The Simpsons Episode · 1990
Mr. Burns eats a three-eyed mutant fish to prove it is safe.
What Really Happened · 2023
Japan's PM Kishida ate fish from Fukushima to prove it was safe after TEPCO's wastewater release.
2023
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In 'Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish', Mr. Burns — facing a government shutdown order — runs for governor and stages a publicity dinner where he eats Blinky the three-eyed fish on live television to prove it is safe, only for Marge to swap it at the last moment. In August 2023, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ate flounder from Fukushima on camera to reassure the public after TEPCO began releasing treated wastewater into the Pacific. The political playbook was identical, thirty-three years apart.
Japanese PM Eats Radioactive Fish is one of
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foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S02E04 ("Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"), which aired in 1990.
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