Did the animated serial ‘The Simpsons' Predict the Ukrainian Crisis?
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Several social media users are claiming that The Simpsons predicted the Ukrainian refugee crisis back in 2011.
In the season 23 episode, "The Falcon and the D'Ohman," two moments show that the animated series, possibly predicted such a humanitarian crisis involving the country, which is currently seeing millions fleeing after Ukraine invasion.
Twitter user @esau7 shared two screenshots from the episode that show a cityscape of a rundown neighborhood in Springfield named "Little Ukraine," while later in the episode a poster of an atomic bomb explosion with the caption: "Don't Do This" is shown hanging in a locker room. These moments do indeed occur in the episodes with the respective timestamps of 10:26 and 17:02.
The references to Ukraine and the threat of nuclear war bear an eerie similarity to current events as more than 1.5 million residents of Ukraine have left their homes looking for safe refuge outside its borders.
