The Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory is the moniker of Mike Mora… Read Full Bio ↴The Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory is the moniker of Mike Morasky, a composer for Valve. The laboratory is part of the Aperture Science Laboratory, researching psychoacoustics to enhance the immersive and multidimensional experience generated by Valve's most widely lauded game, Portal and its successor Portal 2.

According to Aperture, "Whether you’re a mega-science corporation with decades of test experience, or a young start-up liberating your first test subject from non-testing with a chloroform-soaked rag, Aperture guarantees results. Wake up your test subject, open the chamber door, and press play—let Aperture’s patent-pending rhythmic compliance enhancers do the rest." Thus far, three volumes of material have been made available and are all free to download from here: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php

I AM NOT A MORON!
Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory Lyrics

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Cara Mia Addio Cara bella, cara mia bella! Mia bambina, o Chell! Ché la…
PotatOS Lament Potato lacrimosa Potato po uota Diva me a atra anima evicta …
Still Alive This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS. It…
Want You Gone Well here we are again It's always such a pleasure Remembe…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Whoknowswhat

2y↑630

Here’s the funny thing about Wheatley calling you “Tiny and insignificant”

We’ve been shown very early on that Wheatley has a tendency to project his own feelings onto other people. Like when he says this just before you enter GLaDOS’s ruined chamber:

“So. If you've got any reservations whatsoever about this plan, now would be a tremendous time to voice them… Riggght now. In case you thought to yourself, 'I've missed the window of time to voice my reservations.' Still open."

Only to then follow that up with

“Okay, I'm gonna lay my cards on the table: I don't wanna do it. I don't want to go in there. Don't... Don't go in there - She's off. She's off! Panic over! She's off. All fine! On we go."

And later on when GLaDOS is being reactivated, he projects his own fear and panic onto Chell

“Okay don't panic! Alright? Stop panicking! (Is the one panicking) I can still stop this. Ahh. Oh there's a password. It's fine. I'll just hack it. Not a problem... umm..."

So when Wheatley says this:

“Look how small you are down there! I can barely see you! Very tiny and insignificant.”

It’s projection. He really means that about himself because only a few moments later, he follows that up with

“I did this! Tiny little Wheatley did this.”

He’s the one who sees HIMSELF as “tiny and insignificant” and that amount of power on someone with an inferiority complex and low self esteem who craves validation and to feel like he’s important is a recipe for disaster. What Wheatley needs is therapy.

And no. I do not believe that Wheatley is actually a moron. He’s far too self aware and he does come up with clever ideas to help you (Coming up with the plan to disable GLaDOS’s defenses as well as figuring out the puzzle for the turret control center if you take too long to figure it out yourself). If anything, he’s as smart as the average person. FAR from being “the dumbest moron who ever lived”

What I think is that Wheatley is very clearly mentally ill, insecure and emotionally unstable. I mean, if you were called stupid from the moment you were born and then treated unfairly due to nobody having any faith in you over a label or assigned purpose / social status that you had no say or control over, you would come out of it with some deeply rooted psychological issues as well.

And then having the chassis amplify his neurosis and give him an addiction to the solution euphoria comparable to that of a cocaine addiction (as stated by the developers) only made things worse. Because now he’s engaging in the robot equivalent of substance abuse and elevated power/social status to cope with his inferiority complex.

Chances are that Wheatley has never received any validation or recognition for anything good he’s ever done in his life. And when GLaDOS said that he didn’t do anything and that Chell did all the work, he got upset and immediately assumed that Chell agreed with her, prompting him to turn against Chell. Because he thought she was turning against him like seemingly everyone else who had ever doubted him.

Rachel McDang

9y↑494

"Oh! Sorry, the lift. Sorry. I keep forgetting." the lift starts going up "This body is amazing, seriously! I can't get over how small you are! But I'm HUGE!!" Wheatley starts laughing, but it turns from innocent to evil "...Actually, why do we have to leave RIGHT now?"

and

Wheatley: "Ah. See that? That is a potato battery. It's a toy for children. And now she lives in it." laughs
GLaDOS: quietly "I know you..."
Wheatley: "Sorry, what?"
GLaDOS: "The engineers tried everything to make me... behave. To slow me down. Once, they even attached an Intelligence Dampening Sphere on me. It clung to my brain like a tumor, generating an endless stream if terrible ideas."
Wheatley: "No! I'm not listening! I'm not listening!"
GLaDOS: "It was YOUR voice."
Wheatley: "No! No! You're LYING! You're LYING!"
GLaDOS: "Yes. You're the tumor. You're not just a regular moron. You were DESIGNED to be a moron."
Wheatley: "I AM NOT! A! MORON!"
GLaDOS: "YES YOU ARE! YOU'RE THE MORON THEY BUILT TO MAKE ME AN IDIOT!"
Wheatley: breaks the glass with GLaDOS "Well how about now?! NOW WHO'S A MORON?! Could a MORON! PUNCH! YOU! INTO! THIS! PIT?! Huh?! Could a moron do THAT?! Uh oh..." the floor beneath you breaks

All comments from YouTube:

