Top 10 MOST DISTURBING Episodes of Moral Orel

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Moral Orel might just be one of the darkest cartoons in history but what are the top 10 most DISBURBING episodes? Let's fine out!
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[@Saberspark]

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[@p-__]

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[@cynthiachristie1059]

wish me one bro

[@cynthiachristie1059]

when did moral orel end

[@kittydogDiamond]

@@p-__bro get out

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

Can you upload videos of Hannah Montana episodes please?

[@phoney2627]

Ms Sculpthams fantasy about her rapist could also possibly be her trying to cope with the trauma in the way of imagining the situation in a way where she had control.

[@mx9226]

I didn’t understand why anyone would want to fantasize about that experience, but after learning it’s a coping mechanism that helps by giving control to the victim, it started to make sense. I’ve never gone through SA, but I have imagined scenarios where I stood up for myself, and they make me feel better.

[@barrettfenwick8028]

@@mx9226 The thing is, she KNEW what she was doing. She followed the case, dyed her hair black, even left her door unlocked. The experience turned out worse then she could have imagined. Still, it's heavily implied this was her first time, and he got her off... she has very ... conflicting feelings on it. Apparently they would have gone into more depth with this if the show hadn't been cancelled.

[@shayziekaizie]

@@barrettfenwick8028there is a deleted script apparently where she finds out she had twins, but only aborted one, almost had a relationship with a prison mate which failed and she ends up falling in love with a trans security guard.

[@PopcornBrat]

​@@quandaledingle1281You're not funny.

[@quandaledingle1281]

@MsMixedMinx Wdym??? I literally experienced the same shit 😭🤦🏾‍♀️

[@starsuper64]

The fact this show was able to get away with mass pregnancy is shocking

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@warlordofbritannia]

Mass SA=lol time Actually exploring trauma=too real, time to cancel

[@lusaminefushiguro5332]

It's also the fact that when literal SA was treated as a joke,Adult Swim was completely okay with it. But the second Moral Orel explored SA with the seriousness it deserves,it was too much

[@Someone-sc2hk]

you're not trying to cancel the show, right?

[@Herowebcomics]

Mass UNPLANNED pregnancy too!😬

[@lowpolyzoe]

26:30 The point here isn't Stockholm nor was she planning to have been assaulted, the point is that abuse victims frequently have complicated discordant feelings about their abuse. Definitely doesn't mean she enjoyed it or welcomed it

[@kellernorth4351]

Yea, isn't Stockholm syndrome made up anyways?

[@LangkeeLongkee]

Opened the comments for this take. It's really complicated being abused.

[@ItsAlwaysSlushie]

The newspaper article says she committed a vigilante act and left her door unlocked to lure him.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@ItsAlwaysSlushie yes, lure him but that doesn't mean she wanted to be assaulted. No one is meant to actually be assaulted in a sting.

[@ItsAlwaysSlushie]

@@LangkeeLongkee I guess my thoughts on it were I never understood her plan. I get she went into the idea without the intention of getting assaulted, but she clearly did and got pregnant from the encounter, so it doesn't seem like the police were involved in any way. And with them printing that the wives received their first orgasms, it always seemed like they were trying to bring her intentions into question I guess. I know it's much more complicated in real life, but this is a dark as hell show.

[@adrian_veidt]

The thing is Moral Orel wasn't just poking fun on religion. It was later on more about mental trauma and how people do to cope with it. Specifically, escapism. Orel would use religion as an escape from the reality that his perfect family is collapsing. When that illusion broke, he saw his father for what he really is. Clay would use alcohol to numb all his past trauma and loveless marriage. Bloberta would use various tools to pleasure herself to cope how dire and loveless her marriage is. Nurse Bendy would use toys and dolls to simulate a perfect world where everyone is nice to her. So she can forget all the abuse she received. Oh, I also have to thank Moral Orel for introducing me to the band mountain goats.

[@warlordofbritannia]

No Children is such a banger

[@adrian_veidt]

​@@warlordofbritanniaNo children perfectly sums up Clar and Bloberta's relationship. It was a beautiful yet haunting song

[@neurdogic8909]

the thing I love most even though I'm not christian myself, is that orel still remained christian as he became older, he just realized that being christian didn't have to mean being like the others in moralton because they were deeply horrible people and used christianity as an excuse/coverup for their behavior. orel doesn't do that. he doesn't have a hateful bone in his body. he truly wants to do good in the world

[@adrian_veidt]

@@neurdogic8909 " he doesn't have a hateful bone in his body." Which is why it's such a turning point when Orel said "I... hate you!" to Clay.

[@flyingfoxfilm]

the mountain goats mentioned I love their music sm

[@warlordofbritannia]

“Grounded” is more than Orel being afraid of sinning by not going to Church. Church is Orel’s one safe space, where he can feel comfortable even if his father is there. By grounding Orel, Clay was more than removing the one joy from his son’s life but making sure he remained stuck in a torture chamber. Because Clay actually can’t let anyone around him be happy. If he’s miserable (and he always is), everyone else has to be too-especially the jovially innocent Orel.

[@elleofhearts8471]

Also, notice how bloberta seems like she's happily going along with the plan. any time she's seen during orel's punishment, she appears happy. Set aside the fact that bloberta has never interviened or pushed back against Clay's punishing orel, it could be interpreted that shes and Clay can only have some semblance of happiness when orel is visibly distraught and stressed out. Thats the most time we've ever seen them happy in each other's presence, going even as far as hugging eachother which they've never been shown to do in any other context, and they go as far as rubbing it in orels face every Sunday during his grounding. They make a big show of it right in front of him to drive the point home as if being away from church wasn't enough. I think Clay and bloberta hate that orel is the only one happy in their family and revel in finding the one thing that can make him as miserable as they are. They exploit that to the greatest extent they can. Im inclined to believe they only wanted orel to survive so they could keep punishing him. they cant keep rubbing church in orels face is hes dead.

