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{{quote|'' "[[Bacon Addiction|So many chunks of bacon]]!"''|'''Muscles Glasses''', in ''Maximum Protein Experience''.}}
 
So [[Canada, Eh?|a Montreal high school substitute teacher and his friends]] decided one day to put a ton of fast food items onto a pizza shell, cover that in cheese and cook it. Then, surprisingly, it got hits. Now, they've turned their gluttony into a weekly series devoted to the most high-calorie and fattening dishes imaginable: Epic Meal Time. The show started in October 2010 and is still ongoing, with new episodes every Tuesday.
 
With the audacity to call themselves an "online cooking show", the first efforts soon expanded into meat sculptures, questionable uses of [[Bacon Addiction|bacon]], "meat glue", [[Trademark Favorite Food|bacon]] and [[Up to Eleven|five birds in a pig]] - and [[Overly Long Gag|bacon]].
 
Their [http://epicmealtime.com/ website] is at last up and running. They have made an appearance on [[The Tonight Show|Jay Leno]], where they made a shepherd's pie that was also a car.
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== This series provides examples of: ==
* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle|AcCENT Upon The Wrong SylLABle]] - All the time:
** "Epic Meal Time dessert eDItion."
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** [[Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time]], which ups the [[Large Ham]] factor so much that it somehow makes Harley Morenstein and Co. look subdued and professional in comparison.
** A team of mild-mannered Brits give us "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViQmXmHg1fE Pathetic Meal Time]", a thorough de-hamming (only in the acting sense-- in terms of the meal created, they are indeed hamming it up) of EMT's brand.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJLL-DNu3P4 Epic Cupcake Time] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0JahhFkts Epic Pie Time], which take the show and filter it through the lens of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|ponies]].
** [[The Annoying Orange|Annoying Orange]] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B9Pu6ixZ3o Epic Peel Time].
* [[A God Am I]] - Invoked in "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGw5ip2EokY Puzzle of the Lambs]", where they play God and make a "[[Eldritch Abomination|culinary abomination]]".
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{{quote| '''Harley''': "And, uh, we got [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62f6_1Dn_Es some glasses]...as a little commemoration to, uh, one of our lost members. He is dead now. No joke, he's actually dead."}}
** [[Back From the Dead]] - Muscles Glasses
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] - Harley, after ordering a Baconator and fries in a Wendy's drive-thru, is told the drink would only be twenty cents more.
{{quote| "Your drink will be?" "[[Funny Moments|Fresca]]."}}
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYffV7qhvTc 84 Egg Sandwich]" (and a blueberry muffin)
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** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjhG09X9YA Turbaconepicentipede]. Just like the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc5wIpUenQ TurBaconEpic], except ten of them...[[The Human Centipede|sewn anus to mouth]].
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKkWrczlcng WE GETTIN' DRUNK OFF CEREAL!]"
* [[Canada, Eh?]] - Muscles Glasses' dad is a lumberjack for crying out loud.
** [[Mistaken Nationality]] - More than a few first time viewers assume the cast are American. No guesses as to why.
* [[Catch Phrase]] - "What'you know about ''x''?!"
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** From "Puzzle Of The Lambs":
{{quote| "[[Classical Mythology|Cerberus]], the tri-head that guards the underworld."}}
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Did You Just Eat Cthulhu?]] - "Meat Cthulhu"
* [[Doing It for The Art]] - Driving out to help Paolo cook his own epic meal? As Harley would say, "[[Sound Effect Bleep|(caw!)]]IN' SMART!"
* [[Double Entendre]] - In "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYxO3Y-wOrM Tequila Taco Night]":
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*** Or perhaps he gave it because he ''IS'' the reason they went extinct.
* [[Everything Is Better Deep Fried]] - Especially in beer batter.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Deader With Zombies]]/[[Zombie Apocalypse]] - Whichever trope "Zombie Meal Time" falls under depends on how you look at it: within the context of the episode, it appears to be the latter full-blown. However, when taking this episode in the context of the whole series, it's merely an example of the former.
* [[Five -Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]] - Harley, who invented and hosts the show.
** [[The Lancer]] - Sterling, who, although is seen rarely in episodes, is not just the cameraman, but the video editor.
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{{quote| '''Harley''': "We got a whole bowl of ostrich eggs! On Epic Meal Time, we fist our ostrich eggs! (Camera pans to a bowl full of ostrich egg yolks) [[It Makes Sense in Context|Look at me fist those chicks]]! (Harley literally dunks his fist to beat the egg yolks) [[It Makes Sense in Context|Yeah, I'm fisting chicks]]...on the Internet...on Youtube."}}
* [[Gingerbread House]] - "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rUEpmbdZLw OF MEAT AND CHEEZ WHIZ]! Merry Christmas."
* [[GodwinsGodwin's Law]]/[[Hitler Ate Sugar]] - "You know who else didn't like too much bacon? Hitler. And you don't want to be Hitler, do you? No. {{spoiler|He's got stupid hair}}."
* [[Guns and Gunplay Tropes]] - "Russian Meal Time" provides examples of:
** [[AKA 47]] - [[Lampshaded]] and averted by FPSRussia:
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'''Off-camera voice''': NOOOOO! }}
* [[Hot Blooded]] - The beginning of "Candy Pizza" confirms Harley as this.
* [[Hypocritical Humor|Hypocritical Humo]][[Canada, Eh?|u]][[Hypocritical Humor|r]] - Harley calls the audience perverts for wanting to watch a girl eat the "Massive Meat Log" -- then the reverse angle shows him and all of his friends doing the exact same thing.
* [[Improvised Clothes]] - A bacon bikini in the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tew4MAepQso Gentleman's Episode]".
* [[Insistent Terminology]] - How Harley justifies the [[Product Placement]] during the meals: "We didn't sell out--''they'' bought ''in''."
* [[Insult Backfire]] - Their official website links to a lambasting from [[Animal Wrongs Group|PETA]] in their About section, indicating they may be proud of having pissed them off.
* [[It Is Pronounced Tro PAY]] - In "Candy Poutine", Cousin Dave corrects Harley's mixing-up of 'ganache' and Grenache brand caramel. When Harley does it again, saying "carmel" and Dave corrects him, he drops a [[Precision F -Strike]] on Dave.
* [[Known Only By Their Nickname]] - Alex "Muscles Glasses" Perrault
* [[Large Ham]] - Harley's one and he [[Incredibly Lame Pun|proceeds to cook truckloads]].
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* [[Male Gaze]] - There's a lot of cleavage in "The Black Legend".
** Also in "Maximum Mac and Cheese" and "Sausage Fest".
* [[MathematiciansMathematician's Answer]] - In "Meat Building 101", Paolo asks Tyler what kind of meat they used to build the Slaughterhouse. Tyler stumbles over his answer, but essentially tells him, "[[How Many All of Them|All of the meat]]."
* [[Ms. Fanservice]] - The girl from "[[Double Entendre|Massive Meat Log]]":
{{quote| '''Harley''': "[[Genre Savvy|We all know]] that no one wants to see a douchebag eat a corndog, so we brought a little girl in for all you perverts!"}}
** They use another girl for "Fast Food Sushi"; they ''both'' come back for "The Black Legend".
** They, plus a horde of other hot girls, appear in "Maximum Mac and Cheese", "Drunken Mess" and "Sausage Fest".
** "Fast Food Meatloaf" starts off with the boys "rescuing" a trio of [[Ms. Fanservice|Ms Fanservices]] (including [[Lights]]) from some "[[McDonaldsMcDonald's|hamburglers]]".
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Ninja Bacon Pirate Zombie Bacon Robot -- Bacon Edition]]
** Lampshaded in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9cTjFFWow Mother's Day Special]:
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* [[Overly Long Gag]] - Bacon in general.
* [[Playing to The Fetishes]] - You like to watch girls eating? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIzzx2OolfI You] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXjxHQQxcLw do] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKcl0Qg13o now]. Straight female vorehounds? This is your mecca.
* [[Precision F -Strike]] - In "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7Ogcc67gY Spam Fries Four Loko]", Cousin Dave shouts one out when someone tells him there's an automatic can opener after he finishes opening a couple of canned goods with a manual can opener.
* [[Rated M for Manly]]/[[Testosterone Poisoning]] - Debatable on which trope the show really follows; regardless, both come along with clogged arteries.
* [[Real Men Eat Meat]]
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* [[Rousing Speech]] - Most of the video intros; take "84 Egg Sandwich" for example:
{{quote| '''Harley''': "Oh, you wanna change the game? Well, if you wanna change the game, you gotta stay ahead of it! And how do you do that? You eat a well-balanced breakfast of eggs, bacon, sandwiches and '''''liquor'''''! Rise and shine, you tired-ass mother[[Sound Effect Bleep|(caw!)]]s."}}
* [[Self -Deprecation]] - Invoked in "Tequila Taco Night":
{{quote| '''Harley''': "If you don't marinate your meat in a Ziploc bag, you think too highly of yourselves."}}
** And again, when Harley (in [[Paper -Thin Disguise|disguise]]) appears on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i7h-0lQkV an episode of] [[The Gentlemens Rant]] about Epic Meal Time.
* [[Serial Escalation]] - It started with a dish that anyone could make, then other culinary mashups. As more episodes rolled in, the dishes involved long and complex preparation methods, vegetables and require an entire dinner table of people to finish.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxFn3sAw68 Then they broke the 100,000 calorie barrier].
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* [[Standard Hero Reward]] - Parodied in "Fast Food Meatloaf":
{{quote| '''Lights''': "Holy crap, my burgers! How can I ever repay you?"<br />
'''Harley''': "I dunno...maybe [[Sound Effect Bleep|(caw!)]]ing share with us, you greedy [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitches]]?" }}
* [[Swiss Army Appendage]] - Played with in "Russian Meal Time":
{{quote| '''Harley''': "Muscles Glasses has a detachable penis, that also happens to be a combat knife."}}
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* [[Wham Line]] - From "Fast Food Pizza Cake":
{{quote| '''Harley''': "We'll have a hundred and fifty."}}
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]] - They do for meat what [[Death Note (Manga)|Light Yagami]] did for [[Memetic Mutation|potato chips]].
* [[Widget Series]]: Averted. Although plenty strange, its over-the-topness is way more American in inspiration than Canadian.
 
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