Balto: Wolf Quest (2001 Video)

Maurice LaMarche: Balto

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• Aleu : I knew there was something wrong with me.

  Balto : There is nothing wrong with you. You have a proud heritage.

  Aleu : Oh, sure.

  Balto : Your mother is a pure-bred husky.

  Aleu : Then what are you?

  Balto : I-I'm the one who's part wolf.

  Aleu : How could this happen?

  Balto : Look. Aleu. My dad was a husky who... had pups with a wolf.

  Aleu : Great. My grandmother was a wild animal? Did the wolf teach you how to know when a human wants to kill you?

  Balto : I was accidentally separated from her when I was young, so I never spent much time with... the wolf. I remember that she was as white as snow, and she had this warm voice that made me feel safe. Well, then Boris took me in, and, after being raised by a goose it's a wonder I don't honk instead of bark.

  Aleu : Why didn't you tell me this before?

  Balto : Because I wanted to protect you.

  Aleu : Protect me? From what? From the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal?

  Balto : Aleu.

  Aleu : And what about my brothers and sisters? They've got wolf in them, too. Why did humans want them?

  Balto : Because they don't look it,

  [sighs] 

  Balto : and you do.

  Aleu : It's not fair. I hate you!

  [jumps off the boat crying] 

  Balto : Aleu? Aleu, come back!

  Aleu : Leave me alone!

  [runs away crying] 

• Balto : Where are you?

  Fox : Where are you?

  Balto : Here. Keep talking and I'll find you.

  Aniu : A cunning trickster.

  Fox : You look disappointed.

  Balto : Sorry. Just thought you might be a raven.

  Fox : And I thought that you might be a hunter, but unlike you, I'm not disappointed. Say, I'll help you find your daughter if you'll help me out of this trap.

  Balto : How did you know I was looking for my daughter?

  Fox : The raven told me.

  Balto : What do you know about the raven?

  Fox : Much less than you, I'm sure. Now do we have a deal, or don't we?

  Balto : Yes. But no tricks.

  [takes rope off fox] 

  Balto : There. How can you help me find my daughter?

  Fox : Easy. By giving you a little push.

  [pushes Balto into the water] 

  Balto : Ahhhhh!

  [surfaces] 

  Balto : Why did you do that? Help me!

  Fox : Oh, but I did. And now you must help yourself.

  Balto : [goes underwater, then surfaces again]  Are you crazy? The current is too strong!

  Fox : Then let the current take you!

• Yak : You aren't going

  [scratches an itch] 

  Yak : nowhere!

  Aleu : [angrily]  It's "anywhere", fleabag.

  Balto : Aleu, I hardly think that this is the time to be correcting his grammar.

• Balto : Mush!

  [the wolves stare at him] 

  Balto : I-I-I mean, move out!

• Balto : This has gone too far, Aleu, and it isn't our battle.

  Aleu : But papa, I saw caribou!

  Balto : Look, this could get very dangerous. Despite my dreams or anything else, I will not put you in any danger.

  Aleu : But this isn't just about us anymore, papa. This is about something bigger. Don't you see? We're supposed to help them. I'm sorry, but whether I stay or go should be my decision.

  Balto : That wind is a sign that winter's coming early. Your mother will be worried sick. We both leave in the morning.

• Jenna : But it's their time now. Why, I was their age when I was adopted by my girl.

  Balto : But I don't think I can let them go, Jenna. Not yet.

  Jenna : Balto, each of our children have their own lives to live. It's our job to love them, and then...

  Boris : [in the background]  LET GO!

  Jenna : If we wait any longer, it will be harder for them to find homes. You know how humans have a soft spot for puppies.

  Balto : Yeah. And so do I.

• Balto : [Aniu appears to Balto, changing from a raven to a white wolf] 

  [groans] 

  Balto : Now what?

  Aniu : Only the journey home, my son.

  Balto : Aniu? You're my -

  [Aniu smiles and nods, then howls and disappears with the wind] 

  Balto : Goodbye to you, too... mother.

• Balto : Jenna.

  Jenna : Balto, what are you doing here so early? Is Aleu alright?

  Balto : I don't know. I was hoping she was with you. She's... kinda mad at me.

  Jenna : Stay there.

  [runs outside] 

  Jenna : Now tell me what happened.

  Balto : [hops down from stack of crates]  A hunter took aim at her.

  Jenna : [gasps] 

  Balto : No, no. Don't worry. We got away. But I... finally had to tell her how humans see her.

  Jenna : You mean you told her about being part...?

