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Does Chell DIE In Portal 2?

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Leisure, Games

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Join Game Theory Host MatPat as he breaks down the iconic ending of Portal 2, and the effect it would have on Chell.


Credits:

Writers: Matthew Patrick and Justin Kuiper Editors: Forrest Lee, Dan "Cybert" Seibert, Pedro Freitas, and Shannon (Bomb0i) Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

Transcript

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0:00.0

Here come the test results. You are a horrible person. That's what it says. A horrible person. We weren't even testing for them.

0:10.0

Mm. Whoa.

0:13.0

Are you still there?

0:14.0

I wish I could take it all back.

0:16.0

And not just because I'm stranded in space.

0:18.0

I hate peace. Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory.

0:45.0

Before we get any further, spoiler warning,

0:47.0

we're going to be talking about the ending of Portal 2.

0:49.0

If that matters to you, then why haven't you played the game in the last nine years? I mean its base price is $10, but more often than not it's even on a discount. Heck, I've paid more than that for crappy indie horror games. Looking at you, hello neighbor. Anyway, if you care about Portal 2 spoilers and somehow haven't already played it, or heck, if it's been a while since you last played it, go, spend the afternoon beating it, then come back and watch this video. All right, everyone back?

1:13.0

Cool.

1:14.0

As you all know, since you all took my advice and just played through the game,

1:16.0

obviously Portal 2 has you playing the role of Test Subject

1:20.0

1498, aka Chell, or Chell, I'm gonna call her Chell.

1:23.8

There's an unused voice line of Glados,

1:25.9

actually saying her name,

1:27.3

and that's the way she pronounces it,

1:28.6

as far as how you pronounce Glados,

1:31.4

Gladys, apparently is a viable option.

1:34.2

It's at least in the Wikipedia page.

1:36.0

These sorts of things make me so tired.

1:37.6

Anyway, you play as Chellu wakes up in a stasis chamber in the aperture science research

1:41.6

facility.

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