The Simpsons became the longest-running animated television series in history. In its 30-plus seasons, there are countless scenes that somehow become reality. After fans began to notice this phenomenon, more and more "predictions" began to appear.
1, JCPenney filed for bankruptcy
Founded in 1902, JCPenney is a department store chain. In an episode called "Please Homer, Don't Hammer'Em," the family stumbles upon a run-down JCPenney store.
Some joked that the company was about to go out of business. Just last year, JCPenney filed for bankruptcy on the grounds of financial difficulties caused by the epidemic.
2, the United States won the gold medal in the curling competition
In a 2010 episode, Boy Meets Curl, Homer and Marge became curling enthusiasts. They got better and better, eventually beating Sweden and Russia to win a gold medal.
8 years later, this became a reality in real life. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, the U.S. team beat Sweden to win the gold medal, something that had never happened before.
3, Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg and climate change
In the Simpsons movie released in 2007, climate change is an important plot. Lisa desperately called for change, but her pleas were ignored.
In 2019, Greta Thunberg, a young student from Sweden, stood before the United Nations and took action against climate change, as Lisa, 8, does in the film. Her enthusiasm and knowledge are strikingly similar.
4, the first woman to enter the White House
Bart to the Future is a 2000 episode about Lisa becoming the future female president of the United States. When she took office, she wore a purple suit with pearls set on it.
Earlier this year, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female vice president in the United States, dressed exactly as Lisa had worn in that episode. The Simpsons episode is almost exactly what happened in real life.
5, Homer discovered the mass of the particle
In The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Homer decided to become an inventor. At one point, we could see him solving an equation that looked extremely complex.
Fourteen years after the episode aired, the theoretical and particle physicist Simon Singh realized that Homer had derived equations that were nearly identical to those used to calculate the mass of an elementary particle called the Higgs boson.
6, the global pandemic
Marge in Chains is a 1993 episode about a factory worker sneezing into a package that was shipped to Springfield. Subsequently, the entire city was threatened by the so-called "influenza pandemic".
This seems to be a harbinger of the current global pandemic event.
7, Marijuana is legal in Canada
In the 2005 episode Midnight Rx, Homer and Ned Flanders travel to Canada because the city of Springfield makes it impossible for people to afford prescription drugs. There, they discovered that smoking marijuana was legal in Canada.
It didn't sound crazy until you realized that in 2005, it wasn't legal at the time. Recreational use of marijuana was only legalized in Canada two years ago, but it is still illegal in most U.S. states.
8, Prince William's hairline is receding
In And Maggie Makes Three, we can see the story of Maggie and Homer giving birth to three children. With each pregnancy, Homer's hair became less and less, and by the time their third child, Maggie, was born, Homer was completely bald.
Netizens cleverly pointed out that this is very similar to Prince William's receding hairline, and that his hair is getting less and less after each of his children is born. He and Kate Middleton also have three children, just like Maggie and Homer.
9, Lady Gaga performs tightrope walking
Lady Gaga is known for her lavish performances, but she never performed tightrope walking until "The Simpsons" showcased her performance.
In the 23rd season of Lisa Goes Gaga, the famous singer performed in the air in a white-gold suit, giving Lisa inspiration and confidence. A few years later, Lady Gaga had a nearly identical performance on the Super Bowl halftime show.
10, Bengt Holmström won the Nobel Prize
In the first episode of season 22, Milhouse and Lisa took part in the Nobel Prize bet. Each of them had to guess who would win that year's Nobel Prize, and Mihos chose Bengt Hlmström as the winner.
In 2016, Hlmström won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "research on contract theory and how to assess whether businesses should be run by the government or privately owned."
11, Disney bought the Fox
In the 1998 episode Of When You Dish Upon a Star, Homer became Alec Baldwin and King Basinger's personal assistant. He also has ties to other Hollywood stars.
20 years later, Disney bought Fox for $52.4 billion.
12，Tomacco
In "E'i E'i (Annoyed Grunt)," the Simpsons leave everything behind and move to a farm. Homer inadvertently created a mixture of tobacco and tomato and named it "tomacco". People were addicted to tobacco, and the Simpsons almost got rich from tobacco.
Inspired by this, a man in Oregon attempted to grow a tobacco-tomato hybrid crop. However, this plant does not have the addictive properties of the play.
On 13, Daenerys Targaryen burned down King's Landing
Game of Thrones is arguably the most influential TV series of the past decade. In 2019, millions of people watched the show's final season. Most fans were shocked to see Daenerys Targaryen frantically igniting King's Landing with her fire-breathing dragon.
The same thing happened in an episode of The Serfsons two years ago. In this film, the Simpsons are in another fantasy world and are eventually destroyed by a dragon.
14, meat in the fitness mat
In an episode of The Simpsons, Doris, the lunch lady, throws a gym mat into the meat grinder to prepare lunch for the school day. The joke refers to how disgusting the school lunch is, as if they were giving the kids cloth instead of meat.
In 2011, it was discovered that McDonald's used an ingredient in its food that would keep the gym mat soft. This ingredient, azodicarboxamide, is banned in some parts of Europe.
Do you think they are true prophecies come true or coincidence?
To be continued.