Tattoo Nightmares Miami (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Lady and the Tramp Stamp - full transcript

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE,

THERE'S NOTHING WORSE
THAN A BAD TATTOO.

NOW, THREE ARTISTS
HAVE COME TOGETHER

TO TAKE ON MIAMI'S MOST
IMPOSSIBLE TATTOO NIGHTMARES.

- MIAMI'S MY HOME.
YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE NOW.

- DON'T LET THIS PRETTY FACE
FOOL YOU.

I AM ALL BUSINESS, BABY.

- LOVE ME OR HATE ME,

THE WORK ALWAYS
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

THEY'RE GOING UP AGAINST

THE MOST INSANE
ORIGINAL TATTOOS.



- I WANT A TATTOO IN MY ARMPIT.
- SERIOUSLY, THE ARMPIT?

- AND OUTRAGEOUS COVER-UPS.

- WHY--WHY THE NIPPLE,
OUT OF ALL THE PLACES?

- CALL 911!

- DAMN!

THIS IS...

- WHOO!
HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

- GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

- YOU ALREADY PUT
THAT JUJU ON IT.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS GAME
FOR A LONG TIME,

FROM MY YEARS DOWN IN TEXAS
RUNNING WITH BIKERS

TO MY TIME ON INK MASTER.

WHEN IT COMES TO CRAZY TATTOOS,

THERE ISN'T MUCH I HAVEN'T
SEEN AT THIS POINT.



NOW I'M BACK BETTER THAN EVER

AND HERE TO SHOW AMERICA
WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT.

WE'RE IN THE THICK
OF IT OUT HERE, THIS--

- MAN, I GOT YOUR BACK.
- YOU GOT ME?

- I GOT YOUR BACK.
- YOU GOT ME, HOMIE?

- I GREW UP THE HARD WAY
AS A KID ON THE STREETS

OF NEW YORK.
BUT NOW, MY HOME IS MIAMI.

SOUTH BEACH, I'M AT THE TOP
OF THE FOOD CHAIN, BABY.

NOTHING BEATS HOLDING IT DOWN
AT ONE OF THE MOST

EXCLUSIVE TATTOO STUDIOS
IN THE WORLD.

CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
SHE'S LIKE--SHE'S LIKE

NOT EVEN HERE.
- WE SHOULD FIRE HER.

GOOD MORNING!

- OHH...

WHAT THE--
- WHAT'S UP?

- SERIOUSLY?
WHAT AN ENTRANCE, MAN.

DEAR GOD!
- I'M READY TO GET BLASTING.

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS SMILE.
I CAN MORE THAN HANDLE MYSELF

IN A TATTOO STUDIO.
I'VE BEEN AN ARTIST IN CALI

MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT NOW IS MY
TIME TO TAKE OVER MIAMI.

OH, MY GOD!

- OW, THAT'S A FORK!
- AS THE ONLY FEMALE

IN THIS SHOP, I LOVE TO SHOW
THE GUYS WHO'S BOSS.

CLINT MIGHT LIKE TO FLIRT,
BUT TRUST ME, I'M NOT HAVING IT.

YOU HAVE YOUR BALLS.
- I HIT YOU WITH A RUBBER BALL

AND YOU SHANK ME.
- I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR YOU

AT ALL.
ALL RIGHT, HAVE FUN.

HELLO.

- HI, HOW YOU DOING?
- I'M ADRIENNE.

- GOOD TO MEET YOU.
MY NAME IS HIGH NOON.

- NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT BRINGS

YOU IN HERE TODAY?
- BEEN TRYING TO GET THIS TATTOO

FOR FOUR YEARS NOW.
EVERYBODY'S BEEN TURNING

ME AWAY.
- WHAT IS IT, LIKE, SOME CRAZY

COVER-UP OR SOMETHING?
- NO, IT'S NOT A COVER-UP

AT ALL.
- IT'S NOT A COVER-UP?

- NO.
I WANT THE SKYLINE OF CHICAGO.

AND I WANT A TIGER SCRATCH
GOING THROUGH IT.

RIGHT HERE.
- OKAY.

- AND SO FAR, NOTHING.
- YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT

CHALLENGING, BUT IT DOESN'T
REALLY SEEM LIKE SOMETHING

THAT YOU WOULD BE
TURNED DOWN FOR.

