Brain Find Level 99
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 99, subtitled "Want to eat ice cream!" shows a blonde man asleep and drooling on an orange bean bag chair, with a thought bubble showing a tissue box. On the wall is a blue TV, and to its right stands a blue refrigerator secured with a yellow padlock. An orange-and-white cat sleeps on the floor nearby. At the bottom the goal icon is a soft-serve ice cream cone. The man craves ice cream, but the ice cream is inside the locked fridge and he is fast asleep. The approach is to wake the scene up so the naughty cat gets into the fridge and reveals the ice cream.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Survey the scene. The man is asleep and drooling; the thought bubble shows a tissue box (a red herring about wiping drool). The TV is off, the fridge is padlocked, and the cat is curled up sleeping. The goal is an ice cream cone, which must be inside the locked fridge.
- Pick up the TV remote control that appears on the floor and press it to turn the TV on.
- The TV screen lights up. The noise and light rouse the sleepy man and disturb the sleeping cat.
- The naughty cat takes advantage of the commotion, jumps onto the man's lap, and gets into the fridge area, revealing the ice cream that was hidden inside.
- The ice cream cone is found. The level completes with a "Good" banner and the message "What a naughty cat," displaying the ice cream cone in the center circle.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level misdirects with the thought-bubble tissue box. A first-time player assumes the man needs a tissue for his drool, but the goal icon is clearly an ice cream cone, so the real problem is getting ice cream. The only place ice cream can be is the refrigerator, and it is padlocked. The man is asleep, so he cannot open it himself.
The TV and remote are the active tools. Turning the TV on creates the disturbance that wakes the man and stirs the cat. The completion line "What a naughty cat" confirms the cat is the agent that ends up dealing with the fridge — it is the naughty one that reveals the hidden ice cream. Simply tapping the man, the tissue, or the padlock directly does nothing, because the lock cannot be picked by tapping; the chain starts with switching on the TV.
The thought-bubble tissue box is a decoy: it explains the man's drooling pose but is not the goal. The real objective is the ice cream in the fridge, and the cat's mischief is what surfaces it once the TV wakes the room up.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: chasing the tissue-box thought bubble. The tissue box is a decoy about drool, not the goal.
- Common mistake: tapping the padlock or the fridge directly. It cannot be picked by tapping; you must disturb the scene first.
- Common mistake: ignoring the TV. Use the remote to turn the TV on to wake the man and stir the naughty cat, which then reveals the ice cream inside the fridge.