The show's creative team were cleared to use all Batman-related characters besides Scarecrow, Ra's al Ghul, and Two-Facebecause of their planned use in Christopher Nolan's live-action movie Batman Begins (2005).
When The Batman aired, Warner Bros. had a restrictive policy of not letting characters appear in multiple properties at the same time. This meant that three of the villains from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight never appeared on The Batman. Ra's Al Ghul, the Scarecrow, and Two-Face.
That was his only scene in The Dark Knight Rises and his fate was left unknown – however, it's believed he was eventually arrested by the Gotham City Police Department after Bane and Talia al Ghul were killed and Batman flew away with the bomb that was supposed to destroy Gotham.
Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, The Scarecrow makes his first appearance in the World's Finest comics in 1941. Jonathan Crane was a psychology professor who lost his mind after being fired after conducting an experiment on the psychology of fear in one of his classes.
The Scarecrow's greatest fear in Batman Begins was Ra's al Ghul. Throughout Batman Begins Crane refers to the man he works for as a cudgel against Carmine Falcone. When the freshly-gassed Crane sees Batman as the coal-faced demon, he says, "Ra's al Ghul." Sure, he might be just answering Batman's question.
His background is similar to his comic book counterpart; he is portrayed as a psychiatrist who is obsessed with fear, and who was fired from his teaching job for experimenting on his students. He sought revenge on the superiors who fired him, using his Fear Toxin.
But on one world where the Scarecrow's fear toxin has become a permanent part of the atmosphere, it is revealed that John Henry Irons, aka Steel, is immune to the effects of the fear toxin, something that not even Batman can lay claim to.
One that turns Batman's own weapon against him and revels in terror and dread: the Scarecrow. As a young child, Jonathan Crane was subjected to sick and twisted experiments on fear conducted by his own father.
He keeps making new fear toxins and tries using them on himself so he can feel fear, because the only thing that still scares him is Batman. I think this game uses that whole "Batman is his biggest fear" thing.
Scarecrow was the only villain that appeared in all three of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. Some viewers believe that maybe he was featured in the three films as one of the trilogy's core themes is fear.
Many of the supervillains who appear in the series, like the Joker, Penguin and Riddler, are very different from their comic counterparts, and notable foes of Batman such as Two-Face, Scarecrow, Ra's al Ghul, and Mad Hatter are absent from the series altogether.
Their friendship goes back to Harvey's first appearance in Detective Comics, in which Batman refers to him as his friend and emotionally asks him to give up his life of crime. Because of this relationship, Two-Face is one of Batman's most personal enemies.
Unlike with the Joker and Penguin deaths previously, Two-Face was intentionally killed by Batman's direct agency and he watches Two-Face fall to his death, making no effort to save Dent as he had just done for his friends.
His face has an even more a skeletal like structure, with some of his face peeling or falling off, and (as evident in the Arkham Knight Toy), his left leg also needs braces. So clearly he was heavily injured in that fight, and no doubt that he blames batman for it, fueling his hate for him.
In Frank Baum's original story, the Scarecrow quite literally needed a brain because there was nothing in his head but straw. We're to take that at face value. In the Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow wanted a brain, the Tin Man wanted a heart, and the Lion wanted courage.
The Joker is still the biggest villain from Batman: Arkham Origins through to Arkham Knight, but when it comes to actual villainry, Scarecrow has him beat in several ways, including effectively defeating Batman.
Batman worries about things like his loved ones dying, failing to save Gotham, or his successors becoming evil. Unfortunately for the Dark Knight, these fears have often manifested in reality, with Bruce Wayne having to face his worst nightmares and push his mental limits.
Aquaman outclasses Scarecrow in every facet of the fight. He's dramatically more physically capable, and his willpower as a seasoned Atlantean warrior makes the efficiency of the gas a tall order. However, what seals Scarecrow's fate is Arthur's own ability to influence the minds of his opponent.
Crane is usually portrayed as a middle-aged guy on his 40s/50s, but his physical appearance in general is rather inconsistent, greatly varying depending on the artist.
Even though Killer Croc was the one who mutilated him, Scarecrow solely blames Batman for his near-death experience and never takes into consideration that he willingly yet ignorantly went into Croc's lair in the first place, thus making him a deluded hypocrite. He's also more than deserved it for all his actions.
Ray Bolger, the loose-limbed song-and-dance man who became known to millions as the Scarecrow in ''The Wizard of Oz,'' died yesterday of cancer in Los Angeles. He had his 83d birthday last Saturday and lived in Beverly Hills.
Once decoded, it read: "Fear will tear Gotham City to shreds." It should be noted that those messages only appeared after a certain point in the game and confirmed that Scarecrow was still alive, and sought revenge on Batman.
