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* ''Series/TheRanch''. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, Beau Bennett and his sons own a failing ranch.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' : ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]
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* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in ''CitySlickers''
* ''NightOfTheWolf'': A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' (minor characters)
* Joe Bannock in ''ATownLikeAlice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.

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* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in ''CitySlickers''
''Film/CitySlickers''
* ''NightOfTheWolf'': ''Film/NightOfTheWolf'': A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' (minor characters)
* Joe Bannock in ''ATownLikeAlice''.''Literature/ATownLikeAlice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.



* ''BigJake'': The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* ''{{Chisum}}'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* ''{{McLintock}}'': George Washington [=McLintock=]

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* ''BigJake'': ''Film/BigJake'': The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* ''{{Chisum}}'': ''Film/{{Chisum}}'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* ''{{McLintock}}'': ''Film/{{McLintock}}'': George Washington [=McLintock=]



* Beans in ''{{Rango}}'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.
* Bick Benedict in ''{{Giant}}''.

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* Beans in ''{{Rango}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.
* Bick Benedict in ''{{Giant}}''.''Film/{{Giant}}''.



* ''{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]

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* ''{{Traveller}}'' ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]



* Peggy's dad in ''KingOfTheHill'' is a cattle rancher who lives in Montana.

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* Peggy's dad in ''KingOfTheHill'' ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' is a cattle rancher who lives in Montana.
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In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Series/Bonanza}} have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.

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In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Series/Bonanza}} ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.
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* On ''{{Firefly}}'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.

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* On ''{{Firefly}}'' ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.
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* In one ''MagnumPI'' episode there is a teenage rancher who needs our heroes' help.

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* In one ''MagnumPI'' ''Series/MagnumPI'' episode there is a teenage rancher who needs our heroes' help.
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* In order, Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie, owners of the Shiloh Ranch in ''TheVirginian'' (later ''TheMenFromShiloh'').

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* In order, Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie, owners of the Shiloh Ranch in ''TheVirginian'' ''Series/TheVirginian'' (later ''TheMenFromShiloh'').
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* Homer Bannon, the family patriarch in ''Film/{{Hud}}'' (1963), which is set in the NewOldWest (i.e., the modern day). Homer's catttle ranch is put in dire peril when the specter of foot-and-mouth disease raises the possibility that the whole herd will have to be put down.
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* Luke Fletcher in Shane is an example of the BigBad Rancher.

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* Luke Fletcher in Shane ''{{Shane}}'' is an example of the BigBad Rancher.
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Simply put, the owner of a ranch, a spread of land where animals are raised. In TheWestern, usually this is cattle, but sheep, chicken and (in the modern day) ostriches are all potential ranches.

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Simply put, A rancher is the owner of a ranch, a spread of land where animals are raised. In TheWestern, usually this is cattle, but sheep, chicken and (in the modern day) ostriches are all potential ranches.
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In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Bonanza}} have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.

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In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Bonanza}} {{Series/Bonanza}} have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.



* The Cartwright family of ''{{Bonanza}}'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.

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* The Cartwright family of ''{{Bonanza}}'', ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.



* The Kents' farm in ''{{Smallville}}'' is an important element.

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* The Kents' farm in ''{{Smallville}}'' ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is an important element.
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Simply put, the owner of a ranch, a spread of land where animals are raised. In TheWestern, usually this is cattle, but sheep, chicken and (in the modern day) ostriches are all potential ranches.

The {{Rancher}} employs the {{Cowboy}}, CampCook and other ranch workers. He (or sometimes she) is the equivalent of a business owner in a more urban setting. They generally will dress a little better than their employees, but not too much--most ranchers are hands-on to some degree, and need to be able to do anything an ordinary cowboy could. Indeed, many a cowboy has the ambition of gaining a ranch of his very own.

In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Bonanza}} have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.

"Saving the ranch" is a common plotline for Westerns, especially in B-movies, as a couple of bad years could put a small rancher on the verge of bankruptcy.
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'''Examples:'''

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* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in ''CitySlickers''
* ''NightOfTheWolf'': A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' (minor characters)
* Joe Bannock in ''ATownLikeAlice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.
* ''Film/TheCowboys'': Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* ''BigJake'': The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* ''{{Chisum}}'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* ''{{McLintock}}'': George Washington [=McLintock=]
* ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'': Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.
* Dan Evans in ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma'', who takes a job escorting a criminal so he can help support his ranch.
* Beans in ''{{Rango}}'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.
* Bick Benedict in ''{{Giant}}''.

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* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the Western novels of JTEdson.
** Also John Slaughter.
* The SciFi novel ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has an interesting example. Before WorldWarIII, the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.
* Luke Fletcher in Shane is an example of the BigBad Rancher.

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* The Cartwright family of ''{{Bonanza}}'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.
* In one ''MagnumPI'' episode there is a teenage rancher who needs our heroes' help.
* The Kents' farm in ''{{Smallville}}'' is an important element.
* In order, Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie, owners of the Shiloh Ranch in ''TheVirginian'' (later ''TheMenFromShiloh'').
* On ''{{Firefly}}'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.

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* ''{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Peggy's dad in ''KingOfTheHill'' is a cattle rancher who lives in Montana.

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http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rancher_867.jpg

Simply put, the owner of a ranch, a spread of land where animals are raised. In TheWestern, usually this is cattle, but sheep, chicken and (in the modern day) ostriches are all potential ranches.

