Top 10 Smartest TV Characters

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The Top Ten

1 Gregory House (House)

House has intelligence that is not one dimensional. He excels in science, medicine, language, human nature, biology, music and has the best jokes.

Simply has the most intellectual brain power in television history. I'd put Dr. Hannibal VERY close behind him, and Walter White at 3rd.

2 Professor Farnsworth (Futurama)

Only smarter than all of the others because of his futuristic intellectual resources

He's an total idiot you're a buffoon your whole lists are jokes - Kevinsidis

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3 Data (Star Trek)
4 Michael Scofield (Prison Break) Michael Scofield (Prison Break) Michael J. Scofield, played by Wentworth Miller, is a fictional character and one of the two protagonists of the American television series Prison Break.

A literal genius, breaks his brother and 6 other guys out of a high security prison and that's just the beginning

A proven intellectual genius. Broken out of 2 top security prisons, extremely pretty and a very good guy.

The structural engineer who broke out from two prisons that were never supposed to be broken. - San_Lakshitha

Genius. Best T.V. series ever

5 KITT (Knight Rider)
6 Spock (Star Trek) Spock (Star Trek)
7 Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) Rick Sanchez is a fictional character from the American animated television series Rick and Morty, aired on Adult Swim.

Titled the "smartest man in the universe" by so far everyone in the universe. He even managed to be the smartest of all the alternate versions of himself, he's manipulative, brilliant and logical. - lifeofgod

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8 Velma Dinkley (Scooby Doo)
9 George Hearst (Deadwood)
10 Dexter Morgan (Dexter) Dexter Morgan (Dexter) Dexter Morgan is a fictional character and the antihero of a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay, including Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark, Dexter by Design, Dexter Is Delicious, Double Dexter, and Dexter's Final Cut.

Combined, his practical and theoretical intel could defeat any opponent, and he should definitely be higher ranked on this list.

Simply the smartest criminal of all time.

The Contenders

11 Peggy Olson (Mad Men)
12 Dr. Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)

He's super smart, and he's just plain adorable. I know that doesn't have anything to do with the question, but it had to be said.

You know what, I think this page is stupid, Spence is the smartest and he always will be

He's smart & cute

He's fascinating

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13 The Doctor (Doctor Who) The Doctor (Doctor Who) The Doctor is the title character and protagonist in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

The only one on this list I would mark as more intelligent than the Doctor is Rick Sanchez. And even then, it's a barely there difference.

Bro he is smarter than any one on this list he literally knows everything not joking, everything

He is very smart and got out of very tough spots with only words. He fights things with his mind all the way to blood thirsty aliens to carnivorous planets(Don't ask).

He can defeat everything, even when the villains think they outsmarted him, it turns out that even that was all part of his plan. he saved entire multiverses multiple times.

14 Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Jim Parsons.

How come Sheldon's not first? He went to college when he was 11, for crying out loud!

He's insanely smart its annoying (for the other characters) but hilarious to the viewers watching!

He is knows just about... Everything.

He is really smarter than that

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15 Walter ''Heisenberg'' White (Breaking Bad)

Smartest criminal I know and that's a fact

Oh come on! He is the smartest ever.

16 Huey Freeman (The Boondocks) Huey Freeman (The Boondocks) Huey Freeman is one of the main protagonists and antihero in The Boondocks syndicated comic strip written by Aaron McGruder, as well as the animated TV series of the same name.

A 10-year-old revolutionary left-wing radical, whose knowledge and understanding of the world around him far surpasses his age. Also a disciplined and extremely skilled martial artist

A incredibley intelligent 10 year old who can chose so wisely is so brave and make a glove that creates electricity he's a amazing detective fights like Bruce lee and creates super smart sayings he is incredibly smart

17 Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes)

Sherlock is on every other top list and he has the smarts to prove it.

How the hell is sherlock so low on this list

How the crud is Logan above Sherlock?

