Here's an Easter egg: Sometimes one of the phones in the office will ring. It will have random dialogue but one of the pieces of dialogue is a person confirming an order of hundreds of cardboard boxes. If you interact with the phone a second time the dialogue will thank you for confirming the order. If you restart the game after that the office will actually be filled with hundreds of cardboard boxes.
You can't see it because of the dirt on the sign, but the sign in the escape pod ending states that both Stanley and The Narrator must be present for the escape pod to function.
I know I'm 6 years late to the party on this one, but its getting a console release this year so hopefully I can use that as an excuse for sharing this wonderful game! I hope you like the video! I know its a long one, but believe me, it could have been longer! Time stamps: Mystery man Easter egg: 0:46 Half Life 3 Valve Easter egg: 01:14 Jump Easter Egg: 01:33 Employee of the year: 02:33 Secret Blue Room (Whiteboard Ending): 02:52 Coward Ending: 03:23 Escape Pod Ending Easter egg: 04:42 Heaven Ending Easter egg: 05:23 Secret Disco Easter egg: 06:31 FacePunch Studios Easter egg: 07:13 The Serious Room Easter egg: 07:37 Raphael Easter Egg: 10:14 Secret Glitch Ending Easter egg: 10:38 The Lift That Doesn't Move Easter egg: 12:54 Payday 2 Dallas Mask Easter egg: 13:19 Minecraft & Portal Easter egg: 13:36 Completing the baby mini game ending: 17:45
I'm pretty late on this, but I'm pretty sure the mystery man is Stanley himself. Because in the "true" ending earnt by unplugging the telephone after riding the lift, the narrator realises "you're not stanley at all", and instead brings Stanley himself, who uses the same model as the mystery man, and stays there until the credits end, and you inevitably reset.
I wonder if they just had several unrelated/random people test/play the game and tested possible unusual possibilities that way... or they just were really efficient at breaking their own rules.
Some of the endings are inspired by bugs in the original HL2 mod. For example, in the mod, there was a game breaking bug where the player could trap themselves in Stanley's office at the beginning of the game. As a result, it officially became an ending in the remake.
2 favourite endings -insanity ending (Stanley finds himself running throuuugh the same looping hallway over and over again until it drives him made and he jumps out a window onto the busy street below, a women sees the body, thinks nothing of it, and contines her busy day) -museum ending (I can't remember how to do this one but you eventually teleport into a museum area and it shows concept art for scrapped endings, old endings, ETC)
For the museum ending, you obey the Narrator until you get to the side room saying (escape) with an arrow. You go there, and keep walking. Eventually, before death, you go to the museum.
I like how in the Ultra Deluxe all those Secrets have a little extra touch. Like how you can activate dog mode at the white board or how you can put your bucket in the escape pod to get a replacement bucket. And they also remaked some like the disco ending.
The Easter egg man is a reference to Stanley’s original player model which was a white shirt NPC from half life 2, being that Gmod was the original foundation and first appearance of the game. In the opening cutscene of the gmod version you see him in front of his computer.
HOW COULD YOU NOT SHOW JUMPING INTO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT! That’s the coolest part about that ending! Getting to explore the HL2 mod version of the office? Genius!
Actually with the baby game, after playing it for 2 hours, the narrator adds a puppy that you have to save. The 2 buttons are about 2½ meters apart lol
You forgot to mention that in the Portal part, it's possible to break the puzzle by taking the radio with you, putting it by the door, stacking the block ontop of the radio and stepping on the button. The door will open and the block will roll to the other side. Once you close the door the narrator will rant about how you managed to break even that and how you'd best get comfortable with the big red button.
My favourite Easter egg is if you select credits from the menu and then type “vinh” while they are rolling. Either that or typing “secret” while on the menu and then clicking the credits.
16:50 in the second most secret easter egg in the series you cna actually put the cube through the door if you glitch the radio into it and the narrorator will make fun of you i remember finding this back in 2013 i love this game
I think in some weird way this game is about depression. The out of body ending, where the narrator watches as Stanley becomes unresponsive and gets very worried, like a friend of someone who's depressed. Or staying in your office, or the phone ending when Stanley picks up the phone. The whole game's story of running away into the real world and being free, or the nuke ending where players can scramble to stop it after their mistake, or accept it and die. This game is sad and beautiful- unless I'm reading too much into it.
