Super Situation

Extraordinary Girl is part of a crack team of government-sponsored superheroes. An accident has given her superpowers which are not only handy for repelling invasions of gigantic spiders, but also for chores around the house – EG can remote-control all the appliances with a twist of her fingers and even iron her cape with her super-heated palms.

When not saving the world from evil meglomaniacs and fretting over rival Inconceivable Girl, EG pops home and puts her feet up. Or at least that’s the idea. Every time she plops herself on the sofa or takes a bite of food, the phones rings with an SOS call. Her well-meaning mother also calls often, as does the pizza delivery guy who may have a crush on her.

Lois Tucker, in her guise as Lois of the Lane, is wordless throughout – instead she reacts to an inventive stream of 40 character voices that are fed into EG’s life via the phone, answerphone, TV, satellite and the street outside – most notable on voice-over duties is Amanda Reed as EG’s mum.

The premise is ambitious, tightly scripted by Tucker and is so well paced that this could effortlessly extend to a full 90 minutes. However, more work needs to be done on the facial expressions and movement (and unbecoming title), and there is heaps of room for added visual gags and running jokes.