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[@BDNeon]

It is such an unbelievable shame that after they FINALLY perfect the character design for Scarecrow, he gets ONE episode, and we never ever see it ever again.

[@ashymoto]

He was actually in two episodes. "Never fear" and "Over the Edge".

[@jaelie8398]

ashymoto But the second appearance was just a cameo. He didn't even speak at all.

[@SwfanredLotr]

ashymoto Only two episodes? Damn, I wanted him to interract with other villians and characters. :(

[@jaelie8398]

Alvaro De Grandes I would have too! He looked so badass here, and he only got two episodes (one where he barely appeared). Imagine if he was working with another villain. For example, I think it would have been awesome if he worked with Mr. Freeze, and he made a toxin that caused fear of ice. Then Mr. Freeze froze all of Gotham, driving everyone to insanity.

[@ComicWriter-ml3qt]

BDNeon voice actor issues?

[@DarkCreed]

"We wasn't even sure if there was an actual guy in the suit" This is the most scariest part about this version of the character.

[@jimbodeek]

I'd like to think that they took some inspiration from this look when they were designing Scarecrow's look in Arkham Knight...

[@Kaltagstar96]

That's kinda what I love about the new look, the idea that it might not be a costume at all and might be what Crane genuinely looks like.

[@thedarknight307]

Jeffrey Combs is a great voice for Scarecrow...He also played Question

[@aleksandarvil5718]

He also voiced Ratchet in Transformers Prime cartoon and Brainiac in Injustice 2 (video game)

[@jamiefernekees5041]

Could Jeffrey Combs voice Slender man? I see that could be a thing.

[@jimbodeek]

And now he's played Brainiac in Injustice 2.

[@hod2024]

He also, in his debateably most iconic role, played Herbert West

[@noahbriggs8423]

He played the rat king

[@Funinightmare]

The best thing about this Scarecrow was that he was never exposed, never unmasked so if this was the first Scarecrow you ever saw you probably thought this was his real look. That this was a real Wight and not some meek guy wearing a suit and mask

[@Kaltagstar96]

Exactly, I love how, for all we know, that might not be a mask, it could just as easily be Crane's actual face as Paul Dini said 'We weren't even sure if there was an actual guy in the suit'.

[@rekius328]

@@Kaltagstar96 even if crane is under that suit. then i imagine he looks like the crane potrayed by cilian murphy in batman begins

[@jeshu8372]

Mmm. I'm looking for batman dc collectibles figures. The scarecrows figure has two version: one from the first serie (with a change of head) and te second from the second serie (with no change of head). Definitly the second version is more frightening but I would like to see the real face or have it like an accesorie.

[@bl5533]

Oof

[@apostolospapamicheal557]

in batman tas nothing to fear and fear of victory we see him unmasked

[@furioussherman7265]

Best version of the Scarecrow. A genuinely terrifying look with a fantastic voice.

[@maxoguz3301]

Furious Sherman ikr when he explained in one episode about fear the only definition of fear is him

[@haydenysidro9388]

That's Jeffrey combs for ya

[@billyanderson8149]

His voice actor played scarecrow in injustice 2

[@furioussherman7265]

@@billyanderson8149 No he didn't. Scarecrow in Injustice 2 was voiced by Robert Englund, aka Freddy Kreuger from Nightmare on Elm Street. Jeffrey Combs, the VA for Scarecrow here, voiced Brainiac in Injustice 2.

[@skullyskaric7779]

@@billyanderson8149 you dumb dumb that's freddy kruger voicing scarecrow -_-

[@onenerd9573]

One of my favorite designs for the character.

[@TheInstantClassic1]

Scarecrow is possibly the most underrated Batman villian of all. He's a guy that's got virtually no physical powers to his name, but he's cunning, intelligent, and uses psychology as a weapon. All he has to do is spray you once and you are consumed by your own fears as the Crow watches your mind decays with amusment.

