Balto

Balto is the protagonist of Balto and its threequel Balto III: Wings of Change and the tritagonist of Balto II: Wolf Quest. He is the mate of Jenna and father of Aleu, Kodi, Dingo, Saba, and two other unnamed pups.

He was voiced by Kevin Bacon in the first movie and Maurice LaMarche in the sequels. Balto is based on the real dog of the same name.

Personality
Strong and outgoing, Balto is smart and trustworthy, and cares deeply for others, but is a bit shy. He is very kind and loyal, but can be impulsive when it comes to Steele and Jenna. In the first film, he is ashamed of his wolf heritage, as it causes him to be bullied by the people of Nome, but after safely delivering the Antitoxin, he finally learns to accept it. And he is also known as benevolent, adventurous, lovable, trustworthy, optimistic, big-hearted, athletic, level-headed, thoughtful and open-minded.

Appearance
Balto is very strong and handsome, but unkept. He resembles a wolf more than a dog, but still not as strongly as his daughter, Aleu. He has brownish-gray fur, light brown eyes and large paws. In the first movie, Balto isn't confident, so he holds his ears down a lot. In the first movie, Balto's scleras are yellow, but in the second were plain white, though they changed back to yellow in the third. His voice also gets deeper and more rough as the movies 1, 2 and 3 go along, not that common in movies anymore.

Early Years
(Simon Wells intended) Little information is known on Balto's early life.

(Phil Weinstein intended) Not much is known about Balto's early life, Balto stated that he was separated from his mother when he was young. He was adopted afterwards by the Russian Goose, Boris.

Balto
At the beginning of the film Balto is a stray and is disliked by the people of Nome. He was first seen with his adoptive father Boris during the race. He goes to watch it, where he later sees Jenna and falls in love with her. When Steele and his team come into Nome for the finish, Rosy's hat is suddenly blown onto the racing path. Rosy tries to get it, but Jenna holds her back. Balto, seeing what happened, jumps into the race as Steele's team approaches. Balto outruns the incoming team and grabs it. Balto brings the hat to Rosy, who's very grateful. Rosy's father scares Balto away, warning Rosy that he's part wolf and might bite her. Balto walks away, rejected and disappointed.

Later, Balto hears Rosy's voice, excited at the thought of seeing her. He races to meet her, but can't slow down in time and ends up bumping into Jenna. Jenna is surprised until her owners call her, but when she looks back, Balto is gone. Jenna tries to find him again until her owners called her once more and she leaves. Balto walks down an alleyway with Boris who is trying to comfort the disappointed half wolf. On their way back to the ship wreck where Balto lives, they meet Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star, who mock Balto about being a half breed. Steele tells Balto that he has a message for his mother, then howls like a wolf. This makes Balto angry, but he refuses to fight. Steele and his dogs laugh and kick snow at him, and he runs away. Balto leaves town and heads to his home, a wrecked old boat. On the way, he sees a pack of wolves, reminding him of his half wolf heritage. The wolves howl at him in greeting, but Balto does not return it, and goes back to the boat, ears drooping.

Balto is then visited by Muk & Luk, two polar bears who annoy Boris, who then pretends to challenge the pair to a race in an attempt to get rid of them. Later Balto is sitting on his boat staring off into space, Boris asks him "And just what is so interesting?" which Balto responds "Jenna." Boris tells him that he's in love with her and told him to tell Jenna how he feels until Balto denies it saying "Nah, she's not my type." "And why not?" responds Boris. Balto stays quiet, "This wolf business again?" says Boris. He question's Balto asking him what's the matter with being half and half, before admitting that he wishes he was half eagle, bewildered. Balto asks why and Boris says that he would have "a bit of profile for one thing", "and nobody eats you for another".

