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, 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.

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, Victor Pulak (Ken Marino) is a counselor at Camp Firewood, a Jewish camp located in Maine. With his sleeveless shirt and cutoff jorts, he lets it all hang out in the summer.

Blake McCarthy (Josh Charles) is a Camp Tigerclaw counselor who’s dating Katie, a counselor at neighboring Camp Firewood. He starts spying on her though after he sees Andy hitting on her. He wears not just one or two popped polo collars but three, all of which are looking particularly popped.

Yaron (David Wain) is the visiting Israeli soccer counselor who exudes cool. He has the exotic accent, the great hair, and the athletic abilities that he shows off with the diablo. Plus, he can play a mean shofar. He even makes the short shorts look good. It’s no surprise that girls like Donna can’t resist him.