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Freeman's Mind

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‎Trivia:

Aperture Science Radio

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Cake

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User:IndianaPrower

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‎My games:

Cake

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‎Portal 2:

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Gordon Freeman

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not really a reference

Future of the Half-Life series

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Citizen

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Gonarch

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Dwight T. Barnes

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M40A1 Sniper Rifle

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‎Opposing Force:

M40A1 Sniper Rifle

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Combine Assassin

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Chell

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‎Shit you need to Know

Gonarch

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Turret Opera

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‎Theories to Meaning of the Ending Song:

Michael Shapiro

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Seven Hour War

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Seven Hour War

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‎Overview:

Seven Hour War

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Seven Hour War

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‎Battle:

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GLaDOS

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 ===Episode 41===
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 *Freeman constantly makes references to pop culture items such as "The Shining", "Aliens", "Star Wars", "Jurassic Park" and the works of HP Lovecraft.
 *The series is presented as an inner monologue that the game's NPCs are unable to hear, meaning that Freeman is not actually speaking his dialogue out loud. Despite this, Freeman's speech is still incomprehensible underwater.
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 ==Overview==
-When they are initially found in test chambers in ''Portal'', the radios are set to the frequency 85.2 FM, and play an instrumental version of "[[Still Alive]]". They also initially have a red light on them. Since the ''Portal'' ARG update, when moved to specific locations within the test chamber where they are found, they will play seemingly random sounds consisting of noises and beeps. However, when some of them are played through an [[wikipedia:SSTV|SSTV]] decoder, the sounds reveal images, with letters and numbers, which lead to a now defunct BBS server (see the [[Portal ARG|''Portal'' ARG]] article for more details). Others are simply Morse code.
+When they are initially found in test chambers in ''Portal'', the radios are set to the frequency 85.2 FM, and play an instrumental version of "[[Still Alive]]". They also initially have a red light on them. Since the ''Portal'' ARG update, when moved to specific locations within the test chamber where they are found, they will play seemingly random sounds consisting of noises and beeps, and the light turns green. However, when some of them are played through an [[wikipedia:SSTV|SSTV]] decoder, the sounds reveal images, with letters and numbers, which lead to a now defunct BBS server (see the [[Portal ARG|''Portal'' ARG]] article for more details). Others are simply Morse code.
 Radios are destroyed when taken through [[Aperture Science Material Emancipation Grill|Emancipation Grills]], however after the ''Portal'' ARG update they will instead emit another sound.

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-[[File:2013-05-18_00036.jpg|thumb|GLaDOS Emergency Shutdown and Cake Dispensary pseudodoor]]===''Portal 2''===
+===''Portal 2''===
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 ==My games==
-* List the games you like, play, own, etc.
+Sonic Generations
-* Game #2
+Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
-* Game #3
+Sonic 4 Episode I and II

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-===''Portal 2''===
+[[File:2013-05-18_00036.jpg|thumb|GLaDOS Emergency Shutdown and Cake Dispensary pseudodoor]]===''Portal 2''===
 <gallery widths=140 position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton=true><!--- DO NOT ALTER THESE CODES --->
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	*In the ''Project Nevada'' mod for [[w:c:Fallout:Fallout New Vegas\|Fallout New Vegas]], selecting a crowbar (a new weapon added by the mod) using the Pip-Boy will show a picture of the Vault-Boy wearing a hazard suit and Dr Freeman's glasses.		*In the ''Project Nevada'' mod for [[w:c:Fallout:Fallout New Vegas\|Fallout New Vegas]], selecting a crowbar (a new weapon added by the mod) using the Pip-Boy will show a picture of the Vault-Boy wearing a hazard suit and Dr Freeman's glasses.
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−	*In [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_Video_Game_(Telltale_Games)\|The Walking Dead Video Game] by Telltale games, the character named Mark has a resemblance to Gordon.

