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Cave Johnson / Combustible Lemons

Cave Johnson / Combustible Lemons

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Added May 08, 2011 at 12:00AM EDT by Kalmo.

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About

Cave Johnson is a character from the video game Portal 2, who was the founder and CEO of Aperture Science, the laboratory in which the game takes place. Since the game's release he has been the subject of various image macros and video remixes, often in the context of his famous "lemons" speech. (See also: Portal 2 Space Personality Core)

Origin

During the middle of Chapter 6, The Fall, an automated recording is played of the deceased Cave Johnson. It is told that he is the founder of Aperture Science, has spent years as CEO, and is coming up with new inventions and ideas for the future. Some of his ideas backfired, and one even cost him his life. He received a deadly disease which was caused by the contact of Moon Rocks. At first he is optimistic that his researchers will create a vaccine to save him. Unfortunately as time goes by, his optimism fades, and soon becomes enraged. (voice clip shown below quote)

"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"



Spread

As of May 2011, several Cave Johnson related sites have been created including a Tumblr[3], Twitter[4] (over 850 followers), Facebook[5] (over 2,000 likes), and the single topic blog "Cave Johnson, here!".[6]

A Kotaku article about the single topic blog was posted on April 29th, 2011.[7] A round-up of Cave Johnson quotes was posted to BuzzFeed on May 4th, 2011.[8]


Search queries for "cave johnson" increased dramatically around the same the game was released in April, 2011.

TF2 Community Weapon

The Cave Johnson Combustible Lemon Launcher Ammunition Indicator Ammunition Reload Port Faceplate Heating Jets 100% Endangered Rainforest Trigger Wood Handle Heating Jet Fuel Fuel Line Lemons Come Out Here Lemons Go In Here Holds Up to 3 Lemons! (Lemons are not labeled) Heating Jets www.DEVI ANTART.COM cirircaviairrarr.com 374 Left Side ron Right Side ac


A challenge to create a "Combustible Lemon Launcher" was posted to Reddit on May 4th, 2011 by user Drgrundy.[1] Redditors jimpact, and Forgetful_Redditor responded with screenshots of 3D textures he had been working on.[2]




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What To Do Whon LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS DON'T MAKE LEMONADE! MAKE LIFE TAKE THE LEMONS BACK. GET MAD! YELL-1 DON'T WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS! Then... DEMAND TO SEELIFES MANAGER. . BURN DOWN THEIR HOUSE. with the lemons. APERTURE SCIENCE INNOVATORS BITCHES DONT KNOW BOUT MY LEMONS


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External References

[1] Reddit – Challenge: create this as a community weapon for TF2-- The Cave Johnson Combustible Lemon Launcher / 5/4/2011

[2] Reddit – jimpact

[3] Tumblr – I Don't Want Your Damn Lemons

[4] Twitter – @ApScience

[5] Facebook – Cave Johnson

[6] Cave Johnson, here!

[7] Kotaku – A Compendium of Cave Johnson Quotes from Portal 2 / 4/29/2011

[8] BuzzFeed – Cave Johnson, Here! / 5/4/2011

[] Combine Overwiki – Cave Johnson

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Cave Johnson here.

Glad to be celebrating 8 years of unceasing progress here at Aperture. The technological advancements we have made here fill me with pride and the bank accounts of our shareholders with money. Products like asbestos paint, mantis-men repellent, and the all-important combustible lemon have our stock prices soaring. Though our partnership with Valve may be a bit rocky at the moment, I'm pretty sure our "negotiations" with the company will bear fruit any day now. Now bean counters have told me that our products may be "unsafe" or "environmentally unsustainable" but that's just the price of progress my friend. What are a few thousand polar bears and a few disfigured children compared to the limitless potential of our new portal gun? Plus, with the advent of our perpetual testing initiative, our operating costs are virtually zero. Fortunately there have yet to be any laws pertaining to inter-dimensional fraud and theft, and our highly-armed "lobbying" groups are working hard to keep it that way. All in all it has never been a better time to invest in Aperture Science!

Cave Johnson, we're done here.

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