--- title: The Simpsons Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance description: The psychics at The Simpsons strike again predicting Lady Gaga's Super Bowl half time show before she even knew she was performing canonical: https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-06T16:52:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:48.638Z og:title: The Simpsons Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance og:description: The psychics at The Simpsons strike again og:url: https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f680c2466b1af84/6988b8ec097b90255f9b8c71/simpsons-football.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FOX's "The Simpsons" - Season Twenty-Seven og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Simpsons Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance twitter:description: The psychics at The Simpsons strike again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f680c2466b1af84/6988b8ec097b90255f9b8c71/simpsons-football.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Simpsons Totally Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 6, 2017 4:52 PM UTC  THE SIMPSONS: The Simpson family on Much Apu About Something episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Jan. 17 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images) THE SIMPSONS: The Simpson family on Much Apu About Something episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Jan. 17 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images)FOX/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 6, 2017 4:52 PM UTC The writing staff at _The Simpsons_ must be made up of psychics. The long-running Fox TV show has predicted everything from the winner of the [2016 Nobel Prize](http://time.com/4530391/simpsons-accurate-prediction/?iid=sr-link3) in economics to [Donald Trump’s presidency](http://time.com/4564238/the-all-seeing-simpsons-predicted-donald-trumps-presidency-in-2000/?iid=sr-link1) and now they have one more eerily accurate prediction under their belt—Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl half time show. In her appearance in Super Bowl LI’s [Pepsi Half Time Show](http://time.com/4660852/super-bowl-lady-gaga-halftime-show/?iid=sr-link4), [Lady Gaga descended from the roof ](http://time.com/4660667/super-bowl-halftime-show-lady-gaga-review/?iid=sr-link2)of Houston’s NRG Stadium and _Simpsons’_ fans on Twitter were quick to point out the similarities between the stunt and a 2012 _Simpsons_ episode. In the episode, titled “Lisa Goes Gaga”, the singer puts on a show in Springfield, flying through the air on wires in a wild outfit, just as she did during the Super Bowl. The only thing missing was a fire-shooting brassiere, but perhaps Gaga is saving that for the next Super Bowl appearance. > [](https://twitter.com/YaManJonathan/status/828418696792117248) \[H/T [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-simpsons-predicted-lady-gagas-super-bowl-performance%5Fus%5F58985568e4b040613137bb82?)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/"},"headline":"The Simpsons Totally Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance","datePublished":"2017-02-06T16:52:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:48.638Z","description":"The psychics at The Simpsons strike again","url":"https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Television","Super Bowl topic","The Simpsons","Lady Gaga"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f680c2466b1af84/6988b8ec097b90255f9b8c71/simpsons-football.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f680c2466b1af84/6988b8ec097b90255f9b8c71/simpsons-football.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FOX's \"The Simpsons\" - Season Twenty-Seven","caption":"FOX's \"The Simpsons\" - Season Twenty-Seven","creditText":"FOX/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4661014/simpsons-super-bowl-prediction/","name":"The Simpsons Totally Predicted Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Performance"}}]}] ```