  Balto : Yes. I should've done it sooner. I know that now. She's so angry with me. She must've run away.

  Jenna : Run away?

  Balto : I'm sorry, Jenna. I never thought it would turn out this way. I thought I could keep her safe.

  Jenna : B-B-But she's not safe, she's running wild!

  [starts to follow] 

  Balto : No, not you, Jenna. This is my fault, and it's something Aleu and I have to work out together. Don't worry. I'll find her.

• Balto : Goodbye,

  [pause] 

  Balto : daughter.

• Balto : Aleu may look like a wolf, but she is going to be all dog.

  [looks shocked when Aleu howls] 

  Boris : I wouldn't count on it.

• Balto : What, me forget? Never!

  [yawns] 

• Balto : Hey, pups! It's good to see you, too!

• Balto : How about they spend the night with me, then tomorrow we can all go on a picnic?

• Balto : Come on, being different is painful. Nobody knows that better than me. You know how some of the dogs around here still tease me because I'm half wolf?

• Balto : It's been a long day, Jenna. Let's go home.

  Jenna : Not until a human adopts Aleu!

  Balto : Face it, Jenna. She looks more like a wolf than me. No human is ever going to want her.

  Jenna : That's not true! We have to keep trying.

• Terrier : There you are, laddies! I've been sniffin' all over for ye! The stork has landed. I repeat, the stork has landed!

  Balto : Jenna? Jenna!

  [runs toward the building Jenna's in] 

  Boris : What stork? I thought we were talking about raven.

  [sudenly realizes] 

  Boris : Oh boy, *that* stork. I'm coming, Balto!

• Balto : No time to argue! I'm your father, you do what I say!

  Aleu : And I say I'm too big to be ordered around!

• Balto : I just don't want her to be different.

  Boris : But she *is* different, and vive la difference!

• Balto : Aleu! Are you alright?

  Aleu : Yes! You go on with the rest of the pack! I'll get Nava!

  Balto : [quietly]  Be careful, Aleu.

• Balto : She's a good pup.

  Boris : Good, yes. Pup, no. At more than year old, Aleu should have home of her own.

  Balto : When the right time comes... she'll find a home.

  Boris : Yes, but when the right time comes, will you let her?

  [depressedly] 

  Boris : Oy, I hope so.

• Wolverine 2 : Stop following the raven.

  Wolverine 1 , Wolverine 2 , Wolverine 3 : [vanishing into thin air]  Don't go!

  Balto : It's almost like they were... never there.

• Balto : [to Aleu about Niju]  His blood may be pure but his motives aren't.

• Aleu : I don't understand papa, why did you attack him, what if he wanted to adopt me.

  Balto : Err, guys, could you help me out here?

  Muc : Oh of course err

  [Muk gets pushed by luk] 

  Muc : Sorry mate but a wise polar bear always minds his own business.

  Boris : [Clears throat]  It is my opinion that...

  [gets dragged away by Luk] 

  Boris : Ahhh!

  Aleu : Well?

  Balto : Okay, see, that hunter, was looking for wild animals to kill, for food and fur.

  Aleu : So, I'm not a wild animal.

  Balto : Well, He thought you were.

  Aleu : What, why?

  Balto : He thought you were a wolf.

• Boris : BALTO! WAKE UP!

  [Throws bucket of water on Balto to wake him up] 

  Balto : Huh? What? What? What's the matter?

  Boris : The matter is, you are having dream again.

  [Balto shakes water all over Boris. Boris yells] 

  Boris : AHHH!

  Balto : So what if I was, it's just a dream.

  Boris : Hah! This "just a dream" is keeping you from a decent sleep! And if your eyes get any droopier, you will have to keep them open with toothpicks!

  [Sticks his "finger" under Balto's eyelid to emphasize his point] 

  Balto : Boris, they'll stop drooping if you just go away and let me get some rest.

  Boris : Wrong! You won't be getting any rest, not with that dream hanging 'round like... dark cloud.

  [Sticks his wings over his head] 

  Balto : I hate it when you get dramatic.

  Boris : How else to reach you? I'm telling you, boitshick, if you keep having same dream again and again, it MEANS SOMETHING.

  Balto : Boris, dreams don't mean anything there just

  [yawns] 

  Balto : dreams. now, do you wanna come with me? I have to go check on Jenna.

  Boris : Of course I come. I'm not finished nagging you yet!

• Balto : I sure would like to know why I keep seeing that raven.

  Aleu : You're been following a raven.

  Balto : Yeah, I know it sounds dumb, I've been seeing this raven in my dreams.

