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Scarecrow in other media

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.

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A cosplayer dressed as Scarecrow
Created byBill Finger
Bob Kane
Original sourceComics published by DC Comics
First appearanceWorld's Finest Comics #3 (September 1941)
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David W. Thompson as Scarecrow in Gotham

Animation

DC Animated Universe

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Scarecrow's designs in the DC Animated Universe

Scarecrow appears in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU).

  • The character is introduced in Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Henry Polic II.[12] This version is a former psychology professor at Gotham University who was terminated for using his students as test subjects for his fear experiments. He develops a fear-inducing toxin and becomes the Scarecrow to seek revenge, which brings him into conflict with Batman. In later encounters, the Scarecrow uses his fear toxin on athletes to fix sporting matches and attempts to drug all of Gotham via its water supply.
  • Scarecrow returns in The New Batman Adventures, voiced by Jeffrey Combs.[12] 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 also develops a new toxin that removes fear, leading Batman and other test subjects to become dangerously reckless in absence of it.
  • 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]

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Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in The Dark Knight
  • In Batman & Robin, Coolio makes a cameo appearance as a character credited as "Banker", who would have been revealed as Jonathan Crane in the cancelled sequel Batman Unchained.[15]
  • Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow appears in The Dark Knight Trilogy, portrayed by Cillian Murphy, and is the only villain to appear in all three films. 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]

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Batman: Arkham

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Scarecrow as depicted in Batman: Arkham Asylum (left) and Batman: Arkham Knight (right). This version wields a mechanical gauntlet with four hypodermic needles laced with his fear toxin.[32]

Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow appears in the Batman: Arkham series.

  • Scarecrow first appears in Batman: Arkham Asylum, voiced by Dino Andrade. After being 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 Titan formula.[33]
  • In Batman: Arkham City, 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".[34] A boat in Arkham City's harbor also contains a human test subject for his fear toxin.[35]
  • Scarecrow appears in Batman: Arkham Knight, voiced by John Noble.[36][12] With the help of the Arkham Knight, Scarecrow unites all of Gotham's criminals and forces a citywide evacuation by unleashing his new strain of fear toxin on Halloween.[37][38][39][40] Although 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 Batman: Arkham Underworld, voiced again by Dino Andrade.
  • A younger Jonathan Crane appears in Batman: Arkham Shadow, voiced by Elijah Wood.[43] As Blackgate Prison's Director of Rehabilitation, he develops and tests "Project Umbra"—a hallucinogen designed to bring out the psyche's repressed "shadow"—on his patients, including Arnold Wesker and Harvey Dent. Crane fires Dr. Harleen Quinzel when she discovers his crimes, but Batman puts an end to Crane's experiments and exposes him to his own hallucinogen.

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