S24E09 · Homer Goes to Prep School · (2013)
The Great Awakening / QAnon Storm
The Simpsons Episode · 2013
Homer joins a group of doomsday preppers who believe civilisation is about to collapse via an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device — referred to in survivalist circles as WROL (Without Rule of Law).
What Really Happened · 2022
In September 2022, QAnon's Great Awakening forum cited this episode — noting that Season 24, Episode 9 maps numerologically to '9/24' — as proof a government-orchestrated 'Storm' would occur on September 24, 2022. Followers predicted Trump's return to power and '10 days of darkness.' Nothing occurred on that date.
2022
9
years between the episode airing and the real-world event.
The Simpsons aired S24E09 in 2013.
The real event occurred in 2022.
The Full Story
"Homer Goes to Prep School" (Season 24, Episode 9, 2013) features Homer joining a group of doomsday preppers who believe civilisation is about to collapse. The episode depicts an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device triggering a breakdown of society and rule of law, referred to in survivalist circles as WROL — Without Rule of Law.
In September 2022, QAnon's Great Awakening forum cited this episode — noting that Season 24, Episode 9 numerically maps to '9/24' — as evidence that a government-orchestrated event called 'The Storm' would occur on September 24, 2022. Followers predicted Trump's return to power, mass arrests, and '10 days of darkness.'
The prediction was sourced from a misreading of a German politician's speech, combined with numerological interpretation of the episode number. Nothing occurred on September 24, 2022. The episode is real and accurately described. The prediction it supposedly contains was not in the episode.
Analysis
The episode is real and accurately described. The prediction attributed to it was not in the episode — it was derived from numerological misreading of the episode number (S24E09 → 9/24). The QAnon claim was sourced from a misreading of a German politician's speech combined with episode number coincidence. Logged as Debunked.
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