Scarecrow

in: Characters, Villains, Mentioned Only, and 2 more

**Johnathan Crane** is a psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum but creates a powerful " fear gas " that makes people see their worst fears. At some point, he goes mad himself, and becomes a psychopath criminal bent on making all of Gotham see their worst fears until it rips itself apart named **Scarecrow**.

## Biography

Jonathan Crane was born in 1984 in Gotham. When He was young, father Gerald Crane used Jonathan as a test subject in his fear-based experiments. During one of these experiments, Crane's father locked him inside a little dark room, but suffered a fatal heart attack before he could let Jonathan out. Jonathan was trapped in the test chamber for days until being freed by some employers of the University, 1 year later, at school Jonathan gets bullied at school for his resemblance to Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving's *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*, 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 professor of psychology at Gotham University.

### The Birth of The Scarecrow

Years Later, Dr. Jonathan Crane visits Camine Falcone at Arkham for a interview and donning a scarecrow mask, Crane sprays Falcone with a fear-inducing hallucinogen which drives him insane. At Crane's home, he created a suit like a scarecrow and created more gas of the fear-inducing hallucinogen and put on his scarecrow mask and looked at some news papers about Batman and decided to meet him as The Scarecrow.

### The First Encounter With Batman

Scarecrow and his men robbed Gotham Bank and encounter with Batman. Scarecrow use his fear gas to show Batman, his greatest fear and escape with the money.

### Defeated

Scarecrow attacks The Gala at Town Hall to rob and test his gas bomb full of fear toxin, Batman showed up and defeated his goons, Scarecrow escapes to a basement, Batman showed up as Scarecrow tried to spray him with his fear gas but Batman wore a mask and subdues him and sprays Crane with his own chemical and he sees visions of a giant bat attacking him. He then smacks into Batman and cringes away, quaking in fear. As Batman reaches for him, Crane sees him as a giant bat-like demon. Crane and his men went to Arkham Asylum.

### Escaped From Arkham

Scarecrow, escapes from Arkham and is now on the loose to glory and revenge on Batman and returned to his lair to plan his next attack.

### The Second Encounter With Batman

Scarecrow and his men robbed another Gotham Bank and face Batman again . Scarecrow use his fear gas to show Batman, his greatest fear again and escape with the money.

### The Ambush

Gordon and his men decided to ambush Scarecrow at A Chemical Factory, where he is buying chemicals. They arrived at the factory, Gordon ambushed Scarecrow but he knew they were coming, he killed half of the cops and captured Gordon and escapes with him.

At Scarecrow's lair where he lives with his dad, he talks with Gordon about how he was trapped in the test chamber for days and learned what fear is and became The Scarecrow and he will test Gordon to become The Second Scarecrow.

### Defeated by Batman Again

Batman arrived at Scarecrow's house and went inside and found Gordon tide up but Scarecrow attack him. Batman and Scarecrow fought, Batman defeated Scarecrow and raced to untie Gordon. But they return to find that Scarecrow has escaped.

### Bank Robbery

Scarecrow and his men robbed Gotham Bank and broadcast Gotham that he has a newly created strain of fear toxin to take over Gotham and hoped that Batman is watching this and hope he will find him soon and left the bank.

### Fear Selling

Scarecrow was sells his Fear Toxin to Gotham's drug dealers to sell to their unsuspecting clients but Batman interrupted the deal and defeated his men and the dealers but Scarecrow escapes the scene in his truck.

### The Deal

Scarecrow was at his house where he was born and have a plan to make a deal with Batman. He broadcast to make a deal with Batman and meet him at his lair at the warehouse to have a little talk.

Batman arrived at the warehouse where Scarecrow is and went inside and saw him at a table with a map of Gotham. Batman sits and have a chat with Scarecrow. Scarecrow wanted Batman's help to rule Gotham together and wanted to take over but Batman refused the deal and said Gotham will have someone who will protect them.

Batman and Scarecrow fought, Batman almost win but Scarecrow injects him with his fear gas and told Batman, his plan will give Gotham a scare and he will rule over it by force and beat him up and left him to die with fire but Batman escapes from the fire.

### The Cycle of Violence Begins

Scarecrow broadcast Gotham to tell them that Batman is defeated and tell them that The Cycle of Violence has begun.

Scarecrow's fear gas bomb has gone off, creating Gotham into a living nightmare.

### The Kidnap of Gordon

Scarecrow's men attack GCPD Station and kidnapped Gordon and keep Harvey Bullock to tell Batman that Scarecrow has Gordon and left.

### The Final Fight

After Batman stopped the bomb, he heard about Gordon and they are at Arkham Asylum. Batman arrived at Arkham and went inside and found Gordon tide up but Scarecrow attack and knocked him out. Batman woke up and tide up on a rack and Scarecrow wanted to change Gotham forever but wanted something more a partner and wanted Batman's help to become The Second Scarecrow but Batman refused as Scarecrow tried to kill him, Batman has a drone and shoot the rope to free Batman.

Batman and Scarecrow fought, Scarecrow escapes while Batman fight his men, he freed Gordon and chased him. They pass, Catwoman, Zsasz. Man-Bat, Mad Hatter, Killer Croc, Scarface, Ventriloquist, Anarky, and Clayface. Scarecrow escapes to The Arkham basement, Batman showed up as Scarecrow tried to spray him with his fear gas but Batman wore a mask and subdues him and sprays Crane with his own chemical and he sees visions of Batman as a monster attacking him. He then smacks into Batman and cringes away, quaking in fear. As Batman reaches for him, Crane sees him as a giant bat-like demon. He scarmed as thunder boomed.

The Police control Arkham again and put Crane and his men into their cells.

### Revenge

Scarecrow escapes from Arkham, who is going to give some game plays a scare but got defeated by Batman and Robin and taken back to Arkham.

### Mad Love

Crane appears as a cameo where Harley Quinn became a doctor at Arkham.

### Arkham Asylum Takeover

Crane is one of the villains, who escaped from his cell and does chaos in the asylum and give Batman, fear three times but gets attacked by Killer Croc but survived.

### Fighting Robin ll

Scarecrow faces The New Robin, Jason Todd and sprays him with his fear gas to show him his parents' death but gets defeated by him.

### Defeated by Robin ll

Scarecrow was defeated by Robin ll during Jason Todd's days of crime fighting.

### Kidnapped by Lock-Up

Scarecrow was one of the villains who got defeated and kidnapped by Lock-Up and is hold by his own cell at his hideout and part of the fight with Batman and Robin and is sent back to prison.

### Joining Hush

Scarecrow was one of the several villains to destroy both the personal life and the crime-fighting career of Batman. He attacked Catwoman and Nightwing at the graveyard and overpowered Nightwing by the fear toxin but Catwoman defeats him and returned him to Arkham.