‎Clay Puppington is a man with a painful past and a lot of regrets. He is a deeply depressed, frustrated individual who never learns from his mistakes. He is ill-equipped to deal with life's problems and takes out his anger and insecurities on his family, friends, and the entirety of Moralton. He despises and fears the reality of his life and himself. He also hates being ignored, brushed off, and feeling worthless. He is irresponsible and immature, and often mocks or ignores anyone who tells him he is wrong, especially Orel and Bloberta. His adult life bears the fruits of his spoiled and unbalanced childhood. His marriage is a lie, and everyone but Orel knows it. When he makes a mistake, he blames it on other people to mask the fact that he is not perfect. The only things that help to cope with his misery are alcohol, smoking, loneliness and sometimes even drugs. Everything that won't let him deal with everything by himself.

‎Orel is the son of Clay Puppington and Bloberta Puppington, he's a very Orthodox and religious boy, Jesus Christ is his only role model (and maybe his dad, too), he doesn't even remember the age when he didn't go to church with his parents. Orel is always positive because of his character, no matter what happens... His other traits also are kindness, naivety—too much naivety— in short, sweetheart and just innocent little soul. Orel can always find what to do, even if it's something bad and for which Orel receives a physical punishment, even when it's not so constructive, because Clay doesn't gets in much in it, using parenting  "the lesser of two evils" tactic. Orel looks like his father, but their characters are very different... He simply didn't adopt features from either father or mother. ‎Orel is simply afraid of violence, any of its manifestations. ‎Orel loves his family, even if they make the wrong decisions... But if it's something more, though... ‎The image of Clay in Orel's head is idealized (just like Jesus), although he doesn't communicate so well with him.