Aperture Desk Job.. Explained!

[@moonscript4675]

Valve made one of the most lovable characters ever and decided “ah let’s throw him in a 30 minute tech demo.”

[@StuffExplained]

YES.. Grady should come back

[@biutubestubes7591]

They decided too: bro let's throw a very cool character into the moon.

[@biutubestubes7591]

Wheatley

[@kapi3590]

​@@StuffExplained FR if they make another tech demo, they should bring him back instead of creating another core. He's perfect for this kind of stuff

[@StuffExplained]

They gave Grady the personallity for 20 portal games and used him in a spin-off😭

[@leeeshizzy4296]

the fact that gradys name only changes to gary implies that the name only changes a little so the fact that your name is “charlie” could mean that you play as chell considering you play as a mute

[@leeeshizzy4296]

also the fact that glados makes fun of your job means that you definitely worked there prior

[@StuffExplained]

@Leeeshizzy Oohh I like the idea of this. Since we know the game isn't cannon and probably set in an alternare universe, this could be alot!

[@Gonk373]

They probably chose Charlie because it's a gender neutral name, thereby not confirming either gender for the player character.

[@markkugames]

You dont olay as s mute, you use your own voice, remember

[@reginasweeney1159]

Chell was a kid brought to “take your daughter to work day” or some sort of school thing.

[@alveolilac]

i believe aperture desk job is set in a parallel universe? its been confirmed to not be canon, and theres a couple bits that dont fit the timeline quite right. on one of cave johnson's tapes in portal 2 he says to put caroline into a computer, but only *if* he dies before the scientists can use the technology on him. since they successfully put cave into a robot body they never created glados in this timeline :( also the mantises, especially the bobblehead, are a reference to the praying mantis DNA tests!

[@StuffExplained]

I agree with this, and it's probably true

[@Lumberjack_king]

I completely agree

[@pogyt4671]

Even though it’s not deliberately said, it is indeed a Parallel Universe. I know this mainly bc of the "Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative" Video which does mention about the Multiverse.

[@goblinden6380]

I believe that Apature Desk Job takes place in an alternate reality because at this part of the portal time line cave Johnson should have died from the moon rock poisoning. Also the mantis seen within the walls of Apature Science are a reference to the Mantis men joke in Portal 2

[@StuffExplained]

Yeah im pretty sure it does

[@TheMagicienWorld]

For me what I gathered is that the Praying Mantises power source was a device that connected several of their electronics to give them some kind of singularity. When the Head was stuck beneath the facility with all the turrets, the power source connected the head to the turrets, making them reach consciousness, making all turrets we know a copy of Cave Jonhson's consciousness, don't know if that makes sense

[@StuffExplained]

This makes sense, I believe this. This would make it more plausible for why the song happend

[@Cake2019_6]

How Strange you wanna be? Aperutre Desk: *_Y E S_*

[@sleepwalkin9150]

is nobody talking ab the mantises probably being the same mantises mentioned in portal two when Cave tells you to pick up a weapon and help fight the mantis people? this is a story ab how the mutated mantis people who were experimented on thrived in an abandoned aperature science facility.

[@thedoczekpl]

These are not the same mantises, these are reverse mantises - in P2 you had humans with mantis brain, here you have mantis with human brain

[@TheUltimateZMAN]

5:23 Project Borealis

[@OpenGangnamStyle]

"Grady? Delbert Grady? Weren't you once the caretaker here?"

[@ramuzona1822]

its cool that there's finally lore to how the turrets were created lol, in a very aperature way

[@macabre_mess]

this game left me with so many questions

[@StuffExplained]

Well, what are they

[@macabre_mess]

@@StuffExplained is this game canon with the other games? why did cave johnson put caroline in a computer if he was going to place himself into one anyway? did he really die at the end of this game? 🤣

[@StuffExplained]

To answer your first question: non-canon, for now. Valve sees the shorts like Desk Job, and Hand Lab as uncanon, but also stating that is a new Portal game would become a thing, atleast Desk Job, would become canon.

[@StuffExplained]

Answer to your second question: This also involves the previous answer a bit I think, Valve has said they see these games more as a "What If". So I think this is more of a one-time thing. Although it would be really cool to have him as an easter egg in Portal 2's old Aperture section

[@StuffExplained]

And for the last question: no, he didn't the "post credit scene" shows Cave together with some Toilet Turrets, however still using the power from the Praying Mantis arc reactor. If that's gonna power him for am eternity, no clue. I guess we have to wait for an answer to this.

[@SidusuC]

I’d really like to hear a theory of yours on this game.

[@StuffExplained]

That is gonna happen. Soon

[@TheSecondLaughingSoldier]

Valve probably just predicted the stupidest gmod manchimina in mankind eith that toilet turret. You know what I'm talking about.

