice/ "Temp voice!"] on Last Outpost of Sanity, Richard Lord's official blog</ref> until it was announced that [[w:Stephen Merchant|Stephen Merchant]], who also has a British, Bristol accent, would provide the final voice.<ref>[http://pc.ign.com/articles/109/1095842p1.html Gamescom: Portal 2 gets Stephen Merchant] on ComputerAndVideoGames.com</ref> | ||
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