Reverend Putty: The Two-Faced Pastor

Just because he’s a reverend doesn’t mean that he’s the most righteous man in Moralton.
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[@treystewart731]

Fun Fact: He's voiced by William Salyers, who also voiced Rigby in Regular Show.

[@thegeneralpopulace8513]

He's also Mordin Solus in Mass Effect 3, Dr.Octopus in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order and Spider-Man: Miles Morales and is the main male "Drunk" voice in Skyrim .

[@Cure_Hana]

@@thegeneralpopulace8513 And he’s in World of Final Fantasy as that game’s iteration of Cid.

[@only1bladetitan]

I KNEW I recognized that voice somewhere!!

[@firepuppies4086]

He's also YHVH in SMT 4A

[@McNugget_Buddy]

I never thought about it but I can easily hear it now that you mentioned it. I never would have put that connection together.

[@imreadydoctor]

When Putty chilled out in the back of his daughter's truck, and honestly talked to her he became my favorite character.

[@heartnet40]

Really wish you mentioned Putty, his relationship with Orel, and how he comes to appreciate and want to look after the kid despite hating him for most of the show.

[@Demolitiondude]

Padre putty is my favorite side character of the show. Kinda like an anti Padre mulchay. His sermons doesn't really work, but still cares about his congregation. Stephanie really broke his shell. While he on the surface level regrets not getting laid, he does genuinely grow and the close face episode showed that growth. Not only Padre putty seen Stephanie's pain back in high school, he reassures her that doughy's mom wasn't the right one and don't give up.

[@user-pg5li5bo1w]

Based Reverend Putty is great

[@kiah9085]

LITERALLY. I’m looking at him and mulchay and going like ok besides the preacher thing what’s the common theme why do I love them both

[@jaynajuly2140]

He's the final voice we hear of the series, giving a sermon on family!

[@ThePicturePixie]

If you notice in "alone" when he's talking on the radio he's talking about his daughter and says "Hey I was really getting into this for once"

[@rafaelbrites3607]

i like when he gave that advice to his daugther, showing that he can be a good father and person.

[@lolo27234]

I think he’s the most human and realistic person in the show you could easily see your self knowing a guy like him

[@nonamej1591]

Putty was always one of my favorite charectors. I wish we could see his arc end.

[@thedrunkronin4550]

Same

[@nonamea9177]

the J

[@nonamej1591]

@@nonamea9177 the A

[@anomalocaris2593]

One of the important parts that get overlooked is his easter sermon where he changes it from hope to hopelessness due to his and the congregration's bad week, but he still tells them to remember that lack of hope doesn't mean there is not any hope out there

[@ActivelyVacant]

I get the feeling part of the reason that Putty is so disinterested in helping his congregation is probably due to them not actually following his advice. He's probably heard the same problems from the same people a hundred times over. Orel's the obvious exception, always having unique problems and applying his advice quite religiously. But even that odd case has its own repetitiveness to it.

[@Kitunae]

I liked Rev Putty's character growth, especially his conversations with Stephanie.

[@Krisoooh]

Still weird for me to think about how Doc Ock and Rigby are voiced by The Revs

[@mitchfletcher2386]

"I found religion, Mordecai...and it kinda sucks."

[@murderman8578]

GODDAMNIT I CAN'T STOP HEARING IT

[@ChaoticallyAnxious]

RIGHT?! ALL I CAN SEE IS FUCKIN RIGBY! (Also apparently sandy cheeks does orel.😂)

[@LD-2401]

I always got the sense he never actually believed in Jesus or God and was forced into his position by his family. There’s even an episode where he has a “I hate my boss” mug on his desk which probably means he’s more of an anti-theist but can’t be open about it.

[@zestyt2059]

that’s so interesting i never thought of that dammit now i want more putty lore

[@julealero7689]

Am i the only one who think Florence deserves better? I read in a tumblr post somewhere that putty may not be the right guy for her and him telling her he loves her just came out of nowhere. At least date her first.

[@jamiegreenberg8476]

@SuperMarioFan 3001 me too papermouth seemed like such a sweet guy and she broke it off

[@Parasolhyena]

​@SuperMarioFan 3001 We do see quite a few problems with Paper mouth though, he endangers his daughter at one point in the series, hides behind Florence at one point during an attack, then he becomes vindictive when she divorces him for that and tries to move on, even destroys his daughters favourite thing (her bear) because her mum gave it to her.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

@SuperMarioFan 3001 I agree. Officer papermouth gets forgotten a lot when discussions about decent characters come up. Papermouth generally seems like a decent guy, his big problem being that he's cowardly and kinda stupid or has some sort other sort of problem. But, now that I think about it, this perfectly explains why Shapey/ Block (can't remember which) wound up becoming a police officer. Note: He ain't perfect, but compared to a lot of Moralton, he's not completely terrible and didn't really deserve the treatment he got.

