by Scott Purdy
with technical support by Matt Gruskin
Answer: PINK ROSE
Problem: Valentine’s Day Town/​Arbor Day Town

In the end credits for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, several instances of text briefly appear as I AM GROOT before adjusting to their correct words. The I AM GROOTs in this puzzle appear in the same positions (for a video screen sized to the width of the puzzle) as portions of the first eight of these credits:

  • 3D STEREOSCOPIC SUPERVISOR EVAN JACOBS
  • POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR JENNIFER BERGMAN
  • PRODUCTION SECRETARIES DANIELLE HALAGARDA
  • ASSISTANT TO MS ALONSO KYANA FAZELI
  • MARVEL STUDIOS
  • PROJECTION ENGINEERING SUPERVISOR KEVIN ROSENBERGER
  • SALES EXECUTIVE MORNING STAR SCHOTT
  • FIRST ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR JACOB RIEHLE

For each of these eight lines of text, identify the letter aligned with the Nth letter in its I AM GROOT.

  • STEREOSCOPIC
  • JENNIFER
  • DANIELLE
  • KYANA
  • MARVEL
  • ROSENBERGER
  • STAR
  • RIEHLE

This spells the answer PINK ROSE.