The theory hypothesized that all subatomic particles interact within an energy field, which in turn gives them mass. The Shard (Season 6, Episode 19: "Lisa's Wedding") Here's a "too eerie to be a coincidence" prediction. Homer presents Hugh with a pair of tacky pig-themed cuff-links that Abraham Simpson wore on his wedding day, who then gave them to Homer to wear at his wedding to Marge, and Hugh grudgingly agrees to wear them during his wedding. Season 6, Episode 19: Lisa’s Wedding. It was first predicted in 1964 by Professor Peter Higgs and five other physicists, but it wasn't until 2013 that scientists discovered proof of the Higgs boson in a $13 billion experiment. Here are the ones they got wrong. pic.twitter.com/R2pKxw6HpZ. The same occurred in reality in the 2012 election where a voter tried to vote for Barack Obama with the vote being registered to Mitt Romney. This is 2019, some predictions like VR gaming or video calling has become true. Prediction of 9/11 in 1997. Turns out that some of the Springfield Elementary students had a betting pool for who would win the nobel prize, and even though Martin Prince had the winner in the episode, it was Milhouse’s bet in the pool, Bengt R. Holmstrom, that would end up being the winner in reality. The episode took us into the future, to a time when Lisa is attending college. The plot focuses on Lisa visiting a carnival fortune teller and learning about her future love. It’s when Bart holds up an advertisement for New York that hits a nerve that it wouldn’t have when it aired in 1997, showing a giant $9 against the silhouette of the Twin Towers that almost appear as an “11.” That, combined with the pivotal moments of the episode taking place at the World Trade Center (including a gag where Homer has to go up and down the towers rapidly to find a working restroom) helped get the episode banned from re-broadcast after the events of September 11th, 2001 with some even noting the season (9) and episode (1) being an eerie coincidence. She has a Rolling Stones poster in her room celebrating their “Steel Wheelchair Tour 2010”, referring to the band’s Steel Wheels shows in the 80s and their evergreen status even 15 years previously. Here are all the predictions the show has made - in chronological order - which have then come true. Treehouse of Horror XIX (Season 20, Episode 4): In the opening scene, Homer tries to vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election. Season 6, Episode 19: Lisa’s Wedding. Other episodes include Elementary School Musical, which predicts MIT professor Bengt Holmström winning a Nobel Prize, Lisa’s Wedding, which shows the London skyline with a … Although, based on the TV show’s knack for prediction, creators have likely always known it would make it to the three-decade mark. There, she fell in love with Hugh, a typical Englishman, and the two ended up getting engaged. And finally, while Star Trek gets a lot of credit for predicting future technology, The Simpsons holds its own as well. Lisa’s Wedding, 1995 TV: In the future, Lisa’s fiance Hugh speaks into his watch. It was written by Greg Daniels and directed by Jim Reardon. They may entertain us, but these TV shows and movies have made fiction into reality. Of course, in that episode Lisa's fiancé Hugh Parkfield mentions how Britain saved the United States in World War III. As the Osaka Flu begins to spread across town in ‘Marge In Chains’, the citizens of Springfield rally outside Dr Hibbert’s medical clinic, demanding a cure for the disease - to which he advises that the only cure is bedrest. June 24, 2010. While the rise of Trump (and Lady Gaga’s moment) was somewhat predictable in a celebrity-obsessed era of the United States, as the years roll on more and more strange, odd and downright bizarre events have been plucked from past episodes of The Simpsons 31-season reign. At this point I’m starting to wonder if the writers of The Simpsons are in fact a network of psychics that have been trolling us for generations. The episode originally aired in 2014, with a scandal coming forward indicting FIFA for bribery and corruption in 2015. At the Renaissance Faire, Lisa wanders into the fortune teller's booth and has her entire future laid bare. lol pic.twitter.com/TmKgiXulxS. In the episode, Lisa converses with her family via video chat screens, and Hugh uses his watch to make phone calls. Sweden earned the silver medal. The Simpsons Smartwatch prediction (1995) via @mashable. He