It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. Foxs hit animated show the simpsons has parodied donald trump becoming president on multiple occasions, but they predicted his election many years before. In the episode bart to the future, which aired in 2000, the simpsons. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. Did the simpsons predict the donald trump presidency. The simpsons made donald trump president 16 years ago as a. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us this article is more than 4 years old. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. Sixteen years before donald trumps election as us president, the simpsons predicted the tycoon would become leader of the free world the. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim vision of his life in his 30s. Donald trumps bid for the white house and ascendancy in the polls has surprised many but the simpsons called it 15 years ago the cartoon foretold a.
The simpsons takes aim at donald trump yet again in spoof of clintons 3 a. Writer of bart to the future episode, aired almost exactly 16 years ago, says idea was. Theres no question the simpsons is best known for its characters, their yellow designs, and the comedy it routinely delivers. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be. Back in 2000, in an episode titled bart to the future, the simpsons correctly predicted donald trump would become president of the united states in the future. Donald trump has been elected as the next president of the united states a reality the simpsons predicted 16 years ago. The simpsons has an uncanny ability to predict the future or we all can twist and change small moments and gags to make it seem like they do.
When you dish upon a star, displaying the 20th century fox logo with the addition of division of walt disney co. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Another simpsons related prediction theory was floated on 9 november 2016, a day after trump won the presidential election, holding that the show had correctly predicted the 2016 electoral vote map. The simpsons predicted the future once again when donald trump was elected president of the united states. Did the simpsons really predict the coronavirus outbreak. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. In honor ofthe simpsons 30th season premiering sept. And, when it comes to politics, it somehow managed to churn out episodes that, in hindsight, forewarned us of the chaos that was to come under a. The simpsons addresses trump election prediction in. Today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come true correctly forecasting donald trump would be president. And donald trump was first acknowledged as the president of the united states on the show in the 2000 episode bart to the future, over 15 years before being he was elected. Donald trumps us election win predicted by simpsons 16.
The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. Homer has a trumptastic voyage on the simpsons msnbc. The simpsons famously predicted donald trumps rise to the presidency way back in 2000, and now the animated hit series is taking aim at his first one hundred days in office. In season 11, the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in the 2000 episode bart to the future. The simpsons mocked the spectacle that is the 2016 presidential election in a short clip that reimagines a world in which the candidates all get along the twominute clip shows the crop of. Did the simpsons predict donald trumps presidential campaign. The simpsons predicted the coronavirus the knight crier. Fox show the simpsons caricatures donald trump and hillary clinton in a short video published on youtube parodying the 3 a. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. But 16 years ago, on a nowprescient episode of the simpsons, the legendary animated series predicted president trump would. In march 2000, the television show aired an episode titled bart to the. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16. While aware of the rumors, simpsons showrunners have always claimed to have no foreknowledge of the events depicted on the show. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode.
The simpsons addresses trump election prediction in chalkboard gag being right sucks, bart simpson writes in reference to prognostication from 2000 episode tim kenneally. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. From trump becoming president to game of thrones spoilers, here are the predictions simpsons writers have made which actually came. The cowriter of a popular simpsons episode featuring one of the shows more memorable villains thinks the series inadvertently predicted donald trumps presidential campaign. Probably the most horrifyingly accurate thing on this list, the simpsons hinted at the trump presidency in episode, bart to the future. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as. These elements are just a few of the reasons the show has continued to be successful after 30 years, but the show. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald. The trashtalking troublemaker has aged into an unsuccessful. In the episode, called bart to the future, lisa has been elected as his successor. The above clip is from the shows march 2000 episode bart to the future, in which bart gets a glimpse of what his life will look like 30 years down the road.
In january, well officially get to call him president donald trump. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. People think the simpsons predicted trumps win but its not true. Dirty tricks and elections few simpsons episodes have skewered the mechanizations of elections and political parties quite like the 1994. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. The animated series did feature a joke about donald trumps becoming president in a 2000 episode entitled bart to the future, but since trump had been flirting with the idea of making a. The show did have a joke in an episode from that year about how lisa simpson would.
The simpsons predicted donald trump would be president. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. The simpsons predicted president trump becoming the us president. California man genuinely remorseful for role in 2016 election interference. In the episode, after their picnic in the park is cut short due to a mosquito infestation.
The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. Donald trumps election victory predicted by the simpsons. Trump shares the simpsonsinspired video of himself as. The simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future. The simpsons predicted donald trumps election win in. The simpsons foretold plenty of our life under trump. How america survives a donald trump presidency, according to the simpsons. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump. Simpsons donald trump 2000 vs trump escalator entrance. In the next episode of the simpsons, an ominous thunderstorm is brewing at 1600 pennsylvania ave. The simpsons predicted donald trumps election win in 2000 the simpsons saw president trump coming way back in 2000, when they predicted his presidency in an episode called.
The simpsons predicted the buyout in a season 10 episode titled. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of. Watch the simpsons mock the 2016 election candidates time. No, not black mirror, but the simpsons, which hilariously at the time predicted a trump presidency back in 2000 in the season 11 outing bart to the future. Some have commented that the simpsons appeared to predict the future 16 years ago after mentioning a trump presidential win. The simpsons takes aim at donald trump in new video. The parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states.
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