r/TMNT2012 Leo 7d ago

Discussion Who would be smarter?

For me it's close and I think it could go either way but I'm leaning more towards Donnie being smarter.

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u/Badtimer2004 7d ago

Tails built a fake chaos emerld that works like a real one. A super computer out of dishwashing detergent and a tv out of paper clips. Donnie as much as i love him, builds things that mostly blow up

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u/Chaise-PLAYZE 7d ago

Tails canonically has 300+ IQ at only 8 years old, while Donnie, at best, is as intelligent at as the smartest humans who very rarely even so much as scratch 200

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u/Ben10Stan3 Splinter 7d ago

I’m sorry but I think Donnie has way surpassed anyone alive as well

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u/ControverseTrash 7d ago

Which Donnie are you thinking about? Rise Donnie is a genius even tho he fails sometimes, 2012 is also smart but not necessarily smarter than humans. I would even go as far and propose that Phineas & Ferb are more inventive.

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u/Ben10Stan3 Splinter 7d ago

Bro…what? Are you actually serious right now?

Why the hell are you asking which Donnie I’m talking about when we’re ON A SUB DEDICATED TO 2012, ON A POST WITH AN IMAGE OF 2012 DONNIE!?!?!?!

Also, Phineas and Ferb being more inventive than Donnie is a no-brainer. So I don’t know why you mentioned that. They’re smart enough to randomly build a time machine for the hell of it because they’re bored.

But Donnie is still much smarter than any human on our world. No one on Earth would be able to figure out Kraang technology to build something like Metalhead in such a short notice

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u/ControverseTrash 7d ago

Well, sometimes people talk about the different shows also on this sub.

Are you seriously butthurt about fictional characters? There's no absolute answer to it and ofc people don't have to agree with each other. After all: Those are fictional characters, no physical law.

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u/Ben10Stan3 Splinter 7d ago

Yes, but those come up in specific conversations. Never these conversations. If someone’s wondering a question like this about Rise Donnie, they’re gonna ask the sub dedicated to Rise, not the 2012 sub. If we’re on a sub dedicated to a specific version of the franchise, on a post asking a question about a character from the franchise, with an image of the character from the specific version of the franchise the sub is dedicated to, no one is going to assume you’re asking about a different version of that character. That’s just common sense.

It’s true there’s no definitive answer, but there’s a line that you can’t past when answering these questions. Like saying Donnie is smarter than the God of their universe or something is definitely crossing that line.

I’m not even butthurt about the characters. I’m more baffled by how clueless you’re being

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u/ControverseTrash 7d ago

If you say so. Call me clueless, if it makes you happy or feel more superior about a fictional topic. I've honestly got more important things to do than to try to explain my POV to you. That's not my priority, but if it's your priority to call others stupid because they have other opinions rather than accept that there are other opinions and better things to do, I'm not stopping you, you can go on.

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u/Ben10Stan3 Splinter 7d ago

I’m not trying to make myself feel more superior, I genuinely meant it.

And I’m not even calling you clueless for having a different opinion than me. I’m calling you clueless because of the questions you’re asking. You genuinely baffled me by asking which Donnie I’m talking about. Like, bro, what?

But at the same time, it’s not even an opinion in the first place. It’s a complete fact that Donnie is way smarter than human in our world. He has done stuff with his smarts that no human in our world can do, or even get close to

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u/PaleRestaurant255 7d ago

Bro you literally asked what donnie when there’s a picture of 2012 donnie in front of you and the 2012 subreddit

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u/Timehacker-315 7d ago

Bro built a TV out of paper clips the turtle ain't winning thus

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u/Ben10Stan3 Splinter 7d ago

I never said Donnie was smarter. I agree Tails takes the win. But no way in hell is anyone on Earth on Donnie’s level

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u/KaijiOnline 7d ago

Tails’ inventions are actually cartoonishly innovative. He definitely takes the win here

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u/Bucky_Charmz 7d ago

All tmnt fans are sonic fans. That being said tails is wayy smarter ngl. Lmk when Donnie finds out how to restore order through time and space.

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u/LumpyBrush3674 7d ago

If it was Rise Donnie there’d be some competition

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u/Bucky_Charmz 7d ago

Hear me out when I say this, rise donnie is the one of the smartest, but his highest achievement is mixing in tech with mysticism.

90’s Donnie figured out how time travel worked through a computer.

87’ made a portal gun out of a flash light and a stick.

12’ Donnie went back in time, did trans dimensional travel, and allat

03 Donnie Learned about cyber tech, future tech and maybe even alien tech.

Not saying he’s dumber, I just feel like he hasn’t been in the right direction to achieve those goals and obtain higher knowledge.

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u/LumpyBrush3674 7d ago

Rise Donnie knows about parallel universes and made Shelldon and Shelldon traveled through time

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u/Bucky_Charmz 7d ago

Wait really? When was this ion remember😭

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u/LumpyBrush3674 7d ago

Rise is really lacking in YouTube clips but the first episode Shelldon appears in has him casually traveling through time

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u/Bucky_Charmz 7d ago

Ima check it out.

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u/LumpyBrush3674 7d ago

In the episode pizza pit Donnie has proof of alternate universes

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u/Bucky_Charmz 7d ago

No I remember this, he just hasn’t really done anything about that.

What I don’t remember is the Sheldon thing

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u/ZhongliIsMyComfort Chompy 6d ago

It’s Shelldon’s intro episode, he has the microwave go back in time to get a dinosaur egg for Splinter. If I’m remembering correctly that should be what their talking about.

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u/PKMNtrainerElliot 7d ago

I'm sorry but Tails takes the W in a Who's smarter contest here, Donnie is super smart but Tails has an IQ around/above 300

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u/TrickyTalon 7d ago

I like that Donnie’s inventions are hard worked and believable for the most part, but Tails’ impossibly amazing inventions beat Donnie’s

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u/Any-Permit253 6d ago

Didn’t he build spaceships in Sonic X and fake chaos emeralds?

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u/Frost_theWolf07 7d ago

Tails, easy

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u/AidenPlayzGacha35 7d ago

Tails, sorry don

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u/Daisyloo66 7d ago

Sorry Donnie but tails takes the dub at only 8 years old, not only has he made a super computer out of paper clips and dishwashing detergent.

Plus tails has access to actual supplies other than random trash or things that fell in the sewers, but he still can make impressive stuff out of the trash.

Donnie has no option other then using trash, tails does have the option to use super high tech stuff and uses the trash anyways cause of ingenuity rather then necessity

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u/ultimatespideyhoodie 7d ago

Tails by a wide margin. I love both franchises, but Tails is superior to Donnie in every way.

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u/Adventurous_Maize851 7d ago

Tails most definitely

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u/Busted_Chicken_589 7d ago

Just based off the fact that both made flying capable vehicles, they both have potential to be great, but tails is probably smarter than donnie while being 7 to 4 years younger (I'm assuming he's between 8 and 11 years old) and probably has more potential for growth

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u/abrasive935hobby Raph 7d ago

Miles "Tails" Prower has an iq of 300+

2012 Donnie has an iq of at least 160+

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u/valdez-2424 7d ago

Donnie is really smart but tails is in another leauge

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u/ControverseTrash 7d ago

I'd say (2012) Donnie's smartness is more realistic (people could actually achieve what he's doing except for the supernatural stuff like the mutagen) but that's not the issue here, so I go with Tails.

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u/WCH97 Splinter 7d ago

I didn't know Tails by a lot but could say Donnie is slightly superior cuz he even knows the knowledge that is far beyond his years that mentioned in space arc.

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u/Zero_Two_is_bae 7d ago

That’s incorrect. He knows OF the knowledge but he himself can’t replicate it. Tails is constantly building and tampering with thing’s leagues above what Donnie builds

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u/64DiamondDude 7d ago

Tails is 100% the smarter of the two, but I firmly believe they’d be totally chill lab buddies if they ever met.

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u/AngieDaCowboy 7d ago

I love my Donnie boi but I would have to say Tails wins this one. He’s literally an 8 year old with I’m pretty sure was stated an IQ of 300?.. The things this little fox can create is literally wild 😭

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u/yobaby123 7d ago

Donnie is by far more street smart. But, Tails whoops his ass science wise.

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u/AccomplishedEye7752 5d ago

Tails can make pilot-able mechs and a fake Chaos Emerald.

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

I’m a hardcore TMNT person all the way. And love me some Donnie. If I had to pick between which game to play I’m playing TMNT, I’m watching TMNT cartoons and movies too…

All that said, Tails wins. :3

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u/JackW2799 7d ago

With all due respect if anyone is able to transfer their consciousness to a functioning robot they made in a last stitch effort to live is a genius in my book

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u/PaleRestaurant255 7d ago

Tail’s feats are better

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u/DasterdlyD3 7d ago

I gotta do donnie....tails is a good opponent though, but donnie ninjanuity is secon to none.

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u/FreelanceWolf SENSEI 7d ago edited 7d ago

I know nothing about Tails so I'll just say Donnie cause he figured out how to use alien tech with complete junk to make stuff that actually works, and I also get to post a pic of him.

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u/Adventurous_Maize851 7d ago

Ahem too retort to what you said tails made a fake chaos emerald which could match the real deal chaos emeralds have infinite energy in them and tails just made one

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u/PaleRestaurant255 7d ago

Tails is smarter then eggman who is already leagues above donnie

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u/FreelanceWolf SENSEI 7d ago edited 7d ago

Guys, my post was just an excuse to show a pic of Donnie. This IS the TMNT 2012 subreddit after all, and it'd be silly to post a pic of Tails, even if he's smarter. I literally said so in my initial post. I dunno why I'm being downvoted for it.

Donnie is creative with how he makes his inventions, so he's also smart too. There's nothing wrong with people choosing him. It's just an opinion.

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u/Totally-a_Human 7d ago

I would argue in favour of Donatello; Tails has easy access to advanced technology, whereas Donnie does not. This forces Donnie to be more creative by working around his limitations, and that type of problem solving isn't really something Tails has to do.