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* GogglesDoSomething: Gordon's iconic black glasses, of the heads-up display variety.

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* GogglesDoSomething: GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Gordon's iconic black glasses, of the heads-up display variety.
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Merged with Waking Up Elsewhere. Lacks context


* UnfamiliarCeiling: How the first chapter begins with Chell.
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* GeniusBonus: Adlivun Electric, the laboratory much of the story centers around, is located on a glacier in northeast Greenland. In Inuit mythology, Adlivun is a frozen wasteland dead souls are sent to for purification before eternal rest: essentially Inuit purgatory.

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* GeniusBonus: Adlivun Electric, the laboratory much of the story centers around, is located on a glacier in northeast Greenland. In Inuit mythology, Myth/InuitMythology, Adlivun is a frozen wasteland dead souls are sent to for purification before eternal rest: essentially Inuit purgatory.
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cleaning Captain Obvious trope sinkhole use, project thread here


* PoorCommunicationKills: [[HeroicMime Neither Chell nor Gordon speak,]] and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is. [[CaptainObvious This causes problems.]]

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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[HeroicMime Neither Chell nor Gordon speak,]] and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is. [[CaptainObvious This causes problems.]]
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Portal 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and {{HalfLife}} ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Portal 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world.
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Made link a little more user-friendly.


[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Portal 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 org/works/865295 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Portal 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. [[HeroicMime Chell, Gordon,]] Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Portal 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. [[HeroicMime Chell, Gordon,]] Alyx, Barney, world.

Chell escapes from the Relaxation Center
and many others work together or against each other with receives some cryptic advice; meanwhile, Alyx and Barney juggle conflicts at White Forest while Gordon gets tangled up in plans at the Arctic. With the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing heads everyone races to the Borealis to secure determine humanity's future.
future, but the G-man has plans of his own...



* HeyCatch: From Chell to Gordon with a ''xen crystal,'' which Chell has no idea is extremely dangerous.

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* HeyCatch: From Chell to Gordon with a ''xen crystal,'' which Chell she has no idea is extremely dangerous.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Neither Chell nor Gordon speak, and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is. [[CaptainObvious This causes problems.]]

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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[HeroicMime Neither Chell nor Gordon speak, speak,]] and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is. [[CaptainObvious This causes problems.]]
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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Chell just wants her freedom, who gives it to her or what their goals are don't matter to her.
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* IndayEscape: A collapsing tunnel is good incentive to run.

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* IndayEscape: IndyEscape: A collapsing tunnel is good incentive to run.
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* ImminentDangerClue: [[OhCrap The water wasn't flowing down...]]
* IndayEscape: A collapsing tunnel is good incentive to run.
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* HeyCatch: From Chell to Gordon with a ''xen crystal,'' which Chell has no idea is extremely dangerous.
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* GogglesDoSomething: Gordon's iconic black glasses, of the heads-up display variety.
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* BadassDriver: Alyx with the stick-shift jalopy and helicopter.
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* AfterActionHealingDrama: Sam's foot gets blown to bits, putting her at risk of death by blood loss, so they take her to a surgeon. Doubles as exposition of how medkits work.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: A major battle at White Forest.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: A Combine battalion captures Gordon [[spoiler: only for an alien water creature to slaughter them all.]]
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* GeniusBonus: Adlivun Electric, the laboratory much of the story centers around, is located on a glacier in northeast Greenland. In Inuit mythology, Adlivun is a frozen wasteland dead souls are sent to for purification before eternal rest: essentially Inuit purgatory.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. Chell, Gordon, Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. [[HeroicMime Chell, Gordon, Gordon,]] Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Neither Chell nor Gordon speak, and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Neither Chell nor Gordon speak, and they're expected to work together without actually knowing who the other is. [[CaptainObvious This causes problems.]]
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Chell briefly dreams of laying in a wheat field, even though the story takes place ''before'' she gets there at the end of Portal 2.