Skeleton

2y↑881

Wheatley’s betrayal was honestly so sad. Before you get in the elevator pretty much all of his dialogue is about how he and chell can escape together. He really was planning on giving up his power and escape to the surface with chell. He was so selfless

Fäzzy

1y↑166

Exactly, i neve saw him as a villian, i saw him as somebody that was acting over his emotions instead of his reasoning, he was only really angry and sad at his own existance and couldn't handle it anymore. It's honestly quite depressing

Skeleton

1y↑70

@ailights well, he already was being corrupted before GLaDOS made him mad. But yeah, GLaDOS def shared in making him worse

Socially Undead

48w↑73

Not to mention he was incredibly damaged by GLaDOS and was clearly having some issues. He just seemed surprisingly human. When he finally got the power to stand up for himself he went crazy with it. Ultimately, he just wanted to be free to be whatever he wanted. You can even see as the testing program starts torturing him near the end. He was never designed to handle that weight.

Hgre

48w↑9

@Socially Undead he plans to escape the facility because he know that there will be a nuclear meltdown, with another subject, of course they all died except Chell because they have peanut brain unlike Wheatley

Uuan

43w↑4

@Hgre *would have all died

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Whoknowswhat

2y↑630

bee man

50w↑93

i apprecciate the effort of making an entire diddly dang essay for wheatley's mistreatment but the saddest thing about him is that his name is wheatley

Whoknowswhat

50w↑86

@bee man He most likely named himself Wheatley because he didn’t want to be known as the “Intelligence Dampening Sphere.”

Yeetus Deletus

45w↑65

"...you might have a very minor case of serious brain damage." *is the one designed to have brain damage*

The Brick.

45w↑2

🤓🤓

Marsheh2

44w↑28

Dear god, I am Wheatley. I remember when I became a teacher I went on a power trip. The power and status blinded me, only after I quit did I realize what I had done.

If you never received much recognition or love growing up, if you were bullied and treated wrongly, or if you grew up with traumatic events (parents divorce, loss, etc.), you may be susceptible to going on a power trip, like me. It doesn't matter if you think you won't, because on days when you ever feel burnt out, stressed, or angry while at work, you may start rationalizing things you normally wouldn't do before.

To be less susceptible to going on a power trip, take care of yourself, resolve any issues that are holding you back since childhood, learn more about yourself such as your positive traits and your own limits, set healthy boundaries with everyone, and most of all, forgive yourself for whatever hardships you had to face growing up, because it probably wasn't easy and you deserve some credit.

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Emes

8y↑3.8K

That breakdown at 1:35, together with Wheatley's laugh turning maniacal... Wow, this was one of the greates scene of video games. Masterpiece.

Elorram Basdo

6y↑128

I am on my 6th play through of the game. I will go for a little bit, then I will hear some song or I will play Cara Mia Addio on the piano, and I will feel that need to play it again. Fuck this is some awesome music.

ThroatyChunk

4y↑60

The part we all came to this video for

Salete Viana

4y↑17

@ThroatyChunk Honestly tho

Helix Galvani

4y↑21

i agree the score completely adds to the experience

Luna The leopard gecko

4y↑26

i havent listened to this soundtrack in years and hearing it again after finding this sound track gave me fucking chills

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Bad Pixel Productions

8y↑4.5K

I didn't see it coming until I was in the elevator. When Wheatly started rambling on about how small you are, I figured out the message of the game. If you give anything the amount of power that GLADOS and Wheatly had, it will corrupt them. Before then, wheatly didn't fit into the story, but when he became corrupted, it all made sense because valve wanted to show that even a personality like Wheatly can be corrupted with that much power. Great storytelling

Justin Cariño

7y↑485

Wheatley was originally planned to be killed off for real early on and then there would be more personality cores to guide the player, but the play testers felt that there wasn't enough time to get emotionally attached to the new characters and they wanted more Wheatley. So Wheatley's role got expanded and he became the final villain.

Blueforce, the apache pilot

6y↑27

GLaDOS* lol

imeatingicecreamrn __

5y↑220

Wheatley was kind of already corrupted. He was designed to make bad decisions and generally not do anything of value, hence his original designation as a "Intelligence Dampening Core", originally supposed to be one of the personality cores attached to GLaDOS when "she" was being made.

Szab M

5y↑71

It also taught us, power can only be given to someone who knows how to use it

Axodus

5y↑66

@imeatingicecreamrn __ Yeah, But GLaDOS learned to ignore his voice over time, So they had to shut her off and think of something else.

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True Omega

3y↑575

The best Wheatley line is actually a secret one:
The puppet master! You're a puppet in a play, and I hold all the strings!
And cards, still. Got the cards in one hand, strings in the other. And I'm making you dance
like a puppet. Playing cards.

puppy0cam has no life

2y↑33

Go fish

noob

2y↑36

That isn't secret, I've heard it in the game. I remember him spamming it on some level I got stuck on

A Mistake

2y↑6

@puppy0cam has no life good fish

Jessica Caron

2y↑14

Oh no, I’ve always thought that Wheatley and GLaDOS are dancing on the strings of dead men and it’s only Chell that breaks hers

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Brendan

7y↑1.2K

this song always makes me recall all of Stephen Merchant's lines for this part of the game. Nobody could have done wheatley better, and nobody ever will. I still believe that Portal 2 is stephen's best acting to date.

