The Simpsons predictions list: All the times the show successfully predicted the future

It's been more than 30 years since our favourite cartoon family first graced our television screens, becoming the longest-running animated series in history.

Along with memorable catchphrases and cameos, the show has also made some startling predictions over the years that have come true in real life – but what exactly have they been?

Keep scrolling to find out.

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In Bart to the Future, Lisa ran for President of the United States.

In one clip from the episode, a news presenter stood in front of a map of the country, showing which states had gone to which party as votes were counted.

While it may look like an unassuming electoral map, the same that rolls around every four years, some die-hard fans of the show were quick to recognise an eerie similarity. 

Fans on Twitter pointed out the map shown in the episode is identical to the results map from the 2024 presidential election.

Sure, in the map from the episode a few states are blocked by Lisa and her opponent's images, but the states that are visible are almost exactly the same – with the exception of Virginia – as were was called on November 5, 2024.

But that's not the only uncanny call from that episode – in fact, there are quite a few.

When Vice President Kamala Harris announced her 2024 run for president, many likened it to Lisa's run for president from the 2000 episode of The Simpsons.

While Lisa running for president alone was enough for plenty of fans to cement the theory The Simpsons is prophetic, Harris' October 31 Las Vegas rally took it to a new level.

In the episode, Lisa smiled behind the lectern wearing a purple suit and pearls as she campaigned for president.

There's not much else to say here other than to simply tell you to take a look at what Harris is wearing here. 

Bart to the Future also predicted Donald Trump would become President of the United States.

The episode joked about Lisa becoming president after "President Trump", who ruins the economy.

Specifically, the episode predicted Trump would take the presidency in the 2024 election. 

Fans were shocked when the original prediction came true, although the year was off.

The businessman did succeed in becoming president of the United States, serving as its 45th president from 2017 to 2021.

However, years later Trump has once again taken the presidency, as The Simpsons' prediction of Trump 2024 comes to life.

A 1997, Lisa's Sax saw Lisa become concerned with the image of womanhood portrayed by the Malibu Stacy doll.

She ends up getting in touch with the dolls designer to have them change image, which results in Springfield becoming obsessed with the new range of dolls.

In 2023, Margot Robbie's hit film Barbie was released, reclaiming the image of the iconic doll and turning her into a feminist icon.

Barbie was a pop culture moment that took the world by storm as the formerly problematic doll became a symbol of modern womanhood, similar to that of Malibu Stacy in The Simpsons.

Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn, the famous Vegas performers, were parodied by the show in 1993, with their characters called Gunter and Ernst, performers who work with big cats.

In the episode, a white tiger attacks during their act as revenge for having been taken away from its life in the wild.

In 2003, Roy was attacked during a live performance by one of their white tigers called Montecore.

He lived but suffered severe injuries in the incident.

Obviously not exactly the same, but in 2020 most of the work went into lockdown to try to stop the spread of the deadly virus, COVID-19.

The infectious disease has killed over 3.74 million worldwide (as of June 2021), with 175 million cases confirmed.

It's hard not to find someone that owns a smartwatch in 2021, but in 1995 they were a far-fetched idea.

In a Season 6 episode, The Simpson's featured a scene where a watch was used as a phone — something that can (and is) done today.

The first smartwatch was released in 2004 by Microsoft, called SPOT (Smart Personal Object Technology).

Since then, watches have progressed even further and in 2021 you can now call, text, track exercise, monitor your health AND have voice recognition — all from a device on your wrist.

In March 2019, just over 20 years later, Disney acquired 21st Century Fox film and TV assets for a cool US$71.3 billion (approx. $92 billion) in one of the biggest mergers ever.

The purchase meant that Disney would get the rights to popular franchises such as X-Men, Deadpool and Fantastic 4 films, which were licensed to 20th Century before Disney purchased Marvel studios in 2009.

In 2012, an animated Lady Gaga performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.

In the episode, the singer-songwriter dons a space-age outfit, flying across the stage in a harness during a concert in Springfield.

In 2017, the artist really did perform at the coveted event, even flying around on a harness!

The bra shooting fire was missing from the show's prediction, though.