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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Chell briefly dreams of laying in a wheat field, even though the story takes place ''before'' she gets there at the end of Portal 2.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Chell briefly dreams of laying in a wheat field, even though the story takes place ''before'' she gets there at the end of Portal 2.
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-->'''In-Game Research''': The layout of White Forest, the weapons, and the helicopter specifications are all accurate, plus overlooked details like Hoopy the Shower Curtain Ring and Judith Mossman's bracelet, as well as cut material like the Hydra and Air Exchange factories.\\
'''Real World Research''': First aid, physics equations, strings of computer startup code, translations into Danish, the ''operation'' of a helicopter, and the mechanics of a fully-functional {{EMP}} to name a few.

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-->'''In-Game Research''': ** In-Game Research: The layout of White Forest, the weapons, and the helicopter specifications are all accurate, plus overlooked details like Hoopy the Shower Curtain Ring and Judith Mossman's bracelet, as well as cut material like the Hydra and Air Exchange factories.\\
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World Research''': Research: First aid, physics equations, strings of computer startup code, translations into Danish, the ''operation'' of a helicopter, and the mechanics of a fully-functional {{EMP}} to name a few.

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* NonActionGuy: Marcus helps main characters during battle by carrying things, opening doors, navigating, operating shields, and applying first aid.

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* NonActionGuy: Marcus helps main characters during battle by carrying things, opening doors, navigating, operating shields, and applying first aid. aid.
* ShownTheirWork: So extensive it should have its own page.
-->'''In-Game Research''': The layout of White Forest, the weapons, and the helicopter specifications are all accurate, plus overlooked details like Hoopy the Shower Curtain Ring and Judith Mossman's bracelet, as well as cut material like the Hydra and Air Exchange factories.\\
'''Real World Research''': First aid, physics equations, strings of computer startup code, translations into Danish, the ''operation'' of a helicopter, and the mechanics of a fully-functional {{EMP}} to name a few.
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* NonActionGuy: Marcus helps main characters during battle by carrying things, opening doors, navigating, operating shields, and applying first aid.


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* TeleporterAccident: True to the original stories, has a few examples itself.
** Gordon is sent through the teleporter just fine, but moments later it mysteriously, irreparably malfunctions, giving Alyx a shock in the process.
** Chell is sucked through a strange portal at the Borealis dry dock after [[IdiotBall messing with it]].

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* BigDamnHeroes: Alyx and Barney when they [[spoiler navigate an aerial battle against several gunships with a single helicopter, to drop an EMP on some Advisors.]]

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* BigDamnHeroes: Alyx and Barney when they [[spoiler [[spoiler: navigate an aerial battle against several gunships with a single helicopter, to drop an EMP on some Advisors.]]


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* GenderEqualEnsemble: Alyx, Barney, Sam, and Marcus, as well as Gordon and Chell.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between ({{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}}) by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. Chell, Gordon, Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between ({{Videogame/Portal}} {{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}}) {{HalfLife}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. Chell, Gordon, Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.future.

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!! ''Between Minds'' contains examples of:

* BigDamnHeroes: Alyx and Barney when they [[spoiler navigate an aerial battle against several gunships with a single helicopter, to drop an EMP on some Advisors.]]
* DemolitionsExpert: Sam, a short, Asian teammate who takes glee in blowing as many things up as she can.
* {{EMP}}: Alyx and Barney, as detailed above.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Alyx and DOG as she's saying goodbye.
* SymbioticPossession: Chell finds a single sphere with two personalities. It's an inversion that's PlayedForLaughs: although they get along well with each other, it's more accurate to say that the demon is being possessed by a little girl.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Sam and Marcus, who have the short/tall, female/male balance, along with a bit of lampshade-hanging and comic relief.
-->'''Sam''': You might have to actually shoot something this time, big guy!\\
'''Marcus''': You might have to shut up.
* UnfamiliarCeiling: How the first chapter begins with Chell.

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7466762/1/Between-Minds Between Minds]] (alternate link [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/865295/chapters/1659992 here]]) is a crossover between ({{Videogame/Portal}} and {{HalfLife}}) by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3336431/3theCaptain 3theCaptain]]. It follows the main characters of both stories after the events of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Portal 1 as they meet, interact, and face the challenges posed by a post-apocalyptic world. Chell, Gordon, Alyx, Barney, and many others work together or against each other with the Combine threat hanging over their heads, all the while racing to the Borealis to secure humanity's future.

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