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MY TATTOO IS HORRIBLE.
IT'S THE STUPIDEST THING I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE.
I HATE IT. I HATE IT. I HATE IT.
Narrator: THESE PEOPLE NOT ONLY LIVE WITH REGRET.
THEY COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY JUST WANT THIS TATTOO GONE SO BADLY.
YOU HAD CUSTOMERS WITH WEIRD SOUNDS AND NOISES
USUALLY.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOISES.
THERE YOU GO.
THEY KNOW ME AS THE "MITT ROMNEY TATTOO FACE GUY."
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THIS IS NOT THE WORST TATTOO THAT I HAVE.
I CAN SEE WHY YOU WANT TO COVER IT.
I MEAN, THE THING IS HORRENDOUS.
Megan: LET'S SEE IT.
I THINK IT'S LOOKING PRETTY ROUGH.
"ROUGH" IS DEFINITELY THE WORD.
Narrator: THIS IS "AMERICA'S WORST TATTOOS."
OUR FIRST VICTIM HAS AN OLD TATTOO SO SHAMEFUL
THAT HE WOULDN'T EVEN SHOW IT TO HIS BEST FRIEND.
Galo: MY NAME'S GALO.
WE'RE LIKE BROTHERS FROM OTHER MOTHERS.
EVERYBODY USED TO SAY WE LOOKED ALIKE.
THEY WOULD CONFUSE US,
SO WE STARTED SAYING WE'RE TWINS.
KIND OF LIKE DANNY DeVITO, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.
OR A LITTLE DANNY DeVITO AND A BIGGER DANNY DeVITO.
I DON'T THINK NONE OF US ARE BUILT LIKE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
THE WORST TATTOO THAT I GOT -- I WAS ABOUT 16 YEARS OLD.
HE DID IT, AND YOU KNOW...
I HATE THE WHOLE TATTOO.
I'M SURE WHEN YOU GOT IT, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE THE COOLEST PERSON.
OH, OF COURSE -- ROLLING MY PANT LEG UP,
SHOWING OFF FOR THE GIRLS.
I REALIZED A FEW WEEKS LATER THAT IT WASN'T COOL,
AND, YEAH, EVERYBODY KEPT ASKING ME, "WHAT IS IT?"
IT JUST DON'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING.
IT'S JUST, LIKE, BLOBISH.
WHEN I FINALLY DID SEE THE TATTOO, I SAW A ROSE.
[ CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS ]
IT'S NOT A ROSE. IT'S A DAGGER THERE.
THE MORE I LOOK AT IT NOW, I SEE A MERMAID.
NOW THAT HE KNOWS ABOUT IT, HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.
IT'S A MUST-GO.
NO ONE CAN MAKE OUT THE DAGGER ON ALEX'S LEG,
SO HE'S GONNA SEE IF TIM CAN TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT.
Tim: MY NAME IS TIM PANGBURN.
I'VE BEEN A TATTOO ARTIST FOR 14 YEARS.
I ENJOY DOING COVER-UPS.
SOMETIMES, THIS BAD TATTOO IS, LIKE, RUINING THEIR LIFE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE BEACH, YOU KNOW,
ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS,
AND WHEN YOU CAN GET THEM COVERED UP,
IT REALLY FEELS GOOD.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN BE LIKE, "FINALLY,
I DON'T HAVE TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT THIS ANYMORE."
[ SIGHS ]
SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TODAY?
I HAVE TO COVER UP THIS DRAGON I GOT.
THIS WHAT?
[ Chuckling ] DRAGON. THIS GUY.
SO, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WHAT'S IT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE?
COME ON, MAN, LOOK AT IT.
IT'S A MERMAID.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MERMAID.
MERMAID.
IT'S A DRAGON.
PRETTY SURE IT'S A MERMAID, BUT ALL RIGHT.
Tim: I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MERMAID OR DRAGON,
BUT IT'S FUN TO WATCH THEM ARGUE OVER IT.
THIS TATTOO IS DEFINITELY SUBPAR.
IT'S GOT TO GO.
[ CHUCKLES ]
SO, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING OF COVERING THAT WITH?
YOU KNOW, A DEMON, SKULLS.
YOU WANT TO DO SKULL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT'LL DO NICE TEXTURES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
YOU GOT FREE RANGE. JUST GET THIS GUY OFF MY BACK.
[ LAUGHS ] ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO GET STARTED.
LET ME SEE YOUR LEG.
