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The '''Advanced Knee Replacement''' is a technique used by [[Aperture Science]] to prevent [[Test Subject]]s from injury from huge drops by lessening the impact.
 
The '''Advanced Knee Replacement''' is a technique used by [[Aperture Science]] to prevent [[Test Subject]]s from injury from huge drops by lessening the impact.
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*The device consists of two prostheses completely or partially replacing the knee, partially tied to the Test Subject's calves, and prolonged with two flexible curved pieces of metal going under the Test Subject's heels, acting as springs.
  
*The device consists of two prostheses completely or partially replacing the knee, partially tied to the Test Subject's calves, and prolonged with two flexible curved pieces of metal going under the Test Subject's heels, acting as springs.
   
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*Before being first awoken, [[Chell]] had been fitted with Advanced Knee Replacement, which was destroyed when she got dragged by the [[Party Escort Bot]] after she defeated [[GLaDOS]].<ref name="P2LR">''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''</ref> After being awoken again by [[Wheatley]], she donned [[Long Fall Boot]]s instead.
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*Before being first awoken, [[Chell]] had been fitted with Advanced Knee Replacement, which was destroyed when she got dragged by the [[Party Escort Bot]] after she defeated [[GLaDOS]].<ref name="P2LR">''[[Portal 2: Lab Rat]]''</ref> After being awoken again by [[Wheatley]], she donned [[Long Fall Boot|Long Fall Boots]] instead.
   
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*In "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5paXrfkYmI&hd=1 Orientation Video no. 1]", the diagram about jumping from high ledges suggests Advanced Knee Replacement is not commonly used by Test Subjects, and might have been used exclusively for Chell.
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*In "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5paXrfkYmI&hd=1 Orientation Video no. 1]", the diagram about jumping from high ledges suggests Advanced Knee Replacement is not commonly used by Test Subjects and might have been used exclusively for Chell.
   
 
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*The heel springs were originally created for the [[Combine Assassin]], cut from ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.<ref name="HL2Bp">Playable [[Half-Life 2 Beta|''Half-Life 2'' Beta]]</ref>
  
*The heel springs were originally created for the [[Combine Assassin]], cut from ''[[Half-Life 2]]''.<ref name="HL2Bp">Playable [[Half-Life 2 Beta|''Half-Life 2'' Beta]]</ref>
   
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*The Advanced Knee Replacement was added into ''Portal'' due to disbelief by playtesters that Chell could survive the drops she was subject to, particularly those that involved falling recursively through [[Teleportation|portals]].<ref name="Pcom">''[[Portal]]'' commentary</ref>
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*The Advanced Knee Replacement was added to ''Portal'' due to disbelief by playtesters that Chell could survive the drops she was subject to, particularly those that involved falling recursively through [[Teleportation|portals]].<ref name="Pcom">''[[Portal]]'' commentary</ref>
   
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*According to [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,42252/ Matt Charlesworth], the team was not sure whether to keep the Advanced Knee Replacement in ''Portal 2''. He stated that some team members were attached to it, and that some were not, so they experimented what to do with them, or how to replace them,<ref name="GI Chell">[http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/22/redesigning-chell-valve-s-artist-speaks.aspx Redesigning Portal: Valve’s Artist Speaks] on Game Informer</ref> until they decided to replace it with a variant, the [[Long Fall Boot]].
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*According to [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,42252/ Matt Charlesworth], the team was not sure whether to keep the Advanced Knee Replacement in ''Portal 2''. He stated that some team members were attached to it and that some were not, so they experimented what to do with them, or how to replace them,<ref name="GI Chell">[http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/03/22/redesigning-chell-valve-s-artist-speaks.aspx Redesigning Portal: Valve’s Artist Speaks] on Game Informer</ref> until they decided to replace it with a variant, the [[Long Fall Boot]].
   
 
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File:Jumping from high ledges.jpg|Diagram showing what happens when a Test Subject jumps without the Advanced Knee Replacement.
  
File:Jumping from high ledges.jpg|Diagram showing what happens when a Test Subject jumps without the Advanced Knee Replacement.
 
File:Chell-back.jpg|Chell and her Advanced Knee Replacements from the back.
  