[@rafaelpobre]

@@Kevin-jb2pv hey wasn't the officer caught cheating on her in Abstinence or something or were they already divorced?

[@thebadger622]

​@@rafaelpobreSince we see zombies in the ep where Florence leaves Officer Papermouth, they've basically been split up since Ep 1

[@danguy9634]

I feel that if Moral Orel wasn’t cancelled, and we actually got to see Reverend Putty’s arc completed, it’d be a great parallel to the show itself. What starts off as just another show making fun of how hypocritical religions fundamentalists soon reveals a darker and more complex side underneath the surface, with the supposedly godly town Pastor himself being a two-faced nice guy, but ends with several characters either changing for the better because of their experiences or moving on with their lives, including Putty gaining a new family and possibly even being sincere in what he preaches. It even goes great with Putty’s sermon in “Sacrifice”; when it seems like life gives you “nothing”, sometimes it may also give some hope for future. Though, the only two people who’d be an exception to this would be Clay and Censordoll, since Clay was supposed to end up crazy and alone with nothing but alcohol and his fake commandments as company, and I assume Censordoll would’ve had some kind of comeuppance sometime after she took over the town.

[@greygaston1263]

If morel Orel wasn’t cancelled, then the town of moralton probably would’ve have gone through a backlash similar to the one that destroyed New England’s faith in God, stating with clay’s banned on eggs driving away all the farmers, and with it the town’s exports, then he gets back at Daniel by exposing both his sexuality, and his belief in satanism, causing an angry mob to drive him out of town, then when clay finds out about reverend putty being supportive of his lesbian daughter, clay exposes putty and strips him of title, causing the ex reverend and his daughter to leave as well, now with a reverend shaped hole in the towns faith coming into being, clay tries to fill that whole by preaching his false commandments at the church and/or over the radio, which the snowballs into the remaining residents, now sick of each other, and maybe even sick of themselves, leaving the town in hopes of a better life, and with every episode, the states that surround statesota get closer, and closer to moralton, until the final final episode, when there’s no statesota to be found on the map, and it’s just adult Orel strolling through an abandoned moralton, a shell of something that was never there, until he comes across a homeless clay, now overdosed on the crack he confiscated, in the exact same spot where the homeless man who sold Orel that crack stood, all those years ago, with the series ending similar to how it did in our own timeline, with adult Orel, now with a loving wife and kids, moving on from this cursed place, never to return.

[@aliveithink6985]

Is there any place where Dino (or the others) talked about how Clay and the rest were going to end up? I've seen people talk about it but I can't find it

[@adrianaslund8605]

Yeah he's grey. But he's like as sympathetic as the adult authority figures of Moralton come. Kind of like in real life.

[@worldsworstartist]

Putty felt the most like a regular guy.

[@frogglen6350]

I just dislike how he's openly racist and supports segregation, thus making it difficult for me to feel bad for his loneliness. He also sometimes gives Orel advice that us just as backwards in logic as Clay's advice

[@bunnyreviews9747]

I go back and forth on if Putty’s continued racism is a writing decision I like or not. I get wanting to present nuance and flaws in these characters even when they’re growing to become ultimately better people, but I feel like it kinda clashes with the direction of his arc and didn’t tie into his character in a particularly interesting way. The callback to the segregation gag at the end of closeface really undercuts the impact of his following moment with Stephanie (one of my favorite scenes in the show), it almost comes across as desperate to not be seen as sappy or something, idk.

[@bunnyreviews9747]

I go back and forth on if Putty’s continued racism is a writing decision I like or not. I get wanting to present nuance and flaws in these characters even when they’re growing to become ultimately better people, but I feel like it kinda clashes with the direction of his arc and didn’t tie into his character in a particularly interesting way. The callback to the segregation gag at the end of closeface really undercuts the impact of his following moment with Stephanie (one of my favorite scenes in the show), it almost comes across as desperate to not be seen as sappy or something, idk.

[@gupoll]

I definitely think he would have gotten better over time

[@estebanrodriguez1175]

Probably just an instance where the writers didn’t think of that.

[@christinelee4780]

"Virgin Rage". I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nathanspradlin8570]

Even though Reverend Rod Puddy is a hypocrite (like most people who are bible thumpers) and his best quality is his daughter Stephanie, I felt his unfinished arc was one of the biggest missed opportunities in the show. I grew to sympathize with when he was with Oral and Stephanie because he showed the most character growth in the show.

