Moana 2 (2024)
A sequel to the 2016 Disney animated film Moana.
Intro song (Tulou Tagaloa (Sei e Va’ai Mai)”).
Three years after the events of Moana, 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 (“We’re Back”).
In a vision, Moana's ancestor and the last master wayfinder Tautai Vasa, reveals why none of those people are connected anymore: the malicious storm god Nalo wanted power over the mortals, so he sunk a legendary island called Motufetū, which connected all of the islands, down to the depths of the ocean. Vasa further warns that the people of Motunui will go extinct in the future if Moana cannot find a way to raise Motufetū. Moana decides to find Motufetū to save her people (“Beyond”). In response to this call from the ancestors, Moana assembles a crew of people from Motunui — craftswoman Loto, historian Moni, and grumpy elderly farmer Kele, alongside her pet pig Pua and rooster Heihei — to follow the path of a comet across the ocean towards Motufetū (“What Could Be Better Than This?”).
Meanwhile, Maui is also seeking Motufetū since he had a previous quarrel with Nalo, but he is captured by Nalo's enforcer, Matangi, who guards the portal to the gods which leads to Nalo’s realm and where Mofutetū is. Maui is reluctant to contact Moana, as he fears she may not survive if she comes to help.
Moana and her crew are captured by the Kakamora, a tribe of savage coconut-like pirates that Moana previously encountered, who reveal that Nalo's actions against Motufetū had caused them to be disconnected from their home island. A Kakamora named Kotu helps the crew paralyze a gargantuan monster clam inside of which is Matangi's lair. While the crew finds Maui, Moana meets Matangi and learns that she is trapped into serving Nalo and wants to be free (“Get Lost”). Matangi helps Moana escape and reunite with Maui and her friends, before sending them through the portal of the gods.
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 where they find the remnants of Tautai Vasa’s canoe. Moana begins to despair, but Maui encourages her to keep on going (“Can I Get A Chee Hoo?”). With Moana revitalized, the group plans to have Maui raise Motufetū so that Moana can touch it, as that is the only way to stop Nalo. Her crew repairs her raft, but when the group ventures forth to confront Nalo, they encounter a gigantic storm.
Moana, realizing that Nalo is mainly focused on stopping the humans rather than Maui since only they can break the curse, decides to distract Nalo long enough for Maui begins to pull up Motufetū with his giant hook. However Nalo strips Maui of his demigod powers with a lightning bolt. Moana, in a moment of desperation, dives into the ocean to touch Motufetū underwater, but as she succeeds, Nalo's lightning kills her. With the curse broken, Maui jumps in after her body, and with a magical chant (“Mana Vavau”), summons the spirits of Tautai Vasa and Moana's ancestors, including her grandmother Tala, who help revive her as a demigoddess, with Moana gaining a wayfinder's tattoo. Maui, also regaining his powers as a demigod, finally raises Motufetū and helps Moana reconnect the people with the ocean (“Beyond (Reprise)”). The crew returns home to Motunui, leading a flotilla of the peoples of the ocean, and a celebration is held in Moana's honor. Additionally, Moana brings Kotu back to the Kakamora home island before the crew continue exploring. (“We Know The Way (Te Fenua te Malie)”).
In a mid-credits scene, Nalo plans his revenge and is about to punish Matangi for helping Moana, when the giant crab Tamatoa arrives to join his cause.