Last year the episode, which had longsince been dismissed as one of the series absolute. Mar 17, 2016 in an episode called bart to the future, bart gets a glimpse at his adult self. The important thing is that lisa comes into the presidency when america. Lisa simpson is the president of the united states, and she is speaking to her senior staff. Bart to the future was written by dan greaney and directed by michael marcantel as part of the eleventh season of the simpsons 19992000.
Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that. The simpsons predicted well get president lisa somedaybut. Kind of funny simpsons episode where lisa simpson calls the donald trump presidency, increased debt. The simpsons predicted greta thunbergs clash with world leaders. In the episode, lisa s teacher miss hoover takes medical leave due to what she thinks is lyme disease, so substitute teacher mr. A starring role for lisa simpson, the shows smart, principled beacon of hopeand a character who, in the world of the show, is elected president, but only. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of season 11. Bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of the eleventh season of the american.
Hoovers endless string of filmstrips from the 1950s including a hilariously dull entry. The simpsons bart to the future tv episode 2000 imdb. The episode is named bart to the future and in it, lisa is the president of the usa and is attempting to rebuild the economy after donald trump ruined it during. I always knew the simpsons was a show ahead of its time. The march 19, 2000, episode titled bart to the future shows lisa simpson becoming president after trump, taking over a bleak america that is bankrupt and crippled by uncontrollable crime. Lisa goes to washington, in which the most idealistic simpson child comes facetoface with political corruption and tearfully tears up. The 10 best presidents in science fiction movies, tv, and. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidential win 16 years. The president wore pearls is the third episode of the simpsons fifteenth season. Clever, precocious lisa becomes student body president of fairfield elementary school in this episode that parodies the opera evita. Correctly predicting super bowls season 3, episode 14. The simpsons addresses trump election prediction in.
In february 2017, an image purportedly showing a still shot from an episode of the longrunning animated television series the simpsons, featuring a depiction of president donald trump lying in a. All the times the simpsons predicted real life events. Mar 17, 2016 the episode, broadcast almost exactly 16 years ago on 19 march 2000, saw bart offered a vision of his future in which he is a beerswilling bum, while his sister lisa has become president. On 19 march, 2000, 16 years before donald trump was elected president, the simpsons aired an episode in which donald trump is elected president. Shortly after president donald trump finished his state of the union address tuesday night and house speaker nancy pelosi tore up said speech on national television, secretary of state mike pompeo. Lisa simpson calls donald trump presidency, increased debt. Simpsons writer reveals how they predicted the insane. Simpsons writer says president trump episode was warning to. In the mind of the man who wrote the episode, dan greaney, the fact that lisa becomes president after trump is significant. In the episode bart to the future which aired in 2000, a grownup lisa simpson is seen as the us president and while she sits in the white.
Which simpsons episode predicted president donald trump. In november, he cited a joke from a 1994 episode of the simpsons while saying the gop was inadvertently defending the president. While visiting an indian casino with his family, bart encounters an indian who foretells of his future. The episode mentions that real estate mogul donald trump became president, and caused a budget crisis that lisa inherits. Experts pick the 10 best simpsons episodes of all time time. The prediction that trump would one day become president came sixteen years before he was elected to office. The season 11 episode bart to the futurewhich aired in march of. Lisa simpsons dialogue in a 2000 episode of the simpsons predicted president trump and he made the entire country go broke in bart to the future. Secretary of state mike pompeo, in an apparent swipe at speaker nancy pelosi dcalif. Oct 04, 2017 the simpsons season eleven episode bart to the future, which first aired in march of 2000, purports to offer us a glimpse into what the familys life will be like in the year 2030in this reality, lisa has just been elected president of the united states, and she is struggling to fix the many problems bequeathed to her by the disastrous administration of her predecessor, donald trump.
