Its called something with rat man, because it is about him. Lab rat aperture science, portal 2, lab rats, horror comics, movie posters. Lab rat, of which she drew the main story, while michael avon oeming drew the flashback scenes. This is his first formal appearance after indirectly appearing in portal and the portal arg. The comic follows doug ratman rattmann, an aperture science employee otherwise known as the guy that scribbled all those helpful. The comic follows doug rattmann, a lab worker at aperture science with a history of schizophrenia, who is the only scientist that survives the destruction of aperture by glados. We get to meet the infamous doug rattmann whose scrawlings weve been enjoying. She created the drawings made by doug rattmann and seen in portal 2. Valve teamed up with ign comics to release the comic in two parts, both of which are now available. I have been playing portal for at least 2 or 3 years now, ever since a friend of mine gave to me on my. This appears to reference portal, in which glados states that the companion cube cannot speak and, if it does, its advice should be disregarded. You can get rat man s story in the lab rat comic created by valve, which bridges the story between portal and portal 2. Prior to the events of portal, one of apertures technicians, doug rattmann, successfully evaded glados attempts to flood the enrichment center with neurotoxin.
Lab rat webcomic released by valve prior to portal 2 s release to tie the story of the two games together. A gallery of the artwork left by doug rattmann through the enrichment center made by artist andrea wicklund. Prior to the events of portal while glados began flooding the entire facility with neurotoxin, rattmann is the only known employee to have survived. When working for aperture science, rattmann was charged with the maintenance of the aperture image format, an interactive graphics format. The comic was released in two parts, there are only 26 pages. Lab rat comic that takes place during and after the events of the game portal, explaining the events that led to portal 2 as seen through the eyes of the schizophrenic scientist doug rattmann. Portal is a series of firstperson puzzleplatform video games developed by valve. Portals plot is revealed to the player via audio messages from glados and side rooms found in the later levels.
During his testing period, he went slightly mad and left messages of help and warning on the walls. Rewrite of wheatleys return wheatley always wanted to apologize, he just didn. This doesnt really support the theory very well but, in the comic lab rat about doug rattmann says id rather of gone to the moon, replying to another aperture employee who is talking about how glados is the generations moonshot. Thornillustrations twitter, has got me thinking about rattman again, so ive got some really message sketches before i get started on weekend assignments. A joint project between valve and established comic book artists, such. When reorganized together, these letters gave the words drattmann and h0nee, which are a second set of usernames and passwords belonging to doug rattmann for the bbs number 425 8225251. In the comic, doug rattmann also known as the rat man is a scientist working in the aperture facility. I have read and reread the lab rat comic and i looked at the rattmann stuff valve did quite a bit. He was the one responsible for all the creepy dens and wall art found in the various areas of the game. The comic follows doug rattmann, a lab worker at aperture science. Lab rat in case you ever wondered who you can thank andor blame for the cake is a lie. Its where your interests connect you with your people. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users.
For portal 2 on the xbox 360, a gamefaqs message board topic titled doug rattmann. His dens all have some poems altered to include cubes and the like. Portal 2 is a puzzleplatform game developed by valve. Apr 04, 20 the comic was released in two parts, there are only 26 pages. Tons of theories and easter eggs spoilers portal 2. In this comic, rattmann is revealed to have been the link that bridges portal and portal 2. With scott bellot, nick celentano, norma celentano, josh work. The story takes place in between the first and the second game, and connects the two stories through a character, hinted at throughout both games, rat man and the decisions he makes. While doug rattmann doesnt make an appearance in either of the portal games, he does show up in lego. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be. Panel of the portal 2 lab rat comic, about doug rattmann being the most badass background hero of all time.
It was released in april 2011 for windows, mac os x, linux, playstation 3, and xbox 360. Among the wall scribblings in the portal dens is the sentence the cake is a lie, which became an internet meme. Rattmann goes on a picnic, a portal fanfic fanfiction. Lab rat combine overwiki, the original halflife wiki and. Although chells origins are unknown, she was definitely among the people present during glados activation in 200, as glados locked down the facility immediately afterward. Portal is a first person puzzle platformer video game series created by valve that takes place in the same universe as the halflife series. Especially the chamberlock elevators and the ominous noise they make when ascending. Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story set in the world of aperture science. Rattmann was a scientist for aperture and worked on the project although its believed he never worked directly on glados and, in fact, argued against trusting her. Glados origin story told in full portal 2 comic the escapist. The comic follows doug rattmann, a lab worker at aperture science with a history of schizophrenia, who is the only scientist.
