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Yes, “The Simpsons” even predicted its own future parentage.

As part of the historic $54.2 billion Fox-Disney deal announced Thursday, such Fox animated series as “Family Guy” and “Bob’s Burgers” will soon be donning corporate Mouse Ears. But only the granddaddy of these Fox shows, “The Simpsons,” depicted the day that it would be owned by Disney.

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Thursday morning, a fan account tweeted a throwback image to the 1998 episode “When You Wish Upon A Star,” in which beneath the Twentieth Century Fox logo can be glimpsed: “A division of Walt Disney Co.”

“Simpsons” showrunner Al Jean then tweeted a cheeky follow-up, tweaking those who might make too much of this “prediction.”