Brain Puzzle 3 Level 109

Overview

Level 109 is a street reconciliation puzzle. The yellow banner reads "Help the guy win his girlfriend back." A young man in a white hoodie and dark pants kneels on the asphalt, clutching his girlfriend's legs and looking up pleadingly. The girl wears a yellow top and blue pleated skirt, stands with her arms crossed, and literal flames shoot from her head. Her speech bubble reads "I'm mad, stop bothering me." Around them are: a pink ice cream cart on the left displaying various popsicles and cones, an old bald man in a white tank top riding a pink bicycle, an orange cow grazing in a field, a white delivery truck with a durian fruit logo and its doors open with flames inside, an airplane flying overhead, and a backdrop of mountains and pine trees. The completed state shows the couple walking hand in hand with a heart floating above her head.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 6

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Remove the noisy airplane. Tap the white airplane in the sky. It flies away. A noisy plane overhead ruins the romantic mood.

1. Remove the cow. Tap the orange cow in the field. It disappears. The cow is a distraction and its mooing is distracting the girl.

1. Open the durian truck and take the fire extinguisher. Tap the open doors of the durian delivery truck. They swing fully open, revealing a black fire extinguisher lying on the floor inside. Tap the extinguisher to pick it up.

1. Put out the flames on the girl's head. Use the fire extinguisher on the flames atop the girl's head. The fire is doused — her anger is literally put out. The fire inside the truck is also extinguished.

1. Make him kneel on durians. Tap the ground where the guy is kneeling. A bed of spiky durian fruit appears under his knees. He is literally kneeling in pain to show how sorry he is.

1. Remove the mountains. Tap the mountain range in the background. It disappears, leaving only sky and trees.

1. The old man rides away. The old man on the pink bicycle pedals off the scene.

1. Buy her ice cream. The pink ice cream cart remains. The guy stands up, takes the girl's hand, and they walk together. A heart floats above her head. The bottom caption reads "You switched moods that fast?" The "Completed" banner appears with confetti.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle logic is "remove every annoyance, extinguish her anger, and make a painful romantic gesture." The airplane and cow are ambient noise. The fire extinguisher inside the durian truck is the key item — it literally puts out the flames of her anger. The guy kneels on durians (the spikiest fruit imaginable) to show repentance. The ice cream cart is the final romantic peace offering.

The durian truck itself becomes unnecessary once the fire is out; it vanishes along with the old man, the cow, and the mountains. What remains is just the couple and the ice cream cart — a clean romantic setting.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: forgetting the fire extinguisher. The girl's head is literally on fire. You cannot reconcile with her until you put the flames out with the extinguisher from the truck.
• Mistake: tapping the ice cream cart first. The ice cream does not work while she is still angry. You must extinguish her anger first.
• Mistake: leaving the airplane and cow. These distractions must be removed; they are not set dressing.