Question

“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.

Answer 1

The claim that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death in 2025 is false. This rumor originated from a satirical TikTok video featuring AI-generated content, not from an actual episode of the show. The video includes images of Vatican City and a character resembling Lisa Simpson holding a book titled "The End of a Cycle 2025," but the title is misspelled or illegible, and the animation style does not match The Simpsons. Additionally, the video features robotic narration and distorted text, indicating it was artificially created rather than being a genuine clip from the show.

In contrast, a real episode of The Simpsons, Season 31, Episode 1, which aired on September 29, 2019, includes a brief scene where news anchor Kent Brockman announces the pope's death. However, the episode does not specify which pope has died, the cause of death, or the date. The pope character in the show is a generic figure and not based on any specific real-life pope.

Therefore, the assertion that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death in 2025 is a fabrication stemming from an AI-generated video, not from any actual episode of the show.

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Answer 2

The claim being dissected, which asks if "The Simpson's predicted Pope Francis' 2025 death". After the research of multiple credible sources, it can be proven that this alleged prediction is false. According to Snopes, the episode produced in 2019 was seen to display what was called "Peter's Basilica". Later, it was proven that AI generation was utilized to create a different scene portraying Pope Francis' tragic death. Going viral on TikTok, which has seen incredible up-bringing in the last decade, spread the AI-generated video on mulitple different accounts. This aloud for individuals to assume "The Simpson's" predicted such a heartbreaking moment on our planet. With all, it can be concluded that the claim is false.

Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-simpsons-pope-francis/

Answer 3

Verdict:  False

Explanation:

The claim that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death in 2025 is based on a viral video circulating on platforms like TikTok. This video, which depicts scenes of a funeral in St. Peter's Basilica with a coffin and a Vatican flag at half-mast, is not from an actual Simpsons episode. Instead, it was generated using artificial intelligence tools and has been previously labeled as AI-generated content .The assertion that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death in 2025 is a fabrication. The viral video is an AI-generated creation and not an excerpt from any Simpsons episode. Therefore, the claim is false.

Answer 4

Although there are various speculations regarding the Simpsons predicting major events, there is little to no evidence that this is true. The source of the claim comes from a satire tiktok account rather than a trusted website.

There may be exaggerated information considering that "A 2019 episode of "The Simpsons" makes an offhand comment that the pope died, but does not reference the name, year, or cause of death." (Polifact.com) This does not indicate the correlation between the events, and is instead completely a coincidence.

The link between The Simpsons and predicting the future is highly misinterpreted, as a lot of the material has been debunked, more specifically these three incidents on bbc.com.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6svdnb

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/22/tiktok-posts/simpsons-didnt-predict-pope-francis-would-die-2025/

Answer 5

The claim that the Simpsons predicted the death of Pope Francis in 2025 is completely false. The evidence used to support this is a video from the TikTok social media platform. Firstly, the fact that this is their only form of evidence to support this is not a compelling argument. Additionally, within the video there are aspects which are inconsistent with that of the original simpsons show. In the source provided it states that the claim « originated on a satirical TikTok account that shares content generated with artificial intelligence ». 

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/22/tiktok-posts/simpsons-didnt-predict-pope-francis-would-die-2025/ 

Answer 6

Claim: "The Simpsons predicted the death of Pope Francis in 2025."
Verdict: False

This claim is false. It originated from an AI-generated TikTok video that uses fake animation and robotic voiceovers not found in any real Simpsons episode.

There is no episode that mentions Pope Francis or predicts his death. Reliable databases like IMDb and Simpsons Wiki confirm this.

Answer 7

The claim is false and has came from social media users. Politifact states, " Social media users have falsely claimed that the show has correctly predicted Queen Elizabeth's death, the Los Angeles wildfires, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Covid- 19  in obscure episodes." So this isn't the first time  claim like this has occur and is simply just a conspiracy created by people on the internet. There is no way the Simpsons predicted pope Francis death when according to rte.ie " his cause of death was a stroke followed by a coma and cardiocirculatory collapse."

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/0429/1510104-misinformation-popes-death/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/22/tiktok-posts/simpsons-didnt-predict-pope-francis-would-die-2025/

Answer 8

The claim that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death in 2025 is false. This rumor originated from an AI-generated video circulating on TikTok and other platforms. These videos often show signs of being artificially created, such as distorted text and robotic narration, indicating they are not authentic clips from the show. While The Simpsons has made vague references to a pope dying in past episodes, none of these references specifically mention Pope Francis or the year 2025.

Sources:

• PolitiFact | No, ‘The Simpsons’ didn’t predict Pope Francis would die in 2025

• MEAWW News | Fact Check: Did 'The Simpsons' really predict Pope Francis' death?

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Answer 9

The claim that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis’s death in 2025 is false. This rumor stems from an AI-generated TikTok video that mimicked the show's animation style and falsely portrayed a news report about the pope’s death. No such scene exists in any actual Simpsons episode. The only vaguely related reference appears in Season 31, Episode 1, where a character mentions the pope has died without specifying a name, date, or cause. Fact-checkers from PolitifactSnopes have confirmed the video is fabricated and warn against believing AI-generated misinformation.

Answer 10

This claim is completely false. It is actually proven that this "Simpsons episode" is not a real episode. This was actually created with AI. So, The Simpsons did not predict this, or even touch on the pope's death. You can tell it's AI, because of the way the text is spoken, and the inconsistency in the animation/art. While it is said that The Simpsons predict a lot of events, they did NOT predict the Pope's death. 

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/22/tiktok-posts/simpsons-didnt-predict-pope-francis-would-die-2025/

https://www.rumorguard.org/post/d-oh-the-simpsons-didn-t-predict-pope-s-death