The Illustrative Man - Revision history

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Solar Dragon at 13:43, January 15, 2024

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SolarBot: Bot: Replacing category Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror stories with The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror stories

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Bot: Replacing category Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror stories with The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror stories

SmashingSimpsons at 21:53, May 5, 2017

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{desc|The Simpson children encounter a circus freak whose tattoo-covered body tells many different stories.}}
+{{Synopsis|The Simpson children encounter a circus freak whose tattoo-covered body tells many different stories.}}
 == Plot ==

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 == Plot ==
-[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet a circus freak with a body covered in tattoos. He claims that each tattoo tells a story if they look hard enough, but warns them that the stories are unpleasant, and that they may see themselves and those they know within the stories.
+At the [[Bradbury Carnival]], [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet a circus freak, {{ap|Marty|The Illustrative Man}} with a body covered in tattoos. He claims that each tattoo tells a story if they look hard enough, but warns them that the stories are unpleasant, and that they may see themselves and those they know within the stories.
 The first story seen by Bart depicts a zombie trying to escape from [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], but the two sisters begin to argue instead.

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 {{Comic story
 |title= The Illustrative Man
 |image=[[File:The Illustrative Man.png|250px]]
 |released=September [[1998]]
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+|pages= 13
 |series=''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]''
 |written by=[[Batton Lash]]
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 == Synopsis ==
-The Simpson children encounter a circus freak whose tattoo-covered body tells many different stories.
+{{desc|The Simpson children encounter a circus freak whose tattoo-covered body tells many different stories.}}
 == Plot ==

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 |3a=October 13, [[2005]]
 |3b=UK
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-'''''The Illustrative Man''''' is a ''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]'' story featured in {{BSTHOH|4}}.
+'''''The Illustrative Man''''' is a ''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]'' story first printed in {{BSTHOH|4}}.
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 |2a=September 18, [[2001]]
 |2b=US
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-[[Category:Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror stories]]
+[[Category:The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror stories]]
 [[Category:1998]]
 [[Category:Comic stories written by Batton Lash]]

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 '''''The Illustrative Man''''' is a ''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]'' story featured in {{BSTHOH|4}}.
 == Plot ==
-[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet a circus freak with a body full of tattoos. He warns them that each tattoo tells a story if they look hard enough.
+[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet a circus freak with a body covered in tattoos. He claims that each tattoo tells a story if they look hard enough, but warns them that the stories are unpleasant, and that they may see themselves and those they know within the stories.
 The first story seen by Bart depicts a zombie trying to escape from [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], but the two sisters begin to argue instead.
-The second story, also seen by Bart, depicts [[Apu]] getting attacked by [[Herman]]'s missing arm. The arm causes trouble around Springfield, including robbing a bank and getting into a fight with [[Homer]], but alludes the authorities each time.
+The second story, also seen by Bart, depicts [[Apu]] getting attacked by [[Herman]]'s missing arm. The arm causes trouble around Springfield, including robbing a bank and getting into a fight with [[Homer]], but eludes the authorities each time.
-The third story seen by Lisa depicts her worst nightmare: bullying, rejection from her music teacher, her lazy father and ''[[The Birch Barlow Show]]''. At the end of the story, she runs away screaming.
+The third story seen by Lisa depicts her worst nightmare: bullying, rejection from her music teacher, her lazy father and ''[[Birch Barlow|The Birch Barlow Show]]''. At the end of the story, she runs away screaming.
-The fourth story seen by Bart depicts himself and [[Milhouse]] asking [[Groundskeeper Willie]] about the contents of a basket he carries with him. Willie refuses to tell so the boys assume it is a second, evil head attached to his body. They discover it contained only food. After the boys leave, Principal Skinner is revealed to be the one with an extra, sinister head. Willie prepares to use an axe on Skinner.
+The fourth story seen by Bart depicts himself and [[Milhouse]] asking [[Groundskeeper Willie]] about the contents of a basket he carries with him. Willie refuses to tell, so the boys assume it is a second, evil head attached to his body. They discover it contained only food. After the boys leave, Principal Skinner is revealed to be the one with an extra, sinister head. Willie prepares to use an axe on Skinner.
 Once all the stories are told, the Simpson family go home and the circus freak laughs at how gullible Bart was to believe in story-telling tattoos. A tattoo on the freak is revealed to depict himself laughing.