'Being right sucks': The Simpsons poke fun at themselves in opening credits of first episode since Trump's election after predicting his presidency 16 years ago

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After The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump would become president of the U.S. back in 2000, the latest episode seemed to express their regret in being right.

In the opening credits of Sunday night's episode - the first to air since Trump's victory - Bart Simpson scowls as he writes 'being right sucks' on a chalkboard.

The Simpsons confirmed the opening credits, which change every episode, was in fact in reference to the 'Bart to the Future' episode which aired 16 years ago.

'The Simpsons updates its 2000 prediction of a Trump Presidency... #TheSimpsons,' the show tweeted.

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After The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump would become president of the U.S. back in 2000, the latest episode seemed to express their regret in being right. Bart Simpson is shown scowling as he writes 'being right sucks' on a chalkboard during Sunday night's episode

The first Trump reference appeared in the Bart to the Future episode, which aired on March 16, 2000, and he was later referenced in another clip called Trumptastic Voyage.

The iconic cartoon's creator, Matt Groening, said: 'Trump was of course the most absurd placeholder joke name that we could think of at the time, and that’s still true. It’s beyond satire.' 

Dan Greaney, a writer for the Simpsons, also told The Hollywood Reporter that the clip had a dark message behind it. 

He said: 'It was a warning to America. That just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom. 

'It was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of America going insane.’

The Simpsons predicted Donald would become US President 16 years ago in an episode called Bart To The Future in March 2000

In Bart To The Future Lisa Simpson says: 'We’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump. How bad does it get?'

The cartoon foretold a Trump presidency in a surreal episode where Bart is given a window into the future - and found a country brought to its knees by financial mismanagement and a crime wave ushered in by Trump. 

The episode's alternate universe reveals that Trump, who will be 84 in 2030, left the country in an impossible amount of debt, and reliant on foreign aid from Europe and China.

In the episode's vision of the future, America is also at the mercy of an army of genetically-enhanced thugs, brought about by Trump programs designed to help the nation's youth which dramatically backfired. 

The only person who can save the shattered United States is none other than the newly-elected President Lisa Simpson.

The cartoon foretold a Trump presidency in a surreal episode where Bart is given a window into the future - and found a country brought to its knees by financial mismanagement and a crime wave ushered in by Trump 

Lisa's staff, including a grown-up Milhouse, let her know in graph form that her country is broke due to her predecessor

Despite her lofty ambitions to 'refill the oceans' and build the world's biggest book-mobile, her biggest task becomes rescuing the nation from its crippling debt. 

In the first clip, Lisa sits in the White House as she says: 'We’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump. How bad does it get?'

Her staff let her know in graph form that her country is broke due to her predecessor. 

Lisa is later forced to announce an enormous tax hike in an attempt to right Trump's wrongs, which kills her approval ratings.

It also does nothing to placate the nation's creditors.

But the nation is eventually saved by Bart, a failed musician in the future vision, who uses his well-practiced ability dodging debt repayments to win the U.S. a reprieve. 

In August, The Simpsons released a two-minute clip parodying the famous '3am call' video released during Clinton's 2008 run for president.

The iconic cartoon's creator, Matt Groening, said: 'Trump was of course the most absurd placeholder joke name that we could think of at the time, and that’s still true. It’s beyond satire'

The Simpsons video shows both Clinton and Trump reacting to emergency calls while mocking everything from Trump's appearance to his quick temper and Twitter antics.

The video is based on a 2008 campaign ad for Clinton that asked: 'It's 3am and your children are safe and asleep. 

Not long after Trump's controversial campaign launch, The Simpsons published a short video in July featuring Homer and Trump in close quarters.

In the video Homer was slipped $50 by a campaign official to cheer on Trump at the launch, riffing on real-life allegations that Trump had paid for support.

However, overexcited fans shunted him right behind Trump as he made his way down an escalator - prompting Homer to get sucked inside his much-commented-upon hairdo, where he found other lost souls including Amelia Earhart.

As soon as he was expelled from Trump's hair-vortex, Homer was collared by security guards and dumped back in Springfield.  

A video on social media has also recounted the similarities between a real-life Trump moment and a scene from the cartoon showing them both giving a thumbs up as they get on an escalator.

The Simpsons released a clip in July poking fun of Donald Trump and showed him and Homer Simpson in close quarters

The video also shows the Trump cartoon character on Simpsons waving to a crowd as the real-life Trump also waves to the crowd while going down an escalator

A video on social media has recounted the similarities between a real-life Trump moment, right, and a scene from the cartoon, left, showing them both giving a thumbs up

Trump's triumph over Hillary Clinton will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House.

The Republican blasted through Democrats' longstanding firewall during last week's election, carrying Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states that had not voted for a GOP presidential candidate since the 1980s.

He needed to win nearly all of the competitive battleground states, and he did just that, claiming Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and others.

His election has led to demonstrations across the country, with protesters taking to the streets for a fifth straight day on Sunday to protest against Trump.