After spending more than three decades on the air, The Simpsons has seen many of its most memorable moments recreated from real-life events. It’s happened so often that the animated series has earned a reputation for predicting the future, but series creator Matt Groening insists it’s not by magic.
At Disney's D23 Expo, Groening was joined by some of the The Simpsons team to talk about the hit series. The panel, dubbed “The Animation Greats,” also featured members of the Bob's Burgers AND The Griffins teams present, celebrating all three of Fox's animated programs. While talking about The SimpsonsGroening noted (as noted by CBR) that the show has simply made so many jokes for so long that it's inevitable that they'll get something right here and there. The comic book artist also noted that the writers are never trying to predict the future, but are simply trying to come up with “absurd” situations, without expecting them to actually come true one day.

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“We've made so many jokes over the seasons we've been on the air that eventually we'll get one right. We write jokes based on the most absurd possibilityGroening explained.
The Simpsons recently “predicted the future” once again
The question might have arisen as The Simpsons has recently been credited once again for seemingly predicting the future. After President Joe Biden announced he would not seek a second term in the Oval Office, it was revealed that Vice President Kamala Harris would instead step forward to run against former President Donald Trump in the next presidential election. With The Simpsons fans, the news went viral and some believe that the animated series predicted that Harris would win the vote.

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In a 2000 episode titled “Bart to the Future,” Lisa is depicted as the President of the United States when Bart is given a vision of the future. She mentions that she inherited “a nice budget crisis from President Trump,” which was a prediction in itself that turned out to be accurate, coming 16 years before the presidency actually occurred. When Harris was sworn in as Vice President, she wore a dress that looked strikingly similar to the one Lisa wore as Commander in Chief in The Simpsons episode, and the side-by-side photos went viral recently, receiving approval from the show's team.
The episode showed Lisa, in her Harris suit, taking her seat in the Oval Office. After a Trump presidency. If Harris wins the election in real life, it's almost certain that fans will once again point the finger at the episode as a moment when The Simpsons predicted the future. Other examples of times the show has been claimed to have done this include Siegfried and Roy's act ending after a tiger attack; thieves stealing grease from fast food restaurants; and Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox.
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Source: CBR at D23