When you have a show that’s run nearly 30 seasons, especially one that’s as imaginative as The Simpsons, you’re going to end up “predicting” a few things about the future. Everything from Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl appearance to a Donald Trump presidency appeared as gags on the show before becoming a reality. Even a spooky three-eyed fish appeared in Brooklyn, New York, 25 years after Bart hooked one near the Springfield nuclear power plant.
Now there’s an entire Twitter account devoted to movies and TV shows predicted by The Simpsons. Sure it might be stretching things a bit—or, well, a lot—but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun to look at.
The Dark Knight (2008)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) April 25, 2017
(dir. Christopher Nolan) pic.twitter.com/59nrmWR47D
Suicide Squad (2016)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 7, 2017
(dir. David Ayer) pic.twitter.com/pzBchABYYd
Get Out (2017)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) April 24, 2017
(dir. Jordan Peele) pic.twitter.com/owwIsumEQd
Memento (2000)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 6, 2017
(dir. Christopher Nolan) pic.twitter.com/Rj2JtneNSl
La La Land (2016)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 11, 2017
(dir. Damien Chazelle) pic.twitter.com/bRCNRq5Eld
Arrested Development (2003–06/2013 onwards)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 9, 2017
(dir. various) pic.twitter.com/JQ4rqgUKEH
The Handmaid’s Tale (2017 onwards)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 6, 2017
(dir. various) pic.twitter.com/JAg4T5OMcc
The Descent (2005)
— Simpsons Films (@simpsonsfilms) May 5, 2017
(dir. Neil Marshall) pic.twitter.com/KxojcopMqn
Of course let’s not forget that things can work in the opposite direction. Like the time Quentin Tarantino predicted Jersey Shore.
Reservoir Dogs (1992) pic.twitter.com/fKNz3HUK4u
— indecisive libra (@grawcie) December 29, 2016
H/T Mashable