- I THINK THE PROBLEM
IS THE REASON WHY NOBODY

WANTS TO DO IT IS 'CAUSE I WANT
IT TO GLOW IN THE DARK.

OH...

- IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY,

THIS IS THE, UH, UV INK?
- YEAH.

EVERY ARTIST SAID TO ME
THAT THIS GLOW-IN-THE-DARK

TATTOO CANNOT BE DONE.
SO, TATTOO NIGHTMARES

IS MY LAST RESORT.
IF HIGH NOON CAN'T DO IT,

THEN NOBODY CAN.
I'M FROM CHICAGO,

BORN AND RAISED.
NIGHTLIFE IS AMAZING UP THERE.

I WANT A TATTOO
THAT STANDS OUT AT NIGHT.

- I'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE
WITH UV INK, BUT I'VE NEVER

DONE IT WITH ANYBODY
OF YOUR DARK COMPLEXION.

- YEAH, AND THAT'S
WHAT I'VE HEARD.

- THIS GIRL IS CRAZY, MAN.
UV INK IS SO TOUGH.

SOMETIMES, UV PHOSPHORESCENCE
WON'T EVEN REACT WITH THE SKIN.

SO IT WON'T EVEN GLOW.
YOU KNOW ME, I'M ALWAYS TRYING

TO GIVE THE LADIES
WHAT THEY WANT.

BUT IN THIS CASE,
I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO IT.

ALL RIGHT, IF I GO AHEAD
AND TACKLE THIS, I MEAN,

THIS WOULD PRETTY MUCH
BE LIKE AN EXPERIMENT.

REGARDLESS OF THE WORKMANSHIP,
I MEAN, IT JUST MIGHT NOT WORK.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UV FAILS
OUT THERE.

- WELL, HOPEFULLY THAT ISN'T
ONE TODAY.

- UV INK GOES IN THE SKIN CLEAR
AND IT HAS A THIN CONSISTENCY.

SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH
AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE

TO SEE AS IT GOES IN.
IF YOU PUT IT IN WRONG,

IT LOOKS LIKE SCARRING
ALL OVER THE SKIN.

AND SHE COULD BASICALLY END UP
LOOKING LIKE A BURN VICTIM.

THIS IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE,
'CAUSE THE CONSISTENCY

OF UV INK IS WAY THINNER
THAN REGULAR INK.

THIS IS GONNA BE ROUGH.

- HI.
- HI.

- HOW YOU DOIN'?
- PRETTY GOOD. I HAVE

AN APPOINTMENT WITH REESE.
- THAT'S ME.

- REESE, I'M CALEB.
- HI, CALEB, NICE TO MEET YOU.

SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
- OKAY--ARE YOU SURE?

DON'T JUDGE ME, PLEASE.
- NO, WELL, THE FACT

THAT YOU LOOKED DOWN FIRST
KINDA SCARES ME.

- YEAH, YEAH...
- SO I'M NOT SURE.

- UM, OKAY,
JUST FOREWARNING,

I'M SHOWING YOU MY TATTOO.

- OHH.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
DON'T TELL MY--

- GIRLFRIEND.
- AND A "LIKE" BUTTON?

- YEAH.
- WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

- THANKS TO THIS TATTOO,
I'M JUST AN INSTANT TURNOFF.

NO GIRL WILL TAKE ME SERIOUSLY.
I MEAN, I JUST LOOK LIKE

A DOUCHE.
- TO BE HONEST, I DON'T EVEN

KNOW IF I WANT TO HELP YOU.
JUST BECAUSE, THAT'S HURTFUL.

- I WILL BEG.
REESE, WILL YOU PLEASE

COVER UP MY TATTOO?
- OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, MAN.
THIS TATTOO IS A REAL

D-BAG MOVE.
GUYS WHO ARE CHEATERS

ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST.
I'M SURE ALL YOU LADIES

KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT

GETTING COVERED UP?
- WELL, I'M REALLY INTO

LIKE NAUTICAL THEMES.
- OKAY.

- I'M REALLY CLOSE
TO MY GRANDFATHER.

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, HE'D TELL ME
PIRATE STORIES AND HE WOULD

GET PRETTY CREATIVE.
- I THINK THAT WE MIGHT

BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY

LOW.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY

SENSITIVE AREA.
I'LL DRAW SOMETHING UP,

AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS.
- DEAL.

