History YMMV / MoralOrel

* CryForTheDevil: Clay may be an [[AbusiveParents awful father]] with [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk few redeeming qualities]] and [[NeverMyFault a penchant to turn down any chances at improvement]], but this was largely thanks to his upbringing. Because he was constantly told he was special by his mother and associated his father's abuse with worth, Clay grew up as an entitled AttentionWhore who uses abuse, physical or verbal, to get what he wants. After being introduced to alcohol, Clay uses to cope with his ailing marriage and grim realizations about himself while not exercising strength of character to be anything better. "Sacrifice" demonstrates it best, with Clay provoking the bar's patrons to fulfill his sense of worth until they realize how pathetic he's really being.

** And why did he gave up and let him being brainwashed by Moralton's corrupted methodology? Was anger-motivated after discovering the things Orel was learning from his grandfather? Pressure from Ms. Censordoll? Did he no longer cared about making right for his son after coming to [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe the obvious realization Shapey wasn't his]]?

** Bloberta knitting banners to help support Orel in Miss Censordoll's campaign. Was a legitimate rare PetTheDog moment or was just doing it to spite Clay?

** Likewise, the aftermath of the Nature two-parter is only explored in three episodes before the series ends, despite how much of a [[WhamEpisode game changer]] that event happened to be for the whole series and the Orel [[spoiler:[[BrokenPedestal no longer respecting or liking his dad]] ]] isn't fully explored besides the GrandFinale.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: As a result of the series being cancelled, we only just started to see the effects Orel's compassion had on other people when he was able to reignite Reverend Putty's faith and brought out a kinder side in Coach Stopframe. Considering some of their worst actions, as well as Stopframe coming across as too EasilyForgiven due to his affairs with Clay ''and'' Bloberta'', it would've been interesting to see the people positively influenced by Orel having to face the horrible things they did in the past.

* LoveToHate: Clay Puppington is a [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic]], [[AbusiveParents abusive]], [[LackOfEmpathy remorseless]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] whose [[EvilIsHammy melodramatic tendencies]] make him as memorable and he is despicable and terrifying.

** In "Turn the Other Cheek," Orel should stand up for himself when threatened.

** In "The Lord's Prayer," Clay and Art Posabule listen to a comedy album by what is clearly a Creator/BillCosby pastiche. Considering that Moralton is a {{Stepford Suburbia}}, and considering [[BitchInSheepsClothing what we now know]] about Bill Cosby, it's [[HilariousInHindsight disturbingly appropriate.]]

* RainbowLens: Ms. Secondopinionson has a deep voice, especially for a woman, but masks it. Fans often read this as a transgender allegory.

** Some fans ignore or forgive Clay's hideous traits because of his upbringing or [[EvilIsSexy looks]].

** Clay's "dream" sequence showing his OedipusComplex; it's so [[NauseaFuel digusting]] that it becomes NightmareFuel.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Season 3 is considered the best one and a masterpiece in its own right. It's also unfathomably bleak and depressing, more so than anything Adult Swim had produced before or since.

** Joe seems little more than a standard bully, but "Dumb" reveals that he's afraid of growing as old and weak as his elderly father, and not only does he feel insecure for not having a mom, [[spoiler: he was lied to about her fate by his own father]].

** '''Culture Fic''': Especially common on Website/{{Tumblr}}. These will have the same events, but they take place in a different country with a different religion (i.e. the Philippines, where the dominant religion is Roman Catholicism).

** In "The Lord's Prayer," Clay and Art Posabule listen to a comedy album by what is clearly a Creator/BillCosby pastiche. Considering that Moralton is a {{Stepford Suburbia}}, and considering [[BitchInSheepsClothing what we now know]] about Bill Cosby, it's [[HarsherInHindsight disturbingly]] [[HilariousInHindsight appropriate.]]
** "Trigger," specifically the scene where Orel brings a gun to school, only gets more disturbing as US school shooting cases rise.

** Joe is a violent, sociopathic homophobe that seems little more than a standard bully. "Dumb" reveals that he's afraid of growing as old and weak as his elderly father, and not only does he feel insecure for not having a mom, [[spoiler: he was lied to about her fate by his own father]].
** Agnes Sculptam is an ApatheticTeacher for sure, but you can she how psychologically damaged she is after being kidnapped and raped by [[SerialRapist Cecil Creepler]].