History VideoGame / PortalRevolution

* CompanionCube: The TropeNaer makes its return during the first trip to the Spire, where it's used to test teleportation for inanimate objects. As is tradition for the series, Stirling has the protagonist dispose of it in a nearby incinerator straight afterwards.

* CompanionCube:The Weighted Companion Cube makes its return during the first trip to the Spire, where it's used to test teleportation for inanimate objects. And straight after, Stirling has the protagonist dispose of it in a nearby incinerator.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Downplayed, [[spoiler: but when Emilia learns of what happened after her mind is uploaded, she's horrified to realize her work on Aperture's mental uploading technology was responsible for the creation of [=GLaDOS=] and thus indirectly the cause of so many deaths]].

* CompanionCube: [[spoiler:The Weighted Companion Cube makes its return during the first trip to the Spire, where it's used to test teleportation for inanimate objects. And straight after, Stirling has the protagonist dispose of it in a nearby incinerator.]]

* NostalgiaLevel: [[spoiler:An overgrown version of Test Chamber 12 from the original ''Portal'' appears.]]
* OldShame: Emilia had recorded some lines for one of Aperture's older testing tracks. Her personality construct self, years later, is embarrassed to be hearing them again, and asks that the protagonist forget everything that they heard down there.

* OldShame: In-universe, Emilia had recorded some lines for one of Aperture's older testing tracks. Her personality construct self, years later, is embarrassed to be hearing them again, and asks that the protagonist forget everything that they heard down there.

* WasOnceAMan: Emilia Colly, a second personality construct who becomes the protagonist's ally for the latter half of the game, [[spoiler:was once an intern working for Aperture Science, and one of the early candidates for the BrainUploading procedures. She retains the memories she once had, but knew nothing prior about the catastrophic awakening of [=GLaDOS=]]]. Though initially shocked at her new form, she handles it surprisingly well, but does wish she could go back to being human. She also makes comments about the mannequins the two find and the possibility of getting an android body at one point to potentially get used to being human again.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The protagonist and Emelia ultimately succeed in taking down the Spire, but the explosion knocks the protagonist unconscious, forcing them to be sent to stasis by Emelia on a moon base until Emelia could think of another plan. And worse still, their efforts to stop [=GLaDOS=] from reawakening [[AllForNothing will ultimately be for naught]].]]

* NeatFreak: Stirling has a pretty big obsession with keeping things tidy, getting upset with the wreckage he has to tidy up and when the protagonist uses the gels and smashes glass with bombs. [[spoiler:This is ultimately justified, as Emelia reveals during the finale that he was once a vacuum cleaner.]]

* OldShame: In-universe, Emelia had recorded some lines for one of Aperture's older testing tracks. Her personality construct self, years later, is embarrassed to be hearing them again, and asks that the protagonist forget everything that they heard down there.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: As per ''Portal'' tradition, Aperture Science have had the habit of naming things in quite long terms. [[spoiler:In the case of this mod, Emelia mentions that the Spire was once dubbed the "Aperture Science Nonlocal Matter Displacement Device" before they settled on its more easy-to-remember name.]]

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite becoming the mod's twist antagonist, Stirling is never fought personally, the protagonist and Emelia's efforts instead being focused on shutting down the Spire and giving him his just desserts later. Even after that, his fate is left uncertain after the Spire explodes.]]
* WasOnceAMan: Emelia Colly, a second personality construct who becomes the protagonist's ally for the latter half of the game, [[spoiler:was once an intern working for Aperture Science, and one of the early candidates for the BrainUploading procedures. She retains the memories she once had, but knew nothing prior about the catastrophic awakening of [=GLaDOS=]]]. Though initially shocked at her new form, she handles it surprisingly well, but does wish she could go back to being human. She also makes comments about the mannequins the two find and the possibility of getting an android body at one point to potentially get used to being human again.