- ALL RIGHT, COME ON BACK.
- YES, MA'AM.

- LET'S DO THIS.

- IT'S REALLY A TOUCHY,
TOUCHY SITUATION.

I'M SO NERVOUS ABOUT
THIS TATTOO.

WORKING WITH UV INK

IS SOMETHING THAT'S DICEY
AT BEST.

THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
THAT IT MIGHT NOT WORK,

AND THAT JUST BUMPS UP
THE STRESS LEVEL.

- WHAT IF YOU THROW IT IN THERE,
YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T GLOW

LIKE SHE WANTS?
WHAT IF IT DOESN'T GLOW AT ALL?

'CAUSE I'VE SEEN THIS IN ACTION,
YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SEEN PEOPLE

PUT THIS IN AND ALL IT LOOKS
LIKE IS THAT THERE'S SCARRED UP

PARTS INTO THE TATTOO.
IF THERE'S ONE THING

I'VE LEARNED FROM MY TIME
ON INK MASTER,

IT'S DON'T BITE OFF
MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.

THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD TAKE ON
A UV INK TATTOO.

THIS IS LIKE A TRANSPARENT
ALMOST KINDA COLOR.

WHEN YOU PUT THIS INTO A TATTOO,
SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE A SCAR.

THERE'S A 50/50% CHANCE
THAT WE'RE TAKING HERE

AND THAT'S BEING OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT IT.

THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE TOUGH.
- I GET IT.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY SOUNDING LIKE
EVERY OTHER ARTIST

THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH,

THAT THE UV LIGHT
JUST MIGHT NOT WORK.

BUT I DIDN'T FLY
ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE

JUST TO BE TOLD
THE SAME THING AGAIN.

I WON'T GIVE UP ON THE IDEA.
- THE BEST THING I COULD DO

IS JUST GIVE HER A GREAT TATTOO,
MAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW

IF THIS THING'S GONNA GLOW.
- ALL RIGHTY.

- LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.
- ALL RIGHT...

- HELL, YES.
- YEAH, YOU DIG IT?

- YEAH, FOR SURE.

WHEN REESE SHOWS ME THE DRAWING,
IT'S AMAZING.

BUT I AM EXTREMELY NERVOUS.
MY TATTOO DEFINITELY

LABELS ME AS A DOUCHE BAG.
IF I CAN'T GET THIS TATTOO

COVERED UP, I DON'T KNOW
IF I WILL EVER BE ABLE

TO GET A WOMAN TO TRUST ME.
- HEY, MAKE SURE

YOU SHAVE THAT UP PRETTY.

- DON'T BE LAUGHING WITH HIM,
OKAY?

- I BET YOUR FAVORITE FISH,
BABY, IS A BLOWFISH.

SHE TAKES THIS THING TOO FAR,
MAN, SHE'S GONNA BE HARPOONING

A SPERM WHALE THERE.

- HEY, WHAT'S UP?
- WHAT'S GOING ON, BROTHER?

I'M CAESAR, NICE TO MEET YOU.
- SO WHAT'S GOING ON, BUDDY,

WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY?
- I GOT THIS UGLY TATTOO

THAT I NEED TO HAVE
TAKEN CARE OF.

- WELL, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT IS IT?

- ALL RIGHT, NO DOUBT.
- IT'S ON THE BACK, HUH?

- YEP, ON MY BACK HERE.

PRETTY BAD, RIGHT?
- THAT'S GANGSTER RIGHT THERE.

"STAY STRAPPED."
YOU AIN'T GOT A PIECE

ON YOU NOW, RIGHT?
- NAH, THE FUNNY THING IS,

I DON'T EVEN OWN A PIECE.

I DON'T LIKE GUNS.

YEAH, I AM A WALKING HYPOCRITE.
I DON'T OWN A GUN.

I DON'T LIKE GUNS.
I FEEL LIKE A POSER.

IT'S THE HORRIBLE, DUMB,
YOUNG THUG SIDE OF ME

THAT I'M NOT ANYMORE.
- OOH.

MAN, THIS THING IS REALLY HEAVY
ON ONE SIDE, MAN.

