What is Strange World's IQ Score?

Strange World has an IQ Score of 125/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 28/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 29/50 Educational Value, and 40/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Strange World educational?

Strange World is moderate on educational value, 29/50 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 IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Strange World , IQ Score 125/200

Strange World has an IQ Score of 125/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH and Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP·Updated 2026-06-17·Methodology

animationadventurefamily

125/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Ages 7-12SEL 30/50

Strange World poster, IQ Score 125/200, Competent tier on TV Intelligentsia

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

SEL Score/50

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Why you should trust this score

Reviewed by Cordelia Witty, EdS., NCSP

Licensed school psychologist. Reviews kids content against the published rubric and the CASEL social-emotional learning framework.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,338 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Don Hall and Qui Nguyen's 2022 Disney feature whose multi-generational male-family premise (Jaeger, Searcher, and Ethan Clade exploring an alien biome together) is more thematically ambitious than the marketing positioning conveyed. The pulp-magazine visual register is the film's distinctive aesthetic commitment; the open queer son's character is rare Disney representation rendered without speech-event framing.

Underperformed commercially but reads as the studio's most structurally honest 2022 work.

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