• Moai-based character: 11/54, 20.4%
• Moai statues exist: 6/54, 11.1%
• ZCEs: 6/54, 11.1%
• Sentient Moai: 5/54, 9.3%
• Pothole for island itself: 5/54, 9.3%
• Origin of Moai statues: 5/54, 9.3%
• Moai as decorations: 4/54, 7.4%
• Plot/game-relevant Moai statue: 4/54, 7.4%
• Moai-shaped thing: 3/54, 5.5%
• Other: 3/54, 5.5%
• Moai-shaped architecture: 2/54, 3.7%

What to do with this? Well, for starters, I would make a UsefulNotes.Rapa Nui (with redirect UsefulNotes.Easter Island) page because wicking to a trope isn't the move for non-tropey location references. Beyond this, perhaps the trope can be repurposed into "characters that are Moai statues or based on them," since those together would comprise almost 30% of my examples.

1. Anime.Combattler V: Robots (called Dormane) shaped like these are used to defend Oreana's island stronghold in the climactic showdown against her forces. Moai-based character
2. Anime.Flint The Time Detective: Moah, the largest of the Time Shifters. [[spoiler:When possessed by Petra, he turns into a floating Moai head that can shoot magma and cause volcanic eruptions. As the golem-like Moah-master, he can call the giant stone Moai to summon a seawall to prevent a tidal wave from washing up the island.]] Moai-based character
3. Characters.The Critic: His head is an Easter Island statue. Moai-based character
4. Characters.Human Resources 2022: His head resembles the moai from Easter Island Moai-based character
5. Characters.Maple Story Enemies: Not only does he look like a big one, all the mobs he summons look like small ones. Moai-based character
6. Characters.Yu Gi Oh Card Game C: Chronomaly Moai is based on a Moai, the monolithic human figures carved from rock that were erected on Easter Island. Chronomaly Moai Carrier features a different Moai figure and is primarily based on the methods used to transport the Moai themselves. Moai-based character
7. Quotes.Obviously Evil: "Woah, that's a bad guy, that's a really bad guy! Did you see his face? His head looks like one of the Easter Island heads!" Moai-based character, discussed
   — Max, Get Smart
8. VideoGame.Fairune: Stone Heads and their Ice Head counterparts in Fairune 2 resemble moais with underbite. Moai-based character
9. VideoGame.Zuma: All There in the Manual: The boss rush mode in the console versions of Revenge! has names for all the bosses before they're faced, including Zhaka Mu's chef, named "Drumstick Willie", Zhaka Mu's Eenie Meenie Miny Moai form, named "His Crumbliness", and the enemy frog you fight at the endgame, named "Shadow Frog". Moai-based character
10. WesternAnimation.The Critic: Jay is the adopted son of former New York governor Franklin Sherman and his wife Eleanor. Their butler Shackleford (not pictured) has a tendency to greet Jay as "Adopted Master Jay" whenever he sees him. Jay also does have a few friends: His best friend Jeremy Hawke (a combination of Paul Hogan and Mel Gibson); restaurant owner Vlada Veramirovich (well, he's nice to Jay's face, anyway); his teenage sister Margo; and his and Ardeth's son Marty, who attends United Nations High School (where one of his classmates is a Klingon, and another from Easter Island has a head made of stone). Moai-based character
11. WesternAnimation.The Critic: The Easter Island children have the stone Moai heads atop human bodies. Moai-based character

1. Characters.Legend Of The Three Caballeros: They're living Moai, and the protectors of Easter Island. Sentient Moai
2. ComicBook.Seaguy: Moais who can talk and even smoke. Sentient Moai
3. Film.Night At The Museum: One of the exhibits in the original museum is a Moai, who is very fond of bubble gum. Sentient Moai
4. Funny.Game Grumps Arin And Danny: Danny states the obvious once Arin reaches the Maoi spaceship. Sentient Moai...thing
   Danny: This is weird, this is weird.
5. Main.Battleship Raid: And parodied in the Konami shooter Parodius - half an entire level based around a battleship with giant Moai heads wearing sunglasses (and named, in the English language versions anyway, "Captain Kebab"). Sentient Moai...thing

