History NightmareFuel / MoralOrel

* Ms. Censordoll's behavior in "Nesting" is just as creepy as Clay's visions. Not only is there a scene with her stroking Orel's face (which almost seems to make him go into a trance), but it's revealed that before the hunting trip, Clay had a strange dream where Ms. Censordoll seemed to be the one encouraging him to shoot Orel (a leftover from a potential plotline where Censordoll was revealed to be a voodoo practitioner, according to {{Word Of God}}). While the final product leaves it ambiguous to whether or not Censordoll has powers, she does successfully use Clay's {{Oedipus Complex}} to manipulate him into having an affair with her, resulting in them [[FanDisservice noisily making out]] in the bar while Censordoll calls herself Clay's "mommy."

--->'''Miss Censordoll:''' I am not "[[HolierThanThou holier-than-thou]]," Mother. But I ''am'' holier than YOU.

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of happiness at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts to SelfHarm every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards from a broken bottle into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he doesn't do it]]!

--->'''Miss Censordoll:''' I am not "holier-than-thou," Mother. But I ''am'' holier than YOU.

--->'''Miss Censordoll:''' No, I am not "holier-than-thou," Mother. But I ''am'' holier than YOU.

* One of the unsettling parts is at the end of "Sundays". Rev. Putty is trying to preach a sermon on hope, but no one he sees is happy OR hopeful. He looks to Orel for support, since Orel is obviously the most hopeful person in Moralton. Alas, Putty sees him with the same exact expression on his face as the rest of the churchgoers: hopelessness. Rev. Putty simply sighs, "Oh.", and the episode ends with unsettling music as the camera simply just focuses on the churchgoers.

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of happiness at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts to SelfHarm every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards from a broken bottle into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he doesn't do it]]!
* Ms. Censordoll is obsessed with eggs because her mother had her reproductive organs removed when she was just a baby.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"God? ''[[TheNothingAfterDeath God!! I'm here!]]''"]]

*** And Clay doesn't even treat Oral's wound. Instead, he blames Oral for getting shot, drinks the entire bottle of rubbing alcohol just to spite him and passes out for two days. And the way he says the line below makes it clear that he hates himself no matter how much Oral hates him.

*** After Clay passes out, a bear comes into the camping site, attracted by the smell of the cooking dog, and Oral is forced to shoot it, destroying what little innocence he has left.

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of happiness at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts to SelfHarm every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards from a broken bottle into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that he doesn't do it!

''Moral Orel'' isn't called one of the darkest Western cartoons for nothing. Buckle up, because '''[[SincerityMode you're in for a ride]].'''

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of happiness at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts to SelfHarm every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards from a broken bottle into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that he doesn't do it!

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of pleasure at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts self-harming every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards from a broken bottle into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that he doesn't do it!

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of pleasure at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts self-harming every time he feels even a little bit happy (including [[AgonyOfTheFeet stuffing glass shards into his shoe]]), and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that he doesn't do it!

* In "Pleasure", Reverend Putty gives a sermon saying that worldly pleasures are bad. Orel interprets it as meaning that any sort of pleasure at all is bad. Doing good deeds makes him happy, so he stops doing those. Then he goes to Reverend Putty and is told that every time he feels pleasure, he should give himself a little pain because the Devil hates pain. So Orel starts self-harming every time he feels even a little bit happy, and becomes a huge masochist, to the point where he's covered in bruises, cuts, and bandages. He even smiles when his father is about to beat him, which creeps Clay out enough that he doesn't do it!