THAT'S--IT'S LIKE PIN THE TAIL
ON THE DONKEY.

AND I MEAN IT'S LIKE... BLAH.
ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

A COVER-UP LIKE THIS IS ALWAYS
TO ME THE MOST CHALLENGING

BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO CROOKED
AND IT'S SO HEAVY ON HIS BODY.

THIS THING IS A MESS
FROM THE START TO THE FINISH.

- WE HAVE TWO SMALL SONS NOW.
I HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD,

AND A THREE-YEAR-OLD,
AND THEY LOOK UP TO ME.

I'M THEIR WORLD.
WHEN I'M OUT WITH THEM,

AS SOON AS I GO TO THE BEACH
OR THE POOL, AS SOON AS

I TAKE MY SHIRT OFF,
I GET THAT LOOK AND I'M JUST--

I'M NOT THAT PERSON.
I'M TIRED OF GETTING PRE-JUDGED.

- WE NEED TO GET IT OUT
OF HERE THEN.

- YEAH, JUST FOR MY KIDS' SAKES.
I DON'T WANT THEM

TO KNOW DADDY--
THE OLD SIDE OF DADDY.

THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW ME
FOR DAD.

- YEAH, I MEAN--
I DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS,

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD

AND TELL ME
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.

- I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED
WITH ALLIGATORS

AND I'M A COMIC BOOK FREAK,
SO I WAS FIGURING MAYBE LIKE

A COMIC BOOK VERSION STYLE OF
A, YOU KNOW, A MUSCLED-UP GATOR

OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
- I LIKE THE IDEA.

UM, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE
A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT IT.

I DON'T KNOW.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO SKETCH

THIS OUT.
LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN KIND

OF COME UP, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU DON'T MIND.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST WEAPON I HAVE
IN MY ARSENAL RIGHT NOW

IS GONNA BE THE USE OF TEXTURE.
THE USE OF TEXTURE

IS GONNA CREATE MOVEMENT,
AND THAT'S GONNA HELP TAKE

THE EYE AND KEEP IT BUSY.
BUT COMIC BOOK TATTOOS

ARE PRETTY MUCH SIMPLISTIC,
BASED ON LINE WORK.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT
OF TEXTURES OR JUST AREAS

THAT I CAN USE TO HELP
IN THE COVER-UP PROCESS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE
SOME REAL MAGIC HERE.

- I'M SURE AFTER A FEW SHOTS,
"DON'T TELL MY GF" IS FUNNY.

BUT NOT SOBER, I'M SURE
IT'S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE.

- I MADE ONE MISTAKE,

AND NOW I HAVE TO LIVE
WITH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

- YOU DON'T REMEMBER
GETTING A TATTOO?

- I TRIED TO LIKE SCRUB IT OFF.
- THIS WILL DO THE TRICK.

AAH!

- YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'M GIVING
YOU THE CHICAGO SKYLINE, HUH?

- THAT ONE BUILDING JUST
DOESN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE

THE SEARS TOWER TO ME.
I KNOW THAT I WANT

A DIFFICULT TATTOO, BUT I WANT
TO KNOW REAL ANSWERS.

GOD, DON'T FAIL ME NOW.

- SO CALEB, HOW DID YOU END UP
IN MY CHAIR TODAY?

- I MET THIS AMAZING GIRL,
AND EVERYTHING WAS GREAT UNTIL

I CHEATED ON HER.
BUT WHAT I THOUGHT

WAS MY BEST FRIEND ACTUALLY
TOLD HER...

- YI...
- ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

- OH, MAN.
- SO I SHOW UP WITH LIKE

FLOWERS, A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR,
CANDY AND SHE--

- OH, YOU'RE READY TO JUST
GIVE IT TO HER.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

OH... OH, SO YOU KNOW ABOUT
THE CHEATING?

- I WAS SHAKEN UP ABOUT IT.
SO I CALL UP MY BUDDIES.

WE GO OUT TO THE BAR.

- OH, GOD, MAN.

- WHOO!
- COME ON, CALEB, IT'S OKAY

TO HAVE FUN.
- SO IT KINDA BECAME

A RUNNING JOKE BETWEEN
MY FRIENDS AND I

THAT THEY WON'T TELL MY
GIRLFRIEND ANYTHING I DID.

