It was so cute how Shapey ran out to his mom when she came to get him but at the same time heartbreaking because she cares so little about him that she didn't even notice he was missing until she reminisced about his bio dad.
He suffers from severe autism. He doesn't understand much words. He mostly repeats them coz he likes sound of them. Therefore he doesn't even realise how cruel she is to him.
@@Armorhunterash maybe the same way that his family treats him, or who knows maybe Christina noticed that wasn't his brother but puppet and art didn't noticed or even cared about it
Then again it seems that bloberta cares slightly as she did go to the lengths of recovering her actual kid when she didnt need to seeing how both shapey and block are basically the same
@@ThatGuyE-gp3lh nope, blorberta said she wants shapey back for "sentimental reasons", she doesn't love shapey, but she wanted to have him because she loved his biological dad
That way she immediately looks toward the doctor when she hears Orel got shot........and then looks away as she's hearing the implication that Clay did it. Like she wasn't expecting anything different. Like she's NUMB to it. She hates Clay too much to spend that time properly worrying about Orel. At least that's what I got from that. It made me both really dislike Bloberta and really pity her at the same time since she clearly cares about Orel but just doesn't care enough because she's too screwed up in her own right to be a better parent.
Well if you think about it, there really was no one for Blobberta to learn from on how to actually be a parent. Moralton has shown no.good parents, horribly flawed at best and downright abusive at worst. Bloggers herself had a neglectful mother and and a dad who was too scared to even stand up for her. Blobberta never knew how to really be a mom, she just knows some of the platitudes and as much as she cares about Orel, she doesn't know how to separate it from her feelings about Clay.
I know Bloberta has her reasons to be inept as a mother, but I treat it the same way I treat Clay. Reasons don't justify the choices you make. That's why I feel bad for her AND dislike her.
Uh he wasn't exactly a "bunny." The seeds for him becoming a monster were always there and they were planted during his childhood. The show clearly establishes that. Bloberta is far from a saint, but the thing she's guilty of regarding her husband is enabling his alcoholism and basically coercing him into the marriage. I cam feel bad for her if I want to. I feel bad for both of them because they're clearly miserable damaged people who don't know any other way to be.
I don't get it, could someone explain it to me please? Wait, nevermind, i just got it! He keeps getting calls asking if he has hammers because the name of the store is Nohammers or No Hammers. Took me longer than it should have, but here we are
everyone talks about how bloberta stops crying at clay and becomes numb again, but no one talks about how clay looks at his drink and then immediately looks back up when orel says "when he drinks"
I feel like deep DEEEEP inside Clay loves his son. Orel's opinion does matter to him But not enough to stop him from being the abusive alcoholic that he is
@@thedreamingamy7198He definitely is, especially when he screams out "I'M DISGUSTING- EGGS ARE DISGUSTING." to Orel in nesting. He's a very self conscious person, the monologue he goes on S2E1 confirms it outright, too. :p
thats the beauty of it, the emptyness by seeing them lay there.. no motion, all it leaves is us viewers processing the stuff that had happened... at the same time they're probably doing it.
The fact that the ignorant and annoying children get together well even while wanting the same thing for themselves really hits hard compared to the adults.
It's surprisingly the one sweet thing I see from this series. The kids finally don't have to be lonely, and they're genuinely happy. It's a little positivity
As Orel becomes more and more aware of the state of his family and down, Shapey (and later Block) change from annoying brats to innocent and naive kids. Even with little to no change in their behavior
it's sad that when Orel got shot and ask her why she married Clay, she acted like nothing is wrong, but it is. She didn't confront Clay about the incident and she didn't want to tell Orel the truth.
No one is talking about how shapey ran out to hug Bloberta and even though the other kid saw his mom, he wanted to stay with Bloberta. She really couldn't have been that bad. It just makes me wonder.
Yeah, and how the other mom just closed the door and didn't even attempt to try to get her child back. It shows how neglectful, and abusive she must've been to her child based on both her and Blocky's reactions.
Also is Blockey sort of hiding being Bloberta when they go to get Shapey? I mean Shapey immediately runs up to Bloberta, but Blockey just stays put. Makes you wonder how shitty of a mom Poppet Posabule must be.
I heard a different theory, that I agree with, considering the other family is practically the same, in appearances and actions, I think that block just saw what was happening, and went along with it, because he looked at Shapey and Bloberta, basically said "oh, this is what's going on?" And went with it. The other theories are totally valid, but I'm just putting my two cents into it.
I used to play it loudly, the last few months of my relationship with my son's mother. Eventually she finally left me and our son for the guy she was cheating with. One of the happiest days of my life. 7 YEARS of stupidity and 🐂 💩.
The sudden way Bloberta stops crying when she notices Clay in the hallway, her change in attitude, and the way the music picks right back up where it left off (10:48)… one of the most well-done scenes I’ve seen.
i love that scene along with the scene in sacrifices when clay’s “over”s transitions into rev putty ending his relationship with florence. such well done scenes and such a good show
10:14 right as he approaches the door, the timing of the music is perfect with it being "I hope think of me years down the line, you can't find one good thing to say"
@@austincoueslan507 this show hit hard, it needed to be on hbo or some adult programming, this show has a lot of "poop on the stick" humor, what an absolutely beautiful show, so much of life is reflected, young and old
She came back for her real son, she kept her fake son, she looked at the doctor when he said Orel got shot, and she almost had a mental breakdown once she tried to “explain” to Orel about her marriage. I genuinely think she does care for her kids, and puts up with everything for her kids and tried to be that “perfect” 50’s housewife but it’s too the point where she can’t even realize that she neglects her kids when they really need it. I feel like if she had a better husband and lived in a better neighborhood, then she would actually show her caring side to her kids and be herself but she’s been faking everything to the point where she feels nothing
Sadly probably they wont. They rushed season 3 and it would be very difficult to make it work. It's a shame. I really would like to see what they wanted to show us in season 4 and 5.
Well Im probably a fool but I can only hope one day. Not that I don't like the rushed ending of season 3 but it just bothers me to feel something that feels incomplete. But you do have a good vision on the outlook of the future towards it. Well, at least we had it in the first place.
For anyone who hasn’t noticed; in the previous episode we see Blaberta give Orel a fatty meal, saying the doc recommended it, when in fact, it was herself that saw that poster, and prepared that meal for Orel according to it. I think that she does actually care about Orel, at least a whole lot more than Clay, but since she lives with someone like Clay in such a city she has become completely desensitised, and is only in touch with her feelings in small moments. But then again, most of the show is from Orel’s POV, so we don’t really know how she feels most of the time.
You can really see how her head jerks toward the doctor when she heard Orel has been shot, like she felt something, and then just as fast her head went back, like she went numb once again.
I think Orels parents cares about him. Bloberta fucked up her life so she became numb. Clay is horrible person in general. They aren't good parents in any way but they care about him. I don't think they care about his younger brothers though.
I think Clay and Bloberta care for Orel at some point but eventually fell due to their own selfishness. Clay shows love by beating Orel just like his dad did to him in “passing” but as episodes goes by Clay becomes much worse as a human being and stops loving Orel in “Nesting” when Orel stands up against clay and clay refuses to beat him. As far as Bloberta, she stops loving Orel in the best Christmass ever episode because she was divorcing clay and left Orel in the cold because she sees Orel as clay. Just my observation.