[@elleofhearts8471]

^to add: Clay didn't even lift orel's grounding when he begged to be allowed back in church while laying in a hospital bed after multiple sue of side attempts. Bloberta again didn't intervien. I kinda feel like bloberta doesn't care if orel lives or dies while Clay wants to keep orel alive just so he can torture him. it could be said that torture is clays parenting style in general.

[@Huckll]

It’s was crazy and disgusting to see how Clay couldn’t get enough with torturing Oler physically but had to hit him mentally to destroy his only safe shelter , hurtful in so many ways that “Grounded” was the only episode the family was able to get along with each other (including his MOTHER) just to make Orel suffer more

[@Xen8008]

Honestly this entire show could be on this list, it’s one of the greatest dark comedies ever made, tv or film, period.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@warlordofbritannia]

It’s up there with Catch-22 and Doctor Strangelove for me among dark comedies.

[@shunuu]

When Orel says “no dad, you killed the bear” it almost felt like he saying he killed his faith in him. Bears can actually represent family and this is the moment where Clay dies as a father to Orel.

[@LovableLex]

Honestly I LOVE when TV shows and movies use animals as symbols for what actually happened.

[@lonk0420]

Usually i'd say "nooooo you're just looking too much into it it's just a coincidence" but since it's this show that we're talking about it might as well be true

[@jupitartz]

Ms Sculpthams fantasy about her r*pist is actually a very common coping mechanism about regaining control in a safe environment, though the way she handles it subsequently can be considered unhealthy as I don’t remember if she goes to therapy about it. Nurse Bendys age regressing is also a very good coping mechanism, it can help when processing trauma but it can also just bring comfort and a sense of safety/control to people, they handled her story pretty realistically and didn’t make it seem like it was weird or the end of the world for her.

[@reikun86]

I don’t think Moralton had psychiatrists. Mental health didn’t seem like a huge priority in that town.

[@jupitartz]

@@reikun86 LMAO yeah there’s also that

[@pompeach3542]

Something I want to comment on-- the episode Alone. Ms. Sculptum actually demonstrates a very raw response to sexual trauma some go through. Maybe not the majority, but some... including myself as a survivor. Whether through literal reenactment or through reenacting the trauma in one's head, survivors of SA will sometimes go about putting themselves through what they went through before. Sometimes it;s to imagine one having the power to change the outcome of what happened, sometimes it's the desire to feel the same thing you felt before. As a way to make it feel real, you enter a state of disassociation and then try to prove to yourself the feelings you have are real. Other times it's simply reenacting what feels normal. And your lewd more level sexual fantasies become mixed with the degradation you felt when victimized. Its kind of astounding a show covered this part of being an SA survivor, as the idea of survivors garnering any sort of... pleasure for lack of better words is either rejected by people who are trying their best to advocate on behalf of us or used to dismiss our trauma by people who don't take it seriously.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

Yes, another way is to sort of take power back by engaging it in, but in a moment where you know you're safe. Just because you maybe lubricate or climax, a purely physical response, doesn't mean you wanted whatever that happened to you, to happen to you.

[@SeanStrife]

It's also astounding that this was the episode that got the show cancelled. Apparently using sexual trauma for a punchline was ok, but when you suddenly show the very real consequences of it, that's too much. Which is a shame, too. Alone was, arguably, my favorite episode of Moral Orel.

[@ajakakakak]

@@SeanStrifebc one was very very real while the other was absurdity

[@ajakakakak]

Why would someone who’s been r@ped wanna feel the same way they felt when violated? /gen

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@ajakakakak because they don't feel the same that's just it. For a lot of people, not everything, its a sense of control they get from re-engaging with the situation in an environment where they know they're safe. Like acting out a traumatic fight you had with a parent in therapy. It can help you process too.

[@Gho_sTfAce]

Say what you want but the forest scene in moral orel will forever be my favourite scene in history thr lighting the voice acting the writing THE GODAMN WRITING

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@LilDemonkulous]

Alright bud dont pop a blood vessel over it

[@warlordofbritannia]

Ok, I think we get it, the writing is goo- *NO, YOU DON’T!*

[@DullNull]

Don’t forget that the voice actor who did Clay is the same one for Baymax

[@phredbookley183]

I don't know this show. What happened in the forest?

[@blooms_synthetic]

Something about Clay that I've come to realize is that i don't even think he is gay. It's much more complex than that. He is only attracted to people who idolize and praise him-- the way his mother did. It adds a whole other layer to his character and makes his romantic relationships even more toxic.

[@pen8197]

Oh fuck he has a praise kink

[@ClayStopframe]

huh never thought abt it like that before

[@willd.4808]

I'm so glad Moral Orel has received more attention recently, it's so good

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@namantherockstar]

Saber inspires me.. My parents said if i get 70K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging..

[@Doi-]

​@@p-__yet he gets more likes.

[@spicybeantofu]

Alot for some reason

[@SQUAREHEADSAM1912]

@@namantherockstarno one cares, you’re a desperate bot account.

[@artlover5060]

Orel's son has the same haircut as Clay making them look very similar to each other. It's almost like Clay's spirit has been "passed down" to his grandson, giving him a "second chance" at a good life he always wanted with a well adjusted Orel as parent that can make that wish come true. Or the animators just wanted to reuse assets. It's probably the ladder.

