The acquisition of 21st century fox by disney happened on the show in the 1998 episode when you dish upon a star, nearly 20years before the disneyfox merger. In one of the episodes of the muchloved us cartoon, the character lisa. He voiced himself in the episode special trumptastic voyage. Mar 20, 2016 the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. Before long, the predictions of the worldcelebrated tv arrangement the simpson and bulgarian prophet baba vanga rung a bell.
The simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days. Theres no question the simpsons is best known for its characters, their yellow designs, and the comedy it routinely delivers. Sixteen years ago almost to the day the simpsons did just that. The simpsons correctly and shockingly predicted donald trump would be americas president in an episode aired way back in 2000, where lisa refers to inheriting quite a budget crunch from.
Fans of the simpsons believe the show predicted greta thunbergs clash with donald trump over her climate change campaign. Lisa simpson apandrew harnikfox salon heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that predicted president trump in bart to the future, president lisa simpson faces. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago. The simpsons has given us some of the best satire of the century and it turns out it also predicted the trump administration and the unprecedentedly weird timeline it would bring as the show enters its 30th season, it has managed to foreshadow plenty of random things that were to come. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years. The simpsons predicted president trump becoming the us president.
The episode is named bart to the future and in it, lisa is the president of the usa and is attempting to rebuild the economy after donald trump ruined it during his term as president. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald trump. Sep 24, 2015 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. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump in. Lisa simpson calls donald trump presidency, increased debt. Nov 09, 2016 lisa simpson s dialogue in a 2000 episode of the simpsons predicted president trump and he made the entire country go broke in bart to the future.
Nov 09, 2016 the simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago in a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency business. From trump to coronavirus, how the simpsons keeps predicting. In the next episode of the simpsons, an ominous thunderstorm. 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. Kind of funny simpsons episode where lisa simpson calls the donald trump presidency, increased debt. 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. Just ask the simpsons in the season 11 episode bart to the future, future president lisa simpson and secretary van houten or.
Here are the subtleties of the donald trump claims. South park just announecd itll stay on the air until 2019, putting it in the 300 episode club with the simpsons. Thats finefoxs animated show seems to be upping its satire game. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. In hardly kirking, trump is revealed to have written a childrens book titled youre tired, based on his. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency 16 years ago. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. The simpsons knew a donald trump presidency was a joke 15. The simpsons ability to predict the future has struck again, as an episode from the year 2000 has surfaced which features donald trump winning a campaign to become president of the united states. In the old simpsons episode, lisa simpson is elected to succeed trump in the white house and inherits an unmanageable level of national debt the episodes alternate universe. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of.
On november 8, 2016, trump was elected as the 45th president of the united states. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. Donald trump, kobe bryants death and now coronavirus. Jul 29, 2015 way back in 2000, a donald trump presidency was still a joke. Foxs hit animated show the simpsons has parodied donald trump becoming president on multiple occasions, but they predicted his election many years before. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president donald trump way back in 2000.
Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that. It was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of america going insane. The simpsons exists in the futurama universe as a tv show the parody, though, is not when the simpsons managed to correctly predict that trump would one day become the president of the united states. An image showing a cartoon donald trump in a coffin was purportedly featured on the simpsons animated tv series. Scenes from a 2015 simpsons youtube post trumptastic voyage which references reallife scenes of donald trump around that time have been mistakenly identified as those from bart to the future. Prior to his election, trump had been a successful businessman, tv host of the apprentice and real estate developer.
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 presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as. In the flashforward episode, bart simpson takes a trip to the white house to visit. Mar 17, 2016 it was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. Nov 14, 2016 now that trump has been elected as the 45th president, the show addressed their accuracy on sunday nights episode. More famously, the show eerily predicted donald trump would become president of the usa in a 2000 episode. Donald trump and hillary clinton have consolidated their leading positions in this weeks primaries. Mar 17, 2016 if predicting trumps rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. The simpsons skewers donald trump in 100 days episode. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to. In an episode aired in 2000, the show portrays a gr. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency 16 years. It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. Simpsons depicts trump escalator scene in 2000, 15 yrs before the actual event predictive programming it seems ive been duped with some disinformation.
Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning. May 09, 2019 the simpsons has given us some of the best satire of the century and it turns out it also predicted the trump administration and the unprecedentedly weird timeline it would bring as the show. That time lisa simpson predicted president donald trump video. Like many of its futurelooking episodes over the years, the simpsons has proved uncannily, if scarily, prescient. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be president 16 years ago in an episode set in the near future today the simpsons saw the most absurd prediction in its 27year history come. Nearly 17 years ago, an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president.
Donald trump simpsons episode donald trump became president predicted by the simpsons in 2000. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons youtube. He is able to see the future after an encounter with the manager of a casino and witnesses what life is like roughly 30 years from then. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. And, when it comes to politics, it somehow managed to churn out episodes. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16 years ago in a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Mar 17, 2016 simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to us.
A tale of two trumps season 29 the simpsons youtube. The creator of the simpsons talks to guardian cartoonist first dog on the moon about his art, and tells how an episode 16 years ago showing donald trump in the white house was the most absurd joke. The outbreak became all too real more than a decade later. In an episode aired in 2003, donald trump was seen as the president. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency in 2000. Jan 28, 2020 the claims that donald trump passed on were out of nowhere episode. Nov 14, 2016 but the venerable fox toon doesnt seem all that thrilled with its prediction of a donald trump presidency the one it made during a 2000 episode titled bart to the future. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. That was 16 years ago, when they wrote an episode called bart to the future, with grownup lisa simpson. The simpsons, however, predicted a president trump all the way back in 2000, when fox aired an episode entitled bart to the future.
He also opened the trump taj mahal in atlantic city on monday april 2, 1990. Before he was in office, he was known as an american business man, investor, television personality, and author. In this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode 15 years ago, lisa simpson proud to be the first. Donald john trump born june 14, 1946 is the 45th elected president of the united states. In this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode. A possible future trump presidency, said the episodes writer dan greaney, just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states. The simpsons predicted greta thunbergs clash with trump. In the opening montage, bart simpson is seen writing a note on the school.
And this wasnt the only time the writers have managed to predict the future. Apr 29, 2017 the simpsons is trolling president donald trump over his first 100 days in a viral video in which he boasts about his increased twitter followers and reduced golf handicap. In the oddly prophetic episode, bart simpson is shown a grim vision of his life in his 30s. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. Origin in february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump. Origin in february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying. Suze orman, neil degrasse tyson and robert mckee will gueststar in a season 28 episode of the simpsons spoofing donald trump s college. Nov 09, 2016 a march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trumps impending tenure as president of the united states in the season 11 episode. The pictures that came after him affirmed the claims. Apr 27, 2017 the simpsons has a grim take on trumps first 100 days.
If predicting trump s rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. The simpsons has an eerie knack for predicting the future, from donald trump s presidency to the u. Nov 09, 2016 this episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency 16.
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 presidential run since at least as far back as 1999, such a prediction wasnt as prescient as it might seem in retrospect. Nov 14, 2016 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. The simpsons acknowledge predicting president donald trump. The simpsons correctly predicted a donald trump would be.
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