15 Spooky Accurate The Simpsons Predictions That Came True
Since its debut on the 17th of December 1989, a total of 760 episodes of the show have been broadcast.
With 'The Simpsons ' having been on air for so many seasons, it's almost a statistical probability that some of their wild, dart-at-the-wall predictions would come true, but the accuracy and specificity of some of these prophecies are enough to make you wonder if there's a crystal ball hidden in the writers' room.
These 15 predictions are like eerie echoes from the future, whispered into the past, showing that the show's writers might have a side gig in time travel or fortune-telling.
From political forecasts that hit the mark with the precision of a trained sniper, to technological advancements that they guessed with an almost unsettling accuracy, it seems 'The Simpsons' has been playing a long game of reality check bingo.
Each prediction that came true is like watching a magic trick unfold in real-time, leaving viewers both amazed and slightly unnerved at how a cartoon family could so casually drop truths about the future.
And as the show rolls on, it's like each episode is a new roll of the dice, leaving us all to wonder just what they'll predict next in their ever-expanding tapestry of tongue-in-cheek prophecy.