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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The soundtrack is done by James Horner, and deserves ''far'' more attention than it did. Just try and listen to "Heritage Of The Wolf"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbEZpfnejk&feature=related]] or [[ "Balto Brings The Medicine!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZf4c6l_2s&feature=channel&list=UL]] without choking up.

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The soundtrack is done by James Horner, and deserves ''far'' far more attention than it did. Just try and listen to "Heritage Of The Wolf"http://www.Wolf" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbEZpfnejk&feature=related]] or [[ "Balto Brings The Medicine!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZf4c6l_2s&feature=channel&list=UL]] without choking up.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The soundtrack is done by James Horner, and deserves ''far'' more attention than it did. Just try and listen to "Heritage Of The Wolf"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbEZpfnejk&feature=related]] or [[ "Balto Brings The Medicine!" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZf4c6l_2s&feature=channel&list=UL]] without choking up.
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** The little coffins. Granted, no one is actually dead yet, but that was such a horrible sight. To make it worse, the man making them is the same carpenter that made a sled for Rosie and was so delighted to see how happy it made her. Just thinking about how he must feel knowing she and so many other children might be buried soon and he's the one building the caskets...

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** The From the first movie: the little coffins. Granted, no one is actually dead yet, but that was such a horrible sight. To make it worse, the man making them is the same carpenter that made a sled for Rosie and was so delighted to see how happy it made her. Just thinking about how he must feel knowing she and so many other children might be buried soon and he's the one building the caskets...
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** The little coffins. Granted, no one is actually dead yet, but that was such a horrible sight. To make it worse, the man making them is the same carpenter that made a sled for Rosie and was so delighted to see how happy it made her. Just thinking about how he must feel knowing she and so many other children might be buried soon and he's the one building the caskets...
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*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids.

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*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids.



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Star from the first movie. Sadly, he wasn't in the sequels. Same goes for Kaltag and Dixie as well.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: EnsembleDarkHorse: Star from the first movie. Sadly, he wasn't in the sequels. Same goes for Kaltag and Dixie as well.



* FanPreferredCouple: Despite WordOfGod saying they wanted Dusty and Ralph to be the OfficialCouple, most fans prefer to pair Dusty with Kodi instead.

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* FanPreferredCouple: Despite WordOfGod saying they wanted Dusty and Ralph to be the OfficialCouple, most fans prefer to pair Dusty with Kodi instead.



* GeniusBonus: Boris once compares Balto, Muk, and Luk's issues to [[FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevsky novels]].

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* GeniusBonus: Boris once compares Balto, Muk, and Luk's issues to [[FyodorDostoevsky [[Creator/FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevsky novels]].
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** It...doesn't sound feminine?

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** It...doesn't sound feminine?feminine?
*TheWoobie: Star from the first movie. It's impossible not to just want to hug him after Kaltag keeps hurting him.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The fight with the giant grizzly is actually pretty violent.

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: The fight with the giant grizzly is actually pretty violent.



*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids. *shiver*

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*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids. *shiver*
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* FanPreferredCouple: Despite WordOfGod saying they wanted Dusty and Ralph to be the OfficialCouple, most fans prefer to pair Dusty with Kodi instead.
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* FridgeLogic: Various townspeople are afraid of or mistrust Balto because he's part wolf, and yet the two ''polar bears'' that run into the middle of town in the end don't alarm anyone?
** One assumes the townspeople would have more of a reaction had they been adult polar bears as opposed to less than half-grown cubs.
*** They did not notice the wolf-dog getting a noggie from a goose. We can apply no logic here.
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*IronWoobie: Balto pretty much is this trope.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Come on! Just listen to Muru's voice and tell me it DOESN'T sound feminine!

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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Come on! Just listen to Muru's voice and tell me it DOESN'T sound feminine!feminine!
** It...doesn't sound feminine?
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*MemeticMutation: Pretty much anything that Star says, really.
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* TearJerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.

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* TearJerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.heartstrings.
*ViewerGenderConfusion: Come on! Just listen to Muru's voice and tell me it DOESN'T sound feminine!

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The fight with the giant grizzly is actually pretty violent.
** Also NightmareFuel in that it was ''Diptheria'' that the kids had. Diptheria is actually pretty scary.
*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids. *shiver*
** The almost etheral white wolf showing up out of nowhere after Balto falls off a cliff, [[HeroicSecondWind until you realize it's there for another reason]].
** Steele after his VillainousBreakdown. He goes feral and completely insane. His breakdown is almost as scary as [[TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan]]'s!



* NightmareFuel: The fight with the giant grizzly is actually pretty violent.
** Also NightmareFuel in that it was ''Diptheria'' that the kids had. Diptheria is actually pretty scary.
*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids. *shiver*
** The almost etheral white wolf showing up out of nowhere after Balto falls off a cliff, [[HeroicSecondWind until you realize it's there for another reason]]
** Steele after his VillainousBreakdown. He goes feral and completely insane. His breakdown is almost as scary as [[TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan's]]!