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 *On April 1, 2013, Half-Life 2: Episode Three was available on Steam, but when you tried to pre-order the game, it turns out to be Petz® Catz® 2. It turned out to be an April Fool's prank from CheapShark <ref>http://storestteampowered.com/app/4411/</ref>
 *Doug Lombardi confirmed in an email to Valve Time that Valve was not showing any games at E3 in 2013.<ref>https://twitter.com/ValveTime/status/322180749375705088/photo/1</ref>
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 Citizens are granted the minimum of what they need to survive, such as a standardized diet and home. They are also transferred from city to city frequently.
-Citizens constantly complain about the quality of their meals,<ref>''"You have to be damn hungry to wait in line for this crap"'' -Citizen remark, ''Point Insertion'', ''Half-Life 2''</ref> which they get in packages dispensed by machines found in public places, such as the [[City 17]] train station. For drinking, Citizens have access to free water, dispensed through vending machines, among other ways. Some Citizens believe, however, that the [[Combine]] put something in the water that wipes memories, suggesting that the Combine use the water itself as yet another method to brainwash Citizens.<ref>''"Don't drink the water. They put something it it... to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here"'' -Citizen remark, ''Point Insertion'', ''Half-Life 2''</ref> [[Civil Protection]] officers are given far better meals, which becomes yet another incentive for the Citizens to become one.
+Citizens constantly complain about the quality of their meals,<ref>''"You have to be damn hungry to wait in line for this crap"'' -Citizen remark, ''Point Insertion'', ''Half-Life 2''</ref> which they get in packages dispensed by machines found in public places, such as the [[City 17]] train station. For drinking, Citizens have access to free water, dispensed through vending machines, among other ways. Some Citizens believe, however, that the [[Combine]] put something in the water that wipes memories, suggesting that the Combine use the water itself as yet another method to brainwash Citizens.<ref>''"Don't drink the water. They put something in it... to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here"'' -Citizen remark, ''Point Insertion'', ''Half-Life 2''</ref> [[Civil Protection]] officers are given far better meals, which becomes yet another incentive for the Citizens to become one.
 Citizens are assigned to simple flats in apartment buildings which are all categorized into blocks. They are kept under constant surveillance by [[Civil Protection]] officers through the medium of [[City Scanner]]s and [[Combine Security Camera|Security Cameras]]. Raids and arrests are frequent occurrences throughout the apartments.

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 *The [[Perpetual Testing Initiative]] for Portal 2 might contain a passing reference to the Gonarch, when an alternate Cave Johnson mentions his lovely assistant "Blark-Barg" who produces seeds that detach from her exoskeleton at high speeds in search of human hosts, which could be a reference to Headcrabs.
-*The Gonarch appears to be very weak if spawned directly trough the console command, usually will end up dying after being hit with a single magazine of [[Glock 17|Glock pistol]], and will not explode after dead.
+*The Gonarch appears to be very weak if spawned directly through the console using commands, and usually ends up dying after being hit with a single magazine of [[Glock 17|Glock pistol]] ammo, and will not explode after death.
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 *During the game, HECU soldiers sometimes say "If only Drill Instructor Barnes could see me now...".
-*Barnes is likely inspired by Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from the film ''[[Wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket|Full Metal Jacket]]''. This is evidenced by his interactions with the recruits and his lines. For example, if the player attempts to interact with Barnes, he may say "What is your major malfunction dirtbag?".
+*Barnes is likely inspired by Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from the film ''[[Wikipedia:Full Metal Jacket|Full Metal Jacket]]''. This is evidenced by his interactions with the recruits and his lines. For example, if the player attempts to interact with Barnes, he may say "What is your major malfunction, dirtbag?".
 *He is likely named after Sergeant Barnes from the film ''[[Wikipedia:Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''.

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 *In Black Mesa, it is found in the chapter ''[[Foxtrot Uniform]]''. If not picked up there, it can be picked up from a dead male Black Ops in the chapter ''[["The Package"]]''.
-*The M40A1 is a bolt-action rifle, resulting in slower firing speed, much slower that that of the [[Black Mesa Crossbow|Crossbow]]. To compensate this, the M40A1's bullet will instantly hit a target.
+*The M40A1 is a bolt-action rifle, resulting in slower firing speed, much slower that that of the [[Black Mesa Crossbow|Crossbow]]. To compensate for this, the M40A1's bullet will instantly hit a target.
 *It has perfect accuracy, no matter what the player is doing when it is fired.
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 ==Trivia==
-*When used by a [[Black Ops]] Male Assassin, the M40A1 is reloaded after each shot, and it does somehow only 15 points of damage per hit. This is solely for balance, as it would be very difficult and frustrating to navigate through the part without getting hit, as it would result in an instant kill.
+*When used by a [[Black Ops]] Male Assassin, the M40A1 is reloaded after each shot, and it only does 15 points of damage per hit. This is solely for balance, as it would be very difficult and frustrating to navigate through that part without getting hit.
-*Half Life Opposing Force is the only Half-Life game where the protagonist can use a sniper.
+*''Opposing Force'' is the only game where the protagonist can use the sniper rifle.
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	*When used by a [[Black Ops]] Male Assassin, the M40A1 is reloaded after each shot, and it does somehow only 15 points of damage per hit. This is solely for balance, as it would be very difficult and frustrating to navigate through the part without getting hit, as it would result in an instant kill.		*When used by a [[Black Ops]] Male Assassin, the M40A1 is reloaded after each shot, and it does somehow only 15 points of damage per hit. This is solely for balance, as it would be very difficult and frustrating to navigate through the part without getting hit, as it would result in an instant kill.
		+	*Half Life Opposing Force is the only Half-Life game where the protagonist can use a sniper.
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	After the war had ended, the [[Resistance]] was formed to combat the new Combine leadership.		After the war had ended, the [[Resistance]] was formed to combat the new Combine leadership.