@Joe Miguel Clay just barely cares about Orel. The Beforel Orel special showed us he had no real interest in Orel until the town finds out that Orel doesn’t know anything about God or religion and he had left his son at his father’s farm for awhile and saw that Orel had a genuinely great connection to Arthur and Clay grew jealous and angry and started to undo the positive influence Orel had gotten from his grandfather. Bloberta on the other hand genuinely does care about Orel and to an extent Shapey as she tends to their needs when they come to her and she tries to give Orel good advice but she is emotionally numbed from years of neglect by her husband and in a way she knows it is her own fault and is part of her punishment for tricking Clay into drinking and marrying her which created a monster.
@@kenthuang436 Damn, Clay caring about his reputation makes him more ego maniac than expected. Not gonna lie, if there was 5th season I would love to see his downfall. Everyone tells him “It’s too late”
Makes me sad that they didn't get the chance to mellow out and mature in the show. I know it was a planned plot thread and I'm sad it never came to fruition; those two were dealt a shitty hand and I feel bad for them.
The fact that Dr. Potterswheel gave Bloberta 2 painkillers instead of ACTUALLY treating the problem sounds very much like the opioid crisis we are currently in. Especially since this show came out slightly after there was a major bump in prescrips. This show just keeps getting more relevant. No wonder I keep coming back to it.
That’s actually the problems with the medical system. They numb the pain instead of actually treating it. Then bill you big bucks. It’s a business after all.
I mean correct me if I’m wrong but it makes it even more creepy knowing it was implied in “Sacrifice” that he indirectly killed his own wife The exact way blobs couldve died if she went any further Messed up…
it's not getting more relevant. This has been going on since the 50s, when the show is based, if not earlier. It's more so that things have not changed.
When Bloberta left Orel's room and starting to cry, she deeply regretted marrying Clay and getting Clay to drink. She's upset that she didn't give him an honest answer and trying to act like there is nothing wrong with this family. When she saw Clay, she stops crying and give him the cold shoulder. She's upset with him for causing Orel to see the truth. However, she didn't confront Clay about the incident.
I think Bloberta was supremely naive and desperate during the episode help. She just wanted to feel included with the other women and to feel needed by someone. The only example of an alcoholic she had was her father, so she thought that was the way everyone acted when they drank. She thought if she could land a man she would be needed like all the other women and regarded better among them when all she needed was a friend who actually valued her as a person. When youre desperate sometimes you do resort to things to get what you want. Its not right, but thats what it was. Clay could have always said no too, but she was stroking his oedipus complex at certain points. She does show subtle areas where she cares. She could have left block there and forced him to stay, but she chose to keep him, and with orel she does do small things for him. I think the true villains of moralton are not who we think they are. If we were to look back it can be pinpointed to Clay's mother who turned clay into the shit that he is, Blobertas mother who abuse her father and made Bloberta feel worthless in comparison to her siblings, and Coach Stopframe for coaxing clay to cheat and leading Blobera on to the extent of lying to her to impregnate her and then abandoning her with zero remorse.
@@mizv4043 everyone didn't make the smart and good choices. The problem was that they just saw the red flags but choice to go through with it out of desperation. They are using denial and delusion to cope wit it.
@@mizv4043 I think that treating this show as one with heroes and villains is a flawed notion in of itself. Everyone we see in Moralton is a seriously disturbed and/or disturbing individual, even if for different reasons or to different extents, yet everyone we see in Moralton is also a painfully human and relatable individual, even if for different reasons or to different extents. Their relatability and humanity often serves to make their flaws and bad actions that much worse, because you can't apply those actions to some plainly evil force, and you have to apply them to a real person who feels things that you may have felt at some point.
@@blobber51 What's really sad, she deeply regretted what she did. She lied to Orel over the years that their family is happy and prefect, but she and Clay don't really love each other. She knew her marriage was a lie and it's her fault. After the camping trip incident, Orel starting to see the truth. She can't bring herself to tell her son the truth.
What makes me saddest about this shows cancellation is that will never get to see how Daniel became the cruel unfeeling person he grew up to be. Like the man is literally pulling a family apart by the seams for the sake of his own sexual thrill, even going so far as to sleep with his wife to "get closer" to him and then telling her he doesn't want her even though she had his kid. He just comes into their lives gets her pregnant and only sticks around so he can screw around with the husband. Maybe Daniel's parents were the same way. It would have been so interesting to see his upbringing
@DG Studios I’d definitely want to see that. People kind of forget the messed up stuff he did or push it all onto Bloberta just because he was nice to Orel
We know kt wasn't just sexual thrills though, he cares for Clay, probably the only person or thing in the world he cared for before becoming close to Orel. Doesn't make it that much better but it's important to remember
Maybe it's mostly cos now he's got Block to hang out with, but after Bloberta learns Daniel was just using her and she basically had his kid for nothing since it turns out all along he had no intention of helping her out. She stops bothering with Shapey(he's no good to her anymore so why keep spoiling him?) Edit: Also later it also turns out Daniel made all this happen for nothing as well after finally seeing Clays true nature. (It's finally come back to bite him)
the subtle jerk away when clay looks at the family photo at (10:52), he can’t even stand a quick glance at the picture. Such a good view into his headspace. The same goes for most characters in this show. Excellently crafted.
i honestly think that could be because of the animation. animating an actual camera in stop motion seems pretty hard from what i’ve seen. i think this may actually be one of the first times someone did a POV shot for a stop-motion show? idk take that with a grain of salt that said, your interpretation is so good though
comparing the speeds of which he turns of his own picture and the family picture, him looking away fast at his own picture definitely means something while him turning the other direction at the family one fits with what sage moses said
I love the little details. Like, we learn later that Clay sometimes wets the bed. And we see here that he cradles his pillow when he sleeps. Because of that, his pillow is covered in piss stains
@@bugsarecool5555 It's actually a season two episode. "Orel's Movie" or something like that. It's the one where Orel shows off his own stop-motion movie. He uses Clay's bedsheets as a surface for the projector and there's a big piss stain in the middle of it
I feel horrible for Bloberta. She has to actually self harm in order to feel pleasure, to feel *anything*. She just wants to be loved and wanted. And she will hurt herself just to get that. I feel absolutely horrible for her
think its so horrible that Doctor Potterswheel has really learned nothing from his late wife OD'ing and likes that Bloberta is willing to abuse herself to please him. He probably did the same to his wife by ignoring her until she did what he wanted. Bloberta is in no way a good character herself. But it really goes to show that this doctor was willing to do the same with someone else's wife even though these same actions is what caused his own to die so early. God I'm so sad they had to cut this show short all of these characters had such good development.
Honestly we can all agree Dr. Potterswheel was generally unprofessional, Nurse Bendy might've never did her job but Dr. Potterswheel was doing his job so bad and for sick kicks
@@PresbianTier Old College Try and No Children are from a concept album called Tallahassee. It's about a couple that hate each other so much that they refuse to get a divorce just to see each other suffer. Old College Try is specifically about the difficulties they had and the weird form of love they have for each other, they decide to give their relationship an "old college try", an old as hell saying meaning "I'm unlikely to succeed at this, but who knows, I could succeed at this"
I'm actually kinda shocked how little "sadcom" shows exist, with the other one I remember off the top of my head that had a profound effect on me being BoJack Horseman. I think it's incredibly neat to take common tropes we all laugh at and show how they would affect people in real life, as well as making the characters deeply flawed and human. It's actually an _adult_ show where its subject matter is adult rather than cussing and gross humor that every teenager on the planet has indulged in before.
After the many times I have seen this series, I just noticed something- Clay's pillow is stained while Bloberta's is clean, and those stains are tear stains.... How many times has Clay cried onto his pillow....and how often has Bloberta washed hers since she's obsessed with cleaning and she doesn't let Clay see her cry? Damn.