[@eyeseer1]

Scarecrow is a mythic terrorist and Mengelian torturer.

[@gooper3644]

I wouldn’t really say that. I know this is 12 years old but from my experience when people are asked their favorite Batman villain Scarecrow’s a pretty frequent choice, with some even saying if Joker was ever replaced as Batman’s nemesis it should be by Scarecrow

[@bigmeknurgle]

The best scarecrows imo are the ones with simple, yet errie designs. This one works so well because all of the spooky stuff is done with shadows. Like at 1:54 and with his face in general, it's up to the mind of the viewer to wonder what it _could_ look like, and that to me is pretty neat.

[@BardicLiving]

***** Good point.

[@Koichi-Kun]

Like the Gotham one, he has multiple designs, but his final one is the best, and he gets one episode with it.

[@DefinitiveDubs]

They got Scarecrow right with this one. He doesn't need to look like a Scarecrow to be the Scarecrow. He just needs to look scary. If I saw him as a kid, I'd have nightmares. It's a shame he only appeared in 2 episodes, and one was only for a few seconds.

[@WickedJ133]

The best scarecrow of all time.

[@mellennia9]

Guybrush Threepwood see arkham knight scarecrow.

[@WickedJ133]

mellennia williamson I have. Pretty close but no cigar.

[@aidenmarshall2091]

@@WickedJ133 asylum was better than knight imo

[@luigiiodice3517]

@@aidenmarshall2091 Asylum scarecrow will always be the best

[@aidenmarshall2091]

@@luigiiodice3517 by far definitely

[@javiernarvaez5297]

“What’s the use with providing me with test patients if you’re going to lose them? You should have monitored him more carefully.” Just hearing Jeffrey Combs’ voice in this really shows he did a great job playing Scarecrow. The fear and intimidation he delivered in that line really expresses that mad doctor attitude in Scarecrow. After all, he did work as a professor of psychology and experimented his fear toxin on people for amusement.

[@DrBachur]

Jeffrey Combs as the Scarecrow is one of the most incredibly perfect casting choices in the history of animation and he played him for one episode. For one fucking episode. That's all we got. Look, I love Robert Englund more than I love my pets, but not recasting Combs... might actually be insane.

[@ChouRaiyuki]

I wondered why they changed him so drastically; I guess their reasoning makes sense and admittedly I did feel the older one wasn't scary. Fictionally I guess in a two year gap it means that the guy himself figured out how to better strike fear into people.

[@MikeSandersonVideos]

Yeah I think they didn't distance too far with the later series', so the continuity is pretty solid and I too like making that little head canon that he went even darker

[@SeanWareGaming]

Okay, hands down this has to be the best re-design of Scarecrow. Plus, excellent choice for having Jeffrey Combs as the voice of Scarecrow. He was also the voice of Brainiac on Injustice 2 and Robert Englund aka Freddy Kruger played the voice of Scarecrow on Injustice 2 as well.

[@jameswagstaff984]

Mist opportunity to have Combs reprise his roll as scarecrow but no one can argue with them choosing Englund

[@jasoncase9481]

I hate that the scarecrow for this cartoon including with this macabre corpse preacher look was so damn underused.Makes me think of Darth Maul of SW making his only appearnce for the movies in the Phantom menace. Visual design is topnotch, boss, and unique. Plus the inhuman voice is cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae.

[@gaminggoof1542]

Why did he only get one episode?

[@CherryRedBanshee]

Jeffrey Combs needs to come back as Scarecrow at some point and some iteration. He knocked this out of the park.

[@DCMarvel2009]

And so he did, in Lego DC Super Villains.

[@eyeseer1]

Jeff Combs could portray Dr. Hugo Strange in a Matt Reeves follow up to The Batman.

[@kalkazar13]

Still the best design of this character.

