Kakamora

The Kakamora are major characters in the Moana franchise. They are a savage tribe of coconut-like pirates that Moana and Maui encounter on their voyage. However, it's revealed that their island was in the same ocean as Motufetu until Nalo cursed and sank it. The Kakamora fleet have been sailing aimlessly at sea trying to find their home.
==Background==
The Kakamora are a diminutive race, donning armor made of coconuts. They live on a trash-and-flotsam-covered vessel that floats freely around the ocean. Known to Maui as "murdering little pirates", the Kakamora are cute in appearance, but they can be quite menacing and will relentlessly pursue materials they deem valuable.
None of the Kakamora speak or vocalize. They instead perform any communication via banging tribal drums, exhibiting frantic movement, and drawing mouths that express different emotions, for example they drew the angry mouth with sharp teeth to express "evilness". They are led by a singular chief who is separated from the rest by his distinct headwear.
===Official description===
:A gigantic crustacean isn't the only foes our heroes meet — they also tackle the threat of these coconut monsters. The Kakamora may be cute, but they can be quite menacing as a team. They are also the first challenge for Moana and Maui as they begin their voyage together.
==Appearances==
===Moana===
According to Gramma Tala, the Kakamora were amongst the thieves and scavengers that sought ownership of the coveted heart of the mother island Te Fiti. After it was stolen by Maui, who was enlisted in the journey to return the heart a thousand years later by the plucky islander Moana, the Kakamora return to claim their prize. They attack Moana's boat, but Maui fights back with ease. However, Heihei swallows the heart, and one of the Kakamora manages to kidnap him. They take Heihei back to their ship and present him to their chief, but before they can extract the heart, Moana arrives and rescues her friend. The Kakamora battle Moana and are rather easily defeated (during which their captain is accidentally shot by a Kakamora with a dart and is paralyzed), allowing her to return to her boat. Maui uses his master talent for sailing to make a narrow escape, and in an attempt to corner Moana's boat, the three Kakamora ships face head-on collisions with one another, destroying their vessels and leaving the pirates to be lost at sea. They are not seen again or mentioned for the remainder of the film.
===Moana 2===
The Kakamora returned in the sequel with one named Kotu joining Moana's quest to find the mysterious island of Motufetu.
It is revealed that, when Nalo cursed Motufetu, he also affected the Kakamoras' home isle, due to it being located in close proximity of Motufetu's waters; now completely cut off from their homeland, the Kakamora adapted to a nomadic pirating lifestyle as a way to survive, find their own way to break the curse and being able return home.
During their journey towards Motufetu, Moana and her crew eventually stubled in the Kakamora once again, fleeing from the vortex created by the monstrous giant clam. While initially in conflict with the group after they used their floating home as a way to escape the vortex, subduing them with their trademark neurotoxin, upon realizing their mission to restore Motufetu from their decorated sail, the Kakamora quickly allied themselves with them, curing the toxin with the very source of the substance, a strange blobfish-looking creature that produces both the poison and its antidote.
The group then came up with a plan to paralyze the giant clam, with the Kakamora's chief, unable to risk their entire home, entrusting the task to Moana and her crew to do the task, much to the chagrin of Kotu, the chief's son. When, however, things went south, Kotu stepped up, finishing the job, and ultimately deciding to sever the rope connecting Moana's boat to the Kakamora's ship when it became clear it would drag the latter into the giant clam's bowls, bidding farewell to his grieving father.
When the curse of Motufetu was finally broken, the Kakamora were able to return to their home isle, with Kotu happily reuniting with his waiting father.
==Gallery==
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HeiHeiKakamoriStoryboard-SunmeeJoh.jpg|The Kakamora in a comparative storyboard, by Sunmee Joh
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====Disney Lorcana====
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==Trivia==
*The scene involving the Kakamora is said to be inspired by the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road.
*In early versions of the story, the Kakamora were more comedic. As the filmmakers wanted to raise the stakes, however, they were rewritten to serve as a serious threat to Moana's life.
*One of the Kakamora's faces is painted with Baymax's face.
*Kakamora are creatures from the mythology of Solomon Islands, where they are described as quite harmless, but sometimes they have been known to attack men. When they do so they use their fingers, which are furnished with long sharp nails with which they stab. They wander about the forest eating nuts, ripe fruit, and opossums: the last they are fond of. They live in holes and caves, and sometimes in banyan trees. They have a language, but not like Melanesian languages.
==References==
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