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* Video game-wise, Wheatley appears to be an upgraded version of GLaDOS' 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' 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 | * 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 British actor and comedian {{W|Stephen Merchant}} 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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