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'The Simpsons' are once again getting credit for predicting American politics

In an episode of 'The Simpsons' from 2000, Lisa Simpson is sworn in as U.S. president in the future, dressed in an outfit strikingly similar to the one America鈥檚 first female Vice President Kamala Harris wore to the 2021 inauguration, including her accessories. (Disney Studios) In an episode of 'The Simpsons' from 2000, Lisa Simpson is sworn in as U.S. president in the future, dressed in an outfit strikingly similar to the one America鈥檚 first female Vice President Kamala Harris wore to the 2021 inauguration, including her accessories. (Disney Studios)
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Could 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 please start sharing some lottery numbers?

TV鈥檚 longest running series is once again is being hailed as a modern day Nostradamus.

In episode titled 鈥淏art to the Future,鈥 which released in 2000, Lisa Simpson is shown growing up to become the first female president of the United States. She鈥檚 dressed in an outfit strikingly similar to the one America鈥檚 first female Vice-President Kamala Harris wore to the 2021 inauguration, including her accessories.

Al Jean, one of the best known among 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 writers, commented about the similarity on social media.

鈥淍TheSimpsons 鈥榩rediction鈥 I鈥檓 proud to be a part of,鈥

But it鈥檚 not the first time an episode of 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 has served as a coincidental Magic 8 Ball.

Here are a few other examples of the show鈥檚 accurate squints into the future:

President Trump

Lisa Simpson became president in that episode after a 鈥淧resident Trump,鈥 16 years before he was actually was elected. However, reports the animated series foresaw an image of Trump on an escalator and predicted the electoral map from his win

Lady Gaga playing the Super Bowl

The singer appeared as a guest on 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 in 2012. An animated Gaga is shown playing a concert for Springfield in which she flies through the air 鈥 much like she did during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl in 2017.

Smartwatches

Well before you could strap that Apple smartwatch on your wrist, 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 had something similar in a 1995 episode.

Siegfried & Roy tiger attack

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, the famous Vegas performers who worked with big game cats, were parodied by the show in 1993.

In the episode, a white tiger attacks 鈥淕unter and Ernst鈥 during their act as revenge for having been snatched away from his life in the wild.

In real life, Horn suffered a career-ending injury in 2003 after a tiger attacked him during a show.

Cypress Hill

The hip-hop group Cypress Hill discussed collaborating with the London Symphony Orchestra in a 1996 episode of 鈥淭he Simpsons鈥 titled 鈥淗omerpalooza.鈥

Nearly three decades later, the two ensembles recently did just that in a  at London鈥檚 Royal Albert Hall.

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