[@notwell3605]

its up to the viewer, i like that idea

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

They were honestly self aware enough I could totally see that as a metaphor for clay being given a second chance. It would go well with the show's themes of cyclical abuse being broken.

[@prestonthebeston1735]

The ladder 😭😭😭

[@rinna6575]

26:25 it's really common for victims of that stuff to develop an attraction towards it. Also I get the feeling she only told the "luring" story to sorta make it "her fault" as it's also common for victims to blame themselves, or so people won't view her as a victim.

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

There's a lost episode that confirms that the story happened. It was done by the creators with improvised resources as a last hurrah for the fans after the show got canceled. I consider it canon. Technically, it's not a canon episode, however.

[@rinna6575]

@@herec0mestheCh33f I saw that. I didn't get the vibe that she purposely did it though.

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

@@rinna6575 different perceptions I suppose. Cheers

[@ajakakakak]

Wasn’t the article praising her for “luring him in” to get him caught?

[@rinna6575]

@@ajakakakak because that could've just been the story she gave?

[@qtfan1121]

Shapey’s first full sentence was apparently something that his voice actor Tigger Stamatopolous, who is Dino’s daughter, said one day to Dino completely out of the blue that shook him heavily. He says he somehow managed to get her to say that line for the show in exactly the same tone and cadence as when she first said it

[@Nematodo]

Another great thing about the finale is that Orel's wife is Christina, his childhood crush and Block's sister, that barely appeared in two episodes but made a great impact in Orel's life.

[@SmellyToesMmmm]

gasp

[@brandonjacques7624]

I still can’t get over the fact that the guy who voiced Clay Puppington also voiced Baymax from Big Hero 6, and Harvey’s dad from Harvey Beaks.

[@crateredcallisto2854]

HE DID????

[@Nikolaisbirdie]

WOO, HEARING HARVEY BEAKS THREW ME BACK

[@ometta7]

The fact that you couldn't describe what Orel was doing in "God's Chef" without risking demonetization, combined with your use of euphemishm and the little snippets of episode you could show, made his actions in that episode sound 1000 times worse than they already were. That's amazing, quite frankly.

[@sweetcherry7759]

I actually love the message of the series- it’s not against God (or gods) or anything like that, but rather makes a point about the _people_ themselves- especially those who think or present themselves as morally superior, for their own reasons. I’m very sad tho that the episode that did them in as a show was the one where it showed the very real & harsh realities women face or deal with- the episode they made female characters actually seem like… _People_ - guess that was too much for the adult men in charge of those things, huh? That said, maybe today, in the 2000s they could be brought back? It might be just what we need?

[@iluvsonicxshadow]

Youre 100% correct; according to Saber's last video, the Alone episode got them flack because they portrayed sexual autonomy of women in a serious, realistic tone and not a funny one. Essentially "we dont want SA unless its funny"

[@reikun86]

@@iluvsonicxshadowYeah. “This is too much…more Squidbillies!” 🙄

[@LangkeeLongkee]

People have already offered more clarification about Ms. Scalptum's feelings about her assault. I haven't seen any other comments about this tho so I would like to add that Nurse Bendy specifically read to me as a survivor of childhood SA. A lot of survivors of CSA become hypersexual as adults, it also explains why she'd regress particularly to a childlike state, that's probably the last time she felt safe. Also her reaction to the bear falling on her didn't feel like she was just upset that it happened, it seemed like she was almost transported back to an experience she had, that she was specifically reliving a specific trauma. With the setting it's likely to assume she was a child when that event occurred.

[@reikun86]

I read somewhere that she was only 14 when she had Joe.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@reikun86 that checks out, but I imagine she was abused long before that. It makes sense. Joe is like what? 10 at most? Nurse Bendy seems to be in her early to mid 20s at best, it's definitely not possible she had him as an adult.

[@thecrazywolf9616]

as a victim of csa I like this series

[@Glenningway]

Growing up around "Christians", including my dad this show rang so hard with the blatant hypocrisy I had to witness. I think when it comes to religion, it's not the faith but how bad people use it for sinister purposes. You said it yourself at the end of the video. This show had me glued all the way until the end. People who do bad things to others, then years later "Found God" never really atone to those they did wrong, rather they use their faith as a means to look down on others and even tell the ones they did wrong to "get over it" or "you need to forgive". They never really learned the lesson, rather use their faith to etch-a-sketch their wrong doings away only to repeat it later on. Also, Clay being secretly gay... FAR more common with religious men, many think they can keep it in the dark. When you hear one rant and rave about homosexuals, don't be surprised when they secretly long to be one. One youth pastor in my town did just that, ten years of marriage up in smoke. The wife in that scenario wasn't as repugnant as Bloberta, though there was an air of stuckupedness about her to keep the facade going as long as possible.

[@NealCamerlengo]

The worst part is when they scream leave kids alone yet gets caught doing bad things to kids.

[@sweettoxicity704]

@@NealCamerlengo Yeah, its too common to the point that priesthood with the church or otherwise is almost expected to have p/dophiles... Yet you never hear or see what happens to the priests after they do their disgusting things..

[@nourishingbee6832]

I mean, not all religious people are like that. I’m sure you know that. But it is not a one size fits all. Some people are so much better when they convert. I feel guilt and have reached out to the people I’ve done wrong to, because my religion shows me to do that. Which is actually the point of religion. To love, and forgive. But unfortunately many people do not do that, which leads non believer to assume we are all awful people on a pedestal. That’s not what Christianity should be. And I apologize for any the Christian’s you have met that have put a sour taste in your mouth. I surely hope the recognize what they do that is harmful.

