Moral Orel is a (mostly) stop-motion animation show based on the adventures of Orel Puppington in his small town, Moralton, in the fictional state of Statesota.

If this show had been released on 2016, 2020, or 2024, it would have been hailed as visionary, prophetic, and a biting satire of Evangelical Christianity and Christian Nationalism. It was released between 2005 and 2008. In hindsight, it's not so much visionary and prophetic as it is a dark view of a future we haven't managed to avoid.

It has a lot to teach us in 2024 that we could have learned sooner.