The Removed & Lost Easter Eggs of Portal 2

[@OssyFlawol]

UPDATE ON THE RATTMAN DISCS: It turns out that the Co-Op Disc Sequences were actually BASED OFF THE ENTITY LOGIC for the Rattman Discs, not the other way around! Several of the logic entities that are referenced in sp_a1_intro3’s Trigger that has Dead I/O for the Discs actually still exist in the Co-Op maps that have disc sequences but are not used at all, indicating the Co-Op sequences were directly based on the Rattman Discs!

[@Steve.Matheus]

Hai Ozzyyyyyy

[@nathanj202]

I’m glad they got in somehow, I kind of wish there was more theorizing on the co-op CDs too. Even back when it first came out I thought it was so cool there were other live ‘targets’ GLaDOS was tracking, sane people who wrote on whiteboards meant for other survivors to read. I’m sure most of them weren’t super thought out, just something that she would need the bots to do, but it seems like some really cool story _could’ve_ been there.

[@XeZrunner]

It makes sense to me, as co-op and its disk-related sequences were probably developed later on. The Ratman disks in the early chambers must have been a thing early on.

[@uhohitsace]

I'm fairly certain that the 2 minute ending would have had the player thown out the starting room as Wheatley throws the room around.

[@cozmolikeytrainz]

What happened to the portal series beta discord server? i cant find it anywhere.

[@colororb4105]

I wonder if the Ratman disks would've told the same story that the Ratman comic ultimately told

[@Uuan1000]

Actually I have a very inspirful mind, and that is exactly what I was thinking for re-adding this in a mod! Of course however, even though I have several ideas for mods, I have zero ideas on how to make them

[@danielletheprotogen]

@@Uuan1000 This video made me tempted to try and re-add these features to the best of my ability, but I also have no experience of how to do it lol

[@Sergonizer]

I prefer to think that Rattman Discs would be showing the videos of "Investment Opportunities". They look like Valve were making them to appear in the game in some way but didn't manage to put them anywhere so just left them as videos released right before the game release with Chell's model as placeholder.

[@UpsideDownCycle]

That was my initial thinking too. The idea for the disks evolved into a comic.

[@Xboxshutdown1864]

Valves known for their comics so I feel like they'd make some new stuff

[@Action35]

...everyone's favourite Easter egg character, "Hoopy the Hoop" Doug Rattman "Oh..."

[@pinkunokinyobi]

I THOUGHT THE SAME THING

[@Action35]

@@pinkunokinyobi lmao

[@vrad_exe]

Doug Rattmann forgot to put the CD in his computer.

[@rebel6301]

that's it, you're going to lego island whether you like it or not

[@jbritain]

whoops

[@MacheTheFerret]

whoOoOps you need to put the CD 𝕌ℙ 𝕐𝕆𝕌ℝ 𝔸 𝕊 𝕊

[@dotnask0001]

@@jbritain You forgot to put the disc up your a-

[@no...u]

WHOOOOOOOPPPS You forgot to put the cd into your computer

[@gugoluna]

There is moon in almost every rattman's mural, not just the ceiling one. This (and also the comic and the ARG) really hints that he became somewhat obsessed with the moon.

[@SocktheWorm]

Something of a LUNAtic you might say

[@thebiggestcauldron]

It might've been his only consistent way to track time.

[@KewIsIncrediblyTired]

Rattman's girlfriend turned into the moon

[@gugoluna]

Also, the fact that you can hear his rambling on almost every mural if you're close enough (not just the tenacity one) is kinda creepy and interesting.

[@thebiggestcauldron]

@@gugoluna Wait. There's a specific sound that his murals make?

[@DessDragon]

in addition to co-op, the lost discs sound like a similar thing to the radio secrets added in Portal 1 too, so I guess this sort of concept is something they liked enough to do it in other places when they couldn't make it work how they wanted originally

[@ToothpasteVixen]

Some of the map logic for the disc stuff in trust flings was actually repurposed for the final transmission achievement, so there's definitely a link

[@Margen67]

Dragons need HUGS

[@joshuawilliams9247]

He said that in the video

[@impulse_76]

@@ToothpasteVixen Furry

[@FunzeeTime]

Why did the portal 2 radios not have the red light?