- WE WON'T TELL YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
- IF I TALK TO A GIRL--

- WE WON'T TELL YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
- THAT'S GOOD, IT'S CLEVER.

IT'S CLEVER.
- I HATED IT, BUT THE DRUNKER

I GOT, THE FUNNIER
I THOUGHT IT WAS.

- THAT'S, YES, THAT'S EXCELLENT!
- DON'T TELL MY GIRLFRIEND.

- AND THEN--
- YOU GOTTA GET THAT TATTOOED

ON YOU.
- YEAH!

- WE HEAD STRAIGHT
TO THE NEAREST TATTOO SHOP.

NEXT THING I KNOW--
AND I PASS OUT.

LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.

- YOU DON'T REMEMBER GETTING
A TATTOO?

- NO.
WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY

AND MY WAIST IS ON FIRE.
AND I THINK THEY JUST WRITE

ON ME, SO I TRY TO LIKE
SCRUB IT OFF.

THIS WILL DO THE TRICK.

- AND I REALIZE, ONCE IT STARTS
BLEEDING, LIKE, HOLY,

THIS IS REAL.

- NO.
- YEAH.

- OH, MY GOD.
WELL, PLEASE PROMISE ME

THAT I'M NOT COVERING UP
ANOTHER D-BAG MISTAKE

FOR YOU TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE.
DO WE HAVE A DEAL?

- DEAL.
- ALL RIGHT.

- STAY STRAPPED.
GANGSTA.

- ALL RIGHT, ADRIENNE.
THIS IS WHAT I WANNA DO.

THE TATTOO IS GONNA BE LIKE
A REGULAR TATTOO, SO YOU'RE

GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE
IT DURING THE DAY.

- MM-HMM.
- WHAT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO

IS USE THE UV INK AS KIND
OF LIKE A HIGHLIGHT TO THAT.

- OKAY.
- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T

DO A WHOLE TATTOO IN UV INK.
- OKAY.

- IT'S--IT'LL LOOK LIKE
NOTHING.

- I'M GREAT AND I'M READY
FOR YOU TO SHOW ME

WHAT THE SKETCH IS.
- I'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU

THIS RIGHT HERE.
- OH, MY GOD, THAT LOOKS

AMAZING.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION

FOR YOU, THOUGH.
- OF COURSE.

- I WAS WONDERING IF LIKE
THE ACTUAL SEARS TOWER--

- MM-HMM.
- I WAS WONDERING

IF THAT WAS IN THERE.
- THAT'S THE SEARS TOWER.

BUT UM, I MEAN, I DID TAKE
IT FROM A ...FROM A SHOT

FROM THE WATER.
- I CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE

TO GET THE TATTOO THAT I REALLY
WANT, AND THIS IS NOT

THE SKYLINE THAT I'M USED TO.
AND IT'S PERMANENT.

IT'S GONNA BE ON MY BODY,
SO I WANT IT TO BE EXACTLY

THE WAY I WANT IT TO BE.

CAN I SEE THE ACTUAL PICTURE

OF THE SKYLINE THAT YOU FOUND?

- YOU DON'T BELIEVE I'M GIVING
YOU THE CHICAGO SKYLINE, HUH?

- THAT ONE BUILDING JUST DOESN'T

REALLY LOOK LIKE
THE SEARS TOWER TO ME.

- WELL, THEN, LET ME GO AHEAD
AND GET THAT FOR YOU THEN.

HER TATTOO IDEA WAS HARD ENOUGH
AND ON TOP OF THAT, SHE WAS

CRITICAL OF THE DRAWING.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

I LIKE TO KEEP MY COOL.
'CAUSE WITH ME, CUSTOMER SERVICE

IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE.
SEE THAT RIGHT THERE?

- I KNOW THE BUILDING
TYPICALLY LOOKS DIFFERENT.

- HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT FROM
THE WATER, FROM THIS ANGLE?

- I MEAN, WELL, NO 'CAUSE I'M
NOT ALL THE WAY OUT IN THE WATER

LOOKING AT IT, BUT--

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE...
TO SAY TO HIM, REALLY,

'CAUSE I KNOW
THAT I WANT A DIFFICULT TATTOO.

BUT I WANT TO KNOW REAL ANSWERS.

