- “Don't worry, it's a lot farther down than it looks.”
- ―Maui
Lalotai is a realm inhabited by monsters that appears in the Disney 2016 film Moana.
Background
Also known as the Realm of Monsters, the entrance to Lalotai can be accessed atop a high mountain on a remote island. The passageway (a pit) leads to an undersea environment homed to a number of exotic, demonic and ferocious creatures — one of which being Tamatoa, a villainous giant crab.
Monsters
- Carnivorous Plants - Monstrous plants that are the first monsters appearing in Lalotai. They appear to be giant spores on roots that have small eyes, a mouth, and a very long tongue. Moana Waialiki was almost eaten by one of them, but it's tongue was bitten off by another carnivorous plant.
- 8-Eyed Bats - Hostile bats with 8 eyes that repeatedly tried to attack Moana. Maui is seen defeating one of them in "You're Welcome".
- The Great Eel - A very large red eel, presumably the head of Tamatoa's army. Was strangled to death by Maui, as seen in "You're Welcome".
- Tamatoa
Main Article: Tamatoa
Places of Interest
- Tamatoa's Lair: The home of Tamatoa
Trivia
- Lalotai is a proto-Polynesian term that means "under the ocean".[1]
- Lalotai is also known as "the underworld".[2]
- Originally, Lalotai was to be a realm inhabited by ancestral spirits, as opposed to monsters.[2]
- The creatures found in Lalotai were inspired by real deep sea fish, as well as creatures from Maui's legends, such as the great eel.[3]
- Some of the monsters in Lalotai made cameo appearances earlier in the movie during "You're Welcome".