Portal Stories: Mel Easter Eggs And Secrets

Collection of All Easter Eggs, Secrets and Best References found in Portal Stories: Mel, a modification for Portal 2. This is the LAST video from Portal series!
Music: Portal Stories Mel OST composed by Harry Callaghan
The List:
01. Barney Calhoun (Half Life: Blue Shift)
02. City 17 (Half Life 2)
03. 50 Shades
04. Lonewolf2056 + Number 2056
05. Virgil Out Of Bounds
06. Crazy Harry (The Muppet Show)
07. Locked Door
08. Goats
09. Wheatley Reference (Portal 2)
10. Dr Breen Photo (Half Life)
11. Calculator: 2+2=10 (Portal)
12. Developers' Photos
13. TARDIS (Dr Who)
14. Hoopy The Hoop + Hoopy Room
15. Hidden Companion Cube
16. Number 3
17. Ratman's Room
18. Rainbow + Colourful Core
19. Still Alive
20. Would You Kindly (Bioshock)
21. Secret 2056 Room + WCKD (The Maze Runner)
22. Black Mesa Logo
23. Citranium Soda (Aperture Tag)
Thank you for watching! Stay tuned for more Easter Eggs and Secrets in video games!

[@LoneWolf2056]

I forgot how many goats we added to the mod xD There used to be an animated one but the texture kept breaking on it and it would be bright purple so we replaced it with the shadow goat that watches you. There used to be a set of goats having a tea party on the long elevator ride down at the start of the game but we removed them as we weren't sure if it would cause issues (Things that move and are parented can be weird in Hammer). Good job on finding all of them! The biggest thing you missed was the big Borealis poster in the offices when you first meet Virgil. Also the voice line about Chris spelling station wrong was a genuine mistake and is referenced again with the texture in the end credits.

[@bamma4]

make more amazing content my dude

[@gaven9136]

Keep up the good work

[@channelnamehere8924]

Is Crazy Harry also a reference to Harry Callaghan, otherwise known as Harry101UK on KZbin?

[@cupofspiders5830]

Hey mr. Easter egg, do you own the goats or are they just some goats that you decided to let roam freely?

[@sonyagriffin1921]

This mod is insane!!! I love it!!!

[@cupofspiders5830]

9:13 JUST A HOOP? Virgil, you are talking to Hoopy the Hoop. He has braved a lot of stuff to relax in an abandoned office. Respect him.

[@Xamyak-ld2nk]

goat=gman

[@Doc_K]

“Small circle of metal” WELL I GUESS IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE

[@jbritain]

I think "Crazy Harry" is also a reference to Harry Callaghan, who composed the music and voiced Cave Johnston in this mod.

[@channelnamehere8924]

Yes sir Mister Johnston

[@channelnamehere8924]

Yes sir Mister Johns *t* on

[@desmondkuehn]

It is I believe

[@strawberry_bvn]

he also voiced virgil for a fact :)

[@jbritain]

@@strawberry_bvn Oh I didn't realise he did him as well. Edit: you liar

[@outre111]

3:39 I believe is a reference to Nigel from Portal TAG who says something similar about nothing life changing when you go “out of bounds” but unlike in Mel you do find something life changing (An alternate ending)

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Just on a sidenote: Some Developer were *_not_* even aware of the Goats.

[@dingle6996]

Guess this easter GOAT them by surprise HAHAHHA k imaleaveknow

[@suuuzuuukiii]

my favourite is the "accent beyond your range of hearing" easter egg.

[@themcgrath5297]

“Citranium. Its science, in a *CAN* !”

[@nickgamechannel5930]

Wrong game

[@RYFT0R]

i finished aperture tag yesterday and god im glad i havent got incinerated by nigel wait why am i talking about aperture tag on a portal stories mel video

[@blaperturemesa1740]

@Nick GameChannel Citranium was literally on PS:M.

[@dapotatoking4699]

@@blaperturemesa1740 every aperture scientist's nightmare

[@VietcongNosek]

Good findings, didn't know about some of these. Although one of my favorites, which also made me laugh like crazy, is missing. In few places you can see the word STATOION with the O crossed out and I thought “so that guy who got fired before must be responsible for this“. Then, in the credits, I saw it again next to one of the devs named Chris and immediately I knew they meant him and at some point he must have done the mistake during the development. Later I saw some dev commentary videos and indeed, Chris didn't realize his mistake even after they told him something's wrong so they would "fire" him whenever they had a chance as a running joke. :D

[@richardgodivala4680]

Once of the recorded voice comments from Cave Johnson refers to spelling 'Station' with the extra O, as I recall.

