Honor

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Moral Orel
Season 3, Episode 13
#43
Air date	December 18th, 2008
Written by	Dino Stamatopoulos David Tuber
Directed by	David Tuber
Episode Guide
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"Honor" is the forty-third episode of "Moral Orel", and the series finale.

On November 18, 2012, an additional special, "Beforel Orel: Trust", was released.

Plot

The series finale begins with a brief flashback to the end of "The Best Christmas Ever", with Orel professing his absolute faith in God. A rapid-fire montage shows scenes of all the events since, culminating at Forghetty's with Clay and Coach Stopframe nearly kissing before being interrupted by Miss Censordoll. After seeing she and Clay make out, Stopframe leaves, vomits, and becomes angry and despondent as a result. Stopframe starts to see Clay's face everywhere in town and realizes he still has feelings for Clay.

Meanwhile, Orel's cast finally comes off, but he is informed by Dr. Potterswheel that he is going to be crippled for the rest of his life due to the shooting or maybe due to Dr. Potterswheel's incompetence in trying to heal it. A despondent Orel heads home, trying to find a way to talk to his father, he finds Clay drinking in his study, pretending to instead lecture the stuffed bear Orel shot about the Fifth Commandment in the manner of it being his "true son" ("Honor thy father and thy mother," or as Clay phrases it, "Honor thy father. Not mother, just thy father.").

Conflicted, Orel asks Reverend Putty for advice on how to honor his father, and Putty suggests asking someone who likes Clay as much as "women like jerks". Orel does not know who such a person could be, and the reverend directs him to Coach Stopframe.

Stopframe, meanwhile, has become completely apathetic towards everyone except Orel. After having a conversation, Orel and Stopframe begin to forge a father-son relationship over Christmas caroling, much to the chagrin of Clay, who has been trying to spend time with Stopframe and give him a taxidermized bear as a Christmas gift. While caroling, Orel and Stopframe arrive at Reverend Putty’s place, where he’s spending time with Stephanie; they also go ice skating, and Joe Secondopinionson is seen with Nurse Bendy. Clay eventually becomes so angered that he storms into the house and declares that he, Bloberta, Shapey, and Block are going caroling.

In the meantime, at Stopframe's apartment, Orel and Coach are decorating a Christmas tree. While doing that, Orel accidentally finds a picture of Stopframe and Clay and figures out the truth about Coach Stopframe's attraction to Clay. However, he still is depressed because he still cannot figure out how to honor his father, stating that there’s „nothing honorable about him”. Stopframe points out that Clay did do one honorable thing: he created Orel, and Orel smiles upon hearing that.

Clay (still with his taxidermized bear), Bloberta, Shapey and Block arrive at Stopframe’s doorstep, much to Bloberta’s dismay. Clay bursts into the apartment and starts loudly accusing Coach Stopframe of using Orel the same way he used Bloberta to get to him. He makes several thinly-veiled attempts to declare his love for the coach, but cannot commit completely, outing himself to Bloberta and making her suggest the family should leave. Coach Stopframe tells Clay "it's too late" (for their relationship) after Orel tries to get his father to leave with the family, and the Puppingtons go home after Clay gives up on mending his relationship with Stopframe. As an impromptu gift, the bear is left behind at Stopframe's apartment.

The family enters the house in silence, with an angry Bloberta, depressed Clay, confused Block and Shapey and, finally, Orel. The viewers see him slowly morphing into an adult as Putty gives a radio address about family, noting that while most of the time we are simply stuck with them, occasionally a "miracle" happens and there is a family that truly loves one another. As Putty wraps up his sermon, we are shown a final scene of an adult Orel in his own home, happily married to Christina with two children and a puppy. On the wall, there are pictures of both Shapey & Block as adults wearing fireman and police outfits, and a picture of miserable Clay and Bloberta. The family enjoys Christmas together, being visibly very happy and loving towards one another.

In the end credits, Orel packs up his stop–motion animation equipment, puts it in a box and places it underneath Christmas tree, labeling the gift as „To Shapey and Block. Love, Orel”.

Episode tie-ins

Nesting: This episode (Honor) takes place right after "Nesting"

The Best Christmas Ever: This episode begins with a brief flashback to Orel's prayer at the end

Characters

• Orel Puppington
• Clay Puppington
• Coach Stopframe
• Reverend Putty

Minor Appearances

• Quentin Xavier Potterswheel
• Bloberta Puppington
• Block Posabule
• Christina Posabule
• Shapey Puppington
• Doughy Latchkey
• Stephanie Putty
• Nurse Bendy
• Joe Secondopinionson
• Kim Latchkey
• Karl Latchkey
• Francis Censordoll

Trivia

• Although this is the final episode of the series, many planned episodes, like "Abstinence" (although it would partially be made into an episode in 2009), "Narcissism", "Nurture", "Easter", "Raped" and "Fired" were never produced.
  • This was also the last episode produced in the series. That is if you don't count "Abstinence" which never officially released outside of the San Francisco SketchFest, and on David Tuber's YouTube channel.
• This is the third of 3 episodes on the Moral Orel Vol. 3 DVD that has a video commentary, which can be viewed here.
• Hanging on the wall of Dr. Potterswheel's office is a parody of the "Hang in there, baby!" cat poster ("If You Let Go... ...You'll Die"). This is followed by another poster in Reverend Putty's office, now with the cat slipping ("Picture Dead Kitties"), and finally by a poster in Coach Stopframe's office with the cat falling ("Smooth Move, Sherlock Laxative").
• The scene where Coach Stopframe gets called by Clay over the phone was originally going to show Clay on the other side of the screen, but was cut due to time.
• There is a picture of Block, a firefighter, Shapey, a police officer, and Bloberta and Clay (getting older.)