I forgot how many goats we added to the mod xD There used to be an animated one but the texture kept breaking on it and it would be bright purple so we replaced it with the shadow goat that watches you. There used to be a set of goats having a tea party on the long elevator ride down at the start of the game but we removed them as we weren't sure if it would cause issues (Things that move and are parented can be weird in Hammer). Good job on finding all of them! The biggest thing you missed was the big Borealis poster in the offices when you first meet Virgil. Also the voice line about Chris spelling station wrong was a genuine mistake and is referenced again with the texture in the end credits.
3:39 I believe is a reference to Nigel from Portal TAG who says something similar about nothing life changing when you go “out of bounds” but unlike in Mel you do find something life changing (An alternate ending)
i finished aperture tag yesterday and god im glad i havent got incinerated by nigel wait why am i talking about aperture tag on a portal stories mel video
Good findings, didn't know about some of these. Although one of my favorites, which also made me laugh like crazy, is missing. In few places you can see the word STATOION with the O crossed out and I thought “so that guy who got fired before must be responsible for this“. Then, in the credits, I saw it again next to one of the devs named Chris and immediately I knew they meant him and at some point he must have done the mistake during the development. Later I saw some dev commentary videos and indeed, Chris didn't realize his mistake even after they told him something's wrong so they would "fire" him whenever they had a chance as a running joke. :D
For those who are a bit confused with the Crazy Harry thing, it's a reference to both Crazy Harry from "The Muppet Show" as well as Harry Callaghan. I wrote it initially to be JUST the Crazy Harry reference, as at the time I was watching a little more of The Muppet Show than I care to say and thought that the name drop was a little funny. We also had Harry Callaghan on the team, so it worked out that it could do both references, Henson and Callaghan. But the original intent was The Muppet Show.
9:29 the companion cube is a reference to portal 2, where there is a companion cube hidden in the rubble when you first get the duel portal gun. It also dissolves when you pick it up, and Glados has a line.
4:09 I think he's referring to Nigel at the end of the aperture tag alternate ending where you don't die and because he says "I know some other cores have a problem with telling the truth." and Nigel says "why do you even bother with exploring your surroundings. It's not like you're gonna encounter a life changing moment." But I could always be wrong.
So being sexist towards men is ok? I find this word highly offensive. If it was a female voice and someone commented the word "bimbo", there would be a shitstorm in the responses and -1000 thumbs. I'd say he is just flirty, or a ladykiller, what the hell?
Also another hidden part, when you go outside the testing track and you need a cube to block the laser if you arrive with the cube before he can rant about how hard it is to move from point A to B outside the testing tracks, he'll commend you for being prepared and asks if you've done this before.
I could be wrong (and I probably am) but the poster at 12:35 is a reference to another in development Portal 2 mod called "Portal 2 Repercussions." The mod features another custom portal gun that looks very similar if not exact to the one on the poster. Sadly the mod appears to be on indefinite hiatus as it has not been updated in 3 years. (Still holding out hope that the developer returns someday.)
0:21 You can also play as Barney Calhoun, and after the tram ride in the beginning, you can knock on the door yourself in the 2nd Half-Life expansion, Half-Life: Blue Shift.
13:31 I get it a bioshock reference, but for some reason, I get this feeling that both aperture science and rapture are connected without anyone knowing, that and both aperture and rapture both got the "ture" in their name and everytime I hear "rapture" I think of aperture science.
It's referring to both Harry Callaghan and Crazy Harry from The Muppets. Initially I had written it as only the Muppet reference since I love The Muppets and could sneak something in under the radar, but with Harry Callaghan on the team it served a dual purpose inadvertently.
