Wheatley rising to power after replacing GLaDOS as Central A.I. He was voiced by Stephen Merchant, who also played Darren Lamb in Extras, Stuart Pritchard in Hello Ladies, Paris in Gnomeo and Juliet and Sherlock Gnomes, and Captain Deertz in Jojo Rabbit. Wheatley later apologizes for trying to bump Chell off when the elevator broke to save his own skin, and asks if they can be "BFFs". After some testing, they discover an elevator that Wheatley realizes he can power, much to his excitement. Portal 2: Wheatley | Cave Johnson. It also mentions the Aperture Science facilities. As they fall, GLaDOS explains that Wheatley was designed by the scientists to always come up with bad ideas (in her own words, to be a "moron"). Lego Dimensions (Video Game 2015) Stephen Merchant as Wheatley. He's very satisfied when Chell manages to beat the other AI. When GLaDOS reveals that the Space Core also showed up, Wheatley has a minor rant about how annoying he is which, ironically, is annoying enough for Chell to punch him. Stephen James Merchant (born in Bristol, England, on November 24, 1974) is a British actor, comedian, radio host, writer and director. 49K likes. Instead, he goes on about how glad he is to be working together with Chell again. Menu. They eventually confront a cheerful GLaDOS in her chamber. Stephen reflected on his performance in this K… Ricky Gervaisszal együttműködött az Office (2001–2003) című brit televíziós vígjátéksorozat társírójaként és társrendezőjeként, valamint a Futottak még... (2005–2007) és a Life's Too Short (2011–2013) társírója és társszereplője is volt. Half-Life: Opposing Force: Gene Worm | Race X | Black Operatives | United States Government | G-Man | Employers Stephen Merchant voices Wheatley, a personality core. [citation needed] Wheatley was designed with the purpose of making a character who "you’d be seeing a lot". When Chell makes her way back to the main facility with GLaDOS, Wheatley has redesigned all the test chambers in his own image, combining the turrets and companion cubes into one and even changing the logo on the loading screen to "Wheatley Laboratories". He is a spherical robot housing an artificial intelligence that is referred to in-universe as a "personality core". This partially comes as a result of trying to give himself credit for overthrowing GLaDOS, only for GLaDOS to say that he had done nothing to accomplish this (even though he had actually pulled off some schemes and deals behind the scenes to make it possible) and give Chell credit for doing all of the work. When they encounter him on a screen, GLaDOS tries to stump Wheatley by saying a paradoxical statement ("This sentence is false"), but Wheatley ignores the error and goes with "true". I gathered the parts of Wheatley in Portal 2 that I thought was the very best (Before/durring he get's control of the whole place). Take over Aperture Laboratories (succeeded).Have all testing chambers completed (briefly succeeded, but later failed).Retain control of the facility.Kill Chell and GLaDOS (both failed). Though she doesn't speak, it is even clear that Chell is suspicious of his motives at first. Personality CoreCentral AI of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center (formerly) Due to the phenomenal success of the show, Ricky was important enough to now be given his own producer, one Karl Pilkington. Hobby However, he appears in hidden areas of the facility to Chell, and later helps her defeat GLaDOS by replacing her program in the main control system with himself. While Doug Lombardi noted that the audio was simply a placeholder for the demo, Lord's performance was very well-received, urging Valve to retain Lord's voice in the final game. The Intelligence Dampening Sphere, commonly known as Wheatley, is a character from the Portal franchise, first introduced in the 2011 video game Portal 2. UsurpationNigh-mass manslaughter by negligenceTortureTreasonUnwitting mass destructionAttempted murderAbuse of powerIllegal experimentation Wheatley : [Wheatley leads Chell through a dark area of the facility] Ah, brilliant! She is about to press a button that will replace his program with GLaDOS when Wheatley reveals that he had booby-trapped the button and it explodes, injuring Chell. By the end of the first season Karl had become a crucial part of the show's success. Despite this, Chell is still able to corrupt and replace his personality cores. He was first revealed in an ARG released by Valve in a screenshot of Portal 2 before its release showing the player-character Chell holding Wheatley. Wheatley is the deuteragonist turned main antagonist of the 2011 Valve video game Portal 2. Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant returned to XFM, the alternative London-based radio station in September 2001 after the first series of The Office had been broadcast. The description mentions GLaDOS, the main villain from the Portal franchise. Wheatley (Stephen Merchant), a personality core, moves the room—located in one of hundreds of shipping containers among a giant warehouse—helping her to escape through the test chambers of the Aperture Science facility. You made it through! Infuriated, Wheatley breaks the escape platform and throws them both into an extremely deep shaft leading to the lowest areas of the facility. Escape Aperture Laboratories With Chell (failed, and went crazy with power).Take over Aperture Laboratories (succeeded).Have all testing chambers completed (briefly succeeded, but later failed).Retain control of the facility.Kill Chell and GLaDOS (both failed). At the beginning of the game, Wheatley awakens Chell, who has been in stasis for several years, and tries to help her escape the Aperture Science facility, but is supposedly destroyed by GLaDOS when she is accidentally reactivated. Wheatley is voiced by the British comedian Stephen Merchant and created in part by Portal 2 designer Erik Wolpaw. Although Karl was hired to just "press the buttons", Ricky and Steve got him involved more and more with the show over the subsequent weeks and soon became fascinated with his personal life, unconventional childhood and ridiculous stories. Alias Stephen Merchant is a voice actor known for voicing Wheatley, Stephen Merchant, and Paris. Half-Life Goals The facility is about to explode, causing panels to malfunction and disappear, like one which reveals the Moon in the sky. 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