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[[File:P2_tSSoAT_II_2_6274.png|frame|link=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29956148/P2_tSSoAT_II.png|About how much [[Canon Defilement]] you can expect in this one? For one, Aperture facility is underground (and its height underground is actually ''bigger'' than this building's height), then "The Stupidest Sequel of All Time" is written in the same font as [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Sburb land names]], then there's the IV, which is purely meaning nothing.]]
[[File:P2_tSSoAT_II_2_6274.png|frame|link=http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29956148/P2_tSSoAT_II.png|About how much [[Canon Defilement]] you can expect in this one? For one, Aperture facility is underground (and its height underground is actually ''bigger'' than this building's height), then "The Stupidest Sequel of All Time" is written in the same font as [[Homestuck|Sburb land names]], then there's the IV, which is purely meaning nothing.]]
{{quote| ''[[The New Tens|Three years.]] [[Freudian Trio|Three characters.]] [[Rule of Three|Three]] [[Choose Your Own Adventure|adventures.]][[Tradesnark|™]]''}}
{{quote| ''[[The New Tens|Three years.]] [[Freudian Trio|Three characters.]] [[Rule of Three|Three]] [[Choose Your Own Adventure|adventures.]][[Tradesnark|™]]''}}


[[Action 52|And now.]] ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise.
[[Action 52|And now.]] ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise.


Made by a person taken straight from [[Commie Land|the former Soviet Union]] <ref>Technically, work on ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise started (2008 December) after the Soviet Union's dissolution (1991 December) and the "earliest point" of the franchise (1910 April) occurs before the Bolshevik take-over of Russian Empire (1918 November).</ref>, [[Portal (Video Game)|Aperture Science]] [[Overly Long Name|Business Magnet]], ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise isn't really popular, it just tends to get on top of Google searches a lot.
Made by a person taken straight from [[Commie Land|the former Soviet Union]] <ref>Technically, work on ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise started (2008 December) after the Soviet Union's dissolution (1991 December) and the "earliest point" of the franchise (1910 April) occurs before the Bolshevik take-over of Russian Empire (1918 November).</ref>, [[Portal (series)|Aperture Science]] [[Overly Long Name|Business Magnet]], ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise isn't really popular, it just tends to get on top of Google searches a lot.


Its entire story can't be explained with one work set in it, and stacking works one upon another makes it worse, to the point of being more confusing than ''Homestuck'', the queen of convoluted plots itself. Let's say all you need to know is that there is one [[Marty Stu]], Aperture Science Business Magnet, that is essentially a [[Self Insert]] who went forward in time and became the leader of Aperture Science, and there is another Sue, Ms. Johnson-Rattmann "interdimensionalPortaller", that is originally [[Heroic Mime|Chell from Portal 1]] who, along with heavy characterization, received Sue powers and rose to power rivaling the first Stu's, and there are also canons they mangle horribly while fighting for power.
Its entire story can't be explained with one work set in it, and stacking works one upon another makes it worse, to the point of being more confusing than ''Homestuck'', the queen of convoluted plots itself. Let's say all you need to know is that there is one [[Marty Stu]], Aperture Science Business Magnet, that is essentially a [[Self Insert]] who went forward in time and became the leader of Aperture Science, and there is another Sue, Ms. Johnson-Rattmann "interdimensionalPortaller", that is originally [[Heroic Mime|Chell from Portal 1]] who, along with heavy characterization, received Sue powers and rose to power rivaling the first Stu's, and there are also canons they mangle horribly while fighting for power.
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* [[Actionized Sequel]]: ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' is this to the ''Portal'' game, to the point that it doesn't really fit the atmosphere.
* [[Actionized Sequel]]: ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' is this to the ''Portal'' game, to the point that it doesn't really fit the atmosphere.
* [[Airstrip One]]: Let's just see how horrible the franchise has got it.
* [[Airstrip One]]: Let's just see how horrible the franchise has got it.
