Times The Simpsons Actually Predicted The Future

It has become something of a meme that The Simpsons can predict the future, especially in light of Donald Trump’s presidency, but any show that has been on the air for three decades is going to get some things right, intentional or not. However, there have been a few incredibly specific gags that have turned out to be true, only adding to the legend of the writers having great prognostication skills. From the joke about Disney owning everything to their extremely accurate Nobel Prize betting pool, let’s take a look at a few times when The Simpsons actually predicted the future.

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Disney buys Fox | 0:00
Team USA curling gold medal | 1:12
Ferret fiasco | 2:08
Bloody billboard | 3:03
Bengt Holmstrom's Nobel Prize | 4:01

[Looper]

Do you think The Simpsons just gets really lucky or are they experts at making educational guesses?

[sagemyruss]

Why wouldn’t they include Trump becoming president in this list?

[cinemagoose]

The greatest prediction of all is that they started talking about curling literally seconds after I solved a crossword clue with the word "curlers"

[klausantitheistbolvig]

I wonder if anyone has done any statistics due to the amount of episodes.

[FMFvideos]

1000 years from now: Times Futurama Actually Predicted The Future

[assumptionisthemotherofall]

If any show or medium spoke for 30 years I’m pretty sure they would guess a lot of things in the future correctly too

[selfdiscardedkingofruin]

I'm surprised The Simpsons have survived this long with everyone having jaundice and all

[armydude]

The Simpsons didn’t predict the future the future just copied the Simpsons

[mcgarnagle]

Uh hello? Trump riding down the escalator giving the thumbs up while announcing his presidency is by far the creepiest true prediction The Simpsons ever made.

[angelgonzalez]

SIMPSONS DID IT!!!
SIMPSONS DID IT!!!
SIMPSONS DID IT!!

[maestroclassico]

Family Guy has some great prophecy too! Yup! Turn in to Fox

[MathswithMuneer]

Who else have been a true fan of Looper before 2020 ?

[TEXTMANNEN]

Wow, the Simpsons guessed right about the future.
That's 22 min times 673 episodes... 14806 minutes.
That something then happens in the future is hardly unique.
Especially about a TV series, that is about a crazy society that is an irony on our society.
Sometimes there will be things that can happen in our society.

[Basky]

If Simpson’s aired an episode of the assassination of a world leader and many years later they were assassinated in real, does that mean Simpson’s predicted the assassination??

[oblivion]

Surprised they didn't mention the 9/11 prediction?

[danny]

Lol, in 1000 years will we be saying "Futurama predicted it"?

[DullFiction]

His name's Bengt?
cant believe they named a real person after Pewdiepie's fox

[ceroenblanco]

What about government hiring Tom Hank's credibility for building the dome on The Simpsons Movie??
Same thing the did recently with the Corona Virus xD

[GIJake-ooir]

They don't predict, they inspire.

[ttvdakg]

Episode 28 They predicated GNUS would become a 9$ stock and Boom we are on the way!!!! Records!