@@earthy6744 i meant I forgot when I made this comment honestly it could have been before alyx was released but I don't know for sure but even then half life alyx is just a prequel to half life 2 and isn't really a true half life 3 as valve would have used the name half life 3 if it was I was joking about how all of valves most popular game franchises with half life portal and l4d being the topic of the joke and how those three games have only gotten a sequel and haven't been made into a trilogy despite the fans really wanting it so the community obviously constantly jokes on how long it will be until those three games get an official third game with the number 3 in the title of them
Ohh I'm still love this game. There was some easter eggs that i didn't find. Wow. I couldn't recognise the Portal 2 Repercussions poster.. Wow I wonder that mod will come out sooner than never. I love that even now you make videos about Portal's
Theres a 4th wall easter egg thats not here. If you use the cube to block the lazer before coming across it (and be semi-quick about it) he'll ask if you have done this before.
you can also solve the test where you leave the over grown part of the game (specifically the test with a lazer, reflection cube, and 2 emancipation grills and buttons yes it can be solved but it leads to a ded end and I was kinda confused as the second time I played this mod was years after the first time so I forgot that that chamber you had to just portal out of.
The 8xx1 square is seen in portal 2 at the first old test with the repulsion gel At the exit door Look at the wall where the exit is Look at the top left of it
Oooohhh, would i love there to be more portal (but sadly the cannon story of the aperture-mesa is over, except for the whole “eli dying thing but i think we’re over that by now)
jakby co to pomyliłeś się w 1 przykładzie ponieważ w episodzie 2 half life to masz drogę do white forest i to już nie jest city 17 ale i tak spoko film
I forgot how many goats we added to the mod xD There used to be an animated one but the texture kept breaking on it and it would be bright purple so we replaced it with the shadow goat that watches you. There used to be a set of goats having a tea party on the long elevator ride down at the start of the game but we removed them as we weren't sure if it would cause issues (Things that move and are parented can be weird in Hammer). Good job on finding all of them! The biggest thing you missed was the big Borealis poster in the offices when you first meet Virgil. Also the voice line about Chris spelling station wrong was a genuine mistake and is referenced again with the texture in the end credits.
make more amazing content my dude
Keep up the good work
Is Crazy Harry also a reference to Harry Callaghan, otherwise known as Harry101UK on RUclips?
Hey mr. Easter egg, do you own the goats or are they just some goats that you decided to let roam freely?
This mod is insane!!! I love it!!!
9:13
JUST A HOOP? Virgil, you are talking to Hoopy the Hoop. He has braved a lot of stuff to relax in an abandoned office. Respect him.
goat=gman
“Small circle of metal” WELL I GUESS IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
@@Chaos_Insurgent-kill-squad LMAO
I think "Crazy Harry" is also a reference to Harry Callaghan, who composed the music and voiced Cave Johnston in this mod.
Yes sir Mister Johnston
Yes sir Mister Johns *t* on
It is
I believe
he also voiced virgil for a fact :)
@@strawberry_bvn
Oh I didn't realise he did him as well.
Edit: you liar
my favourite is the "accent beyond your range of hearing" easter egg.
3:39 I believe is a reference to Nigel from Portal TAG who says something similar about nothing life changing when you go “out of bounds” but unlike in Mel you do find something life changing (An alternate ending)
Just on a sidenote: Some Developer were *_not_* even aware of the Goats.
Guess this easter GOAT them by surprise HAHAHHA k imaleaveknow
“Citranium. Its science, in a *CAN* !”
Wrong game
i finished aperture tag yesterday and god im glad i havent got incinerated by nigel
wait why am i talking about aperture tag on a portal stories mel video
@Nick GameChannel Citranium was literally on PS:M.
@@blaperturemesa1740 every aperture scientist's nightmare
Good findings, didn't know about some of these. Although one of my favorites, which also made me laugh like crazy, is missing. In few places you can see the word STATOION with the O crossed out and I thought “so that guy who got fired before must be responsible for this“. Then, in the credits, I saw it again next to one of the devs named Chris and immediately I knew they meant him and at some point he must have done the mistake during the development. Later I saw some dev commentary videos and indeed, Chris didn't realize his mistake even after they told him something's wrong so they would "fire" him whenever they had a chance as a running joke. :D
Once of the recorded voice comments from Cave Johnson refers to spelling 'Station' with the extra O, as I recall.
@@richardgodivala4680 Yes I know, I even mentioned it by refering to "the guy who got fired before".
i love that virgil has lines for even the secret rooms. super cool
For those who are a bit confused with the Crazy Harry thing, it's a reference to both Crazy Harry from "The Muppet Show" as well as Harry Callaghan. I wrote it initially to be JUST the Crazy Harry reference, as at the time I was watching a little more of The Muppet Show than I care to say and thought that the name drop was a little funny. We also had Harry Callaghan on the team, so it worked out that it could do both references, Henson and Callaghan. But the original intent was The Muppet Show.
