Editing Lone Ranger (section)

===Tonto===
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The character made his initial appearance in the 11th episode of the radio show. Fran Striker told his son that Tonto was added so the Lone Ranger would have someone to talk to.<ref name="npr.org"/> He was named by [[James Jewell (director)|James Jewell]], who also came up with the term "[[Kemosabe]]" based on the name of a summer camp owned by his father-in-law in upstate Michigan. In the local Native American language, "Tonto" meant "wild one".<ref name=vanhise16-18>Van Hise, James, ''Who was that Masked Man? The Story of the Lone Ranger'' (Pioneer Books, Las Vegas, 1990), pp. 16–18.</ref>

The character spoke in broken English that emphasized Tonto had learned it as a second language.

Because {{Wikt-lang|es|tonto}} means "stupid" or "ignorant" in Spanish, the character is renamed "{{Wikt-lang|es|toro|Toro}}" (Spanish for "bull") or "{{Wikt-lang|es|ponto|Ponto}}" in Spanish-speaking countries.<ref name=vanhise16-18 />