I LOVE HAVING TATTOOS, BUT I HATE GETTING TATTOOS
'CAUSE THEY HURT.
YOU HAD CUSTOMERS, LIKE,
WITH WEIRD SOUNDS AND NOISES AND STUFF LIKE THAT?
ALWAYS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOISES.
[ CLICKS TONGUE ]
[ Chuckling ] THERE YOU GO.
TICKLES THE SQUIRREL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
THE SQUIRREL CALL. [ CLICKS TONGUE ]
HE SHOULD BE ONE OF THOSE WILDERNESS, LIKE,
ANIMAL CALLERS, YOU KNOW?
LIKE THE SQUIRREL WHISPERER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WANT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE?
LET'S DO IT.
I THREW AN EYE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREHEAD.
I THINK IT'S GONNA HURT.
[ CHUCKLES ]
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator: WHILE ALEX ANSWERS THE CALL OF THE WILD,
LET'S MEET ANOTHER PAIR OF BEST FRIENDS WITH A TATTOO
THAT'S BECOME THE THIRD WHEEL IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
Eric: WE GREW UP AROUND THE CORNER FROM EACH OTHER.
BORN AND RAISED IN NEW JERSEY.
SO, I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL JUST GET
THE SHAPE OF NEW JERSEY OUTLINED ON MY CALF.
I STILL WON'T LET HIM LIVE IT DOWN.
[ HIGH-PITCHED GIGGLING ]
I ALWAYS GET QUESTIONED ABOUT IT.
"OH, YOU'RE FROM NEW JERSEY?"
"DO YOU TAKE STEROIDS?" "DO YOU PUMP YOUR FIST?"
"DO YOU PUT HAIR GEL IN YOUR HAIR?"
PEOPLE OFTEN MISTAKE MY TATTOO FOR SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT.
I'VE GOTTEN ITALY BEFORE.
[ BUZZER ]
I'VE LIVED ON THE WEST COAST.
I'VE LIVED IN HAWAII.
AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE GUY FROM NEW JERSEY.
YOU HAVE TO REPRESENT SOMETIMES.
REPRESENT THE ARMPIT OF AMERICA.
THAT'S GOOD. I LIKE IT.
Narrator: MEANWHILE, JUST DOWN THE TURNPIKE,
TIM'S MAKING PROGRESS ON ALEX'S NEW COVER-UP.
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
WELL, WE'RE DONE ON THE OUTLINE.
GONNA GET INTO THE BLACK, AND THEN COLOR RIGHT AFTER.
HOW YOU HOLDING UP SO FAR?
[ WHISTLES ]
[ WHISTLES ]
DAMN.
[ WAGNER'S "RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES" PLAYS ]
[ WHISTLES ]
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I COULD'VE TOOK IT BETTER,
BUT NOW IT JUST, LIKE, GETS ME A LITTLE CRAZY.
PSH. [ WHISTLES ]
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
[ CLICKS TONGUE ]
[ Chuckling ] THERE HE GOES.
YOU HEAR THAT LITTLE SQUIRREL CALL?
I'M CALLING SQUIRRELS, BIRDS.
[ Chuckling ] EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.
Tim: I GET A PRETTY WIDE RANGE OF REACTION,
AND ANIMAL CALLS ARE NEW, THOUGH.
[ CLICKING TONGUE ]
DAMN.
THAT [BLEEP] HURTS, MAN.
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
TIME-OUT.
TIME-OUT.
NO, NO. YOU GOT THIS.
I QUIT.
YEAH.
NO, MAN. IT DOESN'T EVEN HURT.
IT HURTS TOO MUCH, MAN.
GIVE ME A ***.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: COMING UP, CAN ALEX ENDURE ANOTHER TWO HOURS OF PAIN...
[ CHUCKLES ]
Narrator: ...OR WILL IT ALL BE TOO MUCH TO BEAR?
[ WHISTLES ]
Narrator: IT'S HARD TO TELL
WHAT ALEX'S OLD TATTOO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT'S DEFINITELY A MERMAID.
IT'S GOT TO GO.
Narrator: SO TIM WANTS TO GIVE HIM A NEW ONE
THAT WILL LEAVE NO QUESTIONS.
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
[ WHISTLES ]
LOOK AT ME REAL QUICK.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT YOU.
HE'S PRETTY MUCH HAD AS MUCH AS HE CAN HANDLE.
