Tattoo Nightmares is an American docu-reality series taking a closer look at “tattastrophies” and the genius work of cover-up artists who fix them. Tommy Helm, Big Gus and Jasmine Rodriguez are among the most revered cover-up artists in the business, and they employ their years of experience to undo their client’s ill-conceived tats. Watch as they work their magic and turn “disasterpieces” into new works of art.
Tattoo Nightmares (Season 3)
Welcome to Miami (Episode 1)
Air date: 2014-09-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tommy works on a piece that has shamed his clients family. Gus helps out a musician. Jasmine has to help out a superhero fan's phallic mistake.
Call 911! (Episode 2)
Air date: 2014-09-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; a client's health takes a turn for the worse; Clint faces a fellow Texan's request; one father's poor choice offends Reese.
Chicaglow (Episode 3)
Air date: 2014-09-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; Reese's client drops to his knees; Clint takes a bite out of a client's back tattoo; High Noon gets an unusual request.
Birth Marks the Spot (Episode 4)
Air date: 2014-09-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tattoo Nightmares: Miami; High Noon tackles his largest cover up yet; something that has marked Clint's client since birth and Reese helps a sex educator get her sexy back.
Doggie Style (Episode 5)
Air date: 2014-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jasmine rescues a former 90's beach babe, whose bad ink is drowning her career, Big Gus' client is eager to drop his pants to change his game.
Baywatch Bimbo! (Episode 6)
Air date: 2014-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A former 90's beach babe whose bad ink is drowning her career; a client who is eager to drop his pants; a father honors his son.
U-F-OH NO!! (Episode 7)
Air date: 2014-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jasmine attempts a major touch-up on an unfortunate celebrity portrait, Big Gus signs up to help a client get rid of the wrong number, and Tommy has flashbacks when an ex-raver begs him to cover-up a past alien encounter.
No One's Bitch (Episode 8)
Air date: 2014-05-20
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gus helps a mother wanting to leave her bad-ass days behind; Jasmine's client is ready to grow up and stop being a baby; Tommy takes a stab at the ink that's been haunting his client for 13 years.
Get Off My Trunk! (Episode 9)
Air date: 2014-11-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jasmine helps a client with their massive mistake; Gus erases the memory of a client's son; Tommy breaks his client's cursed tattoo gamble.
What Would Jasmine Do (Episode 10)
Air date: 2014-11-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jasmine is faced with a Bible Belt blooper; Big Gus helps a father hit a home-run; a woman's mystical mishap.
Back in the Saddle (Episode 11)
Air date: 2014-11-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Tommy works to try and cover up sidewalk-chalk inspired ink; Big Gus helps reset a gamer's tattoo from a bet; Jasmine helps a client recover from an online dating catastrophe.
Surfari (Episode 12)
Air date: 2014-12-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A surfer hopes to wash away a mistake to win back his father; an accident-prone paramedic; getting rid of ink in time for an important reunion.
Friends Don't Let Friends Tattoo (Episode 13)
Air date: 2014-12-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A client's crazy past; a mother's need for a classy new look; Tommy is challenged with his coworker's cover-up.
Broke and Branded (Episode 14)
Air date: 2014-12-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A beauty expert's beast of a tattoo; a couple hoping to strip away a past mistake; Tommy works to kill some bad ink.
Merry Inkmas (Episode 15)
Air date: 2014-12-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gus ties his client's new ink up with a bow; Tommy tries to freeze out a man's yuletide eggnog disaster; a tough guy drops his drawers hoping for a new Christmas package.
Butt of the Joke (Episode 16)
Air date: 2014-12-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A disgraced basketball fan; new ink for a hunter; a client hopes to fight back against a nasty little devil.
Bad Luck of the Irish (Episode 17)
Air date: 2015-06-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A badly scarred man tearfully asks for Jasmine's help; a client wants to loose her best friend who has been following behind her for years; a man needs help to change his luck.
Father Doesn't Know Best (Episode 18)
Air date: 2015-06-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A cycling fanatic comes to Jasmine hoping to rebuild his patriotism, while Tommy helps a disappointed daughter mask a swap meet mistake, and Big Gus fights a tricky tattoo, and has to switch up his game mid-stride.
Father Doesn't Know Best (Episode 19)
Air date: 2015-06-30
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A cycling fan wishing to rebuild his patriotism; a disappointed daughter's swap meet mistake; BIg Gus fights a tricky tattoo, being forced to switch up his game mid-stride.
Friends Don't Let Friends Tattoo (Episode 20)
Air date: 2015-07-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Gus takes on a client's past; Jasmine relates to a mother's need for a classy new look; Tommy is challenged with a coworker's cover-up.
Hashtag Horrible (Episode 21)
Air date: 2015-07-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A client drops his pants in front of Jasmine; Gus tackles a goofy tattoo that's destroyed a family; Tommy tries to give a client's ink a second life.
The Ink Panther (Episode 22)
Air date: 2015-07-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Big Gus helps a bartender; Jasmine empowers her client with a cover-up of a dating disaster; an arm-wrestling champ seeks some new ink from Tommy.
Fl(ex) Wives (Episode 23)
Air date: 2015-08-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A bodybuilder visits Gus for a lift of his spirits; Jasmine helps a father get rid of some bad ink; and Tommy works on a stripper's tattoo.
Unlucky Fate (Episode 24)
Air date: 2015-08-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: An innocent girl gets gullible when she wants nothing more than a tattoo.
Mermaids, Goblins and Snakes. Oh My! (Episode 25)
Air date: 2015-08-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: asmine gets suspicious of her client's mermaid mistake; Tommy takes on the result of a painful incident; and Big Gus encounters a client's green creature sidekick.
Mama's Boy (Episode 26)
Air date: 2015-08-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Big Gus gives a birthday girl the perfect present; an attempt to amp up a musician's old mistake; covering up a "horri-bull" tattoo.
Seasons
Episodes 8
Episodes 20
Episodes 26