History WesternAnimation / Balto

* ScoobyStack: Done briefly by the dogsled team, in two groupings, after a near-miss caused by a loose stalactite.

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[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Not a dog. Not a wolf. All he knows is what he's not."'']]

* PapaWolf: Rosy's father is initially justified in his anger towards Balto since he's just protecting her as best as he can.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her father warns her not to interact with him due to the town's HalfBreedDiscrimination. It gets to the point where he briefly keeps her from explaining Balto's true feelings.

** Star. If the poor pup so much as ''opens his mouth'', he WILL get hurt, be it the other dogs or even inanimate objects. Except for his final scene at the end.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her parents warn her not to interact with him due to the town's HalfBreedDiscrimination. It gets to the point where they briefly keep her from explaining Balto's true feelings.

* PullingYourChildAway: The titular hero is reimagined as half-husky, half-wolf and Nome's resident outcast. When Rosie, a local girl and the mistress of Balto's crush Jenna, tries interacting with him, her PapaWolf father pulls her away, warning her not to interact with him due to the town's HalfBreedDiscrimination. An undaunted Rosie protests they're hurting his feelings and [[spoiler:happily hugs Balto later on when he's let into her sickroom after saving the town children from diphtheria.]]

* PullingYourChildAway: The titular hero is reimagined as half-husky, half-wolf and Nome's resident outcast. When Rosie, a local girl and the mistress of Balto's crush Jenna, tries interacting with him, her father pulls her away and warns her not to interact with the half-wolf. An undaunted Rosie protests they're hurting his feelings and [[spoiler:happily hugs Balto later on when he's let into her sickroom after saving the town children from diphtheria.]]

* CassandraTruth:
** Early on in the film, Rosy's parents [[NotNowKiddo disregard her]] when she protests their HalfBreedDiscrimination against Balto.
** Jenna gets blown off by the other dogs when she calls out Steele on his BlatantLies.

** Balto's AdaptationalSpeciesChange results in him being an unusually tame stray, bordering on feral, wolf-dog. The narrative treats it as HalfBreedDiscrimination that all the humans are scared of Balto, however real wolf-dogs are notoriously risky (nevermind ones not reared by humans). The real Balto was a purebred pet husky (or a malamute, depending on the source).

** Early on in the film, Rosy's parents [[NotNowKiddo disregard her]] when she protests their discrimination against Balto.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her parents warn her not to interact with him due to his part-wolf heritage. It gets to the point where they briefly keep her from explaining Balto's true feelings.

** Early on in the film, Rosy's father disregards her when she protests his discrimination against Balto.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her parents warn her not to interact with him due to him being part-wolf. It gets to the point where they briefly keep her from explaining Balto's true feelings.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her father warns her not to interact with him due to him being part-wolf. It gets to the point where he briefly keeps her from explaining how Balto really feels.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but her father warns her not to interact with him due to him being part-wolf. It gets to the point where he briefly keeps her from explaining the situation once the latter protests his discrimination.

* NotNowKiddo: Rosy tries interacting with Balto, but due to the town's discrimination against part-wolf dogs, her father warns her not to interact with him to the point where he briefly keeps her from explaining the situation.

* ProhibitedHeroSavesTheDay: Balto is not taken or wanted on the medicine run (in spite of having been the fastest canine in a race) because he's half-wolf. He tracks down the sled team and leads them home after his rival, Steele, gets them lost.