[ WHISTLES ]
***.
[ LAUGHS ]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE DONE.
THANK GOD.
YEAH.
TAKE A LOOK.
[ HARP MUSIC PLAYS ]
Alex: WOW. THAT'S HOT.
I LOVE IT, BRO.
TATTOO'S AMAZING.
COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER.
I LIKE THE SKULL. I LIKE THE ART. I LIKE THE COLORS.
IT'S VIBRANT. IT COMES AT YOU.
AND HE WENT WITH WHAT I LIKE, AND I LOVE IT. I'M HAPPY.
IT'S WORTH THE PAIN.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, BRO? LOOKS GOOD?
YEAH. IT LOOKS REAL, REAL GOOD.
YOU WOULD NEVER KNOWN
THAT THERE WAS A MERMAID UNDER THERE, HUH?
YOU CAN'T SEE THE DRAGON AT ALL.
NO. YOU CAN'T SEE THAT MERMAID FOR NOTHING.
OH, MAN, I LOVE IT, MAN. BEAUTIFUL WORK, MAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
Narrator: ALEX'S TATTOO IS NO LONGER UP FOR INTERPRETATION.
OUR NEXT VICTIM PROVES THAT MITT ROMNEY WASN'T
THE ONLY LOSER IN THE LAST ELECTION.
Eric: MY NAME IS ERIC HARTSBURG,
AND I'M FROM MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.
ANYBODY WHO'S SEEN ME --
THEY KNOW ME AS THE "MITT ROMNEY TATTOO FACE" GUY.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THIS IS NOT THE WORST TATTOO THAT I HAVE.
[ DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ GLASS SHATTERS ]
[ RECORD SCRATCHES ]
I WAS HANGING OUT AT MY BOY'S HOUSE.
WE HAD THIS WONDERFUL IDEA TO PLAY ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS,
AND THE LOSER GETS TATTOOED.
ONE, TWO, THREE -- I THROW PAPER.
"SIT DOWN AND GET TATTOOED, ERIC."
THE TATTOO I GOT WAS A STICK FIGURE,
A SIGNATURE OF THE GUY WHO DID IT,
AND A CUBE.
[ GONG CRASHES ]
THE TATTOO DEFINITELY GETS IN THE WAY OF MY DREAMS
OF BECOMING AN ACTOR.
SPEED.
ALL RIGHT.
MR. TARANTINO...
OKAY.
I LOVE YOUR MOVIES. I LOVE YOUR STUFF.
I'D -- I -- OH [BLEEP] IT.
SORRY, GUYS. I REALLY [BLEEP] THIS UP.
Narrator: SO, THE GUY WITH THE FACE TATTOO THINKS HIS LEG TATTOO
IS HINDERING HIS ACTING CAREER,
SO HE'S HOPING JEREMY SWAN CAN RECAST IT WITH SOME ART.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD.
ERIC HARTSBURG. NICE TO MEET YOU.
I'M JEREMY. COME ON IN.
Jeremy: I'M JEREMY SWAN.
I'M A TATTOO ARTIST IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
I DO ENJOY DOING COVER-UPS.
THEY'RE A VERY UNIQUE CHALLENGE,
AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET --
NOT ONLY WITH THE TATTOO
BUT THE PERSONALITY THAT'S GONNA COME IN WITH IT.
SO, WHAT TATTOO ARE WE COVERING UP TODAY?
A TATTOO THAT I GOT A LONG WHILE AGO...ON MY THIGH.
ON MY THIGH.
YEAH, MY FIRST, YOU KNOW, INSTINCT WOULD BE
THE ONE ON YOUR FACE. [ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S USUALLY THE ONE THAT PEOPLE SAY,
"YOU SHOULD GET THAT COVERED UP."
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU HAVE SOMETHING WORSE THAN THAT
ON YOUR BODY?
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE
AS EVEN WORSE THAN THIS.
OKAY.
WELL, I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS THIGH TATTOO.
SO STAND UP. DROP TROU.
LET ME SEE WHAT I'M WORKING WITH HERE.
HERE YOU GO, MAN.
HOO!
THE TATTOO ON HIS THIGH WAS EQUALLY RIDICULOUS,
JUST NOT AS FAMOUS.
IT LOOKED LIKE AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY DID IT.
I CAN SEE WHY YOU WANT TO COVER IT.
I MEAN, THE THING IS HORRENDOUS.
GIVE ME SOME IDEAS OF WHAT IT IS YOU WANT TO DO
TO COVER UP THIS TATTOO.