A bit later, Balto visits Jenna who is waiting outside the hospital. Balto tries to ask her out on a date, chasing sticks by moonlight, Jenna ignores him, staring upset, into the hospital window, Balto asks her what is wrong, "Rosy's in there," she responds, Balto asks why she's in the hospital, Jenna says that Rosy feels warm and has a terrible cough, "Balto, what's wrong with her?" she asks nervously, Balto says he doesn't know, but he knows how to find out, he leads Jenna into the boiler room, and shows her the way through the ventilation system to a small space under the building, and using colored broken bottles and light from the vent to project a image of the Northern Lights on the wall, Jenna gazes at the lights, she says "It's beautiful." "Yeah, beautiful," Balto responds, but instead looking at her, Jenna turns to him, and they touch noses but are interrupted by the sound of footsteps on the vent they turn and look, after listening they discover that Rosy has Diphtheria, a deadly disease, which the doctor exclaims that he is out of anti-toxin. Jenna, runs away crying, Balto follows her and says he's sorry for taking her to see what was wrong with Rosy, Jenna, however, says that she's glad he did.

Suddenly, Steele waltzes in with a string of stolen sausages. He offers them flirtatiously to Jenna right in front of Balto, which angers him. Jenna, seeing this, tricks him into burning himself on the boiler. Steele yelps, and Balto and Jenna take off, two humans with a light come to see what all the noise was and Balto ends up framed for Steele's crimes. Meanwhile most of the children of nome have fallen sick, and the hospital is out of antitoxin, the people of Nome, in several attempts to send it in alternate ways, must select the fastest dogs in town to run a sled team, 674 miles to get more antitoxin. A race is being held to decide the dogs to be on the sled team. Balto wishes to run the race, but Boris, discourages him. Balto enters the race and wins, coming in first place. Even though he came in first place, Steele ignores the fact that Balto won and when Balto points out that "I was the fastest dog" Steele quickly revolts and says "You were the fastest what?" Still picking at him for being part wolf. While Jenna tries to stick up for him, Steele stomps on Balto's paw and the judges declare that he may turn on them because he is part wolf, Jenna tries to apologize but angrily he walks away. Steele leads the team out of Nome. After getting the antitoxin, Steele's team gets lost in a blizzard on the way back, as the children of Nome, get sicker. After hearing the news of the lost team, and the thought of Nome, losing its children, Balto decides he must go after Steele and his team and see what has become of them and the medicine, or die trying, he leaves Nome with Boris, and Muk & Luk tag along as well.

Back in Nome, waiting outside the hospital, Jenna stumbles on Balto's scent, and decides to follow him. Balto and his friends are moving along the trail, Balto is marking their path by clawing the bark off trees leaving a trail, Balto senses they're being watched, and decides the only thing to do is to keep moving, which he does, except his friends Boris, Muk, and Luk. Muk and Luk stayed, having a snowball fight. Boris is all ready to put a end too the snowball fight, when he backs into a wall of fur, which he wasn't expecting. he turns around to see a grizzly bear. The bear attacks them and gets them trapped under a bunch of branches, Balto hears the fighting and comes running back, and hurls himself on the bear, but is quickly thrown off and pinned down, as the bear begins to crush him Jenna appears and jumps on the bear making it let go of Balto. The bear stands up and steps backwards nearly crushing Muk, Luk, and Boris trapped. Jenna then wrestles with the bear but is, like Balto, thrown off. The bear then turns back to Balto, who it follows down to a a frozen lake, Balto stands to face the bear, but the ice cracks, taking both the bear and Balto under. Jenna begins to panic when Balto doesn't come back up, Muk & Luk jump into the water, and find Balto bringing him back to the surface, gasping and choking, Jenna, greets Balto with enthusiasm, Balto decides to keep going, but Jenna is hurt from the fight with the bear, so Balto tells Muk & Luk and Boris to take her back to Nome, which they do, but before leaving, Jenna gives Balto her bandana, which he happily excepts, Jenna and Balto say their goodbyes and Balto heads off on his mission.

Balto travels through blizzard and snow, and after many days of traveling, he finally finds the lost team, but they are in poor condition, stranded at the bottom of a cliff, and their musher out cold, all the dogs are overjoyed to see Balto, except Steele, too prideful to admit his failure, Balto tries to help but Steele, despite the other dogs, doesn't want him to, he attacks Balto in an effort to kill him, but Balto dodges skillfully to one side, and after Steele grabs hold of the bandana, it unravels, causing Steele fall down a cliff.

