Series synopsis
Moral Orel is an American animation comedy drama television series that premiered on Adult Swim on December 12, 2005. It ended on December 18, 2008. It was created by Dino Stamatopoulos. It stars Carolyn Lawrence, Scott Adsit, Britta Phillips and Jay Johnston.
Orel is an 11-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation and crack addiction. No matter how much trouble he gets into, his reverence always keeps him cheery.
Premise
Orel is an 11-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation and crack addiction. No matter how much trouble he gets into, his reverence always keeps him cheery.
Premise: He just wants to do good.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Carolyn Lawrence as Orel Puppington (voice)
- Scott Adsit as Clay Puppington / Doughy (voice)
- Britta Phillips as Bloberta Puppington (voice)
- Jay Johnston as Coach Stopframe / Miss Censordoll / Sal Figurelli (voice)
- Dino Stamatopoulos
- David Herman
- Tigger Stamatopoulos as Shapey Puppington (voice)
- William Salyers as Reverend Putty (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 56 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 13 | November 19, 2012 | |
| Season 1 | 10 | December 12, 2005 | July 30, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 20 | November 12, 2006 | July 16, 2007 |
| Season 3 | 13 | October 9, 2008 | December 18, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Making Moral Orel A Behind the scenes look at the show Moral Orel. (This is a vol. 1 dvd special feature) |
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| 2 | S03E01 With Video Commentary | |
| 3 | S03E12 With Video Commentary |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Best Christmas Ever After Reverend Putty teaches Orel that Jesus will one day return to the earth, he believes that his younger brother, Shapey, is the second coming of Christ. Orel's parents plan for their divorce, and Christmas looks set to be an unhappy one. |
December 12, 2005 |
| 2 |
The Lord's Greatest Gift After learning that God's greatest gift is life, Orel recruits his friend Doughy to help protect that gift. A library book, a graveyard full of dead townsfolk, and Orel's convictions spell trouble for the population of Moralton. |
January 22, 2006 |
| 3 |
Waste Orel Puppington learns that God doesn't look kindly on the wasteful. After lessons from Coach Stopframe and his father, he sets out with two goals in mind. Orel must stop his own wastefulness, and ensure he doesn't end up the failure his father predicts of him. Will he succeed, or will he upset the townsfolk once again? |
January 29, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
God's Image When the young Italian Figurelli boy, Billy, gets hurt, Orel tries to put a band-aid on him with the same color as God's skin but the band-aid doesn't blend in with Billy's skin color. However, the band-aid's blend in with other kid's skins just fine. This leads Orel to prompt the city of Moralton to segregate God's people from the Figurelli's, the only Italian-American family in the town. But this, however leads to a form of reverse racism. Soon the Figurelli's special treatment gets too out of hand for the other citizens of Moralton & they begin to go on a rampage! Now it's up to Orel's Father to set things right. |
November 12, 2006 |
| 2 |
Love Orel befriends a stray dog and Bloberta allows Orel to keep it. After a while, the two grow very attached and Orel becomes worried that he's loving his dog Bartholomew more than Jesus. Bartholomew quickly spreads enough love around Moralton that convinces the adults that he is a danger. |
November 19, 2006 |
| 3 |
Satan Coach Stopframe goes to a meeting of a Satanic cult, taking Orel with him. However, Coach Stopframe is turned off from the cult when he sees that everyone in the meeting is overweight, wandering around in the nude, and devouring junk food refreshments. |
November 26, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Numb Bloberta searches for a solution to her humdrum life. |
October 9, 2008 |
| 2 |
Grounded It's finally the last straw when Clay grounds Orel from church. |
April 1, 2008 |
| 3 |
Innocence The town gets together and agrees not to give Orel any more advice. |
October 16, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Adult Swim |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 12, 2005 |
| Last aired | December 18, 2008 |
| Runtime | 12 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |