Hey

I was just watching part of "An American Tail 4: The Mystery of the Night Monster."  It had been awhile since I've seen the movie, which was made in 2000, and I had forgotten that it was another Universal-made sequel.

Besides its own low-budget standing (notice, it borrows music from Land Before Time sequels), I also noticed something that may have likely been part of the inspiration for Balto 2.

As we know, Balto 2 was made in 2002, and most of us weren't pleased with the way the wolves looked.

Anyway, while watching An American Tail 4, I noticed the design for the dog council leader, Lone Wolf.  I apologize for not having a picture available (if I find one I'll post it).  Anyway, the design for Lone Wolf is obviously very similiar to the wolf designs of Balto 2, despite the fact that the movie came out 2 years ahead of time.

Also, the voice of Tanya Mousekewitz is the same voice of Aleu--Lacey Chabert

I just thought it was an interesting topic to bring up.  Although I appreciate the work efforts of all animation studios, I really don't like many of the attempts Universal has attempted at making sequels.  More so I just find it a little annoying of the constant repitition throughout seperate productions.  Sequels tend to be bad enough without copying one sequel from the next.  

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Blackcob ra012	December 12, 2010

Emily:Yes I know balto is a universal film! Im just saying that universal have a right to copy from there own film. (If balto was disney, I would have never watched it because I hate disney!)

Emily123	December 08, 2010
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Black-> You make the comment sound like Balto is from Disney. Balto is Universal, too. A lot of animated films, especially on low budget, will reference animation used for other films. Robin Hood is a prime example. They used a lot of reference animation from the films Snow White and The ArtistoCats. (Mainly for the dancing scene at night, I haven't watched the Robin Hood in a while so I couldn't describe the scene exactly.)

Stella Cullen	December 07, 2010
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cool and youre right about Lone wolf when i first saw him i was like omg balto!!!!

Blackcob ra012	December 06, 2010

Well I hope your not saying that balto 2 is copying other films. The other films you are talking about are all made by universal. Universal is as famous as disney!

WolfiaWo ska97	December 04, 2010
	Silver leaf Beta female

like you said the wolves werent diesigned well, i noticed that, some snouts looked right like balto's and others were like pointy