Okay, okay, we know. We know. We know if you dig deep enough into The Simpsons, you can apply anything they’ve ever put to air to just about any real-life situation and claim the show “predicted” it. And we know there’s a fair amount of water yet to flow under the World Cup bridge before any of this happens.
But what if…
…maybe…
…The Simpsons kinda winds up…
…predicting the World Cup final?
The yarn goes thusly: S09E05 of The Simpsons entitled The Cartridge Family opens with an international soccer/football game being played in Springfield. Those Simpsons obsessives among you will clearly remember it, no doubt. The match is billed as the one that will “determine once and for all which is the greatest nation on Earth: Mexico or Portugal.”
Now if you’ve been following the World Cup proceedings will recognise the fact that both Mexico and Portugal are… playing pretty well.
Pretty solidly indeed, actually.
Portugal has already punched their ticket to the knockout stages of the World Cup, and all Mexico needs to do to secure top spot in their Group is not lose to Sweden tonight.
Should that happen, not only will Mexico advance to the knockout stages, but they’ll be placed in a different half of the bracket than Portugal.
Which means the only way the two barnstorming teams can meet in this tournament…
…is in the final.
Or possibly the third place playoff, sure. But still, it holds water.
Weirdly enough, if The Simpsons prediction winds up being true, a strange amount of people are willing to part with their hair, among other things.
I have Mexico vs Portugal in the World Cup Finals. According to the Simpsons
If it’s true I shave my head pic.twitter.com/0q2rlBq8Lk
— Valdo $ADA (@valdoxo) June 21, 2018
If the simpsons predict the World Cup final, I’ll go bald no questions asked. pic.twitter.com/CrxP9Ko0HI
— anthony villalobos (@anthony__V2) June 21, 2018
The Simpsons predicted Portugal and Mexico in the Final of the World Cup lol if this comes to real life, I’m convinced the simpsons on some brujeria type of shit 😂
— suphenrito (@uuuhson) June 18, 2018
I know they’ve predicted some wild things in the past but if The Simpsons’ World Cup Final prediction comes true, it will go down in the Obeah Hall of Fame forsure. pic.twitter.com/N3ZGQDxsoz
— Michael (@Angelo_vo) June 24, 2018
So far it looks like this may actually happen. If the Simpson’s predict the World Cup correctly, i genuinely will send $25 to everyone who RTs. pic.twitter.com/SmNtsCwBhy
— El Teban 🇲🇽 (@soyestebandid) June 25, 2018
If the Simpson’s are right about the World Cup final being Portugal vs Mexico, i will come to terms that we live in a simulation
— Rubberband Man (@_Jayohh_) June 23, 2018
‘Course there’s others hoping there’s salvation for their nation hidden in an old episode somewhere as well.
Just hoping to find an episode of the Simpsons that predicts England winning the world cup😭😭😭 #ItsComingHome #England #WorldCupRussia2018
— Jay (@JaySusR6) June 26, 2018
If by some miracle both Mexico and Portugal wind up in the cup final, and there’s a sequence where the halfback passes to centre, back to wing, back to centre, and centre holds it, holds it, holds it, then… Look I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest Matt Groening be tried as a witch, to be perfectly honest.