31, 31, you have got be kidding youself. He is by far smarter than everyone in the list, apart from gregory House and maybe Microft holmes. Also considering his idea of almost all fields and unmatched memory, he can be compared to few Star Trek characters who don't belong in this list in the first place.

18 Kyle Broflovski

How the hell is Cartman higher up on the "SMARTEST characters" list than Kyle?! This just proves how Kyle is sorta underrated nowadays!

19 Mister Peabody (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show)
20 Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)

He can read minds and he is number 18 on this list. He is so much smarter then the Breaking Bad guy, Mister Peabody and Walter Bishop.

21 Walter Bishop (Fringe)

Hands down top ten. Anything else is an insult. He basically understands everything physical.

He is Brilliant in his feild and anyone that can do lab experiments like he does deserves to be at number 4.

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22 Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Bones)
23 Harold Finch (Person of Interest)

The Guy creates the Machine that watches everybody in the world and is a big time hacker

24 Mycroft Holmes (BBC Sherlock)
25 Dexter (Dexter's Lab) Dexter (Dexter's Lab) Dexter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Cartoon Network animated series, Dexter's Laboratory.

He is the smartest boy you every seen. - toy

26 Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child and most intelligent of the Simpson family.
27 Eric Cartman (South Park) Eric Cartman (South Park) Eric Theodore Cartman is one of the main characters in the animated television series South Park, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and voiced by Trey Parker.

Why is he on this list?

28 Blossom Blossom
29 Rachel Berry (Glee) Rachel Berry (Glee) Rachel Barbra Berry is a fictional character and de facto female lead from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.
30 Olive Doyle (A.N.T. Farm)
31 Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)

I'm not that into the show or anything but I have seen it a couple of times and to be fair he deserves to be up here.

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32 Dr. Raymond Langston (CSI)
33 Cody Martin (Suite Life)

So smart that he had no life. By the way tat sexist liberal Brian is the dumbest person in T.V., third next to ozzy lusty, and Lois pewtershmit. - q1q1q1q1q1

34 Brainy Smurf (The Smurfs)
35 Adam Young (Mr. Young) Adam Young (Mr. Young) Adam Randal Young is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for creating the synthpop/electronica project Owl City. Other important projects he has taken part of are Sky Sailing, Port Blue, Swimming With Dolphins, Seagull Orchestra and Adam Young Scores.
36 Freddie Benson (iCarly) Freddie Benson (iCarly)
37 Brain Griffin (Family Guy)
38 Lisa Simpson (Simpsons) Lisa Simpson (Simpsons) Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child and most intelligent of the Simpson family.
39 Logan Henderson (Big Time Rush) Logan Henderson (Big Time Rush) Logan Phillip Henderson (born September 14, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a former member of the Big Time Rush band itself. He, along with the band, have won and been nominated for multiple ...read more.
40 The Pink Panther

I think its clever smart enough to be the no.6, also, its pink panther come on!

41 Dr. Jack Hodgins (Bones)

He may not be the genius level that bones is, But he's bugs and dirt and he did save their butts when they were buried alive.

42 Dr. Gregory House (House)
43 Winifred "Fred" Burkle (Angel)

Fred was one of my favorite charactors from angel and even though she didn't work in a lab or have the doctor title doesn't mean she wasn't just as smart. when Fred would go on about physics you could tell that she was scary smart.

44 Rupert Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

He was smart, but not half as smart as the rest of the people on this list.

45 Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
46 Mohinder Suresh (Heroes)

On heroes he was the smartest. he knew exactly what was happening even nobody else did.. he was the professor that brought everyone together after his fathers' passing.

47 John Locke (Lost)

While, not as smart as the rest. he sure kept everyone on their toes in a tough situation on lost.

48 Sam Puckett (iCarly) Sam Puckett (iCarly)
49 Professor Frink (The Simpsons)

How is he not smarter than Lisa? Has anyone seen this show?

50 Dr. Dick Solomon (3rd Rock From The Sun)
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