[@VAdaPEGA]

I love the instant replay for core8_display, in my head I was thinking like "hold up, you can't just mention there's an 8th core without going in-depth about it" and sure enough, there it is.

[@warriorsabe1792]

"We didn't want to show him because that would instantly date the game" *Shows Chell through portals anyways*

[@loctite417]

it's hard to see chell's playermodel upclose. if rattman showed up, we would be in kissing distance and inspecting the skin texture.

[@plaguis369]

@@loctite417 it isn't hard to see her PM up close though, just plop a 2nd portal besides the first one and you can get a nice look at her

[@SourGummyes]

@@plaguis369it’s more, having focus on a human character can date the game due to having to watch and look at characters. Yes you can see Chell, even up close if you wish, but it’s never forced onto you as a focus and as such the quality of Chell doesn’t particularly date the game due to it’s overall underuse. If she was a focus, espically up close and fully cutscene animated, it would date the visuals of the game very quickly.

[@ST1TCH916]

​@@SourGummyesHalf life 2:

[@SourGummyes]

@@ST1TCH916 Half Life 2 still looks visually dated, you can’t tell me the character models in the game haven’t aged pretty bad. A lot of what makes HL2 still really good looking is its incredibly good use of detailed animation, but even then that can’t help the now low quality of these models.

[@cutedragon2303]

6:27 Wait, is the implication he gets dropped into the murky water? And like the space core, goes to where he's always wanted?

[@casev799]

Are the cores built to withstand being submerged?

[@prismavoid3764]

@@casev799 Not really stated in-game, but with how it's said they can operate in "post-apocalyptic conditions" on 1.1 volts, Wheatley works just fine in the vacuum of space, and getting sprayed with gel in the final battle doesn't affect him at all, I think it's fair to assume that the cores are probably waterproofed as well.

[@mrnoname98]

your intro made me realize that if someone made a portal iceberg meme they could just use a depiction of portals current and previous testing facilities through the ages instead of the iceberg image

[@B-zk9bt]

Hey, that’s really interesting!

[@GuardianRail408]

Damn its depressing that I've played portal's main single player storyline over like 25 times and yet ive never looked up to the see the moon ceiling

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

me too dude

[@zenerstorm95]

Oh my god. I've played through this game SO many times and I've ONLY just learnt about the moon drawings under the portal gun 😅

[@loctite417]

I think he's totally right that showing a human character instantly dates the game. Human characters are so easy to tell when things are wrong. They will always look like a video game character and we will likely be able to tell when that character was made based on its quality. Look at hl1 scientists and hl2 civilians. They look so dated. Characters from elder scrolls that came out in the same year look outdated now. Also, rattman only being in the comics really adds mystery to him.

[@minerman60101]

Yeah, I was watching a friend play Alien: Isolation and everything in the game looked great despite it being a decade old... except the humans, who absolutely felt dated.

[@genyakozlov1316]

Portal 2 looks dated now anyway, human or not.

[@loctite417]

@@genyakozlov1316 good custom maps can still stand pretty well. Valve maps however do feel dated.

[@Forklift_Enthusiast12]

This is why I think it would have been cool if the rattman discs had live action videos like in Control. Though unlike Control, maybe it would have looked out of place compared to the graphics

[@ChumGrondis]

I really couldn't care less if I tried about the humans in games not being photorealistic. With that logic let's release the next Half Life game with no human nPCS at all as to not date it.

[@aslegger]

17:19 “And it centers around everyone’s favorite character…” HOOPY! “Doug Rattman” oh..

[@squidiskool]

Same here lmfao

[@kR-qj7rw]

hoopy is on the last rat man den with the desk

[@BoogieMan16]

Stolen

[@squidiskool]

@@BoogieMan16 iu98i

[@yolomationanimation9784]

Honestly finding about the aquarium core got my brain wrinkling on how neat of a detail it would be seeing Wheatley gather personality cores to do… something with, at an earlier part of the story. Seeing Wheatley haphazardly toss them around in a rush for the big crush would be so cool.

