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The Lone Ranger is a radio, film and television franchise. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. Trendle or by Fran Striker the show's writer.

References to The Lone Ranger in The Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
2	16	"Treehouse of Horror"	Graves in the Indian Burial Ground include Tonto.
10	224	"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"	Bart rides a dog and says, "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!".
13	281	"The Lastest Gun in the West"	The "William Tell Overture" plays as Buck mounts his horse and rides over to the laundry room.
17	360	"Treehouse of Horror XVI"	Nelson Muntz is dressed as the Lone Ranger, but everyone thinks he is a raccoon.
Richard K. Chung is credited as The Lone Gaysian.
22	481	"Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing"	The movie Sorry, Silver appears to be about the demise of the Lone Ranger's horse, Silver.

Games[edit]

Picture	Game	Reference

	The Simpsons: Tapped Out‎	After tapping on Buck McCoy's exclamation mark: You can thank the boffo box office of mega-hits like "The Lone Ranger," "Jonah Hex," and "Cowboys and Aliens."

Comics[edit]

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #53	Around Town with Ned Flanders	Snake calls Ned "Kemosabe", Tonto's nickname for the Lone Ranger.
	Bart Simpson #14	The Time Bandit!	Bart rides to town on a cow and says, "Hiyo, Bessie! Away!", a reference to the Lone Ranger.

Common cast members[edit]

Picture	Name	Role in The Lone Ranger	Role on The Simpsons
	Dennis Weaver	Played Jeb Sullivan in "The Tell-Tale Bullet".	Voiced Buck McCoy in the season 13 episode "The Lastest Gun in the West".

External links[edit]

The Lone Ranger at Wikipedia

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