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Originally posted by Impediment
Tony Stark.

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Originally posted by Robtard
@josh a

Oh, you're asking who is the smartest character of them all? I thought you just wanted mentions of some of the smartest characters in film/

The top character would be Morgan Freeman's protract of Abrahamic God, since he's eternal, omnipotent and omniscient. Limitless in a word.

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Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
To give an example of what he can do, this is a scene from the Limitless show, which is canon to the film. Figures out someone is planning to snipe him, from where, and exactly what the best course of action is not only to survive, but spin it in a PR win, all while delivering a speech to a group of people:

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Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Very smart. But Elijah was able to escape a heavily guarded facility while being paralyzed, convince the Beast to join him, play David to fight the Beast, and kill everyone while recording it all in a very elaborate plan to expose superpowers and a secret evil organization.

That's messed up.

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Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Yeah, but the Beast is extremely violent already and David's kid gave him a hero complex, so Elijah just needed to push the right buttons to trigger that confrontation. He did well to pull it all off under wraps though, especially while under observation. That's the more impressive part to me. But what makes someone like Morra in particular impressive is even other people who have taken NZT can't figure out his plans. And his intelligence extends across a wide variety of fields. For example, he can learn a new language within a few hours, or near-instantly master a new musical instrument, or pull a mentalist on someone and manipulate them by reading body signs, speech patterns etc.

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Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
Saw the clips, he is a smartass. His short term responses are insane. Wonder how good he is in the long-term.

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Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
Well, IIRC, he became a US senator within like a year or something after deciding to go in that direction.

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Originally posted by Josh_Alexander
I'll give that TV Show a shot. I was impressed by his abilities.

Since we are talking about long-term and TV Shows, I'd say it's worth mentioning Raymond Reddington from the Blacklist and
Francis Underwood from House of Cards.

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Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
More worth watching the 2011 Limitless movie than the show. He's mostly a guest character in the show, which takes place after the film, whereas he is actually the main character in the film, so you get to see his journey. And the film is better than the show. At least IMO.