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The moment Balto accepts his wolf heritage and lets out a mighty howl, joined by a magnificent white wolf.
** Who, if the sequels are to be believed, is his mother.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The moment Balto sees Jenna's rainbow beacon guiding his team home and lets out a triumphant howl, knowing he's made it back in time.
** Balto and Aleu making amends at the end of ''Wolf Quest''. Doubles as a TearJerker.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Keep the film's story in mind and just try to listen to "Reach for the Light" without tearing up.
** The music for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC9VKTcJZ4 the White Wolf scene]] is CrowningMusicOfAwesome metaphorically turned UpToEleven.
** Many of the songs in the sequels are actually pretty good, but Jenna's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL1WDI8OAvs You Don't Have To Be A Hero]]'' stands out.



* GeniusBonus: Boris once compares Balto, Muk, and Luk's issues to [[FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevsky novels]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Steele is an arrogant blowhard, but when he deliberately sabotages Balto's team efforts to reach Nome and thus endangers not only them, but the dying children who desperately need the medicine being delivered simply because he was embarrassed by Balto trying to help his team and then forced to take it over as a last resort, he sails over the line into '''''evil'''''.

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* GeniusBonus: Boris once compares Balto, Muk, and Luk's issues to [[FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevsky novels]].
novels]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Steele is an arrogant blowhard, but when he deliberately sabotages Balto's team efforts to reach Nome and thus endangers not only them, but the dying children who desperately need the medicine being delivered simply because he was embarrassed by Balto trying to help his team and then forced to take it over as a last resort, he sails over the line into '''''evil'''''.



** Also NightmareFuel in that it was ''Diptheria'' that the kids had. Diptheria is actually pretty scary.

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** Also NightmareFuel in that it was ''Diptheria'' that the kids had. Diptheria is actually pretty scary.



* TearJerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.





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* TearJerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.




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** Balto and Aleu making amends at the end of ''Wolf Quest''. Doubles as a TearJerker.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Stella's song, "Come Fly With Me" in ''Wings Of Change'' certainly qualifies. Including sudden change in lighting and even background singers and dancers coming out of nowhere! Most of the songs are portrayed realistically (except Muru's in ''Wolf Quest'', but he's a spirit so its justified), her's...not so much...


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* TheScrappy: Stella isn't all that well liked. Doesn't help she has the only song in the series that counts as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Steele and Niju, despite being the BigBad of their respective movies, are quite popular with the fanbase. Niju has the excuse of just being afraid of losing his home, Steele is a bit harder to justify. Still, doesn't stop plenty of fanfiction and fanart showing Steele performing a HeelFaceTurn and [[FoeYay Niju paired with Aleu]].
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* BrokenBase: The fan base is divided over how good the sequels are and if they're worth watching. However, most do agree that as far as animated sequels go, they're better than most.
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** Many of the songs in the sequels are actually pretty good, but Jenna's ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL1WDI8OAvs You Don't Have To Be A Hero]]'' stands out.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.





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* {{Tearjerker}}: TearJerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.




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** Steele after his VillainousBreakdown. He goes feral and completely insane. His breakdown is almost as scary as [[TheGreatMouseDetective Ratigan's]]!
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* Tearjerker: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.





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* Tearjerker: {{Tearjerker}}: Say what you will about ''Wolf Quest.'' The ending, where Balto and Aleu part ways over an instrumental "Someone Who Loves You", tugs on the heartstrings.




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** The almost etheral white wolf showing up out of nowhere after Balto falls off a cliff, [[HeroicSecondWind until you realize it's there for another reason]]
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\n\n\n* ShipToShipCombat: Dear God, the fight between those who pair Balto's son Kodi with Dusty (who already has a love interest, according to the director of the second sequel and to her interactions with Ralph) or [[HoYay with Kirby]] is still going on!




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\n\n* MoralEventHorizon: Steele is an arrogant blowhard, but when he deliberately sabotages Balto's team efforts to reach Nome and thus endangers not only them, but the dying children who desperately need the medicine being delivered simply because he was embarrassed by Balto trying to help his team and then forced to take it over as a last resort, he sails over the line into '''''evil'''''.
* NightmareFuel: The fight with the giant grizzly is actually pretty violent.
** Also NightmareFuel in that it was ''Diptheria'' that the kids had. Diptheria is actually pretty scary.
*** The closeup of the coffins the carpenter is building for the kids. *shiver*



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\n* GeniusBonus: Boris once compares Balto, Muk, and Luk's issues to [[FyodorDostoevsky Dostoevsky novels]].


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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Star from the first movie. Sadly, he wasn't in the sequels. Same goes for Kaltag and Dixie as well.
** Besides Kodi and Aleu, Balto and Jenna also had other puppies (named Dingo and Saba in the credits); we only see them like in two minutes of the second sequel (there's not even any consensus on which of the puppies is supposed to be who!), and yet they are very popular in the fan base.

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The moment Balto accepts his wolf heritage and lets out a mighty howl, joined by a magnificent white wolf.
** Who, if the sequels are to be believed, is his mother.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The moment Balto sees Jenna's rainbow beacon guiding his team home and lets out a triumphant howl, knowing he's made it back in time.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Keep the film's story in mind and just try to listen to "Reach for the Light" without tearing up.
** The music for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC9VKTcJZ4 the White Wolf scene]] is CrowningMusicOfAwesome metaphorically turned UpToEleven.

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