- I'M TAKING THE CHANCE
TO PULL THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU.

I JUST WANT YOU TO BELIEVE ME
THAT THAT'S CHICAGO.

- NO, I GET YOU. OKAY.
YOU'RE REASSURING ME, SO...

SO FAR WE'RE GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.

- OH, MY GOD.

YOU'RE SO CLOSE.

JUST HANG IN THERE, OKAY?

- CAESAR, HE REALLY WANTED
A COMIC BOOK STYLE TATTOO.

BUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL,

I HAVE TO COME UP
WITH WHAT I THINK IS BEST.

SO I'M REALLY HOPING
THAT HE'S GONNA ACCEPT THIS.

GROWING UP AS A KID IN TEXAS,
I LOVED COMIC BOOKS.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO
THAT STYLE TODAY.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

NOW I'M GONNA SHOW YOU
WHAT I GOT HERE AND I'M REALLY,

REALLY HOPING THAT YOU'RE GONNA
LIKE IT.

READY FOR THIS?
- NO DOUBT.

I LIKE THAT.
- I MEAN, IF YOU'RE FEELING IT,

MAN, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS
THING STENCILED UP, MAN.

WE'LL START ROCKING AND ROLLING.
- LET'S DO IT, BABY.

- THERE YOU GO.
I LOVE IT.

- I REALLY HAD MY MIND SET
ON A DIFFERENT STYLE

OF ALLIGATOR, BUT WHEN I SAW
THE ACTUAL DESIGN,

I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.
I DON'T WANT MY SONS

TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO BE
PART OF A GANG OR BE VIOLENT

TO BE ACCEPTED OR CONFIDENT.

- ALL RIGHT, CAESAR, MAN,
I HAVE TO FIND OUT

HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH THIS
ON YOUR BACK, BRO.

- SO YOU READY FOR A GOOD LAUGH?
- I'M--HELL YEAH, I'M READY.

- I KNOW EXACTLY WHY
YOU CAME HERE, PAPI.

WOO!
- AND NEXT THING I KNOW,

SHE'S BABY OILING ME DOWN,
YOU KNOW, GREASING ME UP.

- THAT'S SERVICE
WITH A SMILE, BABY.

- WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN,
AND YOU KNEW THE RISK INVOLVED.

- MM-HMM.
- I JUST DON'T WANNA

DISAPPOINT HER.

HOPEFULLY, WE DIDN'T FAIL.

- WHAT?

- ALL RIGHT, CAESAR, BUDDY MAN.
I GOTTA FIND OUT, HOW DID YOU

GET "STAY STRAPPED"
TATTOOED ON YOU, BRO?

- WELL, WHEN I WAS 18,
I WAS RUNNING AROUND

WITH A BUNCH OF OLDER GUYS.
YOU KNOW, I LOOKED UP TO 'EM

AND WANTED TO BE
PART OF THE CLIQUE.

- TO BE ONE OF US, ESE,
YOU GOTTA GET STRAPPED ON, EH?

- BAM, RIGHT THERE.
- LIKE THAT.

- MY BOY GAVE ME
THIS RANDOM ADDRESS AND TOLD ME

TO GO TO THIS HOUSE
AND GET TATTED.

- ALL RIGHT GUYS, THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA GO RIGHT NOW.

- YEAH, GET THAT DONE, ESE.
SEE YOU.

- SO I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,

AND AS SOON AS
THE GIRL OPENED THE DOOR,

IT WAS THIS HEAVYSET CHICK
IN LINGERIE.

- I'M HERE TO--
- MM-MM-MM...

- I WENT TO TALK,
SHE COVERED MY LIPS,

PULLED ME INSIDE THE HOUSE.

THERE'S CANDLES LIT,
THERE'S INCENSE BURNING.

BABY OIL.
I WAS JUST SKETCHED OUT, BRO.

- I KNOW EXACTLY WHY YOU CAME
HERE, PAPI... WOO!

- SO SHE TELLS ME TO GO AHEAD,
TAKE MY SHIRT OFF

AND LAY DOWN ON THE TABLE,
YOU KNOW.

I WAS KIND OF WEIRD,
SKETCHED OUT BY IT.

- TURN OVER.

I SAID, TURN OVER.

- AND NEXT THING I KNOW,
SHE'S BABY OILING ME DOWN.