[@limelantern5637]

I'm so excited to see videos about more openly despicable characters like Fakey and Dottie. Something about Moral Orel that I've always loved is that it's not just the people who are put down and shunned by others (Bendy, Florence, Bloberta in her youth) who are miserable, but the people with some religious or social power who put others down (Fakey, Dottie, Censordoll, Clay) are also miserable, there's no way to really be happy in Moralton, unless you choose to live either as an outcast (Stephanie) or in total delusion (the Latchkeys)

[@jamesflowers1295]

I always loved Reverend Putty. He eventually became the best character besides Oral himself.

[@wawei6014]

It seems like you're forgetting a certain someone whose name starts with S, and ends with tehpanie

[@feonaarabellaparaiso1786]

@@wawei6014 Her and Ms. Secondopinionson (Joe’s older sister)

[@Mustafa70116]

I wish the show never got canceled, but reached a point where either Orel or some characters leave Moralton and find out what the world outside of their bubble is like.

[@Hulkzilla0]

He’s definitely one of the best characters in the show!

[@yuarentlucky]

The thing is that, god actually did answer his wish, he asked for a woman to love for the rest of his life, and he got Stephanie, and because Stephanie helps him become better, he earns a woman to *love*, aka Florence.

[@thedrunkronin4550]

Reverend Putty is one of my favorite character of this series.

[@kdan928]

You should do a character quest for Shelly marsh (south park). I feel like this could be an interesting topic.

[@fuzzynuttz5092]

"Virgin with rage like Chris Chan" No I argue maybe a bit more like Elliott Rodger

[@princessjiji]

god damn it. i want more of this series. i rewatch it every blue moon and then i can't get enough. i had never felt so invested in characters and it's ruined mainstream TV for me with this high bar it set for character development. I even like the characters I hate because they have depth and deal with heavy themes that are just not common in other media.

[@user-bx8jq8kl7i]

Totally agree! I rewatch it all the time for the same reason.

[@serioussilliness2064]

Hey! The coach is *not* that bad, bring him up a level. He didn't ruin any marriage, you can't break what's broken

[@ketaminepoptarts]

you absolutely can break whats already broken, you can take a plate broken in half and break it into more pieces. their marriage was probably already struggling but danielle stopframe just hurt it even more by helping them cheat on eachother

[@JeaiKE]

Finally! i'm a bit late but I'm happy to see Reverend Putty. He was my favourite of the show. Great job as always!

[@sodainmycereal788]

Not sure how I feel about Miss Papermouth losing weight at the end of the arc when Putty gets with her, it kinda feels like it's against where his arc was going, but Putty is a really fantastic character regardless

[@gothicMCRgirl]

Yeah, that feels like the typical “only hot women get the guy in the end” cliche, but who knows, maybe Florence’s decision to lose weight had nothing to do with Putty and it was a decision fueled by her own discomfort with her looks. Maybe we were supposed to get an episode where Florence finds worth within herself and realizes she doesn’t need other people’s affections to be happy with herself, and somewhere down the line Putty develops real feelings for her. It’s hard to say since that particular character arc was interrupted.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

I think that it could work _IF_ it's a message about self-improvement and not about how pretty she is. If Reverend Putty had to change something about himself to become a better person (which we saw happening, already) at the same time, then it could be a message about how improving yourself leads to greater happiness. Florence's root problem, IMO, wasn't really her weight, it was self-esteem. She copes with her low self-esteem with food, so if her story had been about finding confidence then the weight would have come off on its own. I feel like the show would've probably still left her being chubbier than most of the Stepford wife-looking women in the show, but skinnier than she was. This would have followed along with how Stephanie is a bit chubby and yet remains the only purely good person in the town, too. The other way it could have gone is Reverend Putty's newfound emotional intelligence might have played a role. Maybe he continues his thing with her, but comes to the realization that she's been very mistreated. Maybe she calls him out on treating her like a moped (fun to ride, but you don't want your friends to see you on one) and he realizes what a jackass he's been and apologizes to her and tells her that she deserved better. Then she says that she's been treated like shit all her life (while eating, to illustrate her coping mechanism), to which he says something to pick her up (which, as far as we know in the show, she has never really heard before) and this gets illustrated by her setting down her fork or whatever she was eating. It's simplistic, but would fit with the show. Point is, that this story can be done well without the message being "fat = bad," and given how well the rest of the show is written I think we should give the writers credit where it's due and assume that it would have been done more nuanced than could be expressed by Dino Stamopotamus in a 2 sentence response during an interview.

