Is Jonathan Crane a psychopath?

Jonathan Crane, also known as The Scarecrow, is a deranged, criminally insane teenage psychopath and anarchist. He is the son of the late Gerald and Karen Crane. As a child, his mother died in a house fire, causing his father to try curing fear until his inevitable death.
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Why did Jonathan Crane become Scarecrow?

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.
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What was Scarecrow afraid of?

Crane is more potent than ever before. With his signature fear gas, Scarecrow has always prided himself in his ability to bring out the worst in people, showing them their greatest fears as they surrender to its effects. Under Scarecrow's fear gas, arachnophobes see spiders.
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Is Scarecrow immune to his own toxin?

Unfortunately, exposure to the toxin caused Joker to see his fear of being forgotten letting Batman retake his being, and Scarecrow was not immune to his latest batch of toxin causing him to go mad.
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How does Scarecrow turn into Scarebeast?

Black Mask used Scarecrow's body to overload the security system by tossing him into a room full of lasers, causing Scarecrow to be badly burned. Scarecrow recovered and the thoughts of revenge filled his mind, allowing him to transform into the Scarebeast once again.
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Why did Crane cut his face?

After attempting to cause fear in Owen, Crane found himself unable to kill him and broke down on the floor. Urging himself that he no longer needed a mask, he used a straight razor to carve up his own face before disemboweling Owen. Jason soon returned from a fight with Nightwing where he had left Nightwing for dead.
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What is Jonathan Crane afraid of?

Formidophobia: At some point in childhood, Jonathan developed a fear of scarecrows. After being injected with the Fear Toxin, he would hallucinate seeing a living demonic scarecrow coming towards him. Later on, the effects of the toxin would only be triggered if he saw an actual scarecrow.
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Who is Scarecrow afraid of?

Despite drugging Batman with his fear toxin and kidnapping the university's dean, Scarecrow is ultimately exposed to his own gas and begins hallucinating his own phobia - a fear of bats - after which he is apprehended by Batman at his own chemical plant and sent to Arkham Asylum.
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Is fear toxin a real thing?

This fear toxin is a potent weapon, and Scarecrow has used it as a gas and an injected liquid throughout his villainous career. Although I have not found any evidence that work is being conducted on creating a real world equivalent of Scarecrow's fear toxin, such a thing is possible.
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Is there a real fear gas?

Though there isn't a known version of the fear gas from Batman Begins existing in the world today, the idea isn't a completely fictional concept and certainly has roots in reality.
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Who is immune fear gas?

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.
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Did Scarecrow have a son?

Crane used his own son Jonathan as his guinea pig. As part of the experiments, Jonathan was locked inside a little dark room while his father examined the effects on his son.
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What mental illness does Scarecrow have?

The Scarecrow, Tinman, and Cowardly Lion represent the clinical syndromes of low self-esteem, restricted emotional expressiveness, and anxiety.
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How does Scarecrow's fear gas work?

Scarecrow uses his fear toxin to keep people in constant fear of him. He injected Killer Croc with the toxin so that it coursed throughout his body and Croc could pass the toxin on by biting people.
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Why is Jonathan Crane evil?

Jonathan Crane, better known as the Scarecrow, is a major antagonist in DC Comics, serving as an enemy to Batman. He is a psychiatrist and master chemist who invented a hallucinogenic chemical compound, known as Fear Toxin, that he uses to commit crimes and test his victims' sanity.
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Does Scarecrow have gas?

Using fear gas as his main weapon, Scarecrow used the chemical to achieve his goals and commit crimes. He eventually developed a counter effect gas which made the victims fearless to the point they would risk their lives in reckless acts.
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Is Scarecrow a sociopath?

While Scarecrow's sociopathy is a debatable factor within most continuities (he is definitely a sadist), it's not debatable at all here. In Asylum, one of his doctors noted him to be “quite sane, just evil.” Most of his time in that game involves him indiscriminately fear-gassing innocent guards and prisoners alike.
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Why is Batman not affected by fear toxin?

Scarecrow's fear toxin was harmless in liquid form, only affecting people when inhaled as a gas. With this in mind, it seems odd that Batman Begins never mentioned Gotham citizens being poisoned by ordinary activities like showering or boiling water for food and beverages.
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What is Joker's weakness?

As time runs out, Superman realizes that Emperor Joker's weakness is Batman himself - who the omnipotent villain can not erase from existence, since he still shares the iconic relationship his former self had with the Dark Knight (defining himself by his antagonism with Batman).
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What is Scarecrow's real name?

This week's episode of Gotham introduces another important player from the Batman mythos to the Fox show: Jonathan Crane, perhaps better known as the supervillain called the Scarecrow. Although, as fans should be used to by now, his Gotham debut sees him far from costumed and villain-y just yet.
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How old is Scarecrow DC?

46 years ago - Johnathan Crane is born. 41 years ago - 5-year-old Johnathan begins enduring lifelong bullying. 31 years ago - 15-year-old Johnathan first uses his scarecrow identity to frighten his main tormentors to death.
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Who has Scarecrow killed?

Scarecrow is featured in part two of the four-part JSA: The Liberty Files story arc. This version of Scarecrow is portrayed as a German agent who kills a contact working for the Bat (Batman), the Clock (Hourman), and the Owl(Dr. Mid-Nite).
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Why is Scarecrow's face messed up?

Severely injured after his encounter with Croc in the sewers at Arkham Asylum, Crane surgically grafted his mask to the remains of his face, fully embracing "Scarecrow" as his one and only identity.
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How many robins are there?

To date, there have been five Robins in Batman's mainstream continuity. Just like Dick Grayson, and their mentor, most of them have their fair share of tragedy. But they've made it through several DC Crises and even death to form a crucial part of Gotham's extended Bat-Family.
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