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* In the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'' FanTranslation, when Kay suggests that the hidden 51st floor might be accessed by a secret portal, Ray tells her that it's not the time to be thinking with portals.



* ''Videogame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': Using the seeing tool in chapter four, you can find a heart painted on a box, referencing the companion cube.

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* ''Videogame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': Using the seeing tool in chapter four, you can find a heart painted on a box, referencing the companion cube.



* In the ''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2'' FanTranslation, when Kay suggests that the hidden 51st floor might be accessed by a secret portal, Ray tells her that it's not the time to be thinking with portals.



* ''Videogame/Left4Dead2'': In the first map of the Parish, a jukebox can be played in the bar and has a few songs selected at random, one of them being "Still Alive".
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* ''Videogame/Left4Dead2'': In the ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' game ''Stealing the Diamond'', Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun (changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster).
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'':
In the first map of the Parish, a jukebox can be played in the bar and has a few songs selected at random, one of them being "Still Alive".
* ''{{Videogame/Minecraft}}'':''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'':



* ''Videogame/StealingTheDiamond'': Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun[[note]]changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster[[/note]].
* The 1.3 update of ''{{Videogame/Terraria}}'' added a Portal Gun that's dropped by the final boss that has an identical appearance and function to the one from Portal. Later updates added a Companion Cube pet and dark tiles that portals can't be created on.
* ''Videogame/ThomasWasAlone'': When Thomas was connected to the internet for twelve seconds the narrator says "He felt that there was a thing called cake, but that it was a lie".

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* ''Videogame/StealingTheDiamond'': Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun[[note]]changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster[[/note]].
* The 1.3 update of ''{{Videogame/Terraria}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' added a Portal Gun that's dropped by the final boss that has an identical appearance and function to the one from Portal. Later updates added a Companion Cube pet and dark tiles that portals can't be created on.
* ''Videogame/ThomasWasAlone'': ''VideoGame/ThomasWasAlone'': When Thomas was connected to the internet for twelve seconds the narrator says "He felt that there was a thing called cake, but that it was a lie".



--> '''Player:''' Lotta crate killing. This isn't the game if you want cubes to be companions.

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--> '''Player:''' -->'''Player:''' Lotta crate killing. This isn't the game if you want cubes to be companions.
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* ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'': The ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' that talks about its {{companion cube}}s in the "Smash Crates" challenge:
--> '''Player:''' Lotta crate killing. This isn't the game if you want cubes to be companions.
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* [[Creator/{Amazon} Amazon's Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".

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* [[Creator/{Amazon} Amazon's Alexa]] Creator/{{Amazon}}'s Alexa has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".
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* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': At the end of chapter 13, Pinkie Pie's saying "Who's going to make the cake when I'm gone?" is a shout out to one of GLaDOS' lines after destroying the third core in ''VideoGame/Portal1'':

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* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': At the end of chapter 13, Pinkie Pie's saying "Who's going to make the cake when I'm gone?" is a shout out to one of GLaDOS' [=GLaDOS'=] lines after destroying the third core in ''VideoGame/Portal1'':
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* ''Videogame/StanleyParable'': One storyline includes the narrator dropping the player into the world of ''Portal''.

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* ''Videogame/StanleyParable'': ''Videogame/TheStanleyParable'': One storyline ending includes the narrator dropping the player into the world of ''Portal''.
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* ''Fanfic/PastSins'': At the end of chapter 13, Pinkie Pie's saying "Who's going to make the cake when I'm gone?" is a shout out to one of GLaDOS' lines after destroying the third core in ''VideoGame/Portal1'':
--> Who's gonna make the cake when I'm gone?



* [[Creator/{Amazon} Amazon's Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".

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* [[Creator/{Amazon} Amazon's Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI"."AI".
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* [[Creator/Amazon Amazon's Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".

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* [[Creator/Amazon [[Creator/{Amazon} Amazon's Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".
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* [[Creator/Amazon Amazon's Alexa has some unique interactions if you ask her about GLaDOS and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".