[@nourishingbee6832]

@@NealCamerlengoI mean, it’s certain individuals. And obviously Christians don’t stand behind that behaviour. There are some very corrupt people. But people don’t paint us all the same. At the end of the day, we are all human. Are we are no better than anyone. And Christian’s are for sure flawed people too. Just please know we are not all the same ❤

[@Phantomphan613]

​@@sweettoxicity704in the case of catholic priests, they just get sent to a new parish and fresh victims while the church sweeps the previous victims under the rug

[@TheRealSparkplugTheFox]

Season one walked Season two sprinted out the gate swinging as hard as it possibly could Season three knew it was going down and was going to take as many people down with it as it possibly could It's a damn shame it was forced to end like it did.

[@complex2live]

There is something so disturbing about the Camping Episode. Clay is a character that you really want to see get punished for his actions. But sadly in reality that is not always the case. Even when his wife says that when he is drunk, instead of just being completely worse when drunk, we learn that that is Clay's true personality. The fact that a father could be this dangerous to their child is something that will always disturb me more than anything in this show.

[@freeparking301]

Moral could’ve just let the bear destroy his father rather than shoot it. Even after his own father shot him and even against his belief in not killing animals and telling his father he hated him he still saved his life anyway. And then the only bit of gratification he could get from it was disappointing him by telling him he didn’t shoot the bear as he sat there in shock from the gunshot wound he suffered through throughout the night. The feelings the characters have in that show are just complex as all hell.

[@ri0tgh0ooul89]

Hypersexuality can be a symptom of sexual abuse; when it comes to Ms Sculpthams, I believe it is a traumatic response. The writers released a script for an episode that would've been made, had it not been cancelled. It is called R*pe and the plot would've revolved around her taking the class on a fieldtrip to the prison; she does this to talk to the cellmate of her abuser, whom she accepts a proposal to marry. It is reveled that she is doing this as a form of control -- that she would have a husband to not worry about assaulting her... or so the town would judge her, as she was pregnant. Turns out she was originally pregnant with twins and didn't abort both fetuses. They get confirmed for a marriage license, but the cellmate, his is confirmed to also be in for SA, ends up canceling the marriage. Turns out that her having more control over him, was a turnoff. Ms Sculpthams is approached by Officer Plottwist, whom had been talking a lot with Ms Sculpthams, who says they would marry the teacher. She makes a comment about not being attracted to unjailed men, to which Officer Plottwist reveal's how she is actually a woman and the both kiss and decide to try and get eloped. Orel talks to them at a later date; both are still together, but saddened that their marriage was not officiated, due to their relationship being queer. I personally believe that her character is of a traumatized woman who lured in a sexual predator to protect her students and/or career, who is so deeply wounded, that it affects what potential passion she might have previously had towards being a teacher. She develops hypersexuality and potentially OCD (unclear if OCD is a condition she had prior to the abuse, but it often does develop for those with sexual trauma) after luring in the predator and allowing him to assault her. As a form of coping with the trauma, she develops a weird and purely mental relationship with him. She decides to find a way to talk to the cellmate after he died, a la fieldtrip, perhaps to search for closure or the hope to marry him was a desire the whole time (unclear.) Like many woman who are attracted to prisoners, she admits it's for the security that he won't hurt her, so the town won't judge her for being pregnant and not married, after unsuccessfully attempting abortion. The state sees the marriage between a woman who just met a man a day ago, of which, is currently in prison for SA and violent behavior. However, it refuses to accept the marriage between two women who, at least, have had physical and emotional interactions. She went from one of the blandest characters for me, to one of the more interesting and fucking tragic characters. And like with many characters, they managed to do this with only 1-and-a-half episodes because the writers are fucking godtier apparently. The depth even the background characters have, is fucking amazing.

[@Batbimbo]

Absolutely INSANE timing I’m literally in the middle of my yearly Moral Oral rewatch

[@p-__]

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[@Kiyozzzz]

@@p-__Blud what

[@rachel_sj]

I remember watching Moral Orel on Adult Swim when I was in college. I was deconstructing my Fundamentalist Christian beliefs as I was going to school and working and I couldn’t believe how in-depth, revealing, and dark this show was when I’d stay up til midnight to catch most of the shows I’d watch. I loved how the show called out all the hypocritical thoughts and beliefs I grew up with, packaged completely in a sarcastic and ironic Davey and Goliath stop motion animation style. Watching Moral Orel would be one of the first steps I’d do to get the help I need to heal from religious trauma and I’m still, in some small ways, still healing from the sheer Hell that growing up like in that environment was. Moral Orel will always be my favorite Adult Swim show for that reason!

[@oshomroni]

16:29 beside the amazingly psychedelic visuals we see during Oral's near death experience, I laughed at the moment where everyone freaks out about Oral realizing the afterlife is not what they all think, and this quick eye dart at Clay as if to say "do something about this, he is your son"

[@pondscum4373]

Fun Fact: The Christmas episode was actually the first episode that aired on Adult Swim, around Christmas time. A lot of viewers were confused and the creator was quite angered because it didn't make narrative sense to put that episode first. Bonus facts: Orel shares the same voice actress as Sandy Cheeks from Spongebob Squarepants, and Clay has the same voice actor as Baymax from Big Hero 6.

[@ultimate_animal_showdown]

I had to take a break from watching moral orel after seeing that camping episode because of how uncanny it resembled days from my life I’d rather not remember not to sound edgy or anything but I would have never thought a show would feel so real

[@lmaChroma]

It's definitely got some gut wrenching parallels to real life situations

[@SeanStrife]

Ohhhh trust me... if you haven't seen it all the way through, the show gets worse... much, MUCH worse...

