Balto Quotes in Balto (1995)
Balto Quotes:
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Jenna: It's so gloomy down here.
Balto: Gloomy? You kiddin'? It's the most beautiful spot in the world. Dogs travel for years just to be right here.
Jenna: I can't see why.
Balto: That's 'cause you're looking at the bowl half empty. See, this is the polar ice caps.
[pushes a pile of broken bottles]
Jenna: Balto, those are broken bottles, and they're not half empty, they're *all* empty.
Balto: [motioning toward the grate that's overhead] The sun...
Jenna: Balto...
Balto: [continuing] ... and, to the north...
Jenna: The Northern Lights! Balto, you were right. It's beautiful.
Balto: Yeah, beautiful.
-- Balto -
Steele: Didn't make the team, Bingo?
Boris: Don't look at him. Don't listen to him. Live a long life.
Balto: My name's Balto.
Boris: But you can call him "Idiot."
-- Balto -
Balto: [smiles] Jenna!
[runs toward her and plays]
-- Balto -
Balto: Don't talk to me, Jenna. I might turn on you.
[walks away]
-- Balto -
Balto: I was the fastest dog.
Steele: You were the fastest
[pause]
Steele: what?
-- Balto -
Balto: I'm beginning to see there isn't anything you can't do
Boris: I'm seeing a few things too, and it's making the ice melt... I HATE BEARS!
-- Balto -
Balto: See this? It's the Polar Ice Caps?
Jenna: Balto, those are broken bottles, and they're not half-empty, they're all empty.
Balto: The sun, and to the north
Jenna: Oh, Balto. It's beautiful.
Balto: Yeah, Beautiful
-- Balto -
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.
Luk: [to Muk] He's marking our trail. That's very clever.
Boris: And here I was leaving bread crumbs.
-- Balto -
Balto: Since when do you need a pedigree to help someone?
-- Balto -
Boris: They wouldn't put you on a sled team even if you did win.
Balto: Wish me luck.
Boris: I don't wish you luck. I wish you sense.
[quietly]
Boris: Good luck, kiddo.
-- Balto -
Boris: This wolf business again. What is wrong with being half and half, I like to know? Sometimes I wish like crazy I was half eagle.
Balto: Why?
Boris: Better profile for one thing, and no one eats you for another.
-- Balto -
Balto: Big paws run in my family, at least one side of my family.
-- Balto -
Balto: I have the keys to the city.
[disables hinges and pushes the door open; shows Jenna in]
Balto: After you.
Jenna: [noticing Balto's paws] Balto.
Balto: Big paws run in my family. At least... one side of my family.
-- Balto -
Balto: [leading Jenna through boiler room] Stick close.
Jenna: No problem there.
-- Balto -
Boris: So, let's go get medicine.
Balto: Wait a minute. Now you're coming?
Boris: Spending days in bitter cold, facing wild animals, risking death from exposure...
[giggles]
Boris: is like holiday in old country.
-- Balto -
Balto: Boris, did you ever think you're the reason the other geese fly south?
Boris: If only your feet were as fast as your mouth.
-- Balto -
Luk: Help. Help. We can't swim. Help, help. We're drowning, we're drowning. Save us.
Boris: Bears? Fellas? IDIOT BALLS OF FLUFF?
Balto: Easy, Boris. You know how they are.
[to Muk and Luk, who are thrashing and yelling in the water]
Balto: Muk. Luk. Relax. Come on you're OK you're not drowning.
[to Muk and Luk whose yells and thrashes have subsided]
Boris: [with Russian accent] He has point bears. You are not drowning because; if you had thought for a moment you will observe, perhaps: TIDE IS OUT.
[stomps away, annoyed]
-- Balto -
Musher: Let's take a look at our winner here. Let's take a look at our winner.
Balto: Ahhhhh.
[after Steele steps on Balto's foot]
Musher: Well, we can't trust this one. He's part wolf. The team might turn on me.
Other Musher: Look at those teeth.
-- Balto -
Balto: I'm not watching the race, I'm running it.
-- Balto -
Balto: Steele, let me help you.
-- Balto -
Jenna: Are you okay?
Balto: Are you you okay?
