Talk:Tamatoa/@comment-4991841-20161204043242/@comment-5919688-20161217085300

SPOILERS!

He served as kind of a parallel to Maui. Maui overcompensates for his insecurity by performing heroic deeds and getting praise. Tamatoa does the same by covering himself with shiny objects. But Tamatoa takes overcompensation up to eleven. He's basically a personification of Maui's overcompensation. In a way, Maui's one-sided battle with Tamatoa was kind of like a battle between him and his insecurities.

Think about it. The battle starts when Maui realizes his powers, which he sees as the source of his self-worth, are not working correctly. Then during the battle, his backstory surfaces. And finally, after his defeat, Maui's insecurity takes over and he sinks into depression.

IDK why he needed a song though, but it's pretty awesome anyway.