Tik Tok has popularized a series of supposed animation scenes that don’t really exist
He has very little left April 19 is World Simpsons Day.. The popular animated series premiered 35 years ago, and among all its laughs, there were a few unsettling moments. On rare occasions, some of the jokes in TV fiction happened in real lifeleading many fans to claim that its authors are able to predict the future.
That’s not a problem, but the popularity of these conspiracy theories has made it disturbing hoaxes are generated. Currently, whenever an important event occurs, they start appearing videos claiming an episode of The Simpsons predicted it. Many of them end up being completely fake edits that never appeared in the original chapter. Then you will find some of those viral moments the simpsons did NOT predict:
The fall of Silicon Valley Bank
- Recently, the American bank Silicon Valley Bank declared bankruptcy.
- According to a recent video that supposedly shows an episode of The Simpsons, the show predicted its downfall.
- In this case, the fake is very obvious, because the bank that collapsed in the original episode no se lama Silicon Valley Bank sino First Bank of Springfield.
The death of Elizabeth II
On TikTok another clip also went viral in which it would look like The Simpsons predicted the death of Elizabeth II in 2022. It’s a hoax, in this case the stage was set up to superimpose a sign that says (1926-2022) on the queen’s coffin. Although the monarch appeared in the episode, the date of his death was not predicted at any time.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine
- In addition to the previous pranks, another montage also went viral showing the show predicting war for these nations in a 1998 episode.
- In this case it was an image, edited to look like a conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
- Reworked items include various flags that have been changed.
- In addition, fragments were also chosen which show wars and Putin, but which they come from different chapters.
The death of Donald Trump
When it was recently revealed that Donald Trump had tested positive for Covid, he became popular an alleged screenshot of The Simpsons who predicted it. This is also a hoax, since the image comes from the forum 4chan, where a lot of conspiracy theories usually originate. Thus, it is clear that the series did not predict his death and his infection by the Coronavirus either.
The capture of the United States Capitol
- when the famous Storming the United States Capitol Several social media users were quick to claim that The Simpsons predicted it.
- Additionally, they went so far as to say that they also showed a character similar to Jake Angeli, the famous “man with the horns”.
- On this occasion, photo is of outfielder Willie McDougal with similar appearance as Trump supporter.
- However, the image is a montage that has never aired on The Simpsons.
The arrival of the coronavirus
Finally, when the Coronavirus pandemic began, many fans of the series They claimed The Simpsons predicted the virus. In this case, the publications were born following an episode in which a virus from an Asian country was seen, only It was not China but Japan. Also, another photo showing host Kent Brockmant talks about the coronaviruswhen in reality this word is not mentioned in the original.
The TikTok account that collects Simpsons predictions
Another video that has gone viral on TikTok belongs to an account that has compiled many of these supposed predictions. Some of those shown are denied in this article, so it is not very reliable. as you have seen, it is very easy to manipulate images and videos of this type to support conspiracy theories that make no sense.