is a failed musician living with Ralph Wiggum, while Homer and Marge are still back in Springfield eating Soylent Green (which, by the way, is made of humans). Originally aired in 1997, there is a short scene where Marge is asking Bart if he wants to hear a bedtime story, pulling out a book titled “Curious George and the Ebola Virus.” Marge then asks if Bart would like 'to color something', to which he replies that he already did, pointing to a drawing of a dead Bart surrounded by blood and bodies with the sun and clouds crying. The "Lisa's Wedding" episode from 1995 came with a lot of unexpected predictions. This week, anxiety spread across the US with news that the world’s largest hornet, vespa mandarinia - also known as the Asian giant hornet or ‘murder hornet’ - had been discovered in Washington State. Earlier this year, as coronavirus began to take hold across the globe, commenters spotted a link between COVID-19 and The Simpsons episode ‘Marge In Chains’, which featured a mysterious pandemic - the “Osaka Flu” - spreading across Springfield. For example, in "Lisa's Wedding" Marge … It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000. Phillip J. Fry. Apple started developing the platform in 1987 and shipped the first devices in 1993. The "Lisa's Wedding" episode from 1995 came with a lot of unexpected predictions. Same look, less boob fireworks. Predicted: 1995. You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee (Season 25, Episode 16): Through a series of events, including an essay by Lisa that goes viral about her hero, Homer ends up as a referee at the World Cup. Forky and Karen Beverly Plush Duo – Valentine’s Day – Small 9 1/2”. Image source: The Simpsons. Lisa’s Wedding (Season 6, Episode 19): Originally airing in 1995, the episode focuses on Lisa visiting a carnival fortune teller and learning about her future love. It was the first Simpsons episode to be primarily set in the future - in this case the far flung year of 2010. Two Cars In Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish (Season 2, Episode 4): The episode, originally aired in 1990, finds Bart fishing downstream from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant when he catches a three-eyed fish he names Blinky. 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Later that night, Lisa apologizes profusely for the behavior of her family and although Hugh says it was nothing, he loses sleep over it. by Tony Betti | Dec 27, 2019 1:14 PM Pacific Time, Marty McFly. Reality: Apple unveiled their “Apple Watch”, a device you can make calls on, in 2014. Wanting to retain Lisa's respect (and the fact that he is utterly disinterested in the game), Homer refuses. It was almost as if the real NSA was listening in on the film, as in 2013 Edward Snowden revealed to the public numerous secret surveillance programs the agency was operating, very similar to the ones depicted in the film. #22 The Birth Of Autocorrect. A Simpsons episode called “Lisa’s Wedding” predicted the Shard Building in London 14 years before it was actually built – they even guessed the location pretty accurately! Bart Carney (Season 9, Episode 12) – When the Simpson family was visiting Colonel Tex's Traveling Carnival, Bart wanted to go to the Yard Work Simulator where Marge reminds him that she has asked him to do yard work at home which he didn't want to do. The "Lisa's Wedding" episode from 1995 came with a lot of unexpected predictions. During the World Cup Final (Germany vs. Brazil) Homer has been bribed to fix the game so that Brazil wins. A Brazilian player known as "El Divo" goes down in the game and appears to be hurt. More than a decade later, a three-eyed fish was discovered in a reservoir in Argentina. 13. This episode has predicted the world in 2010. Did a 1993 episode predict murder hornets being unleashed in the wake of a pandemic? Photo: 'The Simpsons'Source:Whimn. This 1998 episode features a very quick sight gag that came to fruition over 20 years later, the 20th Century Fox logo with “a division of the Walt Disney Company” underneath. Photo: 'The Simpsons'/InstagramSource:Whimn. Wizard of Evergreen Terrace (Season 10, Episode 2): In the episode, Homer tries to emulate Thomas Edison and becomes an inventor — and apparently an inadvertent whiz mathematician. 