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| Moral Orel | ||
| Season 2, Episode 16 | ||
| #26 | ||
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| Air date | June 11, 2007 | |
| Written by | Dino Stamatopoulos | |
| Directed by | Jeff Gardner | |
| Episode Guide | ||
| previous Courtship |
next Presents For God | |
Orel tries out for the lead role in the School Pageant, however he has some stiff competition.
Plot[]
Orel, Clay and a few other characters attend a concert by the folk band The Crucifolks, during which the lead singer announces the breakup of the trio. While Lily and Leaf, the two popular members of the group, want to pursue their separate careers (albeit together), the bass player Dale Armature declares he will write a musical.
Six months later, Armature resurfaces at Diaroma Elementary, trying to stage his universally-ignored musical "Crooning Jesus". Orel eagerly auditions, hoping to get the role of Jesus, with the entire town thinking he was born to get the role. However, much to his shock and despair, not only does Junior Christein win the role of Jesus (with his magnificent voice and powerful connections), but Orel himself is given the role of Judas.
Orel goes to Dale, trying to explain to him that he cannot play the role of a villain. With Orel threatening to back out, Mr. Armiture wins Orel over with this argument—if it weren't for Judas, there would be no Christianity and as such, Judas could be considered one of Christianity's biggest "heroes".
The night of the play is a tense affair for Mr. Armature, as not only is Junior's Broadway-producer Uncle Bernie in attendance, but so are the infinitely more popular 2/3's of the Crucifolks. Despite Junior’s admirable performance, audience is disappointed with the show; everyone expected Orel to play the role of Jesus and the play itself is rather boring and monotonous. The townfolk are bored up until the final scene where Judas sings "I Hate You, Jesus" - a lavish number, which is a hateful diatribe against Jesus. Orel receives a standing ovation for his performance and thanks to it, the show is considered a success among the Moraltonians. Mr. Armiture breaks down crying after Bernie informs him that if it weren't for the Judas song, the play would be "forgettable".
His point is proven three weeks later with everyone in town singing "I Hate You, Jesus"—even Reverend Putty leads the congregation joyously singing. The episode ends with Orel realizing what the implications of the song were.
Characters[]
Major characters[]
- Dale Armiture (first appearance)
Minor characters[]
- Doughy Latchkey
- Junior Christein Sr.
- Reverend Putty
- Bloberta Puppington
- Clay Puppington
- Block Posabule
- Coach Stopframe
- Stephanie Putty
- Roger Papermouth
- Dr Potterswheel
- Lily (first appearance)
- Leaf (first appearance)
- Bernie Christein (first appearance)
Notes[]
- When Mr. Christein is looking through Junior's papers, you can see that he was graded on a note from his parents.
- A last minute scheduling change switched "Orel's Movie Premiere" with "School Pageant".
- This is the first appearance of the Crucifolks and their names are Lily, Leaf, and Dale Armature. Previously, they were seen on posters throughout Moralton.
- In the DVD commentary for "The Blessed Union", Jay Johnston stated when he was taking the picture for The Crucifolks poster, one of the character's eyebrow's melted from heat exposure. This is used as Dale Armature's most distinguishing feature.
- This epsiode premiered on the Internet prior to its TV airing on [adult swim video] on June 8, 2007. However, it was originally scheduled for June 7, 2007.