[@RocketboyX]

Moral Oral is one of the most emotionally gut-wrenching shows I have ever seen.

[@cooldude7988]

YESSSSS love to see Moral Orel getting the attention it deserves

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@peterwhite6415]

2 Details that were somewhat missed during this video, that i think are important: - This detail i consider really depressing cause Clay and Bloberta are seen in a few scenes getting along and laughing together, even thou they hate eachother on several levels, meaning they could have had a good friendship if She hadnt forced Clay into marriage. - The last one is about the finale with Orel's Family, we also see in the wall pictures of his Brothers (tldr: he got a 2nd one cause another family confused Shapey with their own and didnt want theirs back) have grown up and become a Firefighter and a Police Officer... the 2 most chaotic and troubled kids ending up with really important jobs speaks volumes.

[@Tsochar]

9:17 It's always struck me how sincere this line read is. Carolyn Lawrence really did a good job here. Like, you really feel that Orel has faith that God will by some miracle make this the best christmas ever, and you think that something must happen to at least partially answer his prayer. You hope he does, maybe you even pray a little alongside him. But there's nothing. The episode just ends, and the episode feels as empty as Orel probably does.

[@PopcornBrat]

As an ex Mormon this show used freak me out as a kid, then I got older and realized how much I had in common with some of the characters. Honestly it was painful rewatching it since I've felt how most of them did.

[@Djinn_Entonic]

My head canon is that the coach became a healtier father figure to orel, maybe he found a boyfriend that loves him without shame.

[@KowaiZuzu]

I always interrupted Ms. Sculptham's story in Alone as a comment on sexual repression. She wanted to have sex but coudn't admit that she did, so she came up with a plan to get Mr Creepler to attack her. I'm not sure if it was an attack, or if she claimed it wasn't because of the repression. Also there was going to be an episode where we find out Mr Creepler didn't die and the abortion was not successful, so Ms Sculptham decides she has no choice but to marry him in jail so the child isn't born out of wedlock. The town has no issues with this. Then plot twist, the cop who's been helping her with the wedding turns out to be a lady cop who's fallen in love with Ms Sculptham. They kiss and decide to get married and raise the baby together. Obviously the town has a huge issue with gay marriage even though they didn't care about victim/inmate marriage. The episode was never made, but there's a script floating around the Internet somewhere. Also the cop's name was a pun, like, Officer Plaht-hwist or something, but after the reveal it's pronounced Officer Plot Twist. Clever. I'm so sad this show got cancelled.

[@gat0rcrazzi]

I remember seeing the Christmas special as a kid thinking it was someone adult swim one off. That whole episode and ending gave me such complex feelings about parental relationships and hope that I couldn’t fully grasp at the time and I went years remembering it but never watching the whole show. It wasn’t until recently that I watched all the seasons and I’m glad I was able to appreciate something like that now.

[@bannelore449]

Nurse Bendy breaks my heart. Alone is such a painful episode.

[@reikun86]

I’m glad she got a happy ending with Joe.

[@daviejay]

Grew up from similar stuff moral oral grossed me out at first. Took me a few years of working in food industry and actually understanding how reproductive organs worked to appreciate it.

[@Kizrrith]

I feel so bad for Orel… I love him sm

[@p-__]

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[@warlordofbritannia]

On the other hand, never feel bad for Clay. He’s not worth it

[@ae1103]

Ikr I'm so glad that he's happy with a wife and kids and still in touch with his faith :,)

[@firej77]

I remember watching the first season when i was way too young for [as] . I thought it was just interrupting the "good" shows. Then a year later i woke up to a later season episode and just, couldnt look away. After that i developed a huge love for stop motion and rewatched the older episodes, thinking it was the wrong show, and laughing at the jokes i completely missed. Now, i rewatch it all, i love this show so much.

[@TindraSan]

this show was the first of it's kind that I ever saw, it's what showed me what adult animation could truly be and it shook lil 16yr old me to the core lmao this show permanently set my standards for what makes a good adult cartoon. or any cartoon really, it simply introduced me to the concept of a story starting out lighthearted and goofy only to become more serious but more importantly more sincere over time, and I have been obsessed with that specific form of storytelling ever since.

[@StarDragonJP]

While not an episode, Stephanie giving herself a bunch of piercings to avoid her painful emotions stuck out to me.

[@LadyBern]

With Passing you could almost be fooled into believing Clay abuses Orel to show love as he was so starved for the attention he missed from his mother that he equated his father's abuse for it. But no its not love that he was after or was equating the abuse with, just attention. It makes you question what was Clay's motivation for not passing the gun on. Was it guilt in knowing it was what caused his mother's death? Or a selfish want to hold onto the one thing his father left for him? Whatever the case his father was right in that he wouldn't carry on the tradition. And with Help I don't deny Bloberta was responsible for Clay's drinking. But given his past actions and behavior whilst drunk I get the feeling he was bound for a miserable life. He was abstaining yes but he still wasn't facing his personal demons or seeking help for it. That Oedipus complex mixed with sociopathic narcissism and indoctrination was just under the skin ready to spill out once something opened the door. It's like with the 2nd season of Bojack (iirc), he had tried to jump to being better by putting on that facade without facing his issues, he may have been acting more positive but everything was still there beneath the surface waiting for him to self destruct again and he did.

[@juliopeinado2660]

I have the feeling Nurse Bendy was a victim of Child Sexual Abuse based on her behavior. Her behavior, her traits and how she reverted back to her childhood phase. It feels pretty disturbing. It felt like her childhood is taken away

[@nrlsan36_34]

According to an unreleased episode, she was 12 when Joe was born. So she is.

