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Life imitates art in the most shocking ways! Join us as we look at moments where South Park accidentally foresaw future events. From AI movie studios to the Tokyo Skytree, these cartoon predictions became eerily real years later. Are Trey Parker and Matt Stone psychic, or is this all just bizarre coincidence?
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00:00Oh God, yes! Where did you get that?
00:03I have my sources. That'll be $85.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:08And today, we're looking at 10 times South Park unknowingly predicted something long before it came true.
00:14You know the saying, life imitates art or something.
00:18Hey, fellas!
00:20Boy, this is neato, huh?
00:25Butters, what the hell are you doing?
00:27Number 10. The Coney Island Hot Dog Sale.
00:31This is the historic Aspen Park Hot Dog.
00:34200 square feet of pure luxury. Let's check it out.
00:38One of the most bizarre circumstances Cartman has found himself in occurred in South Park's 25th season.
00:44Having failed to find more work and thus unable to afford their home,
00:47Cartman and his mom find themselves living in a parodied version of the Coney Island Hot Dog Shack.
00:52We've got running water, a couch to sleep on, and most important, we have each other.
00:58It wasn't long before this plot in the episode became somewhat of a reality.
01:05The Coney Island Boardwalk Hot Dog Stand in Denver, Colorado was put up for sale in May 2022,
01:11three whole months after the City People episode aired.
01:15At the time of this video, it has yet to be sold and remains vacant.
01:19I think it's cool we live in a hot dog.
01:22Number 9. The Making of Legendary Cinema.
01:26When's this thing start? I hope there's some good previews.
01:28Stan, film festival movies don't usually have previews before then.
01:31They what?
01:31This might be one of the more famous or infamous examples of South Park accidentally predicting things.
01:37The episode features a scene where Stan and Wendy go to see a movie featuring two cowboys who become lovers.
01:43As simple as it is, the plot in the movie is very similar to the 1997 short story Brokeback Mountain,
01:58which would receive a film adaptation seven years after this episode first aired.
02:02The only difference between the 2005 movie and the South Park version as well,
02:07we don't remember any scenes where Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are eating bowls of pudding.
02:12There's nobody's business but ours.
02:13Number 8. Criminal Pocket Monsters.
02:16I tell you, those Japanese really know how to market to kids.
02:19I've got to collect all Chimpokamon. I've got to collect them all so I can become Royal Crown Chimpokomaster.
02:23In this episode, South Park satirizes the overblown panic parents had over the real-world Pokemon franchise
02:29exploding in popularity among kids.
02:32While the kids are all obsessing over collecting all of the Chimpokamon,
02:36the company manufacturing the monsters is secretly using them to brainwash them.
02:41Hey, I'm going to take your Roostor and put it in this bag where it will flourish or expire depending on fate.
02:46There had never been an incident similar to this at the time,
02:49but there were some raising concerns when Pokemon Go launched in 2016.
02:54Because the app relied on users' locations to function,
02:57authorities began warning players about the dangers of trespassing,
03:00abduction, and human trafficking.
03:03Damn it, this is not Japan!
03:07Number 7. The Death of Osama Bin Laden.
03:12Ever seen someone predict something twice before it ever happens?
03:23It wasn't that South Park called out Osama Bin Laden dying.
03:26Everyone dies eventually.
03:28How he died is a different story.
03:32Both episodes, Osama Bin Laden has farty pants,
03:36and it's a Jersey thing,
03:38depict Bin Laden dying from a shot fired by an American soldier.
03:42Well,
03:42May 2nd, 2011,
03:44marked the death of Osama Bin Laden,
03:46who had been shot by U.S. Navy SEALs during a raid of his hideout in Pakistan.
03:50Sure, South Park didn't get every detail right,
03:53but to show the U.S. finally finding Bin Laden
03:56and taking him down twice,
03:58it's enough to make some folks believe Trey Parker and Matt Stone are psychic.
04:01And we owe it all to Osama Bin Laden.
04:11Number 6. Predicting a Skyscraper.
04:14We are getting reports now that Japan is building their own ladder to heaven
04:17to compete with the U.S.ases.
04:19Let's go live to SNN correspondent Nobu Hira Sabasuguro.
04:22While the boys are building a ladder to reach Kenyan heaven,
04:25Japan announces that they have begun their own ladder
04:28to reach the great afterlife in the sky
04:30before a bunch of American kids do.
04:32They succeed rather quickly,
04:34though they are soon exposed to have faked the whole thing.
04:37That's the news of the frame of heaven.
04:41No! No! No! No! No!
04:43No! No!
04:44However, Japan did manage to build a tall observation tower in the real world.
04:49In 2008,
04:50six years after a ladder to heaven aired,
04:52Japan began construction on what would become the Tokyo Skytree.
04:56The tower finished construction in 2012
04:58and has since been deemed the third tallest structure on Earth,
05:02right behind the skyscrapers the Burj Khalifa and Merdeka 118.
05:06To stabilize the tower,
05:08engineers rely on fluid dampers
05:10developed during NASA's Apollo space program
05:13and from something closer to home.
05:16Number 5.
05:18The Poop Cruise.
05:19Dad, what are you doing?
05:20At first,
05:28this was just a passing jab at a major cruise line,
05:31but it was wild to see it become a reality years later.
05:34Creme Fresh opens with Randy and Sharon watching the news.
05:38The anchor stating,
05:39Passengers said the Carnival Cruise line smelled like poop,
05:43but that that was an improvement.
05:44Well,
05:45the world got a glimpse of that kind of incident
05:47three years after this episode aired.
