Spirit the cat

In the movie Balto Aniu was his mother. so if Aniu was his mother then she would have named him balto. Well if she did then how would the people in Nome know his name? It's not like Balto could just say "Hi i'm Balto"

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Spirit, it's a cartoon. Certain things are not spelled out
in a cartoon. It's the same in all cartoons. You'll note
that the only human who calls Balto by name is Rosy, the
little girl. It can be assumed that SHE named him, not Aniu
(at least in the cartoon history). And then, years later -
when Aniu is a spirit - she understood that his name was
Balto.

Still, the writers and production team
of the Balto cartoon movie didn't spell it out. They left
it to individual imagination. Besides, it could also be
said that when Hollywood messes with real history, vague
areas like the one you're asking about are the results.
After all, the real Balto's history is much different...and
he was named by his HUMAN OWNER (Leonhard Seppala)...not by
a little girl or an imaginary wolf.

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Guest	September 29, 2006

Or it could be that Aniu did name Him Balto, And it was just a lucky accident that Rosy named Him that too. Like Darling did with Angel in Lady And The Tramp 2.

Guest	September 26, 2006

Kelev (and everyone interested in the real Balto's name and how it came about) - take a look at this: http://baltosource.timduru.org/board/viewtopic.php?t8646

Kelev	September 26, 2006

As the others said, it is to be left to the imagination. Maybe the townspeople overheard Rosie name him, and just left it that way. (I couldn't tell why his name would be 'Balto' Bout I like it just the way it is. ) As for real life, I heard a rumor that he was named after a norwigen man in the area. But I can't tell if that's true.

Wolfwhis perer	September 26, 2006

Yes that is a good thing to ask because they wouldent of known his name also maybe they just might of just guest his name and called him that or they might of just called him balto because he was a fast runner but you are right how could he of just go up and said hi my name is balto because they can not speak dog so that is a good thing to ask but that is my answer to youre question. that might not be true but that is my suggestion.( And Im sorry that I called O_ha lazy it is just that he or she hasnt done pictures for a while.)

Guest	September 26, 2006

Spirit, it's a cartoon. Certain things are not spelled out in a cartoon. It's the same in all cartoons. You'll note that the only human who calls Balto by name is Rosy, the little girl. It can be assumed that SHE named him, not Aniu (at least in the cartoon history). And then, years later - when Aniu is a spirit - she understood that his name was Balto. Still, the writers and production team of the Balto cartoon movie didn't spell it out. They left it to individual imagination. Besides, it could also be said that when Hollywood messes with real history, vague areas like the one you're asking about are the results. After all, the real Balto's history is much different...and he was named by his HUMAN OWNER (Leonhard Seppala)...not by a little girl or an imaginary wolf.

Guest	September 26, 2006

well, she could've called him another name. Like in Cat's fanfic, Rosy gave him the name Balto. It's an imagination for the writer to write how Balto got his name and how the people seem to know, unless the people gave him that name

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