In the game of predictions, The Simpsons have always had a big head start on the competition. Last example to date, and very sad: the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, in an episode dated 1998…
The Simpsons have always been very good at predicting the future. Like Madame Irma, they have since their broadcast predicted many events: the election of Donald Trump, billionaire Richard Branson’s space trip, Lady Gaga’s show at the Super Bowl, the final episode of Game of Thrones…
But it is a tragic event that invites itself: the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. A burning news that the Simpsons would have predicted in an episode dated 1998; in this case episode 19 of season 9, entitled “A Homer at sea”, as the fans seem to point out. An episode, which, by the way, is called in VO simpsons tide; tribute to the movie USS Alabama (Crimson Tide in VO).
In it, Homer mistakenly fires torpedoes from a nuclear submarine in Russian waters, causing the rebirth of the Soviet Union, which deploys its troops and tanks to the streets.
It looked like this…
Al Jean, the Showrunner of the series, has rightly expressed himself on the subject in the HollywoodReporter : “It pains me to say this, but I was born in 1961 and the specter of the Soviet Union has hung over 30 years of my life. So, for me, this episode is unfortunately more the norm than a prediction. We We just imagined things were going to go wrong.”
And to abound on Twitter, writing: “Very sad to say it wasn’t hard to predict”…
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