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* [[Creator/Amazon Amazon's Alexa Alexa]] has some unique interactions if you ask her about GLaDOS Glados and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".
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* [[Creator/Amazon Amazon's Alexa has some unique interactions if you ask her about GLaDOS and if TheCakeIsALie. She'll also do Cave Johnson's lemon rant if you ask her, but will replace "man" with "AI".
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* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick Sanchez's usual mode of transportation is a gun-shaped object that shoots portals (although these are usually portals to other dimensions), and even [[HeyItsThatSound the same sound effect]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick Sanchez's usual mode of transportation is a gun-shaped object that shoots portals (although these are usually portals to other dimensions), and even [[HeyItsThatSound the same sound effect]].effect]].

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* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': The item Ventricle Razor added in the ''Afterbirth+'' expansion lets you cut open a blue portal and an orange portal that you can jump between.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'': The artwork for the card [[https://hearthstone.fandom.com/wiki/Mirror_Entity Mirror Entity]] shows someone entering a blue energy ring while a pair of legs are emerging from an orange ring in the background. Although in this case, the person is being cloned, not going through a portal. To sell the reference further, the person is wearing a Companion Cube necklace and has the Aperture logo hanging off their armour.



* ''Videogame/StealingTheDiamond'': Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun[[labelnote:*]]changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster[[/labelnote]].

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* ''Videogame/StealingTheDiamond'': Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun[[labelnote:*]]changed gun[[note]]changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster[[/labelnote]].remaster[[/note]].



** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? Where have I heard that before?

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** %%** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? Where have I heard that before?
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* ''VideoGame/Yume2kki'': Using the Cake effect near "Case" in Word World makes it say "The Cake is a Lie".


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** The description for the Scurvy Blade weapon mentions that Cap'n Rhubarb uses this weapon instead of combustible anti-limes to get Vitamin C when life didn't give it to him, in reference to Cave Johnson's famous rant about combustible lemons from ''VideoGame/Portal2''.
** Kamui's security system is named P.O.T.A.D.O.S. and quotes lines from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. When it stuns the player character (or an enemy, once the player gets it as a pet) with its hammers, a text bubble appears and says, [[Music/MCHammer "Stop! Hammertime!"]]
* ''Videogame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': Using the seeing tool in chapter four, you can found a heart painted on a box, referencing the companion cube.

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** The description for the Scurvy Blade weapon mentions that Cap'n Rhubarb uses this weapon instead of combustible anti-limes to get Vitamin C when life didn't give it to him, in reference to Cave Johnson's famous rant about combustible lemons from ''VideoGame/Portal2''.
''Portal 2''.
** Kamui's security system is named P.O.T.A.D.O.S. and quotes lines from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''.''Portal''. When it stuns the player character (or an enemy, once the player gets it as a pet) with its hammers, a text bubble appears and says, [[Music/MCHammer "Stop! Hammertime!"]]
* ''Videogame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': Using the seeing tool in chapter four, you can found find a heart painted on a box, referencing the companion cube.


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*''Videogame/Left4Dead2'': In the first map of the Parish, a jukebox can be played in the bar and has a few songs selected at random, one of them being "Still Alive".
*''{{Videogame/Minecraft}}'':
**One splash text in the menu reads "Now you are thinking with pistons!"
**The achievement for making cake is called "The Lie".
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** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? Where have I heard that before?

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** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? Where have I heard that before?before?
* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Rick Sanchez's usual mode of transportation is a gun-shaped object that shoots portals (although these are usually portals to other dimensions), and even [[HeyItsThatSound the same sound effect]].
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*''Webanimation/StupidKids'': Dani is seen having a portal gun in ''[=DaniGamer001=]''.
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* The 1.3 update of ''{{Videogame/Terraria}}'' added a Portal Gun that's dropped by the final boss has an identical appearance to the one from Portal. Later updates added a Companion Cube pet and dark tiles that portals can't be created on.

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* The 1.3 update of ''{{Videogame/Terraria}}'' added a Portal Gun that's dropped by the final boss that has an identical appearance and function to the one from Portal. Later updates added a Companion Cube pet and dark tiles that portals can't be created on.
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* The 1.3 update of ''{{Videogame/Terraria}}'' added a Portal Gun that's dropped by the final boss has an identical appearance to the one from Portal. Later updates added a Companion Cube pet and dark tiles that portals can't be created on.