** [[spoiler:After she helps the protagonist escape Stirling's trap, Emelia finds his name familiar and likens it to a vacuum cleaner she once named the same thing. It's revealed when the two get back to the Spire's control desk that Stirling '''is''' that vacuum cleaner, and is shocked when he realises who the protagonist's "little sidekick" really was all along.]]

The basic story follows a test subject awakened from stasis and put into a new testing track, before being thrown to safety by a personality construct named Sterling. Now, the two navigate the desolate facility of Aperture Science to not only find an escape, but to try and clean up some of the mess left behind...

* CompanionCube: [[spoiler:The Weighted Companion Cube makes its return during the first trip to the Spire, where it's used to test teleportation for inanimate objects. And straight after, Sterling has the protagonist dispose of it in a nearby incinerator.]]

* NeatFreak: Sterling has a pretty big obsession with keeping things tidy, getting upset with the wreckage he has to tidy up and when the protagonist uses the gels and smashes glass with bombs. [[spoiler:This is ultimately justified, as Emelia reveals during the finale that he was once a vacuum cleaner.]]

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Though Sterling's ideals of reawakening [=GLaDOS=] aren't the best plans, he ultimately just wanted what was best for Aperture Science, and with his schedule overclocked after Chell had destroyed [=GLaDOS=], the core just can't handle it all himself. This brings some justification to Sterling's motives, even if he may or may not have been aware of the AI's crimes; [=GLaDOS=], as the central mainframe and beating heart of the facility, at least knew what she was doing keeping it maintained and running even without human employees.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite becoming the mod's twist antagonist, Sterling is never fought personally, the protagonist and Emelia's efforts instead being focused on shutting down the Spire and giving him his just desserts later. Even after that, his fate is left uncertain after the Spire explodes.]]
* WasOnceAMan: Emelia Colly, a second personality construct who becomes the protagonist's ally for the latter half of the game, [[spoiler:was once an intern working for Aperture Science, and one of the early candidates for the BrainUploading procedures. She retains the memories she once had, but knew nothing prior about the catastrophic awakening of [=GLaDOS=]]]. She makes comments about the mannequins the two find and the possibility of getting an android body at one point to potentially get used to being human again.

** [[spoiler:Before Sterling tests the Spire's teleporters on the protagonist, he reveals that he was wanting to bring back [=GLaDOS=] the entire time, likely using the teleporter to reconstruct her. The rest of the mod is focused on stopping him before he can succeed in his goals.]]
** [[spoiler:After she helps the protagonist escape Sterling's trap, Emelia finds his name familiar and likens it to a vacuum cleaner she once named the same thing. It's revealed when the two get back to the Spire's control desk that Sterling '''is''' that vacuum cleaner, and is shocked when he realises who the protagonist's "little sidekick" really was all along.]]

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite becoming the mod's twist antagonist, Sterling is never fought personally, the protagonist and Emelia's efforts instead being focused on shutting down the Spire and giving him his just desserts later. Even after that, his fate is left uncertain after the Spire explodes.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:After she helps the protagonist escape Sterling's trap, Emelia finds the name familiar and likens it to a vacuum cleaner she once named the same thing. It's revealed when the two get back to the Spire's control desk that Sterling '''is''' that vacuum cleaner, and is shocked when he realises who the protagonist's "little sidekick" really was all along.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:After she helps the protagonist escape Sterling's trap, Emelia finds the name familiar and likens it to a vacuum cleaner she once named the same thing. It's revealed when the two get back to the control desk that Sterling '''is''' that vacuum cleaner, and is shocked when he realises who the protagonist's "little sidekick" really was all along.]]

* CleanFreak: Sterling has a pretty big obsession with keeping things tidy, getting upset with the wreckage he has to tidy up and when the protagonist uses the gels and smashes glass with bombs. [[spoiler:This is ultimately justified, as Emelia reveals during the finale that he was once a vacuum cleaner.]]