The Rise of "The Krusty Burger" Chain (Episode: "Krusty Gets Kancelled", 1993)

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 Rise of "The Krusty Burger" Chain (Episode: "Krusty Gets Kancelled", 1993)

• What happened: In this episode, Krusty Burger, the fictional fast-food chain from the show, was parodied as a corporate empire, and Krusty himself has a brief stint as a corporate mascot.
• Reality: Fast food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and others have faced similar issues of over-commercialization and the rise of "fast food empires" in the real world, with many even starting to diversify into other ventures (like Krusty Burger did).