[@jlzer0YT]

best animated scarecrow

[@horrofan5103]

I AGREE SO MUCH

[@ragnarodinsson8398]

I got to say, they animators did a nice job to the Scarecrow. From not-so-scary to freakishly horrifying! I got to say, he is my second favorite super villain from the DC universe, well next to Joker that is.

[@eveecco]

So sad to see that Combs only got to voice this character once! His voice can work so well for villains, when he did Rat King in 2012 TMNT he *made* that character, and yet this was the last time they used the character. So sad.

[@genxsisbeats389]

It’s crazy how the 2013 rat king and the NBA scarecrow looked so similar.

[@Zayloff]

Scarecrow is by far my all time favorite villain in, well, any media really. I wish they' put him in The Batman; after seeing how they made Riddler, I have no doubt they could've done something...truly horrifying with him.

[@guyincognito4298]

Connor Rawls I recall the reason Scarecrow wasn't in The Batman was that Batman Begins had the rights to him, along with Ras Al Goul and wouldn't let The Batman use them.

[@destinyawaitsx3]

I like scarecrow's outfit in christopher nolan's movies. Just wearing the mask over a normal suit was all that was needed since the gas intensifies the creepy factor of scarecrow's face. That or his design in the batman arkham games.

[@tomspenser9529]

destinyawaitsx3 I agree, however i loved his costume in Arkham Games

[@LucanVaris]

Out of all the TAS Scarecrows, this has got to be by far my favorite, namely because if you're going to be a scarecrow based on fear, you might as well be scary. The first Scarecrow made the one from The Wizard of Oz look intimidating, and while the second was a bit scarier than the first, it still looked more silly than scary. With this guy, whether he wins or loses, he's gonna freaking scare you. Namely because he looks like he's already "dead" and his fear gas is released via gun.

[@Alexander_Kunitz]

Scarecrow was always my favorite villain, next to the Joker of course. And this interpertation of him is just so cool. Do you honestly want to look at a man wearing a rotting burlap sack mask while inhaling an extreme hallucinogen? I think not!

[@hoodykyle5966]

I think Scarecrow should've been the villain in Batman Forever, directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp playing Scarecrow.

[@legodude146]

That would've been sooooo good.

[@ryanhillaryofficial]

NO That would have ruined my favorite batman movie We have Murphy in Begins

[@Xehanort10]

Hoody Kyle Apparently Brad Dourif who voices Chucky was going to play Scarecrow in Batman Forever.

[@thegroove14]

+Hoody Kyle Scarecrow was going to be the villain in Batman 5 before it was scrapped in favor of Batman Begins.

[@mellennia9]

Hoody Kyle FUCK YES!!😁

[@juicestyle16]

He could be the most scariest dc villain I have ever seen.

[@QuesoGr7]

'And at the end of fear: Oblivion..."

[@RabuHina]

This is my favorite design of this villian

[@ibrahim137792]

My God..... the genius....nobody knows how many times i've prayed to be one of those guys who created this amazing series.....the amount of detail and scrutiny they put into each of their creations is brilliant.......my god, i mean the noose, cane and hat on the new scarecrow is absolutely amazing

[@kmaximusconnor3665]

Best redesign ever! Extremely scary and great.

[@NRF-ql3bq]

Easily the best redesign of TNBA. His old look was not great, but this look was fantastic!

[@benm4290]

The voice gives me chills.

[@rdu239]

Scarecrow doing the ASMR voice way bafore youtube was born?

[@nateds7326]

Holey shit! The scarcrow looks like something out of a horror movie! He looks amazing!

[@TomboTime]

this may be my all time favorite batman villian. it sucks how underrated he is!

[@Tom_TheDutchguy]

Jeffrey Combs is seriously a genius actor, i mean that voice... awesome! so dark, only problem is that with the scene they put in this clip (were he talkes about his test patiens) it automaticly makes me think about the re-animator films, but still Jeffrey Combs RULES!!!

