Characterization

If I were to create characters centered on issues concerning two broad traits: intelligence and maturity, which of these four would you find the most amusing to you and why?

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Intelligent and Mature: Finding Forrester
Ignorant and Immature: Dude Where's My Car (I'm really trying here)
Intelligent and Immature: The Social Network, House, Rain Man, Good Will Hunting
Ignorant and Mature: Forest Gump, Flowers for Algernon

Feel free to fill in any blanks in the OP with your own context / imagination / what have you.

I think a witty, immature character would be quite amusing.

I think a witty, immature character would be quite amusing.

It's a current trend.

Goodwill Hunting is my all time favorite movie, so I'll go with #3

Goodwill Hunting is my all time favorite movie, so I'll go with #3

Do you agree with how I classified Matt Damon's character?

Do you agree with how I classified him though?

Well, given you only have two criteria to place him under, I'd say yes.

I find Intelligent/Mature boring unless they're being tested in some form

Ignorant/Immature usually comes off as unlikable no matter what. (Jersey Shore might fit for the example there)

So I think i like Intelligent/Immature for that 'love to hate' quality.

and Ignorant/Mature because of inspirational underdogs.

indeed, i was thinking intelligent immature before reading anything in the thread.

I'd like to point out that intelligent and ignorant are not opposites.

Intelligent is the opposite of stupid. Ignorant is the opposite of knowledgeable.
An intelligent but ignorant character (common example: an alien on earth) is often used to point out the absurdities of our culture.
(Maturity/immaturity is not part of this. The alien may be as childish as Mork or as serious as Spock).

I particularly like Garak from Deep Space Nine and though it wouldn't do him justice to be classified as immature, he does have some certain playful quirks.

I think a witty, immature character would be quite amusing.

First thing that popped into my mind was House.

I find Forrest Gump to be one of the most interesting characters ever created.