The simpsons just ran an episode about the future of work. The obvious reason why these episodes are noncanon is because none of the futures are possible to happen because the characters never age, and the future episodes have. The simpsons accurately predicted the future during season 21, episode 12. Way back in 2000, the simpsons showed fans what the future could look like with lisa as president finding out the u.
Long revered by fans as a predictor of future events, the simpsons has done it again. A 2017 episode of the cartoon also seemed to preempt daenerys targaryens big plot twist on the penultimate episode of game of. Foxs longrunning animated series actually the longest running in history has an episode from 1993. The simpsons is as famous for predicting the future as it is for its incredible list of celebrity cameos. Disney owns fox back in 1998, a quick scene in the simpsons showed 20th century fox as a division of walt disney co. Across 30 years and more than 600 episodes, foxs the simpsons, while. The episode also touched on how crypto is the money of the future. Bart to the future lets start with the most widely circulated prediction. Lets start with the most widely circulated prediction. So, fans can add this to the number of the simpsons accurate predictions, including donald trump. May 11, 2020 the simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting the future, from donald trumps presidency to the u. The title of the episode is a reference to back to the future. In 2000, bart to the future, an episode of the simpsons in which bart imagines his coming years, showed lisa simpson taking over as americas. However, in 2016, the episode returned to prominence when fans realized that it featured donald trump as the new president of the usa.
According to usa today, homer and marge played in a mixed curling team against sweden in the olympics and totally won. Picture, season, episode number, episode name, reference. In an episode aired 16 years ago called bart to the future, the animated comedy accurately predicted. In 1994, the fox show predicted a 20 incident in which horse meat was found in. The simpsons is known for some surprisingly accurate predictions. May 11, 2020 disney owns fox back in 1998, a quick scene in the simpsons showed 20th century fox as a division of walt disney co. In that future vision, lisa simpson has been elected president of. The simpsons days of future future tv episode 2014 imdb. The simpsons has built a reputation for predicting the future. The season 23 episode holidays of future passed is held up as one of the best of the laterun simpsons, telling a story about the simpsons some 30 years down the line with a generous helping of heart and an abundance of clever, funny jokes. Anyway, after approximately two decades away, i decided last weekend was time to tune back in.
Thirty years into the future, bart is having trouble dealing with his divorce, lisa is struggling with her marriage to milhouse, and marge is finally fed up. Following up on one of the family photographs in a past future episode, lisa and. Through the powers of a futuretelling casino manager, bart is transported to the year 2030. The episode was directed by michael marcantel and written by dan greaney, who wanted to explore what barts life would end up like. The simpsons predicted the coronavirus and murder hornets.
The simpsons predicted a pandemic and killer insects. However, even the simpsons future society was a little ahead of its time, as modern voice recognitionenabled smartwatches werent rolled out until 2014. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on october 30, 1994, and features three short stories titled the shinning, time and punishment, and nightmare cafeteria. Did the simpsons predict the coronavirus selfquarantine. This simpsons episode is the second one to be credited with predicting the current. The simpsons guest star jim parsons explains cryptocurrency. Through the powers of a future telling casino manager, bart is transported to the year 2030. Back in 2000, the season 11 episode bart to the future features bart being shown his future by a native american. Bart learns that in the future he is a neerdowell musician with ralph wiggum as a room mate. May 08, 2020 were used to the simpsons predicting the future at this point, but perhaps not with this much specificity. The series somehow managed to predict the events of 2020 way back in 1993. The simpsons writers predicted donald trump would become president back in 2000.
An inert simpsons goes back to lisas futureand pastfor. Now, lets see which futures worked, and which futures we have no desire to go back to. The serfsons the simpsons, dressed in period garb, watch as a dragon burns down their village similar to the fiery destruction of kings landing in one of the. 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. Back to the future wikisimpsons, the simpsons wiki. Donald trump becomes president season 11, episode 17 in the episode bart to the future we get a glimpse of a. Its also still kinda funny in season 31, which was a nice surprise. The simpsons has been around for 31 seasons now and fans have started to notice something. The simpsons predicted a pandemic and killer insects back.
Another example of the simpsons predicting the future. Season 21 e 12 boy meets curl the us mens olympic team won gold during the 2018 winter olympics but the simpsons had won it. For the 30th anniversary of the simpsons, a look back at the funniest, quirkiest and weirdest episodes. It seems like the animated sitcom has the ability to predict the future. Mar 26, 20 simpsons bart to the future alessandra nogueira gennari.
Treehouse of horror v is the sixth episode of the simpsons sixth season and the fifth episode in the treehouse of horror series. May 08, 2020 the simpsons have continued their streak of being our pop culture nostradamus. In the episode lisas wedding there was a scene where future phones were used, and they had a shockingly similar function to todays facetime. As the simpsons turns 30, a superfan picks the best 20. Days of future future is the eighteenth episode of season 25 and the sequel to holidays of future passed. Jul 19, 2019 the simpsons is as famous for predicting the future as it is for its incredible list of celebrity cameos.
Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. The simpsons s11e17 bart to the future recap tv tropes. The simpsons season 29 episode 2 the simpsons full episodes 18 duration. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. Mar 10, 2020 on a recent episode of the simpsons, aired on february 23 and featuring the big bang theory star jim parsons, cryptocurrency is described as the cash of the future, and getting closer each day. They took the time to write me, and i dont care if it takes me another 20 years. The simpsons have continued their streak of being our pop culture nostradamus. Bart to the future was the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the. She hopes that a bear was the culprit, but instead, homers groans lead marge to the kitchen, where he is on top of the kitchen table in nothing but his underwear. Bart to the future was the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the future, following lisas wedding.
With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. Donald trump becomes president season 11, episode 17 in the episode bart to the future we get a glimpse of a future wherein lisa is president of the united states. Coincidentally, there has been a future plot episode every five years since 1995, with the exception of holidays of future passed, which would air six years later. In that future vision, lisa simpson has been elected president of the united. As the simpsons turns 30, a superfan picks the best 20 episodes ever. Initially, the episode was forgotten as it was rather generic. Nov 11, 2016 the animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as prescient as it might seem in retrospect. The annual treehouse of horror installment may be a distant october memory, but a thanksgiving episode of. Bart gets a glimpse of the future while the family is on vacation at an indian casino. Days of future future is the eighteenth episode of season 25 and the sequel to holidays of future passed full story. A list of episodes that have peeks into alternate futures. The simpsons correctly called president trumpdid it. Virtual reality food the simpsons made it back to the future, this time to 2030, where homer and marge chowed down on virtual fudge via vr.
Coincidentally, there has been a futureplot episode every five years since 1995, with the exception of holidays of future passed, which would air six years later. Marge wakes up one morning and finds remnants of pizza boxes scattered around the living room. The creators and cast of the simpsons have heard the fans conspiracy theories going around. Basically, the simpsons is the cartoon version of marty mcflys sports almanac from back to the future now, if youll excuse us, were off to bet our wages on the likelihood that barney will. Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. And this isnt the first time the simpsons has been harbinger of the future. S t the simpsons really did predict 2020, the fan tweeted tuesday with a clip of the scene. In the episode, bart breaks his leg and becomes increasingly isolated in his room. Every time the simpsons guessed the future in 30year run. Holidays of future passed barthood bart to the future futuredrama mr. The simpsons predicted a pandemic and killer insects back in 1993.
In the opening scene of back to the future, marty mcfly. In a 1993 episode of the series entitled, marge in chains, a worker from japan coughs into a box of juicers that are shipped off to springfield. On a recent episode of the simpsons, aired on february 23 and featuring the big bang theory star jim parsons, cryptocurrency is described as. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of season 11. Thirty years into the future, bart is having trouble dealing with his divorce, lisa is struggling with her marriage to milhouse, and marge is finally fed up after burying yet another homer clone. While visiting an indian casino with his family, bart encounters an indian who foretells of his future. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on september 4, 1994. The best future episode of the simpsons, and one of the best of the show in general, does pretty much everything right. Back in 2000, the 11th season of the simpsons featured an episode titled bart to the future. The simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting the future, from donald trumps presidency to the u. Dec 16, 2017 back in 2000, the season 11 episode bart to the future features bart being shown his future by a native american.
In the second lookintothefuture episode, the simpsons visit an indian casino after their camping trip to larval lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park rangers class ring followed by the skin, fat, and muscle off his hand, where bart gets a vision of his future as a devry institute dropout looking to hit the big time as a. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Titled marge in chains the season 4 episode features a sick asian worker sneezing on. The simpsons correctly called president trumpdid it just. In the 2000 episode bart to the future, a peek into the future showed lisa simpson as president of the united states, telling her staff, as you know, we. The simpsons hasnt finished its 2019 foray into the world of horror, it seems. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. He starts spying on neighbors with a telescope and begins to suspect that ned flanders has murdered his wife. Nov 10, 2016 in 2000, bart to the future, an episode of the simpsons in which bart imagines his coming years, showed lisa simpson taking over as americas first straight female president from an. Bart gets a glimpse of the future while the family is on. Nov 09, 2016 the simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future.
Nov 22, 2019 the simpsons hasnt finished its 2019 foray into the world of horror, it seems. And what do you know the episodes plot was all about stem education and the future of work. He goes to see lisa to borrow money, but lisa has her own problems, being the newly elected president of the united states and facing. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as prescient as it might seem in retrospect. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. As the sitcom ushers in its 30th season, thr looks back at 30 of the. The simpsons predicted team usas olympic curling win time. In 2000, bart to the future, an episode of the simpsons in which bart imagines his coming years, showed lisa simpson taking over as. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on october 30, 1994, and features three short stories titled the shinning, time and punishment, and nightmare cafeteria the episode was written by greg daniels, dan mcgrath, david cohen and bob kushell. Foxs longrunning animated series actually the longest running.
Conceived as a possible series finale when fox was seriously considering pulling the plug, it wouldnt have been the worst way to go outfor all. The episode, bart to the future, envisions the futures of bart and lisa simpson. An inert simpsons goes back to lisas futureand pastfor no. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american. From chris martin to mark zuckerberg, there have been more than 800 guest appearances. The simpsons has now outlived three of our family dogs.
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