Internet spoof casts PM as Mr Uncredible

Tony Blair as Mr Uncredible. to see all the characters

Tony Blair is Mr Uncredible, a past-it superhero racing against time to rescue the world from his evil nemesis Howard.

He jumps into his cartoon car - it's a Rover, naturally - only for it to reverse into the distance at high speed.

Meanwhile, the bumbling Kennedy is slow on to the scene, left holding a lookalike baby. Only the baby's superhuman vomiting saves the day.

Welcome to The Uncredibles, an election satire coming to a computer near you. Based on the Disney/Pixar blockbuster The Incredibles, it is already the "hottest" internet election spoof. In the original movie, a family of superheroes comes out of retirement to save the world from the evil Syndrome.

In the spoof, Mr Uncredible, wearing a toothy grin and bright red underpants, has to rescue the world from Howard, who wants to transform everyone into Tories.

While the original cost ?48million, the spoof 's producers - two brothers and a sister who live and work in rural Worcestershire - spent just £3,500. Their work has a running time of 2mins 11secs.

"We are really sceptical about all the main candidates," said Myles McLeod, the cartoon's writer and director.

"We have a choice but the choice is uncredible."

Mr McLeod, 29, co-wrote and directed the cartoon with brother Greg, 33. They also did the voices - Greg impersonates Blair while Myles does Howard and Kennedy - with help from younger sister Caroline, 25.

Their company, Spark and Zoom Productions, has produced cartoons for the BBC from offices in the village of Chaddesley Corbett. The family undertook a similar spoof for the US election, a musical about John Kerry taking on George Bush.

They wanted the latest work to be less partisan, although Howard is particularly evil while Kennedy verges on the angelic. Myles, who will vote Lib-Dem, said the original intention was to make Gordon Brown the evil protagonist.

The Chancellor now has a cameo as Blair's toy which can turn into a hand grenade.

"Howard just fits into the role," declared Myles. "As Ann Widdecombe once said, there is something of the night about him."

The Uncredibles is at www.theuncredibles.co.uk

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