Characters / Epic Meal Time

Harley Morenstein

The co-creator of Epic Meal Time along with Sterling Toth, who operates the cameras. Once a substitute teacher from Montreal, a web video about a Fast Food Pizza went viral, and spawned a monster. He also now has a personal vlog channel that serves as a part day in the life, part behind the scenes for Epic Meal Time.

• Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: He's the SOWuss BOWuss.
• Friend to All Children: See Hidden Depths
• Hidden Depths: Before become a Website/Youtube star, he was a high school substitute teacher.
• Mad Libs Catchphrase/On The Next Episode Of Catchphrase: Next time, we eat [x]!
• The Power of Friendship: He's a firm believer.
• Red Baron: The Sauce Boss.
• Talkative Loon: More and more as the show goes on.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Mac & cheese.
• Verbal Tic: Drops "player" and "hater" into his sentences a lot.

Muscles Glasses^note Alex Perrault

A local personal trainer in Montreal, he is the strong, silent type with the ever-present aviator sunglasses. Most episodes he appears in end with him demolishing the remainder of that episode's creation solo. He also indiscriminately drinks the most liquor. Perrault has parted ways with the show over a business dispute with Harley.

• The Big Guy: He's a personal trainer and was the most ripped member of the show.
• Breakout Character: So much that a new spin-off series, The Legend Of Muscles Glasses, was announced in August 2013.
• Characterization Marches On: He was a massive goofball early in the show.
• Cool Shades: Part of his gimmick, so much so it was in his name.
• Legacy Character: As told by Harley in a behind-the-scenes video, the character of Muscles Glasses (already inspired by Harley's experience with Terminator 2, is going to be based on the titular glasses falling to Earth in various times and locations. The Legend Of Muscles Glasses is supposed to open up other opportunities for others to acquire the "beacon of badassery" that is the MG legacy.
• Limited Wardrobe: Everyone usually wears T-shirts from The Merch, but Muscles Glasses is the only one to always wear the same shirt in every video ("BaconStrips&BaconStrips&BaconStrips&..."). Although sometimes he may wear the dark grey version of the same shirt, the light grey version is definitely his Iconic Outfit.
• Put on a Bus: Inverted. The others have moved to LA, but he stayed in Canada to finish his degree and also left the show for good due to a dispute with Harley over his pay.
• Running Gag: Downing bizarre shots (with two of the standouts being Jack Daniels & breast milk and Tyler's "Jack and Yolk"... topped off with bacon salt).
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: His wardrobe rarely includes sleeved shirts.
• The Bus Came Back: He comes back for the five year anniversary of Epic Meal Time. Of course, it's a completely different person, but since Muscles Glasses is a Legacy Character (or possibly a sentient pair of glasses possessing a series of host bodies) it's somewhat justified.
• The Stoic: Did very little talking.
• Tastes Like Purple: "Tastes like crazy... alcohol... Loko... pig. Tastes like alcohol pig! Tastes like crazy alcohol rainbow pig! Tastes like... crazy alcohol rainbow pig. It was noted in a Throwback Thursday version of the Chili Four Loko video that MG was in the midst of a full psychotic episode (the mix of alcohol and Four Loko essentially drove him nuts).

Epic Mook^note Josh Elkin

One of the cooking experts of the show and frequent host of Handle It. He left the show to pursue a solo career on his own YouTube channel and his TV show Sugar Showdown.

• A Day in the Limelight: Hosts a lot of the "Handle It" episodes.
• Fascinating Eyebrow: He frequently does this. His logo on the Throwback Thursday series is the word "Mook" in Impact font with these over the o's.
• The Lancer: While Harley hosts the show, Mook does most of the cooking.

Tyler!^note Tyler Lemco

The resident Cloud Cuckoolander, he can usually be seen goofing around with the camera or ingredients. But he is just as eager to eat the meals as anyone else present. Lemco has left the show for undisclosed reasons and now rights for Playboy.

• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappeared after the episode Meat Cake Apparently, like Muscles Glasses, he left over various reasons.
• Lucky Charms Title: His name is always spelled with an ! at the end, even on the website.
• The Smart Guy: While he acts like a doofus on-camera, he's actually the one that calculates the calorie tracker.
• Super Not-Drowning Skills: At the beginning of New Year's Hangover Cure, Harley comes out to find Tyler face down in the pool. He wakes right up, and Harley tells him they were out for three days.

Prince Atari^note Ameer Atari

The other cooking expert of the show, and after Elkin left, he became the head cook of both Epic Meal Time and Handle It.

• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Took over Tyler's role after he left the show, but based on Harley;s personal vlogs he, uh, he's a little strange.
• Does Not Like Spam: Besides the group's hatred for fruits and vegetables, Prince Atari also can't stand eggs unless they're in a baked good.
• Speech Impediment: Has a slight, but still noticeable, lisp.
• Supreme Chef: When Josh Elkin left the show to pursue a solo career he took over as the head of the EMT kitchen.
• Those Two Guys: With Josh, before Josh left the show.

Cousin Dave^note David Heuff

Cousin Dave most frequently appears to eat the creations. He serves as a unique Plucky Comic Relief; his gag is that while the others devour their food with hands and such, he uses utensils and in a 'proper' fashion. He also frequently drinks alcohol with a pinky raised (sometimes out of a teacup for greater effect.)

• Butt-Monkey: Comes off as a geek on occasion, sometimes a little snarky.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: When he hosts an episode of Handle It by himself, get ready to hear crows every couple of seconds.
• The Smart Guy: Other than Tyler.
• Sophisticated as Hell: Usually (but not always) eats with a knife and fork, sometimes drinks with a pinky in the air, but will cuss like a sailor if he's hosting.

Natalie

The latest member of the team brought in on Epic Meal Empire.

• The Smurfette Principle: The one and only girl.