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Steele: Okay. Nikki, Kaltag, Star, get moving. We’re strapping up. Balto: Hey, now, just a second here, Steele. I was the fastest dog. Steele: [twitches his eye in anger] You were the fastest... what? [Balto stares angrily at him] Do you honestly think any musher would ever put you on his team? You’re even more mixed up than I thought! Jenna: [defending Balto] Steele! It doesn’t matter who’s on the team! So long as the medicine gets through, stop being such a Gloryhound! Steele: [semi-apologetically] You’re... a hundred percent right, Jenna. I wasn’t thinking about those children. The important thing here is to get the medicine through, and that’s just what I’m gonna do. [to Balto] And when I get back, I’m gonna fold you five ways... and leave you for a cat toy!

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Boris: Balto, please! Don’t go crazy on me now! [falls through the snow. Balto keeps walking, not taking his eyes off in front of him. Boris climbs onto a vent pipe.] This is foolishness! You will die like a dog! Oh, uuh, no offense. Boris: You will be frozen stiff by morning! When you are big, frozen, stiff statue named “Balto”, don’t come running to me! [Muk and Luk slide on the ice and crash into Boris] WHOA! Muk: He says-- Boris: Where is he going? He's going into freezing coldness to find the dog he doesn't like and bring medicine back to a town that doesn't like him! OH NO! I'm beginning to understand the bear! Boris: No brains at all! Might as well be talking to hu...mans... Boris: [leaves] So, let’s go get the medicine. Balto: Wait a minute. Now you’re coming? Boris: Spending days in bitter cold, facing wild animals, risking death from exposure! [chuckles] It’s like holiday in old country. Muk: Great, we’re goin’ on ’oliday.

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Boris: [watching Balto scratch a tree] Good work, Balto. You took on the biggest, meanest tree in whole forest, and you won. Balto: I'm marking the trail. Muk: [to Luk] He's marking our trail. That's very clever. Boris: And here I was leaving bread crumbs.

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Balto: [picks up a branch] Muk, you and Luk carry Jenna back to town on this. Boris: [sternly] And this time, don't take time out for a swim! [laughs] Balto: [to Boris] You can make sure of that, Boris. You're gonna lead them home. Just follow my marks. Jenna: You're going alone? Balto: Won't be the first time. Jenna: [removes her bandanna and puts it on Balto's neck] Here. Afraid it won't keep you very warm. Balto: Yeah, it will. Muk: Well, of course Balto will come back. He's Balto, isn't he? Balto: Hey! I'm coming back with the medicine. I promise, Jenna. [to Muk and Luk] Go ahead, guys. Take her home. [turns to continue walking] Boris: [stops Balto] Balto, I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are? Balto: [sternly] Boris. [shoves Boris to look at the others] They need you even more than I do. Boris: Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone. [pauses, then drops his voice to a whisper] But... maybe a wolf can. [Ba

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Balto: Is anyone hurt? Steele: [angrily enunciating] Everyone. Is. Fine. Star: Yeah, but our musher hit his head! And he didn't get up. Sled dog: And he's not movin'. Balto: [picks up the sled harness] Alright, follow me. I can lead you home. Steele: [stops him, hostilely] We don't need your help! Star: [nervously] M-maybe we should listen to him. [Steele growls at him and he ducks for cover in fear] Nikki: How would youse get us home? Balto: [cautiously] Well, I...I marked a trail, like this. [scratches bark off a tree to show them] Steele: [knocks the tree down and confronts him] I'll get us back. I'm the lead dog! I'm in charge! Balto: But... Then, let me take back the medicine. They're getting sicker. Steele: [jumps between Balto and the sled] Touch that box, and I'll tear you apart. Nikki: [betting with Kaltag] Two bones says Steele takes him. Kaltag: Ha! You're on. Balto: [firmly] Steele, I'm not leaving without that medicine. Steele: [angrily pushes him away] Who do you think yo

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Steele: Of course, as you know, I swam and I swam. It was freezing cold. And finally, I said "Steele, you just have to gnaw your way to the surface," so I- [hears Balto howling outside] What? Doc: [looks out the window] It's Balto with the medicine! [runs outside] Dixie: Oh, Steele, you are positively disposable! [gets enraged and slaps Steele across the face] Steele: [humiliated; also last words before his defeat] Okay, okay, I can explain. You guys weren't there, so... Wait a minute, guys. Wait just a second, please...? Town dog: [angrily] Get lost!

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Balto: Jenna! [runs over to play with Jenna. They chase each other around, and then touch noses. After nuzzling, they smile lovingly at each other, then turn and look out upon the crowd of cheering humans, Boris, Muk, Luk, and dogs] Star: Way to go, Balto! Kaltag: He has the most endurance, the most fidelity, the most intelligence- Star: They should build a statue of him! Kaltag: [immediately elbows Star as if to hit him again. Star cringes] You said it! Star: [looks up, surprised] I did? [Kaltag smiles at him, and so does Nikki] Rosy's granddaughter: This is it, Grandma! Blaze found it. Grandma Rosy: What does it say? Rosy's granddaughter: "Dedicated to the... indomable?" Grandma Rosy: "Indomitable." Rosy's granddaughter: "Indomitable spirit of the sled dogs." Grandma Rosy: "That relayed antitoxin 600 miles from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome... in the winter of 1925." Rosy's granddaughter: "Endurance, fidelity, intelligence." Balto really did do all that, didn't he, Grandma? G