SOMETHING A LITTLE MEDIEVAL --
A SUIT OF ARMOR, MAN, THE HELMET --
JUST SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS SOME OLDER TIMES, MAN.
COOL.
THE CHALLENGE OF THIS COVER-UP IS THAT IT'S SPORADIC.
YOU HAVE THE CUBE OVER HERE. YOU HAVE THE FACE OVER HERE.
YOU GOT THIS RIDICULOUS STICK FIGURE.
IT TAKES UP A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPACE,
AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO A PRETTY BIG TATTOO
TO COVER THIS THING UP.
I'M GONNA HIT THE DRAWING TABLE.
I'M GONNA DRAW SOMETHING UP FOR YOU.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND JUST HANG OUT
WITH YOUR PANTS UP,
AND WE'LL GET GOING ON THE TATTOO.
AW, I WAS HOPING TO KEEP THE PANTS OFF.
Eric: TODAY IS THE DAY THAT I FINALLY GET TO COVER UP
THIS HORRIBLE TATTOO ON MY LEG.
I'M EXCITED.
ALL RIGHT, ERIC. ARE YOU READY?
HERE IT COMES.
Narrator: WHILE JEREMY PREPARES TO SPEND HOURS WITH ERIC'S THIGH,
LET'S MEET ONE COUPLE WITH A WORST TATTOO
THAT'S A GRIZZLY MESS.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THIS TATTOO IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE FIRST MET.
Chris: IT'S ON MY CHEST.
[ ANIMAL ROARS ]
LIKE A BEAR RIPPING OUT OF MY SKIN.
[ CAT MEOWS ]
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A BEAR.
IT'S GOT CAT EARS!
[ CAT YOWLS ]
I HATE THIS TATTOO SO MUCH.
IT STARES AT ME.
I GO TO KISS HIM, AND IT'S JUST THERE,
LOOKING ME IN THE EYES.
HE SAYS IT'S A BEAR, BUT IT'S NOT NO BEAR.
IT WAS DONE BY AN APPRENTICE 24 YEARS AGO.
MY 7-YEAR-OLD COULD PROBABLY HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB.
KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON,
'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
Narrator: OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.
BACK AT THE SHOP, JEREMY'S WORKING HARD
TO ERASE ERIC'S STICK-FIGURE DRAWING.
ALL RIGHT, ERIC, I JUST FINISHED THE LINE WORK,
AND NOW I'M GONNA START THE SHADING.
HOW YOU FEELING?
FEEL GOOD, MAN. THIS IS GREAT.
SO, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT TO DO NOW?
I'D LOVE TO START WORKING IN TELEVISION, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME SEE YOUR ACTING CHOPS, OKAY?
JEREMY IS A BIG TATTOO ARTIST HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
HE KNOWS PEOPLE WHO KNOWS PEOPLE WHO KNOWS PEOPLE.
GIVE ME, UH, CONFUSED.
THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WAKING UP FROM A HANGOVER.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY, THAT'S OKAY.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. GIVE ME...BEWILDERED.
HE DOES HAVE SOME SORT OF FUTURE IN HOLLYWOOD.
I DON'T THINK IT'S AS AN ACTOR.
I THINK HE CAN MAYBE VALET CARS OR SOMETHING.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE GREAT AS THE "ROMNEY TATTOO" GUY.
[ GONG CRASHES ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
ERIC HAS CLEARLY MADE SOME POOR CHOICES
WITH TATTOOS IN THE PAST.
SO, HOW WILL HIS NEW ONE MEASURE UP?
OH, MY...GOODNESS.
Narrator: AFTER LOSING A HIGH-STAKES GAME OF ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS,
ERIC WAS FORCED TO GET THIS HORRIBLE HOMEMADE TATTOO.
Jeremy: I CAN SEE WHY YOU WANT TO COVER IT.
I MEAN, THE THING IS HORRENDOUS.
NOW HE'S HOPING THAT JEREMY CAN TURN HIS LUCK AROUND.
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
Jeremy: ALL RIGHT. GUESS WHAT. YOU'RE DONE.
COOL BEANS, BROTHER.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE OVER TO THE MIRROR
AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU GOT.
TAKE A LOOK!
OH, MY...GOODNESS.
WOW!
Eric: I'M OVER THE MOON ABOUT THE SUIT OF ARMOR.
THIS IS TATTOOING ON A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL.