[@tribegirl360]

My favourite Star Trek actor playing my favourite DC villain. This is amazing but I just can't help imagining happy little alien Weyoun trying to please his gods under the scarecrows mask.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

weyoun is now ColuanArch Scientist (Intelectual Level 12) called Brainiac

[@Razorgeist]

The founder is wise in all things!

[@HoryShiitMan]

His Arkham Knight design is his best one yet.

[@Xehanort10]

HoryShiitMan Agreed. Arkham Knight's version of Scarecrow is my favourite.

[@HorrorHoarder]

my favourite one is the one from arkham asylum

[@Xehanort10]

+HoryShiitMan I think Arkham Knight's design was inspired by The New Batman Adventures one too.

[@mellennia9]

HoryShiitMan my favorite game version. cillian murphy scarecrow is my fav movie version. BTAS new version is my favorite animated version.

[@mellennia9]

HoryShiitMan I like both arkham knight and cillian murphy versions.😊

[@IkkinDarkheart]

Such a shame that he only had a single episode. His concept would've fit perfectly in a Tim Burton Batman film.

[@tancredelaywat442]

Totally agreed with you :) that could be fit with Tim Burton imaginarium of gothic fairytales of freaks and mythological figures and liberties takings on Batman's ennemies origin story, like he does with Penguin and Catwoman, he would make the Scarecrow design like this with the gothic and undead dressing of a dark preacher of fear and death, like an undead dressed as a scarecrow but being resurrected by mystical force which gives him powers of the fear gas, controlling crows and making pumpkins bombs after being hanged to death by villagers in a far village aside Gotham City because of a fear prank who caused deaths. And i'm pretty sure that Tim Burton was supposed to make the Scarecrow the main villain of the third Batman movie who was called "Batman Continues" where he said in a interview that i can't unfortunately find the source where he wanted to make the movie in a Halloween period with the return of Catwoman and where the themes were the Fear, the Redemption and the Continuation of life after tragedy which evokes very much of the Scarecrow poisoning Batman by showing his fears of his parent's death and the choice he made to become the hero we know. This design is just so burtonian and i'm pretty sure Tim Burton would make him like this and that would be spectacular and epic ^^ but instead of the cane, i would give him a sickle to be more frightened.

[@ICrane-ei2kr]

@LaSerpenaCanta the character Jonathan Crane was actually the first villain to be introduced into Batman comics, however he was not actually a villain until later. If you look back at the forties ( which has been said already ) and how characters were seen as "scary" they would probably only make us laugh today. Horror and Gore has evolved a lot, especially with a boon in the 90's about the same time Scarecrow was being redesigned in BTAS. As a "Creepy" villain I think they did right with the whispery voice, but oil' leather face... I never took to the idea of him without straw.

[@Phantom.Gaming64]

That new design of the Scarecrow is freaky as hell, and I just love it for that. 👍

[@enclavehere.7995]

I love DCAU scarecrow, I just wish he had more episodes.

[@Antonicane]

God, that redesign and recasting is so goddamn great.

[@themandaloriangamingnetwor4964]

I hope we will see this design as a skin for scarecrow in injustice 2

[@codyjeremythompson5945]

Eh close enough

[@deathstrokeclanrules8562]

Scarecrow really needed a revamp. He should have been more of a distant villain like what they did with Freeze.

[@lordxeras]

I love this scarecrow. He's the best! He looks like an undead western preacher!

[@sanddry738]

I really love the video game versions of the Scarecrow (especially in Arkham Knight) but I can see why this appearance update in TAS was so iconic. They wanted to make him scarier and I’d say they did! It’s a shame he didn’t appear in more episodes

[@KevinLopez-wb7ts]

season 4 Scarecrow design was awesome

[@benmayor2076]

Arkham asylum scarecrow I my favourite version :)

[@elkneebro3470]

Arkham Knight Makes Him Look Awesome!

[@MysteriumArcanum]

I agree with all of you, SO pumped he's going to be one of the main villains in Arkham Knight.