You don't have to start over if you get the "white board ending". The blue office connects to the left and right choice doors like any other playthrough
This game's narrative and the topic about free will, determinism and 4th wall breaking is actually getting used as an example in my university's curriculum in game lab and philosophy. :')
1:12 The 'Mystery Man' uses the same model as stanley so it couldn't be the narrator. I believe that the 'Mystery Man' is actually a parallel into the confusion ending.
I remember watching this game on TH-cam a long time ago and I loved it, I thought it was hilarious. This video is like a really good nostalgia trip for me, thank you!
I also discovered this game from TH-cam. I first saw the old mod version when markiplier played it. 10 year old me loved it as much as 20 year old me does now. Can't wait for ultra deluxe!
This game gives me the creeps, I’ve seen every last Easter egg and ending discovered so far and I’m aware there is no jumpscare about to pop up or creepy image in a room but for some reason it still creeps me the hell out sometimes
Your trapped alone inside a complex mysterious building that’s able to warp time and space of course, it’s scary. Where did everyone go? Where there any other workers to begin with? Is the narrator lying? Is he trying to get rid of you? So many questions
It honestly made sense considering the actual trailer aka The Raphael Parable. Raphael complains about the game and one of his many complaints is that the Narrator says Stanley's name too much
For the mystery guy, I was poking around the museum ending (idk if that's what it's called but imma stick with it), there was a computer that said something along the lines of (this isnt the right number, I know, just bear with me) "employees clocked out: 437" "employees clocked in: 2". The mystery man is definitely NOT Stanley.
Has anyone mentioned that he didn't notice that "console > bark" in "The WHITEBOARD Ending"? It's not just there for decoration or randomness, it's a hint. Spoiler below... On the console you can type "bark", press enter, resume the game, and the command causes a barking sound to play whenever you press any Interact key (E or left mouse button for example).
I wouldn’t call the Minecraft/Portal thing an Easter Egg, it was my first ending. It’s like calling the ending where you listen to the narrator an Easter egg.
Fun fact about the music once you click the light bulb button and hear the music That music was used twice But one is no known by a lot of people It was in the demo
There is another Easter egg at the white board ending on pc it says console bark on the white board but on console it has dog mode were when you click I makes a dog noise
Also if you do sv_cheat 1 in the console command, the devs put a Red "Why?????" Also in the Ultra Deluxe Edition, this is replaced by Firewatch and Rocket League and no you can no longer get in the Serious Room since the game has shifted from a Source Engine game to Unity.
Dang, I thought I had already seen a lot of the Stanley Parable easter eggs, but quite a few of these I've never seen before. I think I'll have to fire up the game again and try some of these...except the 4 hour egg you showed at the end. Also, I have great stamina down below
*I love this videogame!* 17:50 I even got the 4 hours ending 😅😅 I recorded it and everything (I'm probablly not going to try that ending again, that's why! 😂) Like man!
I feel like the Raphael easter egg thing (where the Narator repeats Stanley) isn't properly explained, so here: In this video ( th-cam.com/video/AZ-IcS7mRSk/w-d-xo.html ), The Narrator reads out an email The Stanley Parable team got from a guy named Raphael. In this email, Raphael goes on about how the game didn't have enough free will and emotion, says some mean stuff about women, and says *he hates how the Narrator says Stanley so much* . In response to this, the Narrator pretends to revamp the entire game, making it obviously a joke to make fun of and shame Raphael, but in a light-hearted way. At the end, the Narrator repeats the word Stanley to "piss Raphael off", basically. So when you type Raphael, you piss off Raphael. :)
Fun Fact: On the ultra deluxe edition if you have the bucket and go to the escape bay Stanley will put the bucket on the escape pod and not him, the door will close and the bucket will go escape, and when the game restart and on the pillar where is another bucket and when you grab it the Narrator will say: Don't lost this one again
Fun fact: while i was playing the Stanley parable on the forklift going to the phone if you look close at the other door you can see a man walk through there as well cant believe no one else found this
The reason for the Facepunch logo isn't a homage to Facepunch studios themselves, but more to the Forums. They were a huge hub for everything source game development related, and the Stanley Parable devs, like much of the Source community, hail from there.
