Reaching the top of the mountain, Moana realizes that the island is gone and that Te Kā is actually Te Fiti without her heart. She asks the ocean to clear a path so that she can have Te Kā approach her. She connects with Te Fiti and opens her eyes to show her what she has become. Te Fiti calms down and lets Moana restore her heart which brings everything, including herself, back to normal. Moana bids farewell to Maui and Te Fiti, returning home and reuniting with her parents. After placing a shell on top of the stack of stones placed by all previous chiefs, Moana takes up her role as chieftess and wayfinder, leading her people as they resume voyaging, accompanied by Maui.
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This lively intelligent girl wants to do what’s right for her people, but she also needs to find out what’s right for her. Eventually, Moana and her crew meet the Kakamora, who soon reveal that Nalo’s actions against Motufetu caused them to be disconnected from their home island as well. One of them, named Kotu, helps the crew destroy a giant monster clam that takes them to Matangi’s lair. While the crew find Maui, Moana meets Matangi, but learns that she isn’t happy serving Nalo and actually helps Moana escape her lair and reunite with Maui and her friends before sending them to where Nalo is.
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- On her return from one such voyage, Moana is given the title of tautai, or master wayfinder — Motunui’s first tautai in a thousand years.
- She seeks to find Maui by following a constellation that looks like his fish hook, but a wave flips her sailboat and knocks her unconscious.
- Despite her sudden feeling of self-doubt, Moana follows Maui into Lalotai, and eventually finds the fishhook.
- Maui returns, having had a change of heart, and buys Moana time to reach Te Fiti by fighting Te Kā, destroying his hook in the process.
- In that moment, Moana meets Tautai Vasa, and sees a vision of her village and island being abandoned and overgrown.
- Moana heard Tala explain because Maui stole the Heart of Te Fiti, monsters roamed the seas and Te Kā’s curse destroyed islands and made sea voyage dangerous.
The goddess revives the dying islands across the world, and restores Moana’s boat and Maui’s fishhook. Moana asks Maui to return home with her, but Maui gently declines, showing Moana a new tattoo on his body, inspired by her heroism. The two warmly embrace before Maui shape-shifts into a hawk and flies away. Moana and Heihei sail for Motunui and arrive as the island is recovering from the curse entirely. Having restored the safety of the sea, Moana takes her place as a Chieftess of Motunui and the people of the village break out their ancestor’s boats.
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Maui informs them to stay away from Matangi, but as he was about to leave, he sees Heihei and realizes that Moana is in danger. In the first film, Moana is slim yet slightly muscular, with brown skin, brown eyes, a small nose and waist-length wavy black hair. Her clothing Moana consists of a coconut fibre skirt, mainly beige with golden sun patterns and a red sash around her waist.
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After escaping the cave, the ocean sends Moana back on the sailboat to convince Maui. She shows him the heart and asks him to help her return it, but Maui backs away fearing that the heart is a trap for the person carrying it and that other creatures would kill to steal it for themselves. The world and characters of Moana have since been integrated in other films, video games, and Disney’s theme parks around the world.
Finding a deserted island to beach the raft on and regroup, it is there that Moana finds the remains of Tautai Vasa’s raft, indicating that he and those with him were killed by Nalo before they could reach Motufetu. Her morale restored, and with Loto having repaired their raft with materials from Tautai Vasa’s, they head for Motufetu, with the plan being for Maui to raise the island, then Moana will touch it, breaking the curse. They confront Te Kā, who Moana manages to outsmart in order to make it past Te Fiti’s barrier islands.
- After arriving at Maui’s Island by surviving a storm, Moana met the demigod and tried to speak with him, only to find he was egotistic, arrogant, and boisterous.
- She walks around barefoot, and her clothing consists of a coconut fiber skirt, mainly beige-colored with golden sun patterns, and a red sash around her waist.
- It also became the sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $690 million.
- Moana reluctantly accepts her grandmother’s dying wish, packs up supplies, and takes one of her ancestor’s boats that unknowingly had her rooster friend, Heihei, on board as well.
- Along the way, she meets the demigod Maui, who becomes her ally and friend.
Looking out into the distance, she notices a glowing spiral on Te Kā’s chest and realizes that the lava demon is Te Fiti. Moana sings “Know Who You Are” to tame Te Kā, who finds peace in Moana’s words and turns herself into cooled lava rock. Moana places the heart into the spiral on Te Kā’s chest, and the lava monster’s crust crumbles away, revealing the lush and radiant Te Fiti. She mournfully confesses her incompetence and demands that the ocean chooses someone else to restore the heart. The ocean accepts Moana’s decision and takes the heart of Te Fiti back into the sea. As Moana breaks down in tears, she is visited by Gramma Tala’s spirit, who comforts and apologizes to her granddaughter for placing so much pressure on her.
It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. A follow-up to Moana was originally developed as a miniseries for Disney+, but by February 2024 it had been reworked into a theatrical sequel. Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foaʻi, the composers and co-songwriters of the first film, returned to score and write the songs, while Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear provided additional songs.
When Moana revealed the Heart of Te Fiti to Maui, she was amused to discover he was traumatized by the sight of it. She did not believe that anyone dangerous would appear if she showed the Heart around until the Kakamora revealed themselves before Moana and Maui. As they climb a mountain to reach the entrance to the underworld, Maui questions why the ocean chose Moana to save the world, though she doesn’t seem to know, herself. Despite her sudden feeling of self-doubt, Moana follows Maui into Lalotai, and eventually finds the fishhook. She distracts Tamatoa long enough for Maui to take back his hook, but the demigod finds that his shapeshifting abilities are out of whack.