You gotta love valve, man. all the music, atmospheric effects, animation, and voice acting come together perfectly in their games, and this section of Portal 2 is the prime example of such great teamwork.

Fandom-trash

6y↑36

Brendan I mean, Harry101UK does a well Wheatley impression, like, his voice is literally almost Wheatley.

Bee Ninja

5y↑16

Brendan the only thing I don’t like about valve is their inability to count past 2

Hyane, high-octane

5y↑24

I want to add on top of the English voice acting being great, the French one is surprisingly almost as good, Guillaume Lebon really does justice to Wheatley voice in a different language, and this scene packs the exact same punch in the guts thanks to it.

Oh mman

5y↑1

valve didnt do shit though, the composers, art directors, and programmers for this team did everything, valve basically just published at this point.

AwesomEthan

4y↑20

@Oh mman yeah but who hired those guys

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Edward Gil

8y↑2.8K

See, I can sympathize with both Wheatley and Glados in that argument.
Mostly Wheatley because he's lovable and actually remorseful when all is said and done and Glados is just a mean spirited person.
When being told he's nothing more than a moron, you can't blame Wheatley for getting pissed.
However, that moment when Glados says "You're the moron they built to make me an idiot!" ... well, I can't help but see why she turned on her makers.

samsterclone

8y↑138

Wheatley was power hungry, GladOS was in it for the science, along with some revenge for being killed by Chell.

Edward Gil

8y↑262

Samster Clone They both were power hungry. Glados' need to test all the time comes from a need for control and the addiction the system gives whichever AI possesses it.
Plus.
Wheatley's little power trip comes from never being treated with respect and being super insecure about his lack of competence. Something most people relate to.
Glados was mean for the sake of being mean.

sad_the_visualmenace’s side account

7y↑10

+Edward Gil (ObaREX) I am questioning my morals

Sir Kamikaze

7y↑8

Edward Gil Actually, she turned on them before he was used?

Sgt. Eclair

7y↑1

Edward Gil I read that last line wrong. Dammit.

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Damon Nugent

7y↑857

This sounds very... hypnotizing, controlling, oppressive, malicious. It almost gives the impression that GLaDOS chassis is a parasite that infects the minds implemented into it, like some sort of digital consciousness repository, and it sounds a bit like the concept implied in HL2 and it's episodes. Dr Breen's host body. And in a way, GLaDOS design was redesigned to look somewhat more ominous and combine-esque, carrying design traits similar to the Advisors.

Pale Captain Wolf Kayls

5y↑70

Warning: Central core is 80% corrupt
That’s funny, I don’t feel corrupt. In fact I feel really good right now.

The Goodest Boi

4y↑55

Zamazenta Well, imagine if the chassis is a throne, whoever sits in the throne would have the power of a god.

So it makes sense that this incomprehensible amount of power would corrupt even the most innocent of minds.

Pear

4y↑42

Patxi There is actually nothing wrong with it. It's just the fact that it controls the WHOLE facility. How would YOU feel being in control of a small number of things, and then an entire facility? Even the fricking walls are controlled by the one in the chassis.

Chubby

4y↑20

Pear TV The chassis actually gives AI an incredible urge/itch to test, that only satisfies them whenever they do a test, amongst other things.

Pear

4y↑13

@Chubby Yes, i know that. But considering that Glados manages to ignore that itch, it's more of Wheatley's fault. I think the chassis sends that itch so that the central core does at least the minimal requirement of testing.

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funny laughed

3y↑201

Everybody's talking about 1:35 but i feel like 0:28 is so god damn good. It just FEELS sciency. Reminds you that you're stuck underground, in a deteriorating overgrown science facility the same size as a city, no humans but you've got the most advanced technologies and AIs to keep you company. I love that bit so much. I feel like I only realized how much I liked this bit when I listened to it with the art in the video

LittleBlockyCube

3y↑10

and that goddamned sentient cube with hearts on it

Badpoolinator

1y↑2

Aperture is much bigger than a city. Much bigger.

Drasel Productions

38w↑2

I really makes me feel that Aperture is like a big ecosystem, everything is sentient, and that part is something like "hail the king" theme.

Hannah Banina

9y↑5.3K

The sad thing is, I really can't blame Wheatley for his going mad with power. And not just because at least part of it was the mainframe's influence.

So GLaDOS says the engineers tried "everything" to make her behave. I would imagine this means lots of different cores, each designed for a specific purpose, to affect her decisions and behavior in different ways. You got the Morality Core telling her what is and isn't acceptable behavior, the Curiosity Core continuously asking questions, etc.
And then you have Wheatley. Poor, tiny little Wheatley the Intelligence Dampening Sphere.

