#balto 2 wolf quest

[romancemedia]

Classic Animated Movies about Dogs

[mirtash]

my favorite wolf doggy girl Aleu! she was a huge inspiration to me as I grew

I still love her so so much

[tuherrus]

fanart of an obscure animated straight-to-video sequel is what you all wanted right

[waeirfaahl]

Balto's unnamed siblings

Although I many times covered the most morbid element of the sequel (also small addition here), I want to pay attention to the aspect most likely nobody ever noticed. The question is simple — does Balto have any siblings? Like, in the sequel's canon, his mother is the white wolf goddess, while his father is an unknown stray mongrel, who mates and then never even knows about possible pups. Since Balto's stray dog father was described by the writer as "He's like a human father, who begets a child and then never even knows it", there's a huge possibility that this stray mongrel impregnated many stray and even domestic female dogs, so Balto most likely has lots of half-siblings, who are pure dogs. While his father is unaware that he had pup with a wolf. A wolf deity...

The sequel states pretty clearly that Balto was the only pup the litter, he has no wolfdog siblings, he was the only half-breed pup Aniu had with this random stray dog. Yes, you can agrue that Balto said "My dad was a husky, who... had pups with a wolf", but this "had pups with" is just a soften and more family-friendly version of "impregnated/begat/mated with". It doesn't confirm that Balto had siblings, because later Balto never mentions his brothers and sisters, he mentions only his wolf mother, i.e. he never had a father and lived only with his mother, there's no siblings, no grandparents, no wolf pack. Plus, if Balto had wolfdog siblings, Aniu could easily ignore Balto and Aleu and make either Balto's brother/sister or already their pup, not Balto's, to be the chosen one from the prophecy (even Nava firstly would discover exactly them, not Balto and/or Aleu as the ones who fit to the prophecy). So, yes, Balto was the only Aniu's pup.

Or not? Well, Balto was the only wolfdog pup Aniu gave birth to. According to the writer of the sequel, in the long past Aniu was a regular grey wolf (i.e. she looked like Balto in the sequel, except of the eye shape and darker ears — big eyes and darker ears Balto inherited from a dog for sure), she had pups and a pack and loved them. That means, as a mortal wolf she had a wolf mate. And only after her death Aniu became the white wolf goddess and a part of the Great Spirit, mated with the random stray dog, gave birth to Balto (as a half-spirit in fact) and raised him alone until he accidentally got lost and was adopted by Boris. Simply saying, Balto also had half-siblings, who are pure wolves.

Yep, Balto is the only half-breed, while his siblings are pure wolves and pure dogs...

At least, he is the only half-spirit. What the irony...

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This is my first time shading an animation in FireAlpaca so sorry if it looks rough.

[straysketches]

“Aleu looks more like a wolf than me...”

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[happyorangehound]

So, after doing her twin, I had the sudden urge to do Aleu herself. I see redesigns of her all over, to the point where there's enough to cobble together something for a "fanon" design.

For Aleu's fanon design, I simply gave her the markings she was born with (because I'm with a lot of y'all on that: why did they change?) and gave her more reddish fur that's more in tune with the colours of the original movie, which I also see a lot of. People also make her look more like her mother which... is a choice, I guess? It would certainly make the whole "looking more wolf-like than her dad" plot point a bit more problematic but, then again, most fans think that it's stupid and write it out anyway. I can't say I blame them. If it's one pup that's gonna be sought after, it's the one that most resembles the town hero.

Meanwhile, I opted to try and make this plot point make sense and have some fun with it. In my version, Aleu is actually the reincarnation of her grandmother, Aniu, which explains where she gets her weird ass magic powers from. I also added more floof. This, combined with her white fur, certainly makes her appear more wolf than Balto, who clearly took after his husky dad more than Aniu so yeah, let's work with that.