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*''Videogame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'': Using the seeing tool in chapter four, you can found a heart painted on a box, referencing the companion cube.





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\n*''Videogame/StanleyParable'': One storyline includes the narrator dropping the player into the world of ''Portal''.
*''Videogame/StealingTheDiamond'': Henry Stickmin can try and get down to the diamond with the portal gun[[labelnote:*]]changed to "Wormhole Rifle" for the copyright-safe remaster[[/labelnote]].
*''Videogame/ThomasWasAlone'': When Thomas was connected to the internet for twelve seconds the narrator says "He felt that there was a thing called cake, but that it was a lie".

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Shout outs and allusions to the franchise beyond TheCakeIsALie.

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Shout outs Shout-outs and allusions to the franchise beyond TheCakeIsALie.



* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': In the Investigations 2 Fan Localization when Kay suggests that the hidden 51st floor might be accessed by a secret portal, Ray tells her that it's not the time to be [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} thinking with portals]].

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': In the Investigations 2 Fan Localization ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigations 2'' FanTranslation, when Kay suggests that the hidden 51st floor might be accessed by a secret portal, Ray tells her that it's not the time to be [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} thinking with portals]].portals.



** The description for the Scurvy Blade weapon mentions that Cap'n Rhubarb uses this weapon instead of combustible anti-limes to get Vitamin C when life didn't give it to him, in reference to Cave Johnson's famous rant about combustible lemons from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.

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** The description for the Scurvy Blade weapon mentions that Cap'n Rhubarb uses this weapon instead of combustible anti-limes to get Vitamin C when life didn't give it to him, in reference to Cave Johnson's famous rant about combustible lemons from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.''VideoGame/Portal2''.



* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': One of the "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141024 many horrors used against]]" the Corbettites is the... [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Weighted Companion Cube]].

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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': One of the "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141024 many horrors used against]]" the Corbettites is the... [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Weighted Companion Cube]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
** In [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E29ThePoints "The Points"]], a portal gun is one of the video game weapons Tobias uses to stop Gumball and Darwin from telling Tobias's parents about his misdeeds.
** In [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E17TheBox "The Box"]], Gumball imagines a box which has mistakenly been delivered to his house contains a portal gun. It turns out constantly traveling through portals dangerously affects Gumball's DNA.



** The animation during [=.GIFfany=]'s account of how she "deleted" her creators bears a strong resemblance to Aperture Science ads from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
** When Globnar is first revealed, a participant is seen [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} infinitely falling through two vertically parallel portals]].
** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Where have I heard that before]]?

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** The animation during [=.GIFfany=]'s account of how she "deleted" her creators bears a strong resemblance to Aperture Science ads from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
''Portal 2''.
** When Globnar is first revealed, a participant is seen [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} infinitely falling through two vertically parallel portals]].
portals.
** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Where have I heard that before]]?before?
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\n* ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'': Purity-Supremacy can be best described as Aperture Science as a NGOSuperpower.

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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': In the Investigations 2 Fan Localization when Kay suggests that the hidden 51st floor might be accessed by a secret portal, Ray tells her that it's not the time to be [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} thinking with portals]].
* ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'':
** The description for the Scurvy Blade weapon mentions that Cap'n Rhubarb uses this weapon instead of combustible anti-limes to get Vitamin C when life didn't give it to him, in reference to Cave Johnson's famous rant about combustible lemons from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
** Kamui's security system is named P.O.T.A.D.O.S. and quotes lines from ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. When it stuns the player character (or an enemy, once the player gets it as a pet) with its hammers, a text bubble appears and says, [[Music/MCHammer "Stop! Hammertime!"]]


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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': One of the "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141024 many horrors used against]]" the Corbettites is the... [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Weighted Companion Cube]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
** The animation during [=.GIFfany=]'s account of how she "deleted" her creators bears a strong resemblance to Aperture Science ads from ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
** When Globnar is first revealed, a participant is seen [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} infinitely falling through two vertically parallel portals]].
** Stanford is a man obsessed with a portal, was slowly going insane, and is voiced by Creator/JKSimmons? [[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Where have I heard that before]]?

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