The {{Rancher}} employs the {{Cowboy}}, CampCook and other ranch workers. He (or sometimes she) is the equivalent of a business owner in a more urban setting. They generally will dress a little better than their employees, but not too much--most ranchers are hands-on to some degree, and need to be able to do anything an ordinary cowboy could. Indeed, many a cowboy has the ambition of gaining a ranch of his very own.

In fiction, the larger the ranch is, the more likely the rancher is to be the bad guy of the story. This is not a hard and fast rule (the Cartwrights of {{Bonanza}} have an immense spread, but are salt of the earth types), but that's the way to bet. If the rancher owns several ranches, or one big enough to count as its own feudal country, they become a CattleBaron.

"Saving the ranch" is a common plotline for Westerns, especially in B-movies, as a couple of bad years could put a small rancher on the verge of bankruptcy.
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'''Examples:'''

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in ''CitySlickers''
* ''NightOfTheWolf'': A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' (minor characters)
* Joe Bannock in ''ATownLikeAlice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.
* ''Film/TheCowboys'': Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* ''BigJake'': The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* ''{{Chisum}}'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* ''{{McLintock}}'': George Washington [=McLintock=]
* ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'': Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.
* Dan Evans in ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma'', who takes a job escorting a criminal so he can help support his ranch.
* Beans in ''{{Rango}}'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.
* Bick Benedict in ''{{Giant}}''.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the Western novels of JTEdson.
** Also John Slaughter.
* The SciFi novel ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has an interesting example. Before WorldWarIII, the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.
* Luke Fletcher in Shane is an example of the BigBad Rancher.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The Cartwright family of ''{{Bonanza}}'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.
* In one ''MagnumPI'' episode there is a teenage rancher who needs our heroes' help.
* The Kents' farm in ''{{Smallville}}'' is an important element.
* In order, Judge Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Col. MacKenzie, owners of the Shiloh Ranch in ''TheVirginian'' (later ''TheMenFromShiloh'').
* On ''{{Firefly}}'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Peggy's dad in ''KingOfTheHill'' is a cattle rancher who lives in Montana.

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* The SciFi novel ''{{Malevil}}'' has an interesting example. Before WorldWarIII, the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.

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* The SciFi novel ''{{Malevil}}'' ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'' has an interesting example. Before WorldWarIII, the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.
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** Also John Slaughter.
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* ''TheCowboys'': Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.

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* Dan Evans in ''[[{{ptitlezcbnnfc7}} 3:10 to Yuma]]'', who takes a job escorting a criminal so he can help support his ranch.

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* Dan Evans in ''[[{{ptitlezcbnnfc7}} 3:10 to Yuma]]'', ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma'', who takes a job escorting a criminal so he can help support his ranch.



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* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the Western novels of J.T. Edson.

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* 'Ole Devil' Hardin in the Western novels of J.T. Edson.JTEdson.
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* Bick Benedict in ''{{Giant}}''.
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* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in CitySlickers
* NightOfTheWolf: A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* TheJourneyOfNattyGann (minor characters)

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* The ranch owner who needs the CattleDrive done in CitySlickers
''CitySlickers''
* NightOfTheWolf: ''NightOfTheWolf'': A DeterminedWidow heroine rancher.
* TheJourneyOfNattyGann ''TheJourneyOfNattyGann'' (minor characters)



* TheCowboys: Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* BigJake: The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* {{Chisum}}: Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* {{McLintock}}: George Washington [=McLintock=]
* Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.

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* TheCowboys: ''TheCowboys'': Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* BigJake: ''BigJake'': The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* {{Chisum}}: ''{{Chisum}}'': Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* {{McLintock}}: ''{{McLintock}}'': George Washington [=McLintock=]
* Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'': Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.



* Beans in [[Rango]] owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.

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* Beans in [[Rango]] ''{{Rango}}'' owns a ranch that the mayor of town wants to purchase from.



* The Cartwright family of {{Bonanza}}, as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.

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* The Cartwright family of {{Bonanza}}, ''{{Bonanza}}'', as mentioned above, provided that Ben doesn't slip into outright CattleBaron territory.



* On {{Firefly}} Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.

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* On {{Firefly}} ''{{Firefly}}'' Malcolm Reynold's mom ran a ranch.



* {{Traveller}} : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]


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* {{Traveller}} ''{{Traveller}}'' : The ideal Aslan noble family owns a ranch. As Aslan are a ProudWarriorRace the male is supposed to hold it by virtue of his status as a [[ARealManIsAKiller Real Man.]]

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* The SciFi novel ''{{Malevil}}'' has an interesting example. Before WorldWarIII, the main character is a rural French rancher who expands his property to include an old castle. He keeps the usual livestock and grazing land but also stables some his animals in a cave under the keep. He also runs a vineyard, produces wine, and had plans to reopen the castle to tourists.
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* Joe Bannock in ''A Town Like Alice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.

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* Joe Bannock in ''A Town Like Alice''.''ATownLikeAlice''. Though he didn't own it til the end, if memory serves.
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* TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.

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* TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.
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* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421/ The Cowboys]]: Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066831/ Big Jake]]: The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ Chisum]]: Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057298/ McLintock]]: George Washington [=McLintock=]
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]: Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.

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* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421/ The Cowboys]]: TheCowboys: Wil Andersen has to hire young boys when his cattle drivers head for the gold fields.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066831/ Big Jake]]: BigJake: The [=McCandles=] ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ Chisum]]: {{Chisum}}: Very loosly based on the Lincoln Country War.
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057298/ McLintock]]: {{McLintock}}: George Washington [=McLintock=]
* [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/ The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]: TheManWhoShotLibertyValance: Tom Doniphon had a small ranch.

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