YOU KNOW, GREASING ME UP.
- THIS IS GREAT.

THAT'S SERVICE
WITH A SMILE, BABY.

- CLAP.
- SO AFTER A FEW MINUTES

OF THAT, I'M LIKE, LOOK,
I WANNA GET MY TAT DONE.

AND SO SHE PULLS HER GLOVES
OUT OF HER BRA AND SAYS,

"LET'S DO THIS."
- WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG

WITH YOUR GANG?
- SO FINALLY I'M FINISHED

WITH THE TAT, RIGHT?
SHE SAID, I CAN FINISH THE JOB

BACK THERE IF YOU'RE FEELING
MANLY ENOUGH FOR IT.

- I CAN REALLY ROCK YOUR WORLD
IF YOU LET ME.

- I DON'T WANT MY WORLD ROCKED.

- GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!
- SHE COMES CHASING OUT

AFTER ME.
"I CAN ROCK YOUR WORLD

IF YOU LET ME."

- ALL RIGHT, MAN.
YOU'RE ALL DONE.

- FINALLY.

TAKE A LOOK.

- NO WAY.

I'M SERIOUSLY GONNA CRY.

- DO YOU LIKE IT?
- I LOVE IT.

MY NEW TATTOO IS... SO, JUST,
VIBRANT AND LOUD,

AND IT REALLY
SPEAKS TO MY CHARACTER A LOT.

AND, I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF
THE SICKEST PIRATE SHIPS

I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

WOW.
- I USED TEXTURE

IN THE PIRATE SHIP
AND IN THE MOUNTAINS TO COVER UP

"DON'T TELL MY GF."
AND I HAD TO USE WATER

TO BREAK UP THE FACEBOOK
LIKE BUTTON.

AND, CALEB, REMEMBER
YOUR PROMISE, BUDDY.

ABSOLUTELY NO MORE CHEATING.

- OH, MY GOD, IT REALLY IS
GOOD.

I FEEL REALLY, REALLY GREAT
KNOWING THAT I'M NEVER GOING

TO BE JUST INSTANTLY JUDGED
AS A CHEATER AGAIN.

I BASICALLY GET A FRESH START.
- I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU.

AND YOU TOTALLY
DESERVE IT, OKAY?

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
- YOU TOO.

- WHAT I'M GONNA DO NOW
IS I'M GONNA SWITCH THE NEEDLES.

SO LIKE THAT, WE CAN START
UV-ING IT UP.

- GOD, DON'T FAIL ME NOW.
- EVERYTHING ALL DAY

HAS BEEN LEADING UP
TO THIS MOMENT.

BECAUSE THE UV INK GOES
IN CLEAR, IF THIS GOES WRONG,

THE SCARRING UNDERNEATH CAN SHOW
THROUGH, AND THIS WHOLE TATTOO

WILL BE A DISASTER.
AND THE SCARY THING IS,

I WON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS TATTOO
IS A SUCCESS UNTIL WE FLIP

THE LIGHTS OFF AT THE END
OF THE DAY

AND SEE THIS THING TOGETHER
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

THE BIG PAYOFF IS WHAT'S GONNA
MAKE IT GLOW.

- OH, MY GOD.
OW, THAT HURTS SO BAD.

- HANG IN THERE.
YOU'RE SITTING TOUGH, ALL RIGHT?

- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THINK WE ARE FINISHED,

PLAYBOY.
- I'M READY TO SEE THIS.

MY KIDS ARE MY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK UP TO ME

SO MUCH, AND I DON'T WANT THEM
TO KNOW THAT OLD SIDE.

I'M, YOU KNOW,
NERVOUS TO SEE IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT
CAME OUT LIKE, YOU KNOW,

THE PICTURE THAT HE SHOWED ME.
I'M JUST--I'M REALLY NERVOUS,

EXCITED.
I'M READY TO SEE THIS.

- TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUDDY.

- OH...

THAT'S BAD ASS, BRO.

THAT'S--THAT'S--

THAT'S AWESOME, DUDE.

MY TATTOO IS BAD ASS.

IT'S GOT A ALLIGATOR IN IT,
IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW,

UNDER THE MOONLIGHT SUN,
IT'S HUNTING.