[@deltacharlieecho4732]

Every single time I watch a deep dive on Morel Orel I see more parallels to my own life. It is unreal how good this show was and how much better it gets over time.

[@matthewterlaga3022]

Clay didn’t go back to the nature preserve to “hunt alone” he goes and grabs the already dead carcass of the bear (that Orel shot but Clay will tell everybody he killer himself) and brings it home to be stuffed.

[@peety0792]

top 10 reasons why saber is working on drawn together: Thanks for watching *Insert post credits scene where saber announces its coming*

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@Saberspark]

GIMME A WEEK! WE'RE ALMOST DONE!

[@kingofthedepths3513]

@@Saberspark when will you review made in abyss even the number one on here isn't as bad as bondrewd the William afton of anime

[@kingofthedepths3513]

@@Saberspark clay is nothing compared to bondrewd the William afton of anime

[@elokin300]

Adult Swim took so much from us by canceling this show. Seeing the unfinished episodes and scripts online drives me up the wall because all of these great episodes just never aired 😭

[@spookychords4925]

33:06 THIS! Is why I love this show. It's unfortunate to see so many people blame religion or express their distaste for it when in actuality, its always been people.

[@WiseSageBum]

Yup I'm an atheist who was raised Hindu, and I used to think so many problems would go away if everyone became atheists. As I got older, I realized that religion is used as a subconscious cover by terrible people. Good people also use their religion as a motivator for their good deeds, i.e. Mohammed Bzik is a devout Muslim who fosters and adopts terminally ill children to give them a chance of a loving home. It's incredibly complicated.

[@kingmagikarp97]

Moral Orel is a show that I enjoy and I wish it could come back

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@kingmagikarp97]

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[@kittydogDiamond]

@@kingmagikarp97it’s spam and or a little kid

[@kingmagikarp97]

@@kittydogDiamond Oh ok I'll just ignore it, thanks :)

[@Hack_Man_VII]

I absolutely love the more disturbing episodes. My only issue with this series was when they debuted new episodes, only to have it take place sometime "before the camping trip". I always hated that as a teen. I wanted to move forward, and the focus on the past annoyed me at the time.

[@MsRose-ix3xq]

In terms of the couples issues, I don't feel bad for bloberta as she literally put all this shit in motion because she didn't wanna be an unwedded women. She trapped and already unstable dude for her own means, cheats on him with the dude who did actually like clay for a Lil bit, then complete neglects both kids. Clay is scum too but bloberta pushed that snowball and clay was extra snow with sticks.

[@elleofhearts8471]

I think a lot of people misunderstand bloberta's situation, miss the forest for the trees, and are too stuck on bloberta introducing clay to alcohol to humanize her. Being a single childless women in a place like moralton means bloberta wouldve been sequestered into the single women's apartments that bendy, sculptham, and censordoll were shuttled into. And look at how they all live. In fundie religion, as a woman, marriage is the only context where your value to society will be realized. In fundie culture, if youre a woman, marriage means EVERYTHING. All her friends were getting married and leaving bloberta behind and no one so much as looked back. Combine with the fact that bloberta is the rainbow sheep of her family, furthers her isolation and desperation. Theres literally nowhere she can go to escape insecurity, loneliness, feelings of worthlessness, etc. As each of her friends get married, she's staring down her future. Not even censordoll took pity on bloberta. No one stuck up for bloberta at any point and she became an alcoholic as the child of an alcoholic and seeing alcoholism being modeled for her as the way to cope with stress. How was bloberta to know Clay wouldve became an alcoholic from his first drink either? None of the alcoholics she knew acts like Clay and she even said herself that she thinks alcohol brings out the best in people. Alcoholism is her escape because reality is too painful. Plus I suspect that Clay has a genetic predisposition to alcoholism given the way his mom drank throughout her pregnancies and he got addicted from the first drink. i think its rare for a person whose never had alcohol to turn into an alcoholic from their first binge. Possible but not likely, imo. If Clay wasn't genetically predisposed to alcoholism, he was under the perfect conditions to develop an addiction to something. His life wasn't all that great either. he was just as lonely as bloberta and the way Clay copped was with isolation and religion. I think Clay couldve gotten hooked on anything at that point in his life. it just so happens that alcohol was the thing and blobertta was the catalyst. And finally, fundamentalist religion encourages and rewards selfishness. Theres an unsaid "fuck you, got mine" quality to the town of moralton. No one cares about each other and if you dont satisfy social expectations, youre going to be put into isolation and made to feel worthless. And bloberts did not satisfy social expectations. No one tried to include her in anything either despite Christianity supposedly having an influence on the social fabric of moralton. Bloberta is just doing what fundie culture demands individuals to do if they want to be accepted and validated and respected. Bloberta acted in a really ugly way, but thats just the natural conclusion to being in a culture where being a good person isn't enough and says your value as a woman can only come from motherhood within the bounds of marriage. Bloberta is a case study in the monsters fundamentalism makes people into and how hurt people hurt people. Bloberta is certainly responsible for her actions but she's just as much as a victim of the social forces around her as she is a propagator of that same toxic culture. Its a vicious cycle where you either eat or get eaten. Bloberta wouldn't have done all that she did if she was in a loving and supportive functioning family or if women's value weren't placed in their identity as a wife and mother. Or if the people of moralton actually gave a fuck about each other and what the Bible actually said. There are many reasons why bloberta turned out the way she did and ultimately I think its a "hurt people hurt people" situation. Theres a greater sickness in moralton that much more is to be said for than just bloberta .