Thinking Steele is dead, Balto leads the sled team away as their new lead dog, but Steele is not dead, as a way of getting back, he messes up all of Balto's marks, causing the sled team too go the wrong direction, Balto and the team end up sliding down a cliff that leads too a sheer drop into a gorge, Balto catches hold of a branch, but not before the antitoxin box begins to fall off the edge, in a desperate effort  Balto jumps forward and catches it, but the ice under him gives way, dropping him into the gorge with the box of antitoxin.

All the sled dogs think Balto is dead, and without a leader, are unable to go anywhere. At the bottom of the cliff. Balto awakes to find himself still alive, but assuming he has failed he covers his face and lays motionless, but not before seeing a great white wolf standing in front of him, he watches as the wolf begins to howl, but looks away, its then that he notices the unharmed crate of antitoxin, laying in a snow drift, shocked he looks up to see the ridge where he fell. It is then he hears Boris' words earlier that a dog cannot make the journey alone but maybe a wolf can. Realizing the half wolf heritage in him, he turns around and gazes at the wolf's paw print, he puts his paw on the wolf's track, and is amazed to see that his paw print and the wolf's are identical, then filled with new found determination, he lets out a long howl, the wolf appears and and joins him. Balto takes the antitoxin and carries it up the cliff, the dogs continue to run till a unlucky sneeze by Star, sets off an avalanche, the team only manages to escape by ducking into a cave, Balto leads them through the cave, then notices that the roof of the cave is covered in stalactites, he warns the other dogs to be quiet, but the sled hits a bump, and makes a loud noise triggering a fall of stalactites, they manage to avoid the stalactites, and get out of the cave alive. Back in Nome, Jenna waits at Rosy's bedside, just then Balto comes into view with the antitoxin, Jenna barks with joy and all the humans race out too see what's going on, Balto runs into town with the rest of the team, with many congratulations, Balto is hailed a hero, and Jenna becomes his mate.

Balto II: Wolf Quest
In the second film, Balto is Jenna's mate/Husband. The film beginning with Balto having a terrible nightmare that he seems to have been having for days, he dreams he is running across a great ice lake, with a raven following him, he sees a wall of ice emerge in front of him, he turns around and runs back, stopped dead by a pack of wolves, just before Boris splashes him with water, he wakes up coughing and sputtering, Boris complains that the dream keeps him from sleeping peacefully, Balto insists that its just a dream, but Boris, keeps telling him it means something if he has it over and over again, Balto gets up and walks over to Nome, on the way he observes a large totem pole, with the Raven, like in his dream on it, as well as a Wolverine, Grizzly bear, Red fox, Gray wolf, Boris says he thinks the Raven on the Totem pole has something to do with the Raven in his dreams, Balto says that it doesn't, and that the humans carve totem poles to tell stories, but Boris keeps on saying that it means something, to which Balto responds, "Look, all I know is that the Totem pole marks the quickest route to Jenna's." When they enter Nome, they are waylaid by a little dog who spins in circles making Boris dizzy, yelling "The stork has landed," after hearing this, Balto is alarmed and races to the shed where Jenna is nursing her newborn pups, Balto enters nervously and looks down at his children, before remarking "Their beautiful," Jenna agrees. Later it shows Balto turning in his sleep, it shows he is dreaming again - he is running across the ice with the Raven close behind, as he runs he turns to see Jenna standing by the shed calling out to him, but there is a light so bright that he can't see her face, he is confused and turns and starts running toward her, but before he can get there he awakes to find himself in his own wrecked boat.

