All The Simpsons Predictions That Came True
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Autocorrect Fails Season 6  Episode 8: Lisa on Ice Predicted: 1994 Came true: 2007 During a Springfield Elementary School assembly  Kearney asks fellow bully Dolph to take a memo to âBeat up Martinâ on his âNewtonâ â Appleâs early attempt at a personal digital assistant. However  the machine translates the message into âEat up Marthaâ instead  foreshadowing the common messaging errors people blame on iPhoneâs autocorrect technology. In fact  Nitin Ganatra  Appleâs former director of engineering for iOS applications  revealed in 2013 that the Simpsonsâ gag served as a rallying cry while developing the software for the iPhoneâs keyboard. âIf you heard people talking and they used the words âEat up Martha â it was basically a reference to the fact that we needed to nail the keyboard. We needed to make sure the text input works on this thing  otherwise  âHere comes the Eat up Marthas 'â he told Fast Company.
FaceTime Season 6  Episode 19: Lisaâs Wedding Predicted: 1995 Came true: 2010 In this futuristic installment   Lisa  talks with Marge using  her  phoneâs video chat capabilities  predating the popular FaceTime feature of todayâs iPhones by 15 years.
Smartwatches Season 6  Episode 19: Lisaâs Wedding Predicted:1995 Came true: 2014 When Lisa visits a fortune-teller at a renaissance fair  viewers are transported 15 years into the future to 2010 â a time when wristwatch communication technology exists. However  even the Simpsonsâ future society was a little ahead of its time  as modern voice recognition-enabled smartwatches werenât rolled out until 2014.
America's Ebola Outbreak Season 9  Episode 3: Lisaâs Sax Predicted: 1997 Came true: 2014 This installment saw Marge offer to read a depressed Bart a book titled Curious George and the Ebola Virus. This moment was widely circulated during the 2014 American Ebola outbreak when YouTube user Thecontroversy7 created a video laying out a theory revolving around The Simpsonsâ predictive tendencies.
The Nobel Prize Season 22  Episode 1: Elementary School Musical Predicted: 2010 Came true: 2016 Bengt HolmstrÃ¶m may not have won the Nobel Prize in Economics until 2016  but one Simpsons character was betting on him six years prior. In a scene from the season 22 premiere in which Martin holds up a scorecard depicting his Nobel Prize betting pool with  Lisa   Milhouse and Database  the MIT professor is clearly marked in one of Milhouseâs squares.
Donald Trump's Presidency Season 11  Episode 17: Bart to the Future Predicted: 2000 Came true: 2016 When Bart flashes forward into adulthood  viewers learn that  Lisa  not only becomes president  but inherits âquite a budget crunchâ from  her  predecessor  Donald Trump. âThe country is broke? â  she  asks  her  aides in one scene. âHow can that be?â At the time  the real Trump presidency was still 16 years away. However  in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter  writer Dan Greaney explained the joke was meant as a warning to the country. âThat just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom â he said. âIt was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of America going insane.
Lady Gaga's Halftime Show Season 23  Episode 22: Lisa Goes Gaga Predicted: 2012 Came true: 2017 Nearly five years before Lady Gaga descended from the roof of Houstonâs NRG Stadium for the halftime show of Super Bowl LI  her Simpsons doppelgÃ¤nger performed a song for the residents of Springfield while suspended in the air. The two Mother Monsters even wore similar silver ensembles for their shows.
Autocorrect Fails Season 6  Episode 8: Lisa on Ice Predicted: 1994 Came true: 2007 During a Springfield Elementary School assembly  Kearney asks fellow bully Dolph to take a memo to âBeat up Martinâ on his âNewtonâ â Appleâs early attempt at a personal digital assistant. However  the machine translates the message into âEat up Marthaâ instead  foreshadowing the common messaging errors people blame on iPhoneâs autocorrect technology. In fact  Nitin Ganatra  Appleâs former director of engineering for iOS applications  revealed in 2013 that the Simpsonsâ gag served as a rallying cry while developing the software for the iPhoneâs keyboard. âIf you heard people talking and they used the words âEat up Martha â it was basically a reference to the fact that we needed to nail the keyboard. We needed to make sure the text input works on this thing  otherwise  âHere comes the Eat up Marthas 'â he told Fast Company.
FaceTime Season 6  Episode 19: Lisaâs Wedding Predicted: 1995 Came true: 2010 In this futuristic installment    [TGT] talks with Marge using  her  phoneâs video chat capabilities  predating the popular FaceTime feature of todayâs iPhones by 15 years.
Smartwatches Season 6  Episode 19: Lisaâs Wedding Predicted:1995 Came true: 2014 When  [TGT]  visits a fortune-teller at a renaissance fair  viewers are transported 15 years into the future to 2010 â a time when wristwatch communication technology exists. However  even the Simpsonsâ future society was a little ahead of its time  as modern voice recognition-enabled smartwatches werenât rolled out until 2014.
America's Ebola Outbreak Season 9  Episode 3: Lisaâs Sax Predicted: 1997 Came true: 2014 This installment saw Marge offer to read a depressed Bart a book titled Curious George and the Ebola Virus. This moment was widely circulated during the 2014 American Ebola outbreak when YouTube user Thecontroversy7 created a video laying out a theory revolving around The Simpsonsâ predictive tendencies.
The Nobel Prize Season 22  Episode 1: Elementary School Musical Predicted: 2010 Came true: 2016 Bengt HolmstrÃ¶m may not have won the Nobel Prize in Economics until 2016  but one Simpsons character was betting on him six years prior. In a scene from the season 22 premiere in which Martin holds up a scorecard depicting his Nobel Prize betting pool with  Lisa   Milhouse and Database  the MIT professor is clearly marked in one of Milhouseâs squares.
Donald Trump's Presidency Season 11  Episode 17: Bart to the Future Predicted: 2000 Came true: 2016 When Bart flashes forward into adulthood  viewers learn that   [TGT] not only becomes president  but inherits âquite a budget crunchâ from   [TGT]   predecessor  Donald Trump. âThe country is broke? â   [TGT]   asks   [TGT]   aides in one scene. âHow can that be?â At the time  the real Trump presidency was still 16 years away. However  in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter  writer Dan Greaney explained the joke was meant as a warning to the country. âThat just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom â he said. âIt was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of America going insane.
Lady Gaga's Halftime Show Season 23  Episode 22: Lisa Goes Gaga Predicted: 2012 Came true: 2017 Nearly five years before Lady Gaga descended from the roof of Houstonâs NRG Stadium for the halftime show of Super Bowl LI  her Simpsons doppelgÃ¤nger performed a song for the residents of Springfield while suspended in the air. The two Mother Monsters even wore similar silver ensembles for their shows.