[@nutmanwextralargefries7687]

4:38 " *Filled* me with disgust" Get it? Get it? I'll lock the door on my way out

[@TobsterWobbles]

Learning Clay is a politician oddly makes things make way more sense

[@KowaiZuzu]

You should check out Dino's follow up series Mary Shelley's Frankenhole. It's also stop motion, intensely bizarre, surprisingly deep, and has awesome music. It's not as good as Moral Orel, but there's a story about a werewolf that bites his girlfriend when he's in human form so now she transforms into human him. And I think about that at least twice a week.

[@raelogan]

I remember when it first aired, I wrote it off as the typical Adult Swim shlock filler and left it at that. Then one day, I came across a hidden gems sort of article and the writer essentially persuaded the reader to give the series a chance and to at least stick with it until the end of Season 2 before deciding if you want to drop off. So I gave it a chance again, sat through all the episodes in one sitting and realized that there was more to this than shock value. This was definitely one of Adult Swim's most underrated series, and the fact that it went so hard that they had to cut it short before the intended ending was just one of the channel's worst decisions.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

28:17 “I am not holier than thou, but I am holier than *you.”* Funnily enough, that would have had the opposite connotation back when “thou” was a commonly used word.

[@mariaguadalupepalaciosroja1216]

I love the final phrase: "then, a miracle happens... A family"

[@LM-cc7qz]

Dang, Saberspark really does make content.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@egh__]

he sure does

[@joehuman4]

The old saberspark made better content

[@a.j.2915]

deadass? fr? on god??

[@lovelitchi]

The 'Fart fart fart' credits from 1:36 to 1:40 got me laughing all day for no reason

[@l.c.clements]

What's crazy is, the notes of the final season. How Clay's father takes on the father role after moving in with the Puppingtons when he has cancer. Then, Clay's resentment for his father and Orel increases. We could've seen how Orel overcame his hypocritical parents and town...and how he ended up marrying Christina. Alas, people were way too sensitive at the time.

[@Kellyeeeee]

When M.O. was first airing I didn’t understand it (I was 12) and I wasn’t interested because I grew up casually going to church. Revisiting the show as an adult was mind boggling. It was way ahead of its time.

[@Eckertainment]

Not once have I seen an egg commercial in my life....One popped up after he finished going over the egg episode whaaaat

[@Safer7Sephiroth]

I wana know what happened to Clay between Passing and meeting Bloberta in Help. Dude seemed to have gotten himself on the right track in his youth.

[@derekstein6193]

Switch #1 and #2 and I can get behind this list. "Nature" is powerful, but we always knew Clay was disturbed and abusive. "Alone" hit you from out of nowhere, as each story wasgut punching in its own way, it forced the viewer see that they were not necessarily all that better than the people of Moralton. In each episode before "Alone", those three women (and a bunch of other secondary and tertiary characters) could be easily overlooked by the audience; nothing more than background dressing or plot fuel. The episode showed that even the viewers took Nurse Bendy for granted, dismissed the teacher, and just wrote off Miss Censordall as nothing more than a self-absorbed kook. "Alone" put overwhelming evidence that not just the Puffingtons and the pastor had messed up lives, but the entire town was probably just as broken from the hypocritical and shallow societal standards of Moralton. Edit: I suspect that there is a 50/50 chance that Miss Censordall's phone call with her mother was just a hallucination. Look how she is portayed as an nold spinster. Do you think you think her mother is still alive? It is likely that it is a part of her trauma, allowing her to lean into her mother's intent to keep her daughter "pure", while permitting Censordall to fall back onto her holier-than-thou l, Mother Mary soapbox. All the while, it is undercut by her desire for the symbolic, physical manifestion of an opportunity that her mother denied her before she could even understand what was taken from her. So it is possible that every night she receives this "phone call", obsessively never allowing herself an chance to move on with her life.

[@nrlsan36_34]

Ms Censordoll is only 40. It's suggested that having a hysterectomy as a newborn made her age terribly and gave her her mannish features. In a flashback in "Help", she's graying in her mid twenties.

[@bluetea8181]

i am SO glad youre talking about Moral Orel again!!! its such a great show

[@Decanta]

I'm so happy that you decided to cover this show! I mostly saw random episodes back in middle school when it was airing on TV. The sheer weight of the commentary didn't hit me then, but it strikes me as the only time when a show like Moral Orel could ever have been made. It doesn't pull any punches at a time when it was still subversive to be so brutally critical of religion on television. I think watching it today without the context of what the culture was like when it aired might be more challenging for some people.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Before that god forsaken purge, I though a revival of this show would've been perfect for HBO Max Also I wonder how Clay would react to being sent to hell.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

It might be for the best for moral Orel if it doesn’t comeback. At least until the writer strike is over. We don’t want a Clone high season 2 situation again.

[@Chaos_Abi]

Btw the voice actor for Clay Puppington is also the same voice actor as… BayMax 💀

[@prenimystic]

I understand why this show was canceled cus WOW did it show some stuff, but at the same time I reallly wish it could've had its run - that it could deliver everything it wanted to (even if it made me gag or contemplate life) It's a shame. Plainly put.

[@ramirezthesilvite]

That Christmas episode was actually the first episode that aired, but it didn't really hit properly until you saw everything that led up to it.

