Julie and the Phantoms IQ Score 80/200
Julie and the Phantoms has an IQ Score of 80/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Passive tier.
Light cognitive engagement, background-safe viewing
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IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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- Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
- Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
- 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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The TVI Take
Kenny Ortega's Netflix musical about a teen who discovers she can see ghost musicians from a 1995 garage band. The Owl House-adjacent demographic gets songs that earn their floor space, Julie & the Phantoms' actual album is good, and the grief plot (Julie has lost her mother) carries genuine weight before the ghost-band whimsy arrives.
Educational about how musical performance can hold what speech can't.
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Julie and the Phantoms scored 80/200 (Passive tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/julie-and-the-phantoms/
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