Summary
Following the news of the shooting during former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13 a series of social media posts went viral regardingThe Simpsons’ prediction of the event – but did the animated sitcom really predict Trump’s assassination attempt? With 768 episodes across 35 seasons,The Simpsonshas covered and parodied countless themes and public figures.As a result, comparisons between the series and real-world news are often common.
The Simpsonspredicted the futurea few times indeed, from new pieces of technology to public health crises and everything in between. Sports results, movies that would one day be made, and even the Disney and FOX merger are things that were tackled in some way or form duringThe Simpsonsepisodesbefore happening in the real world. Therefore, it is not surprising that any major breaking news is often followed bySimpsonscomparisons.
The image of “Simpsons Trump” in a coffin is not from the show.
Although Donald Trump has appeared and been mentioned inThe Simpsonsmultiple times before and after his term, the show never predicted an assassination attempt on the former president. The idea thatThe Simpsonspredicted the shooting during Trump’s rally came from a series of viral posts onX(formerTwitter) that attributed two images to the show. One shows Trump inSimpsonsstyle giving a campaign speech, whereas the other shows Trump in a similar style inside a coffin. However,the two viral images are not correlated, and the coffin one is not fromThe Simpsons.
The Simpsonsdid feature Trump giving a campaign speech duringTrumptastic Voyage, which is where the image on the left in the above post comes from. The image of Trump drawn inThe Simpsonsstyle inside a coffin has been floating around on the internet for years. While its origins aren’t clear, it does not come fromThe Simpsons. The coffin image has been used to back up other incorrectTheSimpsonsprediction theories, including one that wrongfully claimed the show had predicted “Trump would die in 2020” due to COVID-19.
Donald Trump Has Only Appeared In 3 Simpsons Episodes
The former president has also appeared in 8 specials.
Trump has been mentioned inThe Simpsonsseveral times, but the show’s version of the former president has only been featured in three episodes. Those are “Hardly Kirk-ing,” “The Cad and the Hat,” and “Looking for Mr. Goodbart,” the last of which included a portion ofDonald Trump’s First 100 Days in Officespecial as its opening. That said, Trump has appeared in multipleThe Simpsonsspecials, fromTrumptastic VoyagetoWest Wing Story.The Simpsonsalso predicted Trump’s presidency in season 11, episode 17, “Bart to the Future.”
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The Simpsons is an animated series set in the fictional town of Springfield, following the daily lives of the Simpson family—Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Premiering in 1989, the show is renowned for its satirical commentary on politics, media, and American culture, featuring numerous celebrity guest appearances.
