The military operation launched by Vladimir Putin, to let several Internet users unearth an extract from a 1998 episode of The Simpsons imagining a return from the USSR. L Jean, screenwriter of the program since its launch in 1989, himself mentioned this hypothesis.
This is the 19th episode of Season 9 of the American animated series, titled A Homer at Sea. The script told how a blunder by Homer Simpson sent a missile into Russian waters, triggering a global diplomatic crisis.
Since the military deployment once morest Ukraine, the scene that was widely broadcast on Twitter featured a meeting at United Nations headquarters during which the Russian representative unveiled his plan to resurrect the Soviet Union.
A communist flag was then unfurled in Moscow’s Red Square, the Berlin Wall rose from the ground and Lenin returned from the dead.
The war between Ukraine and Russia, the Simpsons, predicted it. And yes, once more… #LaGuerre #worldwar3 pic.twitter.com/HO8C2IG2TC
— Simpsons predictions (@SimpsonsFutur) February 24, 2022