Godzilla

Joan listened for the sounds of massive destruction and cheerily headed towards them. She turned the corner and spotted her scaly buddy.

"Hi Joan", greeted Godzilla with his atomic breath. "How are you doing?"

"Fine," replied Joan, "Are you busy tonight? I wanted to invite you to my Death Day party!"

Tip: Feel free to divide and conquer this clue, as both halves are unrelated to each other until the end.

Puzzle Files

The following files are required to solve this puzzle:

Click to reveal Hint #1

When reconstructing the city, the 1-6-2-6 tile goes in the center-left position of the grid. When destroying the city, Godzilla can jump to and destroy buildings anywhere in the grid, regardless of its position. You won't need to keep track of its path, either. Building destructions are all based on wordplay. They are all actual Japanese buildings, but you won't need to research anything about those buildings.

Click to reveal Hint #2

You may now send a team member over to the city grid that we've built. Say 'MOTHRA' to the staffer to knock down a RED building and learn its height.

Click to reveal Hint #3

Say 'MST3K' to the staffer to knock down a RED or YELLOW building and learn its height. After destroying all the buildings referenced in the story, you should have 8 buildings remaining. When looking for your final answer, you'll need to combine information from both grids.

Click to reveal Hint #4

Say 'RAMPAGE' to the staffer to knock down a RED, YELLOW, or BLUE building and learn its height. Your answer will be eight letters long. Can you think of a way to get one letter from each building?

Click to reveal Hint #5

Say 'MECHA STREISAND' to the staffer to knock down a RED, YELLOW, or BLUE building and learn its height. To get your final answer, index into each building name by its height from the logic puzzle portion. Answer reads from top to bottom, left to right within each row.

Click to reveal Hint #6

This is the final hint for this puzzle. Show this hint to the staffer to get any additional help you may need with this puzzle.

Click to reveal the solution to this puzzle

hail a cab

"Oh, you can't come because you're unable to hail a cab? Oh, yeah...I guess I can see how that's a problem," Joan replied upon hearing Godzilla's response. "Well, best of luck!"

Optimistic, she went to the next name on her list..