[@wesker500]

I NEED that 1:32 music in my player NOW! was it used in the show?

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

*JEFFREY COMBS IS A PERFECT ACTOR*

[@davidlabelle361]

Marvel had a "Scarecrow", too. He fought Ghost Rider once.

[@willbessing4846]

The creepiest thing about this video is that if you listen carefully at the end, you'll hear a scream after the Scarecrow hits the screen with his club

[@JordanJazey]

I think the only time we ever saw scarecrow and his third design was in 2003 the batman rise of sin tzu video game and of course Jeffery combs nails the scarecrow voice.

[@jasoncase9481]

Oh yes he is a boss in level 1. Damn when blockbuster a d hollywood video ruled the day before becomong obsolete.

[@ugiustuskeiserus8066]

That game is God like

[@douglassnyder9206]

Even I thought that this re-design of the Scarecrow was pretty frightening looking as well. And I would also have to agree that Jeffrey Combs brought the character to life with his voice.

[@SomewhatDapperExtraterrestrial]

Defenitely my favorite Scarecrow design

[@kraye826]

I love this version of the Scarecrow; very dark. :)

[@kraakeballen]

scarecrow needs more attention

[@acewitchhunter222]

He looks so freakishly scary in the Arkham series

[@mattkugelman4369]

I got to say I love how when they did that comic crossover with tmnt 2012 Cartoon how they gave a reason to why he made this suit

[@RomanNumeralsIvv]

I just simply love scarecrow all together.

[@TheShadowgirlaa12]

Its a crime they only used it for so little. We need this character desgin back again. Please!!! The image and the voice!!!

[@speedjollt95]

Jonathan crane: I know your fear Me: what you mean needles Jonathan crane: wait wut

[@Jarrecko]

I think Scarecrow's last costume got a bit too far away from the Scarecrow motif but, it was definetly the most frightening version of the character in the Show

[@BloodylocksBathory]

For the most part I like the redesign, except that he looks too powerful and hulking. Otherwise he's effectively creepy. Also, Jeffrey Combs' calm even delivery of the voice is perfectly unsettling.

[@unrealdwarf1]

was jeffrey combs' voice a bit digitally altered or they just added the echo?

[@BossMan-jc9nr]

unrealdwarf1 i belive just added echos to get like an erry effect.

[@Pariahmary]

Imagine having a voice that naturally echoes

[@Austin_Soares]

This is my all time favorite design

[@GearShotgun]

love it when show designers give commentary on their characters and background info.

[@F0re5tMan]

Important question time: Who is the better voice for Scarecrow, the soft spoken and eerie Jeffrey Combs, here, OR the legendary Robert Englund, in Injustice 2?

[@eliroth9978]

I personally love both, but I will say that between the two, I preferred the design of the animated series by just a bit

[@james739123]

and then there's the fact that Combs dose Brainiac

[@jameswagstaff984]

I'd say Combs

[@andreizepeda3996]

you did a good job with this batman video🦇💇‍♂

[@diegobareno5820]

I call this version of Scarecrow, Deadcrow.

[@oreosandmilk67]

i love how he was designed in arkham asylum thats probably my favorite design

[@GameMiestro]

Scarecrow's segments in AA were indeed incredible. Probably some of the scariest boss fights I've ever seen in a video game.

[@daliborjovanovic510]

I do really like the look they gave him, as well as Jeffrey Combs’ performance (that guy can seemingly do no wrong playing supervillains like the Leader or Rat King) but that said, Scarecrow suffered the same issue as many other Batman villains in The New Batman Adventures, like Penguin and Killer Croc; neat design, but he came across as a completely different character. In BTAS, Crane’s Scarecrow persona was a very bombastic, very theatrical, larger-than-life villain, while here, he’s the exact opposite and there is no real explanation for this drastic change in character, same as how there is no explanation for how Penguin got rid of all his deformities, why Croc suddenly started looking more reptilian, why Hatter shrunk down and started resembling a leprechaun, and so on (I don't care if some tie-in comic gave an explanation, movies and tv shows should NOT rely on supplementary material to explain such stuff, that's bad writing 101). Also, after the DCAU, we’ve gotten plenty of depictions of Scarecrow that legitimately looked scary while staying true to their namesake (like the Injustice and Arkham games), so turning him into a zombie preacher seems unnecessary in hindsight.

