The "Y2K Bug" Crisis (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 "Y2K Bug" Crisis (Episode: "Lisa's Wedding", 1995)

• What happened: In this episode, there’s a quick mention of "the Y2K bug," which was a tech concern that the world would experience huge computer failures as we transitioned from 1999 to 2000.
• Reality: The Y2K bug did cause significant anxiety leading up to the year 2000, though the crisis ended up being much less severe than anticipated. Nonetheless, it was a big global issue at the time.