  Aleu : You're dreams?

  Balto : I only followed it because it promised to help me find you.

  Aleu : I've been seeing a raven too, I wasn't sure if I was following it, or if it was following me.

• Balto : Boris took me in and, after being raised by a goose it's a wonder I don't honk instead of bark.

• Balto : Calm down, Boris. There's also a fox, a wolverine...

• Balto : So what if I was? It's just a dream.

• Balto : How did you get so stubborn?

  Aleu : I take after you, remember?

• Balto : Come on Aleu, you'll always be my baby, no matter how old you are.

  Aleu : You're hopeless.

• Balto : I just wanted to protect you.

  Aleu : Protect me? From what? From the fact that no human will ever want me because I'm part wild animal? I hate you!

  [jumps off the boat, crying] 

• Balto : Face it, Jenna. She looks more like a wolf than me. No human is ever going to want her.

• Dingo : Are you gonna get a human, too?

  Balto : Nah. You see, humans like cute little puppies like you, not grisly grown-ups like me.

• Balto : Oh, Jenna. They're beautiful, just like you.

• Balto : Take it easy there, tiger.

• Balto : It's been a long day, Jenna. Let's go home.

• Aleu : We have to jump!

  Balto : But we'll be killed!

  Aleu : We'll be killed if we don't!

  [pushes Balto off the cliff, then jumps after him] 

• Balto : At least you're still talking to me!

• Aleu : [head tilted, curious]  You've been following a raven?

  Balto : Yeah. I know it sounds dumb.

• Balto : At least we know the raven's on our side.

• Balto : If I did that I'd get splinters

• Aleu : I'm not a wild animal.

  Balto : He... he thought you were.

• Balto : Boris, I hate it when you get dramatic.

• Balto : I've led a dog team before, but never a wolf pack.

• Balto : It's just so hard to let my baby go.

  Aleu : I'm not your...

  [sadly] 

  Aleu : Oh. So I'll always be your baby.

• Balto : She's a good pup.

  Boris : Good, yes. Pup, no.

• Balto : I'm going to find Aleu and bring her home!

• Balto : Come on, now! Uncle Boris isn't a chew toy!

• Balto : Dreams don't mean anything, Boris. They're just

  [starting to yawn] 

  Balto : dreams.

  [yawns] 

• Yak : Sorry, but you're not going

  [scratches an itch] 

  Yak : nowhere!

  Aleu : [angrily]  It's "anywhere", fleabag.

  Balto : [out of the corner of his mouth]  Aleu, I hardly think this is the time to be correcting his grammar.

• Nava the Wolf Shaman : I simply became one with the tree.

  Balto : If I tried that, I'd get splinters.

• Balto : When the right time comes, she'll... find a home.

  Boris : Yes, but when the right time comes, will you let her?

• Balto : I'll go.

  Aleu : No. You don't belong here. You belong home, with my mother. But I *do* belong here. It's my destiny.

  Nava the Wolf Shaman : [to Balto]  Aniu told me it would be the one who is wolf but does not know. I believed it was you, but I was wrong. It is your daughter.

  Balto : Are you sure?

  Aleu : [nods] 

  Balto : It's just... so hard to let my baby go.

  Aleu : Papa, I'm not your... okay. So I'll always be your baby. Goodbye, papa. Tell mom... I've finally found my home.

  [smiles] 

• Balto : [climbing onto the ice floe; an angry look is on his face]  Niju! Leave her be!

  Aleu : Papa! You should be with the rest of the clan! You've got to lead them across!

  Balto : I will! Once I take care of him!

• Aleu : Why did you come and find me?

  Balto : I came to bring you home, Aleu.

  Aleu : No. I don't wanna go home. Not until I find out who I am.

  Balto : That's ridiculous, Aleu. You know who you are.

  Aleu : No. I know *what* I am, but not

  [short pause] 

  Aleu : *who* I am, and I'm not stopping until I find out.

  Balto : Then I'm coming with you.

  Aleu : [sweetly]  Oh, papa.

• Balto : I'll hold him off and you run for it!

  Aleu : No, *I'll* hold him off and *you* run for it!

  Balto : There's no time to argue! I'm your father, you do what I say!

  Aleu : And I say that I'm too big to be ordered around!

  Balto : How did you get so stubborn?

  Aleu : I take after you, remember?

• Balto : We don't have much time, so mush!

  Wolf pack : Huh?

  Balto : [realizing that a wolf pack wouldn't know what mush means]  I mean, move out!