1. ComicBook.Blast: Moai statues are a recurring symbol in Polza's delusions. He sees them as a representation of his own determination and resolve in the face adversity. It's possible to interpret the moais as a symbol of how detached Polza is from the rest of humanity when he experiences the blast. He ceases to be a man and becomes a cold, grim-faced chunk of stone that regards the world before him with silent contempt. Moai statues exist
2. Funny.The New Order Last Days Of Europe: Players browsed through the game files and found joke portraits, like George W. Bush with a Japan tag,...Todd Howard (dressed in a SS uniform) in Burgundy, a moai in Omsk... Moai statues exist
3. Main.Adventurer Archaeologist: Oklahoma Bones is a Funny Animal Indy parody, a prairie dog who appears in Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! as an expert on the mysterious statues on Easter Bunny Island. And his sidekick, Whipley the snake. Moai statues exist
4. Main.Ancient Astronauts: Proponents of this theory also espouse that ancient construction projects like the pyramids and Stonehenge are clearly too advanced and a little too fantastic for ancient man to have constructed without help from a more advanced civilization. Or that since there are pyramids in the Americas, Egypt, and China... you guessed it, they all got their idea from aliens. Other popular sites include the Moai of Easter Island and the Nazca Lines. Moai statues exist
5. Main.Lost Common Knowledge: How moai were moved. A lot of theories were proposed, including Ancient Astronauts, but experiments have revealed that these huge statues can be "walked" using ropes and the same leverage techniques commonly used to move a heavy barrel. Rapa Nui oral history always said the statues walked but this was thought to be figurative until the technique was rediscovered. Moai statues exist
6. VideoGame.Freddi Fish: The background of Levels 41-50 in Water Worries. Moai statues exist

1. ComicBook.The Incredible Hulk 1968: Monster-Shaped Mountain: In issue #261, the Hulk battles the Absorbing Man on Easter Island. The Absorbing Man absorbs the Earth itself, but then Hulk bashes him into the sea, where he becomes a small, man-shaped island. pothole for island name
2. DarthWiki.Seven Continents For Seven Koopas: Surf Rock: A 16-bit version plays in Palau, San Diego, Hilo, and Easter Island. pothole for island name
3. Main.The Bermuda Triangle: The Bermuda Triangle features in Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, though here it is a triangular portal through space. In Moai Better Blues, it takes the duo to Easter Island. pothole for island name
4. Main.No Party Like A Donner Party: Believed to have happened to the native inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). pothole for island name
5. Main.Pacific Islanders In Media: Works and media about the indigenous people of the Pacific Islands which encompass the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia (which includes Rapa Nui/Easter Island.) pothole for island name

1. JustForFun.Grand Unified Timeline Classical Antiquity: Nokkar, an N'Kai, sets up a base on Easter Island to watch for signs of the Space Spawn. The natives build statues in his honour. (Gargoyles) origin of Moai
2. Literature.Past Doctor Adventures: Eye of Heaven reveals that, like most things in the Whoniverse, the moai were put there by Ancient Astronauts. They're alien computers that run a Transmat network. origin of Moai
3. Main.Alien Episode: "Sentinel" is the only episode of Gargoyles which involves aliens. Elisa and her gargoyle friends Goliath, Angela, and Bronx visit Easter Island and encounter Nokkar, a centuries-old space soldier who's the sole surviving occupant of a secret extraterrestrial military base (and it turns out that the famous Moai statues are actually based on his face). For some strange reason, Nokkar is under the delusional belief that the gargoyles are members of an enemy alien race, so he tries to kill them. origin of Moai
4. Main.Alternate Landmark History: Lorien Legacies: Then, as a Call-Back to that, in book 3 Number Eight tells us that, yes, Roswell, New Mexico is an ancient Loric site. Loric being "of Lorien", not "of Lore". origin of Moai
   Eight: I can only teleport where there's another one of these big Loralite rocks around... to Peru, to Easter Island, to Stonehenge, the Gulf of Aden near Somalia... and I've ended up in the desert in New Mexico.
5. Main.Alternate Landmark History: In one episode of The Simpsons set in the past, it is revealed that all the moai statues on Easter Island are busts of Lord Uglyface. origin of Moai
   I keep telling you, I DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT! Do another!
   Yes, Lord Uglyface.

