2000 Indiana Fever season

The following is a list of characters featured in the American stop motion animation series Moral Orel.

It is worth noting that most of the characters' names are references in some way to the stop motion animation process.

The Puppingtons

Orel Puppington

Orel is the main character of the show. He is a 12-year-old boy (11 earlier in the series) who constantly has morality on his mind. He collects religious action figures and makes short animated movies with them. In his attempts to remain moral, he listens to Reverend Putty's sermons very closely. Even though he's very attentive and always means well, Orel tends to misinterpret the minister's teachings, leading to chaos for both him and the town.

In addition to having an uncanny talent for interpreting religious doctrine literally and drastically changing his belief systems on a weekly basis, many other characteristics make him an outstanding individual. He is a natural necromancer, raising the entire town cemetery from their graves with no previous practice in the field. When he took up fighting for the first time, he was undefeated in a number of assaults (even beating his father). His sexual stamina is seemingly without limit, as he was able to impregnate a large portion of the town on very short order. Orel is also a natural businessman, having made large amounts of money selling his urine as an energy drink and (unknowingly) pimping out the women of Sinville to the sexually repressed men of Moralton.

One of the show's aspects has been Orel's slow awakening to the flaws of the people around him. At first featured with unblinking naivete, Orel begins to challenge certain aspects of Moralton and his original views. In "Praying", Orel defies his father's orders and uses Buddhist meditation to deal with his stress. In "Repression", Orel felt guilty after his advice inadvertently destroyed the Fakeys' marriage; in "Orel's Movie Premiere", Orel uses rather harsh portrayals of the people around him such as making his father look like a snarling wolf and scenes of Clay beating him and drinking, which lead Dr. Potterswheel to wonder if he was being molested. After the disastrous sequence of events in "Nature" parts 1 and 2, culminating with a drunken Clay accidentally shooting him only to shirk responsibility, Orel loses all respect that he had for his father. For the first time in the series, Orel tells Clay "I hate you." Orel's new view of his father may bring a different perspective to the show in future episodes.

Orel is voiced by Carolyn Lawrence.

Bloberta Puppington

Bloberta is Orel's mother. She's a strict, stereotypical housekeeper, always wanting to keep the house clean to the point of being obsessive-compulsive (she once complained about her cleaning products being dirty). However, it is implied that she hates her life as a housewife and that her husband forces her to spend every waking hour cleaning, since it both turns him on sexually and because he believes that women should be enslaved and only be able to find happiness through housework. Because of this, the two have a very strained relationship, with Bloberta often refusing to have sex with her husband. The two actually sleep in separate beds with a partition titled 'Lust Guard' placed between them. When asked by Orel why she married Clay, she simply responds "Why not?" instead of giving an actual reason. She instead gives all of her love and affection to Shapey who was conceived during an affair that Bloberta had, possibly with Coach Stopframe (a move that has turned Shapey into a spoiled brat who his mother refuses to discipline for the chaos he causes). In the episode "Numb", she is shown to slowly grow more and more desperate for the affection she hasn't recieved from Clay, and has slowly grown distant and numb from everything, only showing desperation from the shuns of Doctor Potterswheel, and depression when driven to face how truely horrible Clay is after a brief discussion of their marriage, only to grow cold and stiff when she notices Clay. She has a collection of hardware items she uses as vibrators hidden in her cabinet. She is voiced by Britta Phillips.

Clay Puppington

Clay is Orel's father. He is a strict parent, trying to keep his home in line with a 1950s style of living. He'll often bring Orel into his study to discuss various misdeeds Orel often does after dealing out "a good belting" to the boy. The lessons usually have little to do with the actual damage he caused, usually focusing on "the lesser of two evils." For example, in one episode Orel had been beating children and committing other bad deeds with a new kid named Joe in an attempt to be loyal to his friend. When Orel explained to Clay (after a good belting) that he felt guilty even though he was being loyal to his friend, Clay explained to him that it wasn't because he was beating children, it was because he was leaving out his other friends. When Orel tried to suggest that it was more his being extremely violent, Clay quickly reprimanded him by saying "Are you disagreeing with me, young man?" and brandishing the belt. However, some of his teachings have an ounce of wisdom in them, as in the episode "The Lord's Greatest Gift". When Orel raises all of the corpses in the cemetery as zombies, Clay tells him that the people found the zombies horrifying because they were all naked. Thus, when Orel clothed all the zombies, they continued to terrorize the town, but the people were all laughing instead.

