In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
Sometimes... who we wish we were, what we wish we could do... it`s just not meant to be.
Whatever just happened... blame it on the pig.
— Maui, shapeshifter demigod of the wind and sea! I am Moana of...
— Hero of man.
— What?
— It`s actually, Maui, shapeshifter demigod of the wind and sea, hero of man. I interrupted. From the top. Hero of man. Go.
— I am...
— Sorry, sorry, sorry. And women. Men and women. Both. All. Not a guy, girl thing. You know, Maui is a hero to all. You`re doing great.
— I wasn`t born a demigod. I had human parents. They took one look and decided they did not want me. They threw me into the sea... like i was nothing. Somehow, i was found by the gods. They gave me the hook. They made me Maui. And back to the humans i went. I gave them islands, fire, coconuts. Anything they could ever want.
— You took the heart for them. You did everything for them so they`d love you.
— It was never enough.
Maybe the gods found you for a reason. Maybe the ocean brought you to them because it saw someone who was worthy of being saved. But the gods aren`t the ones who make you Maui. You are.
— Are you gonna tell Dad?
— I`m his mom. I don`t have to tell him anything.
— We`re going to the realm of monsters?
— We? No. Me. You are gonna stay here with the other chicken. That`s what i`m talking about. Gimme some. Come on! That was a good one. How do you not get it? I called her a chicken, there`s a chicken on the boat. I know she`s human, but that`s not the... You know what? Forget it. Forget it! I`m not explaining it to you. Cause then it`s not funny.
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.
— Hey, i`m just trying to understand why your people decided to send... How do i phrase this? You.
— My people didn`t send me. The ocean did.
— The ocean? Makes sense. You`re what, eight? Can`t sail. Obvious choise!
— It chose me for a reason.
— If the ocean`s so smart why didn`t it just take the heart back to Te Fiti itself? Or bring me my hook? The ocean`s straight up kooky-dooks!