05:49In 2013,
05:51a Carnival Triumph cruise was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico
05:54after the engine room caught fire.
05:56This caused the entire ship to lose power,
05:58which affected its sewage system,
06:00thus garnering the name
06:01The Poop Cruise.
06:02When Jen announces
06:04that it's going to be two or three more days,
06:07it's like,
06:08I don't know if I can hold it.
06:09Number 4.
06:10The KFC Black Market.
06:13Can I help you?
06:14I need,
06:14somebody said you could help me,
06:16I have to,
06:17I haven't had KFC in almost a week.
06:19In case you hadn't seen this one,
06:21Medicinal Fried Chicken centers on Cartman
06:23desperately trying to find some KFC,
06:26which soon escalates to him running a cartel
06:28supplying individuals with illegal KFC goods.
06:31We move over 16 tons of chicken every month.
06:35Of course,
06:36with the new laws in Colorado,
06:37my business has taken quite a hit.
06:39I'm worried other states might follow suit.
06:42Believe it or not,
06:43there was an incident similar to this
06:44that occurred in 2018.
06:46This was the year
06:47when the fried chicken chain
06:48saw a massive shortage in supply in the UK
06:51after some severe mismanagement
06:53in their logistics departments.
06:55It wasn't long
06:56before people began selling
06:57their own old orders from the chain
06:59at exorbitantly high prices.
07:02At least,
07:02we got some hilarious new buckets
07:04out of the disaster.
07:05I told you a long time ago,
07:07you f***ing little monkey,
07:09not to f*** me.
07:10Number 3,
07:11Jared Fogle's Crimes.
07:13He's still looking good.
07:16His name is Jared.
07:18His name is Jared,
07:20and he likes to eat the sandwiches.
07:22In 2015,
07:24the world was shocked
07:25when Jared Fogle,
07:26who had long been known
07:27as the spokesperson
07:28for sandwich chain Subway,
07:30was caught talking about
07:31unspeakable acts
07:32involving minors
07:33and possession of material
07:35depicting said acts.
07:36Looking back on South Park's episode,
07:39Jared Has AIDS,
07:40it's almost eerie
07:41how Trey Parker and Matt Stone
07:43were almost warning us
07:44of Fogle.
07:45But after we get married,
07:46they'll be our AIDS.
07:48You'll love having AIDS, Christine.
07:50You really will.
07:50And when we have children,
07:51they'll have AIDS.
07:52In the episode,
07:53Jared talks about how he wants
07:55to give everyone in the world AIDS.
07:57People whose job is to assist others,
08:00and even give them to children.
08:01A play on words type of joke,
08:03yes.
08:04But it's hard to laugh at this joke,
08:06given what we know today.
08:08But I won't stop there.
08:10I'm going to seek out
08:11all the underprivileged
08:12and hungry children of the world,
08:14and I'm going to give them AIDS myself.
08:17Number two,
08:1817 years of development later.
08:21My friends,
08:22to victory!
08:23To victory!
08:24I don't play World of Warcraft.
08:26If you're an avid fan of video games,
08:28then you'll likely know
08:30about this hilarious moment.
08:31When Cartman gathers the boys
08:33to assess their situation
08:34in World of Warcraft,
08:35Butters reveals
08:36that he has never actually played
08:38the MMO before.
08:40Instead,
08:40he plays a game called
08:41Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
08:43Butters,
08:44you said you're on your computer
08:45all the time.
08:46Yeah,
08:46but I'm playing
08:47Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
08:48At the time of the episode's airing,
08:50no such game existed.
08:52But in 2023,
08:53the game became a reality.
08:55Hello Kitty Island Adventure
08:57released for iOS
08:58on July 28, 2023,
09:00before making its way
09:01to PC and consoles in 2025.
09:04And yes,
09:05it is exactly
09:06the kind of game
09:07we'd imagine
09:08Butters would be playing.
09:09An Animal Crossing-esque
09:11life simp,
09:12where you get to play
09:13with all of the different
09:14kind of characters
09:14from Sanrio.
09:16He's sharing everything
09:17with your friends.
09:20So if you've got
09:21a big appetite
09:22for a cozy adventure,
09:24come join us.
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09:39Number 1.
09:43Bots make our movies.
09:45Greetings.
09:46I am the Asimo 4000.
09:50Wow.
09:51Now, this is one episode
09:54we never thought
09:55would actually become reality.
09:56Unfortunately,
09:57it's looking more and more likely
09:59every waking moment.
10:01Asimo shows Cartman
10:02tricking Butters
10:03into thinking he is a robot.
10:05During that time,
10:06the two wind up
10:06at a movie studio
10:07where Cartman is asked
10:08to pitch tons
10:09of movie ideas.
10:10Adam Sandler
10:11is like in love
10:12with some girl
10:13but then it turns out
10:14that the girl
10:15is actually a golden retriever
10:17or something.
10:20Oh, perfect.
10:21We'll call it puppy love.
10:23Well, at the time
10:24of this video,
10:25movie studios
10:25like Warner Brothers
10:26are investing
10:27in artificial intelligence
10:28to help identify
10:29market trends
10:30and predict the success
10:31of a movie
10:32before it can even
10:33enter production.
10:34Only time will tell
10:35how many of them
10:36star Adam Sandler.
10:38Boy, Los Angeles
10:39is great, huh, Asimo?
10:40Can you believe
10:41those guys paid us
10:41$100 a piece
10:42for those movie ideas?
10:43Did you find
10:44any of these predictions
10:45to be coincidental
10:46or does South Park Studios
10:48have a third eye?
10:49Let us know
10:50in the comments.