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'''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7178385/1/Being_Human Being Human, Or
One day, [[GLaDOS]] discovers that she doesn't understand humans outside of what they do in test chambers, and not understanding all the potential variables is the first step on the road to bad science. So she decides to place an AI into one of the frozen human bodies she has and send it out to study humans in their "natural habitat". Unfortunately the only AI that's suitable for transfer is... [[The Ditz|Wheatley]]. Armed with a computer chip that allows her to talk to and see everything Wheatley does, [[GLaDOS]] sends him out into the surface.
What follows are the humorous recounting of Wheatley's attempts to socialize with humans and adjust to his new body, coupled with [[GLaDOS]] snarking on human culture, tons of bizarre cameos ranging from the cast of ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' to ''[[Sonichu
After several failed attempts at a sequel, the story now has an [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|Ask-Wheatley tumblr]] which can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130531114949/http://askbeinghumanwheatley.tumblr.com/ here].
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]:
* [[Being Human Sucks]]:
* [[Big No]]:
** {{spoiler|she does finally let out one in the finale after becoming [[Suddenly Voiced]].}}
* [[Cameo]]:
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Wheatley mentions that "doesn't think (his nose) should be all crooked and bleeding like that".
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]:
* [[Culture Clash]]:
{{quote|How would you like it if I made human shapes out of snow to throw at people? I don’t think you would at all. But that’s just me.}}
* [[Deconstruction]]:
* [[Either-Or Title]]
* [[Expy]]:
** When [http://askbeinghumanwheatley.tumblr.com/post/15994513219/update-on-the-maniac talking about Wellnew on his Tumblr]{{Dead link}}, Wheatley inserts the photo of Newell in front of the Half-Life 3 logo.
* [[Filk Song]]:
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]:
* [[Hidden Depths]]:
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]:
** In a later post on the subject, Wheatley posts a picture of "his flatmate" to intimidate Merchant; its a picture of ''Gabe Newell''.
** Even later, he, after seeing a picture of Karl Pilkington, thinks about the [[Ricky Gervais]] Show and [[The Office]] as belonging to an alternate universe him.
* [[Musical World Hypothesis]]:
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]:
* [[Short Title: Long Elaborate Subtitle]]:
* [[Shout-Out]]: To dozens of internet memes. Wheatley's favorite show is [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Midget Horsey: Companionship is Enchanting]], and he plays [[World of Warcraft|World of]] [[Angry Birds|Angry]] [[FarmVille|Farms]], an "MMOFPSRPGRTSTD Point-and-Click Browser Game".
** In the Being Human universe, [[GLaDOS]] ''wrote'' [[Cupcakes]].
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*** Wheatley quotes the popular "Wheatley is the best at flirting" video in an attempt to woo Chell. It goes about as well as one can expect.
*** [[Half Life]] is a documentary series about the combine war, the third episode of the series was canceled in favor of reality television.
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]:
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]:
* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]:
* [[The Power of Love]]:
* [[Third-Act Misunderstanding]]:
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]:
** Wheatley ate a Candy Land board game once, he "was sick for days".
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]:
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