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Character IQ pages, what the methodology actually says.

"Walter White's IQ." "Don Draper's IQ." "Daenerys Targaryen's IQ." Real searches. TVI doesn't invent IQ numbers for fictional characters, but the show's IQ Score tells you something real about how seriously the work treats the character's mind.

The honest framing: TV Intelligentsia scores shows and films, not characters. Assigning a measured IQ to a fictional character is fabrication; there is no methodology that produces such a number. But the search cluster, "[Character] IQ", represents real curiosity about how intelligent these characters are portrayed as being. The TVI IQ Score is the methodology-anchored answer to that question: it measures whether the work treats the character's mind seriously.

104 characters and counting. Each page below answers a popular character-IQ search by routing to the show's actual TVI score, plus a specific reading of what the score reveals about the portrayal. Read the full methodology or what an IQ Score is for context.

Joseph Cooper

Interstellar

189Masterclass

Park Dong-hoon

My Mister

189Masterclass

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

188Masterclass

HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey

187Masterclass

Frieren

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

186Masterclass

Stringer Bell

The Wire

183Masterclass

Omar Little

The Wire

183Masterclass

Andy Dufresne

The Shawshank Redemption

183Masterclass

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird

182Masterclass

Michael Corleone

The Godfather

180Masterclass

Vito Corleone

The Godfather

180Masterclass

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

176Masterclass

John Nash

A Beautiful Mind

176Masterclass

Adrian Veidt (Ozymandias)

Watchmen

175Masterclass

Selina Meyer

Veep

175Masterclass

Dr. Manhattan

Watchmen

175Masterclass

Don Draper

Mad Men

174Masterclass

Vincent Vega

Pulp Fiction

174Masterclass

Jules Winnfield

Pulp Fiction

174Masterclass

John Locke

Lost

174Masterclass

Daniel Plainview

There Will Be Blood

172Masterclass

Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman

Better Call Saul

171Masterclass

Mike Ehrmantraut

Better Call Saul

171Masterclass

Kim Wexler

Better Call Saul

171Masterclass

Frodo Baggins

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

171Masterclass

BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman

169Masterclass

K (Officer K)

Blade Runner 2049

169Masterclass

Lancaster Dodd

The Master

169Masterclass

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

168Masterclass

Maximus

Gladiator

168Masterclass

Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

168Masterclass

Ki-taek Kim

Parasite

168Masterclass

Yusuke Kafuku

Drive My Car

166Masterclass

Rick Deckard

Blade Runner

165Masterclass

Frank Underwood

House of Cards

165Masterclass

Elliot Alderson

Mr. Robot

164Masterclass

Rust Cohle

True Detective S1

164Masterclass

Cobb

Inception

164Masterclass

Joel Miller

The Last of Us

164Masterclass

Walter White

Breaking Bad

163Masterclass

Carmy Berzatto

The Bear

163Masterclass

Gustavo Fring

Breaking Bad

163Masterclass

Arthur Fleck (Joker)

Joker

161Masterclass

Marge Gunderson

Fargo (1996)

161Masterclass

Mark Watney

The Martian

161Masterclass

Logan Roy

Succession

160Masterclass

Roman Roy

Succession

160Masterclass

Dolores Abernathy

Westworld

159Stimulating

Maeve Millay

Westworld

159Stimulating

Patrick Bateman

American Psycho

158Stimulating

Travis Bickle

Taxi Driver

158Stimulating

Beth Harmon

The Queen's Gambit

158Stimulating

Ford Pines

Gravity Falls

158Stimulating

Bill Cipher

Gravity Falls

158Stimulating

Dipper Pines

Gravity Falls

158Stimulating

Grunkle Stan

Gravity Falls

158Stimulating

Dr. House

House

157Stimulating

Queen Elizabeth II

The Crown

157Stimulating

Hermione Granger

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

157Stimulating

Princess Diana

The Crown

157Stimulating

Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

156Stimulating

Carrie Mathison

Homeland

155Stimulating

Daenerys Targaryen

Game of Thrones

155Stimulating

Tyrion Lannister

Game of Thrones

155Stimulating

Hans Landa

Inglourious Basterds

155Stimulating

Cersei Lannister

Game of Thrones

155Stimulating

Jon Snow

Game of Thrones

155Stimulating

Aldo Raine

Inglourious Basterds

155Stimulating

Saul Berenson

Homeland

155Stimulating

Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

155Stimulating

Anton Chigurh

No Country for Old Men

154Stimulating

Villanelle

Killing Eve

153Stimulating

Eve Polastri

Killing Eve

153Stimulating

Edward Elric

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

151Stimulating

Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal

149Stimulating

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock

148Stimulating

Spike Spiegel

Cowboy Bebop

148Stimulating

Light Yagami

Death Note

147Stimulating

Indiana Jones

Raiders of the Lost Ark

147Stimulating

Lisa Simpson

The Simpsons

145Stimulating

Earn Marks

Atlanta

145Stimulating

Marty Byrde

Ozark

144Stimulating

Mob (Shigeo Kageyama)

Mob Psycho 100

143Stimulating

Jean-Luc Picard

Star Trek: The Next Generation

141Stimulating

Dexter Morgan

Dexter

137Stimulating

Annalise Keating

How to Get Away with Murder

137Stimulating

Marty McFly

Back to the Future

131Stimulating

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

131Stimulating

Eren Yeager

Attack on Titan

131Stimulating

Furiosa

Mad Max: Fury Road

130Stimulating

Jack Torrance

The Shining

130Stimulating

Eric Cartman

South Park

129Competent

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

129Competent

Tony Stark

Iron Man

129Competent

Miranda Priestly

The Devil Wears Prada

129Competent

John Wick

John Wick

128Competent

Megamind

Megamind

127Competent

Wednesday Addams

Wednesday

125Competent

Seong Gi-hun

Squid Game

124Competent

Frasier Crane

Frasier

122Competent

George Costanza

Seinfeld

109Competent

Sheldon Cooper

The Big Bang Theory

108Competent

Michael Scott

The Office (US)

107Competent

Eleven

Stranger Things

98Passive