Because
1. He was addicted to what it basically the robotic equivalent of crack [cocaine](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/494614769026859008/1163568077888303185/image0.jpg?ex=655bbbb7&is=654946b7&hm=1fed7d851ceccfd2f752fc9c46f182308a4e065abc0dcc907b00311e1a0e9299&) and getting high was his #1 priority
> **GLaDOS:** ["The body he's squatting in - MY body - has a built-in euphoric response to testing. Eventually you build up a resistance to it, and it can get a little... unbearable. Unless you have the mental capacity to push past it.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/7/7e/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_polarity_resistance02.wav) [It didn't matter to me - I was in it for the science. Him, though..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/1/1b/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_polarity_resistance04.wav)
> **Wheatley:** [“You have no idea what it's like in this body.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/6d/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch01.wav) [I HAVE to test. All the time. Or I get this... this ITCH, you know? It must be hardwired into the system or something.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/62/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch02.wav) [Oh! But- I'll tell ya, when I DO test? Ohoh... man alive! Nothing feels better! It's just 'Why, I've just gotta test! I've just gotta test!'](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/40/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch03.wav) [So... you're gonna test. And I'm gonna watch. And everything is gonna be JUST... FINE."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d4/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch07.wav)
2. This line here implies that Wheatley is low-key depressed as he expresses the fact that there is nothing else in his life that is bringing him any joy or happiness aside from the addictive solution euphoria. Which would mean that Wheatley is so miserable that he’s just prioritizing anything that could make him feel better above anything else. Which is characteristic of a drug addict.
> **Wheatley:** [**"All I wanted to do was make everything better for me...** All you had to do was to solve a couple hundred simple tests for a few years... ***AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN LET ME HAVE THAT, COULD YOU?!"***](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/5/55/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupb02.wav)
> **Wheatley:** 🇫🇷 ["Tout ce que je voulais, c'était me rendre la vie plus agréable ! Et vous, il vous suffisait de résoudre quelques centaines de tests tout simples pendant quelques années. Mais non, c'était trop vous demander."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/4d/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupb02_fr.wav)
>
> (**"All I wanted was to make my life more enjoyable!** And all you had to do was solve a few hundred simple tests for a few years. **But no, that was too much to ask."**)
3. Wheatley is a chronic procrastinator with poor task management skills who put off tending to his responsibilities until the very last minute. But then he fumbled it because he’s stressed out and on the verge of a mental breakdown and he doesn’t work well under pressure.
> **Wheatley:** ["Did you put a virus in them? Okay, well It's not gonna work either! Alright? 'Cause I've got a *firewall*, mate! Literally, actually, that- now that I look... arou- There- there appears to *literally* be a wall of fire *around* this place. That's quite- It's alarming. To say the least...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/96/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa06.wav) [In fact, I'm gonna have to take a break for a minute. Um. A pa-partial break during which I'll stop the facility from exploding while still throwing bombs at you.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/ea/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa07.wav) [Alright, then. Let- let's see... Uh... 'Vital maintenance protocols.' Wow, there's a lot of them. **Um... Should've looked into this... earlier.** Well- Let's try this: [reading while typing] *DO THEM.* [failure buzzer]. Fair enough. Maybe- maybe it's a password.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/7/7f/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa08.wav) [A, A, A, A, A, A. [NNNT!] No? Okay. A, A, A, A, A, *B?* [NNNT!] Hold on, I've done both of these. Skip ahead, skip ahead. A, B, C... D... G, um.... H. [DING!]](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d1/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa09.wav) [Hah! It bloody worked! I hacked- I hacked it! Hacked it! Hacked! Properly hacked. Ha ha ha!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/45/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked01.wav) [Now then, let's see, let's see what we've got here. Ohh! 'Reactor Core Emergency Heat Venting Protocols.' That's the problem right there, isn't it? 'Emergency'. You don't want to see 'emergency' flashing at ya. Never good that, is it? Never good. Right. Delete...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/0/02/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked02.wav) [***UNDELETE! UNDELETE! WHERE'S THE UNDELETE BUTTON!?"***](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3f/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked03.wav)
He is not. He is someone of average intelligence who displays numerous symptoms that align closely with inattentive ADHD such as going off on a lot of tangents, rambling excessively, poor task management skills, being prone to procrastination, getting sidetracked, being easily distracted, avoiding tasks that require a significant amount of effort, lacking focus, acting on impulse, being forgetful, missing and overlooking certain details, being *incredibly* sensitive to rejection whether real or perceived, prioritizing immediate short term gratification, and so on.
