History Franchise / TheLoneRanger

** You can also make a good case that ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' is basically the Lone Ranger... [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]] ''Comicbook/FutureQuest'' makes this even more explicit by making him the last survivor of a group of [[SpaceCop space cops.]]

* TheFaceless: Once having assumed his new identity, the Lone Ranger is never seen without his mask or some form of disguise. Actor Clayton Moore carried this through in his public appearances as the Ranger for years afterward, even after being harassed by ITC in an ultimately fatal PR disaster. When he wasn't allowed to wear the mask, he wore big sunglasses.

Originally a RadioDrama, ''The Lone Ranger'' first aired on January 30, 1933 and ran through September 3, 1954. It featured the adventures of a mysterious masked man who traveled TheWildWest with his faithful companion Tonto and his famous white horse Silver, righting wrongs as they went. It quickly spawned a LongRunningBookSeries, and later became a very successful television series, which ran from 1949 to 1957. The character has also appeared in a ComicStrip, movies (both serials and feature films), tw AnimatedSeries, and comic books (Tonto and Silver even got their own individual ComicBook series!)

Originally a RadioDrama, ''The Lone Ranger'' first aired on January 30, 1933 and ran through September 3, 1954. It featured the adventures of a mysterious masked man who traveled TheWildWest with his faithful companion Tonto and his famous white horse Silver, righting wrongs as they went. It quickly spawned a LongRunningBookSeries, and later became a very successful television series, which ran from 1949 to 1957. The character has also appeared in a ComicStrip, movies (both serials and feature films), an AnimatedSeries, and comic books (Tonto and Silver even got their own individual ComicBook series!)

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: In the TV show episode Pay Dirt, Cavendish had broken out He rigged two doors so that one would trigger a gun while the other would trigger a sack of flour to come down on the on entering.

** Tonto had his own title from [[GoldKeyComics Dell comics,]] back in the day.

Originally a RadioDrama, ''The Lone Ranger'' first aired on January 30, 1933 and ran through September 3, 1954, It featured the adventures of a mysterious masked man who traveled TheWildWest with his faithful companion Tonto and his famous white horse Silver, righting wrongs as they went. It quickly spawned a LongRunningBookSeries, and later became a very successful television series, which ran from 1949 to 1957. The character has also appeared in a ComicStrip, movies (both serials and feature films), an AnimatedSeries, and comic books (Tonto and Silver even got their own individual ComicBook series!)

* [[YouLookFamiliar You Sound Familiar]]: Before taking over for Earle Graser, Brace Beemer served as the show's announcer. He also played the Ranger in public appearances, as his 6-foot-3 and thin frame and expert horse riding and marksman skills made him feel more like the Ranger than the shorter, chubbier Graser, who had never ridden horses and had only shot a pistol once in his life. The horse who played Silver in these events really belonged to him, and was in a stable near his house when Beemer died. He was 27 years old, and Mrs. Beemer [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming took care of him for the rest of his life]].

* TheRemnant: Colonel Augustus Barton and his renegede Confederate buswhackers in ''TheLoneRanger and {{Zorro}}: The Death of Zorro'' from Creator/DynamiteComics.

* CattlePunk: The 1966 Films Format animated series could include a lot of surprisingly sci-fi stuff, from malevolent boy genius Tiny Tom using animated toy soldiers to commit crimes to a maniac planning on taking over the Wild West with an army of zepplins, from a man with bear's paws replacing his own hands to a mad botanist who bred ManEatingPlants.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the TV episode Pay Dirt (See above), Cavendish tried to escape by the door he set up to trigger a rifle to fire. Guess what happened when he opened the door?

* ActingForTwo: John Todd, who voiced Tonto in the radio series, was an accomplished Shakespearean actor. He was often drafted to play several roles (usually the bad guys) in any given episode.

* [[YouLookFamiliar You Sound Familiar]]: Before taking over for Earle Graser, Brace Beemer served as the show's announcer. He also played the Ranger in public appearances, as his 6-foot-3 frame and expert horse riding skills made him feel more like the Ranger than the shorter, mustachioed Graser. The horse who played Silver in these events really belonged to him, and was in a stable near his house when Beemer died. He was 27 years old, and Mrs. Beemer [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming took care of him for the rest of his life]].

* AnimatedSeries: Done by {{Filmation}}, with all that that implies: generally cheap-looking animation combined with very good writing, artwork, voice acting, and music. While their original productions varied a great deal in quality, Filmation always did a conscientious job with their shows based on established classic adventure heroes.

A 1981 film, ''The Legend of the Lone Ranger'', was a critical failure, panned by audiences and critics. It did not help the film's chance of success when the owners of the film rights ''literally'' [[JimCroce pulled the mask off the old Lone Ranger]] prior to release: Clayton Moore, the Ranger's TV actor, who toured around the country at the time for autographs and enjoying the fans at county fairs. This ExecutiveMeddling was a public relations disaster. But justice prevailed: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Lone_Ranger#Clayton_Moore_lawsuit Moore sued and won back his right to wear the mask]]. The Western flavor of [[MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]] in terms of one of the nicest people on and off-screen, Moore passed away in 1999.

*** Although that doesn't necessarily mean much. Many scripts of this version were recycled into DaleOfTheMounted scripts in Canada, which replaced Tonto with a ''dog''.

* BigDamnedHeroes: The Ranger, more often than not. Especially in the TV show.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the TV Episode Pay Dirt (See above), Cavendish tried to escape by the door he set up to trigger a rifle to fire. Guess what happened when he opened the door?

* Clothing Switch: Happens every so often in the TV show.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: In the third episode of the tv show, the Ranger pulls this off twice.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: In the third episode of the live action show, the Ranger pulls this off twice.