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1. Moana is deliberately set up as a woman with a "real" body.
2. The Flounder in "The Little Mermaid" and Snow Treasure in "Frozen" both made cameo appearances in this movie.
3. Clements, Musker, and a team of Disney Animation artists made two field trips to southern Oceania for the film.
4. In the process of making this film, the Disney team cooperated with a team of experts composed of anthropologists, educators, linguists, navigators, etc.
5. The story of the film begins with Maui as the protagonist— the cunning demigod voiced by Dawn Johnson, while Moana was originally a supporting character who was going to rescue her sweetheart.
6. Having Moana wear red is a tribute to her royal blood.
7. In the South Pacific, "Moana" is both a word and a name— it means "ocean," and when used as a name, it can be used by both men and women.
8. The sound of Pua in the movie is really made by pigs!
9. Originally, the animators drew Maui as a bald head.
10. Animators drew inspiration from wrestlers, footballers, and Johnson himself.
11. Maui's dimples and eyebrows are directly borrowed from Johnson himself.
12. Visual artist Neysa Bové designs her characters in strict accordance with history and local culture – the materials she uses in her designs can be found on the South Pacific islands.
13. Bové deliberately opened a fork in Moana's short skirt so that she could run and jump more easily.
14. Bové designed more than forty styles for Moana's iconic necklace. Finally she decided to make a necklace out of abalone shells. The pendant of the necklace looks like the boundary between land and sea.