Moral Orel: Season 1

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Cartoon Network | Adult Swim | Season Premiere Date: December 13, 2005

Starring: Carolyn Lawrence, Britta Phillips, Scott Adsit

Summary: Moral Orel is a TV-MA clay-mation series on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] segment, which centres around the life of Orel Puppington, a young boy who consistently fails in his attempts to understand and abide by Protestant Christian values.Orel takes his cues from the authority figures around him; his parents Clay and Bloberta, school coachMoral Orel is a TV-MA clay-mation series on Cartoon Network's [adult swim] segment, which centres around the life of Orel Puppington, a young boy who consistently fails in his attempts to understand and abide by Protestant Christian values.Orel takes his cues from the authority figures around him; his parents Clay and Bloberta, school coach Stopframe, Reverend Putty, and others. Unfortunately for Orel, he always misunderstands the actions of his mentors, who are mostly shown as bitter, jaded, and merely paying lip service to their religious beliefs.These misunderstandings often lead to circumstances where Orel believes that he's following the Lord's wishes by doing things such as smoking crack, re-animating the bodies of dead townsfolk, practising euthanasia, or even impregnating sleeping women with a sperm-filled pastry bag. At the end of each episode, Orel's misbehaviour is discovered and he is taken to his father's study for a beating and a twisted explaination one might not expect from a responsible adult.Season 2The second season episodes of Moral Orel somewhat eradicated the repeated narrative structure seen in Season 1 episodes, which dramatically changed the way the stories unfold; creating a fresh new approach. The majority of episodes 11-30 focus primarily on other townsfolk and their relationship with Orel, whilst still creating twisted situations. The stop-motion animation improves enormously with the Season 2 episodes; creating a richer quality in picture, with more detail. New locations and townsfolk are also introduced and expanded upon.Season 3The third and final season took the show to the next level. These episodes revolve around events leading to and following the Season 2 finale, which proved to be the series' turning point. These episodes also incorporate elements of other episodes from the past two seasons, mainly from the viewpoints of other characters, ultimately tying the entire series together and wrapping it up nicely.Overview & HistoryAlthough the show slightly resembles the visual animation of the 1960s series Davey and Goliath, Dino Stamatopoulos, creator of Moral Orel, has said that it is not a parody, stating that "there's no getting around that it's religious, but the word parody to a comedian is a dirty word, because one has to know what the show is parodying to like it."The show originally stemmed from the concept for a send-up of a Leave It to Beaver-like 1950s family comedy, that would star Iggy Pop. The idea eventually grew and evolved into a cartoon."It's an incredibly tightly written show, with probably the strongest narrative structure of anything we have on the network."- Nick Weidenfeld (Head of Development at Adult Swim)Production Companies:Fragical ProductionsWilliams StreetShadowMachine FilmsThe name of Dino Stamatopoulos' production company "Fragical Productions" came from a song his daughter wrote about him being "fragical." The animation sequence for the company was animated by Dino himself and uses a fairy (magical) in a wheel-chair (fragile); making up the company's name. The "hello-goodbye" heard is said by his daughter, Tigger, and is a saying that she created.… Expand

Creator: Dino Stamatopoulos

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E10. God's Chef
Air Date: July 31, 2006
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S1:E9. Loyalty
Air Date: May 22, 2006
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S1:E8. Maturity
Air Date: May 15, 2006

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Winterbeat

Mar 25, 2012

Moral Orel is a very insightful and honest show about a family suffering through their lives. The family is seriously religious, and values their outside appearances much more than their actual feelings and wants, and this portrays a fairly accurate view of how many people live their lives,Moral Orel is a very insightful and honest show about a family suffering through their lives. The family is seriously religious, and values their outside appearances much more than their actual feelings and wants, and this portrays a fairly accurate view of how many people live their lives, afraid of truly living.

Orel is a very sincere boy who is always worried about doing what's right (according to his superiors). However, it's the advice he gets from his "elders" that often lands him in the hot seat. His mother and father are both deeply repressed, and the rest of the town avoids Orel because of his tendency to see things through.

I feel like this show is spot on, and a great representation of the unfortunate lives of many people in the world who care more about their "salvation" than actually living their lives and growing as individuals. A+… Expand

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keanex

Aug 9, 2016

Wooo buddy. Moral Orel is an emotional roller coaster with a dark story unfolding at a perfect pace. The first season is somewhat of a Christian version of King of the Hill, but the story devolves soon after and slides into some dark canyons.

If you like dark TV, look no further.

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rjowner

Jan 18, 2013

Moral Orel was a master piece dark humor show that when you watched the show you had a funny wtf moment. too bad it was under the radar and adult swim always fighting with them saying they cant do that but this show i will remember for rest of my life. It is sad there is not a season 2 3Moral Orel was a master piece dark humor show that when you watched the show you had a funny wtf moment. too bad it was under the radar and adult swim always fighting with them saying they cant do that but this show i will remember for rest of my life. It is sad there is not a season 2 3 and special on disk.… Expand

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ReubenIsAGod

Sep 1, 2015

Moral Orel is an underrated gem. Moral Orel is a great example of surreal dark humor with rather important themes that depicts the rather depressing, and hilarious life, of a highly religious protestant boy named Orel. What the show does that is very impressive is unravel this rather darkMoral Orel is an underrated gem. Moral Orel is a great example of surreal dark humor with rather important themes that depicts the rather depressing, and hilarious life, of a highly religious protestant boy named Orel. What the show does that is very impressive is unravel this rather dark story of a boy that really tries to essentially find God and Jesus, all Orel wants is to be loved by God, and all he wants to do is spread the love of Jesus and Do good.… Expand

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RobertTheGreat

Jun 1, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Junk Is Unfunny, Inappropriate For Those Under 18, And Plus This Claymation Show Is Definetely A Box of F#%@ing Inappropriate Nudity. Do Not Watch This Under 18, Seriously!… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 1, 2008
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: November 13, 2006
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: December 13, 2005
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  S1:E10. God's Chef
  Air Date: July 31, 2006
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  S1:E9. Loyalty
  Air Date: May 22, 2006
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  S1:E8. Maturity
  Air Date: May 15, 2006
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  S1:E7. God-Fearing
  Air Date: February 27, 2006
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  S1:E6. The Blessed Union
  Air Date: February 20, 2006
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  S1:E5. Omniprescence
  Air Date: February 13, 2006
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  S1:E4. Charity
  Air Date: February 6, 2006
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  S1:E3. Waste
  Air Date: January 30, 2006
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  S1:E2. The Lord's Greatest Gift
  Air Date: January 23, 2006
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  S1:E1. The Best Christmas Ever
  Air Date: December 13, 2005