Clay is an abusive alcoholic who hates his job and is in a loveless marriage. Clay is often seen drowning his troubles in liquor in his study or at the local pub, where his relationship with Orel's gym coach teeters on the brink of turning into a homosexual affair. In addition, he has a poor relationship with his family. He doesn't remember how old Orel is, once provided alcohol to Orel's friends, and at one point smokes a cigarette and a pipe at the same time. He is rather mysogynistic, and forces his wife Bloberta to cook and clean all day long, as he believes that that's all women should ever do, and because it sexually arouses him. He also has a collection of firearms in his study, including a Heckler & Koch PSG1 sniper rifle and what is revealed in "Nature Pt.1" to be an extensive arsenal. Perhaps surprisingly, he was the first member of the family to notice that something is different about Shapey (as the boy has been switched with a neighbor's child), but he doesn't seem inclined to do anything about it. In the series premiere, "The Best Christmas Ever," he voiced that Shapey is not actually his child. At other times, he has also favored Orel to Shapey. During a mostly unsuccessful camping trip with Orel, a drunk Clay rants violently about how awful his life is and then accidentally shoots Orel but denies any responsibility. This has been considered a turning point in the series as Orel finally begins to see that his father isn't as good as he thought he was and in the end, he loses all the respect and admiration that he once had for him. He is voiced by Scott Adsit.

Shapey Puppington (possibly Stopframe)/Block Posabule

Shapey Puppington, Orel's seven-year-old little half-brother, is a misbehaving, spoiled brat; an emotionally stunted little boy who does nothing but yell, complain, and act out, he is extremely immature for his age he behaves more like a three year old. His parents do nothing to stop this, preferring to let him have what he wants so he'll stay quiet (they don't want their neighbours thinking they're bad parents, even though Shapey's proof that they are). He is still breast-fed, as illustrated in one episode where he began grabbing for his mother's breasts and yelling "Driiiiink!" after church, and answered by his mother squirting him with water and saying "No, you're cut off." It is revealed in the Christmas special that he is an illegitimate child. His real father is still a mystery, though Coach Stopframe is a possibility (as Shapey was seen hugging him enthusiasticaly in "Loyalty").

In the season two episode The Lord's Prayer he was accidentally replaced by Block Posabule, son of the Puppingtons' new neighbors. Only Clay seemed to notice the difference, but he shrugged it off and has shown no further interest in the matter. No one else in either family noticed—despite the Posabules moving away, taking Shapey with them, inadvertently leaving Block in his place, at the end of the episode. However, in several recent episodes such as "Repression", Orel bluntly tries to tell his father "That's not Shapey", but is ignored. The main difference between the two is their hair color (Block is a redhead, while Shapey is blonde) and head shape (Shapey's head is round while Block's is more thin); their behaviors are much the same. In the episode Numb Bloberta finally figures out after going through a family album that Shapey is actually Block she goes to the Posabule's house and retrives him, however Mrs. Posabule not only gives back Shapey but totally abandons Block and she is forced to adopt him and they cause all sorts of mischief together. They are both voiced by Tigger Stamatopoulos, the daughter of show creator and executive producer Dino Stamatopoulos.

