# Scarecrow (disambiguation)

A scarecrow is a decoy used to discourage birds from disturbing crops.
Scarecrow(s) or The Scarecrow(s) may also refer to:

## Comics

* Scarecrow (DC Comics), a supervillain in the Batman series
* Scarecrow (Marvel Comics), a supervillain
* Straw Man (comics), originally Scarecrow, a Marvel Comics character

## Film and television
### Films

* The Scarecrow (1920 film), an American silent short film starring Buster Keaton
* The Scarecrow (Hollywood Television Theatre), a 1972 American television film presentation of the play by Percy MacKaye (see below)
* Scarecrow (1973 film), an American film starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino
* The Scarecrow (1982 film), a New Zealand film
* Scarecrow (1984 film), a Russian drama film by Rolan Bykov
* The Scarecrow (1985 film), an Iranian film
* Scarecrows (1988 film), an American horror film
* The Scarecrow (2000 film), an American animated fantasy film
* Kakashi (translated as Scarecrow), a 2001 Japanese horror film
* Scarecrow (2002 film), an American direct-to-video horror film
* The Scarecrow (2013 film), an American animated short film and advertisement
* Scarecrow (2013 film), an American television horror film
* Scarecrows (2017 film), a Canadian horror film
* Scarecrow (2020 film), a Russian drama film

### Television

* Scarecrow and Mrs. King, a 1980s American TV series
* "Scarecrow" (The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers), an episode
* "Scarecrow" (Supernatural), an episode
* "The Scarecrow" (Gotham episode), the fifteenth episode of the television series Gotham
* Scarecrow (Doctor Who), a fictional race

## Literature

* Scarecrow (Oz), one of the main protagonists in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
* The Scarecrow (play), a 1908 play by Percy MacKaye
* Doctor Syn, a smuggler who operated under the costumed alias, “The Scarecrow”, in the 1915 novel, Doctor Syn, a Tale of the Romney Marsh, by Russell Thorndyke
* Scarecrow & Other Anomalies, a poetry collection by Oliverio Girondo
* The Scarecrows, a 1981 young-adult novel by Robert Westall
* Scarecrow Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield founded in 1995
* "The Scarecrow" (short story), a short story by R. L. Stine
* Scarecrow (novel), a 2003 novel by Matthew Reilly
** Shane Schofield, or Scarecrow, the protagonist of Scarecrow and other novels by Reilly
* The Scarecrow (Connelly novel), a 2009 crime novel by Michael Connelly
* The Scarecrow, a 2009 novel by Sean Williams

## Music

* The Scarecrow (opera), a 2006 opera by Joseph Turrin, based on the MacKaye play

### Performers

* Scarecrow (band), an American heavy metal band
* Lord Infamous (1973–2013), also known as The Scarecrow, American rapper
* X Marks the Pedwalk, originally Scarecrow, a German band

### Albums

* Scarecrow (Decyfer Down album) or the title song, 2013
* Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album), 2001
* Scarecrow (John Craigie album), 2018
* Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album), 1985
* The Scarecrow (album) or the title song, by Avantasia, 2008
* Scarecrow, by Cats in Space, 2017
* Scarecrow or the title song, by Citizen Soldier (band), 2022

### Songs

* "Scarecrow" (song), by Melissa Etheridge, 1999
* "The Scarecrow" (song), by Pink Floyd, 1967
* "Scare Crow", by Ministry from Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, 1992
* "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" by My Chemical Romance from Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, 2010
* "Scarecrow", by Beck from Guero, 2005
* "Scarecrow", by Counting Crows from Somewhere Under Wonderland, 2014
* "Scarecrow", by the Pillows from Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!, 2007
* "Scarecrow", by Wand from Laughing Matter, 2019
* "Scarecrows", by Luke Bryan from Kill the Lights, 2015
* "Scarecrow", by +/- from You Are Here, 2003

## Other

* Scarecrow (wine), a California wine producer
* Scarecrow Video, a video sales and rental store in Seattle, Washington, US
* Scarecrow, a fictional monster in Dungeons & Dragons