History Characters / BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow

* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: In ''Asylum'', his voice had a creepy shrill to it. He [[EvilSoundsDeep dropped a few octaves]] in ''Knight''.

* NearVillainVictory: Out of all of the villains in the Arkham series, Scarecrow was the closest to achieve victory.[[spoiler: He succeed in revealing Batman's secret identity, and for a while he even succeded in mentally breaking Bruce, basically turning him into the Joker. However, as noted in the "NiceJobFixingItVillain" section below, Scarecrow just couldn't handle his enemy being fearless, giving him another dose of fear toxin and accidentally creating Joker's worst fear instead: being forgotten. This allowed Batman to regain control of his body and defeat Scarecrow.]]

* NearVillainVictory: Definitely the villain that was the closest to winning in all of the Arkham series. [[spoiler: He succeded in revealing Batman's secret identity, and for a while he even succeded into mentally breaking Bruce, basically turning him into the Joker. However, as noted in the "NiceJobFixingItVillain" section below, Scarecrow just couldn't handle his enemy being fearless, giving him another dose of fear toxin and creating Joker's worst fear instead: being forgotten. This allowed Batman to regain control of his body and defeat Scarecrow.]]

* NearVillainVictory: Definitely the villain that was the closest to winning in all of the Arkham series. [[spoiler: He succeded in revealing Batman's secret identity, and for a while he even succeded into mentally breaking Bruce, basically turning him into the Joker. However, as noted in the "NiceJobFixingItVillain" below, Scarecrow just couldn't handle his enemy being fearless, giving him another dose of fear toxin and creating Joker's worst fear instead: being forgotten. This allowed Batman to regain control of his body and defeat Scarecrow.]]

'''Dr. Jonathan Crane''' is a brilliant psychologist and biochemist obsessed with studying people's fears. He turned to experimenting on humans with a specially-developed fear gas, becoming the terrifying villain known as ''' The Scarecrow'''. Scarecrow is one of [[ArchEnemy the Dark Knight's deadliest and most personal foes]], second only to the Joker himself. When the Jester of Genocide took over the Asylum, Scarecrow roamed the island, testing his newest fear gas on the staff and attempting to break Batman, but is defeated and mauled by Killer Croc.

Crane went into hiding during the events of Protocol 10 [[note]]Though Easter Eggs exist referring to his activities, as well as definitely confirming his survival[[/note]], but he returns in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' as the main threat to the people of Gotham. Having further refined his fear toxins to be even more powerful, surgically remodelling his face to resemble his trademark burlap mask -- as a result of being mutilated by Killer Croc during the events of ''Asylum'' -- and hiring the titular Arkham Knight and his militia to serve as his muscle, Scarecrow unites the villains of Gotham together and sets in motion one final plan to destroy the Dark Knight forever.

* ArchEnemy: Following Joker's death, Crane becomes this to Batman deeply, especially after all the destruction he caused to the city, capturing his surrogate daughter and forcing Batman to reveal his identity.
* AscendedExtra: In ''Asylum'', he appeared only three times; albeit in the most terrifying sequences of the game. In ''Knight'', he has become the BigBad among the Rogues and the FinalBoss of the entire series.

'''Dr. Jonathan Crane''' is a brilliant psychologist and biochemist obsessed with studying people's fears. He turned to experimenting on humans with a specially-developed fear gas, becoming the terrifying villain known as ''' The Scarecrow'''. Scarecrow is one of [[ArchEnemy Batman's deadliest and most personal foes]], second only to the Joker himself. When the Joker took over Arkham Asylum, Scarecrow roamed the island, testing his newest fear gas on the staff and attempting to break Batman, but is defeated and mauled by Killer Croc.

* EvilLaugh: Makes these most often in Batman's hallucinations, where it echoes through the area.

'''Dr. Jonathan Crane''' is a brilliant psychologist and biochemist obsessed with studying people's fears. He turned to experimenting on humans with a specially-developed fear gas, becoming the terrifying villain known as ''' The Scarecrow'''. Scarecrow is [[ArchEnemy Batman's deadliest and most personal foe]], second only to the Joker himself. When the Joker took over Arkham Asylum, Scarecrow roamed the island, testing his newest fear gas on the staff and attempting to break Batman, but is defeated and mauled by Killer Croc.

'''Dr. Jonathan Crane''' is a brilliant psychologist and biochemist obsessed with studying people's fears. He turned to experimenting on humans with a specially-developed fear gas, becoming the terrifying villain known as ''' The Scarecrow'''. When the Joker took over Arkham Asylum, Scarecrow roamed the island, testing his newest fear gas on the staff and attempting to break Batman, but is defeated and mauled by Killer Croc. And like Joker, Crane is [[ArchEnemy Batman's deadliest and most personal foe]]

* AdaptationalBadass: Especially in ''Arkham Knight'', where Joker's death left a power vacuum allowing Scarecrow the chance to step in as the new BigBad of Batman's rogues gallery. While most incarnations are legitimate threats in their own right, they have always been minor villains or part of a BigBadDuumvirate, and they rely on their fear toxin. This Scarecrow on the other hand is a cunning and manipulative [[TheChessmaster mastermind]] who serves as one of the greatest foes Batman has ever faced, on par with Joker and Bane, and is feared by the other members of the Rogues Gallery. In ''Knight'', he also accomplishes something that none of the Rogues has ''ever'' done: he exposes Batman's secret identity to the world, and at that moment destroys the mythos Bruce spent years building up]]. This makes the ''Arkham'' Scarecrow more than likely the most terrifying and dangerous incarnation of the character yet.