Bart learns that in the future he is a neerdowell musician with ralph wiggum as a room mate. It was the second episode of the series to show the simpson familys life in the future, following the season six episode lisas wedding that aired five years earlier in 1995. The simpsons made this prediction in a rather offhand way though, as lisa was the current president in the future bart saw. His future self visited his now successful younger sister at the white house, allowing the series to show how.
In the flashforward episode, bart simpson takes a trip to the white house to visit his sister, lisa, who has grown up to become the first straight female president of the united states. Last exit to springfield is the seventeenth episode of the simpsons fourth season. That time lisa simpson predicted president donald trump. As simpsons lovers know all too well, one of the shows possible futures features president lisa simpson occupying an oval office recently vacated by president. Bart to the future by luana on youtube the episode paints a dismal picture about the effects of a trump presidency on.
The simpsons, however, jokingly foresaw the trump presidency way back in 1990, when an episode peered into the future to show us a peek at president lisa simpson, who gripes about the budget. Lisa simpson apandrew harnikfox salon heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode that predicted president trump in bart to the future, president lisa simpson. His future self visited his now successful younger sister at the white house, allowing the series to show how lisa. If life was an episode of the simpsons, the screen would fade to black as i soak in wet dirt before leading into a butterfinger bbs commercial. The episode paints a dismal picture about the effects of a trump presidency on america. Aug 10, 2015 in this clip from season 11s bart to the future episode 15 years ago, lisa simpson proud to be the first straight female president tells an oval office meeting of her. The simpsons is an emmy award, annie award and peabody awardwinning animated comedy. It first aired on the fox network in the united states on november 16, 2003. In it, lisa, inspired after a trip to springfield forest, writes an essay on american.
He goes to see lisa to borrow money, but lisa has her own problems, being the newly elected president of the united states and facing. President lisa simpson bart to the future is the seventeenth episode of season 11. Lisa is occupying an oval office, recently vacated by former president trump. The simpsons predicted donald trump presidency 16 years. 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. Lisa s substitute is the nineteenth episode of the simpsons second season. The episode bart to the future aired 16 years ago and features a grownup lisa as us president. A guide to the predictions of the simpsons predicts the. Nov 09, 2016 a starring role for lisa simpson, the shows smart, principled beacon of hopeand a character who, in the world of the show, is elected president, but only after trump ascends to the white. The plot revolves around homer simpson becoming president of the springfield nuclear power plants trade union and leading the workers of the plant in a strike in order to restore their dental plan so that he does not have to buy. As you know, weve inherited quite a budget crunch from president trump. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. In this clip from season 11 s bart to the future episode 15 years ago, lisa simpson proud to be the first straight female president tells an.
The country is broke and is forced to bring a tax hike but things get worse when bart interrupts everything. The simpsons predicted donald trumps presidency 16 years ago. From bart to the future and the elders older leader of autobots lisa marie simpson born may 9, 1982 is the tetartagonist of the simpsons. In bart to the future, at age 38, lisa becomes the first straight female president of the united states of america. Mar 30, 2020 pompeo took the image from the season 3 episode mr. Tags mike pompeo donald trump nancy pelosi the simpsons lisa. The simpsons the president wore pearls tv episode 2003 imdb. The simpsons predicted greta thunbergs clash with world. Aug 20, 2014 the secret war of lisa simpson original air date. 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.
Bergstroms teaching methods inspiring and discovers an. Lisa feuds with principal skinner after being elected school president. Meanwhile, 38yearold lisa becomes the first straight female president of the united states, and moves into the white. In the episode bart to the future which aired in 2000, a grownup lisa simpson is seen as the us president and while she sits in the white house she says.
