- This article is about the character from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode, A Tiki Scare is No Fair. For other versions, see John Simms (disambiguation).
John Simms was a journalist for a Hawaiian newspaper, who poached pearls on the side, as the Witch Doctor.
Physical appearance[]
Mr. Simms is a slender, middle-aged man, with brown hair, a black mustache and thick framed glasses. Simms wears a blue suit with a dark pink and green floral Hawaiian shirt, along with a matching blue hat with a pink and green floral band, and black shoes. Simms also carries a camera on a lanyard.
Personality[]
Mr. Simms, as the Witch Doctor, does not appear to be very intelligent or perceptive (especially strange for a journalist/tour guide), as Simms falls for Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo's disguises and is also easily scared by Shaggy and Scooby covered in leaves.
History[]
Early life[]
Mr. Simms volunteered to be the guide of Mystery Inc. on a package tour in Hawaii; he took Scooby-Doo and Shaggy to forty-seven luaus.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You![]
Season two[]
Mr. Simms unmasked.
While taking Scooby and Shaggy to their forty-eighth luau, they were visited by the Witch Doctor who warned them and the villagers to stay away from the ancient village which was the sacred ground of Mano Tiki Tia. When the Witch Doctor disappeared, so had Mr. Simms.
Mystery Inc. investigated at the ancient village and in doing so unraveled the mystery of the Witch Doctor and the so-called Mano Tiki Tia. It was revealed that the Witch Doctor was actually Simms in disguise and Mano Tiki Tia was simply just a parade float being operated by his henchman (who also appeared as the Witch Doctor at the luau). They were trying to scare the fishermen away from the village's secret underwater cave they had found and were using as quick access in their pearl-poaching operation. They were then taken into custody by Lt. Tomoro, who was on their trail for months.
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo![]
Mr. Simms was among the prisoners at Coolsville Penitentiary when the gang went there to visit Coco Diablo. Simms was later accidently freed along with all the other inmates, but was recaptured by the gang using Coco's costumes and sent back to prison.
Appearances[]
Notes/triva[]
- It is unknown how Mr. Simms and his henchman made their skin look dark while disguised as the Witch Doctor. However, it's possible they that were wearing gloves and feet-like shoes.