Jenna

Jenna is the deuteragonist of Balto as well as a major character in Balto II: Wolf Quest and Balto III: Wings of Change. Jenna is Balto's mate and the mother of Kodi, Dingo, Saba, Aleu and two other unnamed pups.

She was voiced by Bridget Fonda in the first movie, and Jodi Benson in the two sequels.

## Jenna

### Aliases

Pretty Girl (By Rosy)Jen (By Balto)Mom (By her pups)

### Relatives

Rosy and her parents (owners)Balto (mate)Aleu (daughter)Kodi (son)Saba (daughter)Dingo (son)Unnamed pup (offspring)Unnamed pup (offspring)Aniu † (mother-in-law) Balto's Father (father-in-law) Unanmed Mother

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Bridget Fonda (Balto)Jodi Benson (Balto II: Wolf Quest, Balto III: Wings of Change)

### Appears in

BaltoBalto II: Wolf QuestBalto III: Wings of Change

## Background

Jenna was given to Rosy when she was eight weeks old. It is implied in the first movie that she was raised solely within town, unlike Balto, and is a purebred husky.

## Personality

In the original film, Jenna is kind and sensible, being the only town dog shown who never fawns over Steele and openly

stands up to him. She is highly loyal to her owner, Rosy, as evidenced when she stays by her side and does her best to keep watch over her while she is ill with diphtheria.

Despite Balto's outcast status, Jenna is compassionate to him and is his only friend in town. Her feeling grow closer to Balto as he shown her to also care about Rosy as Rosy didn't view Balto as a threat and later, Jenna would save Balto from being killed from the bear as also getting injured in the process. Jenna gave her bandanna to Balto in hope of keeping him warm and also worrying about Balto going alone. She dislikes Steele for his remarks about Balto and his arrogant attitude, and always sticks up for Balto whenever present, scolding Steele and calling him a "glory-hound." Though she is polite otherwise, she continually rebuffs his flirtatious advances and makes no secret of preferring Balto over him. She is far from gullible, as evidenced when she refuses to believe Steele's story about Balto attacking him and dying.

Jenna is also very cunning, as demonstrated when she tricks Steele into burning his tail by using his infatuation of her against him. She is courageous and willing to resort to battle to protect her loved ones, as evidenced in the original movie when she fights a bear to save Balto and his friends.

In the sequels, she usually stays behind on Balto's adventures despite wanting to help. Jenna also cared a lot for her puppies, but was willing to find them homes after eight weeks.

## Appearance

Jenna is a purebred husky with a red and white fur (which she passes down to Kodi and the majority of her pups), which is dark red on her ears, back, the upper parts of her legs, and the upside of her tail, and white on her facial, chest, and underside areas. She has small black markings on the tips of her ears and amber eyes. She usually wears an red-orange bandanna around her neck. By dog terms, she is considered beautiful and is apparently highly desired, as shown by the immediate attraction Balto, Steele, and a passing dog in the beginning of the film had shown.

## Trivia

* Her design was inspired by Audrey Hepburn.
* Jenna and Belle have stuff in common: they're both popular in their town because of their beauty, they both also fall in love someone who is looked upon as a monster and they both care about their families a lot. They are both loved by someone who is most popular in town despite they don't have any attention towards them, they save the lives of their loves and they both get married in the end.
* Jenna, Balto, Boris & Muk & Luk are the only characters that have appeared in all 3 movies.
* Jenna does not get mentioned in the trailer, despite having a huge role in the film.
* Jenna knew Muk & Luk's names despite not meeting them before.
* Jenna, Muru, Niju and Stella are the only characters that sang.
* In reality when Jenna gave birth to her pups, she wouldn't let Balto get close to them or see them at a certain age.