DOES NO ONE REALIZE: bloberta read the sign that healthy foods help families hearts. she previously told orel the doctor said that to her but she read it and wants to help orels heart😭
My parents have the same relationship as Clay and Bloberta. I hope to God I don’t repeat that with whoever I marry. The song really reflects that of a dysfunctional and abusive marriage. It’s depressing
I feel you, but my dad is an atheist. My mum is divorcing him because he was the aggressor. Then my mum did the same thing for years after listening to him telling lies about cheating and domestic violence. She is overcoming her demons now, and we moved away. He is still gaslighting and cheating tho. His reason was he wasn't loved and wanted a son. (he was loved tho)
I know that intros change from season to season, but the fact that it no longer zooms into the church with orel waving at us just fits so…depressingly well with what we as an audience now know
I got the vibe that it was more to signal the focus change (no longer about Orel’s goofy church adventures but a look into the lives of various people around him)
@@definitelynotsiri4058 yeah, Dino actually said he planned a season where Orel shows more independence and the show focuses more on the Moralton adults. Of course, MO got cancelled and the season never came.
the end where the two are laying on the bed, with their lifeless doll bodies, is always so powerful every single time i watch it. and “no children” is really the cherry on top
Coach's turn was a bit quick, it was probably intended his redemption would be a much slower process, but then the show got cancelled, so they wrapped it up as best they could.
that last shot of the two laying in their own separate beds, as the camera zooms out, all you need to do is look at their eyes and realized... how exhausted and tired they are of just life, as no children continues to play. no words said. i love this episode so much.
Probably one of my favourite visual gags is when we cut to Clays POV, he walks past Shapey, walks up the stairs and sees Block, then looks back at Shapey, then back at Block again and then quickly looks down at his glass. From this perspective we can immediately work out that Clay is pondering if he actually has been drinking too much 😂
At first I was mad at the mom for not standing up for her rights. But now I understand why I was stupid, not only was she born during "those times". Victims of a abusive relationship think they are trapped to be with the toxic person. I feel really bad for her.
You see the funny thing is that she is actually the one who trapped herself in this abusive marriage. She was the one who turned Clay into the alcoholic and then tricked him into believing they were married all because she was lonely and jealous of her other friends getting married.
The message the show is trying to get at is that bad parents create cycles of toxic relationships. Bloberta was the alcoholic originally and got clay addicted, but bloberta was emotionally abused by her mother who also abused bloberta's father. It's a cycle
No one is mentioning the fact that Bloberta wanted to be told that her injuries was bad is so gut wrenching to me, that was her way of finding validation, in a way.
The way in which this episode opens up with the first minute of No Children instead of the typical cheery opening the show has as it zooms in on the Puppington household instead of with it zooming in on the church with God ripping the roof off to greet Orel is such a perfect tone setter for the entirety of season 3 And also, it's seriously impressive how they managed to do a tracking PoV shot like the one at the end of the episode with STOP MOTION
"Bloberta made Clay a bad person by making him drink" Did you guys miss the season 2 finale? You know, with 'drunk is nature' and 'he doesn't change, that's his true nature coming out'. The Clay we see at the wedding isn't his true self. All that shitty personality was there, in him. Waiting to be let free. At the wedding, Bloberta pressured him to drink because she thought it would make him open up. When he seemed unsure about marrying her, she dropped his head and intended to leave before he pulled her back. I'm not saying Bloberta is better/worse than Clay. But people acting like Bloberta made Clay the way he is are being ridiculous.
Both are horrible awful people. Alcohol does bring out your deep, true nature, repressed feelings. It’s a coping mechanism. At least he had self control before hand.
I agree Bloberta isn’t responsible for it, but drunk is not nature. Maybe for Clay it is, but as the child of an alcoholic, a drunken state being “true nature” is absolutely not accurate and is a misconception
You clearly didnt understand what the message was, both are broken individuals led by extremist values that are used to justify their actions. This is akin to the adam and eve story, eve gave adam the apple (bad habit of drinking) which caused both to be banished and punished. So yes bloberta caused clay the downfall as he was not going to drink but was peer pressured into it causing him to no longer supress his horrible traumas while bloberta thought she was doing good. Clay was pressured and manipulated into a marriage by bloberta
bro this episode hit the hardest especially the ending- the point of view of clay that then changes to show them both just staring at the ceiling as the credits roll is so powerful
I find it interesting how when the doctor said who shot orel she quickly looked at him like "huh??" But when he spoke of clay she slowly turned her head away I wish we could have seen her facial expressions when she heard that conversation
Something interesting I just noticed: In the first season of Moral Orel, it looks like they used some sort of warm filter on the intro, because it's excessively orange, season two it's toned down, season three it's gone. Something, something, Orel's innocence is gone.
...Bloberta definitely knew Potterswheel was into her pain. She may have feigned ignorance, but nah. However she could come onto him, she would. She already tried to get with Stopframe and then with Putty. She HAD to have been trying with the doc.
I wish more people knew how absolutely legendary this show is. Master at subtle humor, great animation, wonderful characters, memorable stories, original music; everything about it just screams passion. Even the Mountain Goats intro. I just wish the people who made this know how much we love this show!
OH MY GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? No Children was made FOR MORAL OREL??? I can't believe I've known that song for a lot of time without knowing this! When I clicked on this video I really thought I opened my Spotify by accident! Oh my god I can't believe it now I profoundly love this series, it went from "casual series I decided to watch out of boredom" to "WOW I'M OBSESSED" real quick now.
Just because a song was featured in a show doesn’t mean said song was made for the show, especially when the song came out 3 years before the show even started.
@@definitelynotsiri4058 I didn't know that, sorry for making assumptions. I thought it was made specifically for the show because it just fits so well with the people in Orel's family. The more you know.
The fact that the intro has changed from God coming down to earth and greeting Orel is really showing of how abandon this town truly is starting to feel.
Anyone else find the fact that Bloberta uses power tools as toys an extra layer of her own hell? She could probably go to Buried Pleasures and get some proper toys but she would never step foot in there as it would damage her reputation. So instead she buys power tools and uses them just so she can maintain her facade
I really relate to/feel for Bloberta in this episode. I know what it's like to feel trapped and numb to the point it feels like nothing but mutilating yourself can make you feel grounded. The attention you get from people for it. It's some twisted form of masochism that nobody should have to experience. I may not like Bloberta as a character, but I really just felt her pain in this episode. Clay's an asshole, man.
@@Mewdo45 well, it's like this. I was in college super depressed and numb and no one seemed to understand what i was going through. I went through life putting a smile on my face and playing the societal role I needed to play despite dealing with pain in my life. Bloberta understood that.
