History Awesome / TheLoneRanger

* Dan Reid Jr. defeats an outlaw by smashing a hornet's nest on him.

For Awesome moments for the 2013 film, see [[Awesome/TheLoneRanger2013 here]].

* The FinalBattle has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLor5RqGaTY#at=206 classic Lone Ranger theme]] (aka "William Tell Overture") playing. Even not being a big fan of Lone Ranger, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic it's ridiculously awesome]].
** Highlights include the slight MickeyMousing with the gunfire, Silver and the Lone Ranger barely avoiding death when the train they are atop of goes through a tunnel, Tonto's trick with the ladder, and John riding Silver ''through'' the compartments while firing at the other train through the windows.
** Danny's attempts to help Tonto using his slingshot.
** [[spoiler:Danny throws John the silver bullet and he proceeds to shoot the gun out of Cole's hand from an impossible distance.]] Rather than simply [[HandWave Hand-Waving]] it, the movie gives us a few wide shots of the valley and a quick focus on the bullet, boldly illustrating both the impossibility of the feat, the sheer magnitude of the sequence leading up to it, and the implausibility of that bullet being in the right place at the right time, pushing a tired cliché straight into RefugeInAudacity territory ''without making a joke of it''. And all that to the climax of Music/HansZimmer's rendition of the classic Lone Ranger theme.
** [[spoiler:Butch getting pulverized by the train coach.]]
* Silver. Pick any part, the best example being [[spoiler:Silver somehow managing to get on the top of the burning barn lowering a rope down to John and Tonto to help them escape, then jumping off said burning barn to the ground]].
-->'''Tonto''': Something very wrong with that horse...
* "This is a damn bank robbery!"
* During the climax, John and Butch confront each other on the roof of the train. When both find their guns empty, Butch draws a knife while John rolls up his sleeves...
-->'''Butch''': (''incredulously'') Don't tell me. You ''boxed'' in ''law school''.
-->(''[[ItMakesSenseInContext Tonto comes by on a ladder.]] As Butch looks in utter disbelief, John cold-cocks him with a right cross'')
-->'''John''': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass As a matter of fact, I did.]]
* Two words: [[spoiler:[[IronicEcho Bad]] [[PreMortemOneLiner trade]].]]
** Two more: [[spoiler:[[StuffBlowingUp What]] [[DisneyVillainDeath bri]][[TrackTrouble dge]]?]]
*** Before either of those four words, [[spoiler: we have Tonto confront Cole and admit that demonizing the latter as a "wendigo" was just a coping mechanism for how he'd been tricked by an ordinary man. It's surprisingly mature of Tonto to come to terms with his demons. On the flip-side, [[RealityEnsues he doesn't]] [[EasilyForgiven easily forgive]] Cole, given what he's capable of.]]
* John figuring out that [[spoiler:Latham Cole]] is the true mastermind behind everything and was planning to kill him, simply from several clues dotting around the room they were both in and the undertones of [[spoiler:Cole's]] speech. When [[spoiler:Cole]] does try to shoot him, John proves more than ready and easily turns the tables on him. This scene marks just how far John has come.
* How perfectly the film captures John Reid's [[OriginStory transition]] from milquetoast lawyer to badass superhero. He starts off as an idealistic city slicker lawyer, a guy who trained in boxing but hasn't been in a real fight, and who hasn't held a gun in years. He's a firm and optimistic believer in the rule of law. After being forced into an ActionSurvivor role, seeing how corrupt the enforcers of the law can be, and finding himself somehow doing things that fall strictly into RefugeInAudacity, he comes out of the film as an ActionHero firmly on the good end of ToBeLawfulOrGood, who just goes with how audacious and out there his actions can be. It works.

* The FinalBattle has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLor5RqGaTY#at=206 classic Lone Ranger theme]] (aka "William Tell Overture") playing. Even not being a big fan of Lone Ranger, [[AwesomeMusic it's ridiculously awesome]].