Church

Reverend Putty

Rod Putty is the minister for the local church and wears a very obvious toupee. He is a very lonely and bitter individual who is held in both high esteem and disdain by the citizens (case in point: his house is egged on Halloween). His disdain for God often finds its way into his sermons, and he has a coffee cup in his office stating "I hate my boss," though sometimes it says "...and then you die." His resentment stems from being a prematurely balding virgin. Putty has also displayed some racist tendencies, such as leading the segregation of the Figurelli's and not wanting a woman of color. The episode "Elemental Orel" implies that he was planning to save money from the church collection plate to hire a prostitute. Eventually, he is approached for a lunch date by Stephanie, Moralton's resident punk-rocking piercing shop proprietor. Thinking he is about to get lucky, he is soon devastated to learn that she is his daughter, resulting from a spinster stealing his semen from a used tissue. He however comes around and accepts this relationship, offering some happiness for a change. After the events of "Presents for God", Putty apparently loses his virginity and starts smoking cigarettes. He is voiced by William Salyers.

School

Principal Fakey

Fakey is the principal of Diorama Elementary. While he attempts to run the school according to his community's strict moral code, he himself has been having an affair with Nurse Bendy for some time. His wife is completely unaware of this, and Fakey felt extreme guilt over his deception until receiving advice from Orel in "Repression". He is now in denial concerning the affair, and has thrown his wife out of the house, blaming the gonorrhea he received from Nurse Bendy on his wife's (nonexistent) infidelity. He is voiced by Jay Johnston.

Miss Sculptham

Miss Sculptham is Orel's school teacher. Bored and uninterested, she leads Orel's class through half-hearted field trips and lectures. Most of the information she imparts is heavily slanted in religion and absent in basic facts. She often does the bare minimum required from her though in "Courtship", she mercilessly manipulates students smitten by her into keep giving her expensive gifts. She is voiced by Britta Phillips.

Coach Stopframe

The coach at Orel's school, Daniel (pronounced 'Danielle') Stopframe is a somewhat eccentric and effeminate man, as well as being fairly unsympathetic and self-centered. He seems to have an attraction to Clay Puppington. He once practiced satanic rituals in an attempt to make the track team run faster. It is hinted in "Loyalty", "The Best Christmas Ever", and "God's Image", and confirmed (somewhat) in "Numb" that he is Shapey's real father. He is indiscriminate in his sexual practices—he frequently makes less than subtle overtures to Clay and was once seen with three women and a dog. He is also referenced to being a pedophile, as he watches the boys showering so closely he noticed Orel's "personal" piercing and takes Orel to be a sacrificial virgin; much to the horror of the Satanists. He seems to be mixed in where his faith lies, always praying to both God and Satan, and keeping his cross on its side. In the episode "Numb", he flat out tells Bloberta that he only slept with her to get to Clay, and isn't sorry about it all. He is voiced by Jay Johnston.

Doughy Latchkey

Doughy Latchkey is Orel's best friend. He is very God-fearing and always tries to look out for Orel though he usually just follows Orel's lead. He is very fearful and not very bright; as a result, he is often indecisive and has consistently failed to stand up for himself when pressed (such as letting Orel and Joe throw rocks at his dad's car). In Courtship, we learn that his parents still act like teenagers, his last name is "Latchkey" and that his insecurity stems from being severely neglected by his parents, who, while being very affectionate toward each other, usually pay Doughy cash to get out of their hair and lock him out and hide the key so they can have sex. He has never been seen without his beanie and has rapid mood swings from despondent to cheerful. He is voiced by Scott Adsit.

Joe

Introduced as Coach Stopframe's nephew in "Loyalty", Orel was asked to be Joe's "Bible buddy". He is a hellion and sociopath, frequently committing petty acts of vandalism, theft, and, most often, bullying. He may also be a homophobe and attacked two gay boys with a baseball bat. Despite his lack of interest in the town's opressive Protestant religion, he has been known to mock other children over "religious retardation". He is voiced by Jay Johnston.

Tommy

Tommy is Orel's former classmate and friend who had difficulty accepting the unquestioning religious teaching that the school provided. Because he attempted to provide scientific rather than religious answers on his schoolwork, he was labeled as "retarded" by the school and placed in the "Special Education" class, where all such "religiously retarded" students are "taught" at a pre-school level by a teacher who frequently leaves the class unsupervised for extended periods. Tommy and the students use this time to read science books. Orel was assigned as Tommy's "Brain Buddy", to help him get to and from school and assist him with basic learning; help that Tommy does not actually need. While he seems somewhat irritated by this treatment, Tommy doesn't begrudge Orel, saying "at least his heart's in the right place." He is voiced by Britta Phillips.