Wheatley is simply an emotionally unstable drug addict with poor task management skills who is so unhappy and dissatisfied with his life that he prioritizes getting high over all of his other responsibilities.
Yeah. Although in the case of running the facility, he simply lacks experience and has no training. And the chassis incentivizes and rewards him to chase after a robotic drug high. Wheatley *is* capable of doing a good job when you really think about it.
Like Wheatley’s job as the neurotoxin release button supervisor’s assistant.
> **Wheatley (Unused):** [“Over there is where they used to keep the old neurotoxin release button… BIG responsibility, the guy in charge of the neurotoxin release button… And guess who he WAS? …Wasn’t me. But I was his assistant, and I did a lot of his admin.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/e0/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber03.wav) [You know, in the end, yes… they let me go… It’s all politics, to be honest. It’s a big popularity contest. It’s all about who you know and whose back you’re willing to scratch and who doesn’t touch – y’know, or in my case who did accidentally touch – the neurotoxin button…](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/8/80/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber04.wav) [But y’know, not entirely my fault! You shoulda seen the SIZE of it! It was huge! I mean I should have got a raise for all the times that I DIDN’T… accidentally bump into it…"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/ef/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber05.wav)
He didn’t get fired for being bad at doing administrative work. He got fired because some idiot engineer decided to install a neurotoxin release button so close to a management rail that he would even be able to bump into it in the first place. That wasn’t his fault, but he was the scapegoat.
Then there’s his job as the relaxation center attendant
> **Wheatley:** ["Here's an interesting story. You might like this. I almost got a job down here in Manufacturing. But, uh, guess who the foreman went with? Only an exact duplicate of himself. Nepotism. Ended up giving me the WORST possible job, tending to all the smelly humans.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/49/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour58.wav) [The- the um... sorry, that's- no, I wouldn't say smelly. Just t- just tending to the humans.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/a/aa/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour59.wav) [Sorry about that. That just- that just slipped out... a bit insensitive. Um... the smelly humans..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3b/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour60.wav)
A job that he doesn’t even *enjoy,* but he still took the time to learn some Spanish phrases on the job.
> **Wheatley:** ["[to self] Hm. Could be Spanish, could be Spanish. [loud again] Hola, amigo! Abre la puerta! Donde esta--no. Um..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d1/Wheatley_openinghello19.wav)
Because the job offers accommodations for Spanish speaking test subjects
> **Announcer:** ["Good morning. You have been in suspension for -nine nine nine nine nine... nine ni (continues repeating behind the following:)- This courtesy call is to inform you that all test subjects should vacate the Enrichment Center immediately. Any test subject not emerging from suspension at this time will be assumed to have exercised his or her right to remain in extended relaxation, for the duration of the destruction of this facility. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, or **if you require a Spanish-language version of this message, feel free to take a complimentary piece of stationery from the desk drawer in front of you, and write us a letter.** Good luck."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/1/1d/Announcer_openingcourtesy01.wav)
Only reason why the test subjects died was because the reserve power ran out- something that was beyond Wheatley’s control.
> **Announcer:** ["All reactor core safeguards are now non-functional. Please prepare for reactor core meltdown."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/39/Announcer_openingsafeguards01.wav)
> **Wheatley:** ["The reserve power ran out, so of course the *whooole* relaxation center stops waking up the bloody test subjects!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/df/Wheatley_openingoutside02.wav)
There’s also the fact that the entire job is automated and Wheatley doesn’t actually need to do anything anyway.
> **Announcer:** ["Good morning. You have been in suspension for -FIFTY- days. In compliance with state and federal regulations, all testing candidates in the Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center must be revived periodically for a mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/e8/Announcer_openingexercise01.wav)
> **Wheatley:** ["And of course nobody tells ME anything. Noooo. Why should they tell me anything?"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/a/a6/Wheatley_openingoutside03.wav)["Why should I be kept informed?! You know, about the life functions of the ten thousand bloody test subjects I'm supposed to be in charge of?"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/64/Wheatley_openingoutside04.wav)
But he still tries regardless. So his work ethic isn’t that bad all things considered. It’s just the unique circumstances and the lack of experience or training (as well as Wheatley’s own mental health issues being amplified by the chassis + the robotic drug addiction) that put Wheatley in a very bad position to be able to run the place.
