Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: At the direction of Fox , they added `` larger than life '' characters such as the henchman `` Crow '' , and the `` hands of blue '' men , who also introduced an X-Files-type ending .
Simplified: These characters were the henchman `` Crow '' , and the `` hands of blue '' men , that also introduced a X-Files-type ending .