Imagine watching some yellow creatures on TV while the real-life events mirror these episodes. Who knew instead of alien invasion being an imminent threat, cartoons would be the real concern?
The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, is one of the longest-running American sitcoms. Starting in 1989, the show is a satirical mirror of American life, western culture, and an average middle-class family.
The misadventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are ridiculous, hilarious, and light-hearted. But by the end of the episode, you realize all that seemed absurd will end up happening in a few years.
What Did the Simpsons Predict Correctly?
Over three decades, The Simpsons have predicted some of the most unfathomable moments that are now part of modern history.
- In an episode where Bart is transported to the future, Lisa is the acting president of the USA, struggling to sustain the economic downfall. Later in the episode, we see Donald Trump elected as the president. And 16 years later, the Trump Administrations triumphs.
- Speaking of politics, there is also an episode when Homer casts his vote for Barack Obama, but the EV machine keeps flashing the other candidate. Years later, the vote manipulation scandal/rumor raised suspicions about the validity of the elected president.
- One of the most genius predictions on The Simpsons was when Homer derives a formula. And just a couple of years later, the NSA discovered the Higgs Boson theory (God Particle) that has an unnervingly similar formula as predicted in the episode.
- Then there was Blinky, a three-eyed fish as a result of mutation. Later down the line, a catfish was discovered in Gowanus Canal with three eyes.
- In a slightly stretched conspiracy theory, The Simpsons might have predicted the 9/11 attack four years earlier. In the episode “The city of New York vs. Homer Simpson,” one frame shows an unsettling magazine cover that says 9 cents, and the backdrop has twin towers that look like the no. 11.
- The Simpsons aired an episode in 1998, “When You Wish Upon a Star,” where a quick frame showed that Disney owns 20th Century Fox. And two decades later, Disney acquired streaming rights from Fox Network in a merger deal of $71 Billion.
Just one question– Is our world the alternate dimension of the Simpson’s universe?
When things couldn’t get more bizarre, we are hit with another conspiracy theory.
Did The Simpsons predict the recent Titanic submarine disappearance involving elite people?
What Did the Simpsons Predict About the Submarine?
The 2006’s season 17 episode “Homer’s Paternity Coot” explores the father-son dynamic. Homer is unsure about his biological father and assumes that Mason Fairbanks might be his real dad. He attempts to bond with him, as Fairbanks says-
“Today I am filled with joy. Searching for treasure with my long-lost son. My dream for eachof you is that you find the happiness I feel today.”
Mason tells Homer about the lost emerald treasure of Piso Mojado. The two decide to explore the sea, hoping to find the wrecked ship where the treasure was last seen. Each takes a separate pod and dives under the sea. However, Homer loses contact with Mason and follows a light presuming it’s his father. But instead, it was a giant glow fish, and Homer’s pod got stuck in the coral reef. Panic strikes him when his oxygen depletion warning flashes, and he faints.
He wakes up in the hospital, where Abe tells him that he swapped the DNA label with Mason’s name since Homer was so happy that he was his father. In the final verdict, Abe is Homer’s real dad.
Similarities between the episode and real-life incident:
- There was a father-son duo in the submarine–British-Pakistani millionaire Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman, 19. While the Simpsons episode also harps on the father-son dynamic.
- The OceanGate expedition was toward the Titanic wreck site. The episode also shows a wrecked ship remains.
Such eerie similarities have made the netizens believe that The Simpsons have a real hold over our world.
However, other bunch pointed out that it’s the most played-out plot cliche and means nothing more.
What are your thoughts on this? Do you think The Simpsons have got something to do with the real case? Or is it a mere coincidence? What other Simpsons predictions do you know?
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