Lead Dog: Jenna (Balto)

Lead Dog: Jenna (Balto)

Name meaning: Variant of ‘Jennifer’: Welsh, “White”

Jenna, the dog-next-door heroine of Balto, is first and foremost an optimist. She is caring, and values honesty and loyalty over the pretty-boy sultriness of the arrogant husky Steele. She adores her human family, and eagerly plays sled dog to her owner Rosie. When Rosie comes down with diphtheria, she is worried, spying on the humans in the infirmary through a secret passage Balto shows her. The outcast husky-wolf mix lifts her spirits by reminding her that beauty exists in unlikely places, if you look at things differently. By positioning colorful shards of broken glass, he produces a facsimile of the Northern lights. Jenna knows that Balto is misunderstood, kind-hearted and creative. She believes in him, and that he will retrieve the antitoxin in time. She gives him her red bandana for luck—after all, a knight never rides into battle without a trinket of his lady love’s.
Jenna Quotes
Jenna: Steele's lying. Balto's alive. He's coming home.
Balto: See this? It's the Polar Ice Caps?
Jenna: Balto, those are broken bottles, and they're not half-empty, they're all empty.
Balto: The sun, and to the north
Jenna: Oh, Balto. It's beautiful.
Balto: Yeah, beautiful.

Jenna: What? Polar bears who can't *swim*?

Jenna: Steele, stop being such a glory-hound!

Jenna: Is that a new collar, Dixie?
Dixie: What, this old thing? Nah. Do you think Steele will notice?
Jenna: The only way Steele notices anyone is if they're wearing a mirror.

Jenna: Steele, it doesn't matter who's on the team, as long as the medicine gets through.