Never noticed the Goats once in my playthroughs. Nice catch
Ditto! I mean they ARE black in the shadows. Hats off to whoever even noticed them in the first place!
this man could literally find easter eggs everywhere
Purple Person he place a Easter egg in a transition it was a creeper head
9:29 the companion cube is a reference to portal 2, where there is a companion cube hidden in the rubble when you first get the duel portal gun. It also dissolves when you pick it up, and Glados has a line.
Remember "Oh Fiddlesticks"? Yeah, the dev team replaced that with a goat sound.
Noooo, fiddlesticks! What now?
fun fact: that is the error sound in portal 2 engine
@@maxim07minecraftpropvp41 Yes, I know. It only plays when it cannot find a sound. It has nothing to do with Portal 2's Engine.
It's actually "Oh" Fiddlesticks.
Isn't that the sound when you throw a rocket in the toxic water
4:09 I think he's referring to Nigel at the end of the aperture tag alternate ending where you don't die and because he says "I know some other cores have a problem with telling the truth." and Nigel says "why do you even bother with exploring your surroundings. It's not like you're gonna encounter a life changing moment." But I could always be wrong.
You're exactly right.
I never knew there was a bisexual himbo core, who Virgil seems to be into nontheless, in this mod. My life has now vastly improved
So being sexist towards men is ok? I find this word highly offensive. If it was a female voice and someone commented the word "bimbo", there would be a shitstorm in the responses and -1000 thumbs. I'd say he is just flirty, or a ladykiller, what the hell?
@@peterpeterson4800 bro nobody cares stfu, himbo core
@@CanadianCat64 shut up sexist
@@peterpeterson4800 dude is getting mad because somebody used the word himbo. 💀
god dammit, now i want to beat the game for the 4th time just to find these easter eggs
i wish this game had badges
i would 100% get them
@DenigoPlay no, i meant the badges. I would simply get the badge to the 5th level bacause its so good
crbeeper I agree
you forgot how at 12:34 "chariots chariots" is a reference to the perpetual testing initiative
and the portal gun featured there is a reference to Repercussions mod. Pretty sure the development is cancelled now.
@@loctite417 yea
9:21
Look above the trees in the background, you'll see another "Hoopy the Hoop" falling to the trees.
(Also 'Ratman' is actually spelled Rattman)
Ratman is his nickname.
How the hell did I miss that Bioshock reference? And I though Crazy Harry was referring to one of the developers for this mod.
@DestinyStriked
Also voiced the turrets, which sadly couldn't use voices.
@DestinyStriked
No, I'm referring to the unused mobster turret voice lines intended for the '50s turrets.
yeah same, i just cant get harry out of my mind he's just so talented and i absolutely love all of his work
It's referring to both. I had intended it to be written just for the Muppets reference, but with Harry on the team it served a second purpose.
@@jiifigmentforever well thats cool!
I'm sure that Russian translation killed all of Easter Eggs in voice lines
Obidno nemnogo
Also another hidden part, when you go outside the testing track and you need a cube to block the laser if you arrive with the cube before he can rant about how hard it is to move from point A to B outside the testing tracks, he'll commend you for being prepared and asks if you've done this before.
Watched this instead of doing my homework, didn't regret it tbh
I could be wrong (and I probably am) but the poster at 12:35 is a reference to another in development Portal 2 mod called "Portal 2 Repercussions." The mod features another custom portal gun that looks very similar if not exact to the one on the poster.
Sadly the mod appears to be on indefinite hiatus as it has not been updated in 3 years.
(Still holding out hope that the developer returns someday.)
11:38
Obi Wan: *_HELLO THERE_*
9:48 that's the moment you gets sad :( :(
Pause at 9:29 you can see creeper at the bottom left
How do you???
@Riley Bleathman way back in the mine.
0:21 You can also play as Barney Calhoun, and after the tram ride in the beginning, you can knock on the door yourself in the 2nd Half-Life expansion, Half-Life: Blue Shift.