** Two more: [[spoiler:[[StuffBlowingUp What]] [[DisneyVillainDeath bridge]]?]]

* [[spoiler:Danny throws John the silver bullet and he proceeds to shoot the gun out of Cole's hand from an impossible distance.]] Rather than simply [[HandWave Hand-Waving]] it, the movie gives us a few wide shots of the valley and a quick focus on the bullet, boldly illustrating both the impossibility of the feat, the sheer magnitude of the sequence leading up to it, and the implausibility of that bullet being in the right place at the right time, pushing a tired cliché straight into RefugeInAudacity territory ''without making a joke of it''. And all that to the climax of Music/HansZimmer's rendition of the classic Lone Ranger theme.

* The final battle of the movie has the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLor5RqGaTY#at=206 classic Lone Ranger theme]] playing. Even not being a big fan of Lone Ranger, it's ridiculously awesome.
** The "William Tell Overture" as it is more properly known
** Highlights include the slight MickeyMousing with the gunfire, Silver and the Lone Ranger barely avoiding death when the train they are on top of goes through a tunnel, Tonto's trick with the ladder, and John Reid riding Silver ''through'' the compartments while firing at the other train through the windows.
** Young Danny's attempts to help Tonto using his slingshot were nice too.
** [[spoiler: Butch getting pulverized by the train coach.]]
* Silver the white horse. Pick any part, best example is [[spoiler: Silver somehow managing to get on the top of the burning barn John Reid and Tonto and lowering a rope down to them to help escape and jumping off said burning barn to the ground.]]

* I have one sentence for you: "This is a damn bank robbery!"
* In the final battle, when [[spoiler: Danny throws John the silver bullet and he proceeds to shoot the gun out of Cole's hand from an impossible distance.]] Rather than simply Handwaving it, the movie gives us a few wide shots of the valley and a quick focus on the bullet, boldly illustrating both the impossibility of the feat, the sheer magnitude of the sequence leading up to it and the implausibility of that bullet being in the right place at the right time, pushing a tired cliché straight into RefugeInAudacity territory ''without making a joke of it''. And all that to the climax of Hans Zimmer's rendition of the classical Lone Ranger theme.

-->'''Butch Cavendish''' (incredulously): Don't tell me... You ''boxed'' in ''law school''.
-->([[ItMakesSenseInContext Tonto comes by on a ladder.]] As Butch looks in utter disbelief, John cold cocks him with a right cross)
-->'''John Reid''': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass As a matter of fact, I did.]]

** Two more: [[spoiler: [[StuffBlowingUp What]] [[DisneyVillainDeath bridge]]?]]
* John figuring out that [[spoiler: Cole]] was the true mastermind behind everything and was planning to kill him, simply from several clues dotting around the room they were both in and the undertones of [[spoiler:Cole's]] speech. When [[spoiler:Cole]] does try to shoot him, John proves more than ready and easily turns the tables on him. This scene marks just how far John's come.
* How perfectly the film transitions John from [[OriginStory a milquetoast lawyer to the Badass superhero the Lone Ranger]]. He starts off as a idealistic city slicker lawyer, a guy who trained in boxing but hasn't been in a real fight, and who hasn't held a gun in years. He's a firm, optimistic believer in the rule of law. After being forced into an ActionSurvivor role, seeing how corrupt the enforcers of the law can be, and finding himself somehow doing things that fall strictly into RefugeInAudacity, he comes out of the film as an ActionHero firmly on the good end of ToBeLawfulOrGood, who just goes with how audacious and out there his actions can be. It works.

* How perfectly the film transitions John from [[OriginStory a milquetoast lawyer to the Badass superhero the Lone Ranger]]. He starts off as a idealistic city slicker lawyer, a guy who trained in [[BattleBoxer boxing]] but hasn't been in a real fight, and who hasn't held a gun in years. He's a firm, optimistic believer in the rule of law. After being forced into an ActionSurvivor role, seeing how corrupt the enforcers of the law can be, and finding himself somehow doing things that fall strictly into RefugeInAudacity, he comes out of the film as an ActionHero firmly on the good end of ToBeLawfulOrGood, who just goes with how audacious and out there his actions can be. It works.

