S06E19 · Lisa's Wedding · (1995)

Video Chat Goes Mainstream

The Simpsons Episode · 1995

Lisa and Marge speak via a rotary phone with a FaceTime-style video screen in 2010.

What Really Happened · 2010

FaceTime (2010) and Zoom transformed global communication.

2010

years between the episode airing and the real-world event.
The Simpsons aired S06E19 in 1995. The real event occurred in 2010.

The Full Story

Set in the year 2010, 'Lisa's Wedding' shows Lisa calling Marge from England on a slim handheld device that displays a live video feed of her face — real-time video calling treated as completely ordinary domestic technology. Apple launched FaceTime on the iPhone 4 in June 2010, exactly the year the episode depicted; Zoom then made video calling the default mode of human communication during the 2020 pandemic. The writers imagined a mundane future fifteen years before it arrived.

By the Numbers

StatusCONFIRMED

CategoryTechnology

EpisodeS06E19

Air Year1995

Came True2010

SeasonSeason 6

Sources & Further Reading

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_(software)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime

Video Chat Goes Mainstream is one of 70 verified Simpsons predictions tracked by Springfield Oracle — a public database of documented cases where The Simpsons foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S06E19 ("Lisa's Wedding"), which aired in 1995. It was confirmed true in 2010.

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