[@PantherMistress88]

This is a wonderful design for the Scarecrow, but my favorite is the version in the Arkham Asylum game, I just loved his design there, all of the designs in that game were beautifully done

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

To think Scarecrow’s first depiction in TAS was like that of a Disney villain.

[@TwistedSynn]

O can you imagine a team up of Sinestro and Scarecrow.

[@Humanbeanjuice]

That's actually happened kind of. Scarecrow was a yellow lantern

[@Xehanort10]

Scarecrow: The great Batman. Scared out of his mind. How does it feel?

[@wintersoldier164]

the calm voice coming from this huge body gives me the creeps

[@Qwazin]

This was definitely a justified improvement.

[@voidsabre_]

They also used this design in Batman: The Rise of Sin Tzu, which was pretty great actually

[@TXgamePRO]

famous quote i know of for scarecrow is "Fear is only the beginning, but at the end of fear is oblivion."

[@Nikotyniak]

"No matter what you do with a guy in a jack'o'lantern suit...it's not scary" Arkham Asylum disagrees.

[@CrashBandicootFan971]

The redesign of Scarecrow makes it look like he should be in the Bleach anime series!

[@KanameTousen]

Murphy dose a great Scarecrow he has that personality that as Doctor Crane is a calm cool calculated man while scarecrow is that calculation being applied to deadly and strange things while at the same time he let's loose and dosen't allow people to bully or push him.

[@Spike1885]

these uploads are wonderful thanks.

[@VampireFan-rf5kb]

Despite many people being too hard on the new changes in The New Batman Adventures, we did also got an origin story of how Harley Quinn became who she is today, Over the Edge, and even a much better design & voice actor for Scarecrow than the original, to say the least.

[@silverbeast75]

i love the new scare crow has a leather face look to it really disturbed and effed up looking

[@EmileVinesh]

One of the most underrated, but best villains in Batman's rogue gallery =D

[@cooljoeny69]

the scarecrow has always been one of my favorite villains.i like the villains that are like something out of a horror film.i also love killer croc, bane, mister fear,darkseid and the joker.

[@ninjawraith17]

The re-design for the Scarecrow is by far the best. To have the appearance of a nightmarish shadow-like corpse that is quite large considering the very broad shoulders, but a soft voice is truly unnerving. He's like a Western preacher crossed with a Black Plague doctor.

[@mannofscience]

definitely one of my favorite jon designs, and i love jeffrey combs!!

[@Hikaru0kamiki]

This scarecrow reminded me of something out of scooby doo and zombie island design wise

[@Sparrowhawk1031]

"Scared you, didn't I?" :0 *hides*

[@Ironcabbit]

The scary thing about him, which Cillian Murphy nailed perfectly, is that he can hide his psychosis behind a mask of sanity. You don't know he's crazy until he gets you where he wants you.

[@HumanAfterAll123]

scarecrows new look looks totally badass and creepy, he looks alot like jeepers Creepers if you ask me

[@ShadowShogun50]

I remember this one on TV, they did a good job on making him scary

[@Omperor]

Scarecrow design got scarier and scarier while the other villains looked goofier and goofier.

[@sol_nb7143]

It amazes me how during the earlier episodes. Joker looked really cartoony because he had no iris's, Scarcow looked like he had no eyes, but as the series progressed, the made tehm look more human and menacing. Especilly scarecrow, which looks like a zombified corpse in the later episodes.

[@balrog13571]

Yep. Subtlety and mood tend to be much scarier than jumping out at someone every five seconds.