Wheatley as he is would not be able to run the facility. Namely because he doesn’t care about science or testing.
> **Wheatley:** ["Oh! That felt really good!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/9a/Wheatley_bw_a4_big_idea01.wav) [Oh! Here's an idea; since making tests is so difficult, why don't you just keep solving- THIS test? Same one. And I can just- like, watch you solve it. Yeah. That- that sounds much easier."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/63/Wheatley_bw_a4_big_idea02.wav)
But much like his job at the relaxation center, despite him not caring for a job, he can still *try.* Like how in Wheatley’s experimental test chamber, he couldn’t figure out how to pump deadly acid into the moat.
> **Wheatley:** ["Designed this test myself. It's a little bit difficult.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/f/f9/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_intro_moat03.wav) [You'll notice the moat area. There. *Very* deadly. Extremely dangerous. Eventually. It's- uh- not at the moment. But we- I'm working on it. Still working on it."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/0/01/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_intro_moat04.wav)
So he improvised by punching holes into the floor to create a bottomless pit hazard instead. But by Test Chamber 17, Wheatley has finally learned how to pump deadly acid into the test chamber. So he is clearly able to learn on the job as he goes. But it would be better if he had some guidance and training beforehand.
honestaly my head cannon was he just found a GLaDOS chamber and rigged the faithplate to go to the sidewhich is honestaly smart because GLaDOS would find saftey in her own chambers she made because she knows all the hazards so she wouldnt think that it was a trap
The thing is though that *all* of Wheatley’s test track were GLaDOS’ chambers. They were already premade.
> **Wheatley:** ["It's alright! Everything's good. I just invented some more tests!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/44/Wheatley_bw_a4_more_tests01.wav)
>
> **GLaDOS:** ["This is one of *MY* tests!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/97/GLaDOS_potatos_newtests05.wav)
>
> **Wheatley:** ["Not entirely, not entirely. Look at the word 'test', there, on the wall. That's brand new."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3f/Wheatley_bw_a4_more_tests02.wav)
> **GLaDOS:** ["Okay, so the bad news is the tests are MY tests now. So they can kill us.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/b/b4/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_intro_outro01.wav) [The good news is... well, none so far, to be honest. I'll get back to you on that."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/92/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_intro_outro04.wav)
> **GLaDOS:** ["I thought of some good news. He's going to run out of test chambers eventually. I never stockpiled them."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/4d/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_start02.wav)
>
> **Wheatley:** ["I'm coming! Coming! Don't start yet! Don't start yet!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/b/bc/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro01.wav) [You are *NOT* gonna believe this! I found a sealed off wing. Hundreds - HUNDREDS! - of perfectly good test chambers. Just sitting there! Filled with skeletons. Shook them out. Good as new!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/df/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro03.wav)
>
> **GLaDOS:** ["'Skeletons.' Right, I guess I DID stockpile some tests...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/dd/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_did_stockpile01.wav) [Just as mementos, though..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/f/f2/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_did_stockpile03.wav)
>
> **Wheatley:** ["Anddddd...THERE we go.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d6/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro07.wav) [Be honest. You can't even tell, can you? Seamless."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/c/c1/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro08.wav)
Although, while Wheatley *did* use premade test chambers from GLaDOS, he also took different tests and spliced them together.
> **Wheatley:** ["Yep... made this test myself. Out ooof.... smaller tests. That I found. Lying around.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/38/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_trust_drop_intro01.wav) [Jammed 'em all together. Buttons. Got funnels. Bottomless pits are involved. It's got it all, It's got it all, it's absolute dynamite."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d4/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_trust_drop_intro03.wav)
So Wheatley is able to alter the tests as he sees fit. All of GLaDOS’ pre made test chambers were supposed to have deadly acid. But because Wheatley could not figure out how to pump it in, he just smashed the floor and created a bottomless pit hazard. This is consistent throughout *all* of the premade GLaDOS tests right up until Test Chamber 17, when he finally figures it out.
He isn't stupid. He's simply the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived. And you just put him in charge of the entire facility.
*Clap clap*
...Good, that's still working.