-- Balto -
Balto: I'm coming back
[short pause]
Balto: with the medicine.
-- Balto -
Steele: Didn't make the team, Bingo?
Balto: My name's Balto.
Steele: I'm sorry, Balto. Balto half-breed.
Star: [menacingly] Ha ha ha!
-- Balto -
Balto: Jenna?
[clears throat]
Balto: Jenna?
Jenna: [looking at Rosy through the window] Balto. Oh, hi.
Balto: Hi. Look, uh... just a shot in the dark, but I was wondering if, uh... I-I don't know, maybe you'd like to go chase a few sticks by moonlight?
-- Balto -
Balto: [about Jenna] She's not my type.
-- Balto -
Balto: Go ahead, guys. Take her home.
-- Balto -
Balto: I'm coming back
[pause]
Balto: with the medicine.
-- Balto -
Balto: Is anyone hurt?
Steele: Everyone
[pause]
Steele: is
[pause]
Steele: fine.
-- Balto -
Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?
Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!
Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!
Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]
Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!
[falls down dizzily]
Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.
Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.
Steele: Oh, Balto.
[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]
Steele: I've got a message for your mother.
[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]
Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]
Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.
Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!
[howls]
Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?
Balto: RRRRRRR.
[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]
Steele: Get him.
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]
Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!
[spits on Balto]
Boris: Maybe we go now, huh? Now!
[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]
Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.
Star: [says something barely understandable] Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!
Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]
Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!
[laughs]
Kaltag: He's the most dead center...
Nikki: Yeah!
Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...
[gets interrupted by Star]
Star: He hit him!
-- Balto -
Balto: Come on, we don't want to miss the finish.
Boris: Oh, that would be a tragedy.
[Balto runs off, throwing Boris into the snow]
Boris: I was being sarcastic.
-- Balto -
Balto: Aw, come on. What's the worst that can happen?
-- Balto -
Balto: [Muk is calling for Boris] How sweet. "Uncle Boris."
-- Balto -
Balto: I smell
[sniffs the air]
Balto: herring.
Boris: The herring are flying south too?
Balto: Hey, it must be Muk and Luk!
Boris: Good news.
Luk: [continually] Uncle Boris!
Boris: Oh no.
Balto: How sweet. Uncle Boris.
-- Balto -
Balto: Boris, I know you think this trip is crazy, but I'm glad you came.
-- Balto -
Jenna: You're going on alone?
Balto: Won't be the first time.
-- Balto -
Balto: [being pushed into the ground by the bear and Jenna comes to help] Jenna?
-- Balto -
Balto: [he and Steele are fighting] I don't want to fight.
-- Balto -
Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?
Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!
Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!
Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]
Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!
[falls down dizzily]
Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.
Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.
Steele: Oh, Balto.
[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]
Steele: I've got a message for your mother.
[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]
Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]
Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.
Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!
[howls]
Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?
Balto: RRRRRRR.
[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]
Steele: Get him.
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]
Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!
[spits on Balto]
Boris: Maybe we go now, huh? Now!
[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]
Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.
Star: Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!
Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]
Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!
[laughs]
Kaltag: He's the most dead center...
Nikki: Yeah!
Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...
[gets interrupted by Star]
Star: He hit him!
-- Balto -
Balto: [after Star sneezes] Gesundheit.
-- Balto -
Star: [in disbelief; sees Balto sliding down the icy hill] Balto?
Kaltag: Balto! How did you find us?
Balto: Is anyone hurt?
Steele: Everyone
[pause]
Steele: is
[pause]
Steele: fine.
Star: Yeah, but our musher hit his head. He didn't get up.
Nikki: And he's not moving.
Balto: Alright. Follow me. I can lead you home.
Steele: We don't need your help.
Star: Maybe we should listen to Balto.
[Steele glares at Star; Star cringes and shuts his mouth]
Nikki: Well... how would you's get us home?
Balto: I marked the trail. Like this.
[scratches a tree; Steele knocks it down]
Steele: *I'll* get us back. *I'm* the lead dog! *I'm* in charge!
Balto: Then let me just take back the medicine. The children are getting sicker.
[looks at the crate on the sled]
Steele: Touch that box, and I'll tear you apart.
Balto: Steele! I'm not leaving without that medicine.
[holding his ground; tries to help with the medicine]
Steele: Who do you think you are?