[@lackedpuppet9022]

Speaking of Portal and Aussies: did you know there's a Portal Easter egg in the show Bluey? It appears for about ten frames at the end of the episode Daddy Dropoff! You can find it online, but the whole episode is worth a watch.

[@npc_citizen9276]

I found it and its pretty cool. Thats a reference to the potato battery project from portal 2. You can see the square aperture logo and the two portal colors.

[@The_Top_Hat_2]

rad

[@AmBush2048]

Given that up until the literal end of the game, wheatley is the only personality core you get to meet, I bet that players confused the Aquarium Core for Wheatley, given how long it's visible in the gag

[@natalie-chanistrash7214]

Seeing how Wheatley would've been in charge of Aperture at that point, doesn't seem likely to me

[@Smirving]

@@natalie-chanistrash7214 Yeah idk how you would confuse wheatley with the core since it's literally the last chapter before finale.

[@buscadiamantes1232]

hearing "core" and "cores" so frequently I end up mixing course and courses into the equation lmao

[@WinterGamesYT]

"this piece of logic does not have the frankenturret anywhere in it... IT HAS A PERSONALITY CORE *BOM BOM BOM BOMMMM*

[@Larry]

It's a shame about the Rattman discs, If they were worried about them aging, they should have gone for FMV clips, kind of like how Control did it.

[@Cont0rt]

Holy shit its larry bundy jr

[@thebiggestcauldron]

What's Control?

[@Midnightandy5678]

​@@thebiggestcauldron control is an game made by remedy, the studio is most well know for control and the two Alan Wake games.

[@Larry]

@@thebiggestcauldron its a video game.

[@majinya6199]

@@Midnightandy5678 I think they're more well known for the Max Payne games first

[@legendfinder]

Dang, really surprising how many easter eggs I never knew about. Amazing video! 2 Really love not being in the loop of any of these beyond-surface-level tidbits. Like, ah yes, the famous Aquarium Core, that we all know about. Whaat, their eye is a different color from what we all of course associated it with? What a revelation that is! May you live on in your flashlight form, Aquarium Core, you were like a(n estranged) brother to me.

[@Mhrtxn_]

You the guy from that moon thingie ARG from Minecraft? I know this may just be you using your account to watch youtube, but it's surprising you appear in a portal video

[@Gsn1vy]

oh hey there! genuinely didn't expect to see you appear in this video at all, though it is quite the pleasant surprise

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Agreed.

[@galaxxy_foxx2583]

@@Mhrtxn_ LegendFinder is everywhere. At all times. Keep your head on a swivel. He might be right behind you.

[@alphaamoeba]

Found the Legend (Finder)

[@jimjim7616]

Fascinating stuff! Kinda wanna include those laser discs in a Portal mod now

[@Uuan1000]

BRO LEGIT MY IDEA! Great minds think alike. I was thinking that they would play a short episode format explaining the ratman comic in game.

[@zOOpygOOpert]

0:49 what the hell its the minecraft moon arg guy

[@legendfinder]

what's the minecraft moon arg?

[@zOOpygOOpert]

@@legendfinder idk, its this weird video series about a guy going crazy over the minecraft moon. Not sure if its real or not, you wouldn't be interested.

[@legendfinder]

@@zOOpygOOpert Oh, yeah, that sounds boring. I'll pass.

[@Salithin]

I HATE moon arg guy!! I hope he isn’t here without me knowing.

[@zikiardani7277]

@@legendfinder yo no way it's the minecraft moon arg guy

[@YukikoTsuki]

I think the Portal Gun room being where you could get the moon ending really makes sense from a design standpoint too. Of course there's the markings around the hole which are good evidence that something moon-related was being considered there... but from a design standpoint it's just a well controlled situation. You'd only have one portal, so where the portal is that you'd get sucked out to the moon through is fixed, and the spot you'd have to fire the portal from is also pretty fixed - they could have curated the surrounding collision to make you smoothly get sucked out without getting caught on anything, or just to make it easier to set up natural-looking fixed animation for it happening

[@pimpdaddy3720]

4:00 I like how the music gets real dramatic when you reveal that A personality core used to be in that scene.

