Did The Simpsons predict 9/11?

No, The Simpsons did not accurately predict 9/11, though a popular internet myth claims it did based on a misinterpreted frame. The myth comes from Season 9 Episode 1, The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, which aired on September 21, 1997, four years before 9/11. In one scene, Lisa holds a brochure that says New York at $9 a day, with a picture of Twin Towers next to it, which looks like 9/11 at first glance, with the 9 and Twin Towers forming 9/11. However, this is coincidence, the brochure was meant to show $9 bus fare and Twin Towers as New York landmark, not a prediction. The episode is actually a love letter to New York and shows Homer's car parked at World Trade Center. The episode was temporarily pulled from syndication after 9/11 out of sensitivity. Show writer Al Jean has said it was not a prediction, just a coincidence due to $9 and Twin Towers being common New York symbols. The Simpsons has never predicted terrorism in detail. Other claims like The Simpsons predicting 9/11 memorial are also false. So The Simpsons did not predict 9/11, the image is a coincidental frame that looks like 9/11 but was not intended as prophecy, and the show's supposed predictions are often exaggerated by fans who find patterns in 750 plus episodes, with 9/11 being one of the most debunked myths.

The Simpsons did not directly predict 9/11 attacks, though fans point to Season 9 Episode 1 The City of New York vs Homer Simpson aired September 21, 1997, which shows brochure with 9 dollars and Twin Towers forming 11, interpreted as 9/11 reference, but creators say it was coincidence not prediction of terrorist attacks, with no intent to predict tragedy. In that episode, Bart holds brochure for New York with 9 dollars bus fare and Twin Towers shown as 11, making visual of 9/11 next to towers, which some interpret as prediction of September 11, 2001 attacks where Twin Towers destroyed, but episode was about Homer retrieving car in New York, not about terrorism, with brochure image being coincidental design of 9 and towers representing 11, not intentional prediction of date of attacks, as episode aired 4 years before 9/11. Creators Al Jean and Matt Groening said it was pure coincidence, with no intention to predict attacks, as 9 dollars and towers as 11 was just visual pun for New York, not prophecy. The Simpsons is satirical comedy, not psychic, with many episodes showing New York and Twin Towers as they were iconic landmark before 2001, so appearance of towers is not prediction. So The Simpsons did not predict 9/11 attacks, though one episode had brochure with 9 and Twin Towers forming 11, which looks like 9/11, but it was coincidence, not intentional prediction of terrorist attacks, with creators denying prediction, and episode not about terrorism, so claim of prediction is selective memory and hoax interpretation, not real prediction.