The claim
A video online shows that the Simpsons predicted the crash of the Silicon Valley Bank in the USA.
Our conclusion
The claim is false. The video was manipulated by adding the name of Silicon Valley Bank later. The original name of the building is First Bank of Springfield.
Claims like “The Simpsons always knew” are made again and again at major events. Some users online view the series' supposed clairvoyant abilities as an obvious joke, while others take it seriously. Such an alleged prediction is currently circulating regarding the bankruptcy of the Silicon Valley Bank in the USA.
One Twitter user wrote: “The Simpsons predicted the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank.” He shares a video that is also circulating internationally on social networks. In the approximately 30-second clip, you can see a building with the name Silicon Valley Bank emblazoned on it. Bart Simpson says in the scene that the bank has no cash and is insolvent.
Manipulation: Name of the bank added later
By entering the first sentence from the scene in question into Google, we found a YouTube video from 2016 . In this video it is clear that the bank in the scene is not referred to as Silicon Valley Bank, but as First Bank of Springfield. The description of the video states that this excerpt is from the 21st episode of the sixth season of The Simpsons, which aired in 1995.
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A comparison with the original episode on a streaming service confirms this: the bank in the original scene is actually called “First Bank of Springfield”. In addition, the word “Kapwing” can be seen in the bottom right corner of the manipulated video, which video editing software .


There have also been several manipulated contents in the past that were supposed to come from the series. For example, predictions about the burning of Notre Dame and the use of atomic bombs in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict were traced back to series. But both scenes turned out to be fake.
Conclusion

The video purporting to prove The Simpsons' prediction of Silicon Valley Bank's bankruptcy has been manipulated. The bank's name was subsequently added to a building. In reality, the building in the original scene is called the First Bank of Springfield.
Source: Corrective
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