Mr. Armature

Dale Armature is the temporary music and drama teacher at the school. Formerly the stand-up bass player for the folk trio—The Crucifolk until Lily and Leaf—the married two thirds of the group, announced the groups dissolution and plans for a solo act, leaving Dale Armature out to dry. Six months later and sporting a beard, he has turned his efforts to Broadway theater with offerings like "Crooning Jesus" but they were ignored. Very nervous and excitable, his most noticeable feature is that he has only one eyebrow (his left one) and has an unrequited crush on Lily. He is voiced by Dino Stamatopoulos.

Nurse Bendy

The pretty blonde nurse who works for Doctor Potterswheel and the school is Nurse Bendy. For a nurse, she is very inattentive and ignorant of even rudimentary medical knowledge. The other doctors are aware of this and have her "sit outside and look pretty". She is having an affair with Principal Fakey, though she seems completely disinterested in him and expresses no pleasure—or even acknowledgment—when they have sex. She has gonorrhea. She is voiced by Britta Phillips.

Walt Gluegun

Walt Gluegun is the school bully who torments the other kids, even Orel and Doughy. Orel thought he could make friends with Walt after hearing the song "Turn The Other Cheek" by Presbo the Clown. Walt responded by giving Orel a few punches. Orel's clothes were smudged with his blood and his mother always washed them. Later, Orel's father lectured him about how to fight. When Walt was about to pound Doughy, Orel punched Walt hard in the face and he fell to the floor, followed by a kick in the face.

Other townspeople

Ms. Censordoll

Fran Censordoll is the town librarian, employed at the Thomas Bowdler Library. She appears elderly (yet she is only 40 years old), a puritanical individual who spends her time, as her name suggests, censoring and destroying books she considers immoral (i.e. nearly all of them). She also fights very hard to keep children away from "filthy thoughts", whether it is tracking kids who are reading about Renaissance art or leading protests against the offending individual. She frequently leads protests in front of the local movie theater, even protesting such movies as The Ten Commandments and The Wizard of Oz. Her own indulgences got her in trouble in "Offensiveness" when natural birth eggs, her favorite food, became outlawed and she was forced to find black market substitutes for her craving, thus falling into hypocrisy.

Doctor Potterswheel

Potterswheel is an elderly doctor in charge of the local hospital. A staunch Protestant, he is against doctor-assisted suicide and is very quick to declare various diseases as "God's Will". Potterswheel though hides behind his religion to shirk responsibility whenever a patient of his dies (he even considers taking responsibility for the patient's death as a sign of egotism). He does have basic medical knowledge but often forsakes it for blind faith. His morals are questionable, he has a nurse who has no medical qualifications or interest in her own job, has been seen disposing used needles in an unsafe manner and once accepted blood from a drug-crazed and clearly under-aged Orel. In "Nature, Part 2" he suggests that Orel eat fatty food in order to clot a gunshot wound in his leg. He is sexually aroused by physical pain, and his full name is Quentin Xavier Potterswheel as shown in "Numb." He is voiced by Scott Adsit

Mr. Figurelli

Sal Figurelli is an Italian man of modest means. His character is defined by his perpetually chipper and sunny attitude that never falters even in the most trying of circumstances (like being pummeled by a drug-crazed Orel or having his house fire-bombed). He has held a variety of jobs. At times he is running a store; in another episode, he runs a cat grooming business and in The Lord's Visage he drives a bus. At his store he sells a variety of goods, from eggs to placate Censordoll to "hard milk" and various wares geared towards exploitation of private concerns. He is not above exploitive labor practices, child labor for example, and his home life as portrayed in "Maturity" is very unstable. Later in the series he engages with prostitutes. He is voiced by Jay Johnston.

