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Some time later, Moana returns home to Motunui, joined by her crew, the other islanders and their fleet of rafts, and Maui, reuniting with her little sister and parents, and celebrating having reunited everyone across the ocean. It fell to number six in its fifth weekend, due to competition from four new releases—Sing, Passengers, Why Him? It continues the story of Moana and Maui, who embark on a new quest to explore the uncharted regions of Oceania and encounter new cultures and creatures. The film was directed by Dave Derrick Jr., with music by Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina. She learns that Maui has stolen the heart for a village that he has looked after once he was given his powers from the gods. Through some encouragement from Moana, Maui is given the strength to shape shift with ease, even managing to turn into a hawk.

• After much mentoring, Moana falls asleep and has a nightmare in which she watches as her home and parents are destroyed by Te Kā's curse.
• First, Moana and Maui must retrieve Maui's fishhook in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab.
• As they make their way, Moana watches intently as Maui proves himself to be a master wayfinder.
• 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.
• 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.

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. After restoring the Heart of Te Fiti and saving Polynesia, including Motunui, from Te Ka's curse, Moana happily reunited with Pua upon returning to Motunui. Once Moana the ban on sea travel had been lifted, Moana was accompanied by Pua as she started and led a new generation of wayfinders.

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Moana and Pua would often try to sneak off to try sailing beyond the reef of Motunui, only to get caught by Moana's parents every time. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise. Maui warns that Nalo's realm is deadlier compared to the mortal realm and that fighting him will spell certain death for mere mortals. Nalo's monsters ambush the group, damaging their raft and washing them ashore on an isolated island.

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Along the way, she meets the mighty demigod Maui–together they cross the ocean on a fun-filled, action-packed voyage from Walt Disney Animation Studios. 3 years after she returned Te Fiti's heart, Moana is now on the search for other people besides her island. A visit from her ancestors tells her she must break the curse imposed by the power hungry god Nalo by bringing the island of Motufetu to reconnect the people. The craftswoman Loto, experienced elder farmer Kele, and historian and fanboy Moni.

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However, during their journey, the comet explodes, indicating they have neared Motufetu, but are confronted by the Kakamora, who reveal that they too are trying to get home to their island, but can't, especially with the giant clam blocking their way. One Kakamora, Kotu, decides to join Moana and sacrifices himself and Moana's raft to save the ones of his fellow Kakamora as Moana, her crew, pets, and Kotu are swallowed by the giant clam. 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. 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. 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. After escaping the Kakamora, Moana was able to persuade Maui into helping restore the Heart of Te Fiti by playing on his desires to be seen as a hero. Once Moana and Maui agreed to retrieve his magic fish hook first and later restore the Heart, they still had trouble getting along as Maui refused to teach Moana wayfinding and even when he was forced to by the Ocean, he was an apathetic teacher towards her. 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. Maui's narcissism and arrogance immediately disgusted Moana and though she was amazed to learn of the benefits Maui offered to mankind, she was angered when the demigod tricked and trapped her in a cave in order to steal her boat.

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Three years after her adventure with the demigod Maui and the island goddess Te Fiti,c Moana spends her days exploring other islands near her home island of Motunui in the hope of finding people connected to the ocean. 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. Moana 2b is a 2024 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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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.

• Moana proudly realizes who she has meant to be within herself and what defines her and swims down to retrieve the heart.
• 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.
• The demigod uses some of his remaining power to shape-shift into a hawk and fly off into the night.
• When her island becomes endangered due to the threat posed by an angry Te Kā, Moana is chosen by the Ocean to journey across Oceania to the island of Te Fiti to restore the heart stolen by Maui, and save her people.
• She reunites with her parents, with Tui now accepting that going past the reef suits her.
• Maui, in return, is granted a new hook and flies off to meet with his villagers.

After Moana had an argument with her father over sailing beyond the reef to find more fish, she was comforted by Pua who tried to convince her sail into the ocean to look for more fish. Moana was hesitant and wanted to commit to her people and duties, but ultimately decided to try sailing to look for fish with Pua accompanying her. However, due to Moana sailing for the first time, their attempt to look for fish failed when they got hit by a wave, causing Pua to fall overboard. Moana was able to rescue Pua, but got her foot injured when it was stuck in some coral before she joined Pua in making it back to shore.As they blow their conch shells in reply, it allows Moana to meet with the other islanders reconnected by Motufetu's return. Aaron and Jordan Kandell joined the project during a critical period to help deepen the emotional story architecture of the film. It manages to give us memorable musical numbers, charismatic characters and powerful images and builds a palpable and colourful world in which you want to stay. They are then attacked by Kakamora—coconut pirates—who, like other creatures, seek the heart. Moana and Maui escape them and Moana convinces Maui to help her by saying Maui is no longer a hero and should redeem himself by returning the heart. First, Moana and Maui must retrieve Maui's fishhook in Lalotai, the Realm of Monsters, from Tamatoa, a giant coconut crab. Maui takes his fishhook, only to find he does not have control over his shape-shifting anymore. 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.