A lot of these easter eggs further cement Virgil's position in Portal lore as The Best Character :)
Fun Fact: Virgil's voice actor Stig Sydtangen (aka DragonNOR) has his first acting roll as Simon Henrikson in Cry of Fear.
11:38 aww Virgil wants to be with the rainbow core 🥰
Fernando yes it is UwU
(Running a geiger counter over these comments)
The UwU levels in here are off the charts!
Well Virgil is gay.
@@paracetamol11037 either that or sexuality just doesn't apply to machines.
@@midorifox laughs in has msde a contagious fanmade love core
9:28 boi I found one of YOUR Easter eggs! There's a creeper on the bottom of the list with things that are in tests
You missed a 2056. It’s in the secret room that you can enter when you are going to the security place.
Somehow virgil is gay and he wants the Rainbow core as boyfriend, kinda cute tho
Sorry i have to say it, *Virgil is a baby boy who wants Rainbow Core as Daddy*
Feels good to let it go
What i wouldn't give for a sharp dressed time lord to get me out of abandoned testing facilities from the 1950's
10:58 virgil got rizzed up
I haven't played this game in years, I can't believe how much I missed I did find rainbow but the rat man caves but everything else I missed.
11:44 virgil is gay confermed
J3VT1c 9R0. It’s soo cute
Virgil simping hard on rainbow core
:flushed: idk rainbow core kinda hot tho :flushed:
@@wheatleygaming3652 😳😳😳
whoa, he's a simp in such a good way.
I always believed 2056 was the date portal stories Mel was set. As a place is able to become overgrown in that time.
Portal Stories: Mel > Aperture Tag
YOU. CAN'T. CHANGE. MY. MIND!
8:11
"Gender-neutral polyamory-friendly partnership policy".
I love how there are so many secrete gay jokes and easter eggs in this mod
@@AHumanGiraffe including that pride flag at 7:45
@@AHumanGiraffe 11:48 👀
@@jaziferret1138 And they were roomates
@@AHumanGiraffe -historians
Dear god! I thought I did well after finding like 4 of these. Gotta love people who put easter eggs in their games
9:29 i found your secret!
Ook
Oh i know i know!
Minecraft Creeper face!
Heh me too
Love your content, keep it up ✊
I wasn't sure about watching a letsplay for this mod until I saw that rainbow core bit lmao now I gotta
Is Mel an official mod or is it fan made,because it’s bloody well done!
13:31 I get it a bioshock reference, but for some reason, I get this feeling that both aperture science and rapture are connected without anyone knowing, that and both aperture and rapture both got the "ture" in their name and everytime I hear "rapture" I think of aperture science.
9:20 I counted the hoops. There were 4 falling
Crazy Harry is referring to harry101uk one of the devs for the mod
It's referring to both Harry Callaghan and Crazy Harry from The Muppets. Initially I had written it as only the Muppet reference since I love The Muppets and could sneak something in under the radar, but with Harry Callaghan on the team it served a dual purpose inadvertently.
7:37 “2+2 is....
-.. .. .
...ten”
@@Minimum3DashersGLaDOS: IN BASE 4 I'M FINE
hell, rattmann's dens always scare me the most
2056 is freaking everywhere in this game and it is also aegis’ shutdown password
For the logo, I make note that international "NO" sign is over it. This is a direct reference to Cave Johnson's bitter rivalry with Black Mesa.
“Wasting your time up there”
BRO THERE ARE SECRET CATWALKS
HOW, I MEAN
That is just the norm
1:42 my guess is that's when valve will make half life and portal into full fledged trilogies with portal 3 and half life 3
Was this comment before or after half life alyx?
@@earthy6744 I forgot but it still isn't gonna happen in our lifetime same with left 4 dead it won't be made into a trilogy in our lifetime
@@ghostface1529 wdym? Half life alyx is out? Or are you referring to portal 3 and left for dead?
