What is The Mitchells vs. the Machines's IQ Score?

The Mitchells vs. the Machines has an IQ Score of 129/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Competent tier. The score breaks down to 31/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 28/50 Educational Value, and 40/50 Craft & Quality.

Is The Mitchells vs. the Machines educational?

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is moderate on educational value, 28/50 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/.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines , IQ Score 129/200

The Mitchells vs. the Machines has an IQ Score of 129/200 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

animationadventurecomedyfamily

129/ 200

Competent

Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted

Ages 7-12SEL 36/50

The Mitchells vs. the Machines poster, IQ Score 129/200, 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

Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe's Sony feature (produced by Lord and Miller) whose visual language commits to scribble-overlay aesthetics with the same rigor Spider-Verse brought to comic-page conceit. The Mitchells-as-screwed-up-family is unusually honest about parental-creative-shutdown dynamics.

The film's distinctive achievement is treating Gen-Z internet fluency as cognitive material rather than as joke fodder.

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