Many scenes from The Simpsons series took place in 2023.
Classic drawing series The Simpsons has become known over the years for his numerous scenes, which have later come true with even gruesome accuracy in real life. In The Simpsons a businessman and a television personality have been predicted in the past Donald Trump’s the rise to the presidency and the coronavirus pandemic.
Similarities can also be found in the news events of 2023 with previously published ones The Simpsons– episodes. The Simpsons a British newspaper wrote about fulfilled predictions Metro.
Submarine
In the summer of 2023, the Titan submarine that traveled to the wreck of the Titanic disappeared from radar. The fate of the Oceangate submarine was closely followed until it was discovered that the ship had exploded. All five passengers on board died, including a Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his 19-year-old son Suleman Dawood.
Year 2006 In The Simpsons saw an episode where Homer Simpson went on a submarine trip with his father Mason to search for a sunken ship. Along the way, the submarine malfunctioned and disappeared.
In The Simpsons the story had a happier ending. Homer loses consciousness when the submarine runs out of oxygen, but wakes up three days later in the hospital.
Episode produced Mike Reiss has since said that he was involved in three submarine trips organized by Oceangate to the wreck of the Titanic.
The Simpsons has managed to predict the future year after year. PDO
Barbie mania
One of the biggest phenomena of 2023 was Barbie-movie. The film, released in the summer, broke records and became a global topic of conversation.
A similar “Barbie-mania” was seen in 1994 The Simpsonsin the episode where Lisa challenged the creators of the popular Malibu Stacy doll to create a toy with a more feminist idea.
In the episode, Lisa and the Malibu Stacy company create a new Lisa Lionheart doll, which creates huge media attention.
Arrest of the President
In the same episode In The Simpsons a news broadcast is shown announcing that the president was arrested.
In the episode, the president is left unnamed and the reason for the arrest is murder.
In 2023, in real life, former US President Donald Trump was arrested. Among other things, he was accused of mishandling secret documents. A total of 37 federal charges were brought against the ex-president.
From Twitter X
In 2023, the social media service Twitter experienced an upheaval when the Tesla billionaire Elon Musk bought the service and named it X.
In the one presented in 2012 The Simpsons– episode, an application was seen on Homer Simpson’s phone, the logo of which is mistakenly similar to the new logo of the X service.
The Simpsons has been on the air since 1989. A movie has also been made based on the series. PDO
Naked Daavid
In the spring of 2023, there was news in the United States about Florida parents who were offended that a school art teacher had shown students a picture Michelangelo’s from the famous David sculpture. The parent of a student had filed a complaint, calling the sculpture depicting a naked male body pornographic. With the uproar, the school principal had to resign.
A similar one was described The Simpsons in an episode that aired in 1990. In the program, Springfield parents protest against the David sculpture that has traveled around the world. In the episode, shocked parents called the work of art horribly rude.
Mutant fish
In 1990 In The Simpsons there was also an episode where Mr. Burns’ character eats a three-eyed mutant fish born from the pollution of a nuclear power plant.
An event similar to the episode was seen in 2023, when the Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida was photographed eating fish caught off the coast of Fukushima. The purpose of the video was to dispel safety concerns about radioactivity in water.
Source: Metro