Batman: Arkham - Ranking EVERY Villain Worst To Best

One thing that's universally agreed on among Arkham fans is that Scarecrow's role in Batman: Arkham Asylum is the absolute high point of the game. To complement the Asylum's chilling atmosphere, Jonathan Crane lurks in the shadows, occasionally slipping the unaware hero a dose of his fear toxin and leaving him fighting for his life in increasingly abstract internal hellscapes.

After the final one of these, Scarecrow is suddenly grabbed by Killer Croc and pulled down into the sewer. Though presumed dead, he shows up again in Arkham Knight, issuing a citywide warning on Halloween night and evacuating virtually the whole of Gotham.

His run-in with Killer Croc left him greatly scarred, and he arranged his tattered skin to resemble his original mask from the Asylum. Using the Cloudburst, Crane floods the city with his fear toxin, watching its inhabitants tear each other apart.

The end of the game sees Scarecrow do what no other villain has ever done: unmask the Batman. With his secret identity known to the world, Batman is subjected to one last dose of toxin. His mind wrestles through an elaborate dream sequence before Scarecrow is given a taste of his own medicine, rendered catatonic through fear of his nemesis.