Scarecrow (disambiguation)

A **scarecrow** is a device to discourage birds from disturbing crops.

**Scarecrow(s)** may also refer to:

## Films

- _The Scarecrow_ (1920 film), 1920 short silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton
- _The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh_ a 1963 Walt Disney film (also shown as three episodes of _Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color_), featuring a theme song titled "Scarecrow"
- _Scarecrow_ (1973 film), film starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman
- _Dark Night of the Scarecrow_ 1981 made-for-TV film, starring Charles Durning, about a dim-witted man falsely accused and murdered by a posse who returns to haunt his murderers
- _The Scarecrow_ (1982 film), New Zealand film about a killer in a small town, based on a 1963 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
- _Scarecrow_ (1984 film), Russian drama film by Rolan Bykov
- _Scarecrows_ (1988 film), horror film
- _The Scarecrow_ (2000 film), a 2000 animated fantasy film
- _Kakashi_ (translated as _Scarecrow_), 2001 Japanese horror film
- _Scarecrow_ (2002 film), straight-to-video horror film that has spawned two sequels
- _The Scarecrow_ (2013 film), a 2013 animated short film and advertisement
- _Scarecrow_ (2013 film), a 2013 Syfy original horror movie directed by Sheldon Wilson

## Television

- _Scarecrow and Mrs. King_, 1980s CBS show about a secret agent assisted by a housewife
- "Scarecrow" (_Supernatural_), an episode of the television series _Supernatural_

## Music

- "The Scarecrow" (song), a 1967 song written by Syd Barrett
- _Scarecrow_ (John Mellencamp album) (1985), rock music album
- "Scare Crow", song by Ministry, from the 1992 album _Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs_
- "Scarecrow" (Melissa Etheridge song), 1999
- _Scarecrow_ (Garth Brooks album), 2001
- "Scarecrow" (The Pillows song), 2007
- _The Scarecrow_ (album), a 2008 album by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia
- "The Scarecrow" (story), a story composed of three music albums by Tobias Sammet's rock opera project Avantasia
- Scarecrow, early name of project by German musician André Schmechta, eventually the band X Marks the Pedwalk
- Scarecrow, alias of Lord Infamous
- "Scarecrow", a song by Beck from the 2005 album _Guero_
- _The Scarecrow_ (opera), a 2006 opera
- Scarecrow (Decyfer Down album), an album released by Christian Rock band Decyfer Down in 2013.
- Scarecrow, Blues Hip Hop band from France, founded in 2010.

## Literature

- Scarecrow (Oz), one of the main protagonists in L. Frank Baum's _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_
- _The Scarecrow_ (Connelly novel), a 2009 crime novel by Michael Connelly
- _Scarecrow_ (novel), 2003 novel by Australian author Matthew Reilly
- Shane Schofield, known as Scarecrow, protagonist of the above, and four other novels by Matthew Reilly
- _The Scarecrow_ (play), 1908 play by Percy MacKaye based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Feathertop"
- "The Scarecrow" (short story), a short story by R. L. Stine
- _The Scarecrow_ (Williams novel), a 2009 novel by Sean Williams
- _The Scarecrows_, 1981 young-adult novel by Robert Westall
- Scarecrow, character in the Japanese story _Boogiepop_, in books, manga and anime
- "The Scarecrow", a short science fiction story by Poul Anderson
- Scarecrow Press, an American publisher owned by Rowman & Littlefield

## Comics

- Scarecrow (DC Comics), comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics
- Scarecrow (Marvel Comics), villain from Marvel Comics who fought heroes such as Spider-Man and Ghost Rider
- Straw Man (comics), Marvel Comics supernatural hero originally named Scarecrow

## Other

- Scarecrow (wine), California cult wine producer
- Scarecrow (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of fictional monster