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For some fans of the series it has become a routine to find “predictions” in old chapters of The Simpson, It deals with events that happen in the present and that have appeared in some episode of the production created by Matt Groening several years ago.
The most recent ones have to do with the event of the year, the Qatar World Cupwhich began on Sunday, November 20 and which, in the opinion of the fans, had several accurate “predictions”.
At least that’s what the fans of the series stated on social networks, who saw four amazing coincidences. According to Internet users, these hits that directly relate The Simpsons to the sporting event in Qatar have to do with:
1. Semi-automatic VAR technology and Ecuador’s first disallowed goal (compared to Homer’s passage to another dimension)
2. The presence of Morgan Freeman at the opening (despite the fact that in the series the one who appears is Pelé)
3. The striking second half of the game between Ecuador and Qatar
4. The presence of influencer Qatari at the opening ceremony
The event is compared to the episode in which Homer ends up saving Springfield following himself causing a failure at the nuclear plant.
The Simpsons predictions for 2022: who would play in the World Cup final
throughout their 33 seasons, Matt Groening’s emblematic series anticipated hundreds of events around the world. Since the presidency of Donald Trump and the capture of the capitolFrom Richard Branson’s trip to space and the Ebola epidemic to the attack on the Twin Towers, the producers showed a special gift for reading the direction of society.
A few years ago, his faithful followers created Platinum Casinoa betting page that hired employees to review the episodes of the last few seasons and identify what events might occur during 2022.
As disclosed Platinum Casinoin 2022 the following four events might occur:
Qatar World Cup finalists
soccer world cup It is one of the most anticipated events on the planet. During the last few seasons, The Simpson dared to anticipate the final of the next World Cup. According to the animated series, on December 28, Brazil and Spain will meet in the defining match for the World Cup.
The eternal coronavirus pandemic
covid-19 has the world in suspense for more than a year and a topic with the impact it had on the entire population might not be exempt from the series. The fans who participated in the call for Platinum Casino established a relationship between the coronavirus pandemic and the Springfield dome that starred in the film.
In it film, the United States government places a kind of dome over the city to isolate its population from the rest of the world due to the excessive pollution they produced. In this way, one of the theories highlighted by the website is that The Simpson they predicted a new outbreak and the disease would not come to an end during 2022.
The use of weapons in the United States
On August 4, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations denounced the United States arms manufacturers with the objective of stop illegal trafficking between countries and thus be able to contain violence which has grown in recent years. The use of weapons is a recurring theme in Matt Groening’s series, although the team Platinum Casino found an event that might occur in 2022.
According to the report, the fans related the recent denunciation of Mexico with the chapter of The house of horror II, which aired in the third season. There, Lisa Simpson uses the magic hand of the monkey that gave three wishes, to ask for world peace. Her theory holds that this action of the daughter of The Simpson it would be related to the implementation of laws that regulate the use of weapons.
Flying cars
Despite the fact that in some futuristic chapters of the series the family uses flying vehicles, there is no specific scene that the writers have established for 2022. However, the workers who had to review the episodes assured that this innovation might materialize next year.
In this sense, they expressed that they do not find it unreasonable that throughout 2022 some companies that have been developing their models for some years, will officially announce the launch of the first flying car on the market.