Scarecrow in other media explained

Code Name:	Scarecrow
Creators:	Bill Finger Bob Kane
Source:	DC Comics
Debut:	World's Finest Comics #3
Debutmo:	September
Debutyr:	1941
Films:	Batman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises The Lego Batman Movie
Tv:	The Batman/Superman Hour Challenge of the Superfriends Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians The New Batman Adventures Gotham Harley Quinn Titans
Subcat:	Batman
Sortkey:	Scarecrow

The Scarecrow, a supervillain in DC Comics and an adversary of the superhero Batman, has been adapted in various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. The character has been portrayed in film by Cillian Murphy in The Dark Knight Trilogy, and in television by Charlie Tahan and David W. Thompson in the Fox series Gotham, and Vincent Kartheiser in the HBO Max streaming series Titans. Henry Polic II, Jeffrey Combs, Dino Andrade, John Noble, Robert Englund, and others have provided the Scarecrow's voice in animation and video games.__TOC__

Television

Live-action

• Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow appears in Gotham, portrayed by Charlie Tahan in the first season and the first half of the fourth season, and David W. Thompson in all other appearances.^{[1] [2] [3]} This version was injected with a serum designed to eliminate fear by his father, Gerald Crane (portrayed by Julian Sands), which instead amplifies Jonathan's fear of scarecrows and drives him insane.^{[4] [5]} After being institutionalized in Arkham Asylum, Jonathan embraces his fears and recreates his father's toxin to become the Scarecrow, and allies with other criminals to terrorize Gotham City.^{[6] [7] [8]}
• Jonathan Crane appears in the third season of Titans, portrayed by Vincent Kartheiser.^[9] This version is a former Arkham Asylum inmate turned profiler and consultant for the Gotham City Police Department.^[10] He brainwashes Jason Todd into helping him turn Gotham City against the Titans, who ultimately defeat and re-incarcerate him in Arkham.^[11]

Animation

• Scarecrow appears in The Batman/Superman Hour episode "The Great Scarecrow Scare", voiced by Ted Knight.
• Scarecrow appears in Challenge of the Superfriends, voiced by Don Messick. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom.
• Scarecrow appears in , voiced by Andre Stojka.
• Scarecrow appears in , voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.^[12]
• Scarecrow appears in the Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, , and , voiced by Seth Green. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom.
• Scarecrow appears in the first season of Harley Quinn, voiced by Rahul Kohli. This version is a member of the Legion of Doom who is later killed by the Joker for unmasking Batman.
  • A young Scarecrow makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the episode "Portal Potty, Hell Yeah!".

DC Animated Universe

Scarecrow appears in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU).

• The character is introduced in , voiced by Henry Polic II. This version is a former psychology professor at Gotham University who was terminated for using his students as test subjects for his fear experiments, leading him to develop a fear-inducing toxin and become the Scarecrow to seek revenge, which brings him into conflict with Batman.
• Scarecrow returns in The New Batman Adventures, voiced by Jeffrey Combs while an uncredited Jeff Bennett provides his laugh in the episode "Over the Edge". For this series, he is given a "darker" revamp in both design and personality to make him more "scary". Producers Bruce Timm and Paul Dini described Scarecrow's redesign as a "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface kind of look. It really had nothing to do with being a scarecrow per se, but he was definitely scary [....] He looked like a hanged man who had been cut down and gone off to terrorize people. We weren't even sure if there was an actual guy in the suit."^[13]
• Scarecrow was meant to appear in Justice League Unlimited as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society as a tribute to Scarecrow's appearance in Challenge of the Superfriends (see above), but the plan was scrapped due to character rights issues related to the "Bat-embargo".^[14]

Film

Live-action

• In Batman & Robin (1997), Coolio made a cameo appearance as a character retroactively identified as Jonathan Crane, and stated that he was to reprise the role in the cancelled sequel Batman Unchained.^[15]
• Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow appears in The Dark Knight Trilogy, portrayed by Cillian Murphy. This version wears a burlap sack with a built-in rebreather that doubles as a gas mask for his fear experiments. Murphy explained that the relatively simple mask, as opposed to the full scarecrow costume seen in the comics, was utilized "to avoid the Worzel Gummidge look, because he's not a very physically imposing man—he's more interested in the manipulation of the mind and what that can do".^[16]
  • Introduced in Batman Begins (2005) as a corrupt psychopharmacologist and Arkham Asylum's Chief Administrator, Crane secretly creates a fear-inducing hallucinogen and plots to use it with Ra's al Ghul to plunge Gotham City into chaos. Crane exposes mafia boss Carmine Falcone, Batman, and assistant district attorney Rachel Dawes to his fear toxin, though Batman later subdues Crane with his own drug. Despite being institutionalized in Arkham, Crane escapes and takes the name "Scarecrow" amidst a mass breakout during Ra's attack on Gotham.
  • In The Dark Knight (2008), Scarecrow is apprehended by Batman while overseeing a drug deal with the Russian mob.^[17]
  • In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Crane is freed from Blackgate Penitentiary during Bane's takeover of Gotham, and presides over proletarian kangaroo courts wherein he offers Gotham's elite a choice between death and exile.^[18]