{{quote| [[Useful Notes/Lithuania|Aperture Science 3007 Colony]], officially the Republic of Idiots (Idiotų Respublika) is a nickname for an Aperture Science colony in northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic colonies (the other ones, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Latvia|Latvia]] and [[Useful Notes/Estonia|Estonia]]}}, being controlled by Black Mesa). Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with {{spoiler|Latvia}} to the north, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Belarus|Belarus]]}} / White Russia to the southeast, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Poland|Poland]]}}, oops I mean Land of Life and No Death, and the {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Russia|Russian]] exclave of Kaliningrad}} to the southwest. Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies [[Useful Notes/Sweden|the country which claims it made]] [[Minecraft (Video Game)|Minecraft]] and [[Useful Notes/Denmark|another one full of pigs.]] Its population is 3320 (99.9% of its original population emigrated). Its capital is [[Creator Provincialism|the Village Meškučiai]] and largest city is {{spoiler|Vilnius}}.}}
{{quote| [[Useful Notes/Lithuania|Aperture Science 3007 Colony]], officially the Republic of Idiots (Idiotų Respublika) is a nickname for an Aperture Science colony in northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic colonies (the other ones, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Latvia|Latvia]] and [[Useful Notes/Estonia|Estonia]]}}, being controlled by Black Mesa). Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with {{spoiler|Latvia}} to the north, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Belarus|Belarus]]}} / White Russia to the southeast, {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Poland|Poland]]}}, oops I mean Land of Life and No Death, and the {{spoiler|[[Useful Notes/Russia|Russian]] exclave of Kaliningrad}} to the southwest. Across the Baltic Sea to the west lies [[Useful Notes/Sweden|the country which claims it made]] [[Minecraft]] and [[Useful Notes/Denmark|another one full of pigs.]] Its population is 3320 (99.9% of its original population emigrated). Its capital is [[Creator Provincialism|the Village Meškučiai]] and largest city is {{spoiler|Vilnius}}.}}


{{quote| CINEMATRONICS CELEBRATIONS HEADQUARTERS, [[Valve Software|BELLEVUE]], [[Useful Notes/The United States|THE CORNER OF THE WORLD THAT ISN’T OWNED BY APERTURE NOR BY BLACK MESA]]}}
{{quote| CINEMATRONICS CELEBRATIONS HEADQUARTERS, [[Valve Software|BELLEVUE]], [[Useful Notes/The United States|THE CORNER OF THE WORLD THAT ISN’T OWNED BY APERTURE NOR BY BLACK MESA]]}}
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** 2011: Not as elaborate, but the Soviet Union is returning and Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki is a Soviet republic.
** 2011: Not as elaborate, but the Soviet Union is returning and Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki is a Soviet republic.
** 2012: There was a huge buildup that preceded this April Fools' Day by providing pictures of Vriska over the news, but on the day itself, the author went to play in a ''Minecraft Invader Zim'' server, because ''Minecraft'' is the TV show about Steve? trying to take over the Earth and Herobrine trying to stop him and ''Invader Zim'' is the video game where Dib landed on Zim's planet and forgot he was supposed to kill Zim.
** 2012: There was a huge buildup that preceded this April Fools' Day by providing pictures of Vriska over the news, but on the day itself, the author went to play in a ''Minecraft Invader Zim'' server, because ''Minecraft'' is the TV show about Steve? trying to take over the Earth and Herobrine trying to stop him and ''Invader Zim'' is the video game where Dib landed on Zim's planet and forgot he was supposed to kill Zim.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Originally a story of a new far-future Aperture leader, it has taken on two other fandoms, ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' and ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]'', and most of its plot revolves around the 20th, 21st and 22nd centuries.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Originally a story of a new far-future Aperture leader, it has taken on two other fandoms, ''[[Homestuck]]'' and ''[[Invader Zim]]'', and most of its plot revolves around the 20th, 21st and 22nd centuries.
* [[Artificial Brilliance]]: 0ver5e3r was built to be better than GLaDOS in every way, and even scores an additional point in the Aperture Intelligence scale.
