Brain Puzzle 3 Level 19

Overview

Level 19 says "Help the bride chase away all her husband's ex-girlfriends." A bride in a white wedding dress stands with her arms crossed at the room entrance, and the bottom line declares "None of my husband's ex-girlfriends are getting in!" In front of her, women keep arriving and changing disguise to sneak past: a plump woman in a tank top, a red-haired girl in a hoodie, then the same person reappearing bald with a fake white beard pretending to be an "old lady," and finally a green-faced blonde in overalls in a zombie costume. Props on the desk include scissors, a megaphone, a water bucket, an electrical outlet, and a spider web by the window.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 4

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Understand the gatekeeping. The bride controls the door; the trick is that the "guests" arriving are the ex-girlfriends in disguise, and she must see through each costume and refuse entry.

1. Spot the first disguise. The red-haired girl in the hoodie is the first ex. Do not let her through. Notice that her appearance keeps changing between frames.

1. Expose the "old lady." The next arrival is a bald figure with a fake white beard pleading "Let this old lady in, please." Tap the scissors on the desk to snip off the fake beard/wig and reveal she is not an old lady at all.

1. Reject the zombie-costume weirdo. Next appears a green-faced blonde in overalls, bent over like a monster. The bride's line "Proper attire required for entry!" tells you this costume is also a fake. Use the megaphone and the water bucket to shout and douse her, breaking the disguise.

1. Clear the last interloper. With the window open and the disguises stripped, the final interloper is driven off. The bride and groom are left alone and the red "Completed" ribbon appears.

Strategy & Reasoning

This is a "see through the disguise" gatekeeping puzzle. The ex-girlfriends do not arrive as themselves; they keep reappearing in increasingly ridiculous costumes (plump woman, then a bearded old lady, then a green zombie). The bride's job is not to fight them but to unmask and refuse each one. The scissors are the unmasking tool — cutting off fake beards and wigs — and the megaphone/water are the tools to actually drive them away once exposed.

The changing hair and face between frames is the game telling you it is the same people re-costuming: red hair → bald with beard → blonde with green zombie makeup. The bride's running lines ("Let this old lady in" is the fake, "Proper attire required" is her rejection) frame each encounter as a disguise to reject rather than a real guest. The wedding photo, the clock, and the spider web are dressing.

Because the exact sequence of which prop strips which disguise is inferred from the changing characters rather than narrated, the steps rest on those visible transformations.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: letting the "old lady" in. The pleading bald figure with a fake beard is a disguised ex, not a real elderly guest. Use the scissors to expose her.
• Mistake: not recognizing the costume changes. The same people re-appear with new wigs/faces; treat each new arrival as another disguise to reject, not a fresh guest.
• Mistake: forgetting the megaphone/water. Once unmasked, you still need to actually drive the interloper off; the scissors alone just reveals her. Shout with the megaphone or douse her with the bucket.