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Fans claim 'The Simpsons' predicted Astroworld tragedy

1:32 PM · Nov 10, 2021·SocialFlow

The animated Nostradamus has done it again — or, at least, fan art has.

“The Simpsons” fans have pointed out yet another instance of the notoriously prophetic show apparently predicting the news years before it occurred, this time with the recent Astroworld tragedy. While aired episodes of the cartoon have previously been credited with anticipating everything from Sept. 11 to Roy Horn being mauled by a tiger, the parallels this time actually don’t have to do with the series itself, but with fan art of it.

A piece of “Simpsons”-inspired digital art depicting Lisa and Homer walking into a giant head similar to rapper Travis Scott’s “Astroworld” album cover and stage set has been circulating on Twitter with the caption “The Simpson’s knew” The Sun reported. The image, however, never appeared on “The Simpsons” and is, in fact, fan art dating to 2018, according to the publication.

Series devotes have found some other parallels in aired footage of the show, though, including a bit in which Marge sees a sign reading “Roofi Concert 5 miles” and exclaims, “Huh! This concert is oversold. It’s as if a music promoter acted unscrupulously.”

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