[@VietcongNosek]

@@richardgodivala4680 Yes I know, I even mentioned it by refering to "the guy who got fired before".

[@dwarght212]

i love that virgil has lines for even the secret rooms. super cool

[@jiifigmentforever]

For those who are a bit confused with the Crazy Harry thing, it's a reference to both Crazy Harry from "The Muppet Show" as well as Harry Callaghan. I wrote it initially to be JUST the Crazy Harry reference, as at the time I was watching a little more of The Muppet Show than I care to say and thought that the name drop was a little funny. We also had Harry Callaghan on the team, so it worked out that it could do both references, Henson and Callaghan. But the original intent was The Muppet Show.

[@scottandkameronklosterman8927]

9:29 the companion cube is a reference to portal 2, where there is a companion cube hidden in the rubble when you first get the duel portal gun. It also dissolves when you pick it up, and Glados has a line.

[@NateDogg-yv7lj]

4:09 I think he's referring to Nigel at the end of the aperture tag alternate ending where you don't die and because he says "I know some other cores have a problem with telling the truth." and Nigel says "why do you even bother with exploring your surroundings. It's not like you're gonna encounter a life changing moment." But I could always be wrong.

[@jiifigmentforever]

You're exactly right.

[@Smokecall]

Never noticed the Goats once in my playthroughs. Nice catch

[@ms.dr3amer]

Ditto! I mean they ARE black in the shadows. Hats off to whoever even noticed them in the first place!

[@desmondkuehn]

9:21 Look above the trees in the background, you'll see another "Hoopy the Hoop" falling to the trees. (Also 'Ratman' is actually spelled Rattman)

[@goldninjagaming9505]

Ratman is his nickname.

[@WonderlandWarGaming]

Remember "Oh Fiddlesticks"? Yeah, the dev team replaced that with a goat sound.

[@watsgoinonhere1]

Noooo, fiddlesticks! What now?

[@maxim07minecraftpropvp41]

fun fact: that is the error sound in portal 2 engine

[@WonderlandWarGaming]

@@maxim07minecraftpropvp41 Yes, I know. It only plays when it cannot find a sound. It has nothing to do with Portal 2's Engine.

[@richardchicken923]

It's actually "Oh" Fiddlesticks.

[@stillman2328]

Isn't that the sound when you throw a rocket in the toxic water

[@ceceliaacaba2739]

How the hell did I miss that Bioshock reference? And I though Crazy Harry was referring to one of the developers for this mod.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

@DestinyStriked Also voiced the turrets, which sadly couldn't use voices.

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

@DestinyStriked No, I'm referring to the unused mobster turret voice lines intended for the '50s turrets.

[@RYFT0R]

yeah same, i just cant get harry out of my mind he's just so talented and i absolutely love all of his work

[@jiifigmentforever]

It's referring to both. I had intended it to be written just for the Muppets reference, but with Harry on the team it served a second purpose.

[@RYFT0R]

@@jiifigmentforever well thats cool!

[@JoeArtMaker13]

you forgot how at 12:34 "chariots chariots" is a reference to the perpetual testing initiative

[@loctite417]

and the portal gun featured there is a reference to Repercussions mod. Pretty sure the development is cancelled now.

[@8pixy]

@@loctite417 yea

[@purpleperson447]

this man could literally find easter eggs everywhere

[@ThePkhoury10]

Purple Person he place a Easter egg in a transition it was a creeper head

[@chente1402]

He's hermaos Mora of secrets

[@TheBadlandsSandvich]

I could be wrong (and I probably am) but the poster at 12:35 is a reference to another in development Portal 2 mod called "Portal 2 Repercussions." The mod features another custom portal gun that looks very similar if not exact to the one on the poster. Sadly the mod appears to be on indefinite hiatus as it has not been updated in 3 years. (Still holding out hope that the developer returns someday.)

