# The Simpsons future predictions

The following is a list of episodes from the Fox Broadcasting Company animated sitcom The Simpsons (1989–present) that featured predicted moments which somewhat accurately, correctly or successfully came true or had occurred in the then real life future.

## List of episodes

This list is in chronological order by the air date per episode.

### Season 3
#### 14. Lisa the Greek

In this episode, aired January 23, 1992, Lisa correctly predicted that the Washington Redskins would win Super Bowl XXVI, which they did on January 26 that same year.

### Season 5
#### 10. $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

This episode, aired on December 16, 1993, features the characters Gunter and Ernst, who are a parody reference of the real-life magicians, Siegfried & Roy. In this episode, Gunter and Ernst's act ends disastrously when their white tiger, Anastasia, attacks them. In real life, Roy Horn was attacked by a white tiger named Mantacore during a live performance at The Mirage on October 3, 2003. The attack left Horn partially paralyzed, thereby ending his and Siegfried Fischbacher's long running production.

#### 14. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

This episode, aired on February 17, 1994, features Kent Brockman ending his broadcast for the day by saying that the President of the United States has been arrested, predicting the eventual arrest of Donald Trump, which occurred on August 24, 2023.

### Season 7
#### 18. The Day the Violence Died

This episode, aired March 17, 1996, reportedly predicted the January 6 United States Capitol attack, which occurred on that date in 2021.

#### 24. Homerpalooza

This episode, aired on May 19, 1996, features Cypress Hill, guest starring as themselves, as they perform with the London Symphony Orchestra. In real life, both Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra performed together at Royal Albert Hall on July 10, 2024.

### Season 10
#### 5. When You Dish Upon a Star

This episode, aired on November 8, 1998, features an establishing shot of the 20th Century Fox logo as "A DIVISION OF WALT DISNEY CO", which thereby predicted the Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which began on December 14, 2017 and ended on March 20, 2019.

### Season 11
#### 17. Bart to the Future

This episode, aired on March 19, 2000, reportedly predicted the presidencies of Donald Trump, which occurred from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021 and later from January 20th, 2025. Screen Rant listed Trump's presidencies as the "most well-known example" of a Simpsons future prediction. The episode also features Lisa as if she were President of the United States; there she is wearing a purple pantsuit, similar to the outfit Kamala Harris eventually wore at the Inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.

### Season 15
#### 14. The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

This episode, aired March 14, 2004, correctly predicted a fourth film in The Matrix franchise, though it was parodied as A Matrix Christmas. In real life, the resulted film, titled The Matrix Resurrections, was released in December 2021.

### Season 16
#### 6. Midnight Rx

This episode, aired on January 16, 2005, reportedly predicted the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada which was made official as of October 17, 2018.

### Season 21
#### 12. Boy Meets Curl

This episode, dated February 14, 2010, predicted that the curling team representing the United States will eventually win the Olympic gold medal. This prediction became an official reality during the 2018 Winter Olympics, where John Shuster and his team, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner and Joe Polo, became the first American men's curling team to win the Olympic gold medal.

### Season 22
#### 1. Elementary School Musical

In this episode, dated September 26, 2010, Milhouse Van Houten predicted in a "betting pool" that Bengt Holmström would win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. On that same "betting pool", a "database" predicted that Ben Feringa would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In real life, both Holmström and Ferigna received those respective and categorized Nobel Prizes in 2016, with Holmström sharing the Economics Prize with Oliver Hart.

### Season 23
#### 22. Lisa Goes Gaga

This episode, dated May 20, 2012, reportedly predicted Lady Gaga's halftime show at Super Bowl LI, which occurred on February 5, 2017. Just as it was depicted in the episode, Lady Gaga used suspension cables to give the appearance as if she were flying. The outfit she wore at Super Bowl LI was also similar to one shown in the episode.

### Season 25
#### 16. You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee

This episode, aired on March 30, 2014, reportedly predicted the 2015 FIFA corruption case.