Back in 1989, the first episode of the cult animated series “The Simpsons” aired. With simple math we will realize that this series has been around for 30 years. Since then until today this animated series is ultra-popular, which confirms the large number of episodes that have been recorded, so far almost 700 episodes. The characters who play this super interesting series are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson. Their daily events are presented through the prism of satire and criticism of society, politics, sports, music. What especially impresses the fans of this series is the fact that in this decades-long existence of the series, the events that are shown are in fact the events that should happen in the future. The biggest and most specific phenomenon for the Simpsons is that over the years they have managed to “predict” the future in an incredible way.
What have “The Simpsons” managed to “predict” so far?
Throughout the years of existence of this cult series, the fans were more and more delighted with the events that were shown in it, and should happen in the future. Their “predictions” are numerous, but we will single out the most interesting and perhaps the most bizarre.
Credits to: unilad.co.uk
One of the biggest predictions that happened in the series is that Donald Trump will become President of America. How did this episode come about? The authors in charge of devising the concept of the series sat down and talked about which celebrity could become President of America. Their decision fell on the then successful businessman Donald Trump. However, the authors explain that the whole process of creating the episodes and the whole series in general is just the fruit of their creativity.
Another amazing prediction is the Coronavirus. Fans of this series believe that this series warned the world about this pandemic 2 decades ago. Fans explain the proof of this claim from the episode recorded before 1993, which is about a virus called Osaka Flu that is spreading through Springfield, after the residents ordered blenders from Japan. Due to the great resemblance to the current virus, fans of this series set fire to Twitter with comments about the great coincidence.
https://twitter.com/Darth_Tsunami/status/1351948464498700288
Another incredible prediction that happened in the popular series is the crisis in Greece. In January 2013, the authors created an episode in which TV News headlines “Europe sells Greece on E-Bay”. Years later, Greece really entered an economic crisis.
There were also predictions in the series about the legalization of marijuana. Whether it is pure coincidence or not and that is one of the predictions that happened in the series. In one episode, Homer Simpson, Ned Flanders, and Apu travel to Winnipeg, Canada, to find prescription drugs. While they are buying the necessary medicine in a pharmacy, Ned Flanders is approached by a double from Canada and at that moment he is offered marijuana. In Canada in 2018, the sale of marijuana really became legal.
Predicting the Beirut bombing is another incredible coincidence. In one of the episodes, Homer talks to Apu and takes him to the basement to show him the pyrotechnics he hides and wants to use to celebrate the national holiday on July 4th. The cause of the explosion in Beirut was probably 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate that were stored in pyrotechnics warehouses.
The Simpsons’ latest “prediction”
“The Simpsons” predict the future once again. The episode which was recorded in 2000 of The Simpsons shows the future of 2030 in which Donald Trump is President of the United States. It shows a crisis in the United States, relying on financial aid from China and Europe, and the victory of Lisa Simpson is the only light at the end of the tunnel. In the episode “Bart to the future”, Lisa becomes the first woman president of the United States of America.
@KamalaHarris hey, congrats!
BTW, did you think of Lisa Simpson today? Or is this just coincidence?#KamalaHarris #lisasimpson #simpsonspredictions pic.twitter.com/IN3wNvOOS9— Daniel Gonzalez (@danielsg875) January 20, 2021
So in reality, after the victory of Joe Biden as the new president of America over the Donald Trump, Kamala Harris was elected vice president. Fans believe that Harris’ fate has been predicted for a long time. Fans believe that the Simpsons predicted the victory of Joe Biden as well. Kamala Harris is the first female vice president of the United States in general, so from the similarity with the episode in which Lisa Simpson becomes the first female vice president, it can be concluded that the authors of this popular series were real visionaries.
