The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. He is able to see the future after an encounter with the manager. The prophetic simpsons writer who predicted a donald trump presidency has explained it was a warning to america. Did a 15yearold simpsons episode really predict the future in amazing detail. Tv show predicted the 2020 new coronavirus outbreak in a 1993 episode.
The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation, the simpsons stop by at an indian casino. He also opened the trump taj mahal in atlantic city on monday april 2, 1990. South park just announecd itll stay on the air until 2019, putting it in the 300 episode club with the simpsons. Brooks, matt groening and al jean are the executive producers. Back in 2000, in an episode titled bart to the future, the simpsons correctly predicted donald trump would become president of the united states in the future.
Thats finefoxs animated show seems to be upping its satire game. Catch an allnew episode of the simpsons on sun at 87c on fox. And this time, a bunch of democratic lawmakers are along. There, bart is prevented from entering because of his age. Few simpsons episodes have skewered the mechanizations of elections and political parties quite like the 1994 episode sideshow bob roberts. Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode. The simpsons has predicted the future many times heres the list. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american. Suze orman, neil degrasse tyson and robert mckee will gueststar in a season 28 episode of the simpsons spoofing donald trump s college. From trump becoming president to game of thrones spoilers, here are. Episodes of the simpsons have won dozens of awards, including 31 emmys ten for outstanding animated program, 30 annies, and a peabody.
The simpsons exists in the futurama universe as a tv show the parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. The simpsons predicted the future once again when donald trump was elected president of the united states. First donald trumps presidency, then the disneyfox merger and now the. The image has been shared widely on social media, with many claiming that the simpsons is predicting trump s death in office. Today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come true correctly forecasting donald trump would be president. The simpsons might have already predicted the events of 2020. And this wasnt the only time the writers have managed to. In a short feature last year, homer appeared at a trump rally. Expected simpsons prophecies post trump female president. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. Newest simpsons features a white house unraveled in 100. He manages to sneak in but is caught by the guards and sent to the casino managers office.
A new episode of the simpsons on sunday portrays the white house as a reality television show as it depicts president trump rounding out his first 100 days in office. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. Nearly 17 years ago, an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president. Donald trump s bid for the white house and ascendancy in the polls has surprised many but the simpsons called it 15 years ago the cartoon foretold a trump presidency in a surreal episode. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. The simpsons is a gracie films production in association with 20th century fox television. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trump s impending tenure as president of the united states. So, fans can add this to the number of the simpsons accurate predictions, including donald trump. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump. Did the simpsons predict that president trump would. A tale of two trumps season 29 the simpsons youtube. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump.
In season 11, the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in the 2000 episode bart to the future. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. He is able to see the future after an encounter with the manager of a casino and witnesses what life is like roughly 30 years from then. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. Prior to his election, trump had been a successful businessman, tv host of the apprentice and real estate developer. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. The episode bart to the future aired 16 years ago and features a. Over the shows 30year run the simpsons have correctly predicted donald trump becoming u. The episode the episode of walt disney co appears under the 20th century fox sign in the episode aired on november 8, 1998.
The simpsons predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim. With over 30 seasons under its belt, its no wonder so many of the simpsons predictions for. We inherited quite the budget crunch from president trump, lisa, who is the us president, says in this episode, at the time referencing trumps. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as prescient as it might seem in retrospect. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of. That was the case in june 2017 when an image purportedly comparing a screenshot from a 15yearold episode of the simpsons with a may 2017 photograph of president trump.
But the animated show has never aired an episode with such a storyline. Donald trump makes one last try to patch things up with comey season 28 the simpsons duration. Trump himself actually approached the creators of the show and asked if he could make a guest appearance in an episode. The simpsons made donald trump president 16 years ago as a. Donald trump presidency seventeen years ago in an episode titled bart to the future, lisa becomes president after donald trump, apparently. Trump isnt depicted in the episode that has only happened in last summers promo for the simpsons season 7 but to our 2016 eyes, if lisa is hillary, bart actually seems more like our. In february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying in a. Stills from simpsons episodes shared online suggest that the. Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation. The simpsons correctly called president trumpdid it.
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