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, a 1920 short silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton.
- Scarecrow (1973 film), a movie starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman
- The Scarecrow (1982 film), a New Zealand film about a killer in a small town, based on a 1963 novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson.
- Scarecrows (1988 film), a horror film.
- Scarecrow (2002 film), a straight-to-video horror film that has spawned two sequels.
- Kakashi (translated as Scarecrow), a 2001 Japanese horror movie.
On television:
- The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, a 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, a 1980s CBS show about a secret agent assisted by a housewife.
- Scarecrow (Galaxy Rangers Episode) an episode from the tv show Galaxy Rangers
In music:
- Scarecrow (2007), a song and single by the pillows.
- Scarecrow (Melissa Etheridge song) (1999), a song and single by Melissa Etheridge
- Scarecrow (John Mellencamp album) (1985), a rock music album.
- Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album) (2001), a country music album.
- The Scarecrow is an upcoming album from the symphonic metal group Avantasia which is to be released in early 2008.
- The Scarecrow (Pink Floyd song), a song written by Syd Barrett for Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
- Scarecrow, an early name of a project by German musician André Schmechta, which eventually became the band X Marks the Pedwalk.
- Scarecrow is an alias of Lord Infamous.
In comics:
- Scarecrow (DC Comics), a comic book villain in the Batman series by DC Comics.
- Scarecrow (Marvel Comics), a villain from Marvel Comics who fought heroes such as Spider-Man and Ghost Rider.
- Straw Man (comics), a Marvel Comics supernatural hero originally named Scarecrow.
Other:
- The Scarecrow (play), a 1908 play by Percy MacKaye based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story "Feathertop".
- Scarecrow (novel), a 2003 novel by Australian author Matthew Reilly.
- Scarecrow, an online magazine with short stories, poetry and articles on culture, submitted mostly by people from Britain