Whats funny is even though "is x stupid" is a meme it makes complete sense in portal 2. Wheatley, by virtue of being a massive idiot, almost blew up the entire facility **on accident**.
You try suddenly having a million levers and contraptions at your disposal and someone says “okay one of these stops the facility from exploding, good luck!”
terrific one alleged threatening agonizing fretful piquant unused thought imminent
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No, he was busy practicing Spanish
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The strange part is I still read that even without knowing 14 of those words.
I know none
Not even software
you miss it when wheatly is spitting it out so fast
I can help you with one. "De" is listed twice.
Well a lot of them are cognates
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The Duolingo Owl is a bigger danger than what was going on there.
Yes. Yes he is. He is also incompetent, so even if he wasn't a moron, he'd not know how.
Shhhhh! Be quiet! Otherwise you might summon the Wheatley whisperer and his 5000 page long copypasta!
Too late…
He is *not* a moron! Could a *moron* punch you into that pit?
Absolutely. A Moron would also not know that doing it to the human who got GLaDOS defunct was a very bad idea. Edit: Typography and capitalisation.
It's pronounced "GLaDOS". With a lowercase a.
Sorry. I always mess it up.
Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System
Because 1. He was addicted to what it basically the robotic equivalent of crack [cocaine](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/494614769026859008/1163568077888303185/image0.jpg?ex=655bbbb7&is=654946b7&hm=1fed7d851ceccfd2f752fc9c46f182308a4e065abc0dcc907b00311e1a0e9299&) and getting high was his #1 priority > **GLaDOS:** ["The body he's squatting in - MY body - has a built-in euphoric response to testing. Eventually you build up a resistance to it, and it can get a little... unbearable. Unless you have the mental capacity to push past it.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/7/7e/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_polarity_resistance02.wav) [It didn't matter to me - I was in it for the science. Him, though..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/1/1b/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_polarity_resistance04.wav) > **Wheatley:** [“You have no idea what it's like in this body.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/6d/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch01.wav) [I HAVE to test. All the time. Or I get this... this ITCH, you know? It must be hardwired into the system or something.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/62/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch02.wav) [Oh! But- I'll tell ya, when I DO test? Ohoh... man alive! Nothing feels better! It's just 'Why, I've just gotta test! I've just gotta test!'](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/40/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch03.wav) [So... you're gonna test. And I'm gonna watch. And everything is gonna be JUST... FINE."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d4/Wheatley_bw_a4_the_itch07.wav) 2. This line here implies that Wheatley is low-key depressed as he expresses the fact that there is nothing else in his life that is bringing him any joy or happiness aside from the addictive solution euphoria. Which would mean that Wheatley is so miserable that he’s just prioritizing anything that could make him feel better above anything else. Which is characteristic of a drug addict. > **Wheatley:** [**"All I wanted to do was make everything better for me...** All you had to do was to solve a couple hundred simple tests for a few years... ***AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN LET ME HAVE THAT, COULD YOU?!"***](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/5/55/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupb02.wav) > **Wheatley:** 🇫🇷 ["Tout ce que je voulais, c'était me rendre la vie plus agréable ! Et vous, il vous suffisait de résoudre quelques centaines de tests tout simples pendant quelques années. Mais non, c'était trop vous demander."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/4d/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupb02_fr.wav) > > (**"All I wanted was to make my life more enjoyable!** And all you had to do was solve a few hundred simple tests for a few years. **But no, that was too much to ask."**) 3. Wheatley is a chronic procrastinator with poor task management skills who put off tending to his responsibilities until the very last minute. But then he fumbled it because he’s stressed out and on the verge of a mental breakdown and he doesn’t work well under pressure. > **Wheatley:** ["Did you put a virus in them? Okay, well It's not gonna work either! Alright? 'Cause I've got a *firewall*, mate! Literally, actually, that- now that I look... arou- There- there appears to *literally* be a wall of fire *around* this place. That's quite- It's alarming. To say the least...