Times the Simpsons Predicted the Future
The Top Ten
1 9/11 (The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson)
Simpsons New Kids on the Blecch - Mad Magazine Tower (main office) blown up. New York. The episode aired seven months before 9/11. Bart and other school boys boy band Party Posse. A single titled Drop Da Bomb and Yvan Eht Nioj.
The most iconic Simpsons prediction
That is a scary prediction!
2 Ebola Outbreak (Lisa's Sax)
3 Horsemeat Scandal (Sweet Seymour Skinner’s Baadasssss Song)
4 Rigged Voting Machines (Treehouse of Horror XIX)
Mitt Romney had voting machines rigged in his favour, and he still lost!
5 Robotic Librarians (Lisa's Wedding)
6 Election of Donald Trump (Bart to the Future)
They also predicted that he was a bad president.
7 Auto Correct (Lisa on Ice)
8 Higgs Mass Bonson Particle Size (The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace)
9 The Beatles Answering Decades Old Fan-Mail (Brush with Greatness)
I imagine they'd have being doing this long before the Simpsons.
10 Robotic Seals for the Elderly (Replaceable You)
The Contenders
11 Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (Sideshow Bob Roberts)
12 The Shard (Lisa's Wedding)
13 Toys R Us closing down - D'oh Canada
The episode is actually called "Marge vs. Everyone" or a very long title that I don't remember.
They actually predicted the closing of Toys R Us...
14 Disney Acquires 21st Century Fox. (When You Dish Upon a Star)
15 NFL Super Bowl Champions 1992, 93, 94 (Lisa the Greek)
16 Smartwatches (Lisa’s Wedding)
17 Team USA Wins Gold in Curling. (Boy Meets Curl)
18 Facetime/Skype (Lisa’s Wedding)
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