YOU LIKE THE CUBE?
YOU PUT THE CUBE BACK IN THERE, TOO.
WALT'S GONNA BE HAPPY.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER
WITH THE WAY ERIC'S TATTOO CAME OUT.
IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TO BE THAT DARK.
I DID IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
IT MAKES THE TATTOO REALLY STRONG.
THE IMAGERY ITSELF IS JUST VERY STRIKING.
Eric: HAVING THIS ARMOR ON MY LEG
MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A NEW PERSON,
LIKE I COULD FACE THE WORLD.
THANK YOU, BRO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAN.
YOU GOT IT.
Narrator: ERIC'S NEW TATTOO IS HIS FIRST OF MANY MUCH-NEEDED COVER-UPS.
MEANWHILE, CHECK OUT A TATTOO THAT MYTHS ARE MADE OF.
Smurf: I'M SMURF. I'M FROM PHILADELPHIA.
MOST OF MY TATTOOS SEEM PRETTY RANDOM.
IT'S ALL STUFF, LIKE, I'VE LIKED SINCE CHILDHOOD.
THE TATTOO I GET MOST ATTENTION FOR
IS THE MYTHBUSTERS.
I HAVE A TATTOO OF BOTH OF THE HOSTS ON MY LEG.
I LOVE THEM. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
I WISH THAT WAS MY JOB --
JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, WHY IT BLOWS UP
AND THERE ACTUALLY BEING A REASON FOR IT.
I'VE TRIED TO EXPERIMENT ON THINGS AT HOME,
AND I AM NO LONGER ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH FIRE.
ADAM! JAMIE!
YOU SHOULD LOOK AT MY TATTOO,
'CAUSE IT'S YOUR FACES, AND...STUFF.
AND YOU SHOULD INVITE ME ON YOUR SHOW
SO I CAN BLOW STUFF UP AND DO SCIENCEY THINGS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
Narrator: UH, NO.
GETTING A TATTOO WON'T GET YOU ON A SHOW --
WELL, UNLESS IT'S OURS.
OUR NEXT CASE BRINGS BACK A COUPLE WHO,
BEFORE THEY TIED THE KNOT,
WANTED TO GET SOMETHING OFF THEIR CHEST.
Will: HEY. I'M WILL FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK.
Heather: HEY. I'M HEATHER.
HEATHER USED TO HAVE
SOME PRETTY BAD TATTOOS ON HER CHEST.
I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED
IN A DRESS WHERE THESE GUYS ARE STICKING OUT.
AND MEGAN MASSACRE COVERED THEM UP.
[ HARP MUSIC PLAYS ]
NOW THEY'RE GONE,
SO NOW I'M THE ONLY ONE LEFT WITH A BAD CHEST TATTOO.
[ WAH-WAH! ]
IT'S A BANNER THAT SAYS "EDGE,'
BECAUSE I USED TO BE STRAIGHT-EDGE.
IT'S A HARD-CORE PUNK-ROCK SUBCULTURE.
THAT'S A BAD LIFE DECISION.
I USED TO BE IN A BAND WITH THIS KID
THAT BOUGHT A TATTOO MACHINE.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "OH, I WANT TO TATTOO SOMEONE,"
AND I WAS LIKE, "I'M DOWN."
SO WE WENT DOWN TO HIS BASEMENT, AND HE TATTOOED ME.
[ NEEDLE BUZZES ]
IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A TREE BRANCH FROM FAR AWAY.
TREE BRANCH? REALLY?
UH, YEAH.
MAYBE LIKE A ROLLED-UP NEWSPAPER.
[ PAPER RUSTLES ]
I'M SORRY YOU HAVE THAT ON YOU.
[ BOTH LAUGH ]
WE GOT TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S GOT TO GO.
Narrator: WITH HIS WEDDING JUST AROUND THE CORNER,
WILL IS WALKING DOWN TO MEGAN'S
BEFORE HE WALKS DOWN THE AISLE.
HOW ARE YOU?
SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WILL, TODAY, IT'S YOUR TURN.
YEP.
YEAH. LET'S DO IT.
Megan: MY NAME IS MEGAN MASSACRE,
AND I'VE BEEN TATTOOING FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW.
HEATHER CAME TO ME TO GET A CHEST TATTOO COVERED UP.
[ GASPS ] MEGAN. PHENOMENAL.
YOU GONNA BE HAPPY TO SEE THIS ON YOUR WEDDING DAY?
I'M STOKED.
AND NOW HER FIANCé IS COMING TO ME, AS WELL.
IN A WAY, IT FEELS KIND OF SPECIAL,
BECAUSE I'M SHARING THIS EXPERIENCE
WITH NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER BUT BOTH OF THEM.
Megan: SO, WILL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS COVER-UP.
LET'S SEE IT.
♪ DUN-DUN-DUH! ♪
[ CHUCKLES ]
I THINK IT'S LOOKING PRETTY ROUGH.
I THINK WE NEED SOME HELP HERE.
"ROUGH" IS DEFINITELY THE WORD.
THIS TATTOO IS SUPPOSED TO BE A BANNER,
BUT, I MEAN, IT IS LIKE CHICKEN SCRATCH.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST THOUGHT WHEN YOU SAW THAT?
"I HOPE I CAN COVER THIS UP."
OH, MY GOD!
THAT IS THE LAST THOUGHT YOU WANT TO HAVE WHEN GETTING
YEAH.
WHAT DID YOU WANT TO COVER THIS THING UP WITH?
I WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AN OUTER-SPACE THEME.
YEAH.
IT REMINDS ME OF BEING A KID.
ME AND MY DAD WOULD GO UFO HUNTING IN THE BACKYARD.
UFO HUNTING?
YOU KNOW, I GOT TO BE HONEST.
I'VE NEVER TATTOOED AN ALIEN HUNTER BEFORE.
DID YOU EVER FIND ANY UFOs?
THERE WAS SOME STUFF WHERE IT WAS LIKE,
"WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS."
I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S ALIENS OUT THERE.
I MEAN, IF OUTER SPACE GOES ON FOREVER,
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING SOMEWHERE.
THAT ACTUALLY WORKS PRETTY WELL FOR A COVER-UP,
BECAUSE SPACE IS BLACK, BASICALLY.
BUT, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA BE SOLID BLACK.
WE CAN PUT A LOT OF ELEMENTS IN THERE --
I MEAN, PLANETS, COMETS, UFOs,
AND THROW SOME STARS IN THERE TO BREAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT
SO IT'S NOT A BIG, BLACK BLOB ON YOUR CHEST.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M STOKED.
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
WELL, YOU WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ALREADY.
YOU GOT RID OF THOSE TATTOOS FOR YOUR WEDDING DAY.
AND I FEEL LIKE WILL IS GETTING THIS COVERED
FOR HIS WEDDING NIGHT.
[ BOTH CHUCKLE ]
IT'S THE STARS! IT'LL LIGHT UP THE SKY!
AWW!
IT'S GONNA BE SO ROMANTIC!
ARE YOU READY TO GET THIS THING COVERED UP?
LET'S DO IT!
Will: I DO NOT LIKE GETTING TATTOOED.
IT HURTS.
I WILL HOLD YOU IF YOU CRY.
OKAY. HEY, I WON'T CRY.
ALL RIGHT, MAN. ARE YOU READY?
I'M READY.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO IT.
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
CAN MEGAN'S DESIGN SEND WILL OVER THE MOON...
IT LOOKS AMAZING.
...OR WILL HIS NEW TATTOO JUST BE A WASTE OF SPACE?
Narrator: THREE MONTHS AGO,
IT WAS WILL'S FIANCéE WHO WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR.
NOW IT'S HIS TURN,
AND HE'S HOPING MEGAN'S SPACE-THEMED COVER-UP
WILL MAKE FOR A STELLAR TATTOO.
WE'RE ALREADY DONE --
ALL THE BLACKS AND ALL THE DARK COLORS.
SO I'M THINKING A COUPLE MORE HOURS,
AND YOU'LL BE HOME FREE.
HOW YOU DOING, WILL?
I'M FEELING LIKE IT HURTS TIMES A MILLION, OKAY?
TOUGH IT UP, MAN. TOUGH IT UP.
YOU GOT THIS.
DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR WORDS OF "ENCOURAGEMENT"
WHEN I WAS IN PAIN LAST TIME?
Heather: HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
Will: HOW YOU FEELING?
I'M JUST -- I'M EXHAUSTED, AND I'M IN PAIN.
JUST THINK OF IT AS GETTING MASSAGED BY A NEEDLE.
STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP.
MAYBE NOW YOU GET IT.
MAYBE NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I WAS
IN SO MUCH PAIN LAST TIME, WHY I HAD TO GET UP.
