Throughout its 768 shows and 35 times on television,” The Simpsons”, the longest-running American active present, has made oddly accurate predictions about the future. It’s up for debate whether the authors used a glass game or just a entertaining accident. For the followers: One more accident — or forecast — has come to light.
X people were quick to understand the strange resemblance between an clothing worn by both Harris and Lisa Simpson after President Joe Biden’s election battle ended on Sunday, opening the door for Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democratic nomination.
In the lively series” Bart to the Future” from the 2000 season, Lisa is the first woman president of the United States. She appears to be speaking to the audience while sporting a crimson coat and a pair of vintage pearl earrings.
The vice president wore a practically similar purple coat, a similar collar, and matching crystal earrings at the pair’s 2021 opening. Lifelong” Simpsons” writer and executive producer Al Jean played into the idea on X,  , writing , that the Harris-Lisa network is the projection he is “proud to be a component of”.
The outcome will have to be seen until November in order to determine whether President Lisa Simpson does create the conditions for President Kamala Harris.
Some fans also insist” The Simpsons”  , predicted , the Biden-Harris ticket in 2019, with the duo standing next to each other among all the Democratic nominees.
Here’s a glance back at some of the active originals best estimates.
Trump’s presidency and reelection campaign:” Bart to the Future” ( 2000 )
In the same Season 11 episode,” Bart to the Future”, Lisa is the successor to President Donald Trump ( as discussed during a Cabinet meeting ). Trump is shown as a third-party” Reform” candidate who won the vote, just as he did in 2016.
Jean also , shared , a still from a 2015 season where a” Trump 2024″ campaign signal can be seen in the background, accurately predicting that Trump had run for president in 2024.
The Super Bowl champions … three years in a row:” Lisa the Greek” ( 1992 )
After a sports bet gone bad, Homer turns to Lisa to assist him choose the next show’s success. Homer begins placing yet more money on upcoming sports when she accurately predicts the Miami Dolphins. Before the Super Bowl, the two have a falling over, and Lisa does not reveal the winning group to Homer.
The exhibit, released just a few weeks before Super Bowl XXVI,  , depicts , the Washington Commanders defeating the Buffalo Bills. Certain much, Washington earned the medal during the actual game.
The next year, the same event aired with Super Bowl XXVII’s team. The Dallas Cowboys defeating the Payments, which actually happened in the updated season.
” Simpsons” authors tried their luck again the next season, predicting the Cowboys would suddenly beat the Costs. They were right.
United States curling wins Olympic gold medal:” Boy Meets Curl” ( 2010 )
When this Time 21 show first aired, just one U. S. styling group had ever earned a award at the Olympics. Iliad and Marge discover a talent for curling in” Boy Meets Curl,” and Agnes and Seymour Skinner join Team USA at the Vancouver Olympics.
Despite being new to the game, the team , defeats , Sweden and earns the U. S. its second gold medal. At the true 2010 Winter Olympics, no British staff placed in the top three. Additionally, Team USA was unable to win a prize at the 2014 Sochi Games. At the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, the British losing run ended and the men’s team eventually nabbed metal.
FIFA corruption scandal and the World Cup winner:” You Do n’t Have to Live Like a Referee” ( 2014 )
With the Season 25 show focusing on football,” The Simpsons” creative group once again found itself mistakenly playing sports google, this time with a little theatre.
In” The Simpsons”, corruption runs amuck at FIFA, ultimately , ending , in the arrest of the vice president of world soccer’s governing body. The FBI and IRS were also looking into the real-world FIFA at the same time. In 2015, it was revealed the organization , accepted , more than$ 150 million in bribes.
The firm faced accusations of corruption, fraud and money laundering, and authorities finally made 41 arrests.
Of sure,” The Simpsons ‘” thought of incident at FIFA was not entirely out of the blue. An executive council representative was found guilty of accepting bribes in 2011 and sent to the business for a ban. The ethics committee launched an internal investigation into corruption allegations the next month.
” The Simpsons” show even shows a World Cup final between Germany and Brazil, with Germany emerging winning. The two groups played each other in the 2014 World Cup finals and, merely as” The Simpsons” depicted, Germany beat Brazil. Germany even went on to win the World Cup, as the display predicted.
Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize:” Elementary School Musical” ( 2010 )
In the Season 22 launch,” Elementary School Musical”, Milhouse and Lisa take bet on the Nobel Prizes. Milhouse , chooses , Scandinavian scholar Bengt Holmström to get home the nomination for finance.
Six years later, the actual Holmström , won , the Nobel Prize for finance for the lease idea.
Video calls and smart watches:” Lisa’s Wedding” ( 1995 )
This Season 6 show brings” The Simpsons” to the coming: the year 2010. The writers of the show have a great chance to make some projections, and they got two crucial ones correctly with the idea of a future event.
During the event, the grown-up Lisa calls Patty via , picture. Although video calling was technically possible in the 20th century, the average person could n’t use it.
Appropriately, Apple announced the second edition of FaceTime in , 2010.
The technology prophecies did n’t stop there. Lisa’s girlfriend is seen , speaking into his view, similar to today’s devices. In 2013, the system from the present suddenly came to life when , Intel , debuted a observe with voice recognition skills.
COVID-19:” Marge in Chains” ( 1993 )
When Springfield’s residents demand a cure to an illness called” Osaka Flu” taking over the town in this Season 4 episode, one character knocks over a crate labeled ,” Killer Bees” . , Fast-forward 17 years, and viewers could n’t help but notice a similarity to , “murder hornets” , , which invaded the U. S. in 2020.
Some say the show also , predicted , the COVID-19 crisis. Unlike COVID-19, the Osaka fever influenza was man-made in Japan.
After the 2020 estimates went viral on Twitter, Bill Oakley, a poet for the 1993 event,  , responded:” OK great I guess we did”.
Electronic voting machine troubles:” Treehouse of Horror XIX” ( 2008 )
The yearly Halloween special, which aired just two weeks before the 2008 presidential election, featured a election landscape. During this Season 20 event, Homer is , seen using an electric machine at the elections. The system registers his support for Republican candidate John McCain when he attempts to vote for Barack Obama. He makes an effort to correct this problem, and he ultimately casts a six-fee ballot for the Republican.
One Pennsylvania voter posted a picture at a malfunctioning electronic voting machine during the national debate between Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney.
Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl LI halftime performance:” Lisa Goes Gaga” ( 2012 )
During the Season 23 episode, guest star Lady Gaga brings her idiosyncratic fashion to Springfield. Noticing Lisa is depressed, Gaga takes her under her wing to tell a lesson in trust.
The show features a powerful performance by Gaga. Living imitated arts during her , 2017 Super Bowl performance , as Gaga jumped from the ceiling of the facility and floated over the audience during her gate.
NSA listening in on civilians:” The Simpsons Movie” ( 2007 )
The family is found on the run after Homer unintentionally contaminates the village in” The Simpsons Movie.”
The family tries to flee to Springfield and save the city as the town is threatened with destruction. Their ideas turn out to be in vain because the National Security Agency clones them and listens to their ideas, despite Marge’s earlier claim that the government does not take into account conversations with citizens.
Five years later, leak Edward Snowden , leaked , documents revealing that the NSA monitored American ‘ personal interactions.
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