WATCH: The Simpsons somehow predicted coronavirus and murder hornets
Springfield is hit by a flu originating in Asia called the Osaka flu and in the same episode, residents of the town are attacked by “murder bees.”
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Springfield is hit by a flu originating in Asia called the Osaka flu and in the same episode, residents of the town are attacked by “murder bees.”
The Simpsons has gained a reputation for predicting the future as the TV show has made several episodes with plots or scenes that later turn out to be eerily similar to true events. This famous cartoon has done it again, but this time with the novel coronavirus.
In episode 21 of the show’s fourth season in 1993, Springfield is hit by a flu originating in Asia called the Osaka flu and in the same episode residents of the town are attacked by “murder bees.”
Today, in 2020, we have a virus, and the aptly named "murder hornets" have been spotted in North America.
“The Simpsons doesn’t predict the future...there’s just so many episodes...”
May 6, 1993: A Simpsons episode plot has the town of Springfield getting sick with a flu that originates in Asia.
While the town begs for a vaccine, murder bees show up. pic.twitter.com/4ScmMttEUK
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell)
It has recently been reported that the Asian Giant Hornet or "murder hornet," which packs a painful sting and kills honeybees has made its way to Vancouver. In this episode, the doctor also advises people to stay inside and take bed rest.
The show has made many other major predictions, including Trump becoming president in an episode that aired almost 20 years ago.
Simpson Prediction Is So Accurate! pic.twitter.com/tPjUNPMuZA
— Ebad (@Ebu413)
The Osaka flu episode is called “Marge in Chains” and it aired on Fox on May 6, 1993.
The Simpsons has made countless seemingly impossible predictions. In season 10 episode 2, The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace, Homer accurately predicts the mass of the Higgs Boson 14 years before scientists at CERN even discovered it. How is this possible? pic.twitter.com/wVIIYm1wMy
— Nick Hinton (@NickHintonn)
Some other notable predictions include the Siegfried and Roy tiger attack, a three eyed fish, autocorrect, the Ebola outbreak, smart-watches, faulty voting machines, Bengt Holmstrom as a Nobel prize winner and Lady Gaga’s halftime show at the Superbowl.
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