What is Megamind's IQ Score?

Megamind has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 32/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 25/50 Educational Value, and 41/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Megamind educational?

Megamind is moderate on educational value, 25/50 on TVI's rubric. Some learning happens, but it isn't the show's primary work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Megamind , IQ Score 127/200

Megamind has an IQ Score of 127/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-07-23·Methodology

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127/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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.

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The Verdict

Best forSuperhero-weary viewers who want the villain-redemption premise played with actual wit

Skip ifYou are after emotional depth or franchise lore; this is a nimble inversion, not a saga

Use it asA family movie night pick where the adults track the genre jokes the kids skip

Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

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

Clever superhero deconstruction that subverts villain tropes with wit, increasingly appreciated as an overlooked gem.

The Trailer

Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.

Characters Scored Here

People search for these characters by name. TVI doesn't invent fictional-character IQ numbers, but Megamind's score is the honest answer to how seriously the work treats each mind.

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Where to Watch

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