In the wonderful years of TV entertainment cartoons were known to predicted real life events and tragedies. Some of them were just too specific, and others were right one too many times. Questions is asked, when does it stop being a coincidence, and becomes an evil plot? And the answer is: there is no such thing as a coincidence.
In the 1997, Marge holds up a book titled “Curious George and the Ebola Virus.” Then Bart points to a picture he colored in which he is dead. So yeah, The Simpsons predicted the latest Ebola outbreak – or else based the episode on previous Ebola outbreaks that killed hundreds… whichever.
No, this is not a case of life imitating art, or scientists getting cool ideas from extremely popular shows. This is pure premonition. Smart watches, video chats, and of course Apple’s disastrous autocorrect, which has since generated countless fails posted all over the web – and it all started with “Eat up, Martha” back in 1994. Those Apple people, they’ve had so much time to fix it, and still!
In the episode “New York City Against Homer,” it seems as though the cartoon’s creators already knew there would be some significance to the whole 9/11 – and it was set in an episode where “against NY” was the pretty much the title… Something to think about.
Before the UK’s Burger King horse meat scandal in early 2013, the Simpsons’ elementary school had already covered it in 1994.
Yes, dealing with tigers is a dangerous thing, and Siegfried and Roy do it constantly. But that doesn’t mean they would inevitable be mauled by a tiger! In 1993 The Simpsons aired an episode in which their version of Siegfried and Roy (Gunther and Ernst) are mauled during a performance. In 2003 it happened to the real pair, well to Roy. Coincidence? Inevitable? Or perhaps Clairvoyant?
In 2008 Homer tried to vote for Obama, but the voting was rigged, much like the real-life event in 2012. This is truly a harsh blow to democracy, which could have easily been avoided if people started paying closer attention to The Simpsons.
According to an anchor on an Egyptian channel The Simpsons had predicted the Syrian’s resistance flag, which didn’t exist in 2001.
We won’t mention that the history of the Syrian flag… Let us just say, for the sake of predictions, that America has long conspired to bring war to Syria and break its own word on participating in wars abroad, and thus removing any credibility from its administration.
Okay… So this might not be a “disaster” per se, it really depends how extreme you are when it comes to pop stars run amuck. Also, one can never know if Homer didn’t predict but rather inspired that music video, back in 1994 when The Simpsons Movie came out. Either way, Homer did it first.
Back in 1999 The Simpsons suffered from mutant tomatoes due to the nuclear plant, in 2003 the Japanese found themselves having the exact same problem – mind boggling! Isn’t it? Who knew nature would have adverse reactions to nuclear power plants? But the fact that in both cases it was about tomatoes… that’s the thing to focus on!
Before Facebook even started and Farmville became a phenomenon among children and draining their minds to zombie level, in 1998 the children from Springfield’s Elementary school were already hooked on a Yard Work simulator. The zombie apocalypse has been predicted!
Point being: No matter what happens, Simpsons already did it!
If you watched episode named “Chain Gang Johnny” you could have noticed a picture of a burning building in the background. This particular episode aired on April 27th, 2001, just four months before 9/11.
Next thing you know women will be massively rejecting drop dead gorgeous nice guy who likes to wear sunglasses a lot.
I suppose after 800 movie ideas featuring Mr Sandler AWESOME-O was always bound to at least get one right.
Adam Sandler movies all follow a formula, which Cartman’s robotic alter ego has down to a tee. And although the exact plot of Jack and Jill is never articulated, we’ve got a hunch it was an AWESOME-O original. Weak.
This was a 5 year prophecy, but one that was definitely worth the wait.
South Park’s Season 12 ep ‘Britneys New Look’ centred around a celebrity’s downward spiral being the catalyst of a good corn harvest. And although it was Britney being spoofed, they predicted a then 15 year old Miley Cyrus to be the next celebrity to beging an epic downfall.
Throughout the episode Jared can’t work out why nobody wants his proactive aids assistance to help them lose weight, ultimately discovering the town was referring to the virus, not his assistants. He even wanted to give AIDS to the children.
Well fast forward to 2015, and Jared has just been sent to prison on child sex charges, including trading child pornography. Mayor McDaniels certainly got it right when she called him a ‘sick pervert’. Enjoy that prison footlong, Jared.
I couldn't be bothered to search and steal a description for this one, so let's just say these pictures are worth a thousand words. And 8 point. Or more. I wouldn't mind.
