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How to Train Your Dragon , IQ Score 149/200

How to Train Your Dragon has an IQ Score of 149/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH and Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP·Updated ·Methodology

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149/ 200
Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Ages 6-12SEL 36/50
How to Train Your Dragon poster, IQ Score 149/200, Stimulating tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
39
Educational Value/50
27
Craft & Quality/50
49
SEL Score/50
36
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)  · How we score →
What these dimensions mean
  • Cognitive Stimulation: how much the title demands of your mind, its structural complexity, ideas, and sustained intellectual engagement.
  • Educational Value: what you take away, across academic content, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, life skills, and knowledge transfer.
  • Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.
  • SEL: social-emotional learning on the CASEL framework, self-awareness, regulation, social awareness, relationships, and decision-making. Does not affect the IQ Score.
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Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP
Scored under Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP
Licensed school psychologist. Built the TVI Kids SEL framework and reviews the rubric application for children's content, including every TVI Kids Essential designation.
Methodology
Published rubric, v1.3
Formula
round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4
Database scale
2,587 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

The DreamWorks film that proved animated family franchises could commit to slow-burn relationship character work. The Hiccup-Toothless trust sequence, extended, without dialogue, just animation, is among the strongest character moments in 2010s family film.

People & Production Dean DeBlois · DreamWorks Animation · United States 27 connections

Direction & creation

Director
Dean DeBlois Chris Sanders
Writer
William Davies Dean DeBlois Chris Sanders
Producer
Bonnie Arnold

On screen & sound

Selected voice cast
America Ferrera Ashley Jensen Christopher Mintz-Plasse Craig Ferguson David Tennant Gerard ButlerSelected alphabetically; not billing order.
Composer
John Powell
Cinematography
Roger Deakins

Production & release

Production company
DreamWorks Animation
Distributor
Paramount Pictures UIP-Dunafilm Netflix
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English

Related works

Part of series
DreamWorks Animation feature films How to Train Your Dragon
Followed by
How to Train Your Dragon 2 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Based on
How to Train Your Dragon

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Cite this score

How to Train Your Dragon scored 149/200 (Stimulating tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/how-to-train-your-dragon/

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