[@TheMazarineIsReal]

Hey! You are getting popular quicker! I like your content alot! Good video!

[@hollowknightfan5938]

I loved the mantises

[@Oden-gp8xu]

I think desk job is in an adjacent universe… I thought the developers said this somewhere, you know… the multiverse.

[@StuffExplained]

What if it's just Chell who jumped through some experimental portals and ended up there...

[@monochromeink.]

one thing that confuses me in this game is, if Cave's conciousness was preserved in a computer, why was Glados made? The second game implied that he died before they could do it. Unless it's because of what we did in this game they decided to make Glados

[@StuffExplained]

It's an alternate universe

[@jacobwebb8818]

​@@StuffExplained I think Valve is too smart to just say "This isn't canon, it's an alternate timeline" they DEFINITELY thought this through. Like how they tease you into thinking you play as Chell by saying Grady and (player) went into witness protection programs and ONLY had their first name changed, not their job or state. (I know the tattoo on the neck confirms it was not Chell but hear me out). I think they put Cave into his computer and realized that the big head represented his ego (bet no one caught that) and that it was literally too much for the weight of his own body crushing it, putting him in pain and just wanting to kill everything, even if it was himself. I feel the scientists thought maybe the Cave experiment went too far because Cave was a egotistic mega-lomaniac when he was alive only to kill everything in sight when reimagined. The scientists didn't want their work to go to waste, and with the good graces of Cave Johnson when he was alive, and vulnerable suffering from debt and moon rock induced respiratory problems, reimagined the sweet, charming polite character of Caroline/GladOS only for GladOS to retaliate even more than Cave with the new technology and features she was allowed. Hence why she flooded the whole lab with neurotoxin. When you have some of the best writers in the entertainment world working on a little side-project to retain hype after a SEVERAL year hiatus, you're going to get some things wrong. There's just a lot of nuances that could be wrong, hence the alternate timeline being confirmed by the writer. But You can't tell me this was a coincidence

[@Deadlierquill96]

I thought this game was a fan game for some reason and then I found out it was official and I was like holy shit they made a new portal game

[@MrCanKnotNot]

If you note the toilet turrets looka like the turrets in the main game so what if cave is the turret king ? And after Glados took over Cave turned them self into a turret or transferred his consciousness into the king turret and the song that is played could be used to pacify the turrets

[@anakinskywalker8754]

While I was using no clip to find secrets, in the room before you enter Cave Johnson’s office, there is a QR code…

[@StuffExplained]

Ooh, what does it lead to?

[@SusDoctor]

For anyone watching this 2 years later and is writing this in their lore book, stop what your doing. This isnt canon, its set in a different universe said by cave Johnson lines.

[@2smok3y23]

I hope this don’t sound dumb but in the title screen is the red flashing under the picture of cave Johnson moors code???

[@StuffExplained]

Maybe it is, I just saw it as a light that goes on everytime Cave speaks

[@shampooingshampoo8764]

He does mention he's been trying to get someone's attention, right after he says this a machine to his left beeps the same tune as in the title

[@StuffExplained]

Oohh, i'm definetly looking into that

[@Lumberjack_king]

I know the game isn't cannon BUT I HOPE the matis civilization was cannon because that would be AWESOME!!

[@StuffExplained]

I think the full game isn't canon, since there's no mention of GLaDOS and we know that in the Portal 1 & 2 timeline Cave Johnsson died before they could transder consiousnes

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@StuffExplained exactly I just hope some wear in the bowels of the facility there's still mantis men and men mantis

[@Cup_o_Caffeine]

underrated youtuber

[@alexwasherefirst]

Clicked because I agree with the thumbnail

[@snakesmithycup2164]

id like to think that the toilets are the first steps into what the turrets become. and turns out im not the only person who thinks this.

[@snakesmithycup2164]

btw if you are reading the comments of this just wanted to say that I have never seen so much effort into a video alone from someone with only 400 subs. you're gonna be big my g just stay on that grind! 👍

[@StuffExplained]

Thanks man!

[@StuffExplained]

Yes I saw a video about that the other day, it makes sence

[@darknessblades]

You also have some fun dialogue, if you keep getting your toilet turret destroyed.

[@StuffExplained]

Oh I didn't notice, because of the pro player I am 😎

[@darknessblades]

​@@StuffExplained It is also has a bit more about Grady's debt. and how you should not destroy his toilet-turrets

[@StuffExplained]

Hmm.. I should look into that! Thanks!

[@Lumberjack_king]

Ok this CANT!! be cannon

[@2smok3y23]

🔥🔥

[@edaugherty2226]

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