🔮 FIFA’s Corruption Scandal & World Cup Results
In Season 25’s “You Don’t Have to Live Like a Referee,” The Simpsons predicted FIFA’s corruption scandal and even the results of the 2014 World Cup! Years later, officials were busted—and the script looked downright psychic.
🗳️ Lisa Simpson Predicts Trump Presidency, Soaring Debt
In one iconic moment, President Lisa Simpson mentions inheriting “quite a budget crunch from President Trump.” Years before his campaign, The Simpsons called it. They even forecast America’s debt spike!
🏈 Predicting Super Bowl Winners
“Lisa the Greek” correctly called the Washington Redskins (now Commanders) would win Super Bowl XXVI. The show repeated the trick, predicting future Super Bowl champs before the games aired!
📱 Autocorrect Fails the School Bullies
In “Lisa on Ice,” Dolph’s digital assistant autocorrects “Beat up Martin” to “Eat up Martha.” Years later, Apple engineers cited this joke while building iPhone autocorrect!
🐅 Siegfried & Roy’s Tiger Attack
Season 5’s “$pringfield” featured Gunter and Ernst—parodies of Siegfried & Roy—getting mauled by their white tiger. In 2003, Roy Horn was actually attacked onstage by his tiger, just like the show!
🥌 U.S. Wins Olympic Curling Gold
“Boy Meets Curl” showed Homer and Marge winning gold for the USA. In 2018, the U.S. men’s team actually won their first ever Olympic gold medal in curling—just like in the episode!
🎤 Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
In “Lisa Goes Gaga,” Lady Gaga arrives in Springfield by ziplining over the crowd. In 2017, Lady Gaga opened the Super Bowl halftime show by ziplining down to the field. Life imitates Simpsons!
🔬 The Higgs-Boson Particle
In “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,” Homer writes an equation on a chalkboard that nearly matches the real-world Higgs-Boson mass. The “God Particle” was discovered 14 years later.
🏅 Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize
In “Elementary School Musical,” the Simpsons predicted Bengt R. Holmström would win the Nobel Prize in Economics—six years before it happened in real life!
🍽️ Suing an All-You-Can-Eat Restaurant
When Homer is kicked out of an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet, he sues for “false advertising”—and wins. Years later, real court cases cited this very episode!
🍩 The Doughnut-Shaped Universe
Lisa suggests that the universe might be shaped like a doughnut—a wild idea at the time. Astrophysicists later explored doughnut and torus models as legitimate theories for the universe’s shape!
🎼 Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra
In “Homerpalooza,” Cypress Hill accidentally books the London Symphony Orchestra—years later, they made this joke a reality by performing together live!