I almost never see this talked about but another Stanley dupe shows up when you ride an elevator, you can see him standing in the shadows in a warehouse area
Here's an Easter egg: Sometimes one of the phones in the office will ring. It will have random dialogue but one of the pieces of dialogue is a person confirming an order of hundreds of cardboard boxes. If you interact with the phone a second time the dialogue will thank you for confirming the order. If you restart the game after that the office will actually be filled with hundreds of cardboard boxes.
@@SoloSlater th-cam.com/video/c_RYSns3Vgg/w-d-xo.html
Same it completely destroyed me, it’s just boxes why am I laughing.
So that’s what happened to rtgame.
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Figured that one out myself
You can't see it because of the dirt on the sign, but the sign in the escape pod ending states that both Stanley and The Narrator must be present for the escape pod to function.
I know I'm 6 years late to the party on this one, but its getting a console release this year so hopefully I can use that as an excuse for sharing this wonderful game! I hope you like the video! I know its a long one, but believe me, it could have been longer!
Time stamps:
Mystery man Easter egg: 0:46
Half Life 3 Valve Easter egg: 01:14
Jump Easter Egg: 01:33
Employee of the year: 02:33
Secret Blue Room (Whiteboard Ending): 02:52
Coward Ending: 03:23
Escape Pod Ending Easter egg: 04:42
Heaven Ending Easter egg: 05:23
Secret Disco Easter egg: 06:31
FacePunch Studios Easter egg: 07:13
The Serious Room Easter egg: 07:37
Raphael Easter Egg: 10:14
Secret Glitch Ending Easter egg: 10:38
The Lift That Doesn't Move Easter egg: 12:54
Payday 2 Dallas Mask Easter egg: 13:19
Minecraft & Portal Easter egg: 13:36
Completing the baby mini game ending: 17:45
Along with the console release they are "remastering", adding new content too
Captain Eggcellent you missed stuff like the click 5 times achievement, that is one of the best moments in the game.
Mystery Man is W.D. Gaster
I’m glad, I love seeing newer content on this gem
You can get stuck in the portal room like in the actual game
I'm pretty late on this, but I'm pretty sure the mystery man is Stanley himself. Because in the "true" ending earnt by unplugging the telephone after riding the lift, the narrator realises "you're not stanley at all", and instead brings Stanley himself, who uses the same model as the mystery man, and stays there until the credits end, and you inevitably reset.
U got et
@@polplope8835 nl fuck surt
Haha I've been waiting for someone else to mention this
Gaster is the mystery man
Untitled_User maybe the person we play as is...... THE G-MAN!
*Stanley be all gangsta till he gets to the serious room.*
Real
The writers really thought well of each possibilities the players would do.
I wonder if they just had several unrelated/random people test/play the game and tested possible unusual possibilities that way... or they just were really efficient at breaking their own rules.
Yoooo revan supppppp my boi
Some of the endings are inspired by bugs in the original HL2 mod. For example, in the mod, there was a game breaking bug where the player could trap themselves in Stanley's office at the beginning of the game. As a result, it officially became an ending in the remake.
Davey is a really creative author.
Also his brother DougDoug shows the same sense of humor in his streamings.
2 favourite endings
-insanity ending (Stanley finds himself running throuuugh the same looping hallway over and over again until it drives him made and he jumps out a window onto the busy street below, a women sees the body, thinks nothing of it, and contines her busy day)
-museum ending (I can't remember how to do this one but you eventually teleport into a museum area and it shows concept art for scrapped endings, old endings, ETC)
i thought stanley was never at work in the first place in the insanity ending
For the museum ending, you obey the Narrator until you get to the side room saying (escape) with an arrow. You go there, and keep walking. Eventually, before death, you go to the museum.
I'm still a fan of the broom cupboard ending
Man, the broom closet ending was my favorite.
Acshuly ish da broom closhet ending
Angrily how to pull the mod for this game you can substitute infinite portal on top of a salmon and the bottom of the ground mouse p
Did you just call it A CUPBOARD
LizzardEdge CUUUUP *spits while over pronouncing p* BOOOOOARDEEEEEEE*. ARE YOU AND IMBICILE
I like how in the Ultra Deluxe all those Secrets have a little extra touch.
Like how you can activate dog mode at the white board or how you can put your bucket in the escape pod to get a replacement bucket.