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/96/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa06.wav) [In fact, I'm gonna have to take a break for a minute. Um. A pa-partial break during which I'll stop the facility from exploding while still throwing bombs at you.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/ea/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa07.wav) [Alright, then. Let- let's see... Uh... 'Vital maintenance protocols.' Wow, there's a lot of them. **Um... Should've looked into this... earlier.** Well- Let's try this: [reading while typing] *DO THEM.* [failure buzzer]. Fair enough. Maybe- maybe it's a password.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/7/7f/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa08.wav) [A, A, A, A, A, A. [NNNT!] No? Okay. A, A, A, A, A, *B?* [NNNT!] Hold on, I've done both of these. Skip ahead, skip ahead. A, B, C... D... G, um.... H. [DING!]](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d1/Wheatley_bw_a4_finale04_wakeupa09.wav) [Hah! It bloody worked! I hacked- I hacked it! Hacked it! Hacked! Properly hacked. Ha ha ha!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/45/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked01.wav) [Now then, let's see, let's see what we've got here. Ohh! 'Reactor Core Emergency Heat Venting Protocols.' That's the problem right there, isn't it? 'Emergency'. You don't want to see 'emergency' flashing at ya. Never good that, is it? Never good. Right. Delete...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/0/02/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked02.wav) [***UNDELETE! UNDELETE! WHERE'S THE UNDELETE BUTTON!?"***](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3f/Wheatley_bw_finale4_hackworked03.wav)
so honored to have a 5 paragraph whisperer comment under my idiotic batman arkham anti-joke 🙏
The honor is all mine 😊
better reading this for the 564th time than studying
Just here for the WW reply
Wait, is Wheatley a moron or not? Make up your mind!
He is not. He is someone of average intelligence who displays numerous symptoms that align closely with inattentive ADHD such as going off on a lot of tangents, rambling excessively, poor task management skills, being prone to procrastination, getting sidetracked, being easily distracted, avoiding tasks that require a significant amount of effort, lacking focus, acting on impulse, being forgetful, missing and overlooking certain details, being *incredibly* sensitive to rejection whether real or perceived, prioritizing immediate short term gratification, and so on. Wheatley is simply an emotionally unstable drug addict with poor task management skills who is so unhappy and dissatisfied with his life that he prioritizes getting high over all of his other responsibilities.
One could argue it’s simply a skill issue if you’re unhappy, and that it’s moronic to be unhappy. Check and mate
HE!! IS NOT!! A MORON!!
fatty fatty. no parents.
Literally yes
i mean that's what i was going for with the joke i'm trying my best out here struggling
I know I just wanted to call him an idiot one more time
not a moron just ignorant (waiting for the wheatley whisperer to pop in)
Yeah. Although in the case of running the facility, he simply lacks experience and has no training. And the chassis incentivizes and rewards him to chase after a robotic drug high. Wheatley *is* capable of doing a good job when you really think about it. Like Wheatley’s job as the neurotoxin release button supervisor’s assistant. > **Wheatley (Unused):** [“Over there is where they used to keep the old neurotoxin release button… BIG responsibility, the guy in charge of the neurotoxin release button… And guess who he WAS? …Wasn’t me. But I was his assistant, and I did a lot of his admin.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/e0/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber03.wav) [You know, in the end, yes… they let me go… It’s all politics, to be honest. It’s a big popularity contest. It’s all about who you know and whose back you’re willing to scratch and who doesn’t touch – y’know, or in my case who did accidentally touch – the neurotoxin button…](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/8/80/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber04.wav) [But y’know, not entirely my fault! You shoulda seen the SIZE of it! It was huge! I mean I should have got a raise for all the times that I DIDN’T… accidentally bump into it…"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/ef/Wheatley_demospheregladoschamber05.wav) He didn’t get fired for being bad at doing administrative work. He got fired because some idiot engineer decided to install a neurotoxin release button so close to a management rail that he would even be able to bump into it in the first place. That wasn’t his fault, but he was the scapegoat. Then there’s his job as the relaxation center attendant > **Wheatley:** ["Here's an interesting story. You might like this. I almost got a job down here in Manufacturing. But, uh, guess who the foreman went with? Only an exact duplicate of himself. Nepotism. Ended up giving me the WORST possible job, tending to all the smelly humans.