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As a writer, I agree with Acanis that having Steele die would have raised the movie's rating, which would be regrettable since Balto was always meant to be for families. While I think Steele gets a little too much love from some people *coughJennaSteeleshipperscough*, I agree that he was certainly a well-made character, and having him die would have killed off some great creative possibilities for the viewers. As a writer, I can readily sympathize with the wish to not kill him off; I recently had a similar struggle with one of my own villains.

I figured I would add onto this topic even though it is kinda old now. Well, over the past year I have discovered way more storyboards to this scene, and I even put together a little deleted scene video showing pretty much all of the storyboards from this scene. I wanted to share it with other Balto fans, I would love to know what you guys think. Hmmm. It appears to not be letting me add any YouTube videos. So Here is a link to it instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iVaGtxEVis&t=13s