Question

“The Simpsons” predicted Pope Francis’ 2025 death.

Answer 1

The claim that "The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis' death of 2025" is false. It originated on a TikTok AI-generated video that was circling different platforms.  These videos feature inconsistencies, such as distorted text and robotic narration, which indicate they were artificially created rather than actual clips from the show. While The Simpsons has made vague references to a pope dying in past episodes, none specifically mention Pope Francis or the year 2025

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

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

Comments

Great catch on the ai generated video! I like how you pointed out the signs of it being fake, like the robotic narration and distorted text. you could make your post even stronger by adding a link to an official list or data base of Simpsons episodes to show that none of them mention Pope Francis or the year 2025.

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great fact check I love how you mentioned it was ai generated because that was the first thing I acknowledged when I watched the video and also mentioning this debunking it immediately cause ai has validity. with clips not even from the show on the TikTok video.

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Thank you for the fact check around this topic! It really seemed real to me in the beginning. The sources you used are credible and provide the necessary information to prove this claim is false. It would help to maybe include the specific episode that the AI generated TikTok was based off of for reference.

Answer 2

There’s a claim going around that The Simpsons predicted Pope Francis would die in 2025, but that’s not true. The rumor started on TikTok, where a user named @edriansalas0 posted a video claiming the show made this prediction. But if you look into the account, it mostly shares dramatic or fake content and isn’t connected to The Simpsons or any real news source. Reputable fact-checkers like PolitiFact and Snopes both say the video isn’t from an actual episode—it was made using AI to look like the show. These kinds of fake videos have been popping up more on social media lately, and they’re easy to fall for if you don’t double-check. So no, The Simpsons didn’t predict the Pope’s death, and the original source of this idea seems to be those AI-edited TikTok clips trying to pass off fiction as fact.

Sources:

TikTok video: https://www.tiktok.com/@edriansalas0/video/7495690307334360338

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

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

Yahoo News: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/fact-check-simpsons-did-not-183200436.html

Answer 3

The claim that the Simpsons predicted the death of Pope Francis is false as the claim was created by an AI video on TikTok. After looking further into the source PolitiFact states that the 2019 episode did not mention any specific details regarding the name of the pope, the year in which it happened, or the cause of death. The TikTok video was highly exaggerated and did not mention any of these points. The article states that the media has created many false claims about the Simpsons predicted major world events. The account that posted the video makes a random assortment of content with many of them being videos of drawings. This was a video to get more engagement and state a claim that would get people talking in the comments.

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

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