Her original design just doesn't look like a wolf, let's be real. Another thing is that no wolf pack would realistically concede to a year old wolfdog and accept her as a leader. A wolfdog that heavily resembles their respected white wolf deity, however? More believable. There we go. Fix'd. lol

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So while I DO prefer Balto 2’s canon that Balto’s mother Aniu is the white wolf from the first movie, I also thought it’d be fun to play around with a different AU idea where she isn’t (and yes iirc I’m aware that director Simon Wells said that he originally imagined that Balto’s DAD was the wolf while his mom was the working husky but didn’t confirm such) 

Hell with how Aniu is drawn in Wolf Quest's cheap DTDVD sequel animation they already look like two completely separate characters lol.

But anyway tl dr; Balto AU where Aniu and the White Wolf from the first movie are two different wolves

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It's so weird that Jenna appears in the sequels as a side character at most, when she was such a big part of the original film. Aleu doesn't even interact with her as a grown up, and never even got to say goodbye to her. AU where she visits her elder mother after spending some years with the wolf pack.

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The fuck happened to her eyes

[sticostudios]

DOG POLICE

An crossover show idea i did a while back

The shows like a mix between scooby doo and sam and max, about an independent freelance dog police force who deal with more outlandish and dangerous criminals in the city.

the character bios Dog police bios by dragonboy

Clifford: The head of the force. Tall, strong and imposing, yet a bit airheaded with a kind heart. Cares for the team like a family.

Martha: The team's communications officer and second-in-command, fluent in over a dozen languages. Firm yet caring. Isn't afraid to speak her mind. She makes sure everyone stays focused and not get into too much shenanigans.

Chase: An accomplished police puppy from Toronto, Canada. Leader of the world-famous Paw Patrol rescue team, working with the Dog Police is his "side project". Treats it with the same dedication as his main profession. Often accompanies Bluey and Rockruff so they stay out of trouble

Bluey: A puppy from Brisbane, Australia, and the youngest member of the Dog Police. Kind, innocent and playful. Loves thinking of inventive ways to solve a crime, especially if it can be made into a game. The team needs to be extra careful with her if things get dangerous.

Zoe: Expert detective with a sassy streak. Mastermind at figuring out mysteries and whodunits. Very fashion-concious. Don't mess with her hair!

Snoopy: A dog of little words, but one with a brilliant and analytic mind. Writer in his down-time. Always has his nose in a true crime book.

Aleu: A wolf-dog from Alaska. Zoe's best friend. One of the most hands-on members of the force. Not afraid to get her paws dirty. Ready for a fight even before she knows who shes fighting, though sometimes this approach gets her into trouble.

Courage: Ironically, a big coward, but a lovable one at that. Acts as the team's psychogical consultant. Trying to get over his phobias of a myriad of things. Skilled in cimputer tech and works with Dawkins to locate criminals

Elsa: The team's medic. Often seen training new recruits. Will always help out a fellow teammate or anyone injured at a crime scene. Can be egotistical at times, especially loves playing the leader when Martha or Clifford isn’t around, but always means well.

Dawkins: A Dalmatian from London, England, and just one member of a large family. The team's chief scientific advisor and tech support. Filled with knowledge despite his young age. Hes made several useful gadgets for the team at their disposal

Brian: an average joe-turned-sniffer dog from Quahog, Rhode Island. A ladies' man with a great singing voice and an expansive drinks cabinet. Can sniff out any form of contraband from blocks away. He does get annoyed with some of his teams dumb antics but does get along well with the others

Rockruff: The second-youngest of the team. A fireball of energy who brings a chaotic, upbeat energy to the team. Snarky at times, but in good means and being playful. Though he always has the feeling he's being controlled by someone.

[tuherrus]

sequel daughters

[waeirfaahl]

Balto-4 that never happened

Many years fans imagined their own version of Balto 4. Some imagined prequel about Balto's parents, some imagined adventures of other Balto's and Jenna's pups, or love story between Balto's pup and Steele's pup, and how their love stops the hatred between their parents, or the sequel of Aleu's adventures with exploration of those Inuit and Native American myths and spirits and so on. 

The original film's crew never planned to make any sequels, Balto-1 was stand-alone and concluded story (although, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser, who wrote the first version of the script of Balto-1, were aired for work on Balto-3). But what about the crew, which worked on Balto-2 and Balto-3? Well, they actually had some ideas. 

