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Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and... shine.
— Half-Life 2 · 2004
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A polite man in a blue suit says good morning to a hero who has been shelved like a tool, and the courtesy is the threat. The line sets the tone for the whole game: someone has been arranging events, you are being used and you will not be told by whom. Fans quote it as an alarm clock and as a greeting to a long-absent friend.
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In context
Spoilers for Half-Life 2Show the scene
The first words of Half-Life 2. In the opening chapter, Point Insertion, the G-Man, the suited figure who put Gordon Freeman into stasis at the end of the first game, rouses him about two decades after the Black Mesa incident and sends him on a train bound for City 17. Michael Shapiro voices the G-Man.
Sources (2)
- Combine OverWiki: Half-Life 2 storylineChapter 1: Point InsertionReference checked
- Combine OverWiki: G-ManInfoboxReference checked
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