Although I've heard it many times, I have never particularly enjoyed or resonated with the song 'No Children' by the Mountain Goats...until now. The context is EVERYTHING. At the intro I fully expected to hear a song different from the usual theme, considering the massive turn with the end of S2, but it took me a full 20 seconds to recognize the song and when I got it my jaw DROPPED. Not only that but the way it abruptly cuts in and out had my jaw on the floor not just the first time but EVERY time, and I can't even say I'm crying right now; I'm just, like, dry heaving sadness if that makes any sense
the fact that "no children" is playing at the beginning of this episode is SO fitting, I've loved this song for years and it's good to see it, especially when it is used so extremely appropriately
This is the 3rd time I watch it today because for God's sake, I can't stop thinking about it. Especially bloberta. I especially hate that me and her go about our days the exact same.
i know the rest of this episode is so sad but the scene of block and shapey meeting eachother and hugging is my favorite scene in the show 🥰 i wish we got more time to see them
People seem conflicted about weather to understand Blobberta as someone who cares or doesn’t care about Orel, and honestly, I think it’s one of the many things the show did right, in terms of showing how things in reality are complicated. Like, to me it’s obvious Blobberta cares about Orel. She is also an awful mother. However the thing where she differs from Clay is that, she is in a position where she is ALSO a victim. From both the religious pressures of the town and Clay himself. She cares for Orel, she even cares for Shapey (she actually goes looking for him and expresses distress at the fact that Clay wishes Shapey wasn’t there), however, because she is traumatized, because she is so so so scarred by the pain and misery that is inflicted on her every day, she dissociates from it. She has been abused by everyone she thought she could lean on (represented by the doctor), thus, to cope with it, she pretends to not be there, self harms, and tries to fill her mind with chores and the wish to appear perfect and spotless. That facade, these multiple layers and layers of emotional shielding, that doesn’t leave any space to care for anyone, that doesn’t give space for any emotion at all. And thus, she neglects her children, she loves them, but mentally, it’s like she is not even there.
Honestly both her and Clay are the victims of their parents and ultimately they are their own abusers. They know they're unhappy but they stay unhappy and abusive to each other because they're terrified of being alone with themselves. And having to stare in their reflections and see just how awful they really are. They do in a small way care for their kids but they never should have gotten together and deeply need therapy to work their issues out
3:26 Something to note about this scene. This is mostly just me putting two and two together, so let's construct a timeline really quick. There's an official script for this show that was never made due to Moral Orel's cancellation, called Narcissism, in this script we can see that Putty is very depressed ever since Florence stopped showing up to church and even stopped being interested in women who weren't Florence completely. I believe this scene takes place during it, the Sundays episode is a technical prequel to Narcissism, and this takes place after Sundays, and during the Nature two-parter. Probably a little off on the timeline, apologies, but still I think it's neat to see what could have been.
It was so cute how Shapey ran out to his mom when she came to get him but at the same time heartbreaking because she cares so little about him that she didn't even notice he was missing until she reminisced about his bio dad.
He suffers from severe autism. He doesn't understand much words. He mostly repeats them coz he likes sound of them. Therefore he doesn't even realise how cruel she is to him.
I wonder how the other family treated him?
@@Armorhunterash maybe the same way that his family treats him, or who knows maybe Christina noticed that wasn't his brother but puppet and art didn't noticed or even cared about it
Then again it seems that bloberta cares slightly as she did go to the lengths of recovering her actual kid when she didnt need to seeing how both shapey and block are basically the same
@@ThatGuyE-gp3lh nope, blorberta said she wants shapey back for "sentimental reasons", she doesn't love shapey, but she wanted to have him because she loved his biological dad
That way she immediately looks toward the doctor when she hears Orel got shot........and then looks away as she's hearing the implication that Clay did it. Like she wasn't expecting anything different. Like she's NUMB to it. She hates Clay too much to spend that time properly worrying about Orel. At least that's what I got from that. It made me both really dislike Bloberta and really pity her at the same time since she clearly cares about Orel but just doesn't care enough because she's too screwed up in her own right to be a better parent.
Well if you think about it, there really was no one for Blobberta to learn from on how to actually be a parent. Moralton has shown no.good parents, horribly flawed at best and downright abusive at worst. Bloggers herself had a neglectful mother and and a dad who was too scared to even stand up for her. Blobberta never knew how to really be a mom, she just knows some of the platitudes and as much as she cares about Orel, she doesn't know how to separate it from her feelings about Clay.
I know Bloberta has her reasons to be inept as a mother, but I treat it the same way I treat Clay. Reasons don't justify the choices you make. That's why I feel bad for her AND dislike her.
she messed clay up and she takes no blame for how she got cay addicted to Alcohol
@@lucasmartinez5703 don't feel bad for someone who turned the bunny into a monster
Uh he wasn't exactly a "bunny." The seeds for him becoming a monster were always there and they were planted during his childhood. The show clearly establishes that. Bloberta is far from a saint, but the thing she's guilty of regarding her husband is enabling his alcoholism and basically coercing him into the marriage. I cam feel bad for her if I want to. I feel bad for both of them because they're clearly miserable damaged people who don't know any other way to be.
The no hammer's hardware joke gets me everytime.
i love the signs in the background too
LOOK! HAMMERS!
' n O i T ' s J u S t M y N a M e '
One of the very few jokes of season three that kept it funny in the best way
@@sirsmiteful6285I mean season three wasn’t supposed to be funny so
I don't get it, could someone explain it to me please?
Wait, nevermind, i just got it! He keeps getting calls asking if he has hammers because the name of the store is Nohammers or No Hammers.
Took me longer than it should have, but here we are
everyone talks about how bloberta stops crying at clay and becomes numb again, but no one talks about how clay looks at his drink and then immediately looks back up when orel says "when he drinks"
I feel like deep DEEEEP inside Clay loves his son.
Orel's opinion does matter to him
But not enough to stop him from being the abusive alcoholic that he is
@@user-pi3hd2bt3f nah , i think he was actually conscious about how he is seen
@@thedreamingamy7198He definitely is, especially when he screams out "I'M DISGUSTING- EGGS ARE DISGUSTING." to Orel in nesting. He's a very self conscious person, the monologue he goes on S2E1 confirms it outright, too. :p
@@yuarentlucky You have to care about yourself; to hate what you've become.
Clay and Bloberta look more like empty dolls than stop-animation characters in the final sequence.
The beauty of stop motion. Moral orel makes use of the medium very well
It's really fitting given that's how they are when their alone with each other
thats the beauty of it, the emptyness by seeing them lay there.. no motion, all it leaves is us viewers processing the stuff that had happened... at the same time they're probably doing it.
That part when Bloberta steps out of Orel's room and starts breaking down...She then sees Clay and acts like she doesn't care. F@ck.
then the song resumes “I AM DROWNING”
True. Theyre life is really out of contol
IKR! It felt like there was ice growing in my heart at that moment.
@@ttvnapk1n_ THERE IS NO SIGN OF LAND
@@kevinwillems8720 YOU ARE COMING DOWN WITH ME
To me personally, this was honestly the most soul-shattering episode. Bloberta is an incredibly complex, important, and underappreciated character.
Write an essay. I’d read it
I wouldn't but write it anyway
i would
Someone needs a hug
literally this was the first episode to make me tear up a bit
The fact that the ignorant and annoying children get together well even while wanting the same thing for themselves really hits hard compared to the adults.
It's surprisingly the one sweet thing I see from this series. The kids finally don't have to be lonely, and they're genuinely happy. It's a little positivity
It hits too real
As Orel becomes more and more aware of the state of his family and down, Shapey (and later Block) change from annoying brats to innocent and naive kids. Even with little to no change in their behavior
it's sad that when Orel got shot and ask her why she married Clay, she acted like nothing is wrong, but it is. She didn't confront Clay about the incident and she didn't want to tell Orel the truth.
Bruh there’s nothing inherently wrong with them, as it’s their environment that shaped the parts you find annoying
No one is talking about how shapey ran out to hug Bloberta and even though the other kid saw his mom, he wanted to stay with Bloberta. She really couldn't have been that bad. It just makes me wonder.
Yeah, and how the other mom just closed the door and didn't even attempt to try to get her child back. It shows how neglectful, and abusive she must've been to her child based on both her and Blocky's reactions.
Nah -- both women suck. Block wasn't choosing Bloberta as much as he was choosing Shapey.
