Game of Thrones finale
In the episode "The Surfsons" there is a scene in which Bart, Lisa, Homer and Marge burn down a medieval city as a dragon. This is exactly the fate that befell King's Landing in one of the last episodes of Game of Thrones.
Presidency of Donald Trump
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In the episode entitled "Bart in the Future", Lisa Simpson becomes the leader of the United States and in one episode says that after the presidency of Donald Trump, the country has a limited budget. The series was published in 2000, 16 years before Trump became President of the United States.
Purchase of 20th Century Fox by Disney
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The year is 1999, season 10, episode 5. The series shows a film, at the end of which the logo of the 20th Century Fox studio and the note “Walt Disney Division” appear. The authors of the show were just joking, and in July 2018, Homer and Mickey Mouse actually became assets of the same company - Disney.
The emergence of the Apple Watch
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"The Simpsons" is not the only show in which watch-communicators appeared long before the release of the Apple Watch, but still... Back in 1995, in an episode called "Lisa's Wedding" just such a gadget flashes. The first Apple Watch will appear only in 2013.
Controversy over the nudity of David, sculpture by Michelangelo
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In Season 2, Episode 9, "Itchy, Scratchy, and Marge," Homer's wife advocates censoring the show to reduce violence. She finds great amount comrades who do not want to allow the statue of David into Springfield. They say children have no business looking at the sculpture’s genitals. In 2016 in Russia, in all seriousness redesign of Michelangelo's creation so that museum visitors under 18 years old will not see something .
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In 2008, as part of the 20th season, the episode “House of Horror XIX” was released, in which Homer votes for Barack Obama, but a special machine counts the vote in favor of his opponent, Republican John McCain. 4 years later, after the next US presidential election, a video went viral on the Internet in which an American actually tries vote for Barack Obama using a computer, but the system counts the vote in favor of the Republican.
Higgs boson mass
A lot of this elementary particle determined only in 2012 after a series of experiments with the LHC. However, Homer, in his mathematical calculations, turned out to be incredibly close to the truth back in 1998. In the series “The Wizard of Evergreen Alley,” the head of the family gets tired of a meaningless existence and decides to devote himself to science. At one point he writes There are several formulas on the board, one of which calculates the mass of the Higgs boson.
The fall in the ruble exchange rate
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In the event of a currency crisis in 2014, the show's writers also had a prediction prepared. 15 years earlier, they had released a series in which the Olympic Committee decides where to hold Olympic Games. During the meeting, the Russian representative proposes Moscow, explaining that the dollar costs 7 rubles. Immediately after this he received There are several messages about the exchange rate of the American currency. At first it costs 12 rubles, then - 60 rubles, then - 1000 rubles.
Ebola virus outbreak
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In 2014, the YouTube channel Controversy7 suggested that either the writers of The Simpsons really see the future, or the Ebola epidemic was planned. Indeed, in the 3rd episode of the 9th season, entitled “Lisa’s Saxophone,” Marge presents Bart with the book “Curious George and the Ebola Virus.” Moreover, George is a monkey. And they are not least to blame for the spread of the 2014 epidemic. The series was published in 1997.
NSA spying on Americans
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In 2007, The Simpsons acquired full-length film and together with him they made their debut on the big screens. And it also contained a place for the authors’ insight. When Marge discusses with Bart and Lisa a government conspiracy, the viewer is transported to the NSA office, where thousands of agents are listening to Americans. Edward Snowden only revealed a similar government security program in 2013.
Greece bankruptcy
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In 2015, the European Union was completely tired of financing Greece, and it slowly began to “sink.” There was a crisis. Of course, The Simpsons foresaw this too. In the series "Political Nonsense with Homer Simpson" the head of the family becomes the host of the eponymous political talk show. In one of the issues, a creeping line reports that Europe has put Greece on eBay. The episode was released 2 years before the crisis.
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In the 1st episode of the 9th season, Homer persuades Bart to go to New York by bus and shows him a brochure on which the number 9 and the silhouette of the Twin Towers add up to the date 9.11 (September 11 - the day of the terrorist attack. - Note Life). The series was published in 1997, 4 years before the tragedy. Interestingly, after the attack on the towers, the mentioned episode was censored. True, it was not the prophetic combination of numbers that was cut from The Simpsons, but a fragment insulting visitors to the tower into which the plane crashed.