Balto: Since when do you need a pedigree to help someone?
[pause]
Balto: Let me help you.
Steele: [minutes later, as Steele watches Balto and the team head toward Nome] Go ahead wolf-dog! You'll never get home! I'll make sure of that!
-- Balto -
Star: [Balto has stopped, and is looking at the marked trees; he detects Steele's scent on some of them] Which way, Balto? Which way?
Balto: [looks around desperately] Uh, this way.
[continues leading the team through the forest; sees Steele's scratch-marks on every tree]
Balto: No, it can't be!
Kaltag: Why are you taking us in circles?
Balto: I'm not! I mean... I don't know!
[gesturing toward the marked trees]
Balto: It's Steele!
Nikki: [referring to Steele] Maybe we was better off with him.
Balto: No! Come on! Mush!
[starts running, going a little too fast]
Star: Balto! Slow down! Please!
-- Balto -
Doc: [after listening to the telegraph office dog barking] It's terrible, my friends, just terrible. Steele and his team are lost.
Sled dog #1: When?
Sled dog #2: What happened?
Sled dog #3: What do you mean, lost?
Doc: They've missed their second checkpoint. They're off the trail.
[the other dogs lower their heads, saddened by the news]
Wild Joe: Can't they send another team?
Doc: It's too dangerous.
Chester: But... what about the little ones?
Doc: The medicine won't be here in time. We're going to lose them.
Balto: [silently; looking into the building] Rosy.
-- Balto -
Steele: Okay... Nikki, Kaltag, Star. Gear up. We're heading out.
Balto: Wait a minute. Steele, I was the fastest dog out there.
Steele: You were the fastest... what? If you think any musher in their right mind would put you on their team... well, you're even more mixed up than I thought.
Jenna: Steele! It doesn't matter who's on the team! As long as the medicine gets through! Stop being such a glory hound!
Steele: You're a hundred percent right, Jenna. I - 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.
[Aside, to Balto]
Steele: And when I get back, I'm gonna fold you five ways and leave you for a cat toy.
-- Balto -
Musher: Let's take a look at our winner here!
[Steele stomps on Balto's foot, causing him to growl in pain, bearing his teeth]
Musher: We can't trust him. He's part wolf. He might turn on me. Nikki, Kaltag, Star!
[Steele smiles deviously at Balto, then walks away]
Jenna: Balto...
Balto: [depressed] Don't talk to me, Jenna. I might turn on you.
-- Balto -
Steele: Hey goose, you a half-breed too, huh? Part turkey?
Nikki: Good wordplay there, boss!
Kaltag: You are the wittiest, you are the drollest, the cleverest, the sharpest, you are the most hilariousest!
Star: You crack me up! Ha ha, ha ha, ha ha!
[gets bonked on the head by Kaltag]
Star: Ha, ha ha ha ha! Whoopee!
[falls down dizzily]
Balto: Steele, just leave him out of this.
Nikki: [in the background] Woah-hoah-hoah! Oh yeah.
Steele: Oh, Balto.
[slaps Balto twice with his tail as he turns]
Steele: I've got a message for your mother.
[walks over to Nikki, Kaltag, and Star]
Steele: RAOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star laugh, then howl with Steele]
Steele: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, Star: ARRROOOOOOOO!
Balto: RRRRRRRRRRR.
Kaltag: Hey, Balto! Translate this for me, will ya? Yeah, yeah!
[howls]
Star: Hey, what's wolf for 'Go chase your tail'?
Balto: RRRRRRR.
[Steele, Nikki, Kaltag, and Star see Balto approaching them, growling; they stop howling]
Steele: Get him.
[Nikki, Kaltag, and Star start barking]
Steele: Get out of here, wolfdog. You better get back to your own pack!
[spits on Balto]
Boris: Maybe it's just fear talking, but I am seeing wisdom in this advice. Maybe we go now, huh? Now!
[Steele and the others turn around and kick snow at Balto as Boris pushes him away]
Steele: Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Kaltag: I think that Balto's friend has got his feathers ruffled.
Star: Feathers! Goose! I get it! Ah ha ha ha!
Steele: [kicks a stone at Balto, knocking him into a pile of junk]
Nikki: Half wolf in the side pocket there!
