diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot_nng.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot_nng.py
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+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot_nng.py
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+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
+                        unicode_literals)
+
+import six
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt  # to grab figure management stuff
+from matplotlib.axes import Axes
+import functools
+
+
+# apparently, raw object objects use slots.
+class Dummy(object):
+    pass
+
+pyplot_nng = Dummy()
+interactive = Dummy()
+
+
+def interactive_wrapper(func):
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def inner(ax, *args, **kwargs):
+        ret_list = func(ax, *args, **kwargs)
+        ax.figure.canvas.draw()
+        return ret_list
+
+    return inner
+
+
+def wrap_for_pyplot(func):
+    def inner(*args, **kwargs):
+        ax = plt.gca()
+        art_list = func(ax, *args, **kwargs)
+        ax.figure.canvas.draw()
+        return art_list
+
+    inner.__name__ = func.__name__
+    # This should be modified to strip the docs
+    # if the axes as the first argument is documented
+    inner.__doc__ = func.__doc__
+    return inner
+
+funcs_to_wrap = [atr for atr in
+                 (getattr(Axes, atr_name) for atr_name in dir(Axes)
+                  if not atr_name.startswith('_'))
+                 if callable(atr)]
+
+for f in funcs_to_wrap:
+    setattr(pyplot_nng, f.__name__, wrap_for_pyplot(f))
+    setattr(interactive, f.__name__, interactive_wrapper(f))