"The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and there will be cake."
―GLaDOS
GLaDOS (Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System) is an artificial intelligence created by Aperture Science. She is the main antagonist throughout Portal and the first half of Portal 2's single-player campaign. As the overseer of the Enrichment Center, GLaDOS resides in the Central AI Chamber.
GLaDOS briefly becomes an ally to Chell during the second half of the singleplayer campaign of Portal 2 after Wheatley takes over the facility. In the cooperative campaign, she is the testing supervisor for ATLAS and P-body.
Homeworld
Earth
Born
1986: development start
1998: activation
Function(s) / Belongings
Rank/ Occupation
Aperture Science Central Core
Potato battery (briefly)
Weapons
Neurotoxin
Rocket Sentries
Sentry Turrets
Equipment
Personality Constructs
PA system
Multitasking Arms + Panels
Pneumatic Diversity Vents
Security cameras
Automatic portal generating frames
Aperture Science Dangerous Object Removal Claws
Physical description
Nature
Advanced Personality Construct
Gender
Feminine programming
Eye color
Yellow Optic
Chronological and political information
Era(s)
Portal
Portal 2
Affiliation
Aperture Science
Independent
Game information
Voiced by
Ellen McLain
Designer(s)
Jeremy Bennett (appearance)
Erik Wolpaw (dialogue)
Kim Swift