Here's the vision of Dev Ross, the writer of Balto-2:

" I would take up in the wild with Aleu. Most likely, I would have her return to her father, because she needed help. Perhaps, because of enviromental issues or that her pack had been captured or run off by humans. I was hoping to do more with [Aniu] in the film, but I wasn’t hired to do another."

Obviously, Dev's movie would expanded and explored not only Aleu's journey with the pack on the new unknown territories, on the new unpredictable land with new danger (humans, other antagonistic animals or forces of nature), and how Balto helps her, we'd obviously learn more about the wolf culture, but also the supernatural elements (spirits and their nature), which had some vague answers in the sequel, but planned to be developed and explained more in the new film and now are mentioned in interview. I think, the series in TLG (The Lion Guard) style and format could fit for her story perfectly. 

For example, how Aniu was a mortal grey wolf, who loved her wolf pups and family (her wolf pack), and how after death (in ancient times obviously) and joining in with the Great Spirit (and becoming a part of this Guardian Spirit) she became the white wolf and now is the Great Mother of all wolves, who symbolizes the call of the wild and helps to find true self. This Great Guardian Spirit was in the cave with Muru, as well as how wolves bow to Aniu as to the goddess on the top of mountain. Maybe we'd learn more about this character also.

In another interview Dev Ross also mentions about how Aleu and the pack travel in the tundra, about pups of Aleu and her wolf mate, and also about conflicts Aleu can encounter — rivalry between males and females for leadership in the pack and how in the wilderness Aleu can feel the awakening of her passive dog side in contrast to her dominant wolf side she was okay with since puppyhood, and how she has to overcome and to be okay with her dog side during interaction with humans in the wild, especially with hunters and poachers etc.

And here's the vision of Phil Weinstein, the director of Balto-2 and Balto-3:

"As far as what I’d like to see, I really like Steele from the original, so I’d like to see something with him. And I thought Aleu was a great character; I’d love to see her come back and help her father in some way. And maybe there’s even some great revenge thing with Steele, and Aleu comes back to save her dad. Or something along those lines. And that’s personally what I’d like to see, if I were in charge of handling the story. And I’d love to tie up all the loose ends, especially between the first two stories."

Here he added a bit more:

"What I really want to see is a Balto 4, Steele returns, out for revenge on Balto for ruining him, and Aleu returns to the rescue. There is something about "A daughter returns to save her father." There is something about the archetype - to me rings true. So I don't know what happened to her, but I would love to see her come back. She saves her dad, but know the dynamic is changed, because Kodi has become the Alpha, and now the sister could potentially threaten that relationship. All of those pieces seem like a good launching point for a fourth movie."

Here we see some ideas for the story, its core, but there is a lot of aspects, which have to be normally explained and have to work. Yes, there's some danger from Steele (who waited three years for revenge, I guess) and potential for intimidating villain and for awesome final battle between Balto and Steele on the mountain (I hope, not only me wanted this in the original film? in the novel Balto fought Steele in the medicine fight scene, so Steele felt fear). However, it's unknown, how Steele planned his revenge. Who'd be his henchmens, if all dogs of Nome know about his evil nature now? Niju? Very unlikely (unless Niju is his son...). And if Balto was in danger, so Aleu (where Kodi, Jenna, other pups and friends?) ran to rescue him, it really needs for Steele to have some allies. 

I hope, his demise wasn't in the Dingo Pictures style. That would be hillarious... So, that's what people, who worked on Balto 2 and 3, had in mind for the story in Balto-4. Maybe someday we will see this.

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Some refs I'm using for my Balto 2 PMV (plus a Kodi for my animations of "Balto 4: Wolf Destiny").

Aleu - Aniu (+raven form)

Balto - Kodi

Jenna - Aleu (puppy)

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Animal Families

[happyorangehound]

To go with their sibling: here's the design meme with the other unnamed pup from Balto 2: Wolf Quest.

Dakota is a pretty common name for this pup, so I opted to use the Dakota design by the same person who designed Kiona, catwhohas14tails.

For my design: I decided to make her the exact opposite of her twin in every way possible. Whereas Aleu is rugged and wild, Kiska is round and floofy. Whereas Aleu opted for a life in the wild, Kiska is a pampered housepet known as Mabel.