It feels so strange not to hate you anymore
But you wouldn't know, would you? Ellen McLain – You Wouldn't Know
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GLaDOS has a number of Personality Cores attached to her body, and these cores inform/direct different parts of her identity. The ones most relevant to the Portal series (and LEGO Dimensions by extension) are her Morality Core (installed after the first time she tried to gas Aperture Science with a deadly neurotoxin) and her Anger Core (pretty self explanatory).
Removing/adding cores is the only known way to manage GLaDOS' antics, aside from shutting her down completely (the much safer thing to do). In Lego Dimensions, the main characters recruit GLaDOS to help defeat the main villain by re-installing her Morality Core, which they seemingly leave there after succeeding.
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In September 2015 Warner Bros released a Portal pack for their franchise mashup game LEGO Dimensions. The pack’s credits roll to this song, a new piece written and performed in the Portal tradition by Jonathan Coulton and GLaDOS voice actress Ellen McLain.
We’ll always save the day!
And if you think we can’t
We’ll always find a way!
That’s why the people of this world believe in
Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven! Zach Callison, Estelle, Deedee Magno Hall, Michaela Dietz & Tom Scharpling – We Are the Crystal Gems (Full Theme Song)
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The language is leaving me
No more "I love you's"
Changes are shifting outside the word Annie Lennox – No More "I Love You's"
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The end of a (serious) romantic relationship can have drastic effects on everyone involved, particularly if your relationship has lasted for a significant amount of time. Most, but not all long-term relationships are built on the mutual love and respect of both parties. You get so used to saying “I love you” to that person that when the relationship reaches its end, the meaning of the phrase changes in a fundamental, often irreversible way.
(I don't find myself bouncing home
Whistling buttonhole tunes to make me cry) Annie Lennox – No More "I Love You's"
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Buttonhole tunes are essentially small, often forgettable jingles (hence the name: buttonholes are tiny things). Think about if you’ve ever whistled while you wor-
-no, not like that. Like if you just made up something on the spot, and then forgot it two seconds later.
The songwriters clearly saw the act of musicmaking as a cathartic one, a healthy way (if sometimes nonsensical one) to process one’s emotions following a bad breakup.
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This line calls back to the episode “Alone Together” where Steven and his friend Connie Maheswaran fuse into Stevonnie.
Steven and Connie shared one body but they were of two (maybe 1.5?) minds, and their fusion was a dialogue between the two personalities – and whenever Stevonnie speaks, they speak differently depending on which personality is making the comment.
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GLaDOS casually namedrops Batman in an attempt to undermine Chell’s confidence and demean her limited social circle.
Batman and GLaDOS do, indeed, know each other in the context of Lego Dimensions, but their relationship is lukewarm at best.
There’s also the joke where she says he won’t kill her. Batman is known for not killing his enemies when he defeats them and simply arrests them. While Batman definitely wouldn’t kill her (unlike chell), he would probably do something like change her with cores or something like that.