[@anton2192]

Rev. Putty learns to accept the fact that his partner can have flaws, then he helps her overcome those flaws.

[@emilybarclay8831]

The story was going to address how Putty actually misses fatter Florence because skinny Florence us a lot less happy as a person, and Putty regrets the way he treated her. They both grow as people

[@zestyt2059]

florence was also obsessive towards putty and literally only wanted to be with putty so it could fulfill her fantasies. she literally dragged him into bed without his full consent so I think they’re both at fauly

[@TheNorthman436]

Yo awesome! A video about Reverend Putty. My favorite character in the show

[@thedrunkronin4550]

Same

[@CJBStudios]

Happy birthday, Trevor!

[@jenneacubero1036]

I wish we did get to see that Narcissm episode or more with Florence and Putty as it'd be interesting to see how they'd get along with Steph and Florence's daughter. As a matter of fact, I can see Steph being the one to set Putty straight and have him see what a shallow jerk he's been to Florence.

[@zestyt2059]

and maybe florence would realize that she shouldn’t have used him too and not be super obsessive over him like in sundays

[@toonzach2870]

0:32 What the hell was that kitty face Stopframe was making?

[@trickofthelight5337]

If I''m hearing right you're doing an animatic??? For one of the lost moral orel episodes? Which may or may not also be my favorite one? Do you need any visual artistic help by any chance?

[@JarvisBaileyVA]

I almost want to like the reverend when he's so accepting of his alt gay daughter but then I remember they kept dropping bits of racism in his character and I have to ease back

[@uglyferalcat149]

watching a video essay about moral orel while danganronpa music is playing in the background isn’t something i realized i needed.

[@MoonEarthSaturn]

Yesss I was waiting for more moral Orel content ❤️

[@saturnstars131]

obviously stephanie is one of the best characters, nobody's gonna outshine her, but reverend putty is one of my top 5 for sure, especially him in the later seasons. yeah i agree he's an asshole, but he and stephanie have a really good bond that i wish i had with my dad. they are so sweet together, especially in the scene where she sings about close face

[@mitchshubs998]

I wanna see a Stephane character quest

[@cobaltprime9467]

Aside from Orel, Putty was the most moral character. He had a conscious but his loneliness drove him mad. Which is the most relatable aspect of his character lol. But he realized God gave him something he needed more than he wanted, a daughter. He still wanted a wife and family but he at least had the family. Even when Stephanie thought he was gonna say something hurtful to her about being a lesbian, he didn’t. He told her the truth and gave her advice, from personal experience at that. I didn’t like the Florence “arc” because I hate seeing families fall apart from frivolous decisions. I would have preferred she reconcile with her husband and the Reverend meet someone new. Even a penitent Dottie, because clearly her husband is done with their marriage since we never even see him. See her go through an arc after realizing how horrible she was to Florence and become her true friend. And if Florence was going to lose weight, it would be her own decision for her health and confidence. I wish we could have gotten at least a season 4 to flesh out the other characters and see them get their own happy endings. We know Orel does. Even Bendy and Joe are reunited and her life takes a new course with a man that doesn’t want to use her but just to love her, a pure love untainted, the love of a child. I also love that she didn’t treat him any differently because of the circumstances of his birth, even with all that trauma she still saw him as her child, an innocent divorced of his father’s evil. And after the finale, it would have been nice to see Daniel step in to be a father figure to Joe, and to take care of his sister. Because he changed too. Thanks to Orel. Orel may have been a pain to everyone for misinterpreting the lessons, but in the end he helped more people than anyone thought possible. Because of him, Putty realized God sent him what he needed, Daniel realized he doesn’t love Clay and that there’s more to him than even he thought, Block and Shapey were equally loved by him and seem to have grown up to become well adjusted adults that stayed close, and Doughy had a true friend who loved him when his parents didn’t. So many beautiful moments in this show. So much depth and meaning. None of it is anti-Christian either, it’s anti-hypocrisy, which is more easily seen in the standards of Christianity (or other religions) because those standards are outlined more clearly than a secular belief system. It’s an accurate measuring rod of people.

[@majorknight1971]

I relate to eating lonely man dinners every night

[@artvulture456]

He was actually going to miss the "old her" when she lost weight

[@Clicxe]

I’d love to see a spin-off where he almost pulls a big Ed and disowns his daughter for a young and active woman, then realize his mistake and possibly turn to Orel for advice

[@kassandraofodyssey6475]

Fun fact about Reverend Putty: His VA also voices Rigby and every character that says “favorite drinking buddy” in Skyrim.

