Portal 2: Where to find the portrait of Caroline? Also, is it true she's Chell's mum?

Question

A friend of mine told me that you can find a portrait of Caroline similar to the portraits of Cave Johnson in one of the later testing chambers in Portal 2. I can't find it anywhere though, and I've been checking for secret rooms. Someone was also saying that along with the other twist regarding the character of Caroline, apparently she's supposed to be Chell's mum and that would make Cave her father. It'd be kind of bizarre seeing what happened to Caroline, but it might explain why Chell was there at the Enrichment Center and preserved...

Answer 1

Firstly, it's in the chapter "The reunion". When you get to the chambers of 1971-01 and 1971-02, there will be a small portion you can shoot at before entering the emancipation grill. For more explanation, look at a YouTube video explaining how to get "portrait of a lady" achievement."



Secondly, it is unconfirmed whether Caroline is Chell's mom or not, but what is confirmed is that Caroline was eventually used as GLaDOS's personality core, thus making Caroline GLaDOS.



Thirdly, she was at the enrichment center because her parents had (questionably) abandoned her, and was taken in by Aperture science, somehow. Due to her tenacity, an employee, only known as the "Rat Man", at Aperture brought her to the top of the list for testing, so she could try and take down the then-corrupt GLaDOS.

Answer 2

Portal 2 Secret Rooms

Answer 3

Both Cave and Caroline adopted Chell when she was young. (Or, so I have found out)

And GLaDOS doesn't realise this. She shows hints of memory when she sais to Wheatley "What's wrong with being adopted?" after her joking about Chell being adopted in Portal 1. She probably vaugely remembered adopting someone, but had no idea it was Chell.



Also, you can see this portrait of Caroline and Cave and in the background of the photo.. in the shadows you can see a small girl. (probably Chell)



Also, there's the part with "Bring your daughter to work day" with Chell's potato experiment (signed by Chell) which further suggests her parents worked for the facility, and then further suggests her adopted mother is Caroline.



The fact that Chell would kill her own adopted mother seems strange. She clearly wouldn't have a hatred towards Caroline, becuase she's a very nice, caring person. Would Chell know that Caroline is GLaDOS by this point?



Did Chell know that GLaDOS was Caroline? Maybe Chell knew that Caroline died and had her life.. but.. she's still alive.. and killing.

Answer 4

If you haven't finished the game yet why would you even bother to click on this question in the first place



Sorry, I don't know where the portrait of Caroline is.

It would be interesting if Caroline is Chell's mom.

Answer 5

thank you for not putting a spoiler warning in your title, thus ruining it for the people who have not played. i'm sure they appreciate it.

Answer 6

Thanks for the spoilers