British series:
Series: One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight | Nine | Ten | Eleven | Twelve | Thirteen | Fourteen | Fifteen | Sixteen
Specials: New Year Treat | New Year Treat II | New Year Treat III | New Year Treat IV
New Zealand series:
Seasons: One | Two | Three | Four
Australian Series:
Seasons: One
Danielle Walker
"I just thought you chose to surrender because you were weak."
"If the Scouts were a highlight of your life, I'm assuming you've had a bit of a shit life."
— The Taskmaster
A stand-up comedian, known for being the 2016 RAW Comedy National Champion, and for her stand-up show Bush Rat.
- Accidentally-Correct Writing: Very nearly seemed to be the case after the "make the most passionate cricket appeal" task:Danielle: Oh... that man... a, b, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob — what is, you know, they called him the green. The green hat. The green fish. The sloppy green. The floppy, the baggy, the baggy green, what's his name? Don Bradman — that's it! It's not Bob, it's Don!
Tom C: (in the studio) You know, I looked it up and Don Bradman, when he was born, his name before he changed it was Robert. Bob for short.
(Danielle gasps)
Tom G: Really?
Tom C: No. - Butt-Monkey: Along with Julia, given the trick task of "choreograph a team dance at the end of every team task".
- Comically Missing the Point: After nearly two hours of trying to guess the final two passwords, Lesser Tom lists her accepted passwords in alphabetical order, hinting at the task's alphabet theme. Once he's finished his recap, Danielle responds with:"But I've said other things that are alive."
- Complexity Addiction: Fell victim to this in some tasks, like taking so long to dress up a mannequin like Tom Cashman that she failed to have her tantrum before she ran out of time or trying to figure out a pattern in the food items inside the barbecues that wasn't there.
- Epic Fail: Her attempt at the "deliver 26 roses to Tom's vase" task - two hours, 503 guesses, a breakdown at the end of the task, and further tears in the studio. By the end of it, Lesser Tom's leg was cramping, and
he could no longer keep himself together. She still manages to walk away with two points, thanks to Luke's disqualification. - Failed a Spot Check: Along with Nina, she failed to notice the actual canvas in the "paint a map of Australia from the top of this balcony".
- Genius Ditz: Her impressive performance in several tasks is balanced out by her complete inability to understand the task's rules in several others, like being the only contestant who didn't realize that she couldn't use her hands to squeeze the oranges on the bench in the "fill the glass with orange juice" task even after Tom Cashman reread the task instructions out loud to her.
- Technician vs. Performer: The Technician to Julia's Performer in the team tasks. Greater Tom noted that, while Julia focused on humour at the expense of the tasks, Danielle focused on the tasks at the expense of humour.
Jimmy Rees
Distant anguished screaming
"Competing for glory in our first season, we have four of Australia's finest comedians, and one former children's TV host reinventing himself as a bad boy!"
— The Taskmaster
A comedian and former host of children's show Giggle & Hoot, now known for his Meanwhile in Australia series of videos during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Depraved Kids' Show Host: Well, former host, and nothing genuinely horrifying, but Jimmy's current humour and manner certainly make for a good contrast with his origins, which Greater Tom is all too happy to make reference to.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: When given the difference of 35 years in the "age or de-age yourself" task, he requests that the Toms age him via months rather than years. They do, giving him a new difference of 34 years and 9 months, putting him in last place for the task.
- Large Ham: Very bombastic and energetic throughout his tasks. This also carried over into some of the live tasks.
- Manchild: Definitely had his moments throughout the show, but this was mostly for laughs and pretty much always reserved for the taped tasks. Greater Tom pointed out the similarities between Jimmy and the children he used to entertain, at one point even throwing a small tantrum and lying down.
Julia Morris
"Have you accepted Jesus, Tom? Why wouldn't ya?"
Julia: Like, why I would take my clothes off on television? Honestly, that's going to tell you how bad my mental health is.
Greater Tom: Can you explain putting the bread on your legs? I don't think that was part of — because you had to cover something?
Julia: I don't even know where the bread came from. I remember none of that.
Lesser Tom: You asked me to get it for you from the kitchen.
Julia: Did I? High level trauma.
A comedian, television presenter, and actor, best known for her appearances in Full Frontal, In Melbourne Tonight, and as the host for the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
- Boring, but Practical: In a few of the solo tasks, if she couldn't stretch the rules in any way, she would often go for a simple, yet effective approach. Preventing Tom Cashman from eating popcorn? Make it too disgusting for him to eat. While this seldom got her outright wins in tasks, it did usually give her solid scores.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: As Main Tom points out, she tends to do better on tasks the less effort she puts in.Julia: Welcome to my career Tom!
- Butt-Monkey: Along with Danielle, given the trick task of "choreograph a team dance at the end of every team task".
