50 Times The Simpsons Saw It Coming Before the World Did

The same flash-forward episode doubles down on its predictions. When Lisa chats with Marge from her college dorm, the phone call appears as a video feed. This seemed futuristic at the time, a Jetsons-level novelty.

Fast forward to the 2010s, and video calling becomes not only common but essential—especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when FaceTime, Zoom, and Google Meet became lifelines for work, school, and family. What The Simpsons envisioned as a sci-fi convenience transformed into a basic human need.