−	[[File:Combine_s_arrival_by_CrisisOmega.jpg\|frame\|What the battle might look like from the French Perspective.]]==Battle==
	The [[Portal Storm]]s raged across the Earth, (and still do according to [[Marc Laidlaw]]) spreading [[Xen]] life forms across Earth causing the people to move into cities for protection. These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the [[Combine]] that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours. It was after this that [[Wallace Breen\|Dr. Wallace Breen]] negotiated a surrender on behalf of the United Nations, "saving" the survivors at the cost of their freedom. Breen was appointed ruler of Earth, but remains under the control of the Combine. The official surrender appears to have taken place in New York City, in the United Nations building.		The [[Portal Storm]]s raged across the Earth, (and still do according to [[Marc Laidlaw]]) spreading [[Xen]] life forms across Earth causing the people to move into cities for protection. These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the [[Combine]] that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours. It was after this that [[Wallace Breen\|Dr. Wallace Breen]] negotiated a surrender on behalf of the United Nations, "saving" the survivors at the cost of their freedom. Breen was appointed ruler of Earth, but remains under the control of the Combine. The official surrender appears to have taken place in New York City, in the United Nations building.

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 The Combine Assassin is mostly a slimmer and female version of the Overwatch Elite, with an almost identical helmet.
-She uses two automatic pistols and originally an ar2<ref name="Raising the Bar" />), and a variety of melee attacks. She is shown to be a quick and resourceful enemy, moving swiftly and performing flips, rolls, and other movements. She also wears heel springs, recycled as the [[Advanced Knee Replacement]] for [[Chell]] in ''Portal'', that improves her movements and speed. The armor and padding are almost completely absent, allowing the assassin to move quickly. When she dies, the light on her helmet slowly goes off.<ref name="HL2Bp">Playable [[Half-Life 2 Beta|''Half-Life 2'' Beta]]</ref>
+She uses two automatic pistols (and originally some kind of rifle<ref name="Raising the Bar" />), and a variety of melee attacks. She is shown to be a quick and resourceful enemy, moving swiftly and performing flips, rolls, and other movements. She also wears heel springs, recycled as the [[Advanced Knee Replacement]] for [[Chell]] in ''Portal'', that improves her movements and speed. The armor and padding are almost completely absent, allowing the assassin to move quickly. When she dies, the light on her helmet slowly goes off.<ref name="HL2Bp">Playable [[Half-Life 2 Beta|''Half-Life 2'' Beta]]</ref>
 Five individuals were to be seen "stored" frozen in tanks in the [[Borealis (cut location)|Borealis]].<ref name="WC mappack">[[WC mappack]]</ref>

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 === Background ===
 Although Chell's origins are unknown, she was definitely among the people present during [[GLaDOS]]' activation in [[Timeline of the Half-Life universe#200-|200-]], as GLaDOS locked down the facility immediately afterward; information revealed in ''Portal 2'' implies that Chell was the child of an Aperture scientist because one of the "Bring Your Daughter To Work Day" science projects is signed by her. According to the psychological profile in her personnel file, Chell is "abnormally stubborn" and refuses to ever give up, no matter how daunting the challenge. Originally, she was rejected as a test subject, but [[Doug Rattmann]] altered the testing order, having correctly guessed that Chell's extreme tenacity might allow her to defeat GLaDOS. Chell's Test Subject Application Form states that she refused to answer the essay question and instead answered in binary. The binary can be translated to "The cake is a lie." <ref name="P2LR">''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''</ref>
 === Appearances ===

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 "It is said in Greek/Roman myths that when you die, you arrive at a field and are accompanied by your closest friend. As you are dying, you hear an angelic harmony. When Chell arrives to see the turret quartet in the elevator, they begin singing. Then after arriving at a wheatfield, Chell is accompanied by the Companion Cube, her only friend. Chell is believed (in this theory) to have died in the elevator with the 4 turrets."
-There is no official corroboration from Valve, or any evidence of this being the case.  In addition, since the protagonist will often die while players go through the game (prior to reattempting the stage they died in), the occurance of Chell's death is very familiar to most, if not all, players, and a similar experience is notably absent from the final elevator scene, casting doubt on any such interpretations. Furthermore, GLaDOS seems to refer to Chell during the ''Peer Review'' DLC, fearing that an old prototype of her chassis has been taken over by a "mystery woman" and that "she" has returned (believing that "she" is behind many of the malfunctions that occur throughout the game, unaware that the source of the malfunctions is a bird) where "she" is clearly Chell. This would not make sense if GLaDOS had Chell killed for good in the lift shaft.
+There is no official corroboration from Valve, or any evidence of this being the case.  In addition, since the protagonist will often die while players go through the game (prior to reattempting the stage they died in), the occurance of Chell's death is very familiar to most, if not all, players, and a similar experience is notably absent from the final elevator scene, casting doubt on any such interpretations. Furthermore, GLaDOS seems to refer to Chell during the ''Peer Review'' DLC, fearing that an old prototype of her chassis has been taken over by a "mystery woman" and that "she" has returned (believing that "she" is behind many of the malfunctions that occur throughout the game, unaware that the source of the malfunctions is a bird) where "she" is clearly Chell. This would not make sense if GLaDOS had Chell killed for good in the lift shaft. GLaDOS also refers to Chell as alive in unused lines for the Co-op Campaign, stating that "The only human within a thousands miles is a test-ruining sociopath", which is obviously another reference to Chell.
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 ==Other works==
-===Film and television===
+===Film, television and video game work===
-Shapiro's on-screen roles include ''[[Wikipedia:Lovers Lane (1999 film)|Lovers Lane (1999 film)]]'' in which he portrayed Deputy David Schwick. He has done mostly voice work, having narrated the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Interpol Investigates|Interpol Investigates]]'' and voiced the psychotic French chef Richard Goblin in ''[[Wikipedia:Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''. As a writer he has written for Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel and NPR<ref name="Site">http://www.strike.tv/show/global-warming/</ref>. He has also worked extensively with comedy writer [[Wikipedia:Rob Kutner|Rob Kutner]].
+Shapiro's on-screen roles include ''[[Wikipedia:Lovers Lane (1999 film)|Lovers Lane (1999 film)]]'' in which he portrayed Deputy David Schwick and ''The Shadows of Bob and Zelda'' in which he portrayed Bob. He has done mostly voice work, having narrated the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Interpol Investigates|Interpol Investigates]]''. He has many video game voice credits, including the psychotic French chef Richard Goblin in ''[[Wikipedia:Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'', Torin and Boogle in ''[[Wikipedia:Torin's Passage|Torin's Passage]]'' and Sergeant Markossian in ''[[Wikipedia:Police Quest: SWAT 2|Police Quest: SWAT 2]]''. As a writer he has written for Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel and NPR<ref name="Site">http://www.strike.tv/show/global-warming/</ref>. He has also worked extensively with comedy writer [[Wikipedia:Rob Kutner|Rob Kutner]].
 ===Directing career===
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 ==Personal life==
-Shapiro lived in Seattle until moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2000. He is married to fellow director, Peggy Stafford, and has two children.
+Shapiro lived in Seattle until moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2000. He is married to fellow director and former Annex member, Peggy Stafford, and has two children.
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 The '''Seven Hour War''' was a brief but decisive confrontation between the [[Combine]] and the governments of the [[Earth]], ultimately leading to a large human death toll and the Combine occupation of the entire planet.
-[[File:Combine_s_arrival_by_CrisisOmega.jpg|thumb|What the battle might look like from the French Perspective.]]==Overview==
+==Overview==
 The war itself is never discussed directly in Half-Life 2, but it is mentioned briefly by [[Eli Vance]] in [[Black Mesa East]] — looking at a small cork-board featuring several annotated newspaper cutouts and images causes him to reminisce over the events during the war. In ''[[Half-Life 2: Episode Two|Episode Two]]'', Eli states that if the super-portal matures, "''it'll be the Seven Hour War all over again... except this time we won't last seven minutes!''".
 After the war had ended, the [[Resistance]] was formed to combat the new Combine leadership.
 The [[Portal Storm]]s raged across the Earth, (and still do according to [[Marc Laidlaw]]) spreading [[Xen]] life forms across Earth causing the people to move into cities for protection. These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the [[Combine]] that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours. It was after this that [[Wallace Breen|Dr. Wallace Breen]] negotiated a surrender on behalf of the United Nations, "saving" the survivors at the cost of their freedom. Breen was appointed ruler of Earth, but remains under the control of the Combine. The official surrender appears to have taken place in New York City, in the United Nations building.

