History Characters / MoralOrel

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KKDodds (Kim), Creator/JayJohnson (Karl), Creator/DinoStamatopoulos (Karl, Abstinence)

* NeverMyFault: He actually hoists blame on Orel for ''getting drunkenly shot by his father''. And that's not all. When he was a boy, he denied that it was his fault that his mother died.

* TheFundementalist: He does ''not'' think highly of those who believe differently from him, even on matters so small as the exact wording of the Lord's Prayer.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He shares multiple traits common to patients with BPD and Narcissistic personality disorder. He'll swing wildly between emotions on the slightest whim and put up false personalities in an attempt to bait other people, is recklessly impulsive, engages in binge drinking and is deathly terrified of abandonment by Coach Stopframe. He has a general inability to care for others unless they can be useful to him, has formed a grandiose self-image to make up for his feelings of [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex inferiority]], and DesperatelyCravesAffection and {{attention|Whore}}.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He is way too trusting, takes whatever people say to him very literally, and despite his good intentions he doesn’t realize that what he’s doing is prejudicing to others. Even his grandfather remarks that he is not dumb but rather he just learns in different ways.

-->'''Clay:''' "I hate myself. '''(to bottle)''' ''...WHY DO YOU QUIT WORKING ON ME?!?"''

--> '''Clay:''' ''"NO! YOU! DON'T!"

-->'''Clay:''' "I hate myself. '''(to bottle)''' ''...WHY DO YOU QUIT WORKING ON ME?!?"

* MeaningfulName: Clay is something that is easily molded. Not only was Clay himself molded into the person he is by his deeply religious mother, he now tries to mold Orel into someone who fits his distorted worldview. [[spoiler: This could also apply to his position as mayor of Moralwell.]]

* EnragedByStupidity: As time goes on, Clay gets more and more frustrated with Orel constantly misinterpreting what he's told.

* MeaningfulName: Clay is something that is easily molded. Not only was Clay himself molded into the person he is by his deeply religious mother, he now tries to mold Orel into someone who fits his distorted worldview. [[spoiler:This could also apply to his position as mayor of Moralwell.

* DistaffCounterpart: To Shapey - their own parents couldn't even tell the difference between them at first, and the Posabules accidentally left Block behind when they abruptly moved away.

* AbusiveParents: Orel’s parents Clay and Bloberta Puppington qualify for this. Clay often takes his son into his study and belts him whenever his exploits causes [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity to Ensue]] before giving out a SpoofAesop based off of bigoted 1950s beliefs. [[CerebusSyndrome He gets even worse as time goes on.]] In one of those, he instinctively reaches for his belt even though Orel hadn't done anything wrong and had to (innocently) have this pointed out.
** In one episode Orel’s makes an stop motion film that shows his everyday life about what he has learned from the town’s teachings, one of the things that stand out the most it’s the portrayal of his father Clay [[RuleOfSymbolism who is shown as a drunk snarling wolf,]] this harsh portrayal coupled with a line from from Orel’s film: ''”I need to teach you what you did wrong by beating you in my study, because that’s what I do in the study to you, I beat you and then I lecture you and that’s it nothing else, come here orel as you Pull you pant up from my spanking''” and a scene in which [[NightmareFuel a belt (in a way a serpent would ) chases and warps around a figurine which is meant to represent Orel]] ignites a comment from a citizen questioning if his father was actually molesting him. The abuse gets very horrifying without being sexual. As shown in the episode "Nature".
** Bloberta [[ParentalNeglect leaves her kids unsupervised]], and provides them with dangerous tools to keep them entertained. When Orel comes from school covered in bruises and blood, she’s far more concerned with the fact that the supplies budget is gonna rise than with Orel’s state and when her younger son Shapey gets switched with another kid it took her a lot of time to realize it.

* AmbiguousInnocence: He is an interesting example. Orel is generally a good kid and he always attempted and liked doing good, he wanted to help everyone around him, was open to different perspectives and he didn’t judge people for their appearances nor beliefs. He was described as being pure and innocent by his grandpa and the Reverend, but this innocence made him not distinguish what was morally right to what was morally wrong this coupled with the adults’ dubious advice, almost lack of good role models and his town’s backward morality caused shenanigans to occur. Orel is one of the few characters that lacked malicious intent, yet he was also capable of doing outright cruel acts by normal morality standard, it’s not that he wanted to do harm rather his lack of moral understanding, ''his innocence'', prevented him from realizing what he was doing wrong. He grows out of this by the end of the series becoming a genuinely good person by the end of the show once he stops following the dogma of Moralton.
* TheAllAmericanBoy: Deconstructed. At first he fits the bill of a typical child from a loving, Christian family, but once the people around him start to fall apart, his chipper attitude starts to fade.

* ColorMotif: Blue, as a four years old he wears a blue jumper, as an 11 years old and as an adult he wears a buttoned blue shirt and it's seen to wear a blue suit to church, and then there's the Blue Herron that follows him through the events of "Nature" which according to WordofGod is meant to symbolize Orel's innocence.

* GoodFeelsGood: So much that when Reverend Putty gave a sermon about how evil takes a pleasant form, he started to physically punish himself wherever he made a good action. Shown in a positive light when it was revealed that [[spoiler:in the finale it was Orel’s good nature what allowed him live a happy and fulfilling life as an adult]].

* HopeSpot: On the episode “The best Christmas ever” Orel is left outside in the snow, alone on Christmas after his parents threaten to divorce, the episode ends with Orel praying to god hoping that even though there’s only 2 minutes left before Christmas is over that somehow everything will turn out to be alright, the last two minutes of the episode ends with a silent slow zoom out of him and the whole town.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He has no idea of how bad a kid Joe is until he starts beating up two presumed gay boys. He has no idea how crazy Miss Censordoll is, and he had absolute no idea on how horrible his father is until the hunting trip.

* MeaningfulName: Clay is something that is easily molded. Not only was Clay himself molded into the person he is by his deeply religious mother, he now tries to mold Orel into someone who fits his distorted worldview. [[spoiler:This could also apply to his position as mayor of Moralton.]]

* ThePastorsQueerKid: In the season 3 episode "Closeface", we learn that she is a lesbian because she was in a relationship with Kim (Doughy's mother) back when they were in school. Of course, Doughy's mom thought it was just a way to get Karl to notice her. [[spoiler:We also learn that Reverend Putty knows his daughter's a lesbian, and is actually okay with that.]]

* StartOfDarkness: When his father begins ignoring him after his mother's death. Even then, he turns out a half-decent guy, but then Bloberta introduces him to alcohol. Given how quickly he takes to it, the alcohol probably let loose all those years of pent-up frustration.

* JerkassBall: He holds this in both "Trigger" and ''Beforel Orel''.
* KidsAreCruel: Towards Orel, as a 4-year-old, but only because he played along with two other bullies.
** Although he has shown tendencies of being a jerk to Orel for his own gains in the episode "Trigger".

* KidsAreCruel: He's a budding sociopath before he and his mother bond.