These constructs are sentient. They have feelings, we know this. Well, we do already know Aperture is stupidly cruel enough to install empathy chips (with empathy suppressors) and the ability to feel simulated pain in their sentry turrets. They probably did that with their personality cores, too. Here's where I'm going with this: the entire point of Wheatley's existence is to be stupid. That is his lot in life, that is what he's meant to do. No one expects anything else of him because that's all he's supposed to do.

Now imagine how it must feel to know that literally your only purpose is just to be an idiot. Who wouldn't jump at the chance to be something else?

CONELRAD

9y↑136

Hannah Banina i cri

garfunkle :D

9y↑28

CONELRAD too bad m8

pain

9y↑106

Hannah Banina

like if you cry everytime.

garfunkle :D

9y↑54

SkylarClaw_Youtube ;3 *liek ef u cri evrytiem

pain

9y↑17

TheSpecialDragon [Blood_Hound]

om yus

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EnglanderUK

7y↑1.1K

01:16 to 01:36 is the moment a stupid yet innocent soul is within a second overwhelmed and corrupted by power.

ʄǟʀօռ ȶɦɛ ֆӄʏ'ʟօӼɛ

7y↑22

Yep! "

Oh mman

5y↑46

that part where everybody when they heard this flocked to look this song up i bet haha

EnglanderUK

3y↑8

@POMNI stan Nothing gets past you does it.

POMNI stan

3y↑1

@EnglanderUK wdym XD

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Yeah Buddy

2y↑238

1:35 has to be one of the hardest scenes from a video game. Wheatleys laugh turning maniacal, while the music completely changes in tone. Beautiful.

whitebins

4y↑181

1:26 Is without a doubt the best part. The soft tone gradually fades into a more sinister tone as Wheatley becomes mad with power

T 626

1y↑2

Truly the orchestral sound of a once pure, innocent soul corrupted and cast into a descent of Madness.

JacksonEbert

9y↑321

This fucking song. For real. Captures the moment perfectly. When this is playing, Wheatley's betrayal replays word for word in your mind.

Avanelle The Clock Friend

8y↑1

So true

lex

TRUE

Aquatic Cog

1y↑1

Tiny little Wheatley did this!

pokocrow☆

I DID THIS
TINY LITTLE WHEATLEY DID THIS

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Ben

5y↑129

"Actually... Why do we have to leave right now?"
chills up your spine

The Vision

9y↑1.5K

Oh my god, I found another symbol in the core transfer. While GLaDOS' design is partly a bound and gagged women from mechanical parts and partly robot, when Wheatley gets her body, the parts that looked like she was bound and gagged were gone.

He had no responsibility, no limits. And GLaDOS had them. She knew them pretty well too.

Also, she remembered who he was when she was in a potato. Inside the potato she remembred everything she forgot, like Caroline.

rilem

6y↑35

Awesome theory!

Gage Johnathan

6y↑113

It seems, being Caroline was a failsafe in on itself, whoever was the CEO of aperture at the time, didn't know Caroline was glados.

Helohel

4y↑64

Also gotta remember the shift from portal to portal 2. She gained the mobility to look around. She lost the rubber cloth over her visor

Subnauticaispog

4y↑9

I can't take that last paragraph seriously.

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F. Palacios

8y↑306

This moment had me with mixed feelings. I was happy because the game was going to be longer than that, but sad because weathley turned out being the new antagonist :(

LollipopJewel

Same and 13/14 year old me knew it.

Bronze the Sling

11y↑126

GLaDOS showed Chell what it was like to be threatened by an enemy. Wheatley showed her what it was to be betrayed by a friend.

Carrina North

3y↑81

Valve doesn't get enough credit for the amazing soundtracks they have

Lost Poet

5y↑665

"I fear no twist,
But this one....it scares me"
~Portal 2 Fans

F8pie

3y↑5

Good one

WeezyLee

2y↑8

Among us 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

A Mistake

2y↑2

@WeezyLee Amogus

DetroitInvadesUSA

2y↑3

Coincidentally, this line is from Meet the Pyro, a TF2 video. TF2 is also by Valve

Wide Putin

2y↑5

@DetroitInvadesUSA yeah, no shit.

Madeline Straight

7y↑53

What I love about this song is that you can hear exactly when Wheatley changes from your friend to your enemy.

Here's a caterpillar I found in my garden

43w

"Actually.. why do we have to leave now?"

Ethanotor Oculus

7y↑492

So many emotions in a single song...

MokSpeed

7y↑14

I know... its so sad...

InitiateD

7y↑6

Yea for me too.

Indigo Cactus

3y↑133

Originally I thought Wheatley betraying you was dumb. It felt unearned to me, like there was no buildup. Then I realized that was intentional; they perfectly explain why Wheatley betrays you later on.

He was designed to be an idiot. He was constructed to make the worst decisions possible. And betraying Chell, with the knowledge that she managed to defeat GLaDOS, with absolutely no reason to betray her, just before letting her go, is the dumbest thing he could have ever done. I literally cannot think of a worse decision for him to have made in his situation.

Even nearly a decade after I first played it, Portal 2's writing continues to amaze me. I find a new reason to enjoy its genius every time I play it.