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 After the war had ended, the [[Resistance]] was formed to combat the new Combine leadership.
-==Battle==
+[[File:Combine_s_arrival_by_CrisisOmega.jpg|frame|What the battle might look like from the French Perspective.]]==Battle==
 The [[Portal Storm]]s raged across the Earth, (and still do according to [[Marc Laidlaw]]) spreading [[Xen]] life forms across Earth causing the people to move into cities for protection. These portal storms attracted an alien empire known as the [[Combine]] that defeated all of Earth's armed forces in only seven hours. It was after this that [[Wallace Breen|Dr. Wallace Breen]] negotiated a surrender on behalf of the United Nations, "saving" the survivors at the cost of their freedom. Breen was appointed ruler of Earth, but remains under the control of the Combine. The official surrender appears to have taken place in New York City, in the United Nations building.

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 **GLaDOS is also similar in voice to Val from ''[[Wikipedia:Solitary (TV series)|Solitary]]'' and in how the Central AI Chamber is in an octagonal shape.
 * "PotaTOS" is the nickname given by fans and developers to GLaDOS as a potato battery, an obvious play-on-words of GLaDOS and potato.
-* Despite being the CPU of the Enrichment Center, ironically she was not aware of who [[Cave Johnson]] is, as she constantly remarks his voice of being "familiar" until she rediscovers Caroline in her system
+* Despite being the CPU of the Enrichment Center, ironically she was not aware of who [[Cave Johnson]] is, as she constantly remarks his voice of being "familiar" until she rediscovers Caroline in her system.
 * Interestingly, neither the full name of GLaDOS or her acronym has ever been pronounced by any characters in the games. (Except for [[Cave Johnson]] in the DLC [[Perpetual Testing Initiative]], where he says "we are cancelling the Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System initiative.") The only instances of her name's presence was through her captions, the acronym spotted on her disc generators in ''Portal'', and the door within the trap leading to the Cerntal AI Chamber in Portal 2. Wheatley never refers to GLaDOS by name (or vice versa). However, in a developer commentary for ''Portal'', [[Erik Wolpaw]] pronounced GLaDOS' name as "Gladys", suggesting that the "DOS" in her name are not necessarily pronounced in the manner it is spelled.
 * A line cut from the final release of ''Portal 2'' has GLaDOS openly stating she is going to kill Chell by name. Other lines have her congratulating Chell during puzzles. These would have been the only instances where Chell's name was spoken aloud.<ref>{{YouTube|url=dE0zP5QNoRk&t=51s|text=Portal 2 - Unused GLaDOS Voice Clips}}</ref>
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 *MARGoT in Fallout 3 DLC "Broken Steel" is based on GLaDOS.
 *In the fan-made series ''The Underground'', there is a male AI based on an early concept of GLaDOS, who, assisted by the Party Escort Bot, attaches corrupted cores to himself.
-*In the final scene some of the models used for GLaDOS's remains are used twice. If viewed in 'noclip mode" two heads can be seen.
+*In the final scene of ''Portal'', GLaDOS's model is used twice to represent her remains. If viewed in 'noclip mode", two heads can be seen.
-* The last part of GLaDOS name (DOS). Means the same as the operating system DOS(Disk Operating System)<ref name = <ref>{{WikkiPedia|url=http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_%28besturingssysteem%29 - DOS}}</ref>. Reasonably she is controlled by a DOS system.
+*Reasonably, considering her name, GLaDOS is controlled by a DOS (Disk Operating System).<ref name = <ref>{{WikkiPedia|url=http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_%28besturingssysteem%29 - DOS}}</ref>
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