Heres an exceedingly serious argument for why lisa simpson will. President lisa simpson the simpsons during bart to the future, the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the future, we saw what couldve happened to bart if he hadnt changed. Did the simpsons predict a donald trump presidency. We inherited quite the budget crunch from president trump. Bart gets a glimpse of the future while the family is on vacation at an indian casino. Nov 09, 2016 lisa is occupying an oval office, recently vacated by former president trump. Lisa marie simpson is a main character in the animated television series the simpsons. Nov 10, 2016 the episode bart to the future aired 16 years ago and features a grownup lisa as us president. Originally airing in 1995, the episode focuses on lisa visiting a carnival fortune teller and learning about her future love. Heres the simpsons reference mike pompeo flubbed in his.
The episode s writer said in march that the scene was meant to serve as a warning to america. Yeardley smith, who voices lisa simpson, has explained how the show was able to predict donald trumps unlikely run to the white house. The women of the simpson family marge, lisa, and, presumably, maggie supported mary bailey, a woman candidate who had lots of political experience and seemed to be the common sense pick. Time travel episode from 2000 featured broke nation reliant on aid from china episode called bart to the future includes vision of the u.
The episode which aired in 2000 shows a grown up lisa. Donald trump president simpsons episode predicted it. That time lisa simpson predicted president donald trump video. Maybe, in our own future, we could see lisa simpson in the real oval office. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president donald trump way back in 2000. The simpsons predicted a donald trump presidency and it didnt end well. Bart to the future was the second episode of the simpsons to be set in the future, following lisas wedding. Lisa simpsons has just been elected president to succeed trump nations financial ruin due to trump policies is revealed in contrast to his 2016 rhetoric, u. But, not even i remembered that the show had predicted the idea of president. From trump becoming president to game of thrones spoilers, here are the.
It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on march 11, 1993. In an episode called bart to the future, bart gets a glimpse at his adult self. Sep 24, 2015 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. Nov 14, 2016 the series predicted a trump presidency 16 years ago with the episode bart to the future, which found lisa simpson occupying the white house as americas first straight female president. Nov 09, 2016 lisa simpson s dialogue in a 2000 episode of the simpsons predicted president trump and he made the entire country go broke in bart to the future. Donald trump has defied the odds and been elected the 45th president of the united states, but the simpsons correctly predicted his ascension to power 16 years ago. In a 2000 episode called bart to the future, the show looks forward to a future in which lisa is president of the united states. The simpsons the president wore pearls tv episode 2003. This episode of the simpsons predicted a president trump. Simpsons writer reveals how he predicted the presidency of donald. Fans thing greta thunberg is the reallife lisa simpson. Pompeo accidentally proves the wrong point with simpsons. The simpsons predicted president trump way back in 2000. An episode of the simpsons that aired on march 19, 2000, predicted that donald trump would be president of the united states.
The simpsons season eleven episode bart to the future, which first aired in march of 2000, purports to offer us a glimpse into what the familys life will be like in the year 2030in this reality, lisa has just been elected president of the united states, and she is struggling to fix the many problems bequeathed to her by the disastrous administration of her predecessor, donald trump. The episode was nominated for an emmy for outstanding music by alf clausen and lyrics by dana gould. Trump presidency predicted by the simpsons cnn video. The simpsons star on how the show predicted donald trumps. Every time the simpsons guessed the future in 30year run. The leaders of the other countries are about to beat her until bart saves her. The simpsons predicted well get president lisa someday. The simpsons has predicted the future many times heres. The simpsons made eerily predicted donald trump would be president 16 years ago. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on april 25, 1991. An indian casino manager tells bart what his future will be in thirty years time. In a scene from the episode lisas sax, marge suggests a sick bart read a.
Hes a duffswilling slob like his father, but his sister lisa has grown up to be president of the united. Since lisa becomes a historic woman president following trump, does that mean the show was prognosticating a hillary clinton presidency. The simpsons season eleven episode bart to the future, which first aired. Nov 08, 2016 bart to the future isnt a great episode, but it deserves mention because it features lisa as president of the united statesand jokes about a former president trump that feel less funny. The 15 lisa simpson episodes every simpsons fan should like. Heres the scariest thing about the simpsons episode.
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