The Simpsons

In the 1997 *The Simpsons* episode "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson," Lisa holds up a brochure advertising a $9 bus ride to New York. The cover prominently places the number 9 next to the World Trade Center towers, visually making the image resemble "9/11" four years before the September 11 attacks. Animators chose the nine-dollar price point purely for comedic effect, rendering the striking visual alignment an unsettling coincidence.