Portal (series): Difference between revisions
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6
No edit summary |
(Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.8.6) |
||
Line 65:
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Ellen McLain is an operatic singer, which means she sings one hell of a credits song.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The radio in Chell's room/cell/pod, a seemingly innocuous prop (which played an uptempo version of "Still Alive"), was given an upgrade into a myth arc/ARG prop status two years after release.
* [[Cleveland Rocks]]: [http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/File:Borealis_plans_01.png Apparently], Portal takes place in Cleveland. Specifically, it takes place in the ''massive'', miles-deep remains of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505035251/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/07/eveningnews/main7327498.shtml real-life salt mines] near Cleveland that were, in-story, purchased by Cave Johnson back in the 40s and expanded into a gigantic labyrinth of testing and production facilities. The sequel, however, apparently [[Retcon|retcons]] this by placing the mine in Michigan.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Aperture Science CEO Cave Johnson, according to the company's [[Backstory]]. His many questionable acts include founding a shower curtain manufacturing company named Aperture Science, believing time was flowing backwards as he laid on his death bed, and deciding that developing a [[Stop Helping Me!|Heimlich Counter-Maneuver]] and creating a [[Evil Is Petty|Take-A-Wish Foundation]] were two important plans for Aperture Science's future ([[Timey-Wimey Ball|or past, as he saw it]]). Even the portal project was originally developed because, [https://www.webcitation.org/694C73R0S?url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/03/24/aperture-science_3a00_-a-history.aspx in Johnson's own words]:
{{quote|'''Cave Johnson:'''...well, it’d be like, I don't know, something that would help with the shower curtains I guess. I haven’t worked this idea out as much as the wish-taking one.}}
| |||