[@weik-2936]

he was voiced by Rigby STOP TALKING!!!!!

[@braidena1633]

A proto incel, but not the first. That honor goes to HP Lovecraft

[@serioussilliness2064]

I can hardly wait for November, besides that I love October~

[@sockman4887]

Loved it Can't wait for your next moral Orol vidio Sorry for bad spelling I have dyslexia

[@Celeste-jh2lj]

I liked Putty. Hes definitly grey but theres nothing wrong with that. I love how he comes to accept his daughter in the end and i think thats good for him. I loved Orels excitment at getting Steph to go to church. It was so cute. Id probably go just to see his joy

[@christopheredwards788]

Great video. I'm learning a lot!

[@marinetter.8423]

Fair analysis thank you

[@johngolles342]

Love these vids

[@dodish1225]

You could say he was... an impastor.

[@ChaoticallyAnxious]

NO!😂😂😂

[@Valcerv]

My favorite gag in the show is where both Putty and bendy ask for a women/person in general to love forever and aren't mean to them then both proceed to get a girl/guy respectively but is their kid instead

[@axeltovar15737]

Happy brithday Trevor

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

I never heard of this........until I saw this video

[@absolutezerokyukyokami2288]

Oh my God you too know about Chris chan

[@gupoll]

Everyone does

[@Eqha67]

Who wouldn't, that's why he's in jail

[@travisgoonan7667]

I would be more forgiving of Reverend Putty if he wasn’t an accomplice to killing Bartholomew the Jesus allegory dog.

[@mannyparedes79]

Happy birthday

[@TravellerZasha]

i've been in danganronpa's fandom and re-watched v3 so many times even recently and just now remembered Kaede is mentioned to have a twin. Why was this detail so glossed over XD

[@witchwaist]

what's the background music in this video? it sounds so familiar but I can't place it

[@stedebonnet2110]

Hell yes

[@firepuppies4086]

Granted, I can understand feeling robbed with how his daughter was brought about.. cuz he was, remember the Drake hot sauce thing?

[@averagegordonenjoyer3141]

WOAH WHAT IS THAT VOICE CHANGE AT THE END HAHA

[@jaymieberry]

Did you cover the coach? If not, could you please?

[@kenthuang436]

The only decent or somewhat decent people in Moralton I’ve seen are Orel, Christina, Rev Putty, Stephanie, Tommy, Florence, Joe’s half sister, and Dr Chosenberg.

[@cosmicfool3334]

Did media mementos go by another channel name His voice sounds so familiar it’s agonizing

[@Einstieg_]

I am a simple woman. I see reverend putty and I click

[@iheartjackieyes]

florence deserves better than putty, especially when she was suppose to lose weight & get with him :/

[@alexf225]

We don't know what was suppose to happen in the future episodes. Reverend probably would grow as a person and Florence hopefully would stop being obsess with him. They probably would trully fall in love later on.

[@zykx10]

YOUR REDESIGNS MAKE ME MAD BC THEY ARE WAY BETTER THEN THE OFFICIAL-DESIGNS😭😭

[@zj9554]

5:37 Correct me if im wrong, but i beleive she was planned to only lose weight well into their relationship

[@houragents5490]

Literally me

[@liamshaughnessy6246]

Dark but interesting 🤨 lol 😂!

[@ihavenocockandimustcream]

He's my babygirl

[@thatguylego7667]

I didn't realize it till just now but- is putty voiced by the same guy who voiced rigby?

[@campediem]

yep

[@insertyourfeelingshere8106]

An example of how moral orel was wronged, we didn't the pastors redemption arc, only his decent

[@Kiwi-hl2to]

shut up shut up shut up shut up he is so beautiful to me

[@kidshipley69]

Boom, 115 comments

[@Frnk_3]

RODDDD 🥰🥺🤤😩

[@eun371]

Integration is just a theme😂😂😂

[@naomithomson4211]

Wait l didn’t know putty had a daughter

[@eugescarab]

3:41 so.. an Incel™?

[@ButtersCCookie]

Alot of these you haven't watched show. Or like most only relate superficially. It's clay, so I guess.

[@mediamementosofficial]

Huh?

[@thekivster]

Are you actually a Christian?

[@mediamementosofficial]

Yes.

[@shawnmoun9849]

Reverend rigby

[@sonicinajarvauntedspeciali7245]

If he was a real person he'd probably be into the incel movement 💀

[@HumanPersonYes]

idk if im alone on this but the idea of florence HAVING to lose weight to get with the reverend just feels forced idk that might just be me