Interestingly, a doug rattmann painting in portal 2 depicts glados in her portal 1 appearance. Part 1 follows doug rattmann as he is tracking chell through the enrichment center. Portals shadowy doug rattmann finally discovered as a. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. His fate by the events of portal 2 is unclear, though more of the ratman dens can be found. Elusive portal characters been hiding in lego dimensions. So after comic con i decided to write a fanfiction. Andrea wicklund combine overwiki, the original halflife. Portal 2 rat man dens gaming industry news gamefront. Lab rat is a comic made to bridge the gap between portal and portal 2, and the first official comic set in the halflife and portal universe. As the name implies, the core gameplay element of the portal games deals with using a portal gun to create doorwaytype portals in order to solve physics based puzzles. The game features the protagonist chell, a human who woke up as an unwilling test. Comic books and graphic novels by doug tennapel include nnewts, cardboard, ratfist, bad island, ghostopolis, tommysaurus rex, power up, monster zoo, flink, creature tech, earthboy jacobus, iron west, gear and black cherry. Glados warns you in portal 1 that its advice should be ignored and that it cant speak, and youre just hallucinating if you do hear it speak.
Expanding the history of aperture science, its main protagonist is doug rattmann, also known as the ratman. View, comment, download and edit comic book minecraft skins. Portal 2 takes place an unknown amount of time after the events of the first game. When standing near most of the graffiti, a muffled, rambling voice can be heard. I knew and liked the song before i played the game, so when i heard it, i had a slight mental breakdown ghost of rattman. When you see the cake is a lie scrawled on the wall thats the handiwork of doug rat man rattmann. Chell, with too few, has to create one almost entirely from scratch. I found evidence that doug rattmann is still alive. Doug rattmann combine overwiki, the original halflife. Doug rattmann portal 2 message board for xbox 360 gamefaqs. Not to give too much away, but it turns out that rattmann wasnt killed before or after the events of portal.
I knew and liked the song before i played the game, so when i heard it, i had a slight mental breakdown there be ol doug portal 2 in the end by biggreenpepper on deviantart. It is the sequel to portal 2007 and was released on april 19, 2011, for microsoft windows, os x, linux, playstation 3, and xbox 360. The voice is also featured in the song ghost of rattman on the portal 2 soundtrack. Doug rattmann aka the ratman from the portal series. Apr 27, 2011 where do i read the ratman comic portal 2. Doug rattmann, also known as the ratman, is a former aperture science employee who was apparently forced to navigate the aperture science enrichment center as a test subject. Apparently that is doug rattmann s last transmission he made to aperture. He couldnt see, the light was too strong, but he felt the cold, hard metal pressing down on his chest, forcing him back. According to the final hours of portal 2, the year is established to be somewhere in 2010 twelve years after its abandonment. Portal 2 is a 2011 firstperson puzzleplatform video game developed and published by valve corporation. Featuring an original storyline, the player embodies doug and lives through his fate, starting the day of glados activation and ending after the storyline of portal. Background information from the halflife wiki when working for aperture science, rattmann was charged with the maintenance of the aperture image format, an interactive graphics format created in 1985. When portal 2 was officially announced on march 5, 2010, several alphanumerics were underlined in the text, as part of the portal arg. Second of three concept comics for colin and connors portal inspired webseries, secrets of aperture, this time starring rattmann.
Nov 17, 2016 the road of clues finally lead us to portals doug rattmann. In the games and the comic lab rat, one employee doug rattmann survived due to. With so many memories weighing on him doug rattmann struggles to reclaim his sense of self. Nov 19, 2016 portals shadowy doug rattmann finally discovered as a lego dimensions easter egg. The sacrifice and other steampowered stories, in november 2011. Though some sources claim that it takes place 50,000 years after the first game, doug. Doug sees chell taken back inside by the party escort bot. Doug rattmann is a portal 2 minifigure released in lego dimensions in 2015 background.
Introduced through his murals in portal, his story was expanded in portal 2. It is the sequel to portal 2007 and was released on april 19, 2011 for micros. Soemtimes i will get messages from steam, i do not know how to turn them off unless i were to sign out of psn. Doug rattmann the aperture science database wiki fandom. Hes also a paranoid schizophrenic who is off his meds while locked in the enrichment center by glados. Doug rattmann the darker side of the disc duration. The first part of the comic was published april 8, 2011. Portal s shadowy doug rattmann finally discovered as a lego.
However, she is given priority wake up in case of an emergency by the still alive doug rattman. Lab rat comic, in which it speaks with protagonist doug rattmann. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
Although chells origins are unknown, she was definitely among the people present during glados. Doug rattmann, commonly nicknamed as the rat man, was a scientist at the aperture science enrichment center. He is a background character in the lego dimensions level, glad to see you. Doug rattmann appears in 2 issues view all portal 2. Woo its been a long time since ive drawn anything undertale or portal related. Read hot and popular stories about rattmann on wattpad. During the comic, the reader discovers that he has been spying on chell, with glados still aware that he is alive, but never able to eliminate him.
