Doug rattmann

Delusional, running low on medication and traveling with what he sees to be a talking Weighted Companion Doug rattmanndoug rattmann watches from the shadows as Chell is put through GLaDOS ' testing course. Although he is never spotted in-game in any of the playable Portal series, his refuge areas referred to as dens can be found by Chell, doug rattmann, doug rattmann, containing crude bedding, empty cans of beans and scribblings and dioramas on the walls. It is in one of these dens that the warning phrase "The cake is a lie" can be found scribbled on a wall; as GLaDOS continually promises that there would be cake at the end of testing. Following Chell's conflict with GLaDOS after her escape from the testing tracks, doug rattmann, the Lab Rat comic details Rattmann's point of view after the events of Portal in which he follows the sound of the explosion and finds a route to the outside world after the destruction of GLaDOS.

Prior to the events of Portal while GLaDOS began flooding the entire facility with neurotoxin , Rattmann is the only known employee to have survived. A paranoid schizophrenic , he is dependent on anti-psychotic medication as a means of keeping him sane. Rattmann does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the backstage of various testing chambers in Portal and the single-player campaign of Portal 2. Prepared for the outcome, he survives the initial attempts to kill him and proceeds to sneak through parts of the facility, avoiding GLaDOS who is actively hunting him. Acting on a 'hunch', he breaks into the test subjects' filing room and arranges Chell 's name to the top of the test subject roster, [3] leading to the events in Portal. Delusional, running low on medication and travelling with what he sees to be a talking Weighted Companion Cube , he watches from the shadows as Chell is put through GLaDOS ' testing course. Although he is never spotted in-game in any of the playable Portal series, his refuge areas referred to as dens can be found by Chell, containing crude bedding, empty cans of beans and scribblings and dioramas on the walls.

Doug rattmann

Introduced through his murals in Portal , his story was expanded in Portal 2: Lab Rat. When working for Aperture Science, Rattmann was charged with the maintenance of the Aperture Image Format , an interactive graphics format created in He had access to Aperture Science's bulletin board system , with the login "drattmann" and the password "h0nee". Henry praised their technological advances, stating that artificial consciousness is the next frontier. Doug was not convinced by this since GLaDOS attempted to kill everyone each time she was turned on, forcing them to switch her off. Later, Doug came across Henry while he was designing the Morality Core. Henry asked him to turn it on, then Doug asked him what it was, to which Henry answered that it was the latest in AI inhibition technology, that it would act on GLaDOS as her conscience. Rattmann believed it was insufficient to stop her murderous intentions, arguing that " you can always ignore your conscience. When GLaDOS was activated in , [6] she became self-aware, locked down the facility, and flooded the Enrichment Center with deadly neurotoxins. She attempted to convince him that his situation was a result of his paranoia, but he ignored her. Rattmann got a hunch about a Test Subject, Chell , who he thought could make a difference. He fled to the file room and found her file.

Upon regaining consciousness, he is back into his psychosis, doug rattmann, discovering that he can no longer rescue Chell. Ha ha Cake.

Some time after the events of Portal 2: Lab Rat [1]. Programmer [2]. Male [2] [3]. Dark brown [3]. Light blue [3] may have anisocoria. Rattmann was introduced through his murals in Portal , and his story was expanded on in Portal 2: Lab Rat.

Portal 2: Lab Rat is a comic released in April of It can be found online and in the "Extras" Section of Portal 2. It was a joint project between Valve and established comic book artists, such as Michael Avon Oeming and Jay Pinkerton , the comic depicts the events between the end of Portal and the beginning of Portal 2. The comic follows Doug Rattman , a lab worker at Aperture Science with a history of schizophrenia , who survives GLaDOS 's attempt to murder every employee in the Aperture Science facility when she is first turned on. Following several flashbacks of Rattman's employment at Aperture Science, he witnesses firsthand the ending events of Portal. After Chell is abducted by the Party Escort Bot , he delves back into the crumbling complex in an attempt to rescue her. Upon finding Chell, he is unable to release her from her solitary confinement and, noticing that power systems are beginning to fail, he patches her chamber into a reserve grid, saving her life while at the same time trapping her for an unknown period of time. The comic ends with the injured Rattman crawling into a cryo-unit and putting himself to sleep. Page 1.

Doug rattmann

Prior to the events of Portal while GLaDOS began flooding the entire facility with neurotoxin , Rattmann is the only known employee to have survived. A paranoid schizophrenic , he is dependent on anti-psychotic medication as a means of keeping him sane. Rattmann does not appear in-game in any form, instead leaving behind paintings and murals which can be found throughout the backstage of various testing chambers in Portal and the single-player campaign of Portal 2. Prepared for the outcome, he survives the initial attempts to kill him and proceeds to sneak through parts of the facility, avoiding GLaDOS who is actively hunting him. Acting on a 'hunch', he breaks into the test subjects' filing room and arranges Chell 's name to the top of the test subject roster, [3] leading to the events in Portal.

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Who Is Doug Rattmann? Sign In Register. Reuses a handprint texture seen in-game. He's dead. A total of 12 have been discovered, 5 in Portal and 7 in Portal 2. See also: Songs to Test By. Convinced she is the one he needs to stop GLaDOS, he put her on top of the Test Subject list, so that she would be the first to be picked in the next test. When GLaDOS was activated back then, she became self-aware, locked down the facility, and flooded the Enrichment Center with deadly neurotoxins. This article has yet to be cleaned up to a higher standard of quality. Support the Wiki. The login name and password which are referring to Cave Johnson and his three tiered program may give an explanation as to how Rattmann opened up certain areas of the Test Chambers and gained access to other areas of the facility, etc. All that is left of him in Portal 2 , like in the first game, are wall scribblings and various dioramas depicting either what he witnessed or simply what he feels like expressing. Black Mesa. Doug Rattmann. The Companion Cube illustration was available to purchase on a T-shirt at the Valve Store for a time.

Portal 2: Lab Rat is a comic made to bridge the gap between Portal and Portal 2. The first part of the comic was published April 8, ; the second part was released April 11, Lab Rat is a full in-house production that was entirely supervised by Valve.

Current Wiki. However, the Companion Cube informs him that he can still save her by patching her Cryo-Chamber into the Reserve Grid, placing her in stasis for an unspecified amount of time, but saving her from death. Possibly a reference to "Smooth jazz will be deployed in 3, 2, Back in the facility, he discovers that Chell has been placed in a Cryo-Chamber in the Relaxation Center. Feeling guilt, as it was his actions that resulted in her being the first test subject, he once again enters the facility and finds Chell has been put in long-term cryogenic relaxation. Purchase Updates Community Hub. Visit our Cleanup Project for more details and, please, notify the administrators before removing this template. As seen in Portal 2: Lab Rat , Rattmann appears to have a pupil larger than the other. The left paragraph, written under the family picture with Companion Cubes pasted on their heads, is a pastiche of " Because I could not stop for Death " by Emily Dickinson : Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality. Helping lead Chell through her escape. Rattmann's name has been spelled both with one and two n's. Test Chamber The text forms a heart around three portraits. The same looking mouth, though with a word "Vilify", is featured in another graffiti.