As far as I know Bloberta was never cruel to her kids. Oblivious and closed off, yes, but nothing like Clay.
Also is Blockey sort of hiding being Bloberta when they go to get Shapey?
I mean Shapey immediately runs up to Bloberta, but Blockey just stays put.
Makes you wonder how shitty of a mom Poppet Posabule must be.
I heard a different theory, that I agree with, considering the other family is practically the same, in appearances and actions, I think that block just saw what was happening, and went along with it, because he looked at Shapey and Bloberta, basically said "oh, this is what's going on?" And went with it. The other theories are totally valid, but I'm just putting my two cents into it.
I can never find a better song that fits the puppington family more than No Children
who's it by?
@@powderpocalypse No Children by The Mountain Goats
@@abrilh578 thanks!
I used to play it loudly, the last few months of my relationship with my son's mother.
Eventually she finally left me and our son for the guy she was cheating with.
One of the happiest days of my life.
7 YEARS of stupidity and 🐂 💩.
@@Logan7281X that's rough, but I'm really glad that you are doing much better without her.
The sudden way Bloberta stops crying when she notices Clay in the hallway, her change in attitude, and the way the music picks right back up where it left off (10:48)… one of the most well-done scenes I’ve seen.
i love that scene along with the scene in sacrifices when clay’s “over”s transitions into rev putty ending his relationship with florence. such well done scenes and such a good show
10:14 right as he approaches the door, the timing of the music is perfect with it being "I hope think of me years down the line, you can't find one good thing to say"
I’m absolutely crushed this masterpiece of a show was canceled
@@austincoueslan507 this show hit hard, it needed to be on hbo or some adult programming, this show has a lot of "poop on the stick" humor, what an absolutely beautiful show, so much of life is reflected, young and old
It literally makes me want to cry so bad.
I kinda love Bloberta's voice actor.
Same
It's Jem's singing voice!
her voice is so soothing
She came back for her real son, she kept her fake son, she looked at the doctor when he said Orel got shot, and she almost had a mental breakdown once she tried to “explain” to Orel about her marriage.
I genuinely think she does care for her kids, and puts up with everything for her kids and tried to be that “perfect” 50’s housewife but it’s too the point where she can’t even realize that she neglects her kids when they really need it.
I feel like if she had a better husband and lived in a better neighborhood, then she would actually show her caring side to her kids and be herself but she’s been faking everything to the point where she feels nothing
Fun fact: She was eventually going to marry the officer! But the show got cancelled before it could happen :(
I pray somehow that the last two seasons will be made. This episode was dark and makes you want more episodes.
That’s the beauty of streaming services my friend
Sadly probably they wont. They rushed season 3 and it would be very difficult to make it work. It's a shame. I really would like to see what they wanted to show us in season 4 and 5.
Well Im probably a fool but I can only hope one day. Not that I don't like the rushed ending of season 3 but it just bothers me to feel something that feels incomplete. But you do have a good vision on the outlook of the future towards it. Well, at least we had it in the first place.
I think that the creators have said that the puppets of the characters no longer exist which is why the abstinence episode is so crudely put together.
@@kenthuang436
where… are they ):
For anyone who hasn’t noticed; in the previous episode we see Blaberta give Orel a fatty meal, saying the doc recommended it, when in fact, it was herself that saw that poster, and prepared that meal for Orel according to it.
I think that she does actually care about Orel, at least a whole lot more than Clay, but since she lives with someone like Clay in such a city she has become completely desensitised, and is only in touch with her feelings in small moments. But then again, most of the show is from Orel’s POV, so we don’t really know how she feels most of the time.
You can really see how her head jerks toward the doctor when she heard Orel has been shot, like she felt something, and then just as fast her head went back, like she went numb once again.
I think Orels parents cares about him. Bloberta fucked up her life so she became numb. Clay is horrible person in general. They aren't good parents in any way but they care about him. I don't think they care about his younger brothers though.
I think Clay and Bloberta care for Orel at some point but eventually fell due to their own selfishness.
Clay shows love by beating Orel just like his dad did to him in “passing” but as episodes goes by Clay becomes much worse as a human being and stops loving Orel in “Nesting” when Orel stands up against clay and clay refuses to beat him.
As far as Bloberta, she stops loving Orel in the best Christmass ever episode because she was divorcing clay and left Orel in the cold because she sees Orel as clay. Just my observation.
@Joe Miguel Clay just barely cares about Orel. The Beforel Orel special showed us he had no real interest in Orel until the town finds out that Orel doesn’t know anything about God or religion and he had left his son at his father’s farm for awhile and saw that Orel had a genuinely great connection to Arthur and Clay grew jealous and angry and started to undo the positive influence Orel had gotten from his grandfather.
Bloberta on the other hand genuinely does care about Orel and to an extent Shapey as she tends to their needs when they come to her and she tries to give Orel good advice but she is emotionally numbed from years of neglect by her husband and in a way she knows it is her own fault and is part of her punishment for tricking Clay into drinking and marrying her which created a monster.
@@kenthuang436 Damn, Clay caring about his reputation makes him more ego maniac than expected. Not gonna lie, if there was 5th season I would love to see his downfall. Everyone tells him “It’s too late”
As sad as this ep is, Shapey and Not-Shapey being friends is sweet
His name is Block ._.
@@kindythecyborg sorry i forgor
Makes me sad that they didn't get the chance to mellow out and mature in the show. I know it was a planned plot thread and I'm sad it never came to fruition; those two were dealt a shitty hand and I feel bad for them.
The fact that Dr. Potterswheel gave Bloberta 2 painkillers instead of ACTUALLY treating the problem sounds very much like the opioid crisis we are currently in.
Especially since this show came out slightly after there was a major bump in prescrips.
This show just keeps getting more relevant.
No wonder I keep coming back to it.
Nice observations
That’s actually the problems with the medical system. They numb the pain instead of actually treating it. Then bill you big bucks. It’s a business after all.
I mean correct me if I’m wrong but it makes it even more creepy knowing it was implied in “Sacrifice” that he indirectly killed his own wife
The exact way blobs couldve died if she went any further
Messed up…
well he probably would’ve treated it but he has some kind of gore fetish
it's not getting more relevant. This has been going on since the 50s, when the show is based, if not earlier. It's more so that things have not changed.
When Bloberta left Orel's room and starting to cry, she deeply regretted marrying Clay and getting Clay to drink. She's upset that she didn't give him an honest answer and trying to act like there is nothing wrong with this family. When she saw Clay, she stops crying and give him the cold shoulder. She's upset with him for causing Orel to see the truth. However, she didn't confront Clay about the incident.
I think Bloberta was supremely naive and desperate during the episode help. She just wanted to feel included with the other women and to feel needed by someone. The only example of an alcoholic she had was her father, so she thought that was the way everyone acted when they drank. She thought if she could land a man she would be needed like all the other women and regarded better among them when all she needed was a friend who actually valued her as a person. When youre desperate sometimes you do resort to things to get what you want. Its not right, but thats what it was. Clay could have always said no too, but she was stroking his oedipus complex at certain points. She does show subtle areas where she cares. She could have left block there and forced him to stay, but she chose to keep him, and with orel she does do small things for him. I think the true villains of moralton are not who we think they are. If we were to look back it can be pinpointed to Clay's mother who turned clay into the shit that he is, Blobertas mother who abuse her father and made Bloberta feel worthless in comparison to her siblings, and Coach Stopframe for coaxing clay to cheat and leading Blobera on to the extent of lying to her to impregnate her and then abandoning her with zero remorse.