He hears Jenna calling and looks over the side of the boat where Jenna is waiting on the beach with the pups, "Good morning sleepyhead," she says, "Did you forget about watching the pups today?", Balto says he would never forget, and jumps down to say hello to the pups, who greet him with joy, as the pups go off to play with Boris, Jenna reminds Balto that the pups are going to be adopted the next day, Balto is disappointed, and wishes they didn't need to be adopted, when adoption day comes, Aleu isn't taken due to her wolf-like appearance, Balto and Jenna refuse the truth that their daughter will never be adopted, they believe that someday a human will take her, though they know in their hearts that it isn't true. As Aleu grows they keep her hope's up by telling her that she is going to be adopted, but when she is playing with Muk & Luk almost a year later she wonders off and almost gets shot by a hunter. Balto saves her from any harm by wrestling the gun out of the hunters hands. Aleu asks him why he attacked the human, and Balto tells her that the hunter had tried to kill her because she resembles a wolf perfectly. Aleu is shocked at discovering she is part wolf and runs away. Balto suspects she will get over it, but Aleu isn't so sure. Then Balto has another dream, this time he sees a herd of Caribou, running across the ocean on an ice bridge, and hears the voice of his mother telling him about the Totem animals, he is woken up the next morning by Muk & Luk, who are looking for Aleu, when she is nowhere to be found, Balto goes to see if she is with Jenna, discovering that she isn't, he picks up her trail on the beach, and follows it into the wilderness, after which he is shortly followed by a Raven, who leads him to cross a log, on the log he meets a Fox, the Fox tricks him into falling in the river by telling him that she will help him find Aleu, Balto swims but is carried away in the current, later he is found unconscious by Boris and Muk & Luk, after waking up, Balto finds Aleu's scent, and follows it, but is waylaid by some Wolverines, who mock him and make fun of him, they insist that Balto is scared of them, and Balto admits that he is scared, but not of them. He tells them that he is afraid for Aleu, the Wolverines tell him to stop following the Raven before disappearing mysteriously, Balto continues to follow the Raven, and comes across Aleu just in time to save her from a bear. But Aleu refuses to come back to Nome, due to an encounter with her spirit guide Muru, a kindly field mouse, telling her she has to find who she is, Balto encourages her to come home only to be further refused, seeing that his daughter will not come home, he insists that he's coming with her, to which, she happily agrees, Balto smells salt water, telling him that they are near the ocean, and they decide to see it, when they reach it, they are attacked by four wolves who try to kill them, but the wolf's pack arrives, and stops them, the pack is led by a elderly wolf by the name of Nava, his pack is faithful to him, but his leadership is challenged by a wolf named Niju, one of the wolves that attacked Aleu and Balto. Niju is trying to encourage the pack to steal food from other animal clans in the forest, however, Nava says that they should not, it is this way that Aleu and Balto find out that the pack is starving, due to the Caribou leaving and crossing the ice over to Russia, the wolves can not follow, just as in Balto's dream, Aleu says that they should help them, and that they are meant to, and that all this was meant to be, but Balto says no, and tells Aleu that despite his dreams, the whole ordeal has gone to far, and that they will leave in the morning, but when morning comes Balto decides that Aleu was right, and that he should help them, because he is the only one that can lead them to find the Caribou, he decides this just in time to stop Niju from leading the pack into stealing, Niju insists on fighting, but is stopped when the pack sees an ice bridge forming over the ocean, at first they are confused, but Aleu explains that last winter the Caribou crossed an ice bridge to land in Russia, and now that bridge is forming again, and that if the pack is to survive. They must cross the ice bridge and get to Russia, where the Caribou are, the pack sees she is right, and decides to let Balto lead them across, to which he agrees. The pack begins to cross, but Niju, being afraid of change, refuses to go, as the pack is crossing. The section of ice Nava is on breaks off and begins to float away.