[@Inderastein]

11:38 Obi Wan: *_HELLO THERE_*

[@michadasz8163]

god dammit, now i want to beat the game for the 4th time just to find these easter eggs i wish this game had badges i would 100% get them

[@michadasz8163]

@DenigoPlay no, i meant the badges. I would simply get the badge to the 5th level bacause its so good

[@missingindy]

crbeeper I agree

[@cibellengrookeyscorbunnyga9679]

9:48 that's the moment you gets sad :( :(

[@glitchedvortex2526]

11:38 aww Virgil wants to be with the rainbow core 🥰

[@glitchedvortex2526]

Fernando yes it is UwU

[@pyraffin]

(Running a geiger counter over these comments) The UwU levels in here are off the charts!

[@JustaRobot799]

Well Virgil is gay.

[@midorifox]

@@JustaRobot799 either that or sexuality just doesn't apply to machines.

[@JustaRobot799]

@@midorifox laughs in has msde a contagious fanmade love core

[@The518thGuy]

I'm sure that Russian translation killed all of Easter Eggs in voice lines

[@ginqus]

Obidno nemnogo

[@pw.m_0987]

Pause at 9:29 you can see creeper at the bottom left

[@killercreeper-es9bw]

How do you???

[@gaven9136]

@Riley Bleathman way back in the mine.

[@snowyschannel444]

Watched this instead of doing my homework, didn't regret it tbh

[@AdamOlymius]

I never knew there was a bisexual himbo core, who Virgil seems to be into nontheless, in this mod. My life has now vastly improved

[@peterpeterson4800]

So being sexist towards men is ok? I find this word highly offensive. If it was a female voice and someone commented the word "bimbo", there would be a shitstorm in the responses and -1000 thumbs. I'd say he is just flirty, or a ladykiller, what the hell?

[@CanadianCat64]

@@peterpeterson4800 bro nobody cares stfu, himbo core

[@ussbased-a7074]

@@CanadianCat64 shut up sexist

[@exotic816]

@@peterpeterson4800 dude is getting mad because somebody used the word himbo. 💀

[@garrold7123]

9:28 boi I found one of YOUR Easter eggs! There's a creeper on the bottom of the list with things that are in tests

[@pug_bot8326]

Also another hidden part, when you go outside the testing track and you need a cube to block the laser if you arrive with the cube before he can rant about how hard it is to move from point A to B outside the testing tracks, he'll commend you for being prepared and asks if you've done this before.

[@nuclear_wizard]

A lot of these easter eggs further cement Virgil's position in Portal lore as The Best Character :)

[@CyberdustStudios]

Fun Fact: Virgil's voice actor Stig Sydtangen (aka DragonNOR) has his first acting roll as Simon Henrikson in Cry of Fear.

[@gaven9136]

I haven't played this game in years, I can't believe how much I missed I did find rainbow but the rat man caves but everything else I missed.

[@themcgrath5297]

You missed a 2056. It’s in the secret room that you can enter when you are going to the security place.

[@supersp9450]

0:21 You can also play as Barney Calhoun, and after the tram ride in the beginning, you can knock on the door yourself in the 2nd Half-Life expansion, Half-Life: Blue Shift.

[@mrgltch8007]

Love your content, keep it up ✊

[@mrpokemon1186]

9:29 i found your secret!

[@Minimum3Dashers]

Ook

[@Minimum3Dashers]

Oh i know i know! Minecraft Creeper face!

[@randomizedpickles7094]

Heh me too

[@ianmitchell5979]

Portal Stories: Mel > Aperture Tag YOU. CAN'T. CHANGE. MY. MIND!

[@moonhead4542]

I always believed 2056 was the date portal stories Mel was set. As a place is able to become overgrown in that time.

[@jevticproductions976]

11:44 virgil is gay confermed

[@glitchedvortex2526]

J3VT1c 9R0. It’s soo cute

[@jerbinatorcc4999]

Virgil simping hard on rainbow core

[@wheatleygaming3652]

:flushed: idk rainbow core kinda hot tho :flushed:

[@MrLenny-lq8jr]

@@wheatleygaming3652 😳😳😳

[@epin_gamer4209]

whoa, he's a simp in such a good way.

