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Top 10 Simpsons Predictions That Haven't Come True YET
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1/23/2025
The Simpsons has been known for its eerily accurate predictions. Join us as we explore 10 wild forecasts from the show that haven't come true... yet! From Mars colonization to hover cars, these predictions might just become reality in the future.
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Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for predictions The Simpsons
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has made that haven't come true, but still could.
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For decades, humans have dreamed about colonising Mars and making a fresh start on the red planet.
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In 2016, The Simpsons explored this possibility in the episode, The Margian Chronicles.
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The family meets the company Exploration Incorporated, which plans to send people to Mars by 2026.
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With Lisa's passion for science, she signed up, followed by the rest, who hoped she'd
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Instead, the mission doesn't work out, but Lisa and Marge are shown on Mars in 2051.
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Exploration Incorporated is a parody of the defunct company, Mars One, which plan to colonise
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Mars.
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But, groups such as SpaceX and NASA have made many predictions and published plans to get
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people on the red planet in the near future.
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In 1997, The Simpsons showcased football in the cartridge family, leading to the citizens
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rioting due to boredom.
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However, amongst the jokes to make fans of the sport rage, there was a prediction that
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could at some point happen.
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The commercial promoting a match between Mexico and Portugal mentioned the winner would determine
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the best in the world, insinuating it was the FIFA World Cup final.
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So far, Mexico and Portugal haven't faced each other in that competition's final.
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Neither nation has gone further than the quarterfinals.
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However, they did take on each other in the third place playoff at the 2017 FIFA Confederations
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Cup.
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So, who knows, either next world cup it could come true.
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The English language constantly evolves.
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Just look at the number of words and phrases Gen Z has woven into English's tapestry
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with Riz and Bet in recent years.
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The word goodbye is believed to have been created around 1565, and is said to be a contraction
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of the phrase, God be with ye.
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Well, in the 2000 episode, Bart to the Future, where as the title suggests, we explore Bart's
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life when he's a 40-year-old, Nelson sends a hologram, and he finishes with his catchphrase,
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smell you later.
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Bart mentions that the expression had replaced goodbye.
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One day, instead of the usual remark as we leave a job interview, there's a possibility
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we could go with Nelsons, or another variation instead.
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In 1995, Bart vs Australia answered the age-old curiosity about how water drains depending
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on where a country is in the Earth's hemisphere.
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However, while getting this information, Bart causes an Australian child to rack up a large
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phone bill.
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This eventually leads to the Simpsons getting punished in Australia, with the threat of
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Bart getting booted in the derriere.
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In Australia, there's no such corporal punishment like this to children in a courthouse.
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However, never say never.
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One day, the Aussies could legalise this method of dealing with law-breaking kids.
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After all, parents are allowed to use reasonable force when disciplining children at home.
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But, hopefully, this corporal punishment in court doesn't come to pass.
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Whenever the Simpsons does an episode that explores a possible future, it's a smorgasbord
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of correct predictions.
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Take the 1995 episode, Lisa's Wedding.
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In that, video calling and smartwatches were spotted.
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But there is one that hasn't happened, yet.
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When Lisa met her boyfriend's family in England, we see London's Big Ben briefly.
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However, unlike the traditional analogue clock it has today, it's been replaced with a
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digital one that needs to be reset.
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In the real world, UK, there have been April Fools jokes about Big Ben going digital, causing
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quite a bit of outrage.
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However, others have argued that since some children struggle with telling the time on
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analogue clocks, it might be a good idea to modernise the iconic monument.
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In 2007, the franchise dipped its toe into the film market by releasing the Simpsons
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movie.
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The premise involves Springfield Lake becoming polluted from citizens using it to dispose
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of garbage.
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However, after taking steps to reduce it, Homer ruins it all by dumping his pig's
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waste silo into it.
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This environmental disaster caused the US government to cover the town in a large dome
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to protect the rest of the country.
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So far, that hasn't happened in real life, but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
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Having already witnessed smaller environmental catastrophes, some scientists predict we could
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see larger-scale ones in the future, although there's no word yet if a dome could be used
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to contain them.
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In 2001's New Kids on the Blech, Bart's troublemaking catches the eye of a music producer,
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who signs him to the band Party Posse alongside his other friends.
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During their rise to stardom with technology covering their lack of musical skills, the
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group released their first music video, Drop Da Bomb.
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During it, a group of women repeats the mysterious phrase, Evanetniyazh.
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Lisa, the ever-bright spark, discovers it's a subliminal message to get viewers to join
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the Navy.
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At the moment, subliminal messaging in commercials is banned in some countries and restricted
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in the US, but could music be used to mind-control people?
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Hmm, maybe.
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Local leaders have used music to influence, and the US military has used it to punish
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prisoners, so who knows?
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Skynet could happen.
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In 1994's Itchy and Scratchy Land, the Simpsons clan went to the Itchy and Scratchy amusement
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park.
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After Cletus uses the flash on the camera, one of the robot mascots begins acting out.
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This leads to others kick-starting a rebellion and attempting to cut down the human race.
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Thankfully, they were easily dispatched.
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However, this scenario is a possibility for the future.
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After all, with the rise of artificial intelligence and the lack of restrictions, there's potential
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for the Terminator franchise to come to life, causing robots and machines to attempt to
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wipe us all out.
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Lovely.
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However, until AI can consistently perfect images of human hands, we're safe.
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For now, at least.
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The Simpsons has been praised for seemingly calling Donald Trump's US presidency, as
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well as the challenge from Kamala Harris.
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Yet, in 2016's Treehouse of Horror number 27, the series made one that has yet to happen.
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With the family enjoying Halloween, Homer, dressed as a makeshift bender from Futurama,
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jokes about making things early and showcases his sticker for Ivanka Trump 2028.
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Seemingly, the show creators are guessing that the President-elect's daughter could
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be the next in line for the country's top job.
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Ivanka has already served in Trump's first administration, after all.
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At the time of making this video, she hasn't yet announced running for 2028, but watch
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this space.
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In 1992's Itchy & Scratchy the Movie, Bart spends the episode desperately attempting
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to watch the film about his beloved cat and mouse.
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In the end, in the far future of 2032, when he and Homer decide to finally see it, we
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spot someone operating a hover car.
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For decades, these vehicles that float just above the ground have been a fascination of
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science fiction media.
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To date, none have ever been built commercially, but we did come close.
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In the 1950s, Ford showcased their concept hover car, the Leather Car Mach 1, which used
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pressurised air instead of wheels.
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With a modern-day focus on vehicles that can fly, maybe this dream is more likely to happen.
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So which cartoon invention do you wish would come true in the real world?
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Let us know in the comments!
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