The story of the homer simpson backs into the bushes meme. While visiting the past, he kills a bug, which affects the future in a big way. Not just the finest timetravel episode, but quite possibly the best of the entire series, or at least since it returned to the air in 2005. Treehouse of horror v is the sixth episode of the simpsons sixth season and the fifth episode in the treehouse of horror series. The simpsons sky police homer becomes duffman funny simpsons clips duration. The series is one of the most iconic and influential shows of all time. In the shinning, the simpsons are hired as caretakers at mr. The series is critically acclaimed and has won several emmy awards. But he loves moe very much and likes to attend public events around christmas time so he can see moe.
The shinning the family becomes caretakers of an estate in the mountains owned by mr. These are only two out of the many things that the simpsons have accurately predicted over the years with alarming accuracy, which is now leading to claims of time travel amongst. Since its debut on december 17, 1989, the simpsons has broadcast 682 episodes. Dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. The simpsons 12 most controversial episodes therichest.
It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on october 30, 1994, and features three short stories titled the shinning, time and punishment, and nightmare cafeteria. Crazy coincidences between the simpsons and real life. Vince royale simpsons creator matt groening is a time. Episodes of the show in which either at least one member of the family travels to another country or the focus on the episode is on a trip to a different city. Creator matt groening is setting us up for the most epic time travel episode ever. Another joked that they might be making an episode in the future where moe travels back in time. The standard for these travel episodes was set all the way back in season six, and ever since then, the simpsons has only occasionally recreated that balance of cartoon shenanigans and regional humor. Search, discover and share your favorite time travel gifs. Although these predictions could simply just be a coincidence, some people believe that the creator of the simpsons, matt groening is a time traveler, and futurama is the documentary. Time and punishment homer fixes the toaster and it becomes a time machine. From predicting donald trumps run for presidency to the massive outbreak of the ebola virus, we count down 10 times the simpsons predicted the future. In fact, throughout its nearly 700 episodes, creator matt groening and his team have. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on february 19, 1995. Stacker presents the best simpsons episodes of all time.
There have been many guest stars over the last 23 seasons and the 500th episode. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. It originally aired on comedy central on july 29, 2010. Burns mountain lodge and homer goes insane and tries to murder the family. The simpsons will reach the 500episode mark this sunday, a feat unmatched by any other sitcom animated or not. The episode, bart to the future, envisions the futures of bart and lisa simpson. The simpsons, yes the longest running animated tv show ever, has correctly predicted a bunch. This was still a family guy episode, with family guy opening credits, on which the simpsons merely appeared. This episode marked david cohens debut as a simpsons writer.
The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency in episode. Backwards time travel is possible but we can only go as far back as a save point we have created. It was not the first time the two shows have mingled. Burns country estate goes awry when homer goes mad. The simpsons writers predicted donald trump would become president back in 2000. Over those many years, millions and millions of people have sat in front of their televisions to see what springfields favorite fam. Burns, where he cuts the cable and takes out all beer, which leads homer to insanity. Naturally, hilarity ensues when he attempts to fix it.
Time travel episode from 2000 featured broke nation reliant on aid from china episode called bart to the future. The only episodes that involve actual time travel are time and. He is sidetracked by professor farnsworth and bender, who force him to test out the professors time machine, which only goes forward in time. How the shows writers predict the future bbc the simpsons didnt predict that snopes the simpsons has predicted a lot. What are all the episodes in family guy, that uses stewie. The simpsons composer claims the show is coming to an end with composer danny elfman suggesting that the simpsons could be about to end, here is our pick of the five greatest episodes in the. Treehouse of horror v is an anthology episode that features ministories. The past 25 years have seen america fall in love with the simpsons. Matt groening also created a show entitled futurama in 1999, which is a show that is set 1,000 years into the future.