[@Azzy2935]

man its been a good what 10 years or so? we are STILL rapidly learning more and more about this game. AND NICE VID!

[@SoullessManiac]

Curse you Ossy, making me re-hyperfixate on Portal again!! Jokes aside this video is fucking peak. I said this on your return video but I'm glad you're back, unironically one of my favourite channels that cover Valve-related stuff. Hyped to see what you've got cooking up for the future!

[@Ben_19M]

shoutout to ozzy flawol gotta be one of my favorite genders

[@squidiskool]

1995 Toyota Tacoma

[@alexnichols0]

I think the Ratman disc was just going to show what the noise transmission was for the player instead of the community doing it themselves. Kinda like a built-in decoder.

[@captainhades1583]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. I feel like I'm actually learning something with each video, not just about portal but game design itself. You can tell Ossy has the utmost respect and passion for Portal and Portal 2.

[@Pezut-ob6mu]

I'm very surprised about how many remnants of unused things are in the map files

[@AshlynsAegis]

Happy to see your back! your content is honestly insanely comforting/ re watchable for me. I used to watch a lot of these kinds of videos when i was first learning about valve stuff especially back in like 2015? which probably explains a lot of why i enjoy your content so much aside from just general quality and presentation. either way its nice to see your back and i hope your doing ok,.

[@EricBateman0]

I apprieciate the fact that you put actual hand made subtitles in the video, so it's much easier to understand what you're saying. Not many creators do this. Respect for that!

[@tytheboy]

I love the custom captions! (and the video as well lol)

[@andresbravo2003]

Man I love Easter eggs in Video Games. Welcome back man.

[@JerryCan101]

The banner and pfp redesign looks great! Good work!

[@babbygremlin]

this may be one of the only videos ive ever seen about gaming cut content that isnt from some sort of non developer perspective and weird half-true simplified explanations of gaming stuff. I wish *every* gaming related video was like this.

[@get-souped]

0:48 Man oh man I sure do hope this person doesn't go crazy about the moon that would be weird haha

[@muradalsayed1349]

1:25 a “Morgan Freeman” sphere? Wrong guy 😂

[@aj487_real]

My theory on when the ‘Don’t Say Goodbye’ song was created was likely during Core Hub Era (Early January 2009 (or maybe December 2008?)-Early December 2009) or Late Multi-Core Era (Mid February 2010-Early July 2010)

[@Pnezyx2056]

25:19 i was fully expecting you to say "but hey, thats just a theory, a GAME theory!"

[@YellowpowR]

22:30 I don't know if this is a visual effect you've added, but I like the Turret lazer flickering on this freeze frame.

[@10cheesburgers]

Amazing video! I thought I had seen it all when it comes to Portal content, but boy was I wrong. Keep it up!

[@ARealLemonLime]

Welcome back! Can't wait for everyone to see this !!

[@Jase00]

I loved every second of this video, especially towards the end, so much anticipation build up. Thank you for your effort!

[@halotroop2288]

It's a shame we never got to see the remade Portal 1 cores. But it makes perfect sense. They're all dead. Chell threw them into an incinerator.

[@Agpicklefeet]

Great documentation of all of the findings here, I agree I think the disks make the most sense as the appearance for Ratman- I don’t think they would have opted to show him in person ever and that would be fitting for his character.

[@Jacksaur_]

The Rattman discs are an extremely interesting thing to hear about. I love just how deep you can go into Portal 2, I can't imagine any other game where people would be finding *Cut easter eggs* of all things.

[@tilum8342]

Having these eastereggs and alternative endings in a mod would be pretty cool.

[@estebancastillo7910]

I think that the ratman easter egg was a idea from the early development of the game and got discarted in the mid development, this because valve released a comic called "Portal 2: Lab Rat" where they explain what happened between the two games, in that comic they show us how ratman lives in the facilities and how he avoid to use any tipe of technology, later in the comic they show the ratman's perspective of the final of portal 1, then chel is retrieve unconscious to the facilities by the Party Escort Bot, after that ratman goes again in the facilities to activate the invernation protocols that got deactived because glados being destroyed, but ratman got hit by a torret while trying to help chel and in the end he crawls to a relaxation vault, we dont know if he is dead or asleep, but with that comic is nearly impossible that ratman could make the video diaries. (the comic was released like two weeks before portal 2 was launched)

[@l-l]

Spectacular video as always. Glad to see you're back!

