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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Simpsons<\/em> has been a popular animated tv show on Fox Broadcasting Company since 1989, so popular that it has gone on to have two movies. The episodes are based on satirical comedy, and many episodes include real-life people as characters or real-life situations that are incorporated into the plot. However, many of the situations depicted in the comedy have taken place just years after the episodes have aired. The show has been running for 30 years so it is merely a coincidence if a plot line does line up with the real world; however, some of the coincidences have been eerily close.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of the most popular Simpsons<\/em> predictions has been the election of President Trump. With a campaign slogan of \u201cAmerica You Can Be My Ex-Wife!\u201d writers of the episode put a satirical spin on what would happen if Donald Trump became president. The episode aired in 2000 and was called \u201cBart to the Future,\u201d with the story taking place in 2030 where Lisa Simpson, Homer and Marge Simpson\u2019s daughter, is president. She is told she will need to help the economy after quite a \u201cbudget crunch from President Trump,\u201d implying that he overspent the nation\u2019s money. This episode predicted the election of our current president 16 years before it even happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Another prediction was the discovery of the Higgs Boson Particle. The Higgs Boson particle also known as the \u201cGod Particle,\u201d is a particle responsible for all physical forces. In a 1998 episode called \u201cThe Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,\u201d Homer Simpson can be seen working out a complicated equation on a blackboard. This season eight episode predicted the proof of a Higgs Boson particle. The equation was first predicted in 1964 by Professor Peter Higgs but wasn\u2019t until 2013 that scientists discovered proof of the particle in a 10.4-billion-dollar experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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   The outbreak of the Ebola Virus was predicted in an episode entitled \u201cLisa\u2019s Sax\u201d which aired 17 years before the infamous outbreak in 2014. In the 1997 episode, Marge Simpson can be seen holding a book entitled \u201cCurious George and the Ebola Virus.\u201d Ebola was discovered in 1976 but it wasn\u2019t at the top of the news in the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The predictions didn\u2019t stop at the show; the widely popular movie also predicted a major security breach. The Simpsons Movie<\/em> shows Lisa and Marge Simpson in the National Security building, where the National Security Agency workers are listening to other people’s private conversations on the phone. The pair end up blowing the NSA\u2019s cover by pulling the building alarm. It wasn’t until six years later that Edward Snowden exposed the NSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Last but not least, the haunting events of Sept. 11, 2001 made an appearance on the show. In \u201cThe City of New York vs. Homer Simpson,\u201d there was a moment that alluded to the attacks on the World Trade Center, as stated in The New York Times. In one of the scenes, there is a brochure that says \u201cNew York at $9 a day\u201d with the trade center in the back which creates the illusion of 9\/11. Along with this, the episode consists of \u201can entire act of World Trade Center jokes (The New York Times).\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Not often do we come across times when the future seemed to be foretold, much less by an American sitcom. Is it merely a coincidence, or something more? All of the times the Simpson\u2019s episodes seem to foretell an event is when we least expect it. This poses the chilling question: could it be possible the Simpson\u2019s predicts the future?<\/p>\n\n\n