The G-Man/Quotes

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The following is a list of quotes from the G-Man.

Half-Life

Muffled conversation

Location: sound/gman

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_mumble1	[muffled]
gman_mumble2	[muffled]
gman_mumble3	[muffled]
gman_mumble4	[muffled]
gman_mumble5	[muffled]
gman_mumble6	[muffled]

Outro speech

Location: sound/gman

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_suit	Gordon Freeman in the flesh. Or rather, in the hazard suit. I took the liberty of relieving you of your weapons; most of them were government property. As for the suit, I think you’ve earned it.
gman_nasty	The borderworld, Xen, is in our control for the time being, thanks to you. Quite a nasty piece of work you managed over there. I am impressed.
gman_potential	That’s why I’m here, Mr. Freeman. I have recommended your services to my employers, and they have authorized me to offer you a job. They agree with me that you have limitless potential.
gman_stepin	You’ve proved yourself a decisive man, so I don’t expect you’ll have any trouble deciding what to do. If you’re interested, just step into the portal and I will take that as a yes.
gman_otherwise	Otherwise... well... I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning. Rather an anticlimax, after what you’ve just survived.
gman_choose1	Time to choose.
gman_choose2	It's time to choose.
gman_wise	Wisely done, Mr. Freeman. I will see you up ahead.
gman_nowork	Well, it looks like we won't be working together. (If the player refuses G-Man's offer.)
gman_noreg	No regrets, Mr. Freeman. (If the player refuses G-Man's offer.)

Unused quotes

Location: sound/gman

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_noregret	Well, it looks like we won't be working together. No regrets, Mr. Freeman, but there are a few survivors of your personal holocaust who would like the chance to meet the man responsible for the total annihilation of their race. (If the player refuses G-Man's offer, longer version.)

Half-Life: Opposing Force

Outro speech

Location: sound/gman

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
of7a0_gm01	So, Corporal Shephard, we meet at last. Please, don't think that I've been avoiding you, a great many matters require my attention in these... troubled times. I do hope you understand, and now I require a further indulgence on your part. I cannot close my report until every loose end has been tied up. The biggest embarrassment has been Black Mesa facility, but I think that's finally taken care of itself...
of7a0_gm02	Quite so.
of7a0_gm03	But there is still the lingering matter of witnesses. I admit I have a fascination with those who adapt and survive against all odds. They rather remind me of myself. If for no other reason, I have argued to preserve you for a time.
of7a0_gm04	While I believe a civil servant like yourself understands the importance of... discretion, my employers are not quite so trusting, and rather than continually subject you to the irresistible human temptation of telling all, we have decided to...convey you somewhere you can do no possible harm, and where no harm can come to you. I'm sure you can imagine there are worse alternatives.

Half-Life 2 leak

Hazard

Location: sound/vo/haz

Used in the WC map pack map hazard.

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
haz_gm01a, haz_gm01b, haz_gm02, haz_gm03	Cleverly done, Mr. Freeman, but you're not supposed to be here. As a matter of fact, you're not. Get back where you belong, and forget about all this, until we meet again. (Also under the names gman_12, and gman_12a to gman_12d. Partially re-recorded for the Half-Life 2: Episode Two Trailer.)
haz_gm01	Cleverly done, Mr. Freeman, but you're not supposed to be here. In fact, you're not. Go back where you belong, and forget all about this, until we meet... (Mostly the same sentence as above, made by another actor.)

E3 G-Man

Location: sound/vo/gman_misc

Used in the E3 2003 video "G-Man".

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_07	We've been rather busy in your absence, Mister Freeman.
gman_10	Pay attention, mister Freeman, I'm only going to say this once.
sino_gman	那么，看来我们是没有合作的机会了。 (Mandarin Chinese. In pinyin, "Nà me, kàn lái wǒ men shì méi yǒu hé zuò de jī huì le.", which roughly translates to "Well, it seems we have no chance of cooperation.", the localized version of Half-Life's sentence "Well, it looks like we won't be working together." in Half-Life's outro speech, if the player refuses G-Man's offer.)

E3 Psyche

Location: sound/vo/gman_misc

Used in the E3 2003 video "Psyche".

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_06	Well, well, isn't this just like old times. (Also found in the leak sound folder for the E3 2003 demo "Strider", but not used in it.)

E3 G-Man Monologue

Location: sound/vo/gman_misc

The leak files also feature the sound of the E3 2004 video "G-Man Monologue", which is identical to the final game's introduction.

Other

Location: sound/vo/gman_misc

The leak also includes the following Filenames, some of which were used exclusively during demonstrations leading up to the release of Half-Life 2:

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_05	So nice to have you with us, Mister Freeman.
gman_08	That will be all.
gman_09	That's all for now.
gman_11	I will see you up ahead. (Nod to Half-Life's outro speech.)

Half-Life 2

Intro speech

Location: sound/vo/gman_misc

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_riseshine	Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine.
gman_02	Not that I wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest. And all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until...well, let's just say your hour has come again.
gman_03	The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.
gman_04	So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes.