[@LimeMaxx]

I'm shocked how I never stop learning new things about this game.

[@22TwentyTwo]

all of these were amazing to know about, this video itself is amazing! I love the portal community and I am so glad you made this video. I never thought a video like this could've been made and, although it will probably never have a continuation because of the sheer absurdity it is to think of "removed easter eggs" and it makes me kind of sad, I am really happy it exists

[@Napkin_story]

these would be fire things to add to a portal 2 remake mod/game

[@injuringflea727yeet]

We need to find the universe where the ratman discs are fully included in portal 2

[@Ravenwester]

6:54 YES! I've always wondered what or who was that core and it was moving so...

[@min3craftpolska514]

Thanks for taking the time to make the closed-captions a lot better. It's not something you see everyday. Thanks again.

[@CrraVideos]

I honestly like that they changed the lyrics of exile vilify becuase MAN its one of my favorite songs, i always love it

[@Ricys]

i cannot believe there's always something new to learn about the portal series. this is such a monumental series of games, and i truly wish they made a new IP based on the universe centered around aperture or what have you if not portal 3

[@ZetaVec]

When you mentioned the discs my mind went exactly to trust fling I always windered what the disc was seemed like it always was apart of something more important

[@NatalieWeiler-soooOkioooisj]

1:15 That reminds me of We are going back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get Turkey off the menu that's right we're going back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get Turkey off the menu

[@cannon-e8k]

I cant believe it, for the first time in years I'm learning something new about the portal games.

[@garamtf2]

0:49 bruh legend finder of the Minecraft moon arg moment

[@JosiePS]

what really irks me about the prop_glados_core/prop_personality_sphere entities in portal 2 is that they no longer have unique "look" animations, but rather all use an animation called "personality_sphere_testanim" which the personality sphere model doesn't have

[@Jaegerin8]

the aquarium core reveal was insane

[@andrewg3912]

It may be a bit of a stretch, but in SPA4 "Jump polarity," perhaps the Aquarium core sequence involving disengagement from the from the management rail and toggling of its flashlight could have been refences to Wheatley's earlier dialogue in the game. Specifically expressing concern of dying from executing either of these actions. Just food for thought though, great video!

[@TheYoshieMaster]

I like that Hoopy is just chilling behind the last Rattmann desk

[@4m0d]

I love how you got the colored subtitles from the game on youtube as well!

[@insertnamehere2062]

love the colored subtitles!!

[@MicronOnline]

I 100% Bet the Ratman Disk would have showed footage of Ratman's companion cube. nothing else just cube.

[@heberb]

congrats on getting this behemoth of a video out!

[@ElPreservador]

"We didn't want to show him because that would instantly date the game" Maybe this is not that much of nonsense, but actually a clue as to what we could find in the videos. I think the video format was intended to show live-action footage, with Rattman played by an actor, similar to Red Alert cinematics. That way, the game would continue in a 'timeless' manner as they intended. This would have been consistent with, for instance, Cave and Caroline's portraits, which depict them as real, 'live-action' people. Ultimately, they may have concluded that including live-action videos of Rattman would have disrupted the game's atmosphere too much, and decided not to include that aspect, therefore discarding that entire gameplay dynamic.

[@akeem2983]

Or the plan was way too ambitious and instead they added just the Rattman Dens and, of course, the Lab Rat comic

[@thezipcreator]

extremely unlikely but what if the disks are just the developers trying to troll data miners by adding a few random inexplicable references to something and watching people go crazy over it

[@KevinTheFluffyWolfy]

Portal 2’s secrets and Easter eggs are pretty cool! Portal 2 is an amazing game too! Also, finally someone who talks about scrapped stuff that is basically unheard of!

[@hudsonator7259]

I would like to imagine that the ratman disks will be added back to hint at portal 3 like how the radios in portal 1 hinted towards portal 2

[@connor48880]

Funny how the comment you showed is from legendfinder, who is also the creator of a Minecraft ARG Also no joke I immediately subscribed the second you started talking because I knew I would want to hear more of what you had to say

[@Guest-e7w]

I now rename the Aquarium core to 'Aquarius'

[@isofaux7570]

Love the video as always, and really appreciate the subtitles! Thank you so much!

[@testaccount9628]

dude how did you make that thumbnail it looks AMAZING, also great video too

[@Crow_Rising]

It would have been nice if GLaDOS's song was included in the game as a little bonus you gain access to after beating the game, available in an extra's menu. Maybe even throw Exile Vilify in for convenient listening.

[@romerotronic]

Remember when they added radios to portal 1? They can "easily" add back the discs to Portal 2 to sell the 3rd game, if they ever go on, of course

[@InfinityMakesVideos]

We need a mod that adds all of these stuff back

[@naturalnova69]

great video dude! i remember readding the core sequence back in a few months ago on a old channel of mine, all these were interesting and some stuff i didnt know!!!

[@lazyb0nez_]

somehow the biggest secret i learned from this video was the moon phases on the portal gun room ceiling. after all these years i literally never once looked up

[@Kawamagi]

your videos are like fuel to my portal autistic mind. love them!

[@DaWhiteTyger]

Would you know who TF Rattman is then? Cuz, I've never heard of him throughout the entire Portal series...

[@Kawamagi]

@DaWhiteTyger Rattman is a character that doesn't have any physical appearances in game, but plays a vital role in the portal lore. In game, both in the first and second game, you can find the 'Rattman dens', characterized by their messy hidden nature and how usually they feature some writings on the wall (that's where the famous 'The cake is a lie' line came from!) he's the main character in the Rattman comics, which serve to explain what happened between the end of the first game and the start of the second. He's a paranoid schizophrenic scientist who survived the GLaDOS genocide and walks around aperture with his companion cube, which he hallucinated that it talked to him.

[@melvinschrab505]

Glad to see you back! :D

[@henrylacock9480]

13:56 one thing I wish is that it would be played at the exact moment you are at. just very quite and gets louder when you go towards the trees.

[@Mcmuffin-cz5zc]

i wanna see this guy playthrough portal revolution

[@bradyhem]

ahhhh im so happy you're back

[@matthewmarchetti5395]

24:25 Exactly, humans are much harder to model well, especially with lower polly counts. This can make older models of humans look edpecially weird or uncanny. Eg: pixar baby

[@n646n]

Chell's model is in the game. And Half Life 2 humans look great, they could easily create models that look better than games released today in Portal 2 seeing what they did there. Feels like they just ran out of time and had to prioritize with this. They could've easily done it in some other way too, instead of just scrapping the entire sequence.

[@matthewmarchetti5395]

Bro did not just say the Half Life 2 humans look "great." Maybe great for the time, but certainly kinda weird looking today.

[@akeem2983]

@@n646n While Half Life 2 humans do look great, they obviously don't look like they belong in a modern video game. And the Chell's model, while being in the game, is hard to properly look at because of the way how portals work, which obscures imperfections of her model. This makes the style of Portal 2, while not exactly timeless, still pretty hard to date since there's no humans

[@n646n]

@@akeem2983 It's pretty easy to date it lol, just look close at any texture.

[@cat_ann_]

man i wanna see the Portal 1 cores cameo recreated, bonus if they're also all speaking but quieter so you only hear them when you're standing infront of them

[@iamm_okko]

WAS RTHAT LEGEND FINDER??

[@Bortalis4053]

Love the video! Great to always learn more about one of my favourite games

[@IOSARBX]

Ossy Flawol, I subscribed because your videos are super cool!

[@XanTheDragon]

portal expert dragon talks about portal for 30 minutes my favorite video genre

[@GlebyGlobster]

A video diary would've been SO cool

[@carricksimone5122]

Legendfinder jumpscare

[@tvhead408]

Loved the video, keep up the good work!

[@dotnask0001]

I find another person that's obsessed with Portal, that's me. But I was a dumb 12y/old and I grew out of it. I still eat up any new(older?) info about the game.

[@rayd1n]

you are really talented to look for research lol Great video!