Gritty shows up on 'The Simpsons' with purple fur, green Flyers jersey

Gritty appeared on "The Simpsons." Well, sort of.

The Philadelphia Flyers mascot turned up in the record-breaking TV show on Sunday night during its "Treehouse of Horror," the 30th installment of the series' special Halloween episodes.
In a short titled "Heaven Swipes Right," Homer Simpson, in a spoof of the 1978 movie "Heaven Can Wait" dies too early and gets to choose a body to return to on Earth through an app.
One of Homer's choices is a dead ringer for the Flyers mascot, who of course, was not about to stay silent on the cameo.

Except, of course, for the purple fur and green jersey.
In the 30th "Treehouse of Horror" the show also satirized the popular show "Stranger Things" and Oscar-winning movie "The Shape of Water."
Given
"The Simpsons" penchant for predicting future results
, it would not be surprising to see a purple Gritty in a green jersey sometime soon.