Aleu seeing that Nava is in trouble takes a leap and manages to hold on to the edge of the ice. Nava tries to help Aleu, but is not strong enough, the piece of ice that Aleu is holding on to is heading toward the shore, Aleu scrambles madly but can't get up and is smashed against another piece of ice by the shore, forcing her underwater, for a few intense seconds she gets stuck underwater, but eventually resurfaces, and climbs onto the ice where Nava is. But the problem remains, Aleu and Nava are trapped on the piece of ice that is headed back to the shore. Aleu could make the swim, but Nava is too old for anything physically strenuous. With a swim that far, he'd never make it. Aleu calls out to Balto telling him to lead the pack on, and that she will find a way to get her and Nava back to the pack. Balto leads the pack on, leaving Aleu alone with Nava. Just then, Niju appears, intending to kill Nava and Aleu and become the new pack leader. He easily knocks Nava down, but Aleu attacks and wrestles Niju to the ground in defense of Nava. Niju quickly throws her off, and pins her down, but Balto appears and yells "Niju! Leave her be!" Niju releases her. Aleu tells Balto that he should not be there, and should be leading the pack across, Balto says that he will, as soon as he takes care of Niju, but the ice that the pack is on is floating away to the other side, and they will never make it across without a leader. Balto tells Niju that if he wanted to be a leader, this is his chance. But Niju's is stubborn nature gets the better of him. He refuses to go, and he is so busy talking that he doesn't see the patch of cracked ice. When he and steps on it, he falls through, and surfaces on the shore.

Balto knows Nava won't be able to swim to the pack, so he decides to do it, but Aleu says that he shouldn't. She insists that he does not belong there and insists he belongs with Jenna and Boris. Aleu realizes that this where she truly belongs in the world, a proud and noble leader of her own wolf pack. Balto sadly agrees, and says a emotional goodbye to his daughter, who turns and swims to the pack, as their new leader. Balto watches as Aleu and the other wolves make their way to the other side, and disappear on the horizon. Balto knows that Aleu is leaving, perhaps forever, but he also knows she has finally found somewhere she belongs in the world. Though he will miss her, he knows she will be happy with her new life. He turns and walks onto the shore, where Nava is waiting for him. Nava tells Balto that Aleu has found her home, and that she will be a great leader. But now it is time for him to go home. Nava bids Balto a noble goodbye and leaves to find Niju. As Nava runs off, Balto turns to see Aniu, a great white wolf that appeared from nowhere. Aniu reveals itself to be Balto's mother, and has also the Raven that's been guiding the quest the whole time. She lets out a howl, and disappears in a cloud of white fog, leaving Balto on his own. Balto bids his mother a goodbye as well and slowly walks away, making his way back toward Nome.

Balto III: Wings of Change
Balto is seen on a mountain top along with Jenna waiting for a bi-plane which Balto is intrigued by. As the plane flies over him is amazed and wishes he could fly like a plane. One of Balto's sons Kodi lives a career of being part of the mail dog sled team with Mr. Simpson; who's in charge of delivering the US mail to Nome. That soon becomes questioned when the bi-plane lands and Balto meets its pilot, Duke, who is proposing on delivering the mail in his plane instead of the dogs, claiming that his plane is more reliable and efficiant than the dog sled team. Kodi and the other sled dogs (and just about every other dog in Nome) are stressed to hear this, so the team asks Balto to lead them in a race organized to decide who will be delivering the mail to Nome, the dogs or Duke. The dogs enlist Balto on being their team leader because they know all about his fame for saving Nome from the Dysphoria scare back in 22. instead of being honored to be their leader, Balto is stressed. He's seen what the bi-plane is capable of and he thinks there might be no chance in beating it, and neither does Boris (no surprise there). Balto go seeks Jenna for advice. He's not afraid of losing the race, but he is afraid of losing his image and his respect. If they do lose, he doesn't want his son, Kodi to see him as a failure. Kodi knows Balto as the greatest American dog hero in recorded history, and Balto doesn't want to disappoint his son; who wants to be just like him. Jenna sings to Balto and tells him that he doesn't have to be Kodi's hero, he just has to be there for him. Ever since he was a pup, he was never good at keeping up with his brothers and sisters when they were running on the beach. Balto was always there to give him the motivation he needed to succeed and be fast. If it wasn't for Balto's encouragement, Kodi never would have gained the confidence to become a mail dog. Balto's stress finally melted away when he realized that he never had to be a hero, just a good leader. On the night before the race, Balto walks over towards the bi-plane to check it out, and Duke suddenly arrives. Balto tries hiding from him under the wing, but Duke sees his reflection in the window. At first, Balto is shy, but Duke presents him with jerky and shows him that he likes him. Duke tells Balto how amazing it is to fly "soaring high above the clouds", and the two become friends. On the day of the race, the dogs start gearing up to beat the bi-plane. A guy fires a starting pistol and everyone starts running fast. The dog team gets a head start because Duke's engine took a minute to get going. As Balto races and guides the team on their relay from Nome to White Mountain, they notice that the plane has already beaten them and they were only halfway there. The team thinks it's all over, but thanks to Balto's "never quit without a reason" attitude, the team speeds up. Just as the team gets the mail from White Mountain and makes it halfway back to Nome, a snow storm begins to pick up. With Balto's help however, the team perseveres through the storm (Kind of like how Balto did in the first adventure) and beats the plane to Nome, saving the dog's jobs. While the dogs celebrate on the beach, Balto is still unsure about the fate of the mail dogs. He believes that the day of the deliveries by plane is coming. Kodi refuses to believe him and joins the rest of the dogs. However, what Balto's real concern is, what could be taking the bi-plane so long to return.

