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Simpsons fans have noted that an episode featuring a scene in Tiananmen Square is missing from Disney + in Hong Kong.
In the 2005 episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan," the family travels to China to adopt a baby.
The Simpson clan stops at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where they find a sign that reads: "At this site, in 1989, nothing happened," a scathing joke about the 1989 event where pro-democracy protesters gathered. for several months.
The elimination of the chapter marks again that the Simpsons predicted the future.
Coronavirus and killer hornets: another example of how The Simpsons predicted the future?
According to various reports, that 12th episode of "The Simpsons" season 16 is not available on Disney + programming for Hong Kong customers.
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The "predictions" of The Simpsons.
In the 2005 episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan," the family travels to China to adopt a baby.
The Simpson clan stops at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where they find a sign that reads: "At this site, in 1989, nothing happened."
The episode was deleted from Disney + in Hong Kong.
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After the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris, users of social networks pointed out the coincidence between Harris's attire during the ceremony and that of Lisa Simpson in an episode of the year 2000. Lisa wore a purple jacket and pearls.
And at Wednesday's ceremony, Harris wore a purple jacket and pearls.
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In the 2000 episode, called "Bart to the Future," Lisa takes office and says a few words that have now gone viral: "As you know, we have inherited a major budget crisis from President Trump."
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| In fact, when Trump arrived at the White House, many remembered the chapter in which Lisa Simpson mentioned him with her predecessor. However, this image corresponds to an episode from 2015 after Trump ran for president. It is NOT from the year 2000 chapter of the prediction, as falsely mentioned on social media.
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| During May 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic was in its early months, some recalled a 1993 episode in which a flu was spreading through Springfield. Season 4's "Marge in Chains" episode features a sick Asian worker sneezing into a shipment of juicers that many Springfield residents want to buy, sparking an outbreak of the "Osaka flu." However, Bill Oakley, one of the writers of this series, told the publication "Hollywood Reporter" that he found it terrible and unpleasant that in social networks some people were using an old episode co-written by him as a new example that in Effect the Simpsons have the ability to predict all kinds of real life events.
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In that same 1993 chapter, there is also an element that marked 2020 in the midst of a pandemic: the giant "killer hornets" that were observed in Washington state.
In the episode, people panic over the Osaka flu and knock over a truck that they believe has the cure.
However, they end up knocking over a box marked "Killer Bees" and unleash a swarm.
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In 2012's "Lisa Goes Gaga", Lady Gaga is giving a concert in Springfield and flies over the audience wearing a harness and a dress similar to the one in which she performed at the 2017 Super Bowl. The surprising thing is that there she was also suspended in the air for a few minutes.
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In real life, Gaga did something very similar at the sporting event, but the artist's dress did not burn, as in the episode.
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In 2014, before the World Cup, The Simpsons "predicted" Neymar's injury and corruption in FIFA.
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And there are even more similarities.
In 1993, a white tiger attacks Gunter and Ernst.
In 2003, a white tiger attacked Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy.
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Smartwatches are seen in 'Lisa's Wedding' from March 1995 ... (Credit: FOX)
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... and video calls.
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There is a scene in which Bart plays with virtual reality glasses.
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In 1998, Homer stole grease from a restaurant.
In 2012, New York robbers began to do the same (Credit: FOX)
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In 1997 Marge shows Bart a book on Ebola.
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The episode called "When You Dish Upon A Star", first broadcast on November 8, 1998, shows a building in front of which has a sign with the words "20th Century Fox, a division of Walt Disney Co. ".
In December 2017 Disney announced the purchase of the majority of 21st Century Fox.
Disney did not respond to CNN Business' request for comment on why the episode is not available.
China has regularly censored the media and companies operating within the country are forced to censor the search results of Chinese users, in particular images and information about the Tiananmen Square protests and the murders that occurred. .
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The Chinese government has worked hard to restrict images and reporting of the 1989 event, viewing it as a threat to the legitimacy of its continuing one-party rule.
Hundreds of people died on June 4, 1989 in Tiananmen Square.
The massacre made headlines around the world, as did iconic images such as the "Tank Man" or tank man challenging the troops in the square.
Hong Kong has historically had more artistic freedom than mainland China.
In recent years, China has cracked down on content under a 2020 National Security Law that criminalizes acts of secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security.
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