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* Played with in an episode of ''Anime/LupinIIIPart5''. Two brothers, one of them immensely stupid, have invented a safe that can only be opened by a person with an IQ of 0. They brag the safe is impervious to Lupin since the master thief has an IQ of 300, the safe's highest setting. After failing to open it by normal means, Lupin's friends decide to help him become as stupid as possible via various hilarious means of physical and mental abuse. Alas, he falls just shy of 0 and can't get any stupider. [[spoiler: After recovering to his normal intelligence, Lupin decides to go the opposite route, eating a kind of fish touted as "brain food" that ups his IQ to 301. This causes an overflow in the bank's computer that resets it to 0, opening the safe.]]

* PlayedWith in ''FanFic/AnAlternateKeitaroUrashima''. While Naru and the other Hinata Girls are impressed when they learn that Urumi has an IQ of 200, Naru asks "If you're so smart, why aren't you attending UsefulNotes/TokyoUniversity?" Urumi's reply that she wasn't interested causes Naru to deem her an idiot. Most of the Hinata Girls also decide that her IQ doesn't mean much when she joins those [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calling them out on their bad behavior]].
* In ''FanFic/CIAAgents'' the five principal agents get their “Place Rank” by this.

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* Inverted in ''Film/Alien3''. Aaron has the mocking nickname of 85 among the prisoners, because that's the I.Q listed on his file. They bring this up when he tries to take charge after the death of Superintendent Andrews.

* Creator/MackReynolds' novel ''Brain World''. The planet Einstein was settled by people who had a minimum IQ of 130, and they've been improving their average IQ ever since. When Einstein applies to join the [[TheFederation United Planets]], Section G sends Doctor Horsten and Ronny Bronston to investigate because the computers say they have the highest intelligence ratings of all of Section G's agents.

* Used in the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVHoloship Holoship]]". The [[ProjectedMan holocrew]] members of the holoship state their IQ along with their name and rank, and there seems to be a positive correlation between IQ and rank. Rimmer introduces himself with "IQ unknown."
** Also used in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole White Hole]]", where Rimmer points to Holly's IQ to explain why he thinks she, as opposed to Lister, should be in charge of their attempts to destroy the white hole.

* In ''Film/ThePaperChase'', when James Hart first meets him, Franklin Ford III boasts of having an I.Q. of 190 as a sign of his superiority.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''
** In "Hostage", a villain holding Jenna and Cally at gunpoint warns them not to try anything as he has a high intelligence quotient. They soon demonstrate he's TooDumbToLive.
** The Federation has a class system apparently ranked on this. Vila claims he engaged in ObfuscatingStupidity to avoid a high ranking and the required military service. [[TheSnarkKnight Avon of course]] says that no faking on Vila's part was required.
* One episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', where the teacher of the gifted class Malcolm is in introduces a system where they are ranked by intelligence. Malcolm obviously see this is B.S., but his classmates take the system to heart, and even forget their names after they memorize their rank number. Eventually Malcolm demonstrates how dumb this system is by being the highest ranked student, and everyone else having a complete mental breakdown over how "stupid" they are.

* A variation of this happens in ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts''. Students are assigned to a corresponding classroom depending entirely on the score they received during the entrance exams, ranging from the prestigious ([[ImprobablyHighIQ Class A]]) to the insignificant ([[ImprobablyLowIQ Class F]]). The smarter students get better amenities and classroom equipment.

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* ''Roleplay/ElementalDoom'': Found by starting with 100, adding 4 for every Int point above 10, and 2 for every Wis point over 10.

* Used in the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode ''Holoship''. Crew members of the holoship state their IQ along with their name and rank, and there seems to be a positive correlation between IQ and rank. Rimmer introduces himself with "IQ unknown."
** Also used in ''White Hole'', where Rimmer points to Holly's IQ to explain why he thinks she, as opposed to Lister, should be in charge of their attempts to destroy the white hole.

The use of IQ as a qualification or 'proof' of superiority. Thanks in part to the common belief that IQ is a flawless, accurate representation of every aspect of human intelligence and partly because it's an easy way to show an intelligent character's arrogance, a character might use his or her supposed IQ as an argument for their taking control of a matter, or otherwise being better than others.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' and other Palladium Games does the same, with a note that the stat x10 is roughly equal to the character's IQ. Since average stats for a human are between 10-12, this works as a rule of thumb.

'''Professor Frink:''' You should all do what I say. ''My'' IQ is 199 for crying out [[VerbalTic glaving]]!\\

'''StephenHawking:''' Big deal. My IQ is 280.

'''Professor Frink:''' You should all do what I say. ''My'' IQ is 199 for crying out [[VerbalTic glaving]]!

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Springfield is left under the control of local UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} members after the mayor skips town in "They Saved Lisa's Brain". They disagree on how the town should be run and eventually start arguing by stating their IQ at each other. Frink insists his 199 IQ qualifies him to be in charge -- but is soon "outranked" when StephenHawking arrives on the scene!

** The Federation has a class system apparently ranked on this. Vila claims he engaged in ObfuscatingStupidity to avoid a high ranking and the required military service. Avon naturally says that no faking on Vila's part was required.

* Mack Reynolds' novel ''Brain World''. The planet Einstein was settled by people who had a minimum IQ of 130, and they've been improving their average IQ ever since. When Einstein applies to join the [[TheFederation United Planets]], Section G sends Doctor Horsten and Ronny Bronston to investigate because the computers say they have the highest intelligence ratings of all of Section G's agents.

-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' ''Quit butting in please. Your IQ is a mere 155 while mine is a muscular 170. I am smart. Much smarter than you. Hibbert!''
-->'''Professor Frink:''' ''You should all do what I say. ''My'' IQ is 199 for crying out [[VerbalTic glaving]]!''

* In the book ''[[EndersGame Ender's Shadow]]'', the Battle School commander creates resentment toward young Bean from his classmates by revealing that Bean scored highest among them not just on IQ, but on every aptitude measure but one -- that of physical ability, since Bean is much younger and smaller.

* ''{{Tabletop/GURPS}}'' uses "IQ" as the short-form name of the Intelligence stat -- a measure of all forms of intelligence, independent of culture or species -- although it has barely any relation to actual measures of IQ. Apparently it wasn't meant to.
* ''{{Tabletop/Rifts}}'' and other Palladium Games does the same, with a note that the stat x10 is roughly equal to the character's IQ. Since average stats for a human are between 10-12, this works as a rule of thumb.

* In ''TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon often uses his IQ as a 'proof' that he's correct.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Springfield is left under the control of local UsefulNotes/{{Mensa}} members after the mayor skips town. They disagree on how the town should be run and eventually start arguing by stating their IQ at each other. Frink insists his 199 IQ qualifies him to be in charge -- but is soon "outranked" when StephenHawking arrives on the scene!

* A variation of this happens in ''[[LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu Baka and Test]]''. Students are assigned to a corresponding classroom depending entirely on the score they received during the entrance exams, ranging from the prestigious ([[ImprobablyHighIQ Class A]]) to the insignificant ([[ImprobablyLowIQ Class F]]). The smarter students get better amenities and classroom equipment.