* TerroristsWithoutACause: In ''Knight'', he freely admits that his actions throughout the game, especially with the Cloudburst, amount to terrorism.

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* AllForNothing: Crane may had exposed Batman's identity to the world as a part of his plan to prove that Gotham's savior was nothing more than a mortal man but all Scarecrow did to her Caped Crusader was in vain as the people continued to admire him and because of that, his legend was stronger than ever before.

* AxCrazy: Surprisingly, [[AvertedTrope he's not this at all]]. Despite Scarecrow's definite [[{{Sadist}} sadism]], it's pretty clear that he isn't psychotic and just loves spreading fear and pain. It's even lampshaded by a doctor in ''Arkham Asylum''.
--> '''Dr. Stephen Kellerman:''' I believe he is quite sane. [[TheSociopath Just evil]].

* WalkingShirtlessScene: In ''Asylum''. Averted in ''Knight''.

* AllForNothing: Crane may had exposed Batman's identity to the world as a part of his plan to prove that Gotham's savior was nothing more than a mortal man but all Scarecrow did to her Dark Knight was in vain as the people continued to admire him and because of that, his legend was stronger than ever before.

Crane went into hiding during the events of Protocol 10[[note]]Though Easter Eggs exist referring to his activities, as well as definitely confirming his survival[[/note]], but he returns in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' as the main threat to the people of Gotham. Having further refined his fear toxins to be even more powerful, surgically remodelling his face to resemble his trademark burlap mask -- as a result of being mutilated by Killer Croc during the events of ''Asylum'' -- and hiring the titular Arkham Knight and his militia to serve as his muscle, Scarecrow unites the villains of Gotham together and sets in motion one final plan to destroy the Dark Knight forever.

* VocalEvolution: A rather dramatic example. Compare Crane's CreepyHighPitchedVoice courtesy of Creator/DinoAndrade in ''Asylum'' to Creator/JohnNoble's low voice in ''Knight'', and one has to wonder how the two voices belong to the same person from a Watsonian perspective. Presumably, it has something to do with the absolute mauling Croc gave him back in Asylum.

* AllForNothing: Crane may had exposed Batman's identity to the world as a part of his plan to prove that Gotham's savior was nothing more than a mortal man but all Scarecrow did to her Caped Crusader was in vain as the people continued to respect the Dark Knight and his legend was stronger than ever before.

Rogues Gallery: ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryAsylum Arkham Asylum]]'' ([[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] | '''The Scarecrow''' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheRiddler The Riddler]]) | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryCity Arkham City]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryOrigins Arkham Origins]]'' | ''[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryKnight Arkham Knight]]'' | [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryMisc Miscellaneous Foes]]\\

* AdaptationalBadass: Especially in ''Arkham Knight'', where Joker's death left a power vacuum allowing Scarecrow the chance to step in as the new BigBad of Batman's rogues gallery. While most incarnations of Scarecrow are legitimate threats in their own right, they have always been minor villains or part of a BigBadDuumvirate, and they rely on their fear toxin. This Scarecrow on the other hand is a cunning and manipulative [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] who serves as one of the greatest foes Batman ever faced, on par with Joker and Bane, and is feared by the other members of Gotham's Rogues Gallery. In ''Knight'', he also accomplishes something that none of the Rogues has ''ever'' done: he exposes Batman's secret identity to the world, and at that moment destroys the mythos Bruce spent years building up]]. This makes the ''Arkham'' Scarecrow more than likely the most terrifying and dangerous incarnation of the character yet.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the comics, Scarecrow has sympathetic qualities. Here, he can best be described as straight-up monstrous. In ''Asylum,'' his psychiatrist's tapes reveal he doesn't even think Crane's crazy so much as he is just pure evil.

* AllForNothing: Crane may had exposed Batman's identity as a part of his plan to prove that Gotham's savior was nothing more than a mortal man but all Scarecrow did to the Caped Crusader was in vain as the people continued to respect the Dark Knight and his legend was stronger than ever before.

* AscendedExtra: In ''Asylum'', he appeared only three times; albeit in the most terrifying sequences of the game. In ''Knight'', he has become the BigBad and FinalBoss of the series.

* BadBoss: Not as bad as the Arkham Knight, but it's there. The other villains such as Penguin and Harley are clearly afraid of him. Even some of the Arkham Knight's militia admit they're afraid of him. He never tells his men that their protective equipment isn't up to protect them from his latest version of fear gas. He also doesn't give them nearly enough warning to get clear before he tries to disperse it. He tries to kill Poison Ivy for not joining him and gasses one of his men in the process. [[spoiler: He nearly gasses Simon Stagg with a fatal dose for double-crossing him.]] And during the predator mission when he is in command after [[spoiler: the Arkham Knight's final defeat]], he exacerbates their situation at being alone with Batman by waxing poetic about how afraid they are.

* BigBad: Of ''Arkham Knight''. The plot to destroy the Dark Knight and his legend is his idea, with the titular character being his right hand man in the war against Batman.
* BigBadEnsemble: With Joker's hallucination for ''Arkham Knight''. Scarecrow may be the larger threat to Gotham, Joker plays a more personal foe to the Dark Knight as the long night continued.