by Stephen Peters
Answer: ROADHOG
Problem: Halloween Town/​Thanksgiving Town

The jukebox buttons at the bottom play snippets of popular songs, which have been alphabetized by song title:

  1. “1-2-3,” Gloria Estefan
  2. “Azure Te,” Louis Jordan
  3. “Bat Out of Hell,” Meat Loaf (written by Jim Steinman)
  4. “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” Jimmy Buffett
  5. “Chiquitita,” ABBA
  6. “C’mon Everybody,” Elvis Presley
  7. “Headlong,” Queen
  8. “Holiday,” Green Day
  9. “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley
  10. “I See Your Smile,” Gloria Estefan
  11. “I Want It All,” Queen
  12. “Just The Way You Are,” Billy Joel
  13. “Last Night on Earth,” Green Day
  14. “Lay All Your Love On Me,” ABBA
  15. “The Longest Time,” Billy Joel
  16. “Not Allowed To Love,” Jim Steinman
  17. “A Pirate Looks At Forty,” Jimmy Buffett
  18. “Safe Sane and Single,” Louis Jordan
  19. “So Far Away,” Carole King
  20. “You’ve Got a Friend,” Carole King

Eagle-eyed solvers will note that these songs can be grouped into pairs by a common artist. Those common artists match the artists in the jukebox listing via a letter bank; “Green Day” has become “Angry Ed,” and Elvis Presley is now “Liver Spy.”

Each of the artists has also had a “jukebox musical” created around their work, and the songs feature in the musical. The song titles in the jukebox listing describe the action that is happening onstage at that point in the show.

By finding the musical’s original cast recording (as suggested by the phrase “original music”) and using the track number matching the song as an index into the show title, solvers uncover the phrase MAKO RUTLEDGE NICKNAME, which Overwatch players may recognize as ROADHOG.

Artist Letterbank Artist Show Jukebox Song Song Track Letter
B.A. ABBA Mamma Mia! Cheering Up Donna Chiquitita 6 M
Flipper Dance Lay All Your Love On Me 8 A
Liver Spy Elvis Presley All Shook Up Rejecting Chad Hound Dog 8 K
Rouse the Citizens C’mon Everybody 6 O
Trefoil Snag Gloria Estefan On Your Feet! Falling For E I See Your Smile 6 R
Overcoming Shyness 1-2-3 5 U
Bye Mt. Fuji Jimmy Buffett Escape to Margaritaville Quitting the Diet Cheeseburger in Paradise 16 T
Wedding Guests Arrive A Pirate Looks At Forty 20 L
Angry Ed Green Day American Idiot J & T Hit the Road Holiday 3 E
Two In Love Last Night on Earth 10 D
Genial Cork Carole King Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Saying Goodbye You’ve Got a Friend 22 G
Carnegie Hall So Far Away 2 E
Joy Bile Billy Joel Movin’ Out Brenda Is Back The Longest Time 5 N
J & J Together Just The Way You Are 4 I
Enqü Queen We Will Rock You The Key To Music I Want It All 9 C
Heartbreak Hotel Headlong 10 K
Id Journals Louis Jordan Five Guys Named Moe Better Tell Her Azure Te 9 N
Being Alone Safe Sane and Single 10 A
Nite Jams Jim Steinman Bat Out of Hell The Musical Tink Soliloquy Not Allowed To Love 16 M
Escape on a Motorbike Bat Out of Hell 10 E