Net goes bananas over superhero Millie video

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A SCHOOLGIRL could become an internet sensation after releasing a video which reveals her 'super powers'.

Mossley's Millie Tomlin is the star of the show in her YouTube superhero video which sees her transformed into Bananaman.

The eight-year-old carried out some of the filming as part of a homework project at Diggle Primary School in Sam Road.

In her spoof video, which has been viewed around 300 times, she is accidentally turned into a big banana followed by a mermaid before successfully becoming Bananaman.

The Year Four pupil said: "I couldn't stop smiling when I first watched my video back. It felt really good to see it all come together."

Bananaman first appeared in 1980 in the British comic Nutty as a parody of traditional superheroes. He played the alter ego of schoolboy Eric Wimp who lived in Nuttytown.

Millie draws on this history by introducing herself as Eric at the start of her video and explains "something amazing happens" when she eats bananas.

For the school homework project Millie, who attends Judith Barker's Drama School, had to research a superhero and write about her findings.

The comical clip shows Millie using her super strength to push a vehicle off hatched markings outside her school - poking fun at parents who park on double yellow lines.

It also features her doing a piece of homework at "supersonic speed".

Proud mum Christina Tomlin said: "Millie spent ages choosing which superhero to research and after looking online she spotted Bananaman.

"She thought her friends would find him really funny and wanted to surprise them.

"When she initially had the idea we didn't expect it to come out so well but the family all thought it was brilliant and were so proud of her for working so hard on it.

"I thought it was really funny, especially the part where she mentions the head mistress and bad car parking.

"Millie didn't expect such a positive response and is so happy."

The script for the video took around four evenings to complete while the video itself took two days' filming and even longer to edit.

Friends have since encouraged Millie to make another and plans are underway to create a series of YouTube videos which relate to her love of reading.