Why Did Maui Look So FAT? - Disney Explained (Jon Solo)

Disney's 'Moana' featured one of the most massive portrayals of Maui that we've ever seen. Today we're going to take a look behind the scenes and explain why exactly they went with this design choice!

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[alexagold]

hello people if you are scrolling down have a nice day and please have a great day

[JDraks]

It's muscle; in "Your Welcome" Maui states he can do anything but float; fat floats, therefore he is not fat.

[batmang]

he's not fat he's built. He's the the size of a rock. See what I did there?

[somerandomplatypus]

you do realise that he's not fat right ? he just has a lot of muscle, people just think of him as fat, because we're used to see mens that looks like triangle and with abs and all, but that is not what a strong man always looks like. in fact, most of the truly strongs people looks more like Maui (even if he is way bigger that a normal human beeing would be, but that's just to make him look stronger) in fact, we have a lot of exemple of that in wrestling

sorry if my english is not perfect, it's not my native language

[joebroad]

Hey Jon great video it actually went to my subscription box for once

[jmurphy]

Great video, but I feel a missed opportunity to be rocking a Hawaiian shirt

[mimikyuliker]

He's not fat. He just has very bulky muscle

[eternalmiasma]

Honestly, there is a Polynesian kid that I’ve known since kindergarten at my school. I’m not even gonna try to spell his name but he is the nicest freaking dude in the world, a chill guy and a great football player. And he looks EXACTLY like Maui. The guy has a great sense of humor about the whole thing. I can tell you, that ain’t fat, if he is anything like this guy that is pure. Freaking. Muscle.

[AnjaHuebel]

Thank you so much! I loved the movie and I interpreted Maui exactly this way, larger than life and very powerful.

[angelinamarie]

You are honestly one of if not my favorite conspiracy theorist on youtube, you explain them so well!!

[betssylopez]

his weight doesn’t move like fat, it moves like muscle

[rowan]

When I watched the movie for the first time, I thought it was fantastic that Maui was of a larger build and was still like "fuck yeah, I know I'm hot".

[tanyawalters]

I am a newer listener to your show and enjoy what you do. Thanks so much for your show.

[lambdog]

"Tony Rocky Horror is Samoan, what's the brother gonna do?" "But I wouldn't say he got a weight problem"

[TheDandyMann]

What's funny for me is even before the release of this movie my dad created a beer called Maui Trickster and is a chocolate coconut milk stout. Super delicious, I always wanted to send 2 of them off to the rock.

[rayne]

The Rock actually commented on Mauis size and said he looked just like his Father, his father was a weight lifter. Built like a tank, kinda like Maui but he was also short. If you look, there's no rolls on Maui, he doesn't jiggle and he doesn't flop. He's built like a proper body builder/heavyweight lifter.

[kare_]

Your channel is great....do more Disney origins

[carleh]

when I saw the movie for first time a month or so ago I never perceived him as fat so I was surprised by the "controversy"he is a demi god for Christ sake, known for incredible feats of strength and power, in the world of animation it makes sense to convey that visually but even then I saw it all as a bulk of muscle not fat.the other apparent complaint I heard "people" whining about was the whole "you're welcome" scene, taking his song to basically make it seem like he is amongst other things boastful arse.  They are people who want to ignore the fact that in a movie like this you want to convey "who is this guy" and a good way is with that song.   The only legit complaint I have heard of is him trying to leave moana locked in the cave which in a real case would probably kill her if not lead her stuck on a island trapped like he was.

[CMKloser]

Haven't seen the movie, so I have to mute it and play it in the background lol. I'll watch it again when i do :P. Take care Jon, hope the support for the channel picks up, ur a chill dude.

[danijelandroid]

I heard in an interview with the Rock that his father had the same/similar physique as Maoi.