History Main / ImprobablyHighIQ

*** It is later claimed that Bean scored ''higher'' than 100% on a Battle School aptitude test by answering questions the test wasn't asking. Whether these two tests were one and the same was not touched upon.

* ''{{Fringe}}'''s Peter Bishop has an IQ of 190.

* ''{{King of the Hill}}'' had a very funny nod to this in one episode, with Hank mentioning that Peggy has an amazingly high IQ, 170. Peggy exclaims proudly, "Yes!" before nonchalantly adding, [[KnowNothingKnowItAll "Although that is my own estimate."]]

* In the guide for the SNES version of ''SimCity'', it's revealed that Dr. Wright's IQ is 1000.

* The {{Pokemon}} Alakazam has a IQ of 5000, which seems even more ridiculous considering that this is an ''entire species'' rather than a single super-smart individual. This is, also, on the Pokémon IQ Scale. Who's to say their scale isn't designed differently than for humans?

* The {{Pokemon}} Alakazam has a IQ of 5000, which seems even more ridiculous considering that this is an ''entire species'' rather than a single super-smart individual. of course, the whole IQ-of-5000 thing is just Pokédex entry info, and those do tend to be exaggerated way past the point of sanity. This is, also, on the Pokémon IQ Scale. Who's to say their scale isn't designed differently than for Humans? That IQ score is Super Effective!
** And they're still willing to fight on behalf of any ten-year-old who can beat them nearly senseless and trap them in a ball.
*** They say geniuses are usually eccentric. Alakazam have that as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]].
** A theory about this is that the player is writing the Pokedex entries and, being a 10 year old kid, may be exaggerating a bit (like how kids will say something that's heavy is a million pounds when it's only 200). This theory is semi-confirmed in the anime continuity, where despite accessing information from a central "Pokedex database" written by an expert, said expert admits to the character he encounters that he bullshat half of what he wrote.

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* [=TSR=] once said that in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' a character's IQ is about their Int score X 10. This means that any wizard worth playing above about level 6 has an IQ in the 180-200 range. There is a reason why they (or their successors, WizardsOfTheCoast) have not repeated it.

* In the TV series version of ''The Paper Chase'', law student Franklin Ford III claims to have an IQ of 190.

* Artemis Fowl (from [[ArtemisFowl the books of the same name]]) is said to have one of the highest tested IQs in Europe, apparently somewhere around 200.

* In the beginning of the first chapter of ''SoonIWillBeInvincible'', Doctor Impossible mentions that eighteen(and later events in the book suggest at least one more) individuals, including himself, have an IQ of "300 or more." The book later mentions the Stanford-Binet; Doctor Impossible thinks the heroes' estimation is "insultingly low."

* Dr. Spencer Reid of [[CriminalMinds Criminal Minds]] says his IQ is 187, as well as possessing an eidetic memory and the ability to read 20,000 words per minute.

* In MalcolmInTheMiddle, where at 165, the titular character has the highest IQ of all...until in comes Barton, who skipped grades to be in the Krelboyne class, had an IQ over 280, and was apparently going to work for NASA immediately after the episode ended. Unfortunately, probably because of the other genius characters being at the very top end of realistic IQ scores, most of his intelligence was shown by having Malcolm haul around the IdiotBall for the day.

* [[Fringe]]'s Peter Bishop has an IQ of 190.

Yes and no, because of the way IQ tests are designed. Without going into as much detail as the UsefulNotes page, they directly measure how the test-taker stacks up against the average for the population. For a character to be one in a million (that would be the 99.9999th percentile, yielding an IQ in the mid-170s), there have to be a million other people who scored lower on the same test. Different tests also use slightly larger or smaller scales to produce the numerical IQ score, so unless two people comparing their [=IQs=] took the ''same'' test, for one to be a few points higher or lower doesn't actually mean anything.

***** Only if he's a GeniusDitz, because Walt acts like a BumblingDad. (A mild one by the standards, of, say, [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]], but still pretty dopey.) In fact, he probably is, because while it takes a fair amount of brain to become an orthodontist... he acts like a BumblingDad. Although mostly he's just really dorky and out of touch with modern technology, rather than truly stupid.

Yes and no, because of the way IQ tests are designed. Without going into as much detail as the UsefulNotes page, they directly measure how the test-taker stacks up against the average for the population. For a character to be one in a million (that would be the 99.9999th percentile, yielding an IQ in the mid-170s), there have to be a million other people who scored lower on the same test. Different tests also use slightly larger or smaller scales to produce the numerical IQ score, so unless two people comparing their IQs took the ''same'' test, for one to be a few points higher or lower doesn't actually mean anything.