Friends and family of Robert Dziekanski say they are offended by an animation posted on YouTube re-enacting the last moments of his life.

Dziekanski is the Polish immigrant who died after being Tasered during a confrontation with police at Vancouver International Airport in October 2007.

The animation is called "Megaman vs Polish Immigrant." Mega Man is the trigger-happy superhero of Nintendo's videogame hit from the 1980s. The animation shows Mega Man confronting a character who has Dziekanski's face superimposed on it.

The video poses several questions about what Mega Man should do next. One option says "Use Restraint," and another says "Call A Translator." The last option -- "Taser Mercilessly."

The video then shows a re-enactment of what many people around the world saw in the real-life video of Dziekanski's last moments. It crudely portrays Mega Man zapping the Polish immigrant several times before he dies. It has been viewed tens of thousands of times since it was posted just before Christmas.

A friend of the Dziekanski family say the animation is rude and disrespectful.

"I can tell you for Robert Dziekanski and for Zofia (his mother), it was not a game. It was a really tragic event with lots of pain and suffering," Jurek Baltakis, who delivered the eulogy at Dziekanski's memorial service, told CTV British Columbia Thursday.

The video's creator -- a B.C. man who used the YouTube moniker "greenRiverThriller" and is also known as Mike Greenway -- declined an interview. But in an email to CTV British Columbia he explained that the video was designed as a parody meant to skewer the Mounties for acting so rashly during the incident.

"Police should and usually do everything thing in their power to not use their weapon," wrote Greenway.

"It appears lately some officers are all too happy to get a little street justice and just zap someone. That's the core of what my video was about."

By Thursday afternoon, the YouTube video had more than 10,000 hits and more than a two dozen people had commented on it. Some of the comments are profane or racist, and many don't find the video offensive.

One viewer called the animation "comic gold," while another said "good stuff" and asked the animator to make more videos.

One commentator couldn't "believe people are getting offended at this video."

But others couldn't believe someone would make light of a tragic situation.

"Welcome to your 15 minutes of fame, greenRiverThriller," wrote a YouTube member called "Superflash02."

"I hope it will be worth capitalizing off the death of a man and the sorrow of his family. When you grow up enough to feel shame, you might actually pull this video."

Dziekanski had planned to live with his mother in Kamloops, B.C., after arriving in Canada. She had gone to pick him up from the airport, but was unable to locate him.

Airport officials had put Dziekanski in a secure area of the airport, where he was held for about 10 hours. At some point during that time, Dziekanski -- who couldn't speak English -- became agitated and banged on furniture. The RCMP was then called in.

Footage captured by a witness at the airport shows police using the Taser on Dziekanski less than a minute after they arrive on the scene. He died a short time later.

The incident garnered international attention and raised a debate about police use of Tasers in Canada. It also prompted the launch of several provincial and federal probes into the Mounties' reaction and the response by airport officials.

With a report from CTV British Columbia's Peter Grainger