[@chips2569]

7:37 “2+2 is.... -.. .. . ...ten”

[@Caseofgames]

@@Minimum3DashersGLaDOS: IN BASE 4 I'M FINE

[@pyraffin]

I wasn't sure about watching a letsplay for this mod until I saw that rainbow core bit lmao now I gotta

[@KaneBear1]

Ohh I'm still love this game. There was some easter eggs that i didn't find. Wow. I couldn't recognise the Portal 2 Repercussions poster.. Wow I wonder that mod will come out sooner than never. I love that even now you make videos about Portal's

[@LKLM138]

Dear god! I thought I did well after finding like 4 of these. Gotta love people who put easter eggs in their games

[@doos6172]

What i wouldn't give for a sharp dressed time lord to get me out of abandoned testing facilities from the 1950's

[@PrototheDodo]

This mod is forever my favorite portal mod because it was probably my first

[@Vladimir_Kv]

8:11 "Gender-neutral polyamory-friendly partnership policy".

[@AHumanGiraffe]

I love how there are so many secrete gay jokes and easter eggs in this mod

[@ChaosCrystalArtist]

@@AHumanGiraffe including that pride flag at 7:45

[@jaziferret1138]

@@AHumanGiraffe 11:48 👀

[@AHumanGiraffe]

@@jaziferret1138 And they were roomates

[@DanielReyes-nm3lw]

@@AHumanGiraffe -historians

[@wheatley3995]

Is Mel an official mod or is it fan made,because it’s bloody well done!

[@NixiShavalMusic]

Crazy Harry is referring to harry101uk one of the devs for the mod

[@jiifigmentforever]

It's referring to both Harry Callaghan and Crazy Harry from The Muppets. Initially I had written it as only the Muppet reference since I love The Muppets and could sneak something in under the radar, but with Harry Callaghan on the team it served a dual purpose inadvertently.

[@wesleyguthrie9612]

13:31 I get it a bioshock reference, but for some reason, I get this feeling that both aperture science and rapture are connected without anyone knowing, that and both aperture and rapture both got the "ture" in their name and everytime I hear "rapture" I think of aperture science.

[@maxwheatley4497]

I think Virgil might have a crush on the Rainbow Core

[@chips2569]

9:20 I counted the hoops. There were 4 falling

[@Ninja_RoseVT]

5:17 the music reminds me of ASTRONEER

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

2056 is freaking everywhere in this game and it is also aegis’ shutdown password

[@RYFT0R]

hell, rattmann's dens always scare me the most

[@olliego]

whats the song on the first ratman radio? Edit: i think i found it i think its a want you gone remix/ metal cover

[@homeschoolhd596]

I thought that crazy harry was a reference to harry101uk (Harry Callahan)

[@Cupcakeboi2000]

10:58 virgil got rizzed up

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

“Wasting your time up there” BRO THERE ARE SECRET CATWALKS HOW, I MEAN That is just the norm

[@randomizedpickles7094]

9:28 you can see a secret kacpi hid in the video. On the bottom you see a creeper face on one of the warnings

[@the_real_drwhoroblox1935]

8:14 That easter egg might appear in my game with the "Revenge Of Marlist" working title.

[@ghostface1529]

1:42 my guess is that's when valve will make half life and portal into full fledged trilogies with portal 3 and half life 3

[@earthy6744]

Was this comment before or after half life alyx?

[@ghostface1529]

@@earthy6744 I forgot but it still isn't gonna happen in our lifetime same with left 4 dead it won't be made into a trilogy in our lifetime

[@earthy6744]

@@ghostface1529 wdym? Half life alyx is out? Or are you referring to portal 3 and left for dead?

[@ghostface1529]

@@earthy6744 i meant I forgot when I made this comment honestly it could have been before alyx was released but I don't know for sure but even then half life alyx is just a prequel to half life 2 and isn't really a true half life 3 as valve would have used the name half life 3 if it was I was joking about how all of valves most popular game franchises with half life portal and l4d being the topic of the joke and how those three games have only gotten a sequel and haven't been made into a trilogy despite the fans really wanting it so the community obviously constantly jokes on how long it will be until those three games get an official third game with the number 3 in the title of them

[@Spectre1122]

10:45 look at the little circle with a cube, that looks like the black mesa logo

[@gsghreyfdh1082]

xD i love your vids

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

Oooohhh, would i love there to be more portal (but sadly the cannon story of the aperture-mesa is over, except for the whole “eli dying thing but i think we’re over that by now)

[@modocrisma2]

Cool, they made a reference to Portal: Repercussions

[@tranz2deep]

For the logo, I make note that international "NO" sign is over it. This is a direct reference to Cave Johnson's bitter rivalry with Black Mesa.

