Lone Ranger

"-Did you have a dog? -A lab. Yeah, named him Silver. After the... -Lone Ranger's horse."

- Nate Heywood and Hank Heywood

'Lone Ranger was a television series character admired by Hank Heywood.

Overview
At some point in his childhood Hank Heywood watched a TV series in which Lone Ranger's horse was named Silver. That inspired him to name his pet Labrador after it.

At some point after Nate Heywood was born, Hank showed him several episodes starring Lone Ranger.

Decades later Hank used "Silver" as his e-mail password, indirectly referencing both his pet and the series. Nate Heywood tricked him into saying the name of the pat as a part of father-son bonding talk during the Time Bureau mission in 1973, also recognizing the fact from his childhood.

Abilities

 * Horsemanship: Lone Ranger is able to ride horses as evident by him using Silver for transportation.

Behind the scenes

 * Lone Ranger is a prototype superhero and a vigilante from the Wild West era, which is often recognized as one of the figures which popularized the masked crimefighter genre. Originating in radio plays, character went on to appear on television, in movies, novels and comics.
 * DC Comics has a character of Lone Fragger, who is a parody of Lone Ranger.