@@mizv4043 everyone didn't make the smart and good choices. The problem was that they just saw the red flags but choice to go through with it out of desperation. They are using denial and delusion to cope wit it.
@@mizv4043 I think that treating this show as one with heroes and villains is a flawed notion in of itself. Everyone we see in Moralton is a seriously disturbed and/or disturbing individual, even if for different reasons or to different extents, yet everyone we see in Moralton is also a painfully human and relatable individual, even if for different reasons or to different extents. Their relatability and humanity often serves to make their flaws and bad actions that much worse, because you can't apply those actions to some plainly evil force, and you have to apply them to a real person who feels things that you may have felt at some point.
@@AH-is5ygi think shes more upset of how shes stuck in this family that she doesnt care about. How her decisions led her here.
@@blobber51 What's really sad, she deeply regretted what she did. She lied to Orel over the years that their family is happy and prefect, but she and Clay don't really love each other. She knew her marriage was a lie and it's her fault. After the camping trip incident, Orel starting to see the truth. She can't bring herself to tell her son the truth.
What makes me saddest about this shows cancellation is that will never get to see how Daniel became the cruel unfeeling person he grew up to be. Like the man is literally pulling a family apart by the seams for the sake of his own sexual thrill, even going so far as to sleep with his wife to "get closer" to him and then telling her he doesn't want her even though she had his kid. He just comes into their lives gets her pregnant and only sticks around so he can screw around with the husband. Maybe Daniel's parents were the same way. It would have been so interesting to see his upbringing
@DG Studios I’d definitely want to see that. People kind of forget the messed up stuff he did or push it all onto Bloberta just because he was nice to Orel
We know kt wasn't just sexual thrills though, he cares for Clay, probably the only person or thing in the world he cared for before becoming close to Orel. Doesn't make it that much better but it's important to remember
Maybe it's mostly cos now he's got Block to hang out with, but after Bloberta learns Daniel was just using her and she basically had his kid for nothing since it turns out all along he had no intention of helping her out. She stops bothering with Shapey(he's no good to her anymore so why keep spoiling him?)
Edit: Also later it also turns out Daniel made all this happen for nothing as well after finally seeing Clays true nature. (It's finally come back to bite him)
@@rebajoe yes it seems like a lot of the bad decisions these characters make leaves them with nothing they wanted and all the regret they could need.
@@bluegirl278 right?
the subtle jerk away when clay looks at the family photo at (10:52), he can’t even stand a quick glance at the picture. Such a good view into his headspace. The same goes for most characters in this show. Excellently crafted.
i honestly think that could be because of the animation. animating an actual camera in stop motion seems pretty hard from what i’ve seen. i think this may actually be one of the first times someone did a POV shot for a stop-motion show? idk take that with a grain of salt
that said, your interpretation is so good though
I feel like your interpretation fits more at 9:59, he can’t look at himself
comparing the speeds of which he turns of his own picture and the family picture, him looking away fast at his own picture definitely means something while him turning the other direction at the family one fits with what sage moses said
I love the little details. Like, we learn later that Clay sometimes wets the bed. And we see here that he cradles his pillow when he sleeps. Because of that, his pillow is covered in piss stains
what episode
@@bugsarecool5555 It's actually a season two episode. "Orel's Movie" or something like that. It's the one where Orel shows off his own stop-motion movie. He uses Clay's bedsheets as a surface for the projector and there's a big piss stain in the middle of it
That wasn’t a piss stain…
@@someguy2315 Then what was it? Vomit? Semen? Something else??? What else could possibly leave such a prominent stain?
@@someguy2315 replying just to see the answer
I feel horrible for Bloberta. She has to actually self harm in order to feel pleasure, to feel *anything*. She just wants to be loved and wanted. And she will hurt herself just to get that. I feel absolutely horrible for her
Have you seen episode 7?
@@kdoesthings2548 I mean it is her fault but we can still feel bad for her.
@@alexf225 true. These characters are the worst of people. But we can relate and understand in some way i guess
She is a psychopath
She'll hurt other people too. She essentially tricked Clay into marrying her the day after they met.
think its so horrible that Doctor Potterswheel has really learned nothing from his late wife OD'ing and likes that Bloberta is willing to abuse herself to please him. He probably did the same to his wife by ignoring her until she did what he wanted. Bloberta is in no way a good character herself. But it really goes to show that this doctor was willing to do the same with someone else's wife even though these same actions is what caused his own to die so early.
God I'm so sad they had to cut this show short all of these characters had such good development.
Honestly we can all agree Dr. Potterswheel was generally unprofessional, Nurse Bendy might've never did her job but Dr. Potterswheel was doing his job so bad and for sick kicks
Wow, can't believe No children actually played in Moral Orel, it fits so well too!!
They also play old college try in episode 7
@@kevinwillems8720 what is old college try about? i watched the episode but due to copyright reasons the uploader had to block out the music
@@PresbianTier
Old College Try and No Children are from a concept album called Tallahassee. It's about a couple that hate each other so much that they refuse to get a divorce just to see each other suffer.
Old College Try is specifically about the difficulties they had and the weird form of love they have for each other, they decide to give their relationship an "old college try", an old as hell saying meaning "I'm unlikely to succeed at this, but who knows, I could succeed at this"
@@kevinwillems8720 And Love, Love, Love in Passing!
That final shot of clay and bloberta looking absolutely miserable might be one of the most iconic things in the show
This show is a goddamned masterpiece.
I demand season 4-5 be made and released. Adult swim is fucking up not allowing this to be made anymore
Facts. We need more shows like this. Adult shows that don’t use just cussing and violence to be mature and dark.
I'm actually kinda shocked how little "sadcom" shows exist, with the other one I remember off the top of my head that had a profound effect on me being BoJack Horseman. I think it's incredibly neat to take common tropes we all laugh at and show how they would affect people in real life, as well as making the characters deeply flawed and human. It's actually an _adult_ show where its subject matter is adult rather than cussing and gross humor that every teenager on the planet has indulged in before.
Fun fact: the director of this episode also directed The Lego Batman Movie
He also did that Amazon Prime Chris Pratt Movie, The Tomorrow War. He even thanked Dino in an interview for that movie.
After the many times I have seen this series, I just noticed something- Clay's pillow is stained while Bloberta's is clean, and those stains are tear stains....
How many times has Clay cried onto his pillow....and how often has Bloberta washed hers since she's obsessed with cleaning and she doesn't let Clay see her cry? Damn.
That's really... a nice observation.
Lol. Those are pee stains from him coddling his pillow. Lolol
Definitely pee stains lmfao, from being a raging alcoholic
Looked like nicotine stains to me.
@@tylerp3327 100000000000000000%
Idk why but hearing the two boys talk together makes me tear up. It’s the only time the two boys actually have someone to talk to :(
DOES NO ONE REALIZE: bloberta read the sign that healthy foods help families hearts. she previously told orel the doctor said that to her but she read it and wants to help orels heart😭
She fed him excessively fatty foods 💀
@@Abbanellieyeah, no one in moralton is educated but that’s what the sign told her.
@@Abbanellieto clot the blood. its real lol
The Internet: "Anything can be a sex toy if you're brave enough!"
Bloberta: "Hold my cleaning spray."
This scene traumatized me
Do you mean sitting spray?
lmfao
My parents have the same relationship as Clay and Bloberta. I hope to God I don’t repeat that with whoever I marry.
The song really reflects that of a dysfunctional and abusive marriage. It’s depressing
What are they religious extremist?
@@noone6787 You don’t have to be religious extremists to be in a fucked up and dysfunctional relationship.