Animation

• Scarecrow appears in the (2008) segment "In Darkness Dwells", voiced by Corey Burton.
• The Batman: Arkham incarnation of Scarecrow makes a cameo appearance in (2014), voiced by Christian Lanz.
• Scarecrow appears in the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU) short film Nightwing and Robin (2015), voiced by Michael Rosenbaum.^[19]
• Scarecrow appears in (2015), voiced by Brian T. Delaney.^[20]
• Scarecrow appears in (2016), voiced by an uncredited John DiMaggio.^[21]
• Scarecrow appears in The Lego Batman Movie (2017), voiced by Jason Mantzoukas.^[22]
• Scarecrow makes a non-speaking appearance in (2018).
• Scarecrow appears in Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019), voiced by Jim Meskimen. This version was mutated into an anthropomorphic crow by the Joker while imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.
• Scarecrow appears in Batman: Hush (2019), voiced by Chris Cox.
• Scarecrow appears in (2019), voiced by Steve Blum.
• Scarecrow appears in Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020),^[23] voiced by Dwight Schultz.^[24]
• Scarecrow appears in Batman: The Long Halloween (2021), voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.^[25]
• Scarecrow makes a cameo appearance in Injustice (2021).
• Scarecrow makes a cameo appearance in Merry Little Batman (2023), voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

Video games

• Scarecrow appears as a boss in Batman: The Animated Series (1993).
• Scarecrow appears as a boss in The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995).^[26]
• Scarecrow appears as a boss in (2003), voiced again by Jeffrey Combs.^[27]
• The Dark Knight Trilogy incarnation of Scarecrow appears as a boss in the Batman Begins (2005) tie-in game, voiced by Cillian Murphy.
• Scarecrow appears as a boss in the Nintendo DS version of (2010).
• Scarecrow appears as a boss in DC Universe Online (2011), voiced by Christopher S. Field.
• The Dark Knight Trilogy incarnation of Scarecrow appears as a boss in The Dark Knight Rises (2012) tie-in mobile game, voiced by Jason Griffith.
• The Batman: Arkham Asylum incarnation of Scarecrow makes a cameo appearance in (2013) in the Arkham Asylum stage.
• Scarecrow appears in (2013).^[28]
• Scarecrow appears in Batman (2013), voiced by Brian Silva.
• Scarecrow appears as a playable character in Injustice 2 (2017), voiced by Robert Englund.^{[29] [30]} This version is a member of Gorilla Grodd's Society.

Lego series

See main article: Lego Batman.

• Scarecrow appears as a boss in (2008), voiced by Dave Wittenberg.
• Scarecrow can be unlocked as a playable character in (2012), voiced by Nolan North.
• The Dark Knight Trilogy incarnation of Scarecrow appears as a playable character in (2014) via downloadable content.
• Scarecrow appears in Lego DC Super-Villains (2018), voiced again by Jeffrey Combs.^[31] This version is a member of the Legion of Doom.

Batman: Arkham

See main article: Batman: Arkham. Scarecrow appears in the series, voiced by Dino Andrade in Arkham Asylum and Arkham Underworld, and John Noble in Arkham Knight.^[32] This version wields a mechanical gauntlet with four hypodermic needles laced with his fear toxin.^[33]

• In (2009), Scarecrow is among the inmates freed during the Joker's takeover of Arkham Island. He exposes Batman to his fear toxin and attempts to infect Gotham City's water supply, only to be attacked and dragged into the sewers by Killer Croc. In a post-credits scene, Scarecrow emerges from the ocean and grabs a floating crate of the Titan formula.^[34]
• In (2011), Scarecrow leaves hidden radio frequency broadcasts for Batman that, when decrypted, reveal three messages: "I will return Batman", "You will pay for what you have done to me", and "Fear will tear Gotham City to shreds".^[35] A boat in Arkham City's harbor also contains a human test subject for his fear toxin.^[36]
• In (2015), Scarecrow allies with the Arkham Knight to unite all of Gotham's criminals and force a citywide evactuation by unleashing his new strain of fear toxin on Halloween.^{[37] [38] [39] [40]} Though Batman defeats the Knight and Poison Ivy sacrifices herself to neutralize the toxin's effects, Scarecrow takes Commissioner James Gordon and Robin hostage to force Batman to surrender at the ruins of Arkham Asylum. Scarecrow unmasks Batman as Bruce Wayne on live television before injecting him with fear toxin,^[41] but Batman overcomes his fears and subdues Scarecrow with his own drug, after which he is taken into the Gotham City Police Department's custody.^[42]
• Scarecrow appears as a playable character in (2016).

Miscellaneous

• The DCAU incarnation of Scarecrow appears in The Batman Adventures.^{[43] [44]} Writer Ty Templeton intended to provide an explanation for the character's revamped design in The New Batman Adventures before the series was cancelled.^[45]
• The Injustice incarnation of Scarecrow appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic.^{[46] [47]}
• Scarecrow appears in Batman '66 #28.^{[48] [49]}
• Scarecrow makes non-speaking appearances in the Batman Unlimited web series.
• Scarecrow will appear in the limited comic series Batman '89: Echoes.^[50]

Notes and References

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