- “A human should never have been able to reach Motufetu... or break my curse!”
- ―Nalo angrily ranting about his defeat[src]
Nalo is the main antagonist in Disney's 2024 animated feature film Moana 2. He is an envious storm god who has cursed and guards the mysterious island of Motufetu for centuries with a menacing storm barrier of clouds, lightning and tornadoes. Nalo is also described as a substantially more fearsome threat than what Moana has faced before.[1] It is said that Nalo gains strength and power by severing the connection of the people of the ocean.
Background[]
Physical Appearance[]
Nalo is a shapeshifting god who appears in two different forms during the film. His first form is a giant monstrous storm of wind and tornadoes with his face sometimes being visible in the funnel clouds. His body is made out of dark storm clouds while his face is made out of pink lightning. Some paintings and his silhouette during Maui's song show a more humanoid version of that form.
His second form (also possibly his true physical form) is much more human-like as he resembles a large and muscular Polynesian man with dark afro hair and facial hair as well as glowing pink eyes and tattoos, which are most likely depicting thunderbolts. He wears a dark piece of cloth over his crotch.
Personality[]
Nalo is extremely misanthropic as he is trying to fully destroy humanity without a second thought and dedicates himself to achieving that goal. He also wants to destroy humanity because of his extreme lust for power as he would gain more power that way, despite him already being one of the most powerful deities.
He shows no remorse for his devious actions because of him being a greedy and arrogant egotist who cares only about himself and stops at nothing to get whatever he wants, even if it means going to extreme lengths such as trying to commit a genocide. He is obsessed with achieving his goals as he made it nearly impossible to break his curse on Motufetu and gives his best to kill whoever tries to reach it, which resulted in him killing Moana's ancestors, Mini Maui, Moana and possibly many more.
He even treats his own allies terribly as he forced Matangi to be his servant and struck Tamatoa with a thunderbolt for annoying him, despite the latter wanting to help him achieve his plans. He is very sadistic and violent, which he shows by sending his giant eels to brutally kill and devour Moana and her crew, creating a deadly storm to kill anyone who tries to reach Motufetu and striking his enemies with thunderbolts.
He is very vengeful and destructive, as he starts plotting to take his revenge on Moana and Maui immediately after the former managed to break his curse, continues with his plans to destroy humanity and makes it clear that he will punish Matangi for her betrayal. His extreme obsession with his genocidal and destructive plans, combined with his immense power, already proved him to be a massive threat to Moana, her allies and the whole world.
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Trivia[]
- Nalo shares similarities with Tāwhirimātea, the Māori god of weather and storms.
- Nalo is one of the very few Disney Villains who killed the main protagonist (albeit Moana was later revived as a demigoddess) and so far the only male Disney villain who killed a Disney Princess.
- Nalo is the third Disney Villans in the Disney Animated Canon to be a god, after Chernabog from "Fantasia" in 1940 and Hades from "Hercules" in 1997.
- Nalo is the second Disney villain to be black, Dr Facilier being the first.
- Nalo is the second Disney Villans to be introduced in a canon sequel, being Percival C. McLeach from "The Rescuers Down Under" in 1990.
- It could be said that Nalo is the antithesis of Zeus from "Hercules".
References[]
- ↑ Moana 2 Producer Introduces Sequel's Powerful New Villain (comicbook.com)
External links[]
Nalo on Moana Wiki
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