Relationships
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Jenna
"Won't be the first time!"

- Balto to Jenna

When Balto first saw Jenna he started to have a crush on her, Balto would befriend Jenna as he'll try to help her in anyway possible but he had doubts about them ever being together due to his wolf-side as he has feelings for Jenna but she might change about it. As Balto saw Jenna looking through a window he wanted to ask her out but when he saw her upset he decide to helped Jenna to find out was wrong with Rosy. He asks her to follow him and takes her to the boiling room and under the hospital and once they're under there he shows her a trick with the broken bottles and impresses her. When Jenna found out what was wrong with Rosy she gets sadden but she thanks Balto for knowing the answer to her peoblems. As Balto help her, Jenna would trick Steele, also stand up for Balto whenever Steele tries to threaten him.

But their feelings would grow closer as Balto would risk his own live to save Rosy which would lead to Jenna risking her life to save Balto from a bear as she can see that Balto cares about Rosy which would give Jenna a reason why she'll care about Balto. When he was rescued under the ice he tells Boris to take her home and Jenna was worried about him go alone but Balto assures that he'll be fine. When Jenna gives Balto his scarf she nuzzles Balto's neck and fur and they both lock eyes for a moment and nuzzles with each other but they would be interrupted when Nuk was crying. Balto promises Jenna that he'll come back, later, Balto lost hope in saving Rosy and failed Jenna but he'll be encourage by a white wolf. Once Balto made it back he was happy and to see Rosy well and happy to see Jenna!

After the events, they would get married and have puppies. They be happy with each other for making their own off-springs and they would take their turn taking care of them, Balto would take them far away so they can run. Jenna would tell him that she wants the pups to have owners in a young age as how her mom did. He would be sadden to let them go as same with Jenna. They would both would feel worried if one of their pups ran away, Balto promises Jenna that he'll bring their pup back.

When Balto discovered something, he would share it with Jenna as they would both be surprised to find a flying object made out of metal. Later, Balto would tell Jenna his problems to keep Kodi's job and he trusts to tell his problems to her as Jenna would always support him no matter what. He then tells her that he's going to try to save Duke, when he comes back he'll be again be reunited with Jenna.

Rosy
When they first met with Jenna, Rosy never was hostile to Balto. She'll even offer Balto to join their team but her dad doesn't share the same feelings about Balto. But when Rosy got sick, Balto would try anything to save her life if that means putting his life on the line. When Balto fell from the cliff, he escapes himself from being buried under the snow and then Balto lost all hope in saving Rosy and failed Jenna but he'll be encourage by a white wolf use his wolf-side and after all the journey, Balto made it back with the medicine, he'll be happy and to see Rosy well and happy to see Jenna!

Even when he's married to Jenna, he still spends time with Rosy and her family.