And they also remaked some like the disco ending.
The mystery man could also be employee 432. There are actually multiple clues in the game that he did something similar to stanley and got fired.
wait WHAT
he’s also settings guy
The Easter egg man is a reference to Stanley’s original player model which was a white shirt NPC from half life 2, being that Gmod was the original foundation and first appearance of the game. In the opening cutscene of the gmod version you see him in front of his computer.
Stanley Parable?! Now this should be some content.
@Robit due to it being one year ago what was it
It's not a content! IT'S A PARABLE!
AND YOU'RE NOT WATCHING IT ON TH-cam, IT WATCHED YOU!
lol
How do people even find things like the facepunch one?
"Oh I'm bored why not randomly type facepunch and see what happens!"
Data mining
Player: *tries to cheat*
Narrator: Am I a joke to you
Lol
Isn't his name Raphael
I am Satan. I only liked this so it would have 666 likes.
Nice
yes
6:51 honestly my favourite part of this vid
Secrets! Screts! Secrets!
This ligit scare me for no reason
It jumpscared me
HOW COULD YOU NOT SHOW JUMPING INTO THE ELEVATOR SHAFT! That’s the coolest part about that ending! Getting to explore the HL2 mod version of the office? Genius!
Huh??
Actually with the baby game, after playing it for 2 hours, the narrator adds a puppy that you have to save. The 2 buttons are about 2½ meters apart lol
You forgot to mention that in the Portal part, it's possible to break the puzzle by taking the radio with you, putting it by the door, stacking the block ontop of the radio and stepping on the button. The door will open and the block will roll to the other side. Once you close the door the narrator will rant about how you managed to break even that and how you'd best get comfortable with the big red button.
Stanley Parable is still my favorite game. Amazingly well-written and incredibly insightful. A wonderful piece of narrative fun.
Isaac you must try ULTRA DELUXE, best game ive ever played
My favourite Easter egg is if you select credits from the menu and then type “vinh” while they are rolling.
Either that or typing “secret” while on the menu and then clicking the credits.
Obviously the mystery man is Big Bird from sesame street... Duh
I have great stamina (Down below)
I have great *_STANina_*
@@litskypancakes2638... hahaha..hahah..h...a...h...
@Cordelia Maynard *_HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA_*
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@@foxmccloud9106 no.
16:50 in the second most secret easter egg in the series you cna actually put the cube through the door if you glitch the radio into it and the narrorator will make fun of you i remember finding this back in 2013 i love this game
I think in some weird way this game is about depression. The out of body ending, where the narrator watches as Stanley becomes unresponsive and gets very worried, like a friend of someone who's depressed. Or staying in your office, or the phone ending when Stanley picks up the phone. The whole game's story of running away into the real world and being free, or the nuke ending where players can scramble to stop it after their mistake, or accept it and die. This game is sad and beautiful- unless I'm reading too much into it.
There's also an old version of SP's location when you fall down in Portal ending
You don't have to start over if you get the "white board ending". The blue office connects to the left and right choice doors like any other playthrough
I'm so freaking excited for the console release. And thank God I have notifications on because you are the reason I found out so thanks!
15:00 Grian: what, you’ve got it backwards
Fun fact about the Escape Pod Ending: It has alot of missing sounds, as it wasn't originally DEAD silent
This game's narrative and the topic about free will, determinism and 4th wall breaking is actually getting used as an example in my university's curriculum in game lab and philosophy. :')
18:52 : captain manages to spoil death of us.
Thanks for that.
1:12 The 'Mystery Man' uses the same model as stanley so it couldn't be the narrator.
I believe that the 'Mystery Man' is actually a parallel into the confusion ending.
Ah yes, The Stanley Parable. This brings back alot of memories, mainly me just watching live streams or a walkthrough of all the endings. Good times.
“Mystery man” is a clone of Stanley, I know this because it’s the same model used when you look down at Stanley in the corruption ending
Narrator building a house is one of the most unnecessarily wholesome things I’ve ever seen
I remember watching this game on TH-cam a long time ago and I loved it, I thought it was hilarious. This video is like a really good nostalgia trip for me, thank you!
I also discovered this game from TH-cam. I first saw the old mod version when markiplier played it. 10 year old me loved it as much as 20 year old me does now. Can't wait for ultra deluxe!
