The Simpsons are renowned for their oddly accurate predictions, however their most famous World Cup predicitions hasn't come true.
The Simpsons fans have been bringing up the prediction that Mexico will win the FIFA 2026 World Cup, however a Mexico victory is now impossible.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Mexico went up against England at the Azteca Stadium and lost 3-2.
The World Cup final will be held at the New York/New Jersey stadium on July 19.
Due to the results of the game on Monday, Mexico football fans went home disappointed along with all The Simpsons fans who thought they were going to predict correctly again.
Fans of the cartoon posted to social media to document the moment the shows prediction was wrong.
The Simpsons has failed for the first time ever.
We are not going to have a Mexico vs Portugal final...not in this life time.
This world cup is England's! pic.twitter.com/qA237hup7A
— I'm E (@emye_cool) July 6, 2026
It has become a recent phenomenon that the cartoon show is oddly accurate with their specific predictions. In the 1997 episode of The Simpsons titled 'The Cartridge Family', the iconic family are watching TV when an ad for the match held Continental Soccer Association is shown. In the episode, the football match will determine which nation is the "greatest on Earth: Mexico or Portugal?”
Although the episode doesn't specifically mention 'FIFA World Cup', a match to determine the "greatest nation" held in the USA was enough to get Mexico football fans excited.
The cartoon show has predicted several events throughout the series, such as Donald Trump's presidency and Disney's takeover of Fox. Matt Selman, the series showrunner, explained how they can predict the future. He said in an interview with People that if you study history and mathematics "it would be literally impossible for us not to predict things."
“If you say enough things, some of them are going to overlap with reality, and then that’s the math element. And then, the history element is if you make a show that is based on studying the past foolishness of humanity, you are surely going to anticipate the future foolishness of humanity as it sinks further into foolishness fair. So we don’t really think about it," Selman said.