1. Main.Hollywood Natives: LEGO: Since the 1980s, LEGO has released themed building sets, and one of the earliest was the "Pirates" series. In 1994 a new series was released as an expansion: "Islanders." Surely it would be fun to supplement the pirates' naval adventures on the high seas with adventures on the archipelagos between those seas, perhaps trading or fighting with the native inhabitants. Unfortunately the titular islanders were designed primarily around a blend of Maori and Caribbean stereotypes. The islanders wore grass skirts, face paint and masks. They carried spears, decorated with bones, and built architecture featuring large Moai-esque statues. Being LEGO of the time, there was little in the way of character or story, except that the islander's leader was named "King Quextil" or "King Kahuka." There are no 18th-century pirates around to object to a fantasy based on them, but real island-dwelling (Polynesian or Caribbean) people might be uneasy about their image being remixed or caricatured this way. Something like "Islanders" probably would not be repeated by the more-cosmopolitan LEGO of today. Moai decorations
2. VideoGame.Lego Island: A few statues resembling the famed Moai heads are found on Adventurers' Island, as seen in the "T-Rex Racing" minigame. Moai decorations
3. VideoGame.Splatoon 3: Alterna is dotted with Moai statues. They're there because [[spoiler:humans living in Alterna had a fondness for their memories of the old world, and [=3D printed them; indeed, look closely enough and you can see a ridged, layered texture akin to what most 3D prints have]]=]. Moai decorations
4. VideoGame.The XCOM Files: Common decoration for holiday resorts, same as in TFTD. Moai decorations

1. Main.Sapient House: Some episodes in SpongeBob SquarePants imply that Squidward's moai house is sentient, albeit Played for Laughs. In "The Secret Box", it attempts to eavesdrop on SpongeBob and Patrick's conversation, while in "Funny Pants", when SpongeBob is crying all day and night over his supposedly broken laugh box, the moai suddenly gains a pair of giant blue hands to cover its ears in annoyance. Moai-shaped architecture
2. Manga.Grey: The City's humongous floating fortress is shaped like a Easter Island head. Moai-shaped architecture

1. Characters.Muv Luv Alternative: Improbable Weapon User: [[spoiler:Uses one of his '''''[[EenieMeenieMinyMoai moai]]''''' souvenirs to knock out a coup-aligned minder of the Shogun, allowing the latter to use herself as bait and escape the capital.]] Moai-shaped thing
2. Manga.Hidamari Sketch: When others build snowmen, Miyako builds snow-moais. Moai-shaped thing
3. VideoGame.Kingdom Hearts 358 Days Over 2: Lexaeus's Mystery Gear Joke Weapon is a Moai head on a stick. Moai-shaped thing

1. VideoGame.Blast Corps: Rewarding Vandalism: Part of the requirement for getting the second gold medal on any regular stage is destroying all the buildings within a stage. Wheeeee, demolishing whole cities for no justifiable reason! This reaches its peak in Ebony Coast, which has a secret island with three Eenie Meenie Miny Moai worth $9999999 (in the NA version) that you need to destroy for that gold medal. Moai statue has plot use
2. VideoGame.Castlevania Curse Of Darkness: Old Save Bonus: If you have a save file from Lament of Innocence present on your memory card, a Moai Head spawns near where you start the game: it can either heal you for 573 HP or be sold for ten times as much gold. Moai statue has plot use
3. VideoGame.Idle Empire: A Perks menu in 3 is accessed by clicking on a Moai head, which is unlocked when you have a World Empire. Moai statue has plot use
4. WesternAnimation.Pole Position: Booby-trapped statues like this show up in "The Trouble With Kuma." Moai statue has plot use

1. ComicStrip.Shermans Lagoon: Kahuna. ZCE
2. Creator.Konami: Konami had these prior to 2016. ZCE
3. Series.In Search Of: their featured in several episodes relating to Ancient Astronauts. commented out
4. Series.Power Rangers Zeo: The "standby" form of Auric the Conqueror when he's not actively helping the Rangers. LCE
5. VideoGame.Zuma: Zhaka Mu. ZCE
6. Website.SP Studio: This Easter Island stereotype. links aren't context

1. Main.Alternate Landmark History: Super-Trope to Eenie Meenie Miny Moai and Pyramid Power description trope list
2. Main.Garnishing The Story: Eenie Meenie Miny Moai — Moai statues automatically make a setting cooler and more exotic. Moai given narrative reasoning
3. UsefulNotes.Latin America: on trope list