Moana

In the beginning...

there was only ocean...

until the mother island emerged.

Te Fiti.

Her heart held the greatest power ever known.

It could create life itself.

And Te Fiti shared it with the world.

But in time...

some began to seek Te Fiti's heart.

They believed if they could possess it...

the great power of creation would be theirs.

And one day...

the most daring of them all...

voyaged across the vast ocean to take it.

He was a demigod of the wind and sea.

He was a warrior.

A trickster.

A shapeshifter who could change form...

with the power of his magical fish hook.

And his name...

was Maui.

But without her heart, Te Fiti began to crumble...

giving birth to a terrible darkness.

Maui tried to escape...

but was confronted by another who sought the heart.

Te Kā!

A demon of earth and fire.

Maui was struck from the sky...

never to be seen again.

And his magical fish hook and the heart of Te Fiti...

were lost to the sea.

Where, even now...

1,000 years later...

Te Kā and the demons of the deep...

still hunt for the heart.

Hiding in a darkness that will continue to spread...

chasing away our fish...

draining the life from island after island...

until every one of us is devoured...

by the bloodthirsty jaws...

of inescapable death!

But one day...

the heart will be found...

by someone who will journey beyond our reef...

find Maui...

deliver him across the great ocean...

to restore Te Fiti's heart...

and save us all.

Thank you, Mother. That's enough.

Papa.

No one goes outside the reef.

We are safe here. There is no darkness.

There are no monsters.

Monsters!

- There's no monsters, no monsters... - It's the darkness!

No, there is nothing beyond our reef, but storms and rough seas.

I'm gonna throw up.

As long as we stay on our very safe island...

...we'll be fine.

The legends are true.

Someone will have to go.

Mother, Motunui is paradise.

Who would want to go anywhere else?

Shoo, shoo!

Moana!

There you are, Moana. What are you doing? You scared me.

What? I wanna's go back.

I know, I know. But you don't go out there.

It's dangerous.

Moana, come on.

Let's go back to the village.

You are the next great chief of our people.

And you will do wondrous things, my little minnow.

Oh, yes. But first, you must learn where you're meant to be.

Moana

Make way, make way

Moana, it's time you knew

The village of Motunui is all you need

The dancers are practicing

They dance to an ancient song

Who needs a new song This old one's all we need

This tradition is our mission

And Moana, there's so much to do

Don't trip on the taro root

That's all you need

We share everything we make

We joke and we weave our baskets

The fishermen come back from the sea

I wanna see

Don't walk away

Moana, stay on the ground now

Our people will need a chief

- And there you are - There you are

There comes a day

When you're gonna look around And realize happiness is

Where you are

Consider the coconut

- The what - Consider its tree

We use each part of the coconut It's all we need

We make our nets from the fibers

The water is sweet inside

We use the leaves to build fires We cook up the meat inside

Consider the coconuts

The trunks and the leaves

The island gives us what we need

And no one leaves

That's right, we stay

We're safe and we're well-provided

And when we look to the future

There you are

You'll be okay

In time you'll learn just as I did

You must find happiness right where you are

I like to dance with the water The undertow and the waves

The water is mischievous Ha! I like how it misbehaves

The village may think I'm crazy Or say that I drift too far

But once you know what you like Well, there you are

You are your father's daughter Stubbornness and pride

Mind what he says but remember You may hear a voice inside

And if the voice starts to whisper To follow the farthest star

Moana, that voice inside is who you are

Dad!

I was only looking at the boats. I wasn't gonna get on 'em.

Come on. There's something I need to show you.

I've wanted to bring you here from the moment you opened your eyes.

This is a sacred place.

A place of chiefs.

There will come a time...

when you will stand on this peak and place a stone on this mountain.

Like I did. Like my father did.

And his father, and every chief that has ever been.

And on that day...

when you add your stone...

you will raise this whole island higher.

You are the future of our people, Moana.

And they are not out there.

They are right here.

It's time to be who they need you to be.

- We make our nets from the fibers - We weave our nets from the fibers

- The water is sweet inside - A real tasty treat inside

- We use the leaves to build fires - We sing these songs in our choirs

- To cook up the meat inside - We have mouths to feed inside

- The village believes in us - That's right

The village believes

The island gives us what we need

And no one leaves

So here I'll stay

My home, my people beside me And when I think of tomorrow

There we are

I'll lead the way

I'll have my people to guide me

We'll build our future together

Where we are

'Cause every path leads ya back to

Where you are

You can find happiness right

Where you are

Where you are

And every storm, this roof leaks, no matter how many fronds I add.

Fixed!

Not the fronds.

Wind shifted the post.

That's good pork!

I didn't mean... I wasn't...

What? They're calling me, so I gotta... Bye!

You're doing great.

Is it done yet?

So close.

I'm curious about that chicken eating the rock.

He seems to lack the basic intelligence required for pretty much everything.

Should we maybe just cook him?

Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface.

Far beneath in some cases.

But I'm sure there's more to Heihei than meets the eye.

It's the harvest.

This morning, I was husking the coconuts and...

Well...

we should clear the diseased trees and we will start a new grove.

There.

Thanks, Moana.

She's doing great.

This suits you.

Chief?

There's something you need to see.

Our traps in the east lagoon...

they're pulling up less and less fish.

Then we'll rotate the fishing grounds.

We have. There's no fish.

Oh. Then we'll fish the far side of the island.

We tried.

The windward side.

And the leeward side, the shallows, the channel.

We've tried the whole lagoon.

They're just gone.

Have you tried using a different bait?

I don't think it's the bait.

There's no fish.

It seems like it's getting worse and worse.

Of course, I understand you have reason for concern.

I will talk to the council. I'm sure we...