6 predictions from the animated series "South Park" that came true

It has long been noticed that animated series from the United States predict the future. At first, this feature was noticed for "The Simpsons", and then it turned out that" South Park " is also full of prophecies. Let's remember the events that this animated oracle warned us about.

In one episode, Stan and Kyle wanted to return the money for tickets to a movie show of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. They go to the director's own home and make an unpleasant discovery - Gibson turns out to be a religious extremist. It took only a couple of years and the actor and director actually started making extremist statements to the press, blaming the Jews for all the troubles.

The Simpsons was the first to predict the election of billionaire Donald Trump as president of the United States. But "South Park" decided to keep up with them and released a series in which Canadians jokingly elect a rich man as the head of the country, but he actually becomes president. To the surprise of fans of the cartoon, soon Trump was elected in real life.

In 2010, in one episode of the cartoon, the news said that the cruise ships of the Carnival Cruise Line smelled of shit. No one attached any importance to this and this phrase was remembered only in 2013, when the Carnival Cruise Line ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire was extinguished, but because of the accident on the liner, all the toilets and decks were out of order, and the stench engulfed them. Many passengers later said that it was the most disgusting event of their lives.

Randy Marsh asks "terrorist number one" to destroy New Jersey because of the TV series "The Beach" and Bin Laden fulfills Randy's request. At the moment when the residents of South Park thank the leader of Al-Qaeda for his help, special forces break into his room and shoot him. In reality, Bin Laden was killed 7 months after the episode was released.

The mascot of the SubWay restaurant chain Jared Fogle got rid of an extra 111 kg when he began to eat only in these establishments. In 2015, he dealt a serious blow to the company's image, receiving a sentence for pedophilia. At South Park, Fogle also damaged the firm's reputation by claiming that he had lost weight because of AIDS ("Super Individual Diet Programs").

9 years ago, in the 16th season of the series, the conflict between farmers and the government in the Republic of Belarus is described. The main character of the episode was Jesus Christ, who is interviewed by journalists. The savior says that he wants to solve everything peacefully, but behind him there are people who are opposed by tractors and military equipment. It ends with a bloody carnage with many victims.

One episode of "South Park" shows "Strong Women's Competitions", in which the deputy headmaster of the school participates. But she loses because of the fact that transgender people were allowed to participate in the women's competitions, who turned out to be stronger. The issue of allowing transgender people to participate in competitions on an equal basis with women has been seriously discussed in the United States for two years and a working group of experts has been officially established on this issue.