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{{quote|'''Wheatley:''' I shouldn't laugh; they do feel pain. All simulated of course, but, uh, real enough to them, I suppose.}}
*** A particular hilarious lampshading is how, according to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GGPIQ72-2Vg#t=15s a diagram in trailer], they have a device specifically made to suppress the empathy they feel from another device that '''gives''' them empathy ''[[Rule of Funny|for no reason whatsoever.]]'' The result is an [[Apologetic Attacker]].
** On a technical note, [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] {{spoiler|has some variety of human consciousness inside her somewhere, in the form of Caroline. As to why? Recordings made by Aperture's founder Cave Johnson imply that [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] was supposed to maintain the facility after Johnson's death and pursue portal gun testing with an almost single-minded intensity. Plus, it's implied that Personality Cores were somehow connected to Johnson's desire to upload his mind into a computer system so...}}
** Wheatley is also a perfect example. In fact, [[Up to Eleven|he's even ''more'' realistic than GLaDOS]] because his voice isn't [[Robo Speak|monotone and computerized]] like hers. He also possesses a very human brand of stupidity, and apparently experiences more varied and realistic emotions than she does.
** ATLAS and P-Body (Blue and Orange), the robots from the multiplayer, were designed to have genders, masculine and feminine respectively (although Wheatley and [[G La DOSGLaDOS]] have a male and female voice respectively, there's no evidence they particularly see themselves as anything but genderless robots).
** If this makes any sense, the automated repair functions of the Aperture Testing Facility. There's an almost organic quality to the movements of the panels; it's most obvious in spots where debris is blocking them, as the system tries to force them into place.
* Robin Good in ''[[Black Market (video game)|Black Market]].''
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