It only angers Maui, prompting Moana to confess her own feelings of doubt by revealing that she doesn’t know why the ocean chose her. She further explains that she is still intending to save her dying island, although she can only do so with Maui’s aid. Moana offers to lend an ear to the demigod, and Maui eventually opens up to her by revealing that he was born human and was callously abandoned by his parents.
Moana As Told By LEGO
Tala encourages Moana to return home if she wishes to, promising to remain by her side on the journey back. Moana prepares herself to sail home, but finds that she cannot bring herself to actually do so. Tala encourages Moana to consider why she feels so hesitant to return home. Moana realizes that the love she holds for her people and the sea is what brought her this far. It is what ultimately defines who she is, and explains why she’s the one capable of saving the world.
Mini Maui Movie Clip “Gone Fishing”
Moana looking fondly to the ocean after being gifted the seashell from her childhood. After Ralph resolves his insecurities, causing the viral clones to vanish, he is in danger of falling to his doom. Moana and the other girls see he’s in trouble and move to help him, with Moana and Ariel working together to create a tower of water that Elsa can freeze to serve as a slide to save Ralph. After he is saved, he is allowed a chance to meet and befriend the girls, with Elsa assuring him that «any friend of Vanellope is a friend of ours», with Moana adding on «You’re Welcome». As they climb a mountain to reach the entrance to the underworld, Maui wonders why the ocean chose Moana to save the world, to which she doesn’t seem to know it herself. Despite her sudden sense of doubt, Moana follows Maui into Lalotai and ends up finding the hook.
- Maui is also given his demigod powers and tattoos back, including Mini Maui, and together, they are able to raise Motufetu.
- Later, when Moana becomes chief, she and her father lead their people in voyaging across the seas, strengthening their relationship as her father finally lets go of his fear of traveling on the ocean.
- Moana and her parents rush to the doctors, where Tala is lying on her deathbed.
- The wave created by the powerful impact blasts Moana and Maui away from the shores of Te Fiti.
- Maui continues Moana’s mentoring in wayfinding, eventually turning her into a master navigator on par with her ancestors, though Maui contends that she may have surpassed them.
- On October 7, 2015, Walt Disney Animation Studios released a video announcing the casting of 14-year-old Hawaiian native, Auli’i Cravalho, who will officially portray Moana.
World of Moana
Together, they manage to rekindle Moana, while also granting her a wayfinder’s tattoo and turning her into a demigoddess, with her oar becoming her magical object like Maui’s giant fishhook. Maui is also given his demigod powers and tattoos back, including Mini Maui, and together, they are able to raise Motufetu. She sadly confesses her incompetence and demands that the ocean choose someone else to restore the heart. The ocean accepts Moana’s decision and brings Te Fiti’s heart back to the sea.
- After sadly telling the ocean to bring the heart to someone else, Gramma Tala appears as a spiritual manta ray and encourages her to discover who she is based on what she has learned, what she has lived through, who she has met, and where she comes from.
- After Moana gets struck by lightning, her ancestors revive her as a demigoddess and give her a magical tattoo.
- As Moana bursts into tears, she is visited by Grandma Tala’s spiritual ghost, who comforts and apologizes to her granddaughter for putting such much pressure on her.
- When discovering Motunui being affected by Te Kā’s curse and that she has been chosen by the Ocean to restore the Heart of Te Fiti, Moana attempts to again persuade her father, along with their people to leave Motuni so they can help restore the heart.
- In a vision, she hears her ancestors speaking to her, calling her to a new quest.
Live-action films
Set three years later, it follows Moana reuniting with the demigod Maui and assembling a wayfinding crew to find the lost island of Motufetu, break its curse, and reconnect the people of the ocean. Gramma Tala finds Moana on the beach after she tries to sail past the reef only to become shipwrecked back home and shows Moana a secret cave hidden behind a waterfall. Tala then gives Moana the heart of Te Fiti after showing her the curse of draining life away from trees and the island itself, saying that it is the only way to save her people. She goes to her father and tells him what Tala told her, but he doesn’t listen and sees it as another excuse for her to leave the island. A millennium later, Moana as a toddler discovers the heart as she is collecting shells near the ocean.
Moana suggests going beyond the island’s reef with her pet pig, Pua, to find more fish and discover what is happening, but Tui forbids it. On the Polynesian island of Motunui, the Moana inhabitants worship the goddess of nature, Te Fiti; a living island who, long ago, brought life to the ocean using a pounamu stone as her heart and the source of her power. One day, Maui, the shape-shifting demigod of the wind and sea and master of wayfinding, stole Te Fiti’s heart to give humanity the power of creation. This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. Moana premiered during the AFI Fest at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 2016, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 23. The film received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing $687 million worldwide.
She is voiced by Auli’i Cravalho, and will be portrayed by Catherine Laga’aia in the upcoming 2026 live action adaptation. The 2016 musical won hearts worldwide with its stunning visuals, catchy songs, and bold message on protecting our planet. While Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t composing this time, he was “thrilled” with the all-female duo Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear’s take on the new film. In November 2014, Dwayne Johnson (also known as The Rock) was announced to voice the demigod Maui and join Moana on her action-packed voyage.
She calmed the frantic chicken by assuring him the Ocean was a friend, but became worried when Heihei fell off her boat. Moana managed to rescue Heihei and to prevent him from falling off the boat again, she put him in her canoe’s cargo hold to keep him safe. When coming across a storm, Moana put Heihei’s safety first as she sailed through the storm.