History Main / EenieMeenieMinyMoai

* One of Creator/MarvelComics' early, pre-''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' monster comics revealed the Moai to be [[SiliconBasedLife silicon-based aliens,]] buried up to their necks. When the Kronans (aka the "Stone Men From Saturn") were later introduced in ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', they were given the same appearance, with the distinctive elongated heads, despite having no explicit connection to Easter Island. The Kronans still pop up occasionally in Marvel titles (the [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] befriended one during "Planet Hulk"), and their heads still look like Moai.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', there are some enemies called Moais in both name and appearance. For reasons unknown, the last iteration wears clown makeup (including big red nose) and has a tendency to stunlock and kamikaze you into oblivion.

* A European Disney comic strip featured MickeyMouse and Eega Beeva trying to stop an invasion from a race of extraterrestrials, who happen to be allergic to chlorophyll. They first landed (you guessed it) on Easter Island centuries ago. The locals considered them as gods descending from the sky and built the statues to worship them. Interstellar transmitters were left inside the statues.

* As part of its {{Shout Out}}s to Konami series, the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game has the cards "Chronomaly Moai", "Statue of Easter Island" and "Moai Interceptor Cannons."

* ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger:'' Moai Loader/[[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo Zord I]] is a Moai statue crossed with a [[MoreDakka rolling artillery platform.]]

More recently, the island is held up as a GreenAesop, since archeological research suggests there was a thriving population, but it was apparently so obsessed with creating the statues that they overtaxed the island's resources and made it uninhabitable with an environmental collapse.

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Nosepass and its evolution Probopass. The latter has painted eyes and a hat, matchiung the original appearance of the Moai statues.

-->'''River:''' "Have we done Easter Island yet? They ''worshiped'' you there. Have you seen the statues?"

* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Nosepass and its evolution Probopass.

* In ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'', a moai is a recurring character. He has magical powers that are usually used to [[HumanityEnsues transform Sherman and friends into humans]] for brief land-side adventures.

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* In ''Comicstrip/ShermansLagoon,'' one of the regulars is a talking magic idol named Kahuna, who looks like a moai statue.
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* The protagonist of ''[[VideoGame/FourHundredYears 400 years]]'' Flash game is such statue. He uprooted himself to prevent a catastrophe bound to happen in 400 years. His greatest power is an ability to wait. The game is set somewhere with warm temperate climate, where water stays frozen 1/4th of a year.

* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} IV'' allows you to build the "Moai Statues" National Wonder, increasing production in sea tiles in that city.

* Moai of various sizes are a common feature on the four elemental mountain dungeons in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'' (and while they are seen in the Weyard equivalent of Polynesia, they're first encountered in Australia). They tend to be involved with the psynergy puzzles in one way or another.

* The ''Franchise/{{Doctor Who|Expanded Universe}}'' Literature/PastDoctorAdventures novel ''Eye of Heaven'' reveals that, like most things in the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}, the moai were put there by AncientAstronauts. They're alien computers that run a [[TeleportersAndTransporters Transmat]] network.

* In ''Nintendogs'' It is possible but rare to find a Moai on a walk.

* Because the rabbits are all from [[{{Pun}} Easter Island]] we get to see some in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hop}}''. They're apparently the secret entrances to the Easter Bunny's whole operation. Some even properly have the pukao.

* Because the rabbits are all from [[{{Pun}} Easter Island]] we get so see some in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hop}}''. They're apparently the secret entrances to the Easter Bunny's whole operation. Some even properly have the pukao.

* One [[Literature/OlogySeries Dragonology]]-book had the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon species]] ''Draco stupidus'', which hunted humans on the easter island and prefered the ones with large heads. In response, the people built the Moai, which the dragon tried to eat. [[TooDumbToLive The species died out shortly afterwards]].

* One of the challenges of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'' was an Easter egg hunt on Easter Island. The Eggs were inside Moai heads of voted off contestants.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' has Moe-Eyes, living sunglass-wearing Moai statues that dwell in the Tostarena desert.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Pitfall}} Super Pitfall]]'' for the NES has InvincibleMinorMinion moais. In the PC88 version they are bosses that have to be shot in the mou

* The first design of the Toa's and Matoran's unmasked faces in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' seems to be loosely based off the Moai, in keeping with the various references to Polynesian culture. There is also a Matoran named Hafu who is famous for his stone statues, and a similar large stone head can be seen overlooking the Kini-Nui temple in the story material.