Dusty

“

Well, Kirby, its just...eh...we don't need fast. We need...really really fast.

— Dusty to Kirby

”

Dusty is part of the same mail team as Kodi in Balto III: Wings of Change and was the only female dog on the team.

She blames their lateness in delivering the mail on the treacherous spring snow, and, like two of her mail team members, does not take their running late very seriously.

Personality[]

Coming soon

Appearance[]

Dusty's color palette is similar to Balto's but several shades lighter: A dull gray-brown on her back the color of sun-dried dirt and a lighter on her underside the color of dirt-smeared snow. She has dark blue eyes that gleam with a determined light.

Biography[]

Balto III: Wings of Change[]

Dusty is first seen delivering mail to the various places in Nome with her sled team. After the delivery, Dusty stops her team from bickering and states that it was the snow which slowed them down. When she hears her team's job is threatened by the new air mail service, she tries to find answers to their predicament. Dusty determines to race the bush plane in an effort to help her team keep their job and asks Balto to lead them. The team wins and she thanks Balto later during their celebration, not knowing that they only won because of mechanical problems with the plane.

When Balto steps forward with his concern for Duke's safety, Dusty, like the others, is entirely against the idea of helping the "enemy." When Kodi later wants to go and help his father, Dusty first doubts his loyalty to them then accuses him of "joining the enemy." After Kodi leaves, Dusty is surprised and follows him to the door, looking shocked when he left. With the rest of the team, Dusty comes to the rescue and saves Balto and Duke from falling off a cliff and helps pull Duke back to Nome.

Relationships[]

(If certain characters aren't here, that means that they haven't had any thoughts about them nor interacted with them. Feel free to summarize their perspective. (Fanfictions NOT included))

Balto

When they were in a struggle to find someone to help them beat Duke, she right-away thought about Kodi's dad (Balto) due to his sled dog experience and his past events. After the race, Dusty and everyone thanks him for saving their jobs but when Balto asked them to help Duke, they all reject. In the end, they would help him save him.

Jenna

Not much is known about their relationship, but she seems to know about Kodi being loyal to her.

Kirby, Ralph and Kodi

Kodi, Kirby, and Ralph are Dusty's friends and who work together as partners, caring very much about their jobs delivering mail. They would be angry that Duke is gonna take their jobs away but they would want Balto's help as he was a sled dog once. After they participate in the race, they would end up winning but Balto was worried that something happened to Dukes and wanted to help him but much later they would have a discussing about Balto trying to save Dukes but all of them would disagree about it and much later, they would get angry at Kodi for joining his father's side but after they have a conflict, Kodi disbands from the group but they would help him save Duke along with his dad.

Mel & Dipsy

Dusty doesn't interact to them as much but they help Dusty with the mail.

Duke

Dusty had hatred for Duke for trying to take his job away, she'll participate in the race to win so he can keep his job but after they win the race he celebrates and thanks his Kodi's father but Balto worried that he might be hurt but Dusty didn't want anything to do with him as he wants her job forever but later his Kodi's reason and disband convinces her why just caring about his job is wrong instead of caring someone's life. Later, she will help his Kodi's dad to save Duke.

Trivia[]

Dusty and Ralph were planned to be mates in the third movie, but the writers didn't have time to put scenes in to explore this.
Lots of people assumed that Dusty loved Kodi by the reaction she gave when Kodi disbanded from the group. However, they were never planned to be mates in any way.
Dusty is the only confirmed female to be a sled dog.
Dusty uses Aleu's animation model.

References[]

http://www.animationsource.org/balto/en/articles/Phil_Weinstein_interview/85108.html&id_film=12