@@noone6787 my dad is!
@@noone6787
*Tips fedora*
I feel you, but my dad is an atheist. My mum is divorcing him because he was the aggressor. Then my mum did the same thing for years after listening to him telling lies about cheating and domestic violence. She is overcoming her demons now, and we moved away. He is still gaslighting and cheating tho. His reason was he wasn't loved and wanted a son. (he was loved tho)
I love how in 11:07 clay move His head like if he was thinking something to comfort bloblerta before he realices that souls be worthless
... he doesn't care about her pain because hes too busy trying to drown out his own pain. Simple as that.
I like how the Puppingtons and Posabules hate each other but their kids get along great.
I HOPE THAT OUR FEW REMAINING FRIENDS GIVE UP ON TRYING TO SAVE US
I HOPE WE COME UP WITH A FAILSAFE PLOT TO PISS OFF THE DUMB FEW THAT FORGAVE US
I HOPE THE FENCES WE MENDED FALL DOWN BENEATH THEIR OWN WEIGHT
AND I HOPE WE HANG ON PAST THE LAST EXIT, I HOPE ITS ALREADY TOO LATE
AND I HOPE THE JUNKYARD A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE SOMEDAY BURNS DOWN
AND I HOPE THE RISING BLACK SMOKE CARRIES ME FAR AWAY AND I NEVER COME BACK TO THIS TOWN AGAIN
I know that intros change from season to season, but the fact that it no longer zooms into the church with orel waving at us just fits so…depressingly well with what we as an audience now know
I got the vibe that it was more to signal the focus change (no longer about Orel’s goofy church adventures but a look into the lives of various people around him)
@@definitelynotsiri4058 yeah, Dino actually said he planned a season where Orel shows more independence and the show focuses more on the Moralton adults. Of course, MO got cancelled and the season never came.
This episode is by far my favorite bc of the first person pov switchup
the end where the two are laying on the bed, with their lifeless doll bodies, is always so powerful every single time i watch it. and “no children” is really the cherry on top
"I am drowning, there is no sight of land"
"You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand"
THIS HITS SO HARD
Coach's turn was a bit quick, it was probably intended his redemption would be a much slower process, but then the show got cancelled, so they wrapped it up as best they could.
that last shot of the two laying in their own separate beds, as the camera zooms out, all you need to do is look at their eyes and realized... how exhausted and tired they are of just life, as no children continues to play. no words said. i love this episode so much.
What I find hard to believe is that Bloberta is voiced by the same woman that did Jem’s singing in the Jem and the Holograms cartoon.
I GREW UP WITH THAT SHOW NO WONDER IT'S FAMILIAR
Same goes for Clay, Putty and Orel being voiced by the same actors that did Baymax from Big Hero, Rigby from Regular Show and Sandy from SpongeBob.
Probably one of my favourite visual gags is when we cut to Clays POV, he walks past Shapey, walks up the stairs and sees Block, then looks back at Shapey, then back at Block again and then quickly looks down at his glass. From this perspective we can immediately work out that Clay is pondering if he actually has been drinking too much 😂
At first I was mad at the mom for not standing up for her rights. But now I understand why I was stupid, not only was she born during "those times". Victims of a abusive relationship think they are trapped to be with the toxic person. I feel really bad for her.
You see the funny thing is that she is actually the one who trapped herself in this abusive marriage. She was the one who turned Clay into the alcoholic and then tricked him into believing they were married all because she was lonely and jealous of her other friends getting married.
@@BaconDragon-yr5vf you two are right, dam.
@@cosmiccsf5043 honestly the best description for their marriage is, "Two shitty people, trapped in marriage, and are both isolated from the world."
The message the show is trying to get at is that bad parents create cycles of toxic relationships. Bloberta was the alcoholic originally and got clay addicted, but bloberta was emotionally abused by her mother who also abused bloberta's father. It's a cycle
@@BaconDragon-yr5vf She gave him his first drink, and pressured him, which was shitty, but I don't think she or Clay knew about his genetic line.
No one is mentioning the fact that Bloberta wanted to be told that her injuries was bad is so gut wrenching to me, that was her way of finding validation, in a way.
The way in which this episode opens up with the first minute of No Children instead of the typical cheery opening the show has as it zooms in on the Puppington household instead of with it zooming in on the church with God ripping the roof off to greet Orel is such a perfect tone setter for the entirety of season 3
And also, it's seriously impressive how they managed to do a tracking PoV shot like the one at the end of the episode with STOP MOTION
"Bloberta made Clay a bad person by making him drink" Did you guys miss the season 2 finale? You know, with 'drunk is nature' and 'he doesn't change, that's his true nature coming out'. The Clay we see at the wedding isn't his true self. All that shitty personality was there, in him. Waiting to be let free.
At the wedding, Bloberta pressured him to drink because she thought it would make him open up. When he seemed unsure about marrying her, she dropped his head and intended to leave before he pulled her back. I'm not saying Bloberta is better/worse than Clay. But people acting like Bloberta made Clay the way he is are being ridiculous.
Way I see it, both are bad people. Always knew years ago but never could figure out why.
Both are horrible awful people. Alcohol does bring out your deep, true nature, repressed feelings. It’s a coping mechanism. At least he had self control before hand.
I agree Bloberta isn’t responsible for it, but drunk is not nature. Maybe for Clay it is, but as the child of an alcoholic, a drunken state being “true nature” is absolutely not accurate and is a misconception
You clearly didnt understand what the message was, both are broken individuals led by extremist values that are used to justify their actions. This is akin to the adam and eve story, eve gave adam the apple (bad habit of drinking) which caused both to be banished and punished. So yes bloberta caused clay the downfall as he was not going to drink but was peer pressured into it causing him to no longer supress his horrible traumas while bloberta thought she was doing good. Clay was pressured and manipulated into a marriage by bloberta
literally, ppl infantilize clay.
bro this episode hit the hardest especially the ending- the point of view of clay that then changes to show them both just staring at the ceiling as the credits roll is so powerful
I find it interesting how when the doctor said who shot orel she quickly looked at him like "huh??" But when he spoke of clay she slowly turned her head away
I wish we could have seen her facial expressions when she heard that conversation
Something interesting I just noticed:
In the first season of Moral Orel, it looks like they used some sort of warm filter on the intro, because it's excessively orange, season two it's toned down, season three it's gone.
Something, something, Orel's innocence is gone.
...Bloberta definitely knew Potterswheel was into her pain. She may have feigned ignorance, but nah. However she could come onto him, she would. She already tried to get with Stopframe and then with Putty. She HAD to have been trying with the doc.
I love how Bloberta had to explain she wanted to switch back children for sentimental reasons
I wish more people knew how absolutely legendary this show is. Master at subtle humor, great animation, wonderful characters, memorable stories, original music; everything about it just screams passion. Even the Mountain Goats intro. I just wish the people who made this know how much we love this show!
when I heard “no children” the way I yelled oml perfect song choice
Every line delivered by the reverend is gold. Kills me every time
I wonder what the creator is up to now? i really hope that this show gets the revival it deserves.
He's managing "Starburns Industries" the company that produced the first two seasons of Rick and Morty; and he has a podcast with Dana Snyder
I also forgot to mention, he has a indie rock band called "Sorry For Everything", with Io Perry (the woman who sung 'Valentine' in the series finale)
If only bloberta knew of Stephanie’s Store.
She probably does
I've just binged S1 and S2, I'm glad you're uploading S3 now and will be waiting for the next video!
The final season literally makes this series
@@getinthedamnrobot For real
Love your pfp where's it from?
