In Wet Hot American Summer, Gene Jenkinson (Christopher Meloni) is a shell-shocked Vietnam vet who finds his calling as a summer camp chef. With the help of his friend, a talking can of vegetables, he’s able to help Coop win over his crush Katie.

In Wet Hot American Summer, Coop (Michael Showalter) is the hopeless romantic and quintessential nice guy. Unfortunately this means that he doesn’t get a lot of interest from the girls. His first girlfriend, Donna, ends up leaving him for another guy. Then Katie, the girl he develops a crush on, decides she’d rather be with Andy even though he’s a jerk. Hopefully he’ll find someone who appreciates him just the way he is before camp is over.

In Wet Hot American Summer, Gary (A.D. Miles) is the unlucky apprentice to Gene. Unlucky because while peeling potatoes, he must listen to Gene whisper crazy nothings into his ears.

Mitch (H. Jon Benjamin) is the director at Camp Tigerwood whose favorite afternoon snack is weirdly a can of mixed vegetables. He meets an unfortunate end after he falls into a toxic waste pit discovered at the camp. Fortunately this happens while he’s carrying his snack and the toxic sludge turns him into a sentient vegetable can, who later becomes an influential part of Gene’s life.

Donna Berman (Lake Bell) is Coop’s girlfriend or at least he thinks she is. She recently travelled to Jerusalem so is drawn to Yaron, the visiting Israeli soccer counselor. Of course Coop becomes jealous but who knows, maybe this threesome will get along in the end.

At Camp Firewood, Ben (Bradley Cooper) is theater co-counselors with Susie, who also happens to be his girlfriend. Ben’s a man with many talents. He’s a triple threat who’s able to act, sing, and dance, plus he can keep a party going with his skills as DJ Ski Mask. During the course of the summer, he learns from McKinley that he’s not just talented but he’s creative too.