--- title: Disney Stops Selling Controversial 'Moana' Halloween Costume description: Disney is no longer selling a controversial Halloween costume of a "Moana" character after critics said the costume’s brown skin was racist canonical: https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T23:52:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:11:53.822Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Disney Stops Selling Controversial 'Moana' Halloween Costume og:description: Following outrage from critics who said the costume's brown skin is racist og:url: https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d206bcb111b9756/6988a736656a3f9ffdbcd35b/moana1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Disney Polynesian Costume og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Disney Stops Selling Controversial 'Moana' Halloween Costume twitter:description: Following outrage from critics who said the costume's brown skin is racist twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d206bcb111b9756/6988a736656a3f9ffdbcd35b/moana1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Disney Stops Selling Controversial _Moana_ Halloween Costume  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Sep 22, 2016 11:52 PM UTC  This photograph of a computer screen shows the DisneyStore.com website's Maui Halloween costume on Sept. 21, 2016. This photograph of a computer screen shows the DisneyStore.com website's Maui Halloween costume on Sept. 21, 2016.AP  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Sep 22, 2016 11:52 PM UTC Disney is no longer selling a [controversial Halloween costume](http://time.com/4501213/disney-moana-halloween-costume/) of a character from its upcoming movie _Moana_ after critics said the costume’s brown skin was racist. The company said Thursday that it is pulling the costume of [Maui](http://time.com/4473277/moana-disney-princess-directors-interview/) (voiced by Dwayne Johnson in the film) from its website and stores after it sparked outrage earlier this week. The outfit consists of a brown bodysuit with tattoos. “The team behind Moana has taken great care to respect the cultures of the Pacific Islands that inspired the film, and we regret that the Maui costume has offended some,” Disney said in a statement to [CNN Money](http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/22/media/disney-moana-costume-racist-polynesian/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/"},"headline":"Disney Stops Selling Controversial Moana Halloween Costume","datePublished":"2016-09-22T23:52:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:11:53.822Z","description":"\"We regret that the Maui costume has offended some\"","url":"https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d206bcb111b9756/6988a736656a3f9ffdbcd35b/moana1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d206bcb111b9756/6988a736656a3f9ffdbcd35b/moana1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Disney Polynesian Costume","caption":"Disney Polynesian Costume","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4505299/disney-pulls-moana-costume/","name":"Disney Stops Selling Controversial Moana Halloween Costume"}}]}] ```