* How perfectly the film transitions John from [[OriginsStory a milquetoast lawyer to the Badass superhero the Lone Ranger]]. He starts off as a idealistic city slicker lawyer, a guy who trained in [[BattleBoxer boxing]] but hasn't been in a real fight, and who hasn't held a gun in years. He's a firm, optimistic believer in the rule of law. After being forced into an ActionSurvivor role, seeing how corrupt the enforcers of the law can be, and finding himself somehow doing things that fall strictly into RefugeInAudacity, he comes out of the film as an ActionHero firmly on the good end of ToBeLawfulOrGood, who just goes with how audacious and out there his actions can be. It works.

* How perfectly the film transitions John from [[OriginsStory a milquetoast lawyer to the Badass superhero the Lone Ranger]]. He starts off as a idealistic city slicker lawyer, a guy who trained in [[BattleBoxer boxing]] but hasn't been in a real fight, and who hasn't held a gun in years. He's a firm, optimistic believer in the rule of law. After being forced into an ActionSurvivor role, seeing how corrupt the enforcers of the law can be, and finding himself somehow doing things that fall strictly into RefugeInAudacity, he comes out of the film as an ActionHero firmly on the good end of ToBeLawfulOrGood, who just goes with who audacious and out there his actions can be. It works.

* John figuring out that [[spoiler: Cole]] was the true mastermind behind everything and was planning to kill him, simply from several clues dotting around the room they were both in and the undertones of [[spoiler:Cole's]] speech. When [[spoiler:Cole]] does try to shoot him, John proves more than ready and easily turns the tables on him. This scene marks just how far John's come.

* John figuring out that [[spoiler: Cole]] was the mastermind and was planning to kill him, from several clues in the room and the undertones of his speech. To the point where [[spoiler:Cole]] was about to shoot him, John was more than ready for him. This scene marks just how far John's come.

* John figuring out that [[spoiler: Cole]] was the mastermind and was planning to kill him, from several clues in the room and the undertones of Cole's speech. To the point where [[spoiler:Cole]] was about to shoot him, John was more than ready for him. This scene marks just how far John's come.

** Two more: [[spoiler: [[StuffBlowingUp What]] [[DisneyVillainDeath bridge]]?]]

* Two words: [[spoiler:[[IronicEcho Bad]] [[PreMortemOneLiner trade]].]]

-->'''John Reid''': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Actually, I did.]]

-->'''John Reid''': [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Actually, I did.]]

* In the final battle, when [[spoiler: Danny throws John the silver bullet and he proceeds to shoot the gun out of Cole's hand from an impossible distance.]] Rather than simply Handwaving it, the movie gives us a few wide shots of the valley and a quick focus on the bullet, boldly illustrating both the impossibility of the feat, the sheer magnitude of the sequence leading up to it and the implausibility of that bullet being in the right place at the right time, pushing a tired cliché straight into RefugeInAudacity territory ''without making a joke of it''. And all that to the climax of Hans Zimmer's rendition of the classical Lone Ranger theme.

* In the final battle, when [[spoiler: Danny throws John the silver bullet and he proceeds to shoot the gun out of Cole's hand from an impossible distance.]] Rather than simply Handwaving it, the movie gives us a few wide shots of the valley and a quick focus on the bullet, emphasizing both the impossibility of the feat, the sheer magnitude of the sequence leading up to it and the implausibility of that bullet being in the right place at the right time, pushing a tired cliché straight into RefugeInAudacity territory ''without making a joke of it''. And all that to the climax of Hans Zimmer's rendition of the classical Lone Ranger theme.

* I have one sentence for you: "This is a damn bank robbery!"

-->'''Tonto''': Something very wrong with that horse...

* The final battle of the movie has the classic Lone Ranger theme playing. Even not being a big fan of Lone Ranger, it's ridiculously awesome.

* The final battle of the movie has the classic Lone Ranger theme playing. Even not being a big fan of Lone Ranger, it's ridiculously awesome.