Scarecrow (disambiguation)

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A scarecrow is a device to discourage birds from disturbing crops.

Scarecrow may also refer to:

In film:

• Scarecrow (Oz), one of the main protagonists in L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its various film adaptations, particularly the 1939 version starring Judy Garland
• The Scarecrow (1920 film), 1920 short silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton
• Scarecrow (1973 film), movie starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman
• The Scarecrow (1982 film), New Zealand film about a killer in a small town, based on a 1963 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
• Scarecrows (1988 film), horror film
• Scarecrow (2002 film), straight-to-video horror film that has spawned two sequels
• Kakashi (translated as Scarecrow), 2001 Japanese horror movie

On television:

• The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, 1964 multi-episode serial by Walt Disney that was based on the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King, 1980s CBS show about a secret agent assisted by a housewife.
• Scarecrow (Galaxy Rangers Episode), episode from the tv show Galaxy Rangers

In music:

• Scarecrow (The Pillows song) (2007), song and single by the pillows
• Scarecrow (Melissa Etheridge song) (1999), song and single by Melissa Etheridge
• Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album) (1985), rock music album
• Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album) (2001), country music album
• The Scarecrow (album) (2008), album by Avantasia
• The Scarecrow (Pink Floyd song), song written by Syd Barrett
• Scarecrow, an early name of a project by German musician André Schmechta, which eventually became the band X Marks the Pedwalk
• Scarecrow, alias of Lord Infamous

In comics:

• Scarecrow (DC Comics), comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics
• Scarecrow (Marvel Comics), villain from Marvel Comics who fought heroes such as Spider-Man and Ghost Rider
• Straw Man (comics), Marvel Comics supernatural hero originally named Scarecrow

Other:

• The Scarecrow (play), 1908 play by Percy MacKaye based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Feathertop
• Scarecrow (novel), 2003 novel by Australian author Matthew Reilly