# The Lone Ranger goes Pokeman **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 3, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535 "2025-01-03T20:36:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/1 "2025-01-03T20:36:24Z")
I’m watching season 5, episode 11 and the guys help a woman who has been thrown from her horse. She recovers just fine but needs to get to Fort Pikachu ! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/2 "2025-01-03T21:07:52Z")
There was a Fort Pickawillany. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/3 "2025-01-03T21:24:33Z")
Probably refers to Picacho Peak, about 50 miles from Tucson. Mr. Google tells me there was a Civil War battle there, but there was no Fort Picacho. There was however a mail stop there, so there was some sort of settlement. [There’s a state park there now.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picacho_Peak_State_Park) The town of Picacho, AZ isn’t all that far from the Peak. Wikipedia says it’s a small town with a population of 250 but doesn’t give any history for it. Pokeman aside, the name Picacho means Peak in Spanish, so Picacho Peak literally translates to Peak Peak. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/4 "2025-01-04T18:38:26Z")
Nitpick but it’s Pokémon. Short for Pocket Monsters and I’ve never, ever, played any of the games. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/5 "2025-01-04T22:55:10Z")
The box indeed says “Pocket Monsters”, and that’s all it says: [https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/m~sAAOSwh~pd3jVb/s-l1600.webp](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/m~sAAOSwh~pd3jVb/s-l1600.webp) You would have to actually play the game to know if anybody calls them Pokemen or Pokemon or… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/6 "2025-01-05T00:15:21Z")
Pokeman sounds like a chef who specializes in traditional Southern foods. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535/7 "2025-01-05T00:21:09Z")
Pokémon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time. I wonder if they should try to cash in on that.