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* The ending song jokingly and mockingly references [[Half
* Doug Rattmann's den in the Companion Cube level also contains a rather well-hidden shout out to [[Isaac Asimov]]'s short story "Escape". His dens all have some poems altered to include cubes and the like. [http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Doug_Rattmann#Graffiti_list Here] is a full list of the graffiti drawings.
* You can find a drydock, with a life preserver titled "Borealis" next to it. The ''Borealis'' is where [[Half
* Cave Johnson implies that Black Mesa has stolen more than one of his inventions.
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* One of the displays in the old Aperture Science lobby also holds a series of awards. One diploma for the #2 spot on the top 100 list of the applied science companies of 1949, and two trophies (from 1952 and 1954) for the runner up of the "US Dept. of Defense Contractor of the Year". No points for guessing [[Half
* Another Asimov reference states that all turrets were given one copy of the Laws of Robotics... to share.
* There's a science experiment that resembles a [[Back to
* The trailers show a line-up of turrets, one of which proclaims [[Mystery Science Theater 3000
* GLaDOS says "Yesterday I saw a deer" at one point, referring to ''[[The Dandelion Girl]]''.
* In the ending, something flat (the monitor screen) flies by and Wheatley drifts forward, much like ''[[
* A [[Dummied Out]] line from co-op mode's original plot involving GLaDOS trying to get Atlas and P-Body to behave more like humans involved them bringing back a comic strip about [[Garfield (Comic Strip)|a cat who freeloads in a man's house and eats all his lasagna]]. [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|She's not very impressed]], and [[Garfield Minus Garfield
* One of the Achievements is called "Narbacular Drop", a shout out to the student project that eventually became ''Portal''.
* The Bots trailer features Atlas [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_gxLKSsSIE holding a frying pan with a pancake]. A bit of a [[Take That]] with Atlas [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMSAzZ76EU just not doing it right].
* One of the Fact Core's facts is [[SCTV
* In the comic, Chell's file states her test subject number as 1498, [[
* Caroline's line "Goodbye, Caroline!", to [[Laugh In]], which always ended with "Say good night, Dick!" "Good night, Dick!". Ironically, it was likely intended as a [[Shout
* One of the co-op achievements is called [[MC Hammer
* In one of GLaDOS's new test chambers, she says that the test chamber Chell is in requires explanation. Being GLaDOS, she gives it rather quickly, and then tells Chell to "remember what [she] just said in slow motion." If you actually ''do'' slow it down, you'll find out that is actually a passage from ''[[
* When navigating through the manufacturing factory with Wheatley, he off-handedly starts telling a ghost story. [[The Shining|"They say the old caretaker of this place went absolutely crazy, and chopped up his entire staff...of robots."]]
* Screaming, '''"I AM NOT A MORON!"''', reading philosophical books, and basically being a vengeful idiot who thinks he's a genius, yes, Wheatley has more than a little [[A Fish Called Wanda
* From the Blue Screen of Imminent Death: "OPERATOR ERROR. [[World of Warcraft
* From the Peer Review DLC: "Ahem, [[Walt Disney
* Rick, the Adventure sphere says that he's got a belt in just about everything, from Karate to [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/saxtonhale/poopyjoe.htm Larate].
* One of P-Body's dances makes her do a spinning dance, before stopping and shooting a Portal straight forwards. This is a reference to the dance the Wizzrobe from [[The Legend of Zelda:
* In the [[YouTube]] promo, Cave Johnson starts off talking about his father, "a Professor of Farming at the local Farm College." Cave Johnson's voice actor, [[
* One of the [[The Multiverse|parallel Caves]] mentions [[Soylent Green]].
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* Another parallel's apparently working on [[RoboCop
* And in another they successfully create psychics [[Scanners
* And in yet another Cave complains about [[They Live!|magic sunglasses that let the wearer see subliminal messages on the walls]].
* An...altered version of ''[[Wuthering Heights (
* And there there's "Cave Johnson here. Just a reminder that the core goal of Aperture Gas-Finding Science is to find gas, so make sure you let us know if you see any. If we meet our quarterly gas-finding target, I promise you we will don our bondage gear, fuel our death cars, and drive around in circles, whooping it up and shooting arrows at people. Who is ready to rule the wasteland? Alright, start looking". [[Mad Max]] anyone?
* And then of course, there is ''[[Smokey and
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