Outro speech

Location: sound/vo/citadel

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_exit01	...time, Dr. Freeman?
gman_exit02	Is it really that time again?
gman_exit03	It seems as if you only just arrived.
gman_exit04	You've done a great deal in a small timespan.
gman_exit05	You've done so well, in fact, that I've received some interesting offers for your services. Ordinarily, I wouldn't contemplate them. But these are extraordinary times.
gman_exit06	Rather than offer you the illusion of free choice, I will take the liberty of choosing for you...if and when your time comes around again.
gman_exit07	I do apologize for what must seem to you an arbitrary imposition, Dr. Freeman. I trust it will all make sense to you in the course of...well...
gman_exit08	I'm really not at liberty to say.
gman_exit09	In the meantime...
gman_exit10	This is where I get off.

Half-Life 2: Episode One

Intro

Location: sound/vo/episode_1/intro

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_inhale	N/A (in sound/vo/episode_1/npc/gman)
gman_wellseeaboutthat	We'll see about that. (used from sound/vo/episode_1/intro, but also present in sound/vo/episode_1/npc/gman)

Unused quotes

Location: sound/vo/episode_1/npc/gman (present only in the pre-load version of Episode One)

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_comebacknow	Oh no, Freeman, come back. Come back here, now.
gman_getbackhere	Get back here.
gman_laugh01	N/A
gman_snarl01	N/A
gman_notforlong	Oh! Not for long.
gman_notthistime	Not this time.
gman_wellsh	Well...well shit.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Half-Life 2: Episode Two Trailer

Location: N/A

The Episode Two Trailer uses re-recorded lines that were previously found in the leak.

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_12a	You're not supposed to be here.
gman_12b	Forget about all this.

Victory Mine speech

Location: sound/vo/outland_02/junction

When the G-Man interrupts Alyx's healing performed by the Vortigaunts.

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
gman_mono01 to gman_mono04	Doctor Freeman. I realize this moment may not be the most convenient for a heart-to-heart, but I had to wait until your friends were otherwise occupied. Hm.
gman_mono05 to gman_mono06	There was a time they cared nothing for Miss Vance... When their only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor.
gman_mono08 to gman_mono10	When I plucked her from Black Mesa, I acted in the face of objections that she was a mere child and of no practical use to anyone. I have learned to ignore such naysayers when quelling them was out of the question. [breathing]
gman_mono11 to gman_mono13	Still, I am not one to squander my investments... and I remain confident she was worth far more than the initial...appraisal.
gman_mono14 to gman_mono17	That's why I must now extract from you some small repayment owed for your own survival.
gman_mono22; gman_mono24	See her safely to White Forest, Doctor Freeman. [breathing]
gman_mono25 to gman_mono27	I wish I could do more than keep an eye on you, but I have agreed to abide by certain... restrictions.
gman_mono28 to gman_mono33	Mmm. Well... Now... Listen carefully, my dear. When you see your father relay these words:
gman_mono34	Prepare for unforeseen consequences.

Unused quotes

Text only, to be said during the Victory Mine speech.

Filename(s)	Quote
gman_har	Ha ha...
gman_mono07	It seems they've grown to share my estimation of her worth.
gman_mono18 to gman_mono21	I'm not asking for anything that goes against your nature. Merely the favor of her continued protection, while she acts as medium for a message of some importance.
gman_mono23	She may require more care than was previously the case.

Half-Life: Alyx

Ending Speech

Location: sounds/vo/gman

Ending of Half-Life: Alyx, when Alyx Vance releases the G-Man from captivity.

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
04_00200	Impressive work, Ms. Vance.
04_00700 to 04_00707	Gordon… Freeman? [Chuckles] Ms Vance. You wouldn't need all that to imprison Gordon Freeman.
04_00202	Perhaps what I am is not as important as what I can offer you in exchange for coming all this way.
04_00203 to 04_00204	Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible. My employers disagree. They authorize me to… nudge things in a particular direction from time to time.
04_00205	What would YOU want nudged, Ms. Vance?
04_00206 to 04_00207	Ahhh. That would be a considerably large nudge. Too large, given the interests of my employers. What if I could offer you something you don't know you want?
04_00600 to 04_00209	We are in the future. This is the moment where you watch your father die. Unless…
04_00300	Unless you were to take matters into your own hands.
04_00501	Release your father, Ms. Vance.
04_00210 to 04_00211	Good. As a consequence of your action, this entity will continue. And this entity will not.
04_00216	You ARE aware that you've proven yourself to be of extraordinary value.
04_00302 to 04_00304	A previous hire has been unable — or unwilling — to perform the tasks laid before him. We have struggled to find a suitable replacement. Until now.
04_00306	I'm afraid you misunderstand the situation, Ms. Vance.

Unused quotes

Location: sounds/vo/gman

Filename(s)	Quote	Play
04_00201	That is a question with a multitude —
04_00503	Your glove, Ms Vance.