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The Scarecrow The Master of Fear.

This page is about the original comic book character. For other uses, see Scarecrow Disambiguation. Jonathan Crane , also known as the Scarecrow , is a Gotham City supervillain and a major enemy of Batman. His scarecrow costume, lanky appearance and surname were inspired by Ichabod Crane of the horror fable "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The Scarecrow is an overly-obsessive and deranged ex-professor of psychology who uses a variety of drugs and psychological tactics to use the fears and phobias of his adversaries. He does not commit his crimes for wealth, but rather as a form of "research" to further study the effects of fear on humans later, he does it to satisfy his own psychopathic desires , making Gothamites his unwilling guinea pigs.

Batman scarecrow

The character has become one of the superhero Batman 's most enduring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. In his comic book appearances, the Scarecrow is the alter ego of Dr. Jonathan Crane , a professor of psychology turned criminal mastermind. Abused and bullied in his youth, he becomes obsessed with fear and develops a hallucinogenic drug —dubbed "fear toxin"—to terrorize Gotham City and exploit the phobias of its protector, Batman. As the self-proclaimed "Master of Fear", the Scarecrow's crimes do not stem from a common desire for wealth or power, but from a sadistic pleasure in subjecting others to his experiments on the manipulation of fear. An outfit symbolic of his namesake with a stitched burlap mask serves as the Scarecrow's visual motif. The character has been adapted in various media incarnations , having been portrayed in film by Cillian Murphy in The Dark Knight Trilogy , and in television by Charlie Tahan and David W. Ichabod's surname and bookish appearance were used to create Scarecrow's alter ego, Jonathan Crane. Born in Georgia, Jonathan Crane is abused by his parents and great-grandmother, and is bullied at school for his resemblance to Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving 's " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ", [11] sparking his lifelong obsession with fear and using it as a weapon against others. In his senior year, Crane is humiliated by school bully Bo Griggs and rejected by cheerleader Sherry Squires. He takes revenge during the senior prom by donning his trademark scarecrow costume and brandishing a gun in the school parking lot; in the ensuing chaos, Griggs gets into a car accident, paralyzing himself and killing Squires. Crane's obsession with fear leads him to become a psychologist, taking a position at Arkham Asylum and performing fear-inducing experiments on his patients.

Eventually, batman scarecrow, Crane began using patients as test subjects for his fear toxin. Naturally, he later hunts down the people responsible for his dismissal. Archived from the original on March 27,

Jonathan Crane was a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum who conducted experiments on inmates under the identity of Scarecrow. Jonathan Crane attended Gotham City University to study the emotional functions of humanity, and spent his studying time trying to use fossils that were too dense to comprehend its benefits. Most doubted his brilliance, but at age 21, Crane was surprisingly given his doctorate in Psychology by the university's President, Dr. Titus V. Blaney , after he submitted a thesis on the etiology of the fear reflex in primary mammals including humans.

Scarecrow is a brilliant psychologist turned super-villain who fights Batman in Gotham City , specializing in techniques and chemicals that manipulate fear. Jonathan Crane was originally a well-respected professor, although he lost credibility when he obsessively took his experiments too far and descended into madness. DC Database Explore. DC Comics. TV and Movies.

Batman scarecrow

Taunted and bullied in his youth, Jonathan Crane has vowed to overcome his fears through the study of psychology and biochemistry on phobias and the nature of fear. Kicked out of the university he taught at for experimenting on human subjects, Crane adopted the identity of the Scarecrow , and armed himself with a specialized fear-inducing gas that makes a person's deepest phobia become a frightening reality. Scarecrow's ongoing reign of terror makes him one of Batman 's most recurring and psychologically dangerous foes, if not the most dangerous. Scarecrow is, on certain occasions, more of a threat to Batman than the Joker. When The Joker took over Arkham Island , Crane was released to cause as much death and chaos as possible.

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Retrieved February 5, Jonathan Crane : Now, probably not very frightening to a guy like you, but these crazies, they can't stand it. His main gimmick , the fear toxin didn't even make an appearance until twenty-six years after his first appearances. Scarecrow easily held his own against the impostor Batmen, until the real Batman arrived. A psychologist. The Scarecrow constantly proves to be a dangerous threat to the Dark Knight not due to physical strength, but to the emotional and psychological damage his toxins can cause. Scarecrow as depicted in Nightwing vol. The way he terrorized his victims? The Animated Series Lanterns. Batman : Taste of your own medicine, doctor? Scarecrow goes to Penguin next, who has already planned for the impending war, by blowing up the bridges giving access to Gotham City. Archived from the original on July 5, Villainous Underdog : Compared to the rich and resourceful Batman, Crane is just an extremely poor guy who mostly commits crimes to fund his research. His immunity to fear brought about by frequent exposure to his own fear gas renders him practically invincible to the invading Black Lanterns. He later leads the same four into a trap orchestrated by Tobias Whale.

The character has become one of the superhero Batman 's most enduring enemies belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery.

Push them through the fear state. June 9, Some designs, like the The Dark Knight Trilogy , just use the sack mask on top of regular clothing. Smug Snake : He has a high opinion of himself and tends to acts especially arrogant whenever he seemingly has the upper hand, which leads to him making mistakes or underestimating his enemies. The toxin forces Supergirl to see visions of a Black Lantern Reactron, but she is able to snap out of the illusion and help Robin defeat Scarecrow. Retrieved July 23, The way he terrorized his victims? Rogues' Gallery Transplant : Has been a Green Lantern villain a couple of times, mostly due to his fear expertise making him an ally to the Sinestro Corps. Batman : Taste of your own medicine, doctor? Cillian Murphy as Dr. Becky Albright: You're crazy. Carmine Falcone : He-he's coming to Gotham? When Herold refused to cooperate upon meeting and hearing his demands, the Scarecrow killed him and became a media sensation. While he rarely pretends to be supernatural, he still always dresses as a demonic scarecrow and uses hallucinogenic gases to create illusionary horrors.