[@cumulativecum5035]

9:29 Who saw a creeper face in the companion cube introduction

[@michalsniadala1667]

you can also solve the test where you leave the over grown part of the game (specifically the test with a lazer, reflection cube, and 2 emancipation grills and buttons yes it can be solved but it leads to a ded end and I was kinda confused as the second time I played this mod was years after the first time so I forgot that that chamber you had to just portal out of.

[@AyatoStriker]

8:25 well its seems The Doctor is visit there

[@itsthedoggothathateschrist4190]

this was made on my birthday XD

[@VladimirLR25648943]

And have a Office Complex Easter egg in one of the signs on the train station.

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

2:32 how tf have i never seen this: whenever i finish s source game i slap my keyboard full of console keybinds and uncover all of its secrets,

[@ChaosPootato]

What's behind the door with the broken valve though?

[@rvgr420]

Half-Life 3 and Portal 3

[@strongwiled1529]

The thumbnail I thought was saying there was going to be a referance to the turdise in goat sim

[@hemi0le]

I love this game

[@rob_olmstead]

4:01 I wonder what's behind that door... something that Virgil doesn't want you to see.

[@graphwarsinc.2201]

Aperture tag reference, to the secret ending.

[@rob_olmstead]

@@graphwarsinc.2201 what's behind that thing?

[@graphwarsinc.2201]

@@rob_olmstead In the game it is a pit of fire that kills you and the game ends. However, you can get a secret ending where the cube says the same line as Virgil just says that doesn't kill you. (wont spoil the rest ;D)

[@MemeReviewer]

If you use the command IMPULSE 100 with sv_cheats 1 enabled it gives you a flashlight

[@Beltboy]

Bruh.

[@MemeReviewer]

Yup

[@beykrejsa4739]

jakby co to pomyliłeś się w 1 przykładzie ponieważ w episodzie 2 half life to masz drogę do white forest i to już nie jest city 17 ale i tak spoko film

[@serhattanyildizi8193]

What episode is "still alive" in?

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

I want 50 shades of cave to be published immediately

[@DanzTheGB]

The 8xx1 square is seen in portal 2 at the first old test with the repulsion gel At the exit door Look at the wall where the exit is Look at the top left of it

[@dilpickle96]

what does this mean

[@thiesvanderkooij8421]

Oohh, i remember this

[@deadchannel5226]

12:34 portal repercussions portal gun!!

[@8pixy]

i swear to god i was exitced when i first saw the mod since i dont have the game

[@Wisperiatlas]

Does anyone know what happened at 2:31 cos I have got glitches identical to that in portal 2s custom editor

[@Caseofgames]

That often happens with nodraw textures in the Portal 2 engine.

[@strongwiled1529]

Wheatly always says would "you kindly"

[@CyberdustStudios]

Theres a 4th wall easter egg thats not here. If you use the cube to block the lazer before coming across it (and be semi-quick about it) he'll ask if you have done this before.

[@JerpyTH]

9:28 *aw man*

[@GoreboxAaron]

this teleportal!

[@onboion2904]

Well it looks like virtual is working for black Mesa

[@fightclub.1999]

barney is a secret aperture science worker. that why hes a easter egg

[@miksheu]

I played aperture tag bang 1 day later ur video about secrets then I played portal stories: mel bang day later video about secrets. What a coincidence, hmm...

[@supersp9450]

10:00 Virgil: Alright, this next test chamber is still undel construction. Me: What does undel mean?

[@iwrotemostofmycommentsasak6037]

I see 3 hoops fall in the portal 1 ending cutscene

[@supersp9450]

Why do I feel like the number 2056 is familiar to me?

[@nyachoss]

Seems like someone in the dev team really likes goat simulator.

[@teadrinkingkris9466]

Hey, buddy! I'm speakin' in an accent that is beyond its range of hearing! Sorry, but we need to subscribe _right now!_

[@smychpnj591]

Doctor who is my favourite show

[@DanielWindows]

5:31 pilgor is everywhere

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Why is the next recommended Video about Goat Simulator

[@zenithseth-nith219]

20:56

[@BuckBewENOfficial]

Sometime I wonder how people find these thing