THE BLOOD IN THE WATER
LOOKS AMAZING.

HE KILLED IT.
I CAN'T SEE

THE "STAY STRAPPED."
IT LOOKS FREAKING AWESOME.

- I HID THE MAJORITY
OF THE LETTERING INSIDE

THE ACTUAL REFLECTION
OF THE ALLIGATOR.

SO BY MAKING THE PIECE A LITTLE
BIT MORE REALISTIC,

I ACTUALLY USED A LOT
OF TEXTURES TO BREAK UP

THE LETTERS OF "STAY STRAPPED."
LASTLY, BY USING A NIGHT SKY

ABOVE THE IMAGE, IT ACTUALLY
DRAWS THE EYE AWAY

FROM THE ACTUAL COVER-UP.

IT'S GOOD MEETING YOU,
BROTHER.

- YOU TOO, BROTHER.
THANK YOU AGAIN.

YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.

IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
IT'S RELIEVING.

I THINK MY SONS ARE GONNA
LOVE IT.

THEY'RE GONNA FREAK OUT
WHEN THEY SEE THE GATOR.

THEY'RE GONNA BE--DADDY, WHOA!

- ANOTHER ONE KNOCKED OUT, BABY,
ANOTHER ONE KNOCKED OUT.

- ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S IT.

- I'M VERY NERVOUS 'CAUSE
HONESTLY IN THE BEGINNING,

I DID THINK THE DRAWING
WASN'T WHAT I WANTED.

SO I'M JUST SO ANXIOUS TO SEE
WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA

LOOK LIKE ON MY BODY.
- WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN,

AND YOU KNEW THE RISK INVOLVED.
- MM-HMM.

- ALL RIGHT.

- OH, MY GOD.

IS THAT MY LEG?
OH, MY GOD.

I HOPE WE GET MARRIED NOW,

'CAUSE YOU JUST MADE LOVE
TO MY LEG.

- DON'T GET SUPER EXCITED YET.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER
PART TO THIS PARTICULAR TATTOO--

- YEAH.
- THAT WE GOTTA CHECK OUT.

I'M FREAKING OUT BECAUSE
I'M GONNA FIND OUT

AT THE SAME TIME ADRIENNE DOES
WHETHER OR NOT THIS TATTOO

IS SUCCESSFUL.
BECAUSE, YOU DON'T GET TO SEE

WHAT YOU'RE DOING
AS YOU'RE DOING IT.

I JUST DON'T WANNA
DISAPPOINT HER.

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL COMES
FULL CIRCLE.

- I'M NERVOUS, I'M ANXIOUS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IF IT DOESN'T
END UP GLOWING?

- LIFT IT UP.
LET'S SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

- OKAY.

WOW!
- LOOK AT YOUR CITY COME ALIVE.

- OH, MY GOD.

- FIRST OF ALL,
A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF.

WHOO!

YOU GUYS WANNA CHECK
THIS NEW TATTOO OUT?

- SURE DO.
- I MEAN, I DID IT AND I DIDN'T

EVEN THINK THAT IT WAS
GONNA WORK THAT WELL.

- THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED.
THIS IS PERFECT.

- WE AGREE
THAT'S THE SEARS TOWER.

- OH, MY GOD, IT LOOKS LIKE
THE ACTUAL STARS ARE FLICKERING.

THE LIGHTS OF THE BUILDINGS
LOOK AMAZING.

IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE
THE CITY INSIDE OF MY LEG.

I'M GOING TO BUY ME
A BLACK LIGHT AND WALK AROUND.

- THAT'S RIGHT.
MAN, THAT'S AWESOME.

I TOTALLY DIG THAT, HIGH.
IT'S GREAT.

- I'VE NEVER SEEN IT COME OUT
SO WELL.

- WELL, IT'S BEEN A HECK
OF A JOURNEY.

- THANK YOU.

I CAN NEVER THANK
HIGH NOON ENOUGH

FOR GIVING ME THIS TATTOO.

HIGH NOON, IF YOU EVER
IN CHICAGO, LOOK A GIRL UP,

AND YOU CAN GET THAT TWINKLE.

- SO WHEN ARE YOU DOING MINE?
OH, I GOT A FRESH PIECE

OF REAL ESTATE RIGHT HERE.

JAM ON IT, SON.