History Main / ImprobablyHighIQ

* In Wilmar Shiras's ''Children of the Atom'' the phrase "IQ three star plus" is used, but only as a code, never seriously. The description of the children's IQ measurements is accurate: at thirteen, "Timothy Paul came swiftly through the whole range of Superior Adult tests without a failure of any sort. There were not tests yet devised that could measure his intelligence."
* ''The Little Black Bag'' by Cyril Kornbluth never specifies an I.Q. for any character, but runs into this anyway when a genius is described as having "six times" the I.Q. of a clinically retarded character. Assuming that retarded character has an I.Q. of 50 (seemingly lower than the intelligence he demonstrates in-story), the genius would have an I.Q. of 300. (Then again, there are people in this setting who've developed PsychicPowers out of sheer intelligence, so maybe he ''is'' that smart.)

* Seth Walker in Creator/TedDekker's ''Blink'' has an IQ of 193, while UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is only attributed 163, by way of comparison.

* Ash from ''Manga/BananaFish'' has an IQ that is 180 the first time they mention it, and over 200 the next.

* In the first ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' game, Liquid Snake and the genome soldiers are explicitly stated to have an IQ of 180. Yes, those [[ItsProbablyNothing "It's just a box"]] guys. Their comical ineptitude is mostly down to their lack of actual combat experience, their genetic mutations giving them brain damage, and their brainwashing by Psycho Mantis which compelled them to be suicidally incompetent [[spoiler:so Snake could get by them to activate Metal Gear Rex.]] Snake himself has a ''slightly'' more realistic IQ of 165 in spite of his [[ParrotExposition inability to remember anything]].

* PlayedForLaughs with [[ParodySue SCP-10101-J]], a joke character at the Wiki/SCPFoundation that parodies wish-fulfillment self-inserts. He has "an IQ of 9873857, and then some, measured using special IQ tests that SCP-10101 invented himself".

* William James Sidis had an IQ of 300.

* Dr. Grey from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' has an IQ of 240.

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon's and Leonard's exceptional [=IQs=] (187 and 173, respectively) are very high, even given that they are both physicists. [=IQs=] this high actually exist, though it is highly improbable that two of this level would accidentally be in the same gang. [[note]] For the record, Howard's IQ is 155 and Raj's is 148 (and ''Bernadette's''is ''186''!) [[/note]]

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon's and Leonard's exceptional [=IQs=] (187 and 173, respectively) are very high, even given that they are both physicists. [=IQs=] this high actually exist, though it is highly improbable that two of this level would accidentally be in the same gang. [[note]] For the record, Howard's IQ is 155 and Raj's is 148 (and &'Bernadette's''is ''186''!) [[/note]]

* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon's and Leonard's exceptional [=IQs=] (187 and 173, respectively) are very high, even given that they are both physicists. [=IQs=] this high actually exist, though it is highly improbable that two of this level would accidentally be in the same gang.

* The person who formerly held the Guinness World Record for highest recorded IQ (now a retired category) is Marilyn vos [[PropheticNames Savant]]. The official number varies, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, but it has been said to be 180s, 190s or even 200+, depending on the test. However, there has been some controversy surrounding this claim, due to the questionable authenticity of the "Mega Test", which was used to find her score for the book.

* [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] actually averts this. His IQ is stated by a school psychiatrist in a flashback as being "too high to measure", which is quite possible as standard IQ tests aren't very helpful when measuring superintelligent people.

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'''s Berg Katse was said to have a 280 IQ.[[note]]S/he was made from fused fetal fraternal twins and hir IQ was the [[ArtisticLicenseBiology combined IQ of both of them.]][[/note]]

* Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is rumored to have an IQ of around 300 by her fellow classmates. The [[Theatre/SeraMyu musicals]] on the other hand present this as fact. And in the new Viz dub, Umino claims that it's ''[[MemeticMutation Over Nine Thousand!]]''

* ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'''s Batman has a stated IQ of 1045, being an UpToEleven version of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the original]]. Who knows? Maybe IQ tests have actually gotten that precise in the 853rd century.

* Anyone in UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} is in the top 2% of the IQ range. The Omega Society turns this UpToEleven, only accepting people with [=IQs=] statistically only occurring in one out of a million people. The (possibly tongue-in-cheek) [[http://www.gigasociety.com/ Giga Society]] turns this Up To Twelve, accepting only [=IQ=]s occurring once in ''a billion''. The (certainly tongue-in-cheek) [[http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/history.html#Exa Exa Society]] turn this Up To... well, a lot, accepting only [=IQ=]s occurring once in ''a trillion''.

* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', it's never stated exactly what Lindesfarne and Fenton's IQ's are, but apparently they're high enough to get them UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} memberships.

* ''Fanfic/ThePokemonSquad'': The IQs of RM, Max, Kowalski, and RM's Other Friend are revealed in "Mind Over Max" to be very close to infinity (within 8 to 8.0015 points). Max bemoans being the least intelligent of the four, but the others point out that his IQ is still exceptionally high.

* Asok from ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2003-10-04/ claims an IQ of 240]], while the PointyHairedBoss's IQ aspires to triple digits.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Alakazam has a IQ of 5,000, which seems even more insane considering that this is an ''entire species'' rather than a single super-smart individual. (It seems even more implausible that such unparalleled intellects would spend most of their time trapped in little balls and participate in fantastic cockfights. [[HappinessInSlavery Unless they prefer that lifestyle to living in the wild.]]) And they still cannot remember more than four moves. [[UnreliableExpositor Of course, that number comes from the Pokédex, whose entries are written by children.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'': Mametchi and Mimitchi are characterized as having [=IQs=] of 250 and 200, respectively. While they are shown in multiple media to be geniunely of above-average intelligence and capable of creating devices humans have yet to, it may be justified as their IQ is measured among other Tamagotchis, not humans.

* The creator of a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' Mary Sue gave her heroine an IQ of 490, and argued that this was ''too'' possible because she, the writer, had a friend whose IQ was 520.

* One of the funniest parts of ''WebComic/DragonBallMultiverse'' has a character introduced who is literally named MarySue. [[ParodySue She has an IQ of 250, is immortal, can talk to animals, and enter dreams.]] All she wants is to save her doomed people, her friends in prison, her evil inter-dimensional double and the [[{{Squick}} baby of Trunks, Goten, Piccolo and Vegeta that she bears.]] [[spoiler:She gets [[OneHitKO knocked out in one hit]] by [[{{Cameo}} Arale]] from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.]]

* In ''The Genius Club'', seven people with [=IQs=] over 200 are gathered to solve the world's problems in one night.

** The gallery of rogues includes several mad scientists, including his creator, Neo Cortex. However, their exact IQ is unknown for sure, besides perhaps [[TimeMaster N. Tropy]], they're just comic relief.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Alakazam has a IQ of 5,000, which seems even more insane considering that this is an ''entire species'' rather than a single super-smart individual. (It seems even more implausible that such unparalleled intellects would spend most of their time trapped in little balls and participate in fantastic cockfights. [[HappinessInSlavery Unless they prefer that lifestyle to living in the wild.]]) And they still cannot remember more than four moves.