<p>This model is made from pictures of Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in the later Psycho sequels since the original is entirely black and white and I'm still figuring out how to do those. OG Norman will happen though.</p><p></p><p>Be nice, have fun!</p><p></p><p><strong>Norman Bates</strong> is a fictional character created by American author <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bloch">Robert Bloch</a> as the main <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antagonist">antagonist</a> in his 1959 thriller novel <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(novel)"><em>Psycho</em></a>. He has <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder">an alter</a>, Mother, who takes from the form of his abusive mother, and later victim, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Bates_(Psycho)">Norma</a>, who in his daily life runs the Bates Motel.</p><p>He was portrayed by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Perkins">Anthony Perkins</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)">the 1960 version of <em>Psycho</em></a> directed by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock">Alfred Hitchcock</a> and in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(franchise)"><em>Psycho</em> franchise</a>. He was also portrayed by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Vaughn">Vince Vaughn</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1998_film)">the 1998 version of <em>Psycho</em></a>, and by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Highmore">Freddie Highmore</a> in the television series <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Motel_(TV_series)"><em>Bates Motel</em></a> (2013–2017).<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bates#cite_note-2">[1]</a></p><p>Unlike the franchise produced by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures">Universal Studios</a>, Norman is not the principal antagonist in Bloch's subsequent novels and is succeeded by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_killer">copycat killers</a> who assume Norman's identity after his death in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_II_(novel)"><em>Psycho II</em></a> (1982), although he does return in the licensed continuation novel <em>Psycho: Sanitarium</em> (2016) by <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Williamson">Chet Williamson</a>, and the comic book series <em>Son of Psycho</em> (2021). There is a wide-ranging assumption that the character was directly inspired by the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin"><u>Wisconsin</u></a> murderer <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein">Ed Gein</a>. With <em>Psycho</em> being optioned for <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_adaptation">film adaptation</a> as a direct result of media attention on Gein, Bloch later revealed he was inspired more by the circumstances surrounding Gein's case—the idea that "the man next door may be a monster unsuspected even in the gossip-ridden microcosm of small-town life." Years later, when the full details of Gein's crimes were revealed, he was struck by "how closely the imaginary character I'd created resembled the real Ed Gein both in overt act and apparent motivation."<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bates#cite_note-3">[2]</a></p>
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