‘Simpsons’ prediction fails — for once — as Kamala Harris loses presidential election

“The Simpsons” doesn’t ever get it right.

The animated sitcom’s prediction that Kamala Harris would go nan adjacent US president didn’t travel to fruition, aft Donald Trump won nan 2024 election connected Wednesday.

The show, which has infamously predicted galore early events complete nan past 35 years, signaled that Harris, 60, could go president measurement backmost successful 2000.

In nan section “Bart to nan Future,” Lisa Simpson becomes nan first female president of nan United States. She sports nan nonstop same purple ensemble that Harris rocked during nan 2021 inauguration, including nan pearl necklace and earrings, aft Joe Biden and Harris hit Donald Trump successful nan 2020 election.

Adding to nan irony, President Lisa remarks, “We’ve inherited rather a fund crunch from President Trump.”

The back-to-back visuals of Lisa and Harris successful their purple outfits went viral 3 years aft nan inauguration, erstwhile Harris replaced Biden, 81, arsenic nan Democratic 2024 statesmanlike nominee successful July.

Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arsenic her moving mate, but they mislaid nan predetermination to Trump, 78, and his caller Vice President, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

Trump won nan all-important plaything states of North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania to clinch nan 270 electoral votes. Trump is besides leading successful nan celebrated vote arsenic nan state continues counting ballots.

Fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to mistaken prediction astir Harris.

“For nan first clip ever, The Simpsons sewage it wrong,” 1 personification tweeted.

“So does this mean The Simpsons section ‘predictions’ gonna travel to an extremity since Kamala didn’t win,” personification other asked.

“The Simpsons” antecedently predicted that Trump would go president earlier his first predetermination triumph successful 2016.

Matt Groening, who created nan show, addressed nan Trump presidency prophecy successful a 2016 interview with nan Guardian.

“We predicted that he would beryllium president backmost successful 2000 — but [Trump] was, of course, nan astir absurd placeholder joke sanction that we could deliberation of astatine nan time, and that’s still true. It’s beyond satire,” he said.

The show has also correctly predicted the Capitol riot, nan “Game of Thrones” finale, the coronavirus pandemic, Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show, Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and more.

Last month, showrunner and executive shaper Matt Selman explained really nan show has nailed foreshadowing nan future.

“Well, nan sourpuss reply I ever springiness that nary 1 likes is that if you study history and math, it would beryllium virtually intolerable for america not to foretell things,” Selman told People.

“If you opportunity capable things, immoderate of them are going to overlap pinch reality, and past that’s nan mathematics element,” he continued. “And then, nan history constituent is if you make a show that is based on studying nan past foolishness of humanity, you are surely going to anticipate nan early foolishness of humanity arsenic it sinks further into foolishness fair. So we don’t really think astir it.”

Selman besides said nan only point “The Simpsons” writers “hate” is erstwhile viewers “put obviously fake images online and opportunity we predicted things that we didn’t.”

“The Simpsons,” now successful its 36th season, airs Sundays connected Fox astatine 8 p.m. ET.