History YMMV / HeritageOfTheWolf

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** Balto and Jenna, while displaying normal affection for their species like nuzzling and licking much of the time, also kiss each other like humans do, sometimes even having full makeout sessions; obviously, dogs can't do that due to having differently structured mouths than humans. However, their romantic interactions are so warm and loving that it's pretty easy to just go with it.
** The idea that dogs marry each other and have weddings the same way humans do rather than simply live as mates, let alone that they need permission from the "alpha dog" Doc) to do so, is pretty silly. However, Balto and Jenna's wedding is given a lot of build-up throughout the first three stories, leading to an emotional and satisfying payoff when it finally happens.

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' series is much more grounded in reality, ''[[WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]''. Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. At least none of the dogs ''[[WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn rap]]''.

** Balto and Jenna, while displaying normal affection for their species like nuzzling and licking much of the time, also kiss each other like humans do, sometimes even having full makeout sessions; obviously, dogs can't do that do to having differently structured mouths than humans. However, their romantic interactions are so warm and loving that it's pretty easy to just go with it.

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' series is much more grounded in reality, [[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]. Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. At least none of the dogs [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. At least none of the dogs [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''Film/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. At least none of the dogs [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. At least none of the dogs [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future.
At least none of the dogs [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. [[''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn'' At least none of the dogs rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. [[''WesternAnimation/TitanticTheLegendGoesOn'' At least none of the dogs rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. [[''WesternAnimationTitanticTheLegendGoesOn'' At least none of the dogs rap]].

** The Old Mill that the dogs use for meetings also doubles as a sort of night club for the canine community, complete with an in-house band that sings and plays instruments. This would fit in with a more cartoonish or fantastic franchise like ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'', but the ''WesternAnimation/Balto'' series is much more grounded in reality ([[''WesternAnimation/BaltoIIWolfQuest'' pseudo-Inuit spiritualism aside]]). Making things worse is that the characters sing cover versions of songs that in RealLife don't exist until several decades in the future. [[TitanticTheLegendGoesOn At least none of the dogs rap]].