The Simpsons Matt Groening's animated sitcom is often said to have “predicted the future,” but even Matt Groening's animated sitcom couldn't have predicted the attention the show has gotten thanks to former President Donald Trump. Donald Trump. while The Simpsons The show seemed to clearly predict Trump's rise to power, thanks to his Tuesday night outburst about eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, and the series is now trending on the back of numerous videos, memes and a comedic scene from the stars. Hank Azaria.
After the debate between Trump and Harris, it only took a few minutes for the first photos to be taken of The Simpsons It made its way to X/Twitter, with photos of the family pets named Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II looking very worried being posted alongside the caption: “They eat cats, they eat dogs, they eat pets in Springfield.”
This was quickly followed by several musical variations on the same three lines, many of them powerful dance numbers with psychedelic videos depicting panicked dogs and cats. However, one clip that caught the eye brought things back to the Springfield First Family again, as Trump's speech fit perfectly into the song.We put spring in springfield.“, which appeared in the season eight episode “Bart after dark“, and also won an Emmy Award in 1997.
The Simpsons star Hank Azaria couldn't resist calling out Chief Wiggum.
In addition to the endless stream of posts from regular social media users, The Simpsons Star Hank Azaria also joined the series with an improvised video of himself performing a comedic scene as one of the many characters he voices on the show, Chief Clancy Wiggum. In the video, Azaria answers a phone call as Wiggum, dealing with a “report” that dogs and cats are being eaten during his tenure. You can watch the video below.
While this adds another layer to the reactions that have been dominating social media over the past few days, it has also ensured that these lines remain the only thing that has been taken away from the entire discussion. The fact that the discussion itself was broadcast on, among other places, Disney+ has only added fuel to the fire, as the streaming platform has also become home to The Simpson family.
The serious question of who will be the next leader of the country is still about two months away, and there seems to be plenty of time for this issue to take priority in due course. For now, the strange combination of Trump and Putin is still in place. The Simpsons That’s all anyone has time for when it comes to this topic. Many comments on Azaria’s post suggested that the show needs to reference this in some way when it returns for its 36th season in the near future. That certainly wouldn’t be out of the question.
The Trump-Harris debate itself drew a massive viewership, with more than 67 million people watching across the 17 networks that aired the event, a far higher number than the 51 million who tuned in to the same debate between Trump and Joe Biden in June. That doesn’t even include viewers who chose to watch on Disney+ or Hulu.
