Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american animated television sitcom the simpsons. 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. Because the debateful eight special had some sound archives, dan castellaneta provided the voice of donald trump just as how sweet it is was finished and discontinued in bart to the future, broadcast in 2000, it was mentioned that trump won the presidency sometime before 2030. It was somewhat of a throwaway line at the time, but make no mistake, it was included very much on purpose. In the said episode see above clip which aired in march 2000, bart simpson was shown a vision of his future, where his sister, lisa simpson, is the countrys first straight female president.
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. Sixteen years ago, the simpsons writers predicted a donald trump presidency. It was an allusion to a prediction made in a 2000 episode, which featured lisa as the nations first. Last night, america made that prediction come true. On march 19, 2000, the simpsons aired an episode that took a. The simpsons saw president trump coming way back in 2000, when they predicted his presidency in an episode called bart to the future. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in 2000. But 16 years ago, on a nowprescient episode of the simpsons, the legendary animated series predicted president trump would. The episode, bart to the future, imagines a world where lisa simpson has just been elected to the oval office following the abysmal presidency of donald trump. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states.
That scene, as loyal simpsons fans like myself remember, comes from an episode called bart to the future in which the show jumps ahead 30 years to 2030 and imagines what each of the main characters will be doing. Sixteen years ago almost to the day the simpsons did just that. The simpsons predicted donald trumps election win in 2000. An indian casino manager tells bart what his future will be in thirty years time.
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A parody documentary in the style of the show behind the music uses clips from previous episodes to show how the simpsons first became famous and the problems that the fame brought them, culminating in an acrimonious breakup. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 19, 2000. While aware of the rumors, simpsons showrunners have always claimed to have no foreknowledge of the events depicted on the show. S ixteen years ago, the simpsons predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states. Bart to the future, simpsons episode predicts donald trump. The simpsons predicted president trump in 2000 that scene, as loyal simpsons fans like myself remember, comes from an episode called bart to the future in which the show jumps ahead 30 years.
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The episode first aired on march 29, 2000 over 16 years ago. In 2000, bart to the future, an episode of the simpsons in which bart imagines his coming years, showed lisa simpson taking over as americas first. The simpsons addresses its 2000 prediction of donald trump presidency. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president.
In this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode. If predicting trumps rise in 2015 was tough, imagine doing it in 2000. The simpsons made donald trump president 16 years ago as a plot. The nowinfamous bart to the future episode of the simpsons, which aired almost exactly 16 years ago, on march 19, 2000, predicted a donald trump presidency. It was an allusion to a prediction made in a 2000 episode, which. Like many of its futurelooking episodes over the years, the simpsons has proved uncannily, if scarily, prescient. On march 19, 2000, the simpsons aired an episode that took a peek into the future. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency in 2000 fox 61. As you know, weve inherited quite a budget crunch from president trump. In a case of life imitating art, trump was elected president in 2016. But the simpsons writers seemed to know way back in the year 2000. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president.
The simpsons behind the laughter tv episode 2000 imdb. Back in 2000, the seventeenth episode of season 11, titled bart to the future, saw the show explore the future through bart. Weve inherited quite a budget crunch from president trump, lisa s heard saying in the oval office. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. Whilst lisa is the american president, bart is a bum and wannabe musician, hanging out in a beach shack with ralph wiggum. The sitcoms bart to the future episode aired march 19, 2000, almost exactly 16 years ago. It just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom, dan greaney recalls. 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. In january, well officially get to call him president donald trump. A march 19, 2000, episode of foxs longrunning animated series the simpsons essentially predicted donald trump s impending tenure as president of the united states. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. The simpsons predicted a trump presidency in 2000 was it always an inevitability. In an episode called bart to the future, bart gets a glimpse at his adult self. The simpsons likes to poke fun at everything, and sometimes the show makes a few predictions.
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