Bruh Moment34

2y↑18

Actually it's because the body makes you want to test. And since Chell was the only subject alive he had to keep her until he found the robots so he didn't need her anymore. Glados just lets you go in the end because she replaced you and doesn't need to kill you. The body makes you go totally bonkers.

Pigcat

1y↑19

There were actually hints before. Not that he was evil, mind you, but that he has the kind of personality that would have given in to ego and let power go to his head first thing. I've met people like this before in real life. Perfectly nice until they get power over people and it immediately reveals their worst parts.

Wheatley already had an inferiority complex. He clearly wanted to feel like he was better than chell because she's a human. He never really expects Chell to be smart and thinks she's brain damaged.

Honestly, in retrospect, he probably really wanted to believe chell was brain damaged and was likely a core reason he was so nice, because as much as he knew he was supposed to be a moron, he can't be more stupid than a brain damaged smelly human. And feeling like he can be superior probably made him want to be friends with Chell more.

It's why he gets so upset when glados points out that Chell was the one who did everything. You put someone with that kind of canyon sized chip on their shoulder, they are going to turn evil real quick. As valid as people's interpretations are that the game was saying power corrupts, I think there's equal amounts of evidence here that evil will often reveal who a person really is. In Wheatley's case, his terrible insecurities about literally being designed to be a moron

Hgre

48w

@Pigcat what Chell didn't did everything, Wheatley helped :/

Omabat

31w

@Hgre yet he still called her "selfish", feeding into his ego more

Red Axer

24w

@Pigcat It's not wrong that Wheatly got corrupted as anyone would "how quickly" he got corrupted is his own fault. It didn't take him hours or minutes but SECONDS to betray Chell.

Power corrupts but how fast it corrupts you is up to you.

TheAwesomeKk

9y↑370

When the music kicks in at 1:29, you know stuff's about to go down.

skyaleer

9y↑2

Yup

Lephala Cat

8y↑23

..WAS THAT A PUN

skyaleer

8y↑8

The scientists tried everything to make me behave... to slow me down... Once, they even attached an Intelligence Dampening Sphere to me. It clung to my brain like a tumor, generating an endless stream of terrible ideas. Yes. You're the tumor. You're not just a regular moron. You were DESIGNED to be a moron.

I may or may not have memorized all the voice lines in Portal 2.....

ColdRainyDay63

8y↑8

The music started off slightly pleasant, and a bit otherworldly, to menacing and terrifying.

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Commodore James

3y↑25

Imagine playing this at an orchestral concert and at part 3:12 the red lights come on featuring the menacing betrayal.

Greater America

27w

Old comment but I think 1:37 is a better time stamp

[4LVAR]

9y↑392

Is not the same without the psycho laughs of wheatley

big dan

4y↑10

yes

DetroitInvadesUSA

2y↑2

"Is"
You must be a hispanic american

KassiaActuallyDraws

1y↑2

@DetroitInvadesUSA What

DetroitInvadesUSA

1y↑1

@KassiaActuallyDraws He used "Is" instead of "It's". "Is" and "It's" both mean "Es" in Spanish, so I assumed he's a Spanish/Latin American.

iyari the no normal one xd

Or luigi

Casual Bird

4y↑16

I love how powerful the music is at 0:29, it felt like the theme of Aperture to me

pokocrow☆

1y↑1

it’s Wheatley’s theme

Casual Bird

1y↑1

@pokocrow☆ ah, is that so? It's pretty beautiful. It carries so much awe in that moment, especially how the room is flooded with bright white light

Electricged50

3y↑206

Is it only me that’s terrified about how massive glados is? She’s a quarter that size in the game than that!

SupremeKai07

3y↑39

technically, anything connected to the main computer IS most of the facility...

Beans4000

2y↑5

terrified isn''t the word i would use.

Erik Bulux

1y↑1

More like Mesmerized by how huge she is within the OST picture

pokocrow☆

is supposed to represent the power she has

Polar

1y↑3

@Beans4000 aroused?

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Quote

4y↑145

Even without the dialogue I genuinely believe this is one of, if not the best song in the game, because if how it tells it's own story

The song gleefully rises, in this playful manner, overjoyed, before settling down a little, the constant beeping, like a warning beep, before a change takes place, almost like the scattering of electrical signals, and the song goes down, and then comes to the evil realization, the music becoming darker, more calculating, still joyful, but of the realization that its powerful, the song talks with its violins, hearing a retort, striking back louder, the warning sounds indicating that something is going wrong, before it comes to another height, this time filled with rage,then almost immediately stopping, in, perhaps horror, or just plain realization.

God this was such a great scene

Smiley

9y↑76

This is my favorite part of the entire game. It makes you go "yay! I beat the gaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWHEATLEY NO."

It shows exactly when the malevolent shit in GLaDOS's wiring corrupts Wheatley (literally and figuratively) though how he's acting and how the music changes. Love that.

MatchaProtogen

2y↑79

I honestly thought this ending was going to be wholesome.

Then he started laughing

Then the elevator started going back down.

Honestly, this scene was just pure heartbreak for me.

