The Grizzly Bear is a minor antagonist of Balto. He is a giant black furred bear with yellow eyes. He does not tolerate intruders and trespassers who enter his territory, and will kill them if they do so.
Biography[]
Balto[]
He first appears during the wolf-dog's journey to find the missing team when Balto, Boris, Muk, and Luk are on their mission to find Steele and the gang, but accidentally stagger into the bear's territory when the huge vicious black bear appears to be stalking the group consisting of the heroes for several moments before Balto finally has caught scent of the danger.
A fierce confrontation erupts between the crazed giant and Balto. He swipes at Boris, causing him to log in a log, forcing it to land on Muk and Luk to trap them all. Balto bravely tries to protect his friends and runs to attack the bear. Although smaller and more agile, the wolf-dog is unable to match the bear in combat and is trapped and nearly crushed beneath the bear's huge paw as he swats the wolf dog until Jenna comes to his aid in order to save him, but is swatted by the bear to the ground.
If it hadn't been for the arrival of Jenna, Balto would have easily been killed. In the fight, the giant bear nearly stomps on the trapped baby polar bears and Boris trapped under a tree as the bear stomps his foot toward them, hoping to kill them. Still relentless, the grizzly bear injures Jenna and manages to engage Balto once more.
Having learned a strategy, Balto fights the grizzly bear and ends up luring him onto a nearby lake of thin ice; managing to dispose of the giant bear in the icy depths of the lake, nearly costing him his own life when Muk and Luk manage to save him from drowning.
Trivia[]
- In the series , this rampaged for the Bears to have brown fur, but yes in the movie, he is dark brownish
- The Bear is shown to be unrealistically tall, also Grizzly Bears aren't as native to Alaska. A real life bear, that can almost match the size, which are Kodiak Bears, but despite that their fur aren't brown , have different colors.
- The bear is also shown to have something of a one-track mind, as when Balto falls onto the lake, even when the bear begins breaking the ice with all his stomping, he continues advancing towards Balto.
- The bear is the only character that dies in the movie.
- The bear in the sequel is thought to be the same bear. However, this isn't true as he is just a spirit that tested Balto.
- Oddly, Frank Welker helped with the bear's sound effects and isn't credited on the end credits.
- According to the script, the large grizzly bear survives after confrontation with Balto on the frozen river. Wounded and sitting near antitoxine box, the big grizzly bear confronts Balto again after the white wolf scene, but this is unknown for now, how Balto defeats the bear once and for all.