Did “The Simpsons” predict Elon Musk’s fate? The latest episode suggests that the billionaire will be forced to sell Twitter after a serious incident

The latest episode of “The Simpsons” aired on Sunday and reveals what the fate of Elon Musk’s X and SpaceX could be.
The show, known for making predictions that come true, focuses on Mr. Burns, who falls in love with a young college dropout named Persephone and buys Twitter for her.
He tells his lover that he bought the platform “at a bargain price” because “the previous owner had to sell it after his self-propelled Mars rocket crashed into the International Space Station.”
The FOX television show had predicted in a previous episode that Musk would buy Twitter before the billionaire paid $44 billion for the platform in 2022.

The show, known for making predictions that come true, focuses on Mr. Burns, who falls in love with a young college dropout named Persephone and buys Twitter for her

He tells his lover that he bought the platform “at a bargain price” because “the previous owner had to sell it after his self-propelled Mars rocket crashed into the International Space Station.” And fans are sure that the previous owner was Elon Musk
The episode “Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story” is the fourth to air in the 35th season of The Simpsons, which is structured like a documentary.
Mr. Burns opens the show talking to the camera about Persephone, voiced by Elizabeth Bank, a con artist who tricks Mr. Burns into financing her extremely dubious dream project, which is supposed to turn salt water into drinking water.
Mr. Burns pledged much of his life’s worth to their Life Boat company and brought along his richest friends who also invested.
The couple ties the knot and becomes the “new It power couple.”
They are celebrating Persephone’s birthday when Mr. Burns gives her a gift with a blue bird on the front.
Persephone, confused, asked if it was a Twitter gift card, to which Mr Burns replied: “No, I bought you the entire company.”

Mr. Burns opens the show talking to the camera about Persephone, voiced by Elizabeth Bank, a con artist who tricks Mr. Burns into funding her highly dubious dream project, which claims to convert salt water into drinking water.

Later in the episode, the pair are interviewed on television and asked about negative tweets about Persephone’s disappearance from the platform after they took it over
Later in the episode, the pair are interviewed on television and asked about negative tweets about Persephone’s disappearance from the platform after they took it over.
Although Musk’s name is not mentioned on the show, he is the current owner of X and wants to send rockets to Mars through his company SpaceX.
Fans are swearing on social media platforms, drawing parallels between the fictional storyline and Musk’s own ventures.
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Fans are swearing on social media platforms, drawing parallels between the fictional storyline and Musk’s own ventures

Users are sure that The Simpsons’ prediction will come true at some point in the future

Fans also believe The Simpsons’ dramatic rebranding of the platform to
And another shared: “BREAKING FUTURE NEWS: They plan to sabotage one of Elon Musk’s rockets to crash into the international space station and force him to sell X aka (TWITTER). It was announced on THE SIMPSONS.’
Musk made a guest appearance on The Simpsons in the 2015 episode “The Musk Who Fell From the Sky.”
He lands in Springfield in a rocket capsule and transforms the city into a dystopia by developing new products that he believes will benefit the residents.
This includes running the power plant on environmentally friendly electricity, but this leads to lost profits and mass unemployment, and Homer reluctantly has to tell his new friend that he is no longer welcome.
This episode also predicts that Musk will buy Twitter.
Fans also believe The Simpsons predicted the platform’s dramatic renaming to X.
A 2012 episode of The Simpsons shows Homer using an app similar to the new logo.
It aired nine years ago in the episode “Ned ‘n’ Edna’s Blend Agenda” and the plot is based on Ned Flanders’ secret marriage to Edna Krabappel.