I love the touch of the rusty alcohol sweat stains on Clay’s pillowcase in the beginning.
this show is so special im glad more ppl seem to be getting into it!! :]
really. i'm so glad i found it.
OH MY GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? No Children was made FOR MORAL OREL??? I can't believe I've known that song for a lot of time without knowing this! When I clicked on this video I really thought I opened my Spotify by accident! Oh my god I can't believe it now I profoundly love this series, it went from "casual series I decided to watch out of boredom" to "WOW I'M OBSESSED" real quick now.
Just because a song was featured in a show doesn’t mean said song was made for the show, especially when the song came out 3 years before the show even started.
@@definitelynotsiri4058 I didn't know that, sorry for making assumptions. I thought it was made specifically for the show because it just fits so well with the people in Orel's family. The more you know.
Funny thing, the song wasn't written into the show until Executive Producer and occasional co-writer Nick Weidenfeld showed Dino the song.
3:42 You can tell that he voices Rigby from that scream
The fact that the intro has changed from God coming down to earth and greeting Orel is really showing of how abandon this town truly is starting to feel.
I don't think anything could've hit me harder than hearing this song in morel orel lmao
wish this show was longer
It was supposed to go 5 seasons
Anyone else find the fact that Bloberta uses power tools as toys an extra layer of her own hell? She could probably go to Buried Pleasures and get some proper toys but she would never step foot in there as it would damage her reputation. So instead she buys power tools and uses them just so she can maintain her facade
She’d rather damage her reproductive parts than her reputation.
She still cares about her rep. It’s sad
I really relate to/feel for Bloberta in this episode. I know what it's like to feel trapped and numb to the point it feels like nothing but mutilating yourself can make you feel grounded. The attention you get from people for it. It's some twisted form of masochism that nobody should have to experience. I may not like Bloberta as a character, but I really just felt her pain in this episode. Clay's an asshole, man.
This season helped me survive college. This episode specifically. Also the time jumps of this season was the original 'This is Us.'
How does a depressing story about a toxic relationship have anything to do with college
Sorry just curious
@@Mewdo45 well, it's like this. I was in college super depressed and numb and no one seemed to understand what i was going through. I went through life putting a smile on my face and playing the societal role I needed to play despite dealing with pain in my life. Bloberta understood that.
@@Sj_blackphoenix ahh, I understand now. Thanks
That ending sequence is just…
…Chef’s kiss…
Gods Chef*
Although I've heard it many times, I have never particularly enjoyed or resonated with the song 'No Children' by the Mountain Goats...until now. The context is EVERYTHING. At the intro I fully expected to hear a song different from the usual theme, considering the massive turn with the end of S2, but it took me a full 20 seconds to recognize the song and when I got it my jaw DROPPED. Not only that but the way it abruptly cuts in and out had my jaw on the floor not just the first time but EVERY time, and I can't even say I'm crying right now; I'm just, like, dry heaving sadness if that makes any sense
i swear this is the highest quality i've seen moral orel in (aside from beforel orel)
where did you get this???
m a g i c
Where would I upload these. I could try Newgrounds but like I don't even know how copyright works there
@@QuiteSimplyInsane they absolutely would not let you
deadass
the fact that "no children" is playing at the beginning of this episode is SO fitting, I've loved this song for years and it's good to see it, especially when it is used so extremely appropriately
They said season 3 gets really damn dark…. They weren’t kidding
Those first person shots at the end will never cease to blow my damn mind. It was a technique you normally NEVER see in stop motion.
this episode hits even harder every time i watch it 😕
This is the 3rd time I watch it today because for God's sake, I can't stop thinking about it. Especially bloberta. I especially hate that me and her go about our days the exact same.
This was one of the more uncomfortable episodes. Those injuries >_
Dude … this is one of the most powerful pieces of stop motion i have seen
i know the rest of this episode is so sad but the scene of block and shapey meeting eachother and hugging is my favorite scene in the show 🥰 i wish we got more time to see them
She'd HAVE to be made out of clay to survive that collection of "devices" 😬
2:24
It just dawned on me that she was happy to give away her own child because it was further proof of her own affair
I saw this back in 2008 when i was about 13 or 14 years old. Changed my life
No offense but damn your old I’m was born in 2009 and know I’m 15
This final episode of the third season made me cry for real
"Honour" is one of the best series finales that has ever been made in television history.
People seem conflicted about weather to understand Blobberta as someone who cares or doesn’t care about Orel, and honestly, I think it’s one of the many things the show did right, in terms of showing how things in reality are complicated.
Like, to me it’s obvious Blobberta cares about Orel. She is also an awful mother. However the thing where she differs from Clay is that, she is in a position where she is ALSO a victim. From both the religious pressures of the town and Clay himself. She cares for Orel, she even cares for Shapey (she actually goes looking for him and expresses distress at the fact that Clay wishes Shapey wasn’t there), however, because she is traumatized, because she is so so so scarred by the pain and misery that is inflicted on her every day, she dissociates from it. She has been abused by everyone she thought she could lean on (represented by the doctor), thus, to cope with it, she pretends to not be there, self harms, and tries to fill her mind with chores and the wish to appear perfect and spotless. That facade, these multiple layers and layers of emotional shielding, that doesn’t leave any space to care for anyone, that doesn’t give space for any emotion at all. And thus, she neglects her children, she loves them, but mentally, it’s like she is not even there.
Honestly both her and Clay are the victims of their parents and ultimately they are their own abusers. They know they're unhappy but they stay unhappy and abusive to each other because they're terrified of being alone with themselves. And having to stare in their reflections and see just how awful they really are.
They do in a small way care for their kids but they never should have gotten together and deeply need therapy to work their issues out
I love the use of No Children in this.
omg i wasn’t expecting to hear my fav song while binging
Your doing gods work
The butters pfp on a moral orel video is amazing
Oh sorry did I say butters? I meant PROFESSOR CHAOS!
This episode affects me really badly for some reason but I keep coming back to it. Also the Mountain Goats are great lol
3:26
Something to note about this scene.
This is mostly just me putting two and two together, so let's construct a timeline really quick.
There's an official script for this show that was never made due to Moral Orel's cancellation, called Narcissism, in this script we can see that Putty is very depressed ever since Florence stopped showing up to church and even stopped being interested in women who weren't Florence completely.
I believe this scene takes place during it, the Sundays episode is a technical prequel to Narcissism, and this takes place after Sundays, and during the Nature two-parter.
Probably a little off on the timeline, apologies, but still I think it's neat to see what could have been.
3:46 I think that’s the first and only? time we’ve ever confirmed Reverend is wearing a toupee. Lol
Watch "Reverend Putty's Sermons - Cuteness"
Wow, I haven't seen this in almost a decade. I knew this show was dark, but holy fuck I don't remember it being this sad.
I found the series 2-3 weeks ago, thank you for the uploads, please upload all, it will be appreciated
The only time Bloberta is seen drinking in the present is after Danielle rejects her
Oh wow I just noted Bloberta uses the kids room as a storage room and isn't as perfect as the rest of the house. Sheeesh
I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING ALL THESE EPISODES
The entire ending sequence gave me chills ngl
Find someone you love
I love how the entirety of No Children plays
The "Nohammer's Hardware" part was so funny man wth 😭
Had to re-watch 10:45 at least 5 times because my God that is peak animation. Never in my life had I seen such a strong scene.
Normally moral orel is comedic but lately uh.. it's been rlly upsetting and relatable
This show changed my life
9:50 "I hope a I cut myself shaving tomorrow, I hope it bleeds all day long"