Puana

Puana is the friendship between Pua and Moana Waialiki from the Moana fandom.

Canon
Pua is Moana's pet pig and best friend she met some point in her childhood. Since Pua first appears beside Moana during her child years in the "Where You Are" song, but doesn't show how the two met; like it did with Heihei. Those moments of the two during the song indicates that they are very close with one another. From Moana sharing her coconut water with Pua and the little pig joining Moana in one of her failed attempts to spent time on the ocean. After her parents dragged her away from it again, Pua is seen holding an oar in his mouth. Indicating that Pua knows how much Moana wants to sail on the ocean and is sad that she never gets a proper chance to do so.

When it was time for Moana to serve as acting chief, so she'll know what to do when it is to take over for her father, Pua is seen helping Moana and giving her support. After Moana fixed a leaky roof and comments on the village's pork she tasted, Moana realises that doing so upsets Pua. Once she remembered that pork is pig, which is what Pua is. Despite that little "miss hap" and Moana struggling to say the right works, Pua continues to stay by Moana's side as she does her other chief duty tasks. Pua was also ready to join Moana out to sea, once they were finally alone to do do, as he brings Moana an oar for the boat. After Pua fell into the water and Moana had trouble steering the boat to save her little friend, even though they were both able to get back into sure again, Pua didn't want to go near the water again. Moana realises this when she saw that the sight of an oar causes Pua to run away in fear. Moana was about to follow Pua's lead of never going into the water again, until Tala showed Moana their voyaging ancestry. Knowing that Pua would still be shaken from what happened earlier that day, Moana decided to not drag Pua with her and had little time to find and say good bye to him before she left. Leaving poor little Pua to wonder where Moana is.

After Moana returned from her long journey, Pua happily runs up to her and gives Moana lick kisses. Moana was also happy to see Pua again as she held him in her arms. Pua is later seen joining Moana on her next adventure, as she gets her people to go back to their voyaging roots. Despite being scared before, Pua is shown to have taken a liking to being out at sea, like Moana has. Showing that their friendship is far more important and probably didn't want to be a part from Moana again.

Fanon
Fans of the 2016 Disney film like the way it gave Moana a pet pig. Who also acts a bit like a puppy dog. Pua's white and gray color scheme pleases some Moariel fans, as they make jokes about Pua being Moana's Max. Even though Heihei was the animal companion of the journey Moana went on with Maui, most people prefer cute little Pua over odd Heihei.

The same number of people who are fund of the bond Moana shares with her little pig, are also part of the group that were upset that Pua didn't get to join Moana on her journey to Te Fiti. Since a teaser and many Moana promotional art has included Pua beside Moana, Maui and Heihei. Making people believe that he would have been part of their adventure, before seeing the 2016 film. They were, however, happy to learn that Pua has joined Moana on her next adventure.

After Disney revealed that they are in the mists of making a Moana TV series, it gave fans hope that they might see to see other moments between Moana and Pua. Like revealing how the two had met, just as Tangled: The Series had revealed how Rapunzel met Pascal.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION
 * Moana/Pua tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Moana/Pua tag on FanFiction.Net