Waha Nui is a character who was featured in the Tokyo Disneyland attraction, "The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!".
History[]
Background[]
Manu serves as one of the four emcee birds featured in the Japan-exclusive incarnation of the Enchanted Tiki Room. Throughout the attraction, he and the other emcee birds try to investigate the case of something weird going on in the Tiki Room attraction. After the culprit behind the mess is revealed to be Stitch, Waha Nui and the other emcee birds scold Stitch for disrupting the show to which Stitch then apologizes to them for doing pranks in the Tiki Room. After Stitch accepts to perform in the show after promising not to do anymore pranks, Waha Nui then performs with Stitch with the other emcee birds who then participate with him during the end of the show.
Development History[]
After The Enchanted Tiki Room: Get the Fever! closed in early 2008, the hosts from this incarnation of the attraction, Danno, Lava, Scats, and Buddy, are replaced by four new unique bird hosts: Waha Nui, Manu, Mahina, and Hau'oli when the attraction opened on summer 2008 where the incarnation features a storyline different from the one in the original incarnation.
Role in the attraction[]
Waha Nui and the other four emcee birds are introduced singing the musical number "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" to which during the song, the lights go out just as the four emcee birds look at the strange graffiti on the wall whom Waha Nui thinks it is the Big Kahuna who is behind the mess, which Manu warns the other emcee birds that if they make the Big Kahuna angry, the Tiki Room would be in trouble just as Mahina explains to him that the writing on the wall says "Aloha e komo mai" to which Hau'oli explains that this writing is the title of their next musical number to which Mahina explains to the other emcee birds that the tiki gods must be knowing about this song just as the musical number "Aloha, E Komo Mai" begins. After the song, Manu tells Waha Nui to not upset the Big Kahuna just as Waha Nui tells him "Kahuna matata" where he plans to play the next musical number "Hawaiian War Chant". As the Orchids begin their next musical number, Waha Nui suddenly notices Stitch disrupting the show much to his worry as Manu warns Mahina, Waha Nui, and Hau'oli to not upset the Big Kahuna in which Waha Nui plans to cancel the musical number to which the song suddenly ends.
As the emcee birds are discussing about the Big Kahuna, Manu then plans on giving out the next musical number "On the Beach at Waikiki" with the Winged Wahines performing their part. Noticing the plastic blue ears on their heads, Waha Nui and the other emcee birds notice the Winged Wahines planning on not finishing the song until the culrpit behind the mess is gone as the Winged Wahines leave off for Waikiki in disgust to which the song ends.
After the song, Waha Nui feels very frustrated about the culprit constantly disrupting the show, telling him to show himself; the culprit behind the trouble is revealed to be Stitch who was playing pranks throughout the show just as Manu and the other emcee birds worriedly notice this and it is revealed that the "Big Kahuna" is actually Stitch doing pranks. Waha Nui and the other emcee birds scold Stitch for causing trouble in the show. Worried that being punished in the Tiki Room is no fun for him, Stitch then promises not to do anymore pranks in the show just as the emcee birds accept Stitch's promise to which a reprise of "Aloha, E Komo Mai" begins. Waha Nui then sings with the other emcee birds during the reprise while singing with Stitch accepted in the show. As the song pauses, Stitch is accepted to be in the show promising not to do pranks anymore just as Waha Nui and the inhabitants of the Tiki Room sing with Stitch accepted to perform with the entire Tiki Room cast (except for the Winged Wahines who left during the show) just as they sing along happy about being in Stitch's ohana. As the show ends, Waha Nui and the other emcee birds bid a farewell to the guests as he and the other emcee birds discuss that the "Big Kahuna" does not exist and it is actually Stitch the whole time throughout the show.
Trivia[]
- "Waha Nui" means "big mouth" in Hawaiian language.
- During the part where Waha Nui is dicussing with Manu not to worry about the "Big Kahuna", Waha Nui tells him, "Kahuna Matata" so that Manu won't have to worry about the "Big Kahuna"; this is an allusion to the song "Hakuna Matata" (and also Timon and Pumbaa's catchphrase) from the Lion King franchise albeit with the first word in the aforementioned line switched.
- Also during the part where Mahina and the emcee birds are discussing with each other after the song "Hawaiian War Chant", Waha Nui explains to the other emcee birds "I'd just about laid an egg" (presumably an allusion to José from the original Tiki Room attraction where the aforementioned character explains to the other emcee birds from the original attraction: "SÃ, no one laid an egg, but me").