Do the creators of The Simpsons really know everything in advance?
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Hardly. Most likely, the show's authors are guessing something trivially somewhere. In other cases, scriptwriters are helped by scientists and authoritative analysts who can actually predict the events of the coming years. For example, this was the case with Greece. You shouldn’t ignore the fact that people like to wishful thinking. For example, scientists knew about Ebola long before The Simpsons appeared. It’s just that no one attributed illness of great importance before the outbreak in 2014
"The Simpsons" is rich in scenes that then come true in real life. It's not about the magical abilities of the screenwriters. In order for the series to be truly interesting and topical, they have to follow news in different areas and respond to them in a timely manner. So this is just a reflection of reality. However, some script moves definitely deserve attention.
1990: Season 2, Episode 4 “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”
The Simpson children were fishing in the pond at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, and Bart caught a three-eyed fish. At the same time, numerous violations were discovered at the station.
This is not to say that the prediction was so incredible. The issue of mutation due to radiation has been discussed for a long time, and the appearance of an aquatic animal with three eyes was only a matter of time. But in 2011 in Argentina, in a reservoir near the local nuclear power plant, they actually caught Three eyed fish found near nuclear plant in Argentina three-eyed fish.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 1990: Season 2, Episode 9 “Itchy & Scratchy, & Marge”
Marge is fighting to have scenes of cruelty and violence removed from her children's favorite cartoon. She achieves her goal, but her associates turn the idea into absurdity. They are opposed to a statue of David being put up in Springfield because he is naked. During a talk show on this topic, TV host Kent Brockman shows off a sculpture dressed in trousers.
In 2016, a resident of St. Petersburg complained In St. Petersburg they will cover up David's nakedness in response to a citizen's complaint to the nakedness of a copy of the statue of David installed near the Church of St. Anna on Kirochnaya Street. According to her, the sculpture spoils the image of the city and has a bad influence on children. As a result, the “Dress David” campaign was launched. Anyone could offer their own version of the outfit for the world masterpiece. During the protest, the statue's genitals were covered with a cap.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 1997: Season 9, Episode 1 “The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson”
In the episode, Lisa is holding a magazine in her hands. Price: $9 and image of World War II towers shopping center it resembles the fateful date of September 11, recorded in American format: 9.11. The prediction seems far-fetched - and, in fact, it is. But in retrospect it looks ominous.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 1997: Season 9, Episode 3 “Lisa’s Sax”
Marge invites a sad Bart to read the book Curious George and the Ebola Virus. It is difficult to consider this a full-fledged prediction: the virus was discovered in 1976. However, at the time of the episode's release, he was so far off the agenda that his mention might be considered curious.
Major Ebola epidemics were recorded in 1995, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2014.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 1998: Season 10, Episode 5 “When You Dish Upon a Star”
In this episode, a sign in front of 20th Century Fox's headquarters states that it is a division of Walt Disney Co. It must have seemed incredible back then. But in the late 2010s, Disney really was a movie studio.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 1999: Season 11, episode 5 “Tomac” (5 E‑I‑E‑I-(Annoyed Grunt))
Homer, who suddenly becomes a farmer, invents the tomac, a hybrid of tomato and tobacco. The disgusting-tasting vegetable quickly becomes addictive, which is why it is a commercial success.
This episode did not predict the appearance of the tomak, but inspired its creation. Simpsons fan Rob Baur received Simpsons Plant Seeds of Invention a vegetable containing nicotine, however, not by crossing, but by grafting a tomato sprout onto tobacco.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 2008: Season 20, Episode 4, “Little Treehouse of Horror 19” (Treehouse of Horror XIX)
In 2012, Pennsylvania had to remove an actual voting machine because it was casting US election 2012: voting machine ‘changes vote for Barack Obama to Mitt Romney’ votes for Barack Obama to his opponent Mitt Romney.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 2010: Season 22, Episode 1 “Musical” primary school" (Elementary School Musical)
Lisa, Martin and Milhouse make bets on who will win the Nobel Prize. Among the nominees seen on Martin's card is Bengt Holmström. True, he did not receive an award in the cartoon.
