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You're not a good person. You know that, right?
— Portal ‧ 2007
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the first time GLaDOS drops her mask. A tutorial AI that has been politely praising you suddenly sounds like a disappointed relative, and the game has told you, in one breath, that nobody in this building is on your side. The flat delivery of the question is what lingers: fans quote it at friends who have just done something small and dumb, and the sentence became a shorthand for the whole character.
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In context
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Early in Portal (2007), in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center, GLaDOS guides the silent test subject through the first chambers over the intercom in a cheerful, clinical voice. Around Test Chambers 04 and 05 she announces that the next chamber will not be monitored, as a required test protocol. If the player manages to trap themselves in the test area, the scripted reply is this line, delivered flat, as a verdict. A moment later she admits that the statement about not watching was an outright fabrication, and congratulates the player anyway.
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- Wikiquote: Portal (game)Test Chambers 04/05 sectionReference checked
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