Stephanie Foamwire-Putty

Stephanie is the heavily-pierced punk proprietor of Moralton's lone sex and piercings shop. Despite her outside appearance, she is quite a warm and caring person. She once gave Orel a Prince Albert piercing and becomes friends with him, even agreeing to hear his weekly pleas for her to go to church. It is revealed in "Be Fruitful and Multiply" that her mother, a crazed spinster named Gladys Foamwire (who was known for her religiosity even in Moralton) stole Reverend Putty's tissue box and used his sperm to impregnate herself. The rest of her childhood is described by Stephanie as "uninteresting" though it is clear that her rebellion stems from what was likely a very strict upbringing by her mother. She is voiced by Britta Phillips.

Officer Papermouth

Officer Papermouth is one of Moralton's police officers. Very devout, he lists God and Jesus as his partners as he goes out to fight crime and takes time to lecture kids on the dangers of Halloween—of becoming devil worshippers. He is never seen without a smile on his face and a gun in his hand. In the Halloween episode he horrifies them at the possibility of them becoming Buddhists, yet cheers them up by explaining that Jesus guides his bullets into the brains and lungs of criminals, followed by cheerfully waving around his gun and shouting "Pow, pow, pow!" In private it is revealed that Papermouth is quite wealthy but also lonely and spends time attempting to solicit barmaids at the local pub—Forghetty's.

Mr. Creepler

Mr. Creepler is the town's ice cream man. Very soft-spoken, he can be found roving about the town in his ice cream truck at all hours of the day or night, selling a variety of Bible-themed frozen treats. In "Courtship" it is revealed that he is a pedophile with a fixation on Doughy, whom he attempts to lure into the back of his truck with promises of ice cream and other gifts. He is voiced by Dino Stamatopoulos

The Christeins

The town's only Jews for Jesus members are the Christeins. They are a stereotypical Jewish family in all but religion—complete with nasal New York accents and a warped combination of religions. They show their new-found faith by wearing kippah's with crosses on them, mix in yiddish expressions with praise for Christ and have menorahs separated in half. Despite their conversion to Christianity, the Christeins are treated with scorn by the townfolk— the family can be observed shifting uncomfortably when Putty warns threateningly that the local church could have been a synagogue if there was no Jesus and Mr. Figurelli once declares, "lousy Jew...for Jesus!" Two family members explored so far are Junior Christein—a boy who is in Orel's grade and is an exceptionally talented singer—and his Uncle Bernie who is an influential figure on Broadway. It could be that Mr. Christein regrets the family's conversion to Christianity, as in one episode, he was saying how he regretted flushing his money down the toilet. Mr. and Mrs. Christein are voiced by Scott Adsit and Britta Phillips

Link McMissons

Link McMissons is a once-frozen prehistoric caveman found during a forest scout trip who Orel quickly befriends. However, the caveman violently wrecks a church bake sale with the only possible solution being to educate him with God and Moralton-style Christian values. He later becomes a popular conservative radio talk show host. He derides anti-fundamentalist Protestant theories and facts such as the existence of dinosaurs and evolution, yet during an interview he is confronted with his own odd past and reverts back to his primal instincts. Causing general havoc for the town, he is cornered and put into a freezer where he is forgotten and becomes frozen yet again. In the future, he will apparently be found to be a young boy named Zorel, who bears a striking resemblance to Orel. He is voiced by Scott Adsit.

Fat Woman

This woman is a minor character in the series, and has only been seen on a few occasions. She seems to have an eating disorder stemming from constantly diminishing self-esteem. She is seen in church sitting next to a more attractive-looking woman who seems happy with her appearance, which would make the fat woman feel bad about her own appearance, which would presumably lead to her attempting to dull the pain by eating. In one episode, she was seen being brought to tears by protesters who booed her and postulated that God hated her because she was fat, which would further damage her self-esteem, and then presumably lead her to eating even more.

Mr. Nohammers

Mr. Nohammers is the owner of Nohammers Hardware. Despite his name, his store, rather obviously, has a large amount of hammers. He is very noticably jittery, twitching constantly. He dreads recieving phone calls, as it is assumed that he constantly gets calls asking about whether his shops carries hammers. Due to his paranoia on this, his shop is completely covered with signs declaring "We have hammers!"