Synopsis

Orel is an 11-year-old boy who loves church. His unbridled enthusiasm for piousness and his misinterpretation of religious morals often lead to disastrous results, including self-mutilation and crack addiction. No matter how much trouble he gets into, his reverence always keeps him cheery.

According to Stamatopoulos, the series' creator, the concept for Moral Orel originated in a pilot for a live action series starring the American punk rock musician Iggy Pop as a twelve year old boy.

The first ten episodes were initially drafted by Stamatopolous alone, and then edited by Jay Johnston and Scott Adsit.

The storyboarding, voice-over and animatic stages were then done sequentially with all 10 episodes going through each stage at once before the next stage was completed over the course of an estimated seven months.