“The Simpsons” episode circulating alongside claims of a global blackout on November 17, 2026, does not specify that year. Its fictional power failure affects Springfield, rather than the entire planet.
Online speculation centres on “It’s a Blunderful Life”, the seventh episode of season 35, which aired on November 19, 2023. Posts have linked a date mentioned within its story to an impending worldwide outage.
But the episode does not make that connection.
In the story, an elderly Lisa Simpson recounts a power failure that leaves Springfield without electricity for six days. Her diary mentions November 17 and an approaching storm.
That diary entry supplies the date used in the circulating claim. It does not supply the year attached to it online, nor does the episode depict a global disaster.
A further detail concerns when electricity returns. Springfield’s power is restored on Thanksgiving, six days after the outage begins.
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Thanksgiving falls on November 26 in 2026, so the interval portrayed in the episode does not fit the calendar used by the viral posts. Neither the geographical scope nor the stated sequence supports their specific prediction.
Within the fictional storyline, Homer Simpson initially receives the blame for the blackout, while Mr Burns ultimately emerges as responsible.
