Origin Over the years, we’ve reported on a number of purported “predictions” that appear at a glance to be solid crystal ball work by writers for “The Simpsons.” These included false claims that episodes of the long-running series predicted U.S. President Donald Trump would be elected president, try to buy Greenland, and touch a glowing orb. Often these “predictions” turned out to be based on altered images or misquoted scenes. So color us refreshed when we found this genuine quote from an episode aired in 2000. On Dec. 18, 2020, Parker Molloy, editor-at-large with Media Matters for America, tweeted this image and caption: