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The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
— Half-Life 2 · 2004
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a sales pitch from someone who has already decided your fate: you are the right man in the wrong place, and he will use you. The slow delivery, with its odd pauses, made the speech instantly imitable and fans still quote it. It also frames Freeman as a pawn, a theme the series never fully resolves.
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In context
Spoilers for Half-Life 2Show the scene
Half-Life 2 (Valve, 2004) opens with the G-Man, voiced by Michael Shapiro, speaking over a series of strange images that recall the first game. He tells Gordon Freeman to rise and shine, says Freeman's hour has come again, and delivers this line before ending with the instruction to wake up and smell the ashes. The scene cuts to Wallace Breen's broadcast welcoming new arrivals to City 17. The G-Man is the enigmatic figure who appears in nearly every Half-Life title, and this speech connects the two games.
Sources (2)
- Wikiquote: Half-Life 2Opening G-Man speechReference checked
- Half-Life Wiki: G-ManInfobox and quoteReference checked
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