History Heartwarming / MoralOrel

--->'''Stopframe:''' Orel, in his own blundering way, your father made ''you''...and that's honorable.

*** The last thirty seconds belong in the SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments hall of fame. It shows that [[spoiler:Orel grows up to have a happy, healthy, loving family]].
*** Better when you realize how it {{bookends}} the series: [[spoiler:The show's opening credits all end with Orel waving up at God/the viewer. The final shot of the series shows [[DistantFinale Orel's baby daughter]] waving up as the camera pans out. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments D'awwwwwwwww]]]].

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* The unmade episode, “Abstinence” had a genuinely sweet ending with Orel and Doughy walking off and playing with each other on Halloween night. Especially since the episode shows how most relationships in Moralton are often defined by they grey are between human decency and genuine attraction, it was a nice way of showing how Orel and Doughy’s friendship was one of the true pure relationships in the whole town.
* During the bumps discussing this show and ''WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole'' during the "History of Adult Swim" block, they explained that the reason they canceled the show was mostly because they couldn't stand seeing Orel go through the hell that was season three.
--> ''Moral Orel'' is one of the smartest shows we ever made, and it got darker as it went along. Mike [Lazzo] shut down production in the third season to protect the innocent puppet he loved so much from a sad and depressing life.

--> We had to cancel ''Moral Orel'' because Dino [Stamatopoulos] was torturing Orel. We think he picked monsters so he could torture them without upsetting anyone here.
* When it came down to casting, Dino remembered someone from the beginning of his career back in Chicago that ADR'd the role of a little boy in a sketch he wrote. That person was Carolyn Lawrence, Orel's voice actor. When she was asked to play the part of Orel, she was flattered he even remembered her.
** This becomes even more Heartwarming over time. Ever since ''Moral Orel'', Lawrence has been a [[StealthPun vocal]] supporter of Dino Stamatopoulos, declaring that Orel is among her favorites of all the many characters she's voiced. She's also said that if she ever gets the opportunity to perform Orel again, she'll agree no questions asked, because she's just that eager to continue playing the role--to the point of pitching ideas to Stamatopoulos in the hopes of inspiring him to write scripts!
* When the show was just beginning production, Scott Adsit's sister, herself a devout Christian, began fighting with him over the shows content thinking the show is just bashing Christianity. The fight got so bad that Scott had to temporarily leave production until everyone was cool. She later admitted she lost her cool, and later saw the show for herself. Not only did she like the show, she eventually saw the show for what it actually was: A satire about people who don't practice what they preach. They mended fences and she even admitted she was proud of him for being on a show like this.

** This becomes even more Heartwarming over time. Ever since ''Moral Orel'', Lawrence has been a [[StealthPun vocal]] supporter of Dino Stamatopoulos, declaring that Orel is among her favorites of all the many characters she's voiced. She's also said that if she ever gets the opportunity to perform Orel again, she'll agree no questions asked, because she's just that eager to continue playing the role--to the point of pitching ideas to Stamatopoulos in the hopes of inspiring him to write scripts!

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*** Better still when you see that Orel's wall has pictures of his parents, who clearly haven't changed for the better over the years. [[spoiler:As monstrous as Clay was to him, Orel still keeps the old man in his life, which says more about Orel than words ever could.]]

* The very last scene of the show: [[spoiler: Orel packs up his beloved stop-motion animation set and gives it to Shapey and Block for Christmas.]]

** This becomes even more Heartwarming over time. Ever since ''Moral Orel'', Lawrence has been a [[StealthPun vocal]] supporter of Dino Stamatopoulos, declaring that Orel is her favorite of all the many characters she's voiced. She's also said that if she ever gets the opportunity to perform Orel again, she'll agree no questions asked, because she's just that eager to continue playing the role.

* When it came down to casting, Dino remembered someone from the beginning of his career back in Chicago that ADR'd the role of a little boy in a sketch he wrote. That person was Carolyn Lawrence, Orel's Voice Actor. When she was asked to play the part of Orel, she was flattered he even remembered her.

--> We had to cancel ''Moral Orel'' because Dino [Stamatopoulos] was torturing Orel. We think he picked monsters so he could torture them without upsetting anyone here.

** Plus, when Bloberta shows up at the Posabules house to swap kids, Shapey runs straight to her and immediately hugs her, and Block stays with her and does the same. As horrible as the Puppingtons' home life is, Bloberta still manages to keep her little boys happy.

** Coach Stopframe patting Orel on the shoulder before Orel has to go home.

-->'''Putty''': If you remember last week's sermon, I ended it with a little cliffhanger: what was in the tomb when Mary Magdalene and company checked it out? Well, here's the answer: '''nothing'''. Nothing was in the tomb. Now, usually, nothing is a downer -- one big goose egg. Well, this time, the goose laid a golden egg, people -- nothing meant hope for everyone! So the next time you look and see nothing, have a little hope for me. Amen.

For all of its bleakness, the third season has two episodes so refreshingly optimistic it's hard not to crack a goofy smile:

For all of its bleakness, the third season has two episodes so refreshingly optimistic it's hard not to crack a goofy smile (possibly intended to keep the viewers from killing themselves to escape the nightmare):

* The first, ''Closeface'', is about Orel sneaking out to go to a dance with Christina, the young girl his parents had forbidden him to date. There's also a sub-plot about Putty seeming discomfort with Stephanie's homosexuality.

* The second, "Dumb", involves the sociopathic bully Joe being reunited with his mother (Nurse Bendy), coming to terms with his father's crippling senility, and bonding with his half-sister and mother at the end. For this season, this was a huge HopeSpot.

** Coach Stopframe had already spent most of the episode realizing how toxic Clay really was, but what cemented his decision to reject Clay? Orel telling Stopframe how Clay shot him, causing Stopframe to realize that [[EveryoneHasStandards Clay lied about it being an accident]].

* "I don't need Proof to know i can trust you grandpa!"

Even a dark show like ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' understands that life can be totally worth living through.

There's also a few other moments in the season that count:

* Once Shapey and Block permanently moved in together in "Numb", you'd think two little troublemakers like them would spend their time yelling at each other. Instead, they still get along perfectly, and are even shown playing together. Say what you want about how annoying they are, they stick by each other.
** Plus, when Bloberta shows up at the Posabules house to swap kids, Shapey runs straight to her and immediately hugs her, and Block stays with her and does the same. As horrible as the Puppingtons' home life is, Bloberta still manages to keep her little boys happy.
*** By letting them play with chainsaws.
** Shapey and Block's conversation after Bloberta brings them both home is pretty cute.
-->'''Shapey:''' Cake?
-->'''Block:''' Cake!
-->'''Shapey:''' Yummy?
-->'''Block:''' Yummy.
-->'''Shapey:''' Mine?
-->''[[{{Main/Beat}} (Both boys smile)]]''
-->'''Both:''' Mine! ''(They both laugh happily)''
** For those wishing Christina and Block would reunite, no worries, this is obviously the case since she and Orel ended up happily married.
*** By default, this is also rather hilarious in hindsight. Since Shapey and Block became brothers when Bloberta "adopted" the latter. And since Christina and Orel got married, they became brothers-in-law.

''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'''s moments that made you go "[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments D'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.]]"