Regular Show IQ Score 111/200
Regular Show has an IQ Score of 111/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.
Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted
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IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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What these dimensions mean
- 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
J.G. Quintel's Cartoon Network series about two anthropomorphic park groundskeepers, Mordecai the blue jay and Rigby the raccoon.
The structural commitment to absurdist park-attendant comedy with sustained adult cultural-reference fluency (1980s synthwave, arcade-game iconography, post-rock score) is what gave the property its dual kids-and-adults audience. Cult adult-animation work disguised as Cartoon Network programming.
People & Production J. G. Quintel · Cartoon Network Studios · Cartoon Network 10 connections
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The Trailer
Official trailer, embedded from YouTube.
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Regular Show scored 111/200 (Competent tier) on TV Intelligentsia's published methodology. Source: tvintelligentsia.com/titles/regular-show/
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