[laughs]
Kaltag: He's the most dead center...
Nikki: Yeah!
Kaltag: The most on-target, the most down the middle...
[gets interrupted by Star]
Star: He hit him!
-- Balto -
Boris: Balto! I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?
Balto: Boris, they need you even more than I do.
[Boris begins walking away and then stops]
Boris: Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog... cannot make this journey alone but... maybe a wolf can.
-- Balto -
Balto: Home sick Boris?, Do you ever think about going back?
Boris: Dont fret my dog, I'm stinking here until I'm sure you can stand on your own four feet.
Balto: Your, taking care of me?
Boris: Dont thank me.
Balto: I smell... Heron.
Boris: The heron are flying south too?
Balto: Hey, must be Muk and Luk.
Boris: Hu-uh Good news?
Luk: Uncle Boris!
Balto: Oh no.
Balto: How sweet, Uncle Boris.
-- Balto -
Boris: Balto. Racing in a spectator sport, it requires very little preparation! You sit, you arrange refreshments.
[Grabs a box and takes out a white flake]
Boris: You like potato chip?
[Eats it, then a bubble comes out his mouth. He reads the label on the box... Soap Flakes]
Balto: I'm not watching the race... I'm running it.
Boris: [Splutters] You said what?
Balto: Hey, look I wanna help Rosy get better. I can get that medicine through.
Boris: First of all, get it through your head that they wouldn't put you in a sled team even if you did win, which won't happen and if it did it wouldn't matter!
Balto: Boris, did 'ya ever think maybe you're the reason the other geese fly south?
Boris: [Miffed] If only your feet were as fast as your mouth.
Balto: Hey, they're starting, Wish me luck!
Boris: Luck? I don't wish you luck, I wish you SENSE!
[Balto leaves. After Boris pauses, quietly]
Boris: Good luck, kiddo.
-- Balto -
Balto: [shortly after Luk and Muk save him from drowning] You two guys oughta learn how to swim someday.
[hintingly]
Balto: You'd be very good at it.
[Luk and Muk are incredulous; Luk makes swimming gestures in a questioning manner]
Muk: Well, of course we were! We were in the water, we were moving, we got wet, didn't we...?
[suddenly realizes]
Muk: Luk, we were swimming!
[Balto laughs heartily]
-- Balto -
Jenna: [Jenna falls in the snow because she is hurt] Ahh! Clumsy.
Balto: No, you're not. You're hurt.
Jenna: I'm fine.
[Jenna gets back up but falls in the snow again]
Jenna: Ahh! Maybe I'm not so fine. You should go ahead without me.
Balto: Jenna...
Jenna: No no I'll be slowing everyone down. Rosy can't hold out much longer.
Jenna: Muk, you and Luk carry Jenna back to town on this.
[Balto gets a branch fallen off a tree]
Boris: And this time don't take tome out for a swim!
[Boris giggles]
Balto: You can make sure of that, Boris. You're gonna lead them home.
[to Jenna]
Balto: Just follow my marks.
Jenna: You're going all alone?
Balto: Won't be the first time.
Jenna: Here.
[Jenna takes off her bandana and puts it on Balto]
Jenna: Afraid it won't keep you very warm.
Balto: Yeah, it will.
[Balto and Jenna muzzle each other]
Muk: [Luk starts to cry] 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. Go ahead, guys. Take her home.
[Balto starts walking off but Boris stops him]
Boris: Balto, I do not like leaving you out here alone. Who's going to tell you how cold you are?
Balto: Boris.
[Balto shoves Boris to look at the others]
Balto: They need you even more then I do.
Boris: Let me tell you something, Balto. A dog cannot make this journey alone. But maybe a wolf can.
-- Balto -
Balto: Balto: "Maybe it's because your looking at the bowl half-empty. See this it's the polar ice caps."
Jenna: Jenna: "Balto those are broken bottles and they're not half-empty they're all empty."
Balto: Balto:
[pushes bottles forward]
Balto: Balto:
[looking up]
Balto: "The sun, and to the north."
Jenna: Jenna: "Oh Balto your right it is beautiful."
Balto: Balto: "Yeah beautiful."
-- Balto
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