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The following is a list of episodes from the Fox Broadcasting Company animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989–present) that featured predicted moments that somewhat accurately, correctly or successfully came true or had occurred in the then real life future.[1][2][3][4]

List of episodes

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This list is in chronological order by the air date per episode.

Season 3

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14. Lisa the Greek

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Main article: Lisa the Greek

In this episode, aired January 23, 1992, Lisa correctly predicted that the Washington Redskins would win Super Bowl XXVI, which they did on January 26 that same year.[5]

Season 4

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21. Marge in Chains

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Main article: Marge in Chains

This episode, aired on May 6, 1993, reportedly predicted the COVID-19 pandemic, since its outbreak began in December 2019.[4][5]

Season 5

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10. $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

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Main article: $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

This episode, aired on December 16, 1993, features the characters Gunter and Ernst, who are a parody[6][7][8][9] reference of the real-life magicians, Siegfried & Roy. In this episode, Gunter and Ernst's act ends disastrously when their white tiger, Anastasia, attacks them. In real life, Roy Horn was attacked by a white tiger named Mantacore during a live performance at The Mirage on October 3, 2003.[5] The attack left Horn partially paralyzed and thereby ending his and Siegfried Fischbacher's long running production.[10][11][12]

14. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

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This episode, aired on February 17, 1994, features Kent Brockman ending his broadcast for the day by saying that the President of the United States has been arrested, predicting the eventual arrest of Donald Trump, which occurred on August 24, 2023.[13]

Season 6

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5. Sideshow Bob Roberts

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Main article: Sideshow Bob Roberts

This episode, aired on October 9, 1994, reportedly predicted the 2013 music video of the Miley Cyrus song Wrecking Ball.[14]

Season 7

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18. The Day the Violence Died

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Main article: The Day the Violence Died

This episode, aired March 17, 1996, reportedly predicted the January 6 United States Capitol attack, which occurred on that date in 2021.[13]

24. Homerpalooza

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Main article: Homerpalooza

This episode, aired on May 19, 1996, features Cypress Hill, guest starring as themselves, as they perform with the London Symphony Orchestra. In real life, both Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra performed together at Royal Albert Hall on July 10, 2024.[5][6]

Season 9

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1. The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

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Main article: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson

This episode, aired September 21, 1997, reportedly predicted the September 11 attacks, which occurred on that day in 2001.[15]

Season 10

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2. The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

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Main article: The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

This episode, aired on September 20, 1998, reportedly predicted the discovery of the Higgs boson, which was discovered in 2012.[7][10][15][16]

5. When You Dish Upon a Star

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Main article: When You Dish Upon a Star

This episode, aired on November 8, 1998, features an establishing shot of the 20th Century Fox logo as "A DIVISION OF WALT DISNEY CO", which thereby predicted the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which began on December 14, 2017 and ended on March 20, 2019.[15][17][18][19]  

Season 11

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17. Bart to the Future

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Main article: Bart to the Future

This episode, aired on March 19, 2000, reportedly predicted the Presidency of Donald Trump,[3][4][17] which occurred from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021. Screen Rant listed Trump's presidency as the "most well-known example" of a Simpsons future prediction.[20] The episode also features Lisa as if she were President of the United States; there she is wearing a purple pantsuit, similar to the outfit Kamala Harris eventually wore at the Inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.[5][21]

Season 15

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14. The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

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Main article: The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

This episode, aired March 14, 2004, correctly predicted a fourth film in The Matrix franchise, though it was parodied as A Matrix Christmas. In real life, the resulted film, titled The Matrix Resurrections, was released in December 2021.[13]

Season 16

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6. Midnight Rx

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Main article: Midnight Rx

This episode, aired on January 16, 2005, reportedly predicted the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada which was made official as of October 17, 2018.[16]

Season 17

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10. Homer's Paternity Coot

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Main article: Homer's Paternity Coot

Fans of the show reportedly saw parallels between this episode, aired January 8, 2006, and the real life Titan submersible implosion, which occurred on June 18, 2023.[5]

Season 21

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12. Boy Meets Curl

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Main article: Boy Meets Curl

This episode, dated February 14, 2010, predicted that the curling team representing the United States will eventually win the Olympic gold medal. This prediction became an official reality during the 2018 Winter Olympics, where John Shuster and his team, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner and Joe Polo, became the first American men's curling team to win the Olympic gold medal.[1][7]

Season 22

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1. Elementary School Musical

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Main article: Elementary School Musical (The Simpsons)

In this episode, dated September 26, 2010, Milhouse Van Houten predicted in a "betting pool" that Bengt Holmström would win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. On that same "betting pool", a "database" predicted that Ben Feringa would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In real life, both Holmström and Ferigna received those respective and categorized Nobel Prizes in 2016, with Holmström sharing the Economics Prize with Oliver Hart.[2][10][16][22]

Season 23

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22. Lisa Goes Gaga

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Main article: Lisa Goes Gaga

This episode, dated May 20, 2012, reportedly predicted Lady Gaga's halftime show at Super Bowl LI,[3][17] which occurred on February 5, 2017. Just like as it was depicted in the episode, Lady Gaga used suspension cables to give the appearance as if she were flying. The outfit she wore in Super Bowl LI was also similar to one shown in the episode.[2][6][7]

Season 25

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15. The War of Art

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Main article: The War of Art (The Simpsons)

This episode, aired March 23, 2014, features a man closely resembling Richard Branson who is floating in a zero-gravity spaceship. In real life, Branson traveled to space as a passenger of Virgin Galactic Unity 22 on July 11, 2021.[1]

16. You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee

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This episode, aired on March 30, 2014, reportedly predicted the 2015 FIFA corruption case.[5][10][7][22]

References

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  2. ^ a b c Foutch, Haleigh; Ali, Rasha; Amore, Samson (June 28, 2024). "18 'The Simpsons' Predictions That Came True". TheWrap. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Garvan, Sinead (July 19, 2019). "The Simpsons: How the show's writers predict the future". BBC. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Walla! (February 3, 2023). "These are 'The Simpsons' wildest 2023 predictions - will they be right?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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  9. ^ Hancock, Edith (November 11, 2016). "11 times The Simpsons accurately predicted the future". The Independent. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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