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{{Quotation|'''Wheatley'''|I'll wait--I'll wait one hour. Then I'll come back and, assuming I can locate your dead body, I'll bury you. Alright? Brilliant! Go team! See you in an hour! Hopefully! If you're not... dead.|sound=Wheatley_sp_intro_03_afterfallalt09.wav}} | {{Quotation|'''Wheatley'''|I'll wait--I'll wait one hour. Then I'll come back and, assuming I can locate your dead body, I'll bury you. Alright? Brilliant! Go team! See you in an hour! Hopefully! If you're not... dead.|sound=Wheatley_sp_intro_03_afterfallalt09.wav}} | ||
'''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 == | == Portal 2 == | ||
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* 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> | * 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> | ||
* Wheatley is voiced by British actor and comedian {{W|Stephen Merchant}}. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||