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Encyclopedia > The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow is one of the many supervillains of Gotham City, home of Batman in the DC Comics series.


Dr. Jonathan Crane was a professor of Psychology at Gotham University, specializing in the psychology of fear. As he grew up he was bullied due to his bookishness and his gangly figure. He became the Scarecrow to get even with the bullies at school. After his dismissal from Gotham University, for firing a bullet at a flowerpot to get his point across, he killed those people responsible for his dismissal.


Now, using a variety of fear gases and his freakish costumes, the Scarecrow instills fear in all who see him.


In other media

In the 1970s animated series Super Friends, the Scarecrow appeared as a member of Lex Luthor's Legion of Doom. In this series, he was voiced by Don Messick.


In the 1990s Batman: The Animated Series, the Scarecrow was voiced by Henry Polic II and then by Jeffrey Combs.


He will also appear in the upcoming live-action film Batman Begins, portrayed by Cillian Murphy.


  Results from FactBites:
 
Scarecrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (471 words)
A scarecrow is a device (traditionally a mannequin) that is used to discourage birds like crows from disturbing crops.
The scarecrow was commonly used in 19th century English Literature, as shown by its presence in the L.
Another animated scarecrow from children's fiction was Worzel Gummidge, who first appeared in series of novels by Barbara Euphan Todd in the 1930s, and later in a popular television adaptation.
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