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Kyle O'Sullivan

The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid - and fans are terrified

The Simpsons has only gone and done it again.

From the 9/11 tragedy to the coronavirus pandemic, the show's writers have created scenes that have spookily mirrored real-life events many years before they happened.

There have even been claims that the people working on The Simpsons can see into the future, but one writer has claimed it's mainly coincidence because there are so many episodes and history repeats itself.

But the show has a particular knack of making predictions about Donald Trump - even foreseeing he would become president way back in 2000.

This week, Trump announced he was making another US presidency bid in 2024, and of course The Simpsons knew it was coming years before.

The Simpsons keeps getting Trump predictions right (Internet Unknown)

Simpsons producer Al Jean posted a still from a short entitled 'Trumptastic Voyage' which was released back in 2015, before Trump had even got inside the White House.

The mini episode saw Homer have a "close encounter with Trump's hairpiece" and go on an "extraordinary journey".

"@TheSimpsons As predicted in 2015," tweeted the producer, who attached an image of Homer flying over a presidential campaign sign which reads "Trump 2024".

On Tuesday, Trump confirmed he was making a third bid for the presidency in an announcement at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.

"In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," Trump said while surrounded by 'Make America Great Again' banners.

"I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be," he added. "We will again put America first."

It's left a lot of fans in fear of what's coming next and the supernatural powers that The Simpsons writers might have.

In response to Al's tweet, one person wrote: "How does the Simpsons keep predicting this s***? It honestly kinda scares me at this point."

"HELL NO!!!! YALL OBVIOUSLY WANT US TO DIE!!!!," added another.

A third asked: "Sooo…how does it end? Cuz id love to know"

Let's not forget that it was The Simpsons who predicted that Trump would be president in the first place, which at the time seemed like an outlandish joke.

Way back in 2000 during an episode in a future world, newly elected President Lisa spoke about "inheriting quite a budget crunch from President Trump".

Trump is making another bid to become president (Getty Images North America)

Show writers had been looking for a "funny celebrity" to make President, but had no idea he would actually get into the White House in 2016.

There was even a scene of Trump coming down the escalator in Trump Tower waving to his supporters which looks almost identical to a real life image from 2015.

The week after the election, the recurring chalkboard gag at the star of the episode read: "Being right sucks."

They also appeared to predict the alarming scenes at the US Capitol in January last year, where Trump supporters stormed he building in scenes described as "as close to a coup attempt this country has ever seen".

In 1996 episode The Day the Violence Died, the Simpson kids' favourite cartoon is replaced by another show which depicts violence, guns and even a bomb on the steps of the US Capitol.

The scene, which is a parody of Schoolhouse Rocks' 'I'm Just a Bill' segment, shows a talking amendment with arm and legs being ratified.

The Simpsons mentioned Trump being President way before it happened (Internet Unknown)

But after being told he has become part of the Constitution, the amendment yells "door's open boys".

Other amendment characters then start cheering as they run up the stairs wielding guns, while one is even seen holding a bomb.

Some of the depictions are eerily similar to the real life people that were seen storming the building.

One moustached character wearing a cowboy hat holds a hand gun, while another in a deerstalker hat carries a rifle over his shoulder.

There was an even more devastating depiction of Capitol building violence in the 1999 episode Beyond Blunderdome, where Homer and Mel Gibson directed a new version of the film Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

The Simpsons seemed to predict the US Capitol riots (Fox)

Mel Gibson's characters starts shooting fellow congressman before blowing up the building in shocking scenes that thankfully were not repeated in real life.

The Simpsons has the uncanny ability to predict the future, which is usually not a very good thing.

They got the coronavirus pandemic pretty much spot on way back in 1993, when a killer flu hit Springfield in episode 21 of the fourth season, Marge in Chains.

The townsfolk were infected by a deadly virus from Japan, dubbed the Osaka Flu, which came from a factory worker coughing into a blender that was subsequently shipped to America.

As the mass flu broke out, the town descended into chaos and everyone started panic buying, just like what happened in the UK at the start of lockdown.

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