In no iteration of The Lone Ranger is the heroic cowboy actually lonesome; his sidekick,

Yep, that's Yoko Kanno, and this is her work for Cowboy Bebop.

For Cowboy Bebop, some of the music was composed a year before even the title was conceived.

I hunt, I fish, I have cowboy boots, and cowboy,

*incredibly sexy cowboy music*

We've all seen cowboy films, right?

♫ Cowboy suits with purty spangles

So I say to myself, "Jump on the horse, cowboy, and do you best."

- That is like a New Orleans kind of accent. - "Cowboy, jump on that horse."

Woody started out as a ventriloquist dummy but was eventually changed to his cowboy look with a pull string, which was an idea that came from John Lasseter's childhood Casper doll that had the same feature.

but was eventually changed to his famous cowboy look with a pull string, which was an idea that came from

Ride 'em, cowboy! Yee-haw!

My cowboy!

In fact, you could come out wearing nothing but cowboy boots and a stormtrooper helmet, and we'd be just like, "So what's for dinner?"

nothing but cowboy boots