"I have great stamina, down bellow" -Captin Eggcellent
2:20
Stanley: i'm going to jump.
Narrator: Do a flip!
There is a pretty good Easter egg involving a broom closet in this game
^ I am concerned.
I think the mystery man is the guy that the narrator was saying was following Stanley-
This game gives me the creeps, I’ve seen every last Easter egg and ending discovered so far and I’m aware there is no jumpscare about to pop up or creepy image in a room but for some reason it still creeps me the hell out sometimes
It has that kind of liminal space feeling to it
Your trapped alone inside a complex mysterious building that’s able to warp time and space of course, it’s scary. Where did everyone go? Where there any other workers to begin with? Is the narrator lying? Is he trying to get rid of you? So many questions
I loaded this game up a few hours ago for the first time in several years. The timing of this video being uploaded is insane.
Oh dear, it was 5 years, right?
If not you've made a grave mistake
@@Nad_0618 I'm still waiting for that goddam Achievment. Last time playing March 2016.
The mystery man is probably one Stanley timeline clashing with another Stanley timeline
I wish they had the narrator and glados have a conversation in the portal Easter egg.
This game is very underrated
So rich and funny narrative
Its like being in an experiment
Who thinks "hmm I will type Raphael in the console because I feel like it" ?!!
probs a code digger.
clearly the person who found it did
raphael trailer!
A person named Raphael?
It honestly made sense considering the actual trailer aka The Raphael Parable. Raphael complains about the game and one of his many complaints is that the Narrator says Stanley's name too much
This game creeps me the hell out and I have no idea why
For the mystery guy, I was poking around the museum ending (idk if that's what it's called but imma stick with it), there was a computer that said something along the lines of (this isnt the right number, I know, just bear with me) "employees clocked out: 437" "employees clocked in: 2". The mystery man is definitely NOT Stanley.
Has anyone mentioned that he didn't notice that "console > bark" in "The WHITEBOARD Ending"? It's not just there for decoration or randomness, it's a hint. Spoiler below...
On the console you can type "bark", press enter, resume the game, and the command causes a barking sound to play whenever you press any Interact key (E or left mouse button for example).
What about that mug Easter egg? The mugs right outside of Stanley’s room spawn in different colors/places in the box they’re in every time
I wouldn’t call the Minecraft/Portal thing an Easter Egg, it was my first ending. It’s like calling the ending where you listen to the narrator an Easter egg.
I think that they call it the "heaven ending" because Stanley might like pushing buttons.
It’s sad how the Minecraft and portal eastereggs were removed in ultra deluxe
Fun fact about the music once you click the light bulb button and hear the music
That music was used twice
But one is no known by a lot of people
It was in the demo
16:14 I relate to the Narrator, I too don't know what this game is about but I love it
There is another Easter egg at the white board ending on pc it says console bark on the white board but on console it has dog mode were when you click I makes a dog noise
0:53 Is anyone going to mention that the one door had "420" on it
@Nine Tailed Fox dont know what is 420?
Egg Gang where you at! Also I love Cpt. Eggcellent :3
Hello brother
I’m pretty sure when the narrator tells you to jump the third Do it! Is a reference to Star Wars when Palpatine/Sith Emporer says it.
Also if you do sv_cheat 1 in the console command, the devs put a Red "Why?????"
Also in the Ultra Deluxe Edition, this is replaced by Firewatch and Rocket League and no you can no longer get in the Serious Room since the game has shifted from a Source Engine game to Unity.
There is a reference to the Serious Room when you look through one of the doors in the Memory Zone, you just can't get to it.
Dang, I thought I had already seen a lot of the Stanley Parable easter eggs, but quite a few of these I've never seen before. I think I'll have to fire up the game again and try some of these...except the 4 hour egg you showed at the end. Also, I have great stamina down below
The Final Ending Almost Made Me Cry. *sniff*
In the deluxe edition, Minecraft and portal are replaced by Firewatch and Rocket League
And this new route houses a secret ending
*I love this videogame!* 17:50 I even got the 4 hours ending 😅😅 I recorded it and everything (I'm probablly not going to try that ending again, that's why! 😂) Like man!
