…And That Little Girl Was Me: The Framing Device for the movie is a grandmother telling her granddaughter the story of Balto while searching for Balto's statue in Central Park.They also accidentally bump noses a couple of times, and it's treated like an Accidental Kiss. Alternate Animal Affection: Balto takes a page out of The Lion King (1994)'s book and has Balto and Jenna nuzzle the other's neck as a substitute for a hug or a kiss.A local pack surveys Balto from a hilltop, howls cordially, and seems interested in him, but Balto turns away. Most of the local dogs (with Steele as the ringleader), as well as the humans, have a very low opinion of Balto, because he's part wolf.All Animals Are Dogs: Luk and Muk dispense licks to Balto and Boris at several points in the movie.Adapted Out: The husky Togo was lead sled dog in the actual event, but is nowhere in the movie.Adaptation Dye-Job: The real Balto had black fur, not grey.
Adaptation Species Change: Balto being a wolf-dog hybrid was invented for the film.When she eventually shows up, it's by attacking a bear to protect Balto. When she realizes Balto set out to find the lost sled team, she follows. In the third film it's finally explained that he is a literal acrophobic bird. Acrophobic Bird: Boris is rarely seen flying, even when it would be helpful to do so.It spawned two Direct to Video sequels: Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) and Balto III: Wings of Change (2004). He's accompanied by a Russian goose named Boris (voiced by Bob Hoskins), a female Husky named Jenna (voiced by Bridget Fonda), and two hydrophobic polar bears named Luk and Muk (voiced by Phil Collins). When the capable but completely self-absorbed lead dog, Steele (voiced by Jim Cummings), gets his team lost, saving the town falls on the shoulders (so to speak) of a wolf-dog hybrid named Balto (voiced by Kevin Bacon). The only way to get life-saving medicine to the remote town is through a team of sled dogs. The plot involves a large number of children in Nome, Alaska who are sick with diphtheria. Schulman and the story by Ruby and Lesser. It is directed by Simon Wells with the screenplay by Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, David Steven Cohen and Roger S. It was the third and final feature produced by Spielberg's animation studio, Amblimation. Balto is a 1995 animated movie produced by Steven Spielberg, based loosely on the 1925 serum run to Nome.
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