* [[Artificial Brilliance]]: 0ver5e3r was built to be better than GLaDOS in every way, and even scores an additional point in the Aperture Intelligence scale.
** This trope also includes the "lightbugs" from ''Thinking with Diversity Vents'' work, which do something you wouldn't expect from an amateur mapper: normally, they go around until you complete a test chamber (which is just a button leading to "the outside"), but once you hop onto them, they will go away from a test chamber.
** This trope also includes the "lightbugs" from ''Thinking with Diversity Vents'' work, which do something you wouldn't expect from an amateur mapper: normally, they go around until you complete a test chamber (which is just a button leading to "the outside"), but once you hop onto them, they will go away from a test chamber.
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** [[Big Labyrinthine Building|"Aperture Science Main Headquarters 3007"]] are 3007.1009 meters high, which makes the Burj Khalifa look like a wooden stick stranded on a dirt land.
** [[Big Labyrinthine Building|"Aperture Science Main Headquarters 3007"]] are 3007.1009 meters high, which makes the Burj Khalifa look like a wooden stick stranded on a dirt land.
** Some of the empires are ''really'' [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|out of scale]]. And by that I mean, they span an entire ''universe''.
** Some of the empires are ''really'' [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|out of scale]]. And by that I mean, they span an entire ''universe''.
* [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp|Call GLaDOS "ASCAIS"]] - That's what people from 1998 tell you. (Except they actually don't know the name "GLaDOS" in the first place.)
* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|Call GLaDOS "ASCAIS"]] - That's what people from 1998 tell you. (Except they actually don't know the name "GLaDOS" in the first place.)
** Though, at least three attempts were made to bring ''Portal 2'' story back.
** Though, at least three attempts were made to bring ''Portal 2'' story back.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Most notably for Chell Johnson, who from a [[Heroic Mime]] turned into the leader of the franchise's [[La Résistance]], and 0ver5e3r, who from "yet another GLaDOS" turned into a [[Blue Blood]] [[Ditzy Genius]].
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Most notably for Chell Johnson, who from a [[Heroic Mime]] turned into the leader of the franchise's [[La Résistance]], and 0ver5e3r, who from "yet another GLaDOS" turned into a [[Blue Blood]] [[Ditzy Genius]].
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* [[Last Supper Steal]]: The Eleven.
* [[Last Supper Steal]]: The Eleven.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: If you write fan fiction for or make a mod for ''Portal'', there is an approximate chance of 10% that the Business Magnet will include it in his ever-expanding franchise.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: If you write fan fiction for or make a mod for ''Portal'', there is an approximate chance of 10% that the Business Magnet will include it in his ever-expanding franchise.
** If the fan fiction or mod becomes [[Its My Life (Fanfic)|(in)]][[Portal Prelude|famous]], the chance raises to 100%.
** If the fan fiction or mod becomes [[It's My Life|(in)]][[Portal Prelude|famous]], the chance raises to 100%.
** If the plot for the fan fiction or mod changes, said work is discredited from the franchise, yet the things "borrowed" from it remain.
** If the plot for the fan fiction or mod changes, said work is discredited from the franchise, yet the things "borrowed" from it remain.