Mystery man easter egg 0:46
Half life 3 easter egg 1:14
Jump easter egg 1:33
Employee of the year 2:33
Secret blue room (whiteboard ending) 2:52
Coward ending 3:23
Escape pod ending easter egg 4:42
Heaven ending easter egg 5:23
Secret disco easter egg 6:31
Facepunch studios easter egg 7:13
The serious room easter egg 7:37
Raphael easter egg 10:14
Secret glitch ending easter egg 10:38
The lift that doesn’t move easter egg 12:54
Payday 2 dallas mask easter egg 13:19
Minecraft and portal easter egg 13:36
Completing the baby minigame ending 17:45
Timestamps for my mobile people :’)
Please don’t thank me
Shut the heaven up
I was so scared of surprise on the secret disco one 😂
I wish they keeped the same games in ultra deluxe
The whole 4 hours of baby game is filled with narration and the puppy being added
during the window ending the Narrator sings
during the portal ending you can get stuck in the test chamber, dialogue included
im honestly shocked, there were a couple ive never seen before! i thought ive seen them all, well done sir!
I thought your name was capitalist egg cement...
Wtf am I
6:22
STANLEY: OVER HEAVEN
Dude that Minecraft and portal waster egg might just be the best I have ever seen
6:55
That scared me cause I wasn't expecting that
I did that 4 times in game and I always got scaree
Me too
I feel like the Raphael easter egg thing (where the Narator repeats Stanley) isn't properly explained, so here:
In this video ( th-cam.com/video/AZ-IcS7mRSk/w-d-xo.html ), The Narrator reads out an email The Stanley Parable team got from a guy named Raphael. In this email, Raphael goes on about how the game didn't have enough free will and emotion, says some mean stuff about women, and says *he hates how the Narrator says Stanley so much* . In response to this, the Narrator pretends to revamp the entire game, making it obviously a joke to make fun of and shame Raphael, but in a light-hearted way. At the end, the Narrator repeats the word Stanley to "piss Raphael off", basically.
So when you type Raphael, you piss off Raphael. :)
DID YOU GET THE BROOM CLOSET ENDING? THE BROOM CLOSET ENDING IS MY FAVRITE!!!!!1111!11!!
Fun Fact: On the ultra deluxe edition if you have the bucket and go to the escape bay Stanley will put the bucket on the escape pod and not him, the door will close and the bucket will go escape, and when the game restart and on the pillar where is another bucket and when you grab it the Narrator will say: Don't lost this one again
Captain Eggcellent has great stamina.
You forgot the part where you trap yourself in the Portal chamber
I like how stanleys heaven is just him pressing colorful buttons
Oh so that’s why there’s no third portal game
Not gonna lie, that disco secret scared me
Fun fact: while i was playing the Stanley parable on the forklift going to the phone if you look close at the other door you can see a man walk through there as well cant believe no one else found this
if you click where it says bark on the whiteboard ending, it replaces the sound of your interact with a dog barking
you need to make another video about Stanley parable deluxe edition now
There's a note from Gone Home in the employee lounge
Stanley was about to type "I have great stamina" but there were no typing prompts.
You'll never understand true divine art
I have great stamina down below
Nice
The reason for the Facepunch logo isn't a homage to Facepunch studios themselves, but more to the Forums. They were a huge hub for everything source game development related, and the Stanley Parable devs, like much of the Source community, hail from there.
the walking guy easter egg is stanley walking to confusion ending
1:11 Plot twist! It`s G-Man from The Half Life Series! I mean he is probably watching you... Besides, he looks like he's in a suit! You never know!...
ITS A HALF-LIFE EASTER EGG
1:30 Cries in *'Team Fortress 2'*
Narrarator: (goes mining in Minecraft with Stanley)
Me: *WE ARE MINING DIAMONDS*
When I played dungeons 2 I thought "Hey that narrator sounds familiar" Then I realised he was the one from this game.
Btw you can glitch the cube in portal so it gets stuck out of the puzzle room while you are in and the narrator has some dialogue
I almost never see this talked about but another Stanley dupe shows up when you ride an elevator, you can see him standing in the shadows in a warehouse area
2:43
You: *clicking on the painting*
My discord: *notification*
You can also get stuck in the portal puzzle room by a glitch that you can do in the original portal game. There is dialogue for it also
I'm still remembering that fern, and wondering when this knowledge will be useful.