Viral Simpsons Clip Predicts Coronavirus Murder Hornets

The Simpsons has a reputation for being an animated fortune teller. In its 30 or so years on the air, it has seemingly predicted several cultural events that would later come to pass. But one tweet claims that the show predicted the entire year of 2020.

One 1993 episode, "Marge In Chains," in particular, shares many similarities with the modern world: A pandemic, home quarantine and people ignoring social distancing to scream at officials for a cure.

I hate to say it, I really do, but The Simpsons has… I can’t actually. pic.twitter.com/mVw6PZnRVL

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) March 21, 2020

However, what are the odds that they would include all those things and the recent discovery of Murder Hornets in the United States? Pretty good. One eagle-eyed viewer posted about the episode on Twitter writing "Shit the simpsons really did predict 2020." It turns out, as that inevitable Springfield mob descended on Doctor Hibert, they mistake a box of killer bees for a case of placebos. The rest is history.

Shit the simpsons really did predict 2020 pic.twitter.com/dadM5jvLrB

— Eddie D’ohgrou (@didgeridougrou) May 6, 2020

As is the case whenever the Simpsons looks into its crystal ball, the clip went viral.

“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) May 6, 2020

It eventually made it to the desk of Bill Oakley, the Simpsons writer responsible for Steamed Hams, who confirmed that show did, in fact, predict the future.

ok fine i guess we did https://t.co/Nf4suyC8A3

— BILL OAKLEY (@thatbilloakley) May 6, 2020

Now, if The Simpsons could go ahead and predict a vaccine for the coronavirus, we would be set. Until then, "keep watching skis."