Nubby Boi

34w

Wheatley got the Heartbreaker achievement from the first game 💀

idiot

30w

@Nubby Boii mean, technically, you're right, since he did "kill" glados

SaturnDev

3y↑38

The tones at 1:26 make me cry. The Portal series is phenomenal and there’s still no portal 3 or even any new portal game by Valve

Valve is fucking legendary. The writers especially

Many people don’t recognize valve as who they are and what they’ve done

Teddy Scott

It’s clear that Gabe N can’t count to three

SaturnDev

@Teddy Scott Thank Eric Wolpaw for begging valve to make portal 3

Natalie-ChanisTrash

@SaturnDev when did that happen?

Also, there are new games. Aperture Desk Job, Hand Lab, The Lab, and Moondust, although none are canon to the series and were just demos to show off new stuff they're working on.

NeckSnapper933

28w

I know im too late to answer to this comment but portal series doesnt need a portal 3. its ending is already beyond PERFECT. a portal 3 would ruin the ending of portal series.

KITTYCATKON

8y↑39

the fact that this song manages to turn happy to dramatic is amazing

DittoMaster6

10y↑515

Well, how about NOW?! smashes glass Now who's the moron? Could a moron....PUNCH. YOU. INTO. THIS. PIT?!?!?! HUH?! COULD A MORON DO THAT?!?!?!

...Probably.

Logan Mello

10y↑63

One just did.

Living Meme

10y↑1

***** consitering you almost blew up aparture well.........yea

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Spaghetti Jester

1y↑4

0:00 Anxiety
0:29 Victory(?)
1:11 Calm
1:26 Joy
1:36 Insanity
1:44 Darkness
3:12 Resentment
3:20 Fury

윤수민

3y↑26

It's really amazing. Valve showcased art through Portal 2.
Particularly, the betrayal of Wheatley was astounding.
Even Wheatley eventually became greedy in the face of power. This was very novel to me!
and 3:21 this part showed even a robot as if he had fallen into madness. This is Awesome!

HardyGal

4y↑9

“Actually, why do we have to leave right now...?”

Frickin’ chills. Never fails to scare and sadden me

rei / bai

8y↑29

Music sections:
0:30 - Wheatley's transformation, sends you in the elevator
1:29 - LAUGHING, GLaDOS' transformation, Falling down the elevator

Liam Stillwell

10y↑464

1:36, at that moment, I knew Wheatly had been corrupted...I almost cried

31 337

6y↑6

wheatley is corrupted and isn't corrupted.

Penis Parker, Devil of Lamps

6y↑23

Wheatley went corrupt, but wasn't corrupted

EnnardFazclown

There Is The Problems

Just A Frog ;w;

Wah-oof.

PumpkingAndACigar

4y↑1

Im not a moron cuz i have Windows XP

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trinketbird

7y↑18

In a game like Undertale, most songs are made with a synthesizer, few with actual instruments but never one with both in one song. I absolutely love that almost all the Portal and Portal 2 songs are made with both.

Chaos Gilleon

3y↑19

That feeling at 1:20 I am here for those 30 seconds. Let the madness set in.

Team F.I.R.E.

Same

Ezergile Chimekazikura

6y↑15

That interference at 1:08 - 1:17 gives Me chills for all those long years. If I would happen to hear such a sound elsewhere, it would definetly freak Me out and make me huddle myself together at the darkest corner that I could find. ._.

Orange Planes

12y↑23

Every time someone spells 'Wheatley' wrong, my brain has a tiny explosion :'(

pokocrow☆

Same 💀

Azareii

29w↑1

Whetlay

adv727

28w

@Azareii whetlye

Rachel McDang

9y↑494

NicholasEgg02

9y↑17

Wheatley: Well, how about now!? Now who's the moron!? COULD A MORIN, PUNCH, YOU, INTO, THIS, PIT, HUH? CAN A MORON DO THAT!?

Uh oh.

NicholasEgg02

7y↑4

Yeah, I guess I can call myself a Moron.

Imperial Japan

5y↑7

So how are you holding up?
Because im a potato.

RadioactiveSnowball

5y↑5

@Imperial Japan Now remember children, birds are evil. You go have fun now, bye!

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Mairo kinda sus

4y↑12

I love how it went from eerie to cheery and then back to scary. The transition is so perfect and it really fits because of how Wheatley has been corrupted with power he now fights with himself and his split personality.

Commodore James

3y↑22

“You have any idea how good this feels? I did this! Tiny little Wheatley, DID this!”

pokocrow☆

1y↑5

“you didn’t do anything, she did all the work!”

The Twin Scouts - Gmod Productions

1y↑4

@pokocrow☆”oh yeah? Well maybe it’s about time I DID something then…”

pokocrow☆

1y↑4

@The Twin Scouts - Gmod Productions “what are you doing?? No! Stop! No!”

Lucas Gustin

51w↑2

@pokocrow☆ And don't think I'm not onto you too, lady.

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A Litle Creacher

9y↑67

listening to a playlist of all of the Portal 2 soundtracks Ah I love the song "Don't Do It!" It's so cool and all! Okay. Next so- sees the next song is "I AM NOT A MORON!"* Nope. Nopenopenope! WHY MUST SUCH AN AWESOME SOUNDTRACK BRING BACK SUCH SAD MEMORIES QAQ

Javen Studios

4y↑1

I know, I just want to keep listening to it again and again but I want to listen to it like I did the first time

BasicallyToxic

2y↑12

The part at 0:49 makes you feel, well, happy, and then...
Everything goes wrong.

mr.kitloin

4y↑22

1:27 is such a powerful part. It goes from a happy uplifting melody and slowly contorts from the happy first half to the sad betrayal half and you can just feel the betrayal happening in the soundtrack

Psycho Lamborghini

3y↑12

You know the plot twist is good when you don’t expect it. The entire scene was so well played out I thought the game was over, seeing wheatly go insane actually sent shivers down my spine the very first time I played the game

Sara

8y↑13

1:26 and the intense section after it gets me every time. It portrays the moment so perfectly.

MarioBrax

5y↑12

Gonna be honest; I didn't see this coming until the elevator started raising slowly and I was like "wait there's more isn't there"

Javen Studios

4y↑9

I watched this part of the game thinking that I would never play it. And then I played it... I wish I could see my reaction to seeing this for the first time. I feel like other games should definitely do things like this

Pundertale Fan

2y↑6

I first heard the music and saw the scene in a list of creepy moments in non horror games. The way GLaDOS shrieked in agony as she was basically ripped apart from her consciousness gave me genuine chills.

Uniqua, Dominator of Earth

9y↑374

1:26 Saddest moment in the whole Half-Life universe.

Lucas Alves

9y↑22

Kovács Péter What about the Companion Cube's death in the first game? :'(

A Commenter

9y↑65

Lucas Alves The Companion Cube didn't "die." It survived the scorching from the first game (The ending after the turret opera). And according to GLaDOS: "We (Aperture science) just have a lot of them."

27 27

9y↑16

Winston's down

A Blood Raven

9y↑20

Kovács Péter Tell that to Alyx though...

Uniqua, Dominator of Earth

9y↑1

Naga Sadow Oh shit, I almost forgot that. ;(

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SaacAttaac007

4y↑3

This song is probably the best way to convey the entire games story in 3 minutes and 47 seconds. It starts of freshly with a bit of apocalyptic sound but you eventually get to know the lab and get further in and it becomes more scientific, especially after you meet GladOS. Then the whole Wheatley charade happens and it’s triumphant as you start to get out. 1:27 excels at showing that. Then it corrupts... just like Wheatley.

Mobboss

3y↑7

0:30 gives me shivers no matter how much I listen to it. Such an amazing drop!

Fire_Cake

10y↑30

This music makes me feel so awesome inside

MachineGreen

same

Parkdum

7y↑18

1:33 This shows how Happy Wheatley gets until he starts getting twisted. then the music gets dark and darker until he turns completely evil

Max

9y↑9

It turned all the way from happy to menacing in an instant at 0:58

gold mario

10y↑14

Pure epicness for a betrayal

EventualPanic

10y↑5

At 1:30 I start feeling like I'm going to cry because I'm all like... "No... Wheatley..." </3 But seriously; Stephen Merchant did an AMAZING job at playing him, absolutely wonderful!

supersmashbro596

4y↑15

even the kindest of souls can become monsters when given this level of power.

Common Sense

7y↑3

1:26 I love how it turns from a happy sounding tune to something very menacing.

School Desk Ink.

10y↑192

This track makes me almost cry sometimes!

Lost Drone

6y↑2

School Desk Ink. Why?

Maka Car Maker

School Desk Ink. Why and thats kinda stupid but the main question is WHY

Kiiel

School Desk Ink. Y

Dead Channel

Y not?

Virus

why exactly? if anything its funny

Pentaroma

2y↑3

shoutout to the composers at valve for always making the trumpets sound godly

Gaming Gladiator06

2y↑4

“I AM NOT A MORON!”
“yes you are, you’re a moron designed to make me a moron!”
That was one of the best twists in a game, and one the best lines i’ve heard.

antonas

I am getting goosebumps every time when I'm listening to this masterpiece

UntilNexTime

11y↑2

"I AM NOT! A MORON!" "Yes you are! You're the moron they built to make me an idiot!" I love that GLa-DOS line so much.

FREAKE

8y↑8

Once upon a time I was able to quote this entire scene perfectly... ah, nostalgia.

dlweiss

12y↑1

This actually sounds more sinister than the soundtrack in the game: those deeper, harsher blasts of sound near the end really help the impression that Wheatley's suddenly losing his mind.

Defect

2y↑2

Happiness, Concern, Betrayal, Sadness, Fear.
Fills me with emotion! Perfect!

EggBot

4y↑7

That main beat at 0:30, demonstrates what Valve can do with music, also leading up to 1:26, where the song slowly changes emotion, leading up to a plot-twist. Incredible work for a video game.

4zy1

5y↑1

The part at 3:20 always gives me goosebumps.

Existential Fear

9y↑2

I love how the beginning of the song sounds almost like an alarm is going off, like a warning. :3

Immortal Animations

2y↑5

Some people say that they're terrified about GLaDOS' size in the thumbnail, and I've been wondering.
What if this is how the central core sees itself compared to everything else? Maybe that's why Wheatley was telling us how small we are.

Tony Lopez

3y↑4

I remember I was saying to myself “no he can’t be evil” then this twist happened. Ah the good old days

Hugo van Rijswijk

11y↑1

I love this song. So much. It shows the change in Wheatley (or the influence by the mainframe) so perfectly.

IndigoCuzIDK

9y↑50

The feels man, the feels! ;n; VALVE! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US!!?

Wheatley's still my buddy though

PumpkingAndACigar

Oh okay?

pokocrow☆

1y↑1

I forgive him

SummerSalt

37w↑2

What I love about this part of the game is that from the start of the game to here, is about the same length as what portal 1s playtime is, so you actually expect the gsme to end here, until it throws the curveball, throwing you into the 2nd act of the game.

Gteck games

9y↑2

This song is awesome yet ominous at the same time.

The-Ironwing-Kaiser

9y↑1

From 1:44 to 2:47

The best part. I love dark suspense as it lowers, then it slowly builds.

okayj

Ive beaten this game dozens of times and this part still gives me chills

AlterDoesMoreStuff

1y↑1

The fact Wheatley is more psycophatic than GlAdos is concerning. The game was great by this scene. the plot twist of Wheatley turning corrupt and triying to KILL Chell. Forcing Chell and GlAdos to unite forces for the charming ending its just.. Muah. A masterpiece.

Siren Nexus

6y↑3

Although nearly every Portal 2 OST is great, this stands out as one of the best, without a doubt.

Zakru

You know the soundtrack is good when it makes you feel cold sweaty and normal sweaty at the same time, together with chills

badrandom

3y↑2

You can pretty much put 1:24 - 1:44 over any character laughing and suddenly it's the biggest twist in history of storytelling

thefoundwatcher Entertainment

8y↑65

Spy: "This is a bucket."Soldier: "Dear god."Spy: "There's more."Soldier: "No..."

Aure

8y↑8

how does that relate to this?

SparkK

8y↑4

Soldier. Spy. TF2. Another game from Valve. Valve made portal.

Starnana

8y↑12

+RexByte Because of how well it goes with this track. It was a very shocking moment.

am

8y↑3

+Starnana Guy xD

Frisk, Chara and Nari

7y↑2

TheFlowerThatFell Also, Wheatley Sapper.

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Lyra Heartstrings

8y↑2

After the maniacal laughter what got me was how he tries to act innocent then goes on to try and turn you into the bad guy I was so mad at him but so conflicted when glados took my side it was a great moment from a damn near perfect game

trytix

8y↑2

0:29
The music sounds like, Grand, Epic, Technological, Powerfull And still somehow fitting for a bad guy.
I love it! ^w^

Orion

7y↑5

1:26
This part of the music always makes me want to cry it's so emotional and sad

ZC_Playz

27w

2:09 and 1:35 always give me goosebumps

lilacpilgrim13

12y↑1

From 1:29 on. Just... When I was playing the game and the music started to sound so beautfiul, even though I knew what was going to occur, I couldn't help but feel a mixture of elation and fear, and then the rug is pulled out from right under you when Wheatley breaks your heart into tiny pieces. I mean when he turns evil and doesn't want to leave anymore. Yes.... that's what I meant to say. >_>

drskeletal

8y↑1

Definitely one of the most powerful moments of the game. It fits so well with this track.

Default

3y↑1

Even years later that part at 1:25 still gives me chills

UNIVERSAL1S

10y↑464

...the fall of one god and the rise of another...

Penis Parker, Devil of Lamps

6y↑9

*Central core
Not a god

Pale Captain Wolf Kayls

5y↑24

Bellerophon
The man who had enough hubris to think he was good enough to become a god, before he was struck down.

The Goodest Boi

4y↑12

Penis Parker, Devil of Lamps I mean GLaDOS is basically a god, she’s all seeing, all knowing and virtually has all power to do whatever she wills and not to mention immortal.

She’s the definition of a god (or goddess).

Aidan

4y↑12

Remember the turret on the turret redemption line that says “I’m different”? It said something like “Prometheus was punished for giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was sent to the depths of hell and was pecked by birds.” I think Prometheus represents GLaDOs and “man” means Wheatley

The Orange Oof

Aidan Yes, the turret foreshadowed the entire story of Portal 2.

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Yerf

9y↑489

How are you holding up.. Because I'm a POTATO.

Camo King360

6y↑22

Oh good, ny slow clap processor made it into this thing

Imperial Japan

5y↑12

So we have that.

Mr.Moffia

5y↑6

Matej K slow clap oh good. My slow clap processor made it into this thing

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Hrabina Puddingu

11y

I think that this moment in game was actually the most touching one. Still my fav

NotAPhycologyst

I like how it feels triumphant for an moment as the music builds up and you're almost out, but then Wheatley starts to corrupt, and the music darkens as you decend.