LOOK, I GET IT, WOMAN. IT HURTS!
I'M GONNA SIT HERE
AND WATCH MEGAN GIVE YOU THIS MASSAGE.
Narrator: WHILE MEGAN SHOOTS FOR THE STARS,
LET'S MEET A GUY WHOSE TATTOO COULD POSSIBLY BE
A WINDOW TO ANOTHER DIMENSION.
MY NAME IS MELISSA.
John: I'M JOHN.
I'M FROM FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS.
I HAVE A TATTOO OF A OUIJA BOARD ON MY BACK.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I'M A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR ON THE SIDE
WHEN I'M NOT WORKING FULL-TIME.
PEOPLE ASK HIM ALL THE TIME, "DO YOU USE THAT?"
IT'S LIKE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
NO.
A OUIJA BOARD TATTOOED ON YOUR BACK --
KIND OF CRAZY.
"YOU'VE JUST OPENED UP A LINE TO YOUR BODY."
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
WHAT?
IF I DID A CASE WHERE WHATEVER IT IS
THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS ACTUALLY POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS,
IT COULD PROBABLY USE THE BOARD SOMEHOW
TO MANIPULATE ME.
IN THE WRONG HANDS, IT COULD BE DANGEROUS, BUT...
...THERE'S CONSEQUENCES TO EVERYTHING YOU DO, RIGHT?
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN.
BACK AT THE SHOP, MEGAN'S FINISHING UP
ON WILL'S ASTRONOMICAL TATTOO.
Megan: WE'RE DOING GOOD.
I JUST STARTED ON THE MEDIUM AND LIGHT COLORS.
IT LOOKS AMAZING.
I KNOW. POOR WILL HASN'T EVEN SEEN THIS YET.
JUST SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING HURT.
AWW!
AWW!
[ NEEDLE BUZZING ]
ALL RIGHT, MAN.
IT LOOKS LIKE... YOU ARE DONE.
OH, THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHS ]
I'M SO EXCITED IT'S OVER.
YOU READY TO LOOK AT IT?
I'M SO READY TO LOOK AT IT.
LET'S DO THIS, MAN. [ CHUCKLES ]
ALL RIGHT, WILL.
[ IMITATES FANFARE ]
YO. THAT IS BANGIN'!
SO YOU LIKE IT?
I LOVE IT. IT'S SO AWESOME.
IT'S EVERYTHING AND MORE
THAN I POSSIBLY COULD'VE EVER IMAGINED THAT I WANTED.
THAT COMET CAME OUT REALLY BADASS.
IT'S SO COOL.
AND THE UFO IS AWESOME, WITH THE BEAM COMING OUT OF IT!
THIS DUDE -- YOUR SATURN -- THE WHOLE THING IS SUPERCOOL.
I LOVE IT.
I AM REALLY EXCITED WITH HOW WILL'S TATTOO CAME OUT.
I MEAN, IT WAS A LOT OF TATTOO,
A LOT FOR HIM TO SIT THROUGH, BUT HE DID IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD'VE DONE
IF YOU WOULD'VE SAW THAT UFO?
I DON'T KNOW --
PROBABLY START RUNNING UNDER THE COVERS AND HIDING.
YOU WOULD BE TERRIFIED?
I DON'T KNOW.
THAT UFO LOOKS KIND OF CUTE AND HAPPY.
IT DOES LOOK KIND OF CUTE, BUT...
I DON'T KNOW IF HE LOOKS MEAN.
...YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE THAT UFO.
MY TATTOO WOULD SAVE MY LIFE IF ALIENS WERE TRYING TO GET ME.
[ LAUGHS ]
Heather: YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID YOU HELP US, LIKE,
COVER UP OUR OLD, BAD TATTOOS,
BUT YOU GAVE US REALLY, REALLY AWESOME NEW ONES!
Megan: YOU GUYS ARE SO SWEET!
I'M JUST SO HAPPY I COULD DO THAT FOR BOTH OF YOU.
Megan: I THINK IT'S A REALLY COOL THING
THAT I WAS ABLE TO GIVE BOTH HEATHER AND WILL
NEW CHEST PIECES FOR THEIR WEDDING.
YOU'LL SEE HEATHER'S MORE,
BUT MAYBE WILL CAN UNBUTTON HIS TUXEDO SHIRT
AND SHOW IT OFF A LITTLE BIT AT THE WEDDING.
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