Long-running cartoon The Simpsons She is said to predict the future, but the storyline in which Lisa becomes the first female president of the United States did not come to fruition.
It has been discussed for many years that the The Simpsons predicted many major real-life events long before they happened, with some claiming the show predicted Donald Trump’s first presidency.
But now many say his candidacy has ended after Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris lost her bid for the White House in the 2024 election.
Trump is the presumptive winner of the presidential election and claimed victory in a speech in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Two episodes of The Simpsons show the middle child of the family at the White House, with many pointing out that Lisa’s outfit in both episodes resembles the one Harris wore to the 2021 presidential inauguration, where she was sworn in as vice-president. president.
The first is a 24 year old episode titled Bart towards the future, which correctly predicted Trump’s presidency, since Bart had insight into his adult life. Set in 2030, the vision shows Lisa as the first female president to have inherited “some fiscal crisis from President Trump.”
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The next episode that people thought might have predicted Harris’ White House hopes was for the 2021 season and the family once again got a chance to see their future, which included Lisa as president.
But after Harris’ defeat in this year’s election, some on social media are saying The Simpsons failed in their prediction.
News week contacted representatives of The Simpsons to Fox for comment Wednesday morning.
“This is the first time The Simpsons have ever gotten it wrong,” X user @kirawontmiss wrote alongside a photo of Harris at the inauguration, side-by-side with an image of Lisa as president.
The post has been viewed more than 5.1 million times and people have shared their thoughts in the replies.
“The Simpsons work hard. But Trump works harder,” user @apollovwrld responded.
“I can’t believe The Simpsons failed,” added @fwj6y.
But some stressed that there was still potential for The Simpsons The prediction comes true because Harris might run for office again and the vision of the future was set in 2030, so the prediction did not have time to become reality.
“The episode called ‘Bart to the Future’ takes place in 2030, so the timeline hasn’t happened yet…” @jkashort replied.
“He still has many years to run for office. His term will be in the future,” user @HNWcrypto added.