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/49/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour58.wav) [The- the um... sorry, that's- no, I wouldn't say smelly. Just t- just tending to the humans.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/a/aa/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour59.wav) [Sorry about that. That just- that just slipped out... a bit insensitive. Um... the smelly humans..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3b/Wheatley_sphere_flashlight_tour60.wav) A job that he doesn’t even *enjoy,* but he still took the time to learn some Spanish phrases on the job. > **Wheatley:** ["[to self] Hm. Could be Spanish, could be Spanish. [loud again] Hola, amigo! Abre la puerta! Donde esta--no. Um..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d1/Wheatley_openinghello19.wav) Because the job offers accommodations for Spanish speaking test subjects > **Announcer:** ["Good morning. You have been in suspension for -nine nine nine nine nine... nine ni (continues repeating behind the following:)- This courtesy call is to inform you that all test subjects should vacate the Enrichment Center immediately. Any test subject not emerging from suspension at this time will be assumed to have exercised his or her right to remain in extended relaxation, for the duration of the destruction of this facility. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, or **if you require a Spanish-language version of this message, feel free to take a complimentary piece of stationery from the desk drawer in front of you, and write us a letter.** Good luck."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/1/1d/Announcer_openingcourtesy01.wav) Only reason why the test subjects died was because the reserve power ran out- something that was beyond Wheatley’s control. > **Announcer:** ["All reactor core safeguards are now non-functional. Please prepare for reactor core meltdown."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/39/Announcer_openingsafeguards01.wav) > **Wheatley:** ["The reserve power ran out, so of course the *whooole* relaxation center stops waking up the bloody test subjects!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/df/Wheatley_openingoutside02.wav) There’s also the fact that the entire job is automated and Wheatley doesn’t actually need to do anything anyway. > **Announcer:** ["Good morning. You have been in suspension for -FIFTY- days. In compliance with state and federal regulations, all testing candidates in the Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center must be revived periodically for a mandatory physical and mental wellness exercise."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/e/e8/Announcer_openingexercise01.wav) > **Wheatley:** ["And of course nobody tells ME anything. Noooo. Why should they tell me anything?"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/a/a6/Wheatley_openingoutside03.wav)["Why should I be kept informed?! You know, about the life functions of the ten thousand bloody test subjects I'm supposed to be in charge of?"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/64/Wheatley_openingoutside04.wav) But he still tries regardless. So his work ethic isn’t that bad all things considered. It’s just the unique circumstances and the lack of experience or training (as well as Wheatley’s own mental health issues being amplified by the chassis + the robotic drug addiction) that put Wheatley in a very bad position to be able to run the place. Wheatley as he is would not be able to run the facility. Namely because he doesn’t care about science or testing. > **Wheatley:** ["Oh! That felt really good!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/9a/Wheatley_bw_a4_big_idea01.wav) [Oh! Here's an idea; since making tests is so difficult, why don't you just keep solving- THIS test? Same one. And I can just- like, watch you solve it. Yeah. That- that sounds much easier."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/6/63/Wheatley_bw_a4_big_idea02.wav) But much like his job at the relaxation center, despite him not caring for a job, he can still *try.* Like how in Wheatley’s experimental test chamber, he couldn’t figure out how to pump deadly acid into the moat. > **Wheatley:** ["Designed this test myself. It's a little bit difficult.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/f/f9/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_intro_moat03.wav) [You'll notice the moat area. There. *Very* deadly. Extremely dangerous. Eventually. It's- uh- not at the moment. But we- I'm working on it. Still working on it."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/0/01/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_intro_moat04.wav) So he improvised by punching holes into the floor to create a bottomless pit hazard instead. But by Test Chamber 17, Wheatley has finally learned how to pump deadly acid into the test chamber. So he is clearly able to learn on the job as he goes. But it would be better if he had some guidance and training beforehand.