Rosy's Parents
Unlike Rosy, her parents were hostile to Balto due to his wolf appearance. They've would also get more hostile if Balto got close to Rosy. They seems to be hostile towards him because of it, however, it's unknown what they think about Jenna being into him but since Balto ends up saving Rosy's life, Her parents would have a change of heart on Balto and now let them get close to Rosy.

Steele
"Leave him outta this!"

- Balto to Steele

Balto and Steele are rivals. balto has hatred for Steele because he mocked him for his wolf appearance and also been threaten by him because of jealousy. When Balto sees him trying to take Jenna away from him he tries to get him away but when Jenna was flirting with him, he thought Jenna was into him till Jenna reveal his attention he glad to see her not into him. When he tries to enter the sled dogs, he'll be deeply rejected by Steele and be disqualified, When he finds out that Steele was lost, he tries to save him even after all what he did to him but Balto would help Steele to bring them back home but Steele would deeply rejects his help and wouldn't even care if he made Balto to get lost.

Star, Nikki and Kaltag
Al tho they hardly interact with them without Steele. They would mock Balto because they either don't want to have troubles with Steele. Unlike Steele, Star has sympathy for Balto, while Kaltag would warn Balto about Steele and Nikki would berate Steele behind his back. They would happily let Balto be their sled-dog member and appreciate his bravery and heroic actions.

Boris
Boris is Balto's father-figure. Sometimes he'll convince him to go into town, he also likes playing with him. but Boris was there for him. When Steele bullies him, he tells him he's not apart of this, later, when he had a crush on Jenna he wanted to ask her but he was nervous of the possible results but Boris gave him motivation and hope that his "half-and-half" can presumably attract her as he wished he was half eagle. Boris would watch him enter the race and cheer for him, when Balto was looking for Steele, Boris would assest him in his dangerious adventure but if he was in danger Balto would protect Boris from danger even if it means putting his life in the line. when Boris tells Muk & Luk to go home and be careful, he asks him to follow them since they seem to need his help more. Boris tells Balto to safe, Once Bato came back with the medicine, he'll be happily reunited with him.

When Balto had his off-spring, he be worried about Aleu do to her take more features from him, Boris was worried with as well, when no one wanted Aleu, Boris would help Balto take care of her with him even if she also gets her life taken away from a Hunter. Soon, when Boris finds him in the forest, he wants him to tell Jenna that he'll come back with their daughter.

After the event, Balto would be told by him that he likes a female goose but he was afraid to tell her that he is afraid fly, Balto tries him overcome his fear but always never seems to work. Later, when he realize that Duke was lost, he remembers that Boris was in the plane also so he also heads there to help him.

Muk & Luk
Unlike Boris, Balto treats them nicely and doesn't talk to them in a rude manner. He doesn't mind nor isn't annoyed if they hang out with him but if they are in danger, he would try to protect them. After the bear, Balto be happy for them for learning to swim and save his life along the way but when he tries to find Steele alone he witness Nuk crying because of it, but once Bato came back with the medicine, he'll be happily reunited with them.

Even when Aleu wasn't adoptive, they would play with her and also protect her from a Hunter, later Boris tries to find him with Balto but he asks to go back since it's his problem to get Aleu.

When Balto overheard Muk & Luk's claim, he then remembers that the plane hit in to forest was Duke and Boris so he heads there with them to rescue both of them, after all the various obstacles, they finally reach them and Balto asks them to head home and he'll bring Duke back.

White Wolf
Balto doesn't seem to know him as much but he was encourage to use his wolf-side.

His mom
Balto was with her when he was a pup, until he was separated, he didn't know her as much but was shocked to notice that she was there to remember he was his mother.

His pups
Balto was happy with Jenna making their own and cares about his pups along with Jenna, he would also let Jenna take a break so he can take care of pups. One day, Jenna told Balto she wanted to give the pups owners before they're full grown, Balto didn't wanted that but he had agree on it for the better of their future as they would have a hard time finding owners when they're full grown. He'll be sad to give them away with Jenna.

