Kele is a supporting character in Disney's 2024 animated feature film Moana 2. He is a grumpy old farmer who is a part of Moana's wayfinding crew along with Loto and Moni. Kele is also the elder statesman of the island community of Motunui, responsible for the vegetables crops.
Background[]
Official description[]
- TBA
Personality[]
Appearance[]
Kele is a old man with white hair and brown eyes and he has an tattoo. He has an white men tunic with brown and green leaves and brown decorations ad he has an brown band on left arm.
Role in the Film[]
Moana 2:[]
Kele was a farmer on Motunui who hates singalongs and grows veggies and accompanies Moana on her quest. Soon he met Maui and wasn't fond of him. When sea monsters attack Kele almost fell overboard, luckily Maui caught his arm and puts down below the ship with froglike creatures from the giant clam. But Kele didn't like this and tries to argue saying "Hey, I'm an elder!" And Maui replies "And I'm 3 thousand years old, which makes me elder-er." Before shutting the door leaving him in the dark.
Trivia[]
- He is more of a dry land person than a water person.
- The name "Kele" means "call," "sound," or "equal" in Hawaiian.
- It is historically accurate that farmers (like Kele) would go on voyages on the ocean.