The Nobel Prize in Economics with the wording “for his contributions to contract theory” was awarded to MIT professor Bengt Holmström in 2016.
Photo: frame from the series “The Simpsons” 2000: Season 11, Episode 17, "Bart to the Future"
Bart sees a future in which Lisa has become President of the United States. At a White House meeting, Lisa says, “As you know, President Trump has left us with a budget crisis.” From the context it is clear that she took office immediately after him. True, Trump himself does not appear in this episode, and the footage of him, which is considered prophetic, was cut from the Trumptastic Voyage video released in 2015.
It is also worth noting that the idea of him as a politician in 2000 did not arise out of nowhere. In the 2000 presidential elections, he participated in the primaries from the Reform Party. But he became president only in 2017.
10. Smart watches, video calling, autocorrect and other technologies appeared
These predictions were in different series, but they should be combined into one point. The reason is simple: they cannot be ignored, but they cannot be considered something supernatural. By the time they appeared in the animated series, these technologies already existed, albeit not in the form in which we know about them now.
In the 19th episode of the sixth season, "Lisa's Wedding", which sends the Simpsons into the future, her boyfriend is talking on the phone through the clock. Here Lisa communicates with Marge using a screen attached to a regular rotary telephone. An episode earlier, bully Dolph sets a reminder for himself with the words “Beat up Martin” (“Beat Martin”), and receives “Eat up, Martha” (“Eat, Martha”).
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The screenwriter of the famous animated series “The Simpsons” Dan Greaney spoke about predicting the victory of the scandalous Donald Trump in the US presidential election. This was reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
A screenshot from a cartoon series in which Donald Trump became President of the United States is gaining popularity on the Internet.
In 2000, the cult American animated series had an episode in which the real-life US President Donald Trump was shown.
The episode in question is "Bart in the Future," which aired in 2000.
According to one of the creators of the cartoon, Matt Groening, the authors of the series wanted to come up with the most absurd president for the United States and settled on the figure of Trump.
Thus, The Simpsons guessed an event that occurred 16 years after the release of the episode. In this episode, one of the main characters, Bart Simpson, sees his future life.
In particular, his sister Lisa becomes President of the United States. She tells her employees that President Trump leaves a budget deficit.
The staff, for their part, informs the head of state that because of Trump, the country is in decline.
Greaney is currently a consulting producer on The Simpsons. He admitted that he doesn’t remember who exactly came up with the idea for Trump’s presidency.
“It was a warning to America,” Greaney said.
According to him, then it seemed like the last logical stop on the way to the bottom and fit the image of “America going crazy.”
In 2000, not all Simpsons fans liked this episode, since Bart's future turned out to be bleak. However, Greenie is now receiving a lot of calls about this series precisely because storyline with Trump.
In addition, during the Trump election campaign, a scene from The Simpsons was almost exactly repeated.
In both cases, the fictional and real Trump makes the same movements: he waves his hand in greeting and gives a thumbs up.
In addition, the falling sheet of paper held by one of the candidate’s supporters in the cartoon was repeated in real life.
The main difference between the scenes is in Trump's companions: in the Simpsons episode he is accompanied by Homer Simpson, in real life by his wife Melania Trump.
We are talking about the episode “Trumptastic Voyage”, in which Homer finds himself in the world of Trump’s hair, which is one of his “calling cards”.
Of course, it would be impossible to take this prophecy seriously if it were not for the Simpson family: the Ebola epidemic, the scandal with the NSA's total surveillance of Americans, and much more.
The 1997 episode mentions the Ebola epidemic: 17 years before the start of a terrible epidemic that claimed thousands of lives. In the same season of the series, many saw writing on the wall Twin Tower disasters of September 11, 2001.
The Simpsons also talked about global NSA espionage, long before the Snowden revelations. One of the episodes was dedicated to the Panama Papers.
And this week it became clear that The Simpsons predicted two winners Nobel Prize 2016.
In 2010, the family watches the broadcast of the award and places bets. And this list contains the names of two current laureates, winners in the field of biology and economics.
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