** If you actually frown upon that, it gets to an edit war lasting a goddamn year.
** If you actually frown upon that, it gets to an edit war lasting a goddamn year.
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{{quote| [http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/Caroline_Johnson „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife-" Who left a mistake HERE? IN THE FAN FICTION APPLICATION? These events are supposed to be REAL!]<br />
{{quote| [http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/Caroline_Johnson „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife-" Who left a mistake HERE? IN THE FAN FICTION APPLICATION? These events are supposed to be REAL!]<br />
[http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/Aperture_Science_BBS_System_Fan_Fiction_Application „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife Caroline [Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki Narrator's note: appears as "Gladys" in the original] was captured by „our benefactors"..."]<br />
[http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/Aperture_Science_BBS_System_Fan_Fiction_Application „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife Caroline [Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki Narrator's note: appears as "Gladys" in the original] was captured by „our benefactors"..."]<br />
[https://twitter.com/#!/ASBusinessMagne/status/103916904988684288 „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife] [[Its My Life (Fanfic)|CAROLINE (See I listen to Portal 2 instead of FALMER TROLLZ)]] was captured by „our benefactors"..." }}
[https://twitter.com/#!/ASBusinessMagne/status/103916904988684288 „The year 1986. While Cave Johnson's wife] [[It's My Life|CAROLINE (See I listen to Portal 2 instead of FALMER TROLLZ)]] was captured by „our benefactors"..." }}
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: For any given Aperture Intelligence, expect them to have precisely ''two'' human versions: one that was the intelligence's origin, and one for which ''the intelligence'' is an origin.
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: For any given Aperture Intelligence, expect them to have precisely ''two'' human versions: one that was the intelligence's origin, and one for which ''the intelligence'' is an origin.
** And they apparently still retain whatever mental abilities they had while still a machine.
** And they apparently still retain whatever mental abilities they had while still a machine.
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]: If there's any reason to stuff first "@" into a name, then "¤", and then just forget the rules of grammar altogether and talk in apparent gibberish.
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]: If there's any reason to stuff first "@" into a name, then "¤", and then just forget the rules of grammar altogether and talk in apparent gibberish.
** This also leads into a [[No OSHA Compliance|No]] [[Fanfiction.net|FanFiction.Net]] [[No OSHA Compliance|Compliance]]: FanFiction.Net thinks "GL@DDA Magnet" is an email address.
** This also leads into a [[No OSHA Compliance|No]] [[Fanfiction.net]] [[No OSHA Compliance|Compliance]]: FanFiction.Net thinks "GL@DDA Magnet" is an email address.
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: The latter half of ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' and all the works onwards will almost always feature the creators with a hostile relationship towards the Business Magnet, even when [[No Fourth Wall|it doesn't make any sense.]]
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: The latter half of ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' and all the works onwards will almost always feature the creators with a hostile relationship towards the Business Magnet, even when [[No Fourth Wall|it doesn't make any sense.]]
{{quote| interdimensionalPortaller: You see how almost all the characters he is writing about are against him?<br />
{{quote| interdimensionalPortaller: You see how almost all the characters he is writing about are against him?<br />
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**** Though, the number increased.
**** Though, the number increased.
* [[Show Within a Show]] Type 4: ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' exists inside ''itself''.
* [[Show Within a Show]] Type 4: ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' exists inside ''itself''.
** Though, in [[The Movie|the movie]] it pops off the existence.
** Though, in [[The Movie]] it pops off the existence.
*** Would explain how the movie's plot has nothing to do with the fan fiction's.
*** Would explain how the movie's plot has nothing to do with the fan fiction's.
* [[Spell My Name With a "The"]]: ''Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki'' [http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/User:ASBusinessMagnet resorts to putting "the" in the parentheses.]
* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: ''Portal: The 4th Millennium Wiki'' [http://portal-the-4th-millennium.wikia.com/wiki/User:ASBusinessMagnet resorts to putting "the" in the parentheses.]
** Also almost every work within ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise has a "the" stranded somewhere.
** Also almost every work within ''Portal: The 4th Millennium'' franchise has a "the" stranded somewhere.
* [[Unusual Chapter Numbers]]: Being that the Business Magnet is [[The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night Time|another 15 year old crazy math nerd]], it is totally expectable. Detailed explanation:
* [[Unusual Chapter Numbers]]: Being that the Business Magnet is [[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time|another 15 year old crazy math nerd]], it is totally expectable. Detailed explanation:
** Originally, ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' was a one block ficlet, and hence did not feature any numbering.
** Originally, ''Portal 2: The Stupidest Sequel of All Time'' was a one block ficlet, and hence did not feature any numbering.
** The second take was preceded with "I wrote the next part."
** The second take was preceded with "I wrote the next part."
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