diff --git a/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-formatters.py b/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-formatters.py
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+"""
+Show the different tick formatters
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
+
+
+# Setup a plot such that only the bottom spine is shown
+def setup(ax):
+    ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
+    ax.spines['left'].set_color('none')
+    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
+    ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
+    ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
+    ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.00, length=5)
+    ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=0.75, length=2.5, labelsize=10)
+    ax.set_xlim(0, 5)
+    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
+    ax.patch.set_alpha(0.0)
+
+
+plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
+n = 6
+
+# Null formatter
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 1)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1.00))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.25))
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.NullFormatter())
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(ticker.NullFormatter())
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "NullFormatter()", fontsize=16, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Fixed formatter
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 2)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1.0))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.25))
+majors = ["", "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FixedFormatter(majors))
+minors = [""] + ["%.2f" % (x-int(x)) if (x-int(x))
+                 else "" for x in np.arange(0, 5, 0.25)]
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(ticker.FixedFormatter(minors))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "FixedFormatter(['', '0', '1', ...])",
+        fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+
+# Func formatter
+def major_formatter(x, pos):
+    return "[%.2f]" % x
+
+
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 3)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1.00))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.25))
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FuncFormatter(major_formatter))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, 'FuncFormatter(lambda x, pos: "[%.2f]" % x)',
+        fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+
+# FormatStr formatter
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 4)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1.00))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.25))
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.FormatStrFormatter(">%d<"))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "FormatStrFormatter('>%d<')",
+        fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Scalar formatter
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 5)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.AutoLocator())
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.AutoMinorLocator())
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "ScalarFormatter()", fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# StrMethod formatter
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 6)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(1.00))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.25))
+ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(ticker.StrMethodFormatter("{x}"))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "StrMethodFormatter('{x}')",
+        fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py b/examples/ticks_and_spines/tick-locators.py
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+"""
+Show the different tick locators
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import matplotlib.ticker as ticker
+
+
+# Setup a plot such that only the bottom spine is shown
+def setup(ax):
+    ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
+    ax.spines['left'].set_color('none')
+    ax.yaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
+    ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
+    ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
+    ax.tick_params(which='major', width=1.00)
+    ax.tick_params(which='major', length=5)
+    ax.tick_params(which='minor', width=0.75)
+    ax.tick_params(which='minor', length=2.5)
+    ax.set_xlim(0, 5)
+    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
+    ax.patch.set_alpha(0.0)
+
+
+plt.figure(figsize=(8, 8))
+n = 8
+
+# Null Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 1)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.NullLocator())
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "NullLocator()", fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Multiple Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 2)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.5))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MultipleLocator(0.1))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "MultipleLocator(0.5)", fontsize=14,
+        transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Fixed Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 3)
+setup(ax)
+majors = [0, 1, 5]
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.FixedLocator(majors))
+minors = np.linspace(0, 1, 11)[1:-1]
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.FixedLocator(minors))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "FixedLocator([0, 1, 5])", fontsize=14,
+        transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Linear Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 4)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(3))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.LinearLocator(31))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "LinearLocator(numticks=3)",
+        fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Index Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 5)
+setup(ax)
+ax.plot(range(0, 5), [0]*5, color='White')
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.IndexLocator(base=.5, offset=.25))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "IndexLocator(base=0.5, offset=0.25)",
+        fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Auto Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 6)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.AutoLocator())
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.AutoMinorLocator())
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "AutoLocator()", fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# MaxN Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 7)
+setup(ax)
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(4))
+ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(ticker.MaxNLocator(40))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "MaxNLocator(n=4)", fontsize=14, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+# Log Locator
+ax = plt.subplot(n, 1, 8)
+setup(ax)
+ax.set_xlim(10**3, 10**10)
+ax.set_xscale('log')
+ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(ticker.LogLocator(base=10.0, numticks=15))
+ax.text(0.0, 0.5, "LogLocator(base=10, numticks=15)",
+        fontsize=15, transform=ax.transAxes)
+
+plt.show()