Aleu
Aleu is Balto's daughter and he was worried about Aleu's wolf-side, he was also assuming that no one would want her because of that. Balto becomes worried more as a Hunter almost ended up shooting her. He had to tell her the truth about why she was gonna get shot and would cuase her to run away. he would try to bring her back home but he would end up facing various things till he finds her. Aleu would want to stay with the pack to guide them and Balto was sadden about leaving her again as he feels alone with his wolf-side again. Aleu insures him that she'll always be with him, even if she's not there. This would be the last time he will see her.

Nava
Unlike Niju, Nava was more welcoming them but Nava knows that Balto was the choosing leader to lead the pack but Balto would be surprised to hear this but he isn't accepting it as he mainly lead sled-dogs than wolves but he would stand on his side if Niju gains a lot of the pack members on his side.

Niju
Unlike Nava, Niju was more hostile towards them and even doubting that Balto is worthy to lead the pack but after all that, Balto isn't scared of him and would even fight him.

Nuk, Yak and Sumac
Balto doesn't see anything different from Niju but they both would change their minds on Balto.

Kodi
Kodi is Balto's son and he would support Kodi in anyway, he cared about his son's future and would try to save it. He knows that Kodi meant a lot to him as Kodi knows he once saved the town, Balto would not try to disappoint him. When he was young he teaches him how to run properly till Kodi manages to outrun him, but they would have a drama after they won the race as Balto was worried about Duke and believing that they would've lost but this would cause Kodi to have a bit of hatred towards his father. When Balto ask Kodi and his team for help they reject him and he realizes how his job his turning him, Kodi would later change his mind when his mother convinces him why he should rescue him. Then Balto would've been saved by Kodi and would be proud of him for doing so.

Dusty, Ralph and Kirby
Even when they hardly interacted, Balto respects them. He would help them keep their jobs but they would change their perspective when they would revise to help Balto save Duke, Balto was seeeing how their jobs are turning them but they'll change their minds in the end.

Stella
He can see how much she means to Boris and tries not to interfere their relationship. After Stella tells Balto that she's worried about him getting lot, Balto would with her and save his father-figure.

Duke
Duke is the only adult human that hasn't been hostile to Balto! Balto was curious about the plane he discovered and he would come across him along the way. Duke would give Balto a brief note about the plane and how it works. As Balto was racing Duke got lost and would crash to the forest. Balto didn't wanted him to die but he couldn't have anyone side with him to go (except Jenna) Balto would find Duke and he'll try to save him but he would've failed without help. Balto then saves Duke's life (with the help of Kodi, Dusty, Ralph and Kirby).}}

Trivia

 * Simon Wells (director of Balto not the sequels) originally intended his parents to be a unnamed wolf father and a unnamed sled-dog husky mother solely on 'Balto,' however, this was changed due to the NONE of the original makers of Balto laying their hands on the sequels.
 * The real-life Balto was a purebred Siberian Husky who was raised in a shelter that being trained to be a sled dog, not an outcast half-wolf street dog as he is portrayed in the films.
 * Mushers in real-life would not allow their sled dogs to mate with wolves.
 * Balto was neutered in real life even though mating was allowed between dogs and wolves. It wouldn't have been possible for 6 puppies to be born.
 * In real life, Balto was black (later turned dark brown when he moved to the states with his owner) with white "socks". In the movie, he is grey-brown like an actual wolf.
 * According to the director of Balto, the White Wolf is the father spirit of Balto's wolf side not his mother.
 * Balto had an alternate design during the making, but it was changed by unknown reasons.
 * Jenna, Star and Doc never seemed to be hostile to him because of his wolf-side.
 * Balto was the only animated canine character that Kevin Bacon voiced.
 * During the making, there was probably gonna have a 'Balto vs Steele' sequence near the end of the movie where Balto would've actually fight Steele physically. However, there's no answers regarding this.
 * Balto along with Jenna are the only characters that had their own Plushes!
 * In the third film when Balto told Kodi that the bi-plane's day was coming, that foreshadowed the fact that deliveries had begun by plane since all 3 of the films take place in Nome, Alaska during the date of the diphtheria scare, which is the 1920s.

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