'The Simpsons' do it again: how they predicted the blackout in Spain

It is becoming a historical custom every time an important event happens to humanity. First, the causes are asked, then they are reviewed "The Simpsons to see if the Springfield cartoons had predicted it before. And the truth is that, in the case of the blackout, the yellow family had already faced a similar situation before.

In fact, in 'The Simpsons' there are two different blackouts. A scene from season 35 talks about a "great blackout" that almost destroyed everything. It is a story told by the future Lisa to her granddaughters. "It made us all have to write things by hand," says the protagonist. This episode is called 'What a Beautiful Mess', number seven.

On the other hand, almost at the beginning of the fiction there was also a moment when the whole of Springfield was left without light and electricity. In episode 17 of the fourth season of 'The Simpsons', Mr. Burns ends a strike by nuclear power plant workers by leaving the whole city without power. He does this by pressing a red button and everything goes completely dark.

"Goodbye, Springfield, from the heart of hell, I stab you," says the character before pressing it. Two scenes that social media s have used to joke about the power of Matt Groening's famous series. If there was no trace of Pope Francis' death in the fiction, the Spanish blackout does find a homonym in 'The Simpsons'.

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