Russia-Ukraine crisis: Another world event, another Simpsons’ prediction 

Several users on social networking sites (SNS) are claiming that The Simpsons had predicted the Russia-Ukraine conflict back in March 1998. 

The Simpsons— American sitcom— has come in news again after one of its old episodes shows an eerie similarity to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has escalated into a war.  

Aired in 1998, the episode, named “Simpson Tide”, showed Homer Simpson joining the US Navy and accidentally firing a sub captain out of a vessel into Russian waters

The sitcom’s more than three decades old episode showed that the Soviet Union had not really broken up. 

Not an exact match for the war Russia is currently waging in Ukraine, but close enough to chalk it up.

In the 30 second clip, a Russian representative says, “The Soviet Union would be pleased to offer amnesty to your wayward vessel”.  

To this an American diplomat interjects, “Soviet Union? I thought you guys broke up?”

Then as if on a cue, the Russian diplomat says “Yes, that’s what we wanted you to think” and breaks into evil laughter as he switches the nameplate on his desk from ‘Russia’ to ‘Soviet Union’. 

Revealing that they tricked the world regarding dissolution of the Soviet Union—the clip shows troops and tanks descend upon the streets, followed by the Berlin Wall being resurrected.  

The episode also brings Soviet Union premier, Vladimir Lenin back to life— who breaks out of his glass coffin in the episode saying, “We must crush capitalism” before marching ahead in a zombie-like way. 

Simpsons called it… #Russia #SovietUnion #Putin pic.twitter.com/9OQ9nSpiGF

— Matthew Walton (@Waltonamo) February 22, 2022

The episode aired when Boris Yeltsin was Russia’s President.

Netizens have been widely sharing this clip ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed troops at the separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine. 

Previously, social media users were convinced that the show predicted Richard Branson’s—an average person being sent into space, the siege of US Capitol Hill, Donald Trump’s presidential win, and even David Bowie’s death amongst other things.  

There are dozens more examples including, one of Sigfried and Roy being mauled onstage by a tiger, and Disney purchasing 20th Century Fox, the censoring of Michelangelo’s David.