@@earthy6744 i meant I forgot when I made this comment honestly it could have been before alyx was released but I don't know for sure but even then half life alyx is just a prequel to half life 2 and isn't really a true half life 3 as valve would have used the name half life 3 if it was I was joking about how all of valves most popular game franchises with half life portal and l4d being the topic of the joke and how those three games have only gotten a sequel and haven't been made into a trilogy despite the fans really wanting it so the community obviously constantly jokes on how long it will be until those three games get an official third game with the number 3 in the title of them
This mod is forever my favorite portal mod because it was probably my first
I think Virgil might have a crush on the Rainbow Core
2:32 how tf have i never seen this: whenever i finish s source game i slap my keyboard full of console keybinds and uncover all of its secrets,
4:01 I wonder what's behind that door... something that Virgil doesn't want you to see.
@Graph Wars Inc. what's behind that thing?
Ohh I'm still love this game. There was some easter eggs that i didn't find. Wow. I couldn't recognise the Portal 2 Repercussions poster.. Wow I wonder that mod will come out sooner than never. I love that even now you make videos about Portal's
5:17 the music reminds me of ASTRONEER
9:28 you can see a secret kacpi hid in the video. On the bottom you see a creeper face on one of the warnings
11:48 Virgil gay confirmed lol
I thought that crazy harry was a reference to harry101uk (Harry Callahan)
I have just understood that Rainbow Core might be a reference to LGBTQ+, like the Virgil's reply.
If you use the command IMPULSE 100 with sv_cheats 1 enabled it gives you a flashlight
Bruh.
Yup
7:37 IN BASE FOUR, I'M FINE!!!
The thumbnail I thought was saying there was going to be a referance to the turdise in goat sim
9:29
Who saw a creeper face in the companion cube introduction
10:45 look at the little circle with a cube, that looks like the black mesa logo
8:25 well its seems The Doctor is visit there
Theres a 4th wall easter egg thats not here. If you use the cube to block the lazer before coming across it (and be semi-quick about it) he'll ask if you have done this before.
this was made on my birthday XD
10:00
Virgil: Alright, this next test chamber is still undel construction.
Me: What does undel mean?
you can also solve the test where you leave the over grown part of the game (specifically the test with a lazer, reflection cube, and 2 emancipation grills and buttons yes it can be solved but it leads to a ded end and I was kinda confused as the second time I played this mod was years after the first time so I forgot that that chamber you had to just portal out of.
xD i love your vids
8:14 That easter egg might appear in my game with the "Revenge Of Marlist" working title.
Hey, buddy! I'm speakin' in an accent that is beyond its range of hearing! Sorry, but we need to subscribe _right now!_
And have a Office Complex Easter egg in one of the signs on the train station.
*goat*
Cool, they made a reference to Portal: Repercussions
The 8xx1 square is seen in portal 2 at the first old test with the repulsion gel
At the exit door
Look at the wall where the exit is
Look at the top left of it
what does this mean
12:34 portal repercussions portal gun!!
i swear to god i was exitced when i first saw the mod since i dont have the game
I want 50 shades of cave to be published immediately
Seems like someone in the dev team really likes goat simulator.
Oooohhh, would i love there to be more portal (but sadly the cannon story of the aperture-mesa is over, except for the whole “eli dying thing but i think we’re over that by now)
I saw some circles in the upper part of Nevada and I don't know what it is.
Edit: There just farm plain fields.
Please add this in the Google Map/Earth Easter egg.
no
But I am not talking to you.
What's behind the door with the broken valve though?
Half-Life 3 and Portal 3
barney is a secret aperture science worker. that why hes a easter egg
Why is the next recommended Video about Goat Simulator
Wheatly always says would "you kindly"
Well it looks like virtual is working for black Mesa
Wow i’m suprised portal stories: mel has a maze runner reference
Apparently the outside of Aperture in the ending cutscene is also based on some Maze Runner architecture from the movies
20:56
Is that an IITPP remix for the outro???
0:55
HL2:E2 Isn't set in C17.
jakby co to pomyliłeś się w 1 przykładzie ponieważ w episodzie 2 half life to masz drogę do white forest i to już nie jest city 17 ale i tak spoko film
Does anyone know what happened at 2:31 cos I have got glitches identical to that in portal 2s custom editor
That often happens with nodraw textures in the Portal 2 engine.
whats the song on the first ratman radio?
Edit: i think i found it i think its a want you gone remix/ metal cover
10:59-12:03 Why am I getting some S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat vibes from the music?
haha virgil gay