- Dirty Old Woman: Downplayed: she's only in her early fifties during filming, but between spreading generic yeast spread on herself wearing nothing but a towel, spitting into popcorn and empty buckets, and her often-crude jokes, Julia definitely fit the criteria.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: Had a very salty mouth, and was far and away the most bleeped contestant on the show. During the "deliver 26 roses to Tom's vase" task, Lesser Tom noted that Julia had guessed the word "cunt" four different times.
- Rules Lawyer: Would often try and use the vague wording of some tasks to her advantage and think laterally, sometimes to great success:
- Immediately noted that the "fill the glass with orange juice" task made no mention of the fact that she had to use the oranges on the table, and got a carton of orange juice from the kitchen, winning the task.
- In the "fly this thong the furthest" task, she stuck the thong into the fly of her pants and ran a fair distance, earning her five points.
- Technician vs. Performer: The Performer to Danielle's Technician in the team tasks. Greater Tom noted that, while Danielle focused on the tasks at the expense of humour, Julia focused on humour at the expense of the tasks.Danielle: I thought, maybe, she'd been given a task to sabotage some tasks.
- Tranquil Fury: In the "Film a phenomenal fight scene starring your miniatures" task, Danielle tells Julia that she has moved Julia's miniature of herself off a table because "she could not distinguish it from the other rubbish on the table." Julia then calmly says, "Listen. You don't want this fight to become real" and it is frightening, because until that point, Julia had only been friendly and cheerful.
Luke McGregor
"Tom, you piece of shit, give me five points!"
Luke: (Referring to his monster) See this medal here? They won that for sex.
Greater Tom: And you would know about that because, as we know, you won the grand final of sex.
A comedian, actor and writer, best known for his roles as Hugh in Utopia, Daniel in Rosehaven, and his guest appearances on Have You Been Paying Attention?
- Blatant Lies: While every contestant deliberately embellished their life stories, Luke's attempt in the "minute-long montage of your life" task is blatantly exaggerated, from being crowned King of Tasmania to dying after winning the Sex Grand Final (and even showing up to his own funeral).
- Failed a Spot Check:
- In the "get the balloon out of the caravan" task, Luke carefully adheres to the "you may not step into the caravan" rule of the task by bum-scooting towards the balloon, which violates the "you may not touch the caravan" rule, disqualifying him.
- In the "deliver 26 roses to Tom's vase" task, he accidentally drops two roses during his attempt, thus delivering only 24 out of the required 26.
- In the final round of the "make this monster..." live task, he was so preoccupied with making his monster sexy that he neglected to cross out what he wrote for the "make this monster cuter" round: "I love kids!". He fails to win the task once Danielle points this out.
- Toilet Humor: Refers to bodily fluids multiple times during the tasks, including claiming that he'd peed in his pants during the "sink the bowling ball" task and commenting that he and Jimmy would've won the "age or de-age yourself" task if they'd put a sperm sample on the table.
Nina Oyama
"Do you think I'm funny? Nope! Trick Question! Pee pee poo poo time."
"Nina spent four minutes showing me how cute different buttons were."
— The Taskmaster's Assistant
A comedian, actor, writer, and director, best known for her web series The Angus Project and her role as Courtney Kano in Utopia.
- Boisterous Weakling: Frequently overestimated how well she'd performed at tasks, the biggest one being making a bet with Tom Cashman after the "let the cat out of the bag" task that she'd win the whole season.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Her tendency to attempt tasks without really considering the rules was remarked upon by Greater Tom:Greater Tom: When the task gets read to you and you read the task, what's actually going on inside your head? Anything at all?
Nina: Um, there's actually a lot of stuff, going- it's mostly me being like ''♫ do-do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do-do... ♫" - Failed a Spot Check: Suffered from this many times:
- In the "sink the bowling ball" task, she simply walks away after knocking the ball into the water, considering the task done and not noticing that the ball was light enough to float. When her attempt was shown, Lesser Tom says that the ball is still floating at that point, meaning her attempt was still ongoing.
- Together with Danielle, failed to spot the actual canvas in the "paint Australia from the balcony".
- In the "open the golden present task", she fails to see the magnet on the bottom of the table in spite of crawling underneath the table.
- I Hate Past Me: A downplayed example. The sight of an energetic, happy, full of joie de vivre Nina in the taped tasks was often followed by an embarrassed and deflated Nina in the studio.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Managed to frisbee-throw a pizza directly onto Tom's lap while standing some distance away in a rubber boat during the "deliver the pizza to Tom" task. Granted, she delivered it to the fake Tom, but still a very impressive throw.
- The Pollyanna: Very joyous and energetic, and absolutely had a lot of fun with most of the tasks.
- That Came Out Wrong: When pressed by Lesser Tom to explain the 'Oyama Technique', which prompted an Aside Glance from Tom and an immediate Verbal Backspace from Nina:"Because it's full of holes and it doesn't work."
- Toilet Humour: Made so many poop jokes during episode 9 that, when she kept making Dr. Joel say "pee pee poo poo" over and over in a taped task, she could only hold her head in her hands, and this was before she started repeating it unprompted.
