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She also wears the same outfit from the first film, but the top of her red tube top switched to white single strap top and the sun patterns on her skirt switched to a new pattern. It features a white top with a pattern on it, a red skirt with the same pattern with a coconut fiber skirt. After Moana gets struck by lightning, her ancestors revive her as a demigoddess and give her a magical tattoo. 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 Moana 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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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. 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.

Moana

• After her chieftain father Tui orders her to return to the village, she never sees it until she has grown up.
• Encouraged by her grandmother’s gentle wisdom and tempered by her father’s protective caution, she wrestles with the tension between duty and a deeper, almost mystical call that seems to echo from the deep.
• She then forms a crew and embarks on a voyage to recover the lost island of Motufetu and restore the channels that connected the people of the sea.
• When the Kakamora captured Heihei due to the chicken accidentally eating the Heart, Moana begged Maui to help rescue him, but the demigod refused, prompting Moana to rescue Heihei and recover the Heart herself.
• When asked why their voyaging stopped, Tala explains that it was Maui’s doing, referring to his crime of stealing Te Fiti’s heart, which filled the seas with monsters and demons.
• Sina also warns Moana that sometimes who they wish they could be is just not meant to be, referencing Moana’s love for the ocean while comforting her daughter.

Follow the complete movie timeline of Moana (2016) with every major event in chronological order. A «meta» version of the character appears with other Disney princesses and Elsa and Anna from Frozen (2013) in the Wreck-It Ralph (2012) sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). When some of the princesses describe to Vanellope von Schweetz how they stare at «important water» to gain inspiration for their songs, Moana says she stares at the ocean. Later, when Ralph is falling from a tower and needs saving by the princesses, Moana causes water from a fountain to spiral upwards so that Elsa can freeze it into a slide to slow Ralph’s fall, saying «You’re Welcome» after saving him.
Moana loves her sister dearly, and Simea wants to be just like Moana when she’s older. Unknown to Moana, Nalo, furious at having his curse broken by her and Maui, swears revenge on both of them. He is also furious at Matangi for helping Moana and prepares to punish her just before an old enemy from Moana’s past participates in Nalo’s plan for revenge. Moana looking fondly to the ocean after being gifted the seashell from her childhood.

Animal Characters

• Maui is a demigod with a larger-than-life personality, known for his shape-shifting abilities and magical fish hook.
• When Moana revealed the Heart of Te Fiti to Maui, she was amused to discover he was traumatized by the sight of it.
• 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.
• Even though Sina does not allow Moana to go anywhere near the sea like Tui does, Moana shares a loving relationship with her mother.
• Later, Moana and her mother stand by Tala’s deathbed where they both heartbroken over her death.
• The story reflects the importance of remembering one’s roots while shaping the future.
• When a local woman presents them with failed coconut harvests, Moana proposes a new planting spot.

When Moana left Motunui to find Maui and restore the Heart of Te Fiti, upon learning she had been chosen by the Ocean to do so, she was surprised to discover that Heihei had stowed away on her boat. 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. Moana first met Heihei when she was a toddler and shared a close relationship with him while growing up on Motunui.

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Their argument is cut short when they hear that Gramma Tala is suddenly dying, leading Moana and her father to stand by his mother’s deathbed. They set sail once more, but a down-on-his-luck Maui feels unable to defeat Te Kā and restore the heart without his hook. Moana, wanting to get to the root of Maui’s self-doubt, tries to uncover the demigod’s backstory.
Sina also warns Moana that sometimes who they wish they could be is just not meant to be, referencing Moana’s love for the ocean while comforting her daughter. Maui tells Moana that he didn’t want her to come along with him to save Motufetu, because she might die. As they approach his storm, Nalo sends his giant eels to wreak havoc on Moana, with one managing to swallow Moni, and another damaging the sail of the raft. 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. A thousand years later, the ocean chooses Moana, the daughter of Motunui’s chief Tui, to return the heart to Te Fiti.

The lush landscape is dotted with towering stone piles that mark generations of voyagers, and the ocean’s whisper carries stories of ancestors who once navigated far beyond the reef. This world feels both timeless and alive, its colors bright, its music flowing, inviting anyone who watches to feel the pull of the horizon. Motonui is a vibrant island where the people live in harmony with nature, known for its rich traditions and a strong connection to the ocean.

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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. 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. Nalo’s sea monsters turn out to be almost too much for the crew and Moni almost dies.
This caused Te Fiti to disintegrate, and Maui was attacked by Te Kā, a volcanic demon. The film’s conclusion underscores the importance of personal bravery and self-discovery. Moana, who begins her journey driven by curiosity, ends up becoming a leader and a symbol of her people’s future. The ocean’s refusal to return the heart directly to Te Fiti initially appears as a plot inconsistency, but it can be understood as a reflection of Te Fiti’s fiery, damaged state—she can’t touch water while in her corrupted form.