A scarecrow is a decoy used to discourage birds from disturbing crops.
Scarecrow(s) or The Scarecrow(s) may also refer to:
Comics Scarecrow (DC Comics), a supervillain in the Batman series Scarecrow (Marvel Comics), a supervillain Straw Man (comics), originally Scarecrow, a Marvel Comics character
Film and television Films The Scarecrow (1920 film), an American silent short film starring Buster Keaton The Scarecrow (Hollywood Television Theatre), a 1972 American television film presentation of the play by Percy MacKaye (see below) Scarecrow (1973 film), an American film starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino The Scarecrow (1982 film), a New Zealand film Scarecrow (1984 film), a Russian drama film by Rolan Bykov The Scarecrow (1985 film), an Iranian film Scarecrows (1988 film), an American horror film The Scarecrow (2000 film), an American animated fantasy film Kakashi (translated as Scarecrow), a 2001 Japanese horror film Scarecrow (2002 film), an American direct-to-video horror film The Scarecrow (2013 film), an American animated short film and advertisement Scarecrow (2013 film), an American television horror film Scarecrows (2017 film), a Canadian horror film Scarecrow (2020 film), a Russian drama film
Television Scarecrow and Mrs. King, a 1980s American TV series The Scarecrow (TV series), a 2026 South Korean TV series "Scarecrow" (The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers), an episode "Scarecrow" (Supernatural), an episode "Scarecrow" (This Country), a 2017 episode "The Scarecrow" (Gotham episode), the fifteenth episode of the television series Gotham Scarecrow (Doctor Who), a fictional race
Literature Scarecrow (Oz), one of the main protagonists in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Scarecrow (play), a 1908 play by Percy MacKaye Doctor Syn, a smuggler who operated under the costumed alias, “The Scarecrow”, in the 1915 novel, Doctor Syn, a Tale of the Romney Marsh, by Russell Thorndike Scarecrow & Other Anomalies, a poetry collection by Oliverio Girondo The Scarecrows, a 1981 young-adult novel by Robert Westall Scarecrow Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield founded in 1995 "The Scarecrow" (short story), a short story by R. L. Stine Scarecrow (novel), a 2003 novel by Matthew Reilly Shane Schofield, or Scarecrow, the protagonist of Scarecrow and other novels by Reilly The Scarecrow (Connelly novel), a 2009 crime novel by Michael Connelly The Scarecrow, a 2009 novel by Sean Williams
Music The Scarecrow (opera), a 2006 opera by Joseph Turrin, based on the MacKaye play
Performers Scarecrow (band), an American heavy metal band Lord Infamous (1973–2013), also known as The Scarecrow, American rapper X Marks the Pedwalk, originally Scarecrow, a German band
Albums Scarecrow (Decyfer Down album) or the title song, 2013 Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album), 2001 Scarecrow (John Craigie album), 2018 Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album), 1985 The Scarecrow (album) or the title song, by Avantasia, 2008 Scarecrow, by Cats in Space, 2017 Scarecrow or the title song, by Citizen Soldier (band), 2022
Songs "Scarecrow" (song), by Melissa Etheridge, 1999 "The Scarecrow" (song), by Pink Floyd, 1967 "Scare Crow", by Ministry from Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs, 1992 "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" by My Chemical Romance from Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, 2010 "Scarecrow", by Beck from Guero, 2005 "Scarecrow", by Counting Crows from Somewhere Under Wonderland, 2014 "Scarecrow", by the Pillows from Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up!, 2007 "Scarecrow", by Wand from Laughing Matter, 2019 "Scarecrows", by Luke Bryan from Kill the Lights, 2015 "Scarecrow", by +/- from You Are Here, 2003
Other Scarecrow (wine), a California wine producer Scarecrow Video, a video sales and rental store in Seattle, Washington, US Scarecrow, a fictional monster in Dungeons & Dragons
See also