Fans Already Solved The Riddler's Cryptic Puzzle In 'The Batman' Teaser
Can someone please show Batman how to see his Twitter mentions?
Although the first footage from director Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” premiered just this past Saturday at DC FanDome, Twitter users have already cracked one of the teaser’s mysteries: the Riddler’s cryptic message to emo Robert Pattinson Batman.
In the trailer, Riddler (Paul Dano) leaves a note addressed to Batman at a murder scene. The message apparently asks, “What does a liar do when he’s dead?” and includes some puzzling symbols to decode like a game on the back of your cereal box.
Though Jeffrey Wright’s James Gordon is probably like, “Doesn’t look like anything to me,” two Twitter users, Andrew Lane and game designer Mike Selinker, were quick to arrive at the same answer.
What does a liar do when he’s dead? “He lies still.”
So hyped for Matt Reeve’s Batman Movie, I decided to solve The Riddler’s code. #TheBatman pic.twitter.com/vsxVxucedv
— Andrew Lane (@TheMasterD101) August 23, 2020
You could probably come up with a similar answer just by guessing, but why possibly embarrass yourself? Lane and Selinker walked everyone through their processes.
Lane first wrongly supposed that the word “Batman” would appear in the message before focusing on replacing repeating symbols with commonly used letters.
This didn't work because the symbols that I substituted with letters in the first phrase didn't line up with the same symbols in the second one. So I went to my next thought process, which was replacing the matching symbols in the first phrase with "E" since it is the most used
— Andrew Lane (@TheMasterD101) August 23, 2020
Selinker, on the other hand, first assigned numerical values to the symbols and then methodically went through the possibilities.
Check out the Twitter thread for future puzzle-solving tips:
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In the new #TheBatmanTrailer, the Riddler leaves a card with the question “What does a liar do when he’s dead?” I could just solve it like a riddle (and did), but it’s a good opportunity to show how to solve a puzzle by brute force, so you’re sure of the answer. Here goes. (1/12) pic.twitter.com/sHveBmU2Pt
— Mike Selinker (@mikeselinker) August 23, 2020
As Polygon points out, Reddit users were also quick to solve the puzzle, so as long as Batman has solid internet access, crime doesn’t stand a chance.
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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
