"They've kept me locked up for months... testing me... probing me... trying to turn me into a living weapon. Well, congratulations officers... it worked."
— Speed, Young Avengers
Brian Flagg: In the meantime, we're your prisoners?
Dr. Christopher Meddows: Not at all, you're my patients.
Dr. Christopher Meddows: Not at all, you're my patients.
"Anyone in the Plasmid business ultimately requires the use of human test subjects. It's our dirty little secret, and to be frank, Rapture doesn't really want to know, provided the end product is sound. Volunteers were... scarce, even as the economy buckled. A man named Sinclair approached us with a seemingly limitless supply. He... rented them to us, bound and sedated, no questions asked."
— Dr. Gilbert Alexander, BioShock 2
"Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news is we're postponing those tests indefinitely. Good news is we've got a much better test for you: Fighting an army of mantis men. Pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line on the floor. You'll know when the test starts."
— Cave Johnson, Portal 2