[@call666ontherebound2]

Nurse Bendy being mounted on the bear and her freaking out about also implies child sexual abuse. We later learn she was raped by Notmyopinionson as a 12 year old and gave birth to the bully character. It's so rewarding to see Nurse Bendy and her son reunite. That tongue stucking out seen is too sweet 😭

[@mastermoye3915]

The camping episode reminded me too much of my dad. Had to take a break from the series because of it before I can continue. Thanks, Saberspark, for this incredible rank of episodes!😊😌

[@usmaanilyas8639]

I’m surprised that numb wasn’t on the list

[@owenwallace6799]

Yeah lol

[@alexf225]

Personally I would switch it with "Help". It's a good episode but I don't see it as disturbing at all.

[@hannahking3491]

I'm still surprised that no one ever placed Orel's parents on a top ten worst parents or worst couples list. Blobberta is bad but Clay is literally the devil of the show.

[@Nake_Take]

I was about to lose my moral oral brainrot im so glad this video is out

[@p-__]

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[@RetroHoodie25]

The show as a whole might be the darkest "cartoon" I've ever seen It's honestly impressive how disturbingly good this show is

[@DDarkestKnight]

It also needs to be mentioned with the mommy complex and reproductive organs removal that Ms. Censordoll is actually the same age as Clay and Bloberta

[@chippysmippy]

this series is an absolute hidden gem, and I love it to bits... thank you saber for giving it another shot

[@Just_Void00]

No amout of therapy is gonna help me forget how dark and messed up this show is.

[@ininja32]

I also like to think this, for Orels mother. What happened to her siblings. Well her sister with perfect pitch spent most of her time singing for congressional religion. However it wasn't paying her bills. One day a man came to her and said she looks good on camera, and she ended up being a pornstar. Lunchbox, orels brother was destined to be the next tenor, but was out showed by a different person. Enraged he murders the winner, and ends up in jail. So blobertas mother hears all this falls catatonic and keeps asking "Where's Bloberta?" As dark as this idea is, it's sadly true in real life.

[@reven8683]

This kid needs some serious Foster Home, asap!

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@Breakfastman343]

This is something you find on adult swim at 3 AM when you can’t find the remote

[@emusic4269]

I literally just finished the final episode today. I can't believe Saberspark just uploaded a video on the show

[@blisterbaby]

I never gave this show a chance when it was first on. I'm so happy that Sabrespark brought it to my attention last episode!

[@dakattack0066]

Lets gooooo, been waiting for moral orel to come around again. So glad it did!

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@sorrowsxiii]

Lets just say, if Bloberta hadn't talked clay into drinking, he would've been a happy and innocent Christian

[@emilybarclay8831]

Wrong. Clay was always going to ruin his own life. He has always been a self destructive, selfish person who was never going to be happy. He would always have found a way to ruin his own life

[@lonk0420]

Naaaaah, have you seen how he has grown up?

[@Tanookicatoon]

If I remember right, that Christmas episode was actually the pilot that got the show off the ground.

[@oscarramirez4219]

Great work as always saber spark. Even made me tear up a few times.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Clay being the mayor is one of the greatest plot twists in tv history

[@monkeycat48]

This show despite most of its accurate, dark humor, it was pretty well done with the stop motion animation. Like the fact that they were able to actually pull this off is incredible. Now of course the show overtime from season one to season two when I got to season three it was becoming a lot darker. When season four was a possibility the executives adult swim when I first saw they were like yeah that’s it. Season three that’s the ending not season four. I did read a bit of season four and yeah it is pretty dark, but it does have a brighter side to the shows ending in the end. The only difference is a pointed out some points that even a lot of people don’t even remember like certain bigotry that existed around the 20th century in American history. Such as the town is what I looked up displays a 1950s timeline even though if you look at certain weapons they look like they’re supposed to be in the 21st-century. But yeah, you don’t see television you just see people listening to the radio. Almost like TV is illegal to have in their community. But also the stuff they touch on like antisemitism and anti Catholicism. They really did talk a lot about that. Now antisemitism is often times mentioned in American history, but anti Catholicism no one really thinks about it that much. There’s such a long list I wanna go into but I can’t because it’s too long. So my point is, there is only one character that does stand out to be the definition of evil that character is Clay Puppington. Oral‘s father is definitely one hypocritical fanatic that spends his time drinking, giving his son bad advice to which he goes straight to you in every episode’s ending, giving him the belt in his study. Which some I guess the Doctor Who is terrible at his job, has quoted something to him molesting oral. Which is not true but still, this guy is a raging alcoholic who despite has power, hates his stinking dead, end job as mayor and I’m like wow all these years he has been mayor and his only son did not know that weird but still yeah let’s show really kind it hits you where it does hurt

[@peamup_bubber]

Literally what I need today, thanks Saber.

[@saintgein]

Aw. Nurse bendy, I’ve never seen a character I relate to so much. Age regression should be shown more in shows / movies to show that the behavior is from horrible sexual abuse. My bedroom looks like a kids playroom too. My stuffed animals are my favorites.

[@theotakux5959]

All these years later and I'm still angry at them for airing the season 1 finale as the FIRST EPISODE, with none of the context

[@BubblyBisonFR]

Im really suprised you didnt add trun the other cheek, one of my favorate but underapritiated episode. The songs are fire too🔥🔥

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

Honestly it’s kinda nice to see you do another top 10, you haven’t done one in a while

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I'd seen the clip about the nurse before, but seeing it again after experiencing sexual assault from someone I was considering dating definitely made that moment more viceral for me.

[@ShardPendragon]

I really need to watch this show, is it just me or does it have "The Binding of Isaac" vibes?

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Saberspark and Saberfart’s farts 💨

[@eldrichnemo9312]

In the sense Christianity is used as a backdrop to a disturbing setting, yes. But Moral Orel is infinitely more real.