15 Times 'The Simpsons' Ended Up Predicting The Future
Turns out that The Simpsons are pretty good at predicting the future!
With over 30 years being on air and 700 episodes, The Simpsons is the longest-running animated series in American history. However, the show is known for more than its relatable characters and hilarious situations. Turns out the show is also surprisingly successful at predicting the future - and it's pretty eerie how accurate some of these predictions are.
From predicting the plot twists of Game of Thrones to Kamala Harris' all-purple inauguration outfit, check out some of the most impressive future predictions spotted on The Simpsons in the gallery below!
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The three-eyed fish swimming around the polluted waters around Springfield have become somewhat of a running joke in The Simpsons. However, the joke became reality when someone actually caught a three-eyed fish near a nuclear power plant in Argentina.
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The Simpsons predicted the election of Donald Trump back in the year 2000, 16 years before he was actually elected.
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Scientists confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson, aka the "God particle" back in 2012. However, someone noticed that on one episode of The Simpsons, Homer wrote an equation that predicted the mass of the particle 14 years before its discovery.
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In a 2008 episode of The Simpsons, a faulty voting machine caused Homer to choose Mitt Romney instead of Obama during the election. This prediction became reality 4 years later when faulty voting machines in Pennsylvania caused an identical situation.
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To everyone's surprise, The Simpsons predicted the Game of Thrones Season 8 plot twist incredibly accurately.
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The Simpsons predicted smartwatches all the way back in 1995.
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A 1993 episode of The Simpsons showed Siegfried & Roy being attacked by their white tiger - something that happened in real life 10 years later.
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The Simpsons predicted that Bengt Holmström will win the Nobel Prize 6 years before he actually did.
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In one 1998 episode of the show, Homer created a script that was produced by 20th Century Fox. A sign above the studio's entrance had a small line of text saying "a division of Walt Disney Co." This joke turned into reality 19 years later when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox for $52.4 billion.
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The Simpsons predicted Lady Gaga's incredible Super Bowl performance 5 years before it actually happened.
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Even though autocorrect was launched in 2005, The Simpsons predicted it in 1994, when Lisa was shown using a device called Apple Newton to write ''Beat up Martin'', and got the text corrected into "Eat up Martha".
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A device eerily similar to the first generation iPod made an appearance on a 1996 episode of the show, 5 years before the device was officially launched.
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A 1994 episode of the show showed lunch lady Doris using "assorted horse parts" to prepare meals for the students of Springfield Elementary. 9 years later, Ireland's Food Safety Authority discovered that over one-third of the beef burger samples from supermarkets had horse meat in them.
#1 Kamala Harris Dress In Purple
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#2 Three-Eyed Fish
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The three-eyed fish swimming around the polluted waters around Springfield have become somewhat of a running joke in The Simpsons. However, the joke became reality when someone actually caught a three-eyed fish near a nuclear power plant in Argentina.
#3 Donald Trump's Presidency
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The Simpsons predicted the election of Donald Trump back in the year 2000, 16 years before he was actually elected.
#4 The Prediction Of Higgs Boson Or "God Particle"
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Scientists confirmed the existence of the Higgs Boson, aka the "God particle" back in 2012. However, someone noticed that on one episode of The Simpsons, Homer wrote an equation that predicted the mass of the particle 14 years before its discovery.
#5 Faulty Voting Machine
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In a 2008 episode of The Simpsons, a faulty voting machine caused Homer to choose Mitt Romney instead of Obama during the election. This prediction became reality 4 years later when faulty voting machines in Pennsylvania caused an identical situation.
#6 Tom Hanks
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#7 Got Season 8 Plot Twist
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To everyone's surprise, The Simpsons predicted the Game of Thrones Season 8 plot twist incredibly accurately.
#8 Smartwatches
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The Simpsons predicted smartwatches all the way back in 1995.
#9 White Tiger Attack
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A 1993 episode of The Simpsons showed Siegfried & Roy being attacked by their white tiger - something that happened in real life 10 years later.
#10 Nobel Prize Winner
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The Simpsons predicted that Bengt Holmström will win the Nobel Prize 6 years before he actually did.
#11 Disney Buying 20th Century Fox
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In one 1998 episode of the show, Homer created a script that was produced by 20th Century Fox. A sign above the studio's entrance had a small line of text saying "a division of Walt Disney Co." This joke turned into reality 19 years later when Disney purchased 20th Century Fox for $52.4 billion.
#12 Lady Gaga's Performance At The Super Bowl
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The Simpsons predicted Lady Gaga's incredible Super Bowl performance 5 years before it actually happened.
#13 The Birth Of Autocorrect
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Even though autocorrect was launched in 2005, The Simpsons predicted it in 1994, when Lisa was shown using a device called Apple Newton to write ''Beat up Martin'', and got the text corrected into "Eat up Martha".
#14 First Generation iPod
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A device eerily similar to the first generation iPod made an appearance on a 1996 episode of the show, 5 years before the device was officially launched.
#15 Horse Meat Scandal
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A 1994 episode of the show showed lunch lady Doris using "assorted horse parts" to prepare meals for the students of Springfield Elementary. 9 years later, Ireland's Food Safety Authority discovered that over one-third of the beef burger samples from supermarkets had horse meat in them.DE
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