Talk:List of fictional child prodigies

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This article was nominated for deletion on 26 October 2007. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

do not remove this page

I see no reason why an article on fictional child prodigies should be removed, in fact I think that it should be re-merged with the Child prodigy page. The fact that there are so many examples makes it a subject of interest, though I would like to know a few more non-American examples.--Marktreut 17:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

most of this page is OR. basically, any child that is really smart is listed as a child prodigy and even some adults are listed as child prodigees, even though they had no prodigous skills in child hood. this entire page should be deletedOdoital25 (talk) 19:52, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree with those wanting to keep this page. It has real value. Please retain. --Bmoshier (talk) 16:26, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mother series

The section on the Mother series (known as EarthBound in America]] needs serious renovation. Not only does it put Ness in the wrong game, but it also neclects the more classical prodigies like Loid and Jeff. DanMat6288 (talk) 00:47, 29 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bleach

Shouldn't Uryū Ishida be mentioned in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ladywitchthought (talk • contribs) 06:42, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Teddy

J.D. Salinger's Teddy is not mentioned on the page. That's rather depressing 128.180.199.6 (talk) 01:10, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add for character

Akeelah and the Bee (2006) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437800/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.176.22.237 (talk) 11:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great Teacher Onizuka

The Girl with the different-colored eyes is also said to has an iq of over 200. I do not know her name and my english isn't good enough to edit wikipedia. Sorry for that. But GTO is a quite popular manga, so this should be mentioned. --91.32.139.30 (talk) 17:59, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Digimon Adventure 02

I think Ken Ichijouji from Digimon 02 should be added to the list. MTN1996 (talk) 13:05, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ANT farm

Some characters in the disney show are prodigies — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.181.41.151 (talk) 23:38, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What about Sgt. Bilko?

I've seen an old episode of Sergeant Bilko in which Bilko's naive cousin (portrayed by Dick Van Dyke) joins the Army. Bilko (Phil Silvers) is irritated when he learns that his cousin is a terrible poker player. One of his men suggests that maybe the young man hasn't had time to learn the game. He asks Bilko, "How old were you when you started playing poker?"

Bilko replies, "Three. I was a child prodigy."97.73.64.145 (talk) 15:18, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Other possible characters

Malcolm in the Middle: Malcolm and Dewie have confirmed high intelligence. However, Malcolm is in the class for gifted children while Dewie decided to stay in the special needs class.

The Simpsons: Lisa and Martin might be gifted too.

Seaquest: Lucas is the youngest crew member. He passed the university with excellent.

Cowboy Bebop: Ed as well is the youngest crew member and a hacker with good reputation.

Sailor Moon: Sailor Mercury might be gifted as well. There is a mention about her high IQ although this dialogue could rely on a rumour within the manga. In the musical it's not a rumour anymore. However, the IQ is about 300, doesn't sound very realistic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.75.183.39 (talk) 13:12, 26 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable sources

I have located reliable sources for a large number of entries on this page, and I have removed the ones that I couldn't validate through reliable sources. Near the end, I admittedly might have gotten a bit impatient and thus not searched as hard as in the beginning. Regardless, each entry on this list requires a independent, secondary reliable source to be included. You can't cite dialogue or scenes from inside the work itself. Any of the examples that I removed can be added back if you can locate a valid citation. See the relevant WikiProjects for guidelines on what they consider to be reliable sources. I suggest you try Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The A.V. Club, and IGN. These sources place a special emphasis on coverage of pop culture. Also, try Highbeam Research and the Google News Archive for older, archived newspaper articles. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:05, 19 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Video Game Characters

Why were the game characters deleted? There examples where just as valid as the examples from the other media. --58.7.52.3 (talk) 15:45, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't matter how "valid" they are. They were unsourced. If you up with a citation, you can add them back. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:58, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand this one

Under the heading In Comics there is this entry that begins: "In the film version of Iron Man,...". 209.179.21.14 (talk) 16:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's partially my fault. There used to be more of them, but they were all unsourced. That was the only one for which I was able to locate a citation, though I also searched for citations for other obvious examples. For whatever reason, people just aren't discussing comic book-based child prodigies. Since I had a citation, I left it in, even though it's not really the most relevant comic book-based example. It shouldn't be too hard to find a reliable source that discusses the X-Men as child prodigies. WP:CMC/REF has a list of reliable sources for comic books, if anyone wants to try looking. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:20, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was surprised to get such a fast response - thanks. But my point was that it seemed to be out of place. If the heading is about comics, why should the entry be to the movie? And since there is already a reference in the movie section, is this one even necessary? Or am I just missing something?__209.179.21.14 (talk) 00:45, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've got the page watchlisted, so I'm alerted to any changes on the article or talk page. I agree that it's out of place, and I have the same concerns as you. There really isn't any explanation for why it's there, but since it was there, I left it alone. I probably should have just removed it. Might as well do that now, I guess, since there seems to be some consensus to do so. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:10, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

David Helfgott....

....is not fictional, although the accuracy of the movie has been questioned. Why is he in the list?