The originating film was Wet Hot American Summer (2001), which was for 14 years the only produced media in the franchise.

There were speculations and reports on a possible sequel for years, including a 2003 pilot, written for Fox, which was eventually not picked up.

The film was released on both VHS and DVD formats in 2002 and re-released on Blu-ray in 2015 which included additional features.

The SF Sketchfest event produced a complete play of the film with replacements for missing original cast members by other accomplished actors and comedians.

[4] Alongside the prequel Netflix web miniseries, a making-of documentary film, Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot, was released on digital platforms on August 6, 2015.

[14] After years of speculations and reports on a possible sequel to Wet Hot American Summer,[15] shooting began on the miniseries in January 2015,[16] with it being released on Netflix on July 31, 2015.

[12][14] On August 18, 1981, the junior counselors of Camp Firewood made a vow to meet again in 10 years to see what kind of people they would turn into.

[18] Almost the entire adult cast from the film and 2015 miniseries returned in the same roles, in addition to a group of new characters from other recognizable actors.

This edition included highlights from the 10th anniversary event, the live radio play from SF Sketchfest, deleted scenes, cast comments, behind the scenes, feature commentary with cast & crew, songs with production stills and the theatrical trailer.

[66] The single was released by Rusted Wave on August 3, 2015[65] and is available on Amazon, Google Play, iTunes and Spotify.

The music video features cameos from Sam Trammel, Thomas Lennon and Allie Stamler.

[74] A tabletop role-playing game designed by Geoffrey Golden and Lee Keeler and published by The Devastator[75][76] was released on November 7, 2017.

[77] Fantasy Camp was the first officially licensed game based on the franchise[78] and was founded through a Kickstarter campaign[75] which started on April 18, 2017[79] and ended the following month on May 18.

[15] The event's highlights included in-character appearances of Janeane Garofalo (as Beth), Ken Marino (as Victor), Marisa Ryan (as Abby) and Judah Friedlander (as Ron);[80] Appearances of Gideon Jacobs (who played Aaron), Gabriel Millman (who played Caped Boy) and Showalter as Alan Shemper;[80] Samm Levine did an audio recording of Arty doing radio voice-over from camp;[15] Marino and Ryan singing "Danny's Song" (in character);[80] Showalter performing a set as Alan Shemper;[80] A. D. Miles conducting an Inside the Actors Studio–style Q&A with a talking Can of Mixed Vegetables, which was voiced offstage by Jon Benjamin;[80] Tapped bits by Amy Poehler (in character as Susie) and Paul Rudd, which was a re-creation of the cafeteria scene with Judd Apatow as Beth and Paul Rudd as Andy;[80] and audition tapes for Bradley Cooper and the not-cast Naomi Watts (which gave Katie's "Andy is, like, cut.

[15] On January 21, 2012,[