History Characters / WetHotAmericanSummer

* JerkAss: Tells Coop she loves him, then [[spoiler: dumps him again the next morning for her cheating ex, purely because Andy is hotter than Coop.]]
* JerkAssHasAPoint: [[spoiler:The way she broke up with Coop was pretty harsh, but she points out that she's 16 and more interested in sex than a serious relationship.]]

* JerkAss: Constantly cheats on Katie and insults her and every other character he talks to.

** In her MetaGuy moment in ''First Day of Camp'' when she lists off every character's role in the story, she gets some right (such as Coop being "the NiceGuy"), but gets others wildly wrong (such as [=McKinley=], not Ben or Susie, being "the theatre kid"), and sometimes just makes no sense or starts LeaningOnTheFourthWall (the talking can of vegetables is "the jock", Weird Al Yankovic's character is "Weird Al Yankovic").

* QuestForSex: His entire storyline. [[spoiler:It fails, until 1991. And god in heaven is it weird.]]

* DirtyOldMan: He constantly hits on Susie, who calls him this by name[[spoiler:, though not until after they sleep together]].

* JerkAss: He's not ''technically'' a worse boyfriend to Katie than Andy is, but he does watch her from across the lake with binoculars, give her ultimatums, insult her and her friends from Camp Firewood, and throw a hissy fit when she breaks up with him.
* RichBitch: He's very rich and very mean.

* GiveGeeksAChance: Much like Coop in the film, his storyline involves trying to get a pretty, popular girl at camp to be his girlfriend. [[spoiler:Also like Coop, Kevin [[DidNotGetTheGirl doesn't get the girl]], though at least Amy just honestly tells him she's not interested.]]

!Shari [-(Beth Dover)-]

* BadassBeard: In the series, he goes from clean-shaven to sporting one of these within the space of a minute.

!Mitch[[spoiler:/The Talking Can of Vegetables]] [-(H. Jon Benjamin)-]

!Greg Toffler [-(Jason Schwartzman)-]

!Jim Stansel [-(Michael Cera)-]

!The Falcon [-(Jon Hamm)-]

!Rhonda [-(Michaela Watkins)-]

!Eric [-(Chris Pine)-]

!Donna Berman [-(Lake Bell)-]

!Blake [=McCarthy=] [-(Josh Charles)-]

!Courtney [-(Kristen Wiig)-]

! Renata Murphy née Delvecchio[-(Alyssa Milano)-]

! Garth [=MacArthur=] [-(Jai Courtney)-]

! Laura [-(Melanie Lynskey)-]

* FunnyAfro: Has a ''very'' conspicuous afro wig for whatever reason.

* {{Adorkable}}: Has no idea what girls are attracted to, but we love him for it.

* MentorShip: With Claude Dumet in ''First Day of Camp''. Given that she's 16 and he's easily 50, it's portrayed as ''extremely'' creepy and inappropriate.

* BiTheWay: Pursues Andy, then happily makes out with Abby during the talent show.

* BiTheWay: He and Donna steadily try to manipulate Coop into having a three way with them over the course of the season.

!Gene Jenkinson[[spoiler:/Jonas Jurgenson]] [-(Christopher Meloni)-]

!Nancy [-(Nina Hellman)-]

!Gail von Kleinenstein, née Gail Dana Starfield [-(Molly Shannon)-]

!Ron von Kleinenstein [-(Judah Friedlander)-]

!Gerald "Coop" Cooperberg [-(Michael Showalter)-]

!Katie Finnerty [-(Marguerite Moreau)-]

!J.J. [-(Zak Orth)-]

!Gary [-(A.D. Miles)-]

![=McKinley=] Dozen [-(Michael Ian Black)-]

!Abby Bernstein [-(Marisa Ryan)-]

!Guitar Dude [-(Peter Sallett)-]

!Aaron [-(Gideon Jacobs)-]

!Steve [-(Kevin Sussman)-]

!Henry Neumann [-(David Hyde Pierce)-]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Revived as a can after drowning in toxic waste for... some unexplained reason.]]

!Neil [-(Joe Lo Truglio)-]

!Victor Pulak [-(Ken Marino)-]

! Garth MacArthur [-(Jai Courtney)-]

* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: He has threatened to kill Victor and turn him into a salad over [[DisproportionateRetribution a prank call]]... and planned on following through that threat. He didn't get to, but still.]]

* HotScoop: [[spoiler:Revealed in the prequel that she's actually a journalist.]]

* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:His (apparent death explains why he doesn't appear in the movie.]]

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Parodied with Beth. He dramatically gasps instructions to her while she cradles him in her arms... [[spoiler:as he dies from ''a massive gunshot wound directly through his brain''.]]
* DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler:His death explains why he doesn't appear in the movie.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Takes a bullet through the forehead courtesy of the Falcon.]]

* TooDumbToLive: When you see him (repeatedly) ingest toxic waste, you know he's not going to be PutOnABus. [[spoiler: Subverted, as his eventual death is through no fault of his own.]]

* QuestForSex: His entire storyline. [[spoiler:It fails.]]

* JerkAss: Gene isn't exactly a pleasant guy to be around with. Jusk ask [[BeleagueredAssistant Gary.]] [[TookALevelInKindness He does mellow out eventually.]] [[spoiler: His alter-ego, Jonas, however, started out as a pretty nice fellow.... [[TookALevelInJerkass until his memories came back.]]]]

!Claude Dumet [-(John Slattery)-]

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Very embarrassed by his virginity.

* {{Badass}}: Easily disposes of several government agents at once and has the upper hand against the Eagle before he gets distracted.

* {{Badass}}: Holds his own against Gene in an all out brawl and easily disposes of several obnoxious punks harassing a store owner.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: To go along with his stereotypical Hollywood nice guy image, he's suggested to be Jewish, but not overly so. His full name is distinctly Jewish-sounding, and he mentions attending temple on Rosh Hashanah in ''First Day of Camp''.