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The box that the pups are in while being adopted is the same medicine box Balto delivered in the first film.
Of Balto and Jenna's brown-and-white and red-and-white pups, three names are known for sure: Kodi, Dingo, and Saba. The two unnamed pups, the subjects of many "Balto" fan-fictions, have had names such as Kiona, Taktovik, Wolfe, Stadka, Anchorage, and Tydye.
None of the Celebrity Voice Talents from the first film (Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Bob Hoskins and Phil Collins) reprised their roles as Balto, Jenna, Boris and Muk & Luk respectively, instead replacing them with more Experienced Voice Actors (Maurice LaMarche, Jodi Benson, Charles Fleischer and Kevin Schon), who'd also voice them in Balto III: Wings of Change (2004).
Mary Kay Bergman's last film after her death in 1999.
Niju's character design is based on Lip-Lip from White Fang (1997).
The real Balto never had any pups with a mate because he was neutered six months of age. This film is entirely fictional.
Saba, one of Balto and Jenna's pups, was named for the island of Saba, part of Netherlands Antilles.
Montreal-based Canadian indie rock band We Are Wolves takes its name from Niju's line "We are wolves! We take what we need!" during "The Grand Design".
Denis Leary and Jeff Bennett were considered for taking over Kevin Bacon as the role of Balto. Bennett instead went for the role of Yak.
It's possible that this film started as a Theatrical Film, but was changed into releasing Straight to Video for Unknown Reasons, which would explain why the dialogue of some Cast Members like Mary Kay Bergman (who passed away before the film's release) would've recorded their dialogue prior to the End of 1999.
Maurice LaMarche (Balto) previously voiced a werewolf character named Lawrence Talbot in Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000), another movie produced by Universal Cartoon Studios that was released Straight to Video.
The howling wolves from Balto (1995) can be seen as members of the wolf clan.
Muru's name is Latin. It could come from "mus", meaning 'mouse.' Or, more probably, it derives from "murus", which means 'wall.' This is where we get the word 'mural.' Most likely, it comes from "murus" because Muru himself turns out to be a cave painting, and he is part of a huge mural on the cave wall.
Mark Hamill (Niju), Jeff Bennett (Yak), Joe Alaskey (Hunter, Nuk) and Mary Kay Bergman (The Fox, Wolverine #3) previously worked in four Straight to Video Scooby-Doo movies including Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998), Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999), Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001).
The only Voice Actor that had been in the first Balto (1995) film to return is Frank Welker (uncredited), who again provides the growling sounds of a bear.
Maurice LaMarche (Balto) and Rob Paulsen (Terrier, Sumac, Wolverine #2) previously worked together as the voices of Pinky and the Brain (1995).
The voice of Boris in this film ('Charles Fleicher') previously appeared alongside the voice of Boris in the first film ('Bob Hoskins') in the Live Action/Tradfitionally Animated Disney film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 14 years prior as the Main Characters.
Niju's voice, mannerisms, and eyepatches were based on Steele from Balto (1995).
The character designs (the fur patterns) of the wolf clan members (excluding Niju, Yak, Sumac, and Nuk) are based on Balto one way or another.
Niju, Yak, Nuk, and Sumac's characters were based on Steele, Kaltag, Nikki, and Star from Balto (1995), respectively.
