The "FaceTime" Video Call (Episode: "Lisa's Wedding", 1995)

The Simpsons has earned quite the reputation for seemingly predicting the future. It’s actually a bit of a meme at this point, with fans pointing out how many things in the real world appear to have been "predicted" by the show, sometimes years in advance. While some of these predictions are purely coincidental or the result of broad satire, others do seem oddly prescient.

The "FaceTime" Video Call (Episode: "Lisa's Wedding", 1995)

• What happened: Lisa, in a future scenario, has a video call with her fiancé. The technology depicted is remarkably similar to Apple's FaceTime, which at the time was a sci-fi idea.
• Reality: Video calling became mainstream in the 2010s, thanks to platforms like FaceTime, Skype, and Zoom, and it skyrocketed in use during the COVID-19 pandemic.