Doug rattmann combine overwiki, the original halflife wiki and. In portal 2, the player explores these longabandoned areas of aperture. Ratmans full appearance is only seen in the portal 2. I even changed my voice a little to fit his look more the link i posted isnt current, they were test voices. So, valve wrote this comic, that has some pretty significant plot reveals, about the giant gab between portal 1 and 2. The animated series come allnew stories in this seminal animated world. Apr 01, 2012 doug rattmann, aka ratman, is an interesting character from portal mythos. The only scientist left alive after the neurotoxin attacks by glados.
This can be inferred from rattmann reading a book called, art therapy in the comic portal 2. Ign have a first look at the books, but the forums mention that were likely to be introduced to a new character who was hinted at through portal 1, and speculation points at doug rattmann. In some rattmann dens, though, you can find this written on the walls. Made even worse knowing that this is the same universe as half life and as far as were concerned, earth might still be ruled by the combine when its revealed in the comic that doug rattmann attempted to save chell from getting dragged back into the labs, ignoring his spirit companion cube telling him to run, insisting that he had to try to save her. Doug rattmann portal wiki portal game, portal, portal 2. Doug rattmann, also known as the ratman, is a former aperture science employee, and one of the few survivors of glados flooding of the enrichment center with neurotoxin. Of course that might not be all they touch on, as its long been. In the last panel of the comic, doug rattmann places himself in cryogenic storage animation. From the silly person who brought you rorschach adopts a cat and it helps him solve a mystery, and rorschach buys ice cream i bring you rattmann goes on a picnic. Doug rattmann is a portal 2 minifigure appearing in lego dimensions. This comic, made available online about two weeks before portal 2s release, includes. Portal 2 is a firstperson puzzleplatform video game developed and published by valve corporation. The companion cube makes a prominent appearance in the portal 2. Doug rattmann is one of the nonplayable characters in lego dimensions from the portal 2 franchise.
I am going to be the voice of doug rattmann in the. The digital pc version is distributed online by valves steam service, while all retail editions were distributed by electronic arts. The book collects all the comics made by valve as of november 2011. The comic can be read in the link above in the offical website.
Doug rattmann talks to the companion cube, and in the comic, it seems to help him quite a bit. Set in the halflife universe, the two main games in the series, portal 2007 and portal 2 2011, center on a woman, chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the aperture science enrichment center by a malicious artificial intelligence, glados, that controls the facility. Ratman stories is a fanmade mod for portal, featuring doug rattmann from the portal 2 comic as protagonist. Ratman stories is a fanmade mod for portal, featuring aperture science employee doug rattmann known from the portal 2 comic as protagonist. Portals shadowy doug rattmann finally discovered as a lego. In the two games there are various ratman dens, where doug rattmann has left scribblings and paintings on walls in hidden rooms. Although unseen for the entirety of both games, his scribblings make him an established presence in portal and portal 2. The comic follows doug ratman rattmann, an aperture science employee otherwise known as the guy that scribbled all those helpful messages on the walls of the test chambers in portal. Lab rat is an interesting, beautifully drawn short comic, obviously, connected to the high praised videogames of the same name. Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Stories centred around 2 or more of the canon characters. When wheatly forgets to put an exit to the test, he decides to make one himself.
I know the game inside and out at least im sure, but have always been fascinated by the hidden stories behind it all. Both are difficult propositions, but after some negotiation they decide to make a go of ittogether. Ratman stories starts the day glados got activated. A promotional comic shows estranged aperture science employee doug rattmann, who used graffiti to guide the player in portal, placing chell into suspended animation to save her life, until the beginning of portal 2. Episode two 2007 portal 2007 portal 2 2011 gallery. A few hours after glados sent chell up and out of aperture labs, the crazed computer wakes doug rattman from his slumber in one of apertures stasis pods. Doug rattmann is one of the few survivors of glados neurotoxin attack, and is. He swiped at his eyes a little and tried to sit up. Lab rat in a printed anthology of valve comics, valve presents. Exile vilify the national doug rattmann from portal 2 aperture science. No, i dont own the lab rat comic, portal, the portal gun, doug rattmann, the companion cube, the turrets, aperture scienceaperture labs, the enrichment center, glados or chell. Jul 31, 2014 portal wouldnt have happened without doug rattmann portal. Lab rat comic, where it is revealed that he was the last surviving human employee in the facility after glados initial culling, and would have. In panel 7, a book titled art therapy the bennett way can be seen.