The simpsons fans spot awkward time travel error digital spy. Talking with simpsons producer david mirkin and writer cesar mazariegos about how the homer simpson backs into the bushes meme went. Pat mcafee talks about how matt groening is a time traveler the pat mcafee show. This episode is rated pg in the uk, despite being more graphic than the 12rated treehouse of horror x. The simpsons correctly predicted how sundays game of thrones episode would end way back in 2017. Backwards time travel is possible but the conditions and requirements to travel backwards in time are extremely hard to pull off. And naturally, its only a matter of time before homer and barts promise not to embarrass marge. The simpsons fans spot time two moes in the same scene in. Episode 16 papa dont preach opens up with homer and grandpa driving at night being driven off the road and over a cliff by patty and selma. Proof of time travel the simpsons predict the future. At the time, the real trump presidency was still 16 years away. This episode is one of the most graphic episodes of the simpsons because of the third segment. And this wasnt the only time the writers have managed to predict the. Did the simpsons predict that president trump would.
The series has been praised for its writing, voice actors, intelligence and animation. Nightmare cafeteria, which contains blood and gore. Since we dont have the technology to create a save point yet, we dont see people traveling to our time. Seventeen years ago, an episode of the simpsons predicted that donald trump would one day become us president. In the episode, fry attempts to make it on time to a birthday dinner date for leela. For the list, stacker surveyed all the episodes imdb user ratings and ranked them accordingly. Club is ranking these episodes of a vacational nature. The episode was written by greg daniels, dan mcgrath, david cohen and bob kushell, and directed by jim reardon. The first episode of the series, the simpsons roasting on an open fire, premiered on december 11, 1989. History talk 0 episodes of the show in which either at least one member of the family travels to another country or the focus on the episode is on a trip to a different city. The simpsons fans spot time two moes in the same scene in christmas episode. Unfortunately, he was dressed identically as a child and still wears the same clothes and styles as moe to this day, by some sort of twin communication, like terry and sherry, patty and selma, bart and bartina, etc.
Matt groening is setting us up for the most epic time travel episode ever. Pages public figure comedian vince royale videos simpsons creator matt groening is a. Another simpsons related prediction theory was floated on 9 november 2016, a day after trump won the presidential election, holding that the show had correctly predicted the 2016 electoral vote map. The simpsons animated television series britannica the simpsons. It is the longestrunning primetime animated series and longestrunning sitcom in the united states.
Homers attempt to repair a toaster results in inadvertent time travel. The simpsons s6 e6 treehouse of horror v recap tv tropes. Fry is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the animated series futurama. The time machine is originally created in season 1 episode 4, mind over murder, in an attempt to avoid the pain caused by teething. One of the very best of the simpsons annual halloweenthemed anthologies, treehouse of horror v riffs on the shining, timetravel stories, and soylent green, with the usual compressed. Top 10 darkest moments in the simpsons theories on time. In the episode, bart is indicted for fraud in australia, and the family travels to the country so bart can apologize. The simpsons fans spotted an awkward time travel error from moe in the season 25 christmas episode. The simpsons writers are time travelers with ian hamilton. I have seen recently many publishers who claim that the simpsons did it again, and this time its about the well known covid19 epidemic in asia.
Matt groening originally pitched the idea that homer would travel through time in time and. The simpsons, dressed in period garb, watch as a dragon burns down their village similar to the fiery destruction of kings landing in one of the final game of thrones episode. I did some research and i can say that its debatable. In time and punishment, homer repeatedly travels back in time and alters the future. The simpsons predicted this game of thrones twist 2.
We already know that the simpsons animated series predicted many events that accurately happened years after. The standard for these travel episodes was set all the way back in season six, and ever since then, the simpsons has only occasionally recreated that. In the minds of many, the simpsons is the best show of all time, butalso in the minds of manyit is a show that went downhill many moons ago. Nineteen years ago, they predicted that disney would buy out fox. Yet others have their own theories, musing that it may be a time travelling moe, one saying. The simpsons has predicted the future many times here. They took the time to write me, and i dont care if it takes me another 20 years. On february 19, 2012, the simpsons reached its 500th episode in the twentythird season. However, the simpsons image is not from a 2002 episode. The show holds several american television longevity records. The shinning is a parody of the shining where the simpsons become the winter caretakers of mr.
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