File:Chell-back.jpg|Chell and her Advanced Knee Replacements from the back.
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File:Aperture clipboard Knee.png|Clipboard sheet featuring the Advanced Knee Replacement specs.
  
File:Aperture clipboard Knee.png|Clipboard sheet featuring the Advanced Knee Replacement specs.
 
File:Two clipboards.jpg|Two clipboards in an Aperture Laboratories office, including one about the Advanced Knee Replacement.
  
File:Two clipboards.jpg|Two clipboards in an Aperture Laboratories office, including one about the Advanced Knee Replacement.
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File:Potato 76.jpg|Concept art for different Advanced Knee Replacement iterations, revealed during the [[PotatoFoolsDay ARG|''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG]].
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File:Portal 2 PotatoFoolsDay ARG Advanced Knee Replacement Concept Art.jpg|Concept art for different Advanced Knee Replacement iterations, revealed during the [[PotatoFoolsDay ARG|''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG]]. Several of these designs would be the basis for the [[Long Fall Boot]] that would later be used in Portal 2.
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File:Potato 77.jpg|Two early Advanced Knee Replacement models, also revealed during the ''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG.
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File:Portal 2 PotatoFoolsDay ARG Advanced Knee Replacement Models.jpg|Two early Advanced Knee Replacement models, also revealed during the ''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG.
 
File:Chell model early views.jpg|Views of an early render of the ''Portal 2'' Chell model, with Advanced Knee Replacement.
  
File:Chell model early views.jpg|Views of an early render of the ''Portal 2'' Chell model, with Advanced Knee Replacement.
 
File:Chell model views portal 2.jpg|Views of Chell's ''Portal 2'' model, with Advanced Knee Replacement.
  
File:Chell model views portal 2.jpg|Views of Chell's ''Portal 2'' model, with Advanced Knee Replacement.
 
File:Chell dragged.jpg|Chell's Advanced Knee Replacement is destroyed as the Party Escort Bot drags her back into the facility.
  
File:Chell dragged.jpg|Chell's Advanced Knee Replacement is destroyed as the Party Escort Bot drags her back into the facility.
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File:Potato 61.jpg|Outfit study for Chell on a picture of [[Alésia Glidewell]], revealed during the ''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG, featuring several Advanced Knee Replacement iterations.
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File:Portal 2 PotatoFoolsDay ARG Chell Outfit Concept Art 2.jpg|Outfit study for Chell on a picture of [[Alésia Glidewell]], revealed during the ''PotatoFoolsDay'' ARG, featuring several Advanced Knee Replacement iterations.
 
File:Mel model.jpg|Pink Advanced Knee Replacement on Mel's placeholder model.
  
File:Mel model.jpg|Pink Advanced Knee Replacement on Mel's placeholder model.
 
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"Ewww, what's wrong with your legs?"
―GLaDOS' Curiosity Core[src]
 

The Advanced Knee Replacement is a technique used by Aperture Science to prevent Test Subjects from injury from huge drops by lessening the impact.

Overview

  • The device consists of two prostheses completely or partially replacing the knee, partially tied to the Test Subject's calves, and prolonged with two flexible curved pieces of metal going under the Test Subject's heels, acting as springs.
  • In "Orientation Video no. 1", the diagram about jumping from high ledges suggests Advanced Knee Replacement is not commonly used by Test Subjects and might have been used exclusively for Chell.

Behind the scenes

Assassin springs

Detail of the Combine Assassin's heel springs.

  • The Advanced Knee Replacement was added to Portal due to disbelief by playtesters that Chell could survive the drops she was subject to, particularly those that involved falling recursively through portals.[3]
  • According to Matt Charlesworth, the team was not sure whether to keep the Advanced Knee Replacement in Portal 2. He stated that some team members were attached to it and that some were not, so they experimented what to do with them, or how to replace them,[4] until they decided to replace it with a variant, the Long Fall Boot.

Trivia

  • The sound files for the Advanced Knee Replacement footsteps use the name "future shoes".

Gallery

Portal

Portal 2

List of appearances

References

  1. ↑ Portal 2: Lab Rat
  2. ↑ Playable Half-Life 2 Beta
  3. ↑ Portal commentary
  4. ↑ Redesigning Portal: Valve’s Artist Speaks on Game Informer
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