President Trump, the baby translator, three-eyed fish… As the World Cup continues, we look all the real-world events predicted by The Simpsons

1. Mexico winning the World Cup

The World Cup final remains at a distance but that hasn't stopped football fans from suggesting this year's winner had been predicted by The Simpsons. An episode in the animation's ninth series, The Cartridge Family, showed a match "to determine which nation is the greatest on earth, Mexico or Portugal?".

Social media fans became convinced that this could be the World Cup, with one uncanny detail tying it to this summer: "There seems to be a reference to the scandal that recently plagued the Mexican team who allegedly partied with several women before the beginning of the tournament," Portuguese newspaper Eco reported.

The two teams could even make it to the World Cup Final. On Monday, Portugal drew with Iran, meaning they are in the top half of the draw for the knockout stage. If Mexico win Group F then they will be in the bottom of the draw, meaning they won't meet Portugal until the final.

2. President Donald Trump

In 2000, Simpsons writer Dan Greaney folded in the notion of Donald Trump as President of the United States into a grimly dystopian episode called Bart to the Future. Under Trump's management, America in 2030 had been crippled financially and was relying on bail-outs from China and Europe. The country's only chance? The victory of presidential candidate Lisa Simpson. The person who actually saves the day, however, is her down-and-out brother Bart, whose experience in dodging debts gets America out of its deficit.