The Horsemeat Scandal (Episode: "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", 1994)

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 Horsemeat Scandal (Episode: "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", 1994)

• What happened: In this episode, the school cafeteria serves "horse meat" to the students, which is a running joke throughout the episode.
• Reality: In 2013, a major scandal broke out in Europe when horse meat was found in products that were labeled as beef, which caused a significant public outcry.