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Peer Gynt is a character from the animated TV series, Mel-O-Toons. He is an aspiring sailor who is infatuated with a girl named Solveig. There are three episodes that revolve around him: "Peer Gynt in the Stormy Sea", "Peer Gynt in the Hall of the Mountain King", and "Peer Gynt's Adventures in Arabia".
About Peer Gynt[]
Peer Gynt in the Stormy Sea[]
The narrator opens the episode by explaining that Peer Gynt is a boy who is lazy and doesn't do any work at all. Instead, he just lounges about and spends much of his time dreaming or daydreaming about a girl named Solveig, who he plans to marry in the future. It is also mentioned that Peer lives in the country of Norway and his, and other Norwegians' homes are by the sea. The narrator says that Solveig warns Peer that he should take the time to study about what is required of a sailor if he's going to be one. But her words fall on deaf ears. As Peer walks off, several, other boys are shown to be aspiring sailors as well and they have to learn all that has to be known of what it takes to be a sailor, like using a compass as their guide for navigation and tying different kinds of knots, as shown in thought bubbles. There is a poster that promotes a sailing race that Peer plans to enter. On the day of the race, all the sailors are in their sailboats, getting ready to sail away. As the race begins, Peer seems to do well at first, speeding ahead of the other boys. The other boys don't do the same, because it isn't the right time to do that. The sunny day changes when the sky gets dark and a storm approaches. The other boys manage to sail their boats back to the direction from where they came, but Peer has difficulty sailing his back, as his sailboat gets caught in a current. It's not long before Peer has second thoughts about his decisions and now he wishes he had listened to Solveig and taken his studies more seriously. Peer's sailboat gets tossed around in the violent waves several times before parts of the sailboat, including the mast, break apart and fall on him, knocking him out cold. After the storm passes, the townspeople witness Peer and his boat have arrived ashore. Solveig, fearing for the worst, rushes to Peer to check on him. Peer wakes up and he turns out to be fine. Solveig is glad he survived, as is Peer, and he vows to her that he will never put off his studies, and anything else that needs to be done, ever again, as he's learned his lesson.
Peer Gynt in the Hall of the Mountain King[]
The narrator talks about how Peer likes to make up stories. Solveig tells him that he shouldn't tell tall tales, because doing so will only cause him problems. But Peer isn't worried about that and he is dismissive of her advice. As he leaves, Solveig looks at him disappointingly and despairingly. One night, as Peer walks through a forest, he gets sleepy and decides to take a nap near the entrance of a cave. A few pairs of eyes are shown in the darkness of the cave's entrance. Peer wakes up briefly before nodding off again. Once it is certain that Peer is really in a deep sleep, the occupants that exit the cave are revealed to be a few, small trolls, who carry him away. They take him to the Hall of the Mountain King. The Mountain King, who is also a troll, rules over the other trolls. When Peer wakes up again, he is alarmed to find out where he is and to see trolls before him. To get himself out of the situation, he makes up a story, lying to the Mountain King by telling him that he comes from royalty and that he is a Norwegian prince. Convinced, the Mountain King has Peer be the suitor to his daughter. Wanting no part of that, Peer confesses and tells the Mountain King that he's not really a prince, as he just made that up, which displeases the Mountain King. The Mountain King has his minions try to capture Peer as he flees the cave. When one troll tries to catch him, he just dashes passed him. Peer continues to hurry away from the cave and the trolls before he finally makes it back outside, and he is home free. Once he makes it, he is very glad that ordeal is over and vows never to make up stories ever again.
Peer Gynt's Adventures in Arabia[]
The narrator states that Peer would rather get the things he wants by some other means rather than working hard for them himself. Once again, thinking about his love interest, Solveig, he recalls she mentioned to Peer that he should try doing that instead of looking for an easier and shorter way to get to his goal. And once again, he doesn't take heed of her advice. One day, he sails off on a trip to Arabia, which the narrator describes as a place where the inhabitants live in tents and ride camels. There, he meets a harem dancer named Anitra who leads him astray by convincing him to burglarize the home of a merchant named Al-Ahmad. After finding that Al-Almad isn't home, the two break in through a window and steal some jewelry, and money. Peer is so sure that he can get away with the theft and that Solveig will never know about his misdeed. As Peer is ready to leave with Anitra after she tricks him into looking across the desert for something, Anitra takes off on a horse and abandons him, as it turns out she was just using him. Peer is left to trudge through the desert sand and the heat, which makes him dehydrated and thirsty. He regrets falling for Anitra's ruse and not listening to reason. Later, he finds that Anitra has been captured by some men who take all the valuables she stole and make her into their slave. Peer continues his trek while promising never to take the short cuts to getting the things he wants again, if he ever makes it back home. Suddenly, Peer has made it to a shoreline and he sees a boat. He is very happy to be saved, he gets on board, and returns home.
Physical Appearance[]
Peer is a slender, adolescent boy with usually beady, black eyes; short, blonde hair, and fair skin. He wears a red, floppy snow hat with a white cotton ball on the end; a navy blue, long-sleeved shirt (or sweater) with a turtleneck; black pants, and matching derby shoes.
Personality[]
Peer is originally lazy, procrastinatory, irresponsible, frivolous, a goof-off, and nonchalant about taking various things seriously. He also used to be overconfident in his abilities, as well as dishonest, dismissive, impatient, impressionable, gullible, and greedy. But he becomes wiser and grows with each predicament he faces and becomes a better person. He is now the opposites of all those things, like responsible, patient, seriously meaning what he plans to do when he plans to do it, and honest.