Brain Puzzle 3 Level 72

Overview

Level 72 is a "wake up the dead-asleep mom" comedy puzzle. The banner reads "Help the boy wake his mom up." A blonde schoolboy with a backpack stands in a sunlit bedroom, desperate, while his mom lies on the bed snoring under a blue blanket. He pleads "Mom, get up, I'm going to be late!" Around the room are a sandwich with a fly on it, red boxing gloves hanging on the wall, a TV on a dresser, an air conditioner, a red bean bag with a remote, a flashlight on the cabinet, and a closed door. The mom is out cold, so a gentle nudge will not do.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Estimated moves: 4

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read the situation. Mom is deep asleep and the boy is going to be late. A normal shake will not wake her, so use everything in the room to make noise and rouse her.

1. Shoo the fly and eat the sandwich. There is a fly buzzing on the sandwich on the little table. Swat it away and eat the sandwich — the boy needs fuel for the job. In the next frame the fly is gone.

1. Turn on the TV. Grab the remote off the bean bag and switch the TV on. The screen lights up with a loud spinning channel, and the dresser drawer opens.

1. Open the door. Push open the bedroom door to the tiled bathroom beyond, letting light and sound in.

1. Put on the boxing gloves and pounce. Take the red boxing gloves off the wall and put them on. The boy climbs onto the bed and starts bouncing on / play-punching his mom to jolt her awake.

1. Mom wakes up boxing back. The racket finally rouses her; she sits up also wearing boxing gloves and boxes him back, scolding "Did you not eat! Your strength is way too weak!" — but now she is awake. The family photo at the end shows everyone happy, and the "Completed" banner drops.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is a "use noise and chaos to wake a heavy sleeper" gag. Mom is impossible to rouse gently, so the boy turns the room up to eleven: food for energy, a blaring TV, an open door, and boxing gloves to physically jolt her. The sandwich matters because the joke at the end is her saying his strength is too weak — implying he should have eaten first. The TV and the open door are the noise/light sources; the boxing gloves are the final shove.

The reason there is a fly on the sandwich is that the boy needs to clear it before he can eat. The flashlight on the cabinet and the air conditioner are set dressing; the working chain is eat → turn on TV → open door → box the bed. The ending family photo confirms that waking her by force is the right (if rough) move.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: just yelling at the boy or shaking mom. She does not wake up from a tap; you have to trigger the objects.
• Mistake: boxing her before eating. The sandwich gives him energy; if he punches first, his "strength is too weak."
• Mistake: forgetting the TV and door. The noise and light are part of waking her, not just the punches.

Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only.