Aperture Labs Hard Hat

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The Aperture Labs Hard Hat, formerly known as the [ classified ], is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a white hard hat with a Template:W miner's light with a team-colored glow, connected by two insulated orange wires. The side opposite to the potato sports two pieces of grey electrical tape covering an old Aperture Science logo.

This hat was awarded to players who had bought the Potato Sack pack, or owned all the games from the pack. It first became available with the April 5, 2011 Patch and could be obtained prior to the release of Portal 2.

It can be worn by Atlas and P-body in Portal 2's co-op mode.[1]

Painted variants

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Single colors
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An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
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A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
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Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
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Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
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A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
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The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
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Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
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Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
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The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
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Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Styles

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The Aperture Labs Hard Hat has an Aperture Science Innovators logo that is either covered up with electrical tape or visible depending on the style.

Styles
RED Aperture Labs Hard Hat Classified.png P-body hardhat.png
"[classified]" "Aperture Logo"

Update history

April 5, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] The hat was added to the game.

April 7, 2011 Patch

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

  • Added a new style to the Aperture Labs Hard Hat
  • Fixed the Aperture Labs Hard Hat displaying the burning material in DirectX8.
  • [Undocumented] Added new hat name and description.
    • The original name was recycled as a style.

Trivia

  • Before the Replay Update, the hat's description read "[ redacted ]". And its name was "[ Classified ]"
    • Redaction is the act of blanking out sensitive or classified information from a document in order to reduce its classification level for distribution to a wider audience. It it also a running joke within the Portal franchise.
  • The hat did not drop for all people who owned the games in the Potato Sack immediately. An email from Robin Walker confirmed that the remaining hats would drop within the "next couple of days."[1]
  • This hat is a reference to the "Potato Clock", a popular science fair project where a potato is used to power a clock or other electronic appliance.[2]
  • With the alternate style and during Portal 2 cooperative play, the pieces of electrical tape are removed, revealing the Aperture Science Innovators logo.

Gallery

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Aperture Labs Hard Hat on the Portal Wiki
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