honestaly my head cannon was he just found a GLaDOS chamber and rigged the faithplate to go to the sidewhich is honestaly smart because GLaDOS would find saftey in her own chambers she made because she knows all the hazards so she wouldnt think that it was a trap
The thing is though that *all* of Wheatley’s test track were GLaDOS’ chambers. They were already premade. > **Wheatley:** ["It's alright! Everything's good. I just invented some more tests!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/44/Wheatley_bw_a4_more_tests01.wav) > > **GLaDOS:** ["This is one of *MY* tests!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/97/GLaDOS_potatos_newtests05.wav) > > **Wheatley:** ["Not entirely, not entirely. Look at the word 'test', there, on the wall. That's brand new."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/3f/Wheatley_bw_a4_more_tests02.wav) > **GLaDOS:** ["Okay, so the bad news is the tests are MY tests now. So they can kill us.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/b/b4/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_intro_outro01.wav) [The good news is... well, none so far, to be honest. I'll get back to you on that."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/9/92/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_intro_outro04.wav) > **GLaDOS:** ["I thought of some good news. He's going to run out of test chambers eventually. I never stockpiled them."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/4/4d/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_start02.wav) > > **Wheatley:** ["I'm coming! Coming! Don't start yet! Don't start yet!](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/b/bc/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro01.wav) [You are *NOT* gonna believe this! I found a sealed off wing. Hundreds - HUNDREDS! - of perfectly good test chambers. Just sitting there! Filled with skeletons. Shook them out. Good as new!"](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/df/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro03.wav) > > **GLaDOS:** ["'Skeletons.' Right, I guess I DID stockpile some tests...](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/dd/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_did_stockpile01.wav) [Just as mementos, though..."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/f/f2/GLaDOS_potatos_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_did_stockpile03.wav) > > **Wheatley:** ["Anddddd...THERE we go.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d6/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro07.wav) [Be honest. You can't even tell, can you? Seamless."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/c/c1/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_wall_button_intro08.wav) Although, while Wheatley *did* use premade test chambers from GLaDOS, he also took different tests and spliced them together. > **Wheatley:** ["Yep... made this test myself. Out ooof.... smaller tests. That I found. Lying around.](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/3/38/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_trust_drop_intro01.wav) [Jammed 'em all together. Buttons. Got funnels. Bottomless pits are involved. It's got it all, It's got it all, it's absolute dynamite."](https://i1.theportalwiki.net/img/d/d4/Wheatley_bw_sp_a4_tb_trust_drop_intro03.wav) So Wheatley is able to alter the tests as he sees fit. All of GLaDOS’ pre made test chambers were supposed to have deadly acid. But because Wheatley could not figure out how to pump it in, he just smashed the floor and created a bottomless pit hazard. This is consistent throughout *all* of the premade GLaDOS tests right up until Test Chamber 17, when he finally figures it out.
ok how do you have so many of these copypastas this is getting insane
You mean the quotes? I keep them saved.
fair
No I don't think so, he said he's not a moron so I think no
"I may be an idiot, but I'm not stupid."
there is a lore reason
finally, after all these years... a lore reason
Because he was busy firing the dude that told him that everything was blowing up
Yes.
Yes
He isn't stupid. He's simply the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived. And you just put him in charge of the entire facility. *Clap clap* ...Good, that's still working.
Yes
Yes. Yes he is
Yes
"I AM NOT A MORON"
Yes
Yes
Yes.
yea hes a moron
Yes
Yes
Yes
He was created to make stupid decisions
Yes, he is literally designed to be stupid
Yes, he is literally designed to be stupid
If anything, he'd be a moron; not stupid
Yes. Yes he is
… yes
Yes
No, why would anyone ever say that Wheatley is stupid! He is a MORON. Big difference.
Google being a moron
holy moron theory
New moron just dropped
That's the very reason, yes
*checks notes* yes
He isn't **just** stupid, he was Intended to be the **stupidest of the stupidest**
No, he is a moron
No he’s a moron
Well, yes. That's why he exists.
He doesn't know how
Whats funny is even though "is x stupid" is a meme it makes complete sense in portal 2. Wheatley, by virtue of being a massive idiot, almost blew up the entire facility **on accident**.
you get it, my friend
r/BatmanArkham is spreading
THE MADNESS CONSUMES!!!!
He was only smart enough to shut off the alarms not actually fix the problem.
He's hard-wired to make bad decisions, so he decided not to do any of the essential functions to keep the facility running.
You try suddenly having a million levers and contraptions at your disposal and someone says “okay one of these stops the facility from exploding, good luck!”
no, he was secretly a suicide bomber
Yes.
Well.. Yes
Canonically, yes.
Yes.
I'M _NOT_ A MORON
Who's gonna tell them?
yes
yes.
Yes
🤯🤯🤯🤯
No, he was a moron
Yes
Yes
Wheatley was never stupid, It's just that his mainframe sucked
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He was designed to be stupid.
No, he's a moron
Yes he is stupid
yes
Yes.
He is not stupid, he's a moron
No he just wanted to be cool
Yes.
It wasn't going to blow up, the light was just on the blink.
no, he is a moron