Brain Out 2 Level 132
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 132 asks "Which one was from 2022?" A young man and a woman walking a cat are shown, beside a desk calendar that reads "2000 year." Three objects lie below: a money bag, an old purple flip phone, and a pair of 3D glasses. The victory line, "Inertial reaction, I thought I was going nucleic acid!", reveals that 2022 refers to the COVID-testing era.
- Difficulty: Regular
- Estimated moves: 1
Step-by-Step Solution
- Look at the options. The calendar says 2000, and the flip phone and 3D glasses look like old retro items. None of them obviously points to 2022.
- Think about what 2022 means. The year 2022 was the height of the COVID pandemic, when everyone got regular nucleic acid (PCR) tests.
- Tap the cat. The cat is the thing that triggers the 2022 reference.
- The cat gets "tested." The cat ends up with a swab/thermometer and a startled look, as if about to get a PCR test.
- Confirm. The screen says "I thought I was going nucleic acid!" and the level is cleared.
Strategy & Reasoning
This is a memory/wordplay puzzle anchored in recent history. The calendar showing "2000" and the old flip phone and 3D glasses are all retro-decoys that make you think of bygone decades. But the question asks specifically about 2022.
The defining experience of 2022 was COVID-19 testing — the daily "nucleic acid tests" everyone had to take. The joke is that tapping the cat triggers an involuntary association with that swab test, as if the cat were about to be tested. The "inertial reaction" in the caption means a reflexive dread of being swabbed.
The lesson is to match the year to its cultural memory: 2022 = PCR tests, not the old gadgets on the floor.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Mistake: picking the flip phone. That is a 2000s item, not 2022.
- Mistake: picking the 3D glasses or money bag. Those are retro/modern decoys.
- Mistake: trusting the calendar. The "2000 year" calendar is a decoy. Tap the cat — the 2022 reference is the COVID nucleic-acid test.
Walkthrough Notes
The calendar says 2000 and the gadgets are retro, but 2022 is the COVID-testing year. The punchline is that tapping the cat triggers an involuntary nucleic-acid-test reaction. The victory line "I thought I was going nucleic acid!" confirms it. Compare this with picking the flip phone: that is 2000s. The cultural memory of 2022 is the COVID swab, which points to the cat.
Why It Works
The scene mixes retro objects (flip phone, 2000 calendar) with a present-day girl, and the question asks which one belongs to 2022. The obvious retro items point to earlier decades. The cultural memory of 2022 is the COVID-era nucleic-acid swab. Tapping the cat triggers an exaggerated flinch as if about to be swabbed. That reflex is the punchline. Do not pick the gadgets; pick the thing that triggers pandemic memory.
Key Frames
