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GLaDOS

GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is a fictional character in the video game series Portal, created by Erik Wolpaw and Kim Swift, and voiced by Ellen McLain. GLaDOS is depicted in the first game as an artificially superintelligent computer system responsible for testing and maintenance in the Aperture Science Computer-Aided Enrichment…

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Affiliation
Aperture Science
Alias
Caroline
Created by
Erik Wolpaw · Kim Swift
Designed by
Michael Spinx
First appearance
Portal (2007)
Gender
Feminine programming

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Portal

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GLaDOS

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Avg. degree1.99
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GLaDOS

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related to Portal 2 · 38
GLaDOS → After, Aperture CEO Cave Johnson, As, At, Before, Caroline, Cave Johnson, Cave Johnson's, Chell, Chell's, Chet Faliszek, During, Erik Johnson, Erik Wolpaw, He, Her, However, In, In Portal, Jay Pinkerton
related to Awards · 31
GLaDOS → Academy, Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Atlas, Atlas/Frank Fontaine, Best, Best Character, Best Nemesis, BioShock, Decade, During, Game Informer, GamePro, GameSpot, GameSpy, Hilary Goldstein, However, IGN, Interactive Achievement Award, Interactive Arts, Man
related to Character analysis · 31
GLaDOS → Chell, Daniel Johnson, Emily Short, Enrichment Center, FPS, Galatea, GLaDOS's, Grant Tavinor, He, His, However, In, Microsoft Game Studios, N'Gai Croal, Nathan Frost, Newsweek, No, Of, Portal, Portal's
related to In Portal 2 · 29
GLaDOS → AI, An, Cave Johnson, CBS News, Chell, CNN's Larry Frum, Computer, Ellen McLain's, Game Informer's Adam Biessener, GameSpot's Chris Watters, GameTrailers, GameZone's Ben PerLee, Giant Bomb's Ryan Davis, GLaDOS's, He, I'd, Mail's Chad Sepieha, PALGN's Adam Ghiggino, PC Gamer's Dan Stapleton, PCMag's Matthew Murray
has impact · 25
GLaDOS → Another, Dead, Game Developers Conference, Games, Geek Chic Cosmetics, GLaDOS's, It, Jonathan Coulton, LED, Left, PC, Penny Arcade Expo, Portal, Press Start, Rock Band, Soundtrack, Still Alive, Symphony, T-shirt, The
related to Voice design · 25
GLaDOS → After, As, Chell, Coulton, Ellen McLain, GLaDOS' Song, GLaDOS's, He, In, It, John Lowrie, Jonathan Coulton, McLain, Portal, Portal's, She, Still Alive, Swift, The, This
related to Portal · 24
GLaDOS → Additionally, After, Aperture Science Laboratories Enrichment, As, At, Center, Chell, During, Enrichment Center, GLaDOS's, Her, In, In Portal, McLain, Mike Patton, Oh, Once Chell, Portal, The, Valve
related to Relationship to other characters · 24
GLaDOS → AI, Although, Associate Professor, Bush, Chell, Chell's, Christopher Williams, English, Erik Wolpaw, George, GLaDOS's, He, His, In, Portal, Presidency, Sigmund Freud, Stevens Point, University, We
related to Comparison to other characters in fiction · 23
GLaDOS → AI, C-3PO, David, Empire Online, Falstein, Floyd, GamesRadar, GLaDOS's, HAL, HAL-like, He, IGN's Cindy White, LucasArts, Noah Falstein, Portal, R2-D2, Space Odyssey, Stephen Totilo, The, Totilo
related to Reception and analysis · 19
GLaDOS → An, Cinema Blend, Cliff Bleszinski, Daemon Hatfield, Edition, Editor Randy Smith, Epic Games, GamesRadar, GamesRadar's Justin Towell, Guinness World Records Gamer's, He, IGN, Michael Molinari, Paste Magazine's Jason Killingsworth, Portal, Shoot, Stockholm, They, Villains

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GLaDOSAffiliationAperture Science1.00infobox
GLaDOSAliasCaroline1.00infobox
GLaDOSCreated byErik Wolpaw1.00infobox
GLaDOSCreated byKim Swift1.00infobox
GLaDOSDesigned byMichael Spinx1.00infobox
GLaDOSFirst appearancePortal (2007)1.00infobox
GLaDOSGenderFeminine programming1.00infobox
GLaDOSSignificant otherCave Johnson (former)1.00infobox
GLaDOSSpeciesSupercomputer1.00infobox
GLaDOSVoiced byEllen McLain1.00infobox
GLaDOSis aonly witness to the situation of the player character0.90text
GLaDOSis abest example of this staple in gaming0.90text

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