1. Moana was deliberately designed to have a "realistic " body type.
2. Flounder from The Little Mermaid and Olaf from Frozen both appear in the film.
3. The original story for the movie focused on Maui — the demigod trickster played by Dwayne Johnson — and Moana was a secondary character on a mission to rescue her love interest.
4. But after their first research trip, the filmmakers became more focused on navigation as a theme.
5. They also wanted to make the central plot of the movie revolve around Moana's own issues and finding herself, and "not her relationship with a guy."
6. They didn't open up auditions for Maui — they only wanted Johnson, and reached out to him directly.
7. "Moana" is both a name and a word in the South Pacific — it means "ocean" and is not a gendered name.
8. When compared to other Disney Princesses, Musker believes Moana is most similar to Mulan, but "more extreme."
9. All the noises Pua makes are real pig noises — he isn't voiced by a human.
10. It's a complete coincidence that Auli’i Cravalho looks so much like Moana. The character was designed before she was cast.
11. For Maui's body type, animators used wrestlers, football players, and Johnson himself as inspiration.
12. Animators also used video of Johnson's recording sessions to help flesh out Maui's movements.
13. Maui's dimples and eyebrow raise are directly based on Johnson's.
14. Clements believes the central message of Moana is "discovering who you are and who you're meant to be."
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