Cartoons Predict Bad Events

 There Are Cartoons That Predict Bad Events!

• In the Baseball Episode of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Jimmy scientifically lines his team's equipment with the talents of Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire. This becomes less amusing after the latter two got busted from the baseball Industry 
• The episode "Plane Pals" has an in-flight safety film that pokes fun at various potential in-flight disasters. A few years after the episode aired, one such scenario came true
  
  
  "Welcome to Air Pacific, the Jolly Airline. Our deluxe 757 is equipped with a number of safety features to use in case of an emergency, such as our fuel tanks explode, and we crash like a fiery ball into the sea."
  
  
• "Potty Emergency" has a scene where Wakko tries to use the women's restroom at a movie theater due to the men's room being out of order and gets kicked out. The Truth About gender-specific bathrooms in the mid-2010s makes this moment cringe-worthy
• In the Arthur episode "Binky Barnes, Art Expert," Arthur and Buster tell Binky that the school burned down, to which he replies, "Wow, great!" Several seasons later, the episode "April 9th" aired, in which the school actually did have a fire (it didn't burn down, but was closed for a few weeks afterwards). Binky has a far more concerned reaction to the fire in this episode.
• This ad for Clarence is a lot less funny after the creator was fired from Cartoon Network over allegations, However, the episode where this scene came from, "Slumber Party", did eventually air unaltered.
• In Disney Sing Along Songs-Disneyland Fun, Roger Rabbit panics in front of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, pleading "P-p-p-please! Slow down! Slow down!" as if he were on the ride. 13 years later, the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad incident happens Further, Roger Rabbit's ride has also been responsible for an accident
• From Duck Dodgers:
  • The episode "The Menace of Maninsuit" (first aired in 2004) had Dodgers fight the titular kaiju on the Japan-like planet of Nippono in a mecha, who eventually crashes into a nuclear power plant and comments on how it's a bad idea to have one near the ocean. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, along with the subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster, show how it's a bad idea.
  • DuckTales (2017):
    • The episode "From the Confidential Case Files of Agent 22!" ends with Scrooge telling Webby that she can call him "Uncle Scrooge". Five episodes later in "The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!", Scrooge, furious at the kids when they blame him for Della's disappearance, angrily tells her that she's "not family"
    • One of the recurring characters in the U.S. Acres Segments of Garfield and Friends was Aloysius Pig, an Ink-Suit Actor version of comedian Kevin Meaney. In his final episode, "Kiddie Korner", the gang tries to find a wholesome nursery rhyme that won't offend him. During one part, Aloysius says "More to say nothing of high cholesterol!" in reaction to Orson showing him Humpty Dumpty. On October 21, 2016, Kevin Meaney died in his home of a heart attack, which is sometimes caused by a diet that's high in cholesterol.
    • In Hey Arnold!: At the end of "The Flood", as floodwaters surround PS 118, Principal Wartz stands on the roof of the school singing, "Way down yonder, in New Orleans..." This became a lot less funny after Hurricane Katrina caused extensive flooding and damage in New Orleans in 2005.
    • Little Rosey was one among many Celebrity Toons and Spin-Off Babies featuring a no doubt slightly unrealistic portrayal of Roseanne's childhood. Considering her later allegations and the fact that the character Buddy was based on Tom Arnold and the ugly, bitter end to their marriage, it's best to pretend this never happened— and not because it was a bad cartoon.
    • The Loud House had quite a few things that became a bit awkward ever since Chris Savino's firing from Nickelodeon
    • Two newspaper gags featured in both "The Loudest Yard" (where one of the headlines is "Savino Indicted") and "Health Kicked" (with one of the headlines being "Savino Trial Takes a Turn");
    • Phineas and Ferb:
      • In "Summer Belongs to You", Doofenshmirtz's evil plan is to drop a giant water balloon on Tokyo to flood out the Annual Good-Guy Convention. This was almost a year before the infamous quake in Japan that caused massive flooding.
      • In "Unfair Science Fair Redux (Another Story)", Candace finds herself stranded on another planet and feeling more beloved there than on Earth. This was played for laughs. Candace Against the Universe would alsohave Candace being on another planet where she feels more beloved there than on Earth. But this time, it isn't played for laughs.
      • Pinky and the Brain did a Self-Parody—"Pinky and the Brain and Larry"—where a Temporary Scrappy joins the main cast. Not so funny after the series was made into the much reviled Retool, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain.
      • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: The episode "Father Figures" has Maya's two dads becoming a hit-button issue at the school, with Zoey opting to "stay neutral" about the issue so she won't risk her campaign for student body president. The episode dropped just as Disney was facing a major PR crisis when it came to light 
      • Rugrats: Many things related to Chuckie and his father following the episode "Mother's Day":
        • "Chuckie vs. the Potty" has Chuckie describe getting potty-trained as "the worstest thing that's happened to me since my mom put me on the bottle." Perhaps she put him on the bottle because she knew she was dying.
        • Remember when Chas was crying at Ben and Elaine's wedding in "Let Them Eat Cake"? There's a chance it's bringing up painful memories of losing his wife.
        • In "My Friend Barney," Chuckie having an imaginary friend is not too far off from how real-life children, and even adults, who are coping with loss often have imaginary friends so they can talk to someone as if they were physically present.
        • There's also "Dummi Bear Dinner Disaster," which makes a passing remark about Chas going to see a psychiatrist. If you think about it, it is implied that with the death of Melinda, the only thing preventing him from losing his sanity completely is their son Chuckie.
        • In "Chuckie's Wonderful Life," Chuckie sees that, without him, Chas' sanity is completely broken: he's unemployed and lives in poverty, with empty pizza boxes for furniture and a sock puppet as his only friend. Considering that he's lost his wife and Chuckie is their only son, this is justified... and heartbreaking.
        • On another note, the episode "Reptar 2010" has Imagine Spots where Reptar versions of the kids tear up New York City, the last one having Phil and Lil tear up two buildings that resemble the World Trade Center.
        • Star vs. the Forces of Evil
          • Whenever we saw someone mention St. Olga's School For Wayward Princesses, it'd usually be accompanied by a Cutaway Gag of a hilariously out-of-place conveyor belt dragging someone screaming into a dark, shadowy castle. It was funny, until we saw What was Actually Like
          • Uncle Grandpa had a gag in "Pizza Eve" involving an awards show where Uncle Grandpa wins every single award. The gag ends with Uncle Grandpa telling the stars of the other Cartoon Network shows that they're not getting picked up for another season. Not long before this episode aired, it was established that no new Uncle Grandpa episodes would be made anymore and the crew had already been fired. Whoops.
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