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Death, it comes in many strange packages.
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~ Mr. Simms
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This ain't no furneral home! It ain't the Terrordome neither!
Mr. Simms is the main antagonist of Tales from the Hood franchise. his an eccentric and story-prone funeral director of the local mortuary known as Simms' Furneral Home in Los Angeles, California, and he is the prominent character in the 1995 horror anthology film Tales from the Hood directed by Rusty Cundieff, and executive produced by Spike Lee.
He was portrayed by the late Clarence Williams III in the first film and Keith David (who also played Big Tim in Requiem for a Dream and Older Guy in The Nice Guys, and voiced Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, Thel 'Vadam in Halo, Julius Little in Saints Row, Himself in Saints Row IV, Thailog in Gargoyles, The President in Rick and Morty, Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan, and Malcolm Kane in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters) in Tales from the Hood 2. As Brooklyn, he was portrayed by Sage Arrindell.
The mysterious man lures in three young street thugs and tells them four stories before revealing to them that they were dead the entire time, and that they are in Hell for their crimes.
Tales from the Hood 2[]
Mr. Simms is called upon by the racist and sleazy private prison operator, Dumass Beach, to tell four stories with the theme of "Black Lives Matter" to fill the heads of an army of AI-controlled "Robo Patriots" with information from said stories to help them better determine for themselves on who is a criminal and thereby fill Beach's prisons.
Afterwards, Beach presents the Robo Patriot prototype at a press conference, where it identified potential thieves and illegal immigrants within the audience. The robot then turned on Beach and his team, as after analyzing Mr. Simms' stories, it identified them as threats to American civilization. Robo Patriot kills Grant and Kelly, viewing them as Beach's accomplices for their inaction towards his behavior, before pursuing the prison operator himself with laser fire.
Beach is rescued by Mr. Simms as he found that he was wounded. That was, until Mr. Simms reveals to Beach that he was actually fatally shot, and that he is in Hell, as demons subsequently take Beach away while Simms, having revealed himself as the Devil, laughed maniacally. In the post-credits scene, Mr. Simms addresses the audience, proclaiming "Now that, was some s**t!" before walking away into Hell.
Tales from the Hood 3[]
In the third film, Mr. Simms assumed the form of a little girl named Brooklyn. During the first section "The Mouths of Babes and Demons", she and the killer William were running through the woods and into an abandoned building, as they are both on the run from the “bad things”, an evil force that is pursuing them. To distract William from the danger, Brooklyn starts telling him stories. In the final section, when William plans to make her his next victim, Brooklyn reveals herself to be Satan who came to claim his soul while the bad things were her escorts. Upon sending the victims' souls to heaven and claiming William's head, Brooklyn turns to the camera and asks "Do you want to hear a story?" with flaming eyes and laughs maniacally.
Gallery[]
The Mortician A.K.A. Mr. Simms, showing his evil grin to the three street thugs.
Mr. Simms revealed to be Satan.
Quotes[]
Tales from the Hood[]
“
Death; It comes in many strange packages.
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~ Mr. Simms
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Don't worry. You'll get the s**t. You'll be knee-deep in the s**t.
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~ Mr. Simms
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It's here in these coffins. WHERE ELSE would I hide it?
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~ Mr. Simms
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After you killed Crazy K, a few of his boys killed you. I guess you didn't make it.
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~ Mr. Simms revealing to the three thugs that they died.
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You see, those types can't be rehabilitated...You just kill them.
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~ Mr. Simms after telling Crazy K's story.
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Yes, sir...Walter...Killed the monster.
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~ After telling "Boys do get Bruised".
Tales from the Hood 2[]
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This ain't no joke! This ain't no car! I ain't no n*****! And your worthless soul is no longer alive!
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~ Mr. Simms revealing to Dumass Beach that he is dead.
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Mr. Dumass Beach, welcome to Hell! Motherf***er!
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~ Mr. Simms welcoming Dumass Beach to Hell.
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Now that, was some s**t!
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~ Mr. Simms, as Satan, addressing the audience in the post-credits scene.
Trivia[]
Mr. Simms' role as the grim storyteller is similar to that of the Crypt-Keeper from Tales from the Crypt.
Despite being an iteration of Satan, the character of Mr. Simms is a kind of morality teacher who manifests to characters who are corrupt or evil (sinners). He tells stories as a way to try and get these sinners to repent their evil ways, and when they inevitably fail to do so, he reveals his true Satanic form and punishes them for their unrepentance.
His given name in the first film, Portifoy, may come from Osmond Portifoy, the antagonist of the Night Gallery TV pilot. His name in the second film, Diomedes, comes from the hero of the same name who in Greek mythology participated in the Trojan War. The name Diomedes is Greek for "advised by Zeus" or "god-like cunning", the latter of which befitting Mr. Simms' character being Satan in disguise.