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Lisa’s Wedding (Season 6, Episode 19): Originally airing in 1995, the episode focuses on Lisa visiting a carnival fortune teller and learning about her future love. TV: President Simpson calls out the debt left behind by former President Trump. The NSA Spying Scandal Was Featured In 2007's The Simpsons Movie, But Only Actually Happened … Bill S. Preston, Esq. Claim: The smartwatch was first predicted in an episode of "The Simpsons." In the actual Game of Thrones series, in one of the last few episodes, we see Daenerys herself become the mad queen and have her dragons burn down King’s Landing after Cersei surrenders. In the 1995 episode Lisa’s Wedding, the eight-year-old looks into her future to her marriage in 2010. In the 1995 episode ‘Lisa’s Wedding’, set in the future, her fiancee has a poster in her room claiming that The Rolling Stones will still be on tour in 2010 on “The Steel Wheelchair Tour.” Later turning out to be a hoax, Krusty is sued by the International Court of Justice for his many instances of public indecency. Try this 46 core muscle workout for the best abs of your lif... Find out about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. After much soul searching and yelling at Lady Gaga for trying to help, Lisa realizes that her outburst helped her because she is finally expressing her anger instead of bottling it up inside her, in effect making Lady Gaga's mission successful. The list of famous time travelers can continue until you stumble upon an entry that might surprise you: The writers of The Simpsons. The Simpsons Invent FaceTime (Season 6, Episode 19) When did this happen in real life? June 24, 2010. Season 6, Episode 19 Lisa's Wedding First Aired: March 19, 1995 A fortuneteller predicts Lisa's engagement and wedding to a fellow student (Mandy Patinkin) from an upper-crust British family. Me: 2020 can’t get any worse#MurderHornets: pic.twitter.com/DDA0kpBSWd, Me leaving the house for the first time once the coronavirus is over, and then finding out about the #MurderHornets. In the episode, Lady Gaga performs at the Super Bowl foreshadowing her actual performance in 2017. He continues to be an honest referee despite the players trying to bribe him when he gives them red cards. Construction on that building began in 2009. There is plenty of evidence of this across the internet, some are elaborate conspiracy theories and some will say that each example is a crazy coincidence. "Lisa's Wedding" aired all the way back in 1995. Either way, Disney+ has embraced this and has created a watchlist on their main page: “The Simpsons Predicts The Future.”. The T-800 and T-1000. Lisa Goes Gaga (Season 23, Episode 22): Originally broadcast in 2012, a psychic force tells Lady Gaga as she passes on a train through Springfield that Lisa needs her help immediately. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Oakley said the Osaka Flu storyline was intended to be silly, not scary, with the inspiration loosely based on the 1960’s Hong Kong flu headlines he remembered from childhood. The Simpsons has been known to make some freakishly accurate predictions in the 31 years the sitcom has been on air. I did Lisa Kudrow’s wedding, and lots of celebrity wedding gowns. Rolling Stones old but still going strong. © 2020 Logo, contents and media copyright Laughing Place Inc. unless otherwise noted. Big Ben Goes Digital The "Lisa's Wedding" episode in 1995 once again cast a look into the future (as in, 2010), when she was in love with a Brit. Sporadic ebola cases occurred throughout the world in the late 90s, with significant outbreaks in the early 2000s with some occurring as recently as last year. TV: In the future, Lisa’s fiance Hugh speaks into his watch. Reality: Lady Gaga is lowered into her 2017 Super Bowl halftime show on wires. I’m glad you asked. More notably than those examples, During Lisa's trip to London, we see a skyscraper behind Tower Bridge that looks eerily similar to The Shard, and it's even in the right location. TV: Casino magicians Gunter and Ernst, are attacked by their white tiger, Anastasia. Laughing Place is a dedicated group of Disney fans, like yourself, who love Disney. It was 1995 when Lisa's Wedding first aired. Keen for more nostalgia? The Serfsons (Season 29, Episode 1): This entire episode is already a parody of the series, Game of Thrones, but in it there is a twist that accurately predicted something that at that point had yet to happen on the series. TV: Marge receives a response to fan mail she sent The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr, decades before.