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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How did Jonathan Crane become Scarecrow Gotham?

While begging to be let out, he heard a 'voice' call out to him (which he believed came from the scarecrow) and, his mind having finally snapped, Jonathan tore apart the scarecrow and began wearing it as a suit, giving him the form of a terrifying living scarecrow. Jonathan Crane becomes the Scarecrow.
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What is scarecrows backstory?

Jonathan Crane is 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.
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Does Jonathan become Scarecrow?

while the others face the wrath of Victor Zsasz. Jonathan Crane becomes the Scarecrow on Gotham in the last few minutes of the episode, tethering this season to a recognizable character from the comics and bringing some of this Penguin story a little more down to Earth.
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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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Who is Scarecrow afraid of?

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. Ophidiophobes see snakes.
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Is Jonathan the Scarecrow Gotham?

Jonathan Crane, also known as the Scarecrow, is a recurring antagonist in the TV series Gotham, serving as a supporting antagonist in Season 1, a major antagonist in Season 4 and a minor antagonist in Season 5.
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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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Why was Scarecrow in The Dark Knight?

In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane released the prisoners of Blackgate Penitentiary, among those Crane, who presided over a kangaroo court later on. Others have pointed out that “fear” was the theme present in all movies, and Crane was the character that represented it, thus why he was included in each story.
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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.
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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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Who was the Scarecrow's mother?

Karen Crane was the mother of Jonathan Crane and the wife of the late Gerald Crane.
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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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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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What made Scarecrow a villain?

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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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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Is Joker immune to Scarecrow gas?

asked, "So did the Joker no-sell the fear gas because he has no fear, because he's immune to most chemicals due to his own use of them, or just because he's that crazy?" I replied, "I think it's probably the last one, Tom." Flavio agreed, "Yep." I continued, "But the middle one makes some sense, too.
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What was 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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Who is Harley Quinn Gotham?

Ecco was specifically created to serve as the Gotham version of Harley Quinn. The two, aside from physical traits, share a number of similarities, including their devotion to their bosses (Jeremiah and the Joker) and usage of terms like "Puddin'".
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Is Jerome the Joker?

Gotham star Cameron Monaghan and the show's producer John Stephens have confirmed that the character Jerome is not the Joker and also that the show will never be allowed to use a proper version of the iconic Clown Prince of Crime.
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What is Scarecrow greatest desire?

In 1900, L. Frank Baum penned the classic novel The Wizard of Oz, which featured a witless scarecrow whose greatest desire was to have a brain.
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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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Who was the Joker's first victim?

Everything was here in his first story, from his iconic purple suit, to his poisonous Joker Venom, to his appetite for murder. It was a man named Henry Claridge who had the honor of being the Joker's first kill, which the Clown Prince followed by murdering three more people all in the same story.
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Is Joker scared of Batman who laughs?

As we've seen in Snyder's Justice League, the Joker hates the Batman Who Laughs. The Joker's disgust for the BWL is even part of how he was defeated in Dark Nights Metal. But The Batman Who Laughs #4 shows that this isn't your usual supervillain rivalry about how only he gets to kill Batman.
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