GLaDOS

GLaDOS, also known as Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System, is one of the main characters from the Portal series.
== Charactah Account ==
The artificial intelligence that seems to run Aperture Science. GLaDOS portrays herself as a helpful friend to Chell, but soon unveils a oddly sociopathic side to the testing protocols and a cruel side to her personality. As the game goes on, she becomes more and more sadistic, culminating in a violent confrontation as Chell attempts to escape the testing center. Chell apparently destroys GLaDOS, but at the end of the game she is revealed to have a backup memory and Chell is dragged back to Aperture Science. Years later, Chell and Wheatley unintentionally reboot her. Needless to say, she has a bone to pick with her murderer.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Portal 2: Lab Rat
* Valve Presents: The Sacrifice And Other Steam-Powered Stories
=== Video Games ===
* 1...2...3...KICK IT!: Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby
* AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!: A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
* Audiosurf
* Bit.Trip Beat
* Bridge Constructor Portal
* Cogs
* Defense Grid: The Awakening
* Killing Floor
* LEGO Dimensions
* Peggle Extreme
* Pinball FX3
* Poker Night 2
* Portal
* Portal 2
* Portal: Still Alive
* Portal: The Flash Version
* RUSH
* The Ball
* The Final Hours of Portal 2
* The Lab
* The Orange Box
* Toki Tori
== Trivia ==
* Some of Caroline's deleted lines indicate she in fact did not want to become GLaDOS. She says, and repeats several times, that she "does not want this," once even speaking to Cave directly: "No, listen to me. Sir, I don't want this." This could explain GLaDOS's resentment toward the scientists and her frequent attempts to kill them, since they were the ones to put Caroline in the prototype model of GlaDOS.
** However, it is possible that GLaDOS's murderous tendencies could be attributed more to the central mainframe rather than her own programming, given her and Wheatley's behavior while in control of the facility and during the course of the game.
* GLaDOS's Intelligence Core in Portal was actually reciting the cake recipe, which can also be found on the many active monitors around the offices of the Enrichment Center, even in Portal 2.
* GLaDOS is strongly reminiscent of HAL 9000, the murderous A.I. computer of 2001: A Space Odyssey; even the single, red "eye" of the security cameras and Sentry Turrets are reminiscent of HAL. However, those who read the book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, will find that HAL 9000 was driven to his actions in an attempt to rationalize two conflicting orders: to conceal the true mission objective and to never hide anything from the crew. He reached the conclusion that if the crew were dead, he would no longer have to hide the information since there would be nobody to hide it from. Because GLaDOS became self-aware, and developed a sinister personality, it is safe to assume she is more alive, and more antagonistic, than HAL 9000.
** Surprisingly, GLaDOS would meet HAL 9000 in Lego Dimensions, however this is non-canon.
** GLaDOS also shares some characteristics with SHODAN, another female A.I. villain, from the System Shock series.
** GLaDOS is also similar in voice to Val from Solitary and in how the Central AI Chamber is in an octagonal shape.
* "PotatOS" is the nickname given by fans and developers to GLaDOS as a potato battery, an obvious play-on-words of "GLaDOS" and "potato."
** The name PotatOS seems to be the official name for GLaDOS's potato form, as there is a song on the official soundtrack titled "PotatOS Lament."
* Despite being the CPU of the Enrichment Center, GLaDOS ironically was not aware of who Cave Johnsonis, as she constantly remarks his voice as being "familiar" until she rediscovers Caroline in her system.
* Interestingly, neither the full name of GLaDOS or her acronym has ever been pronounced by any characters in the games. (Except for Cave Johnson in the DLC Perpetual Testing Initiative, where he says "we are cancelling the Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System initiative.") The only instances of her name's presence was through her captions, the acronym spotted on her disc generators in Portal, and the door within the trap leading to the Central AI Chamber in Portal 2. Wheatley never refers to GLaDOS by name (or vice versa). However, in a developer commentary for Portal, Erik Wolpaw pronounced GLaDOS' name as "Gladys," suggesting that the "DOS" in her name are not necessarily pronounced in the manner it is spelled. However, in the commentary for Portal, GLaDOS' voice actress Ellen McLain pronounces it as it is spelled, suggesting either is technically "correct".
** Her full name is, however, spoken by herself when she met HAL 9000 in Lego Dimensions.
* A line cut from the final release of Portal 2 has GLaDOS openly stating she is going to kill Chell by name. Other lines have her congratulating Chell during puzzles. These would have been the only instances where Chell's name was spoken aloud.
* The online gaming company Artix Entertainment has an "Ipotato" on their merchandising site HeroMart, which costs $650,000.00. The potato has a large red glowing eye and various wires. This parodies GLaDOS' potato form. In their game AdventureQuest Worlds, the player could buy large red eyed wired potato pets to follow their character around, which references GLaDOS.
* In Portal 2, GLaDOS's "fast version" instructions in Chapter 2: The Cold Boot aren't actually instructions at all, but instead a quote from Moby Dick; "and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can."
* GLaDOS, near the end of Portal 2, appears to have suffered Lima Syndrome (the opposite of Stockholm Syndrome) as she became more sympathetic towards Chell and had conflicting feelings towards her, even after she returned Chell to the surface.
* In the "Peer Review" Portal 2 DLC, it's revealed that there is at least one prototype of GLaDOS's body in the Enrichment Center's inner workings. The prototype is much more crude than GLaDOS's current body, and seems to be controlled by a keyboard and monitor in place of her "head." However, it seems to have some limited ability to control the Enrichment Center. The prototype was being accidentally commandeered by the bird GLaDOS encountered while she was a potato, but the bird was stopped by ATLAS and P-body.
* MARGoT in the Fallout 3 DLC "Broken Steel" is based on GLaDOS.
* In the final scene of Portal, GLaDOS's model is used twice to represent her remains. If viewed in 'noclip mode," two heads can be seen.
* Reasonably, considering her name, GLaDOS is controlled by a DOS (Disk Operating System).
* In the popular online flash game Kingdom Rush, during the final boss battle with the game's main antagonist Vez'nan, he says a multitude of things meant to discourage the player, including "You will be baked, and then there will be cake." This is referencing GLaDOS, who said the same thing towards the end of Portal.
* In Portal, any Half-Life 2 weapons used against GLaDOS will do massive damage to her. For that to happen, input "impulse 101" in the console while "sv_cheats" is 1 in order to get these weapons.
* In Portal 2, Wheatley tries to stop her re-activation with a code. In-game files reveal the password was "ABCDGH".
* GLaDOS makes an appearance in LEGO Dimensions as a boss twice.
** She also makes an appearance in the ending credits of the same game singing a song similar in fashion to both Portal games.
* The placement of GLaDOS's remains have drastically changed between games. In the ending to Portal, GLaDOS is pulled into a massive explosion and torn apart as a result, with pieces of her "body" scattered across the parking lot outside the enrichment center. This was retconned in Portal 2, as her remains are now located back in her main chamber and appear to be mostly intact.
* In Dota 2, another Valve title, GLaDOS is an unlockable normal and Mega-kills announcer, as part of the Portal Pack
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* GLaDOS at Half-Life Wiki
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