The Simpsons, a fan favorite, loved by many, hated by some, over 30 seasons and 700 episodes. some people say they predicted the future, some say it’s just a coincidence, but yet its happened over 30 times. At first it just seemed like jokes and just a cartoon but they paved the way we view the world. It may be just fiction, but everything can come to a harsh reality with just the snap of your fingers.
This episode, Homer meets a man that is said to be his long lost father. This leads to an underwater sea scavenger hunt for a sunken ship called “Piso Mojado” and the treasure that lays within it. Sadly, Homer was too thick, and got stuck in coral, which caused him to lose consciousness. Homer awoke three days later in the hospital.
The OceanGate submarine also known as the Titan Submersible was said to take at total of 5 passengers to see the Titanic’s ship wreckage., but sadly they did not make it. The ship imploded June 18, 2023. One of the 5 passengers was the OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush. Since then OceanGate has ceased all explorations and commercial operations.
Recently the Titan Submersible was found cracked at the bottom of the sea, with its debris scattered about the ocean floor. The United States Coast Guard released two videos in the past week showing two different views of the mangled components that were once a submarine. The conditions of the left over parts shown are likely to help aid in finding the cause of the implosion.
Said to be one of the favorable episodes made at the moment “Lisa goes Gaga”. In this episode a hot shot pop star visits Springfield. The pop star eventually meets Lisa and starts helping her with her self-esteem.
Many people thought Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance in 2017 was a little to similar to the show. Many noticed a resemblance from her show from her hanging from wire by her costume, to the fire and sparks in the background.
In this episode Mr. Burns builds a new casino the city. In this casino there two charaters Gunter and Ernst who show ends in with their tiger, Anastasia, mauled them. Which had a similarity to Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, German-American magicians and entertainers who performed as Siegfried and Roy. Roy Horn was attacked 10 years later by their white tiger.
Siegfried Fischbacher (Left), Roy Horn (Right)
Lunch-lady Doris was seen this season adding horse meat to the elementary schools lunch, which was not very cutesy, not very mindful of her. It was also weird that later in 2013, health authorities discovered horse meat in several beef products. Several beef products by Bird’s Eye, Taco Bell, a couple other beef suppliers have found traces of horse in their products.
Sources:
1https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/simpsons-predict-major-events-761480
https://www.sundialpress.co/2023/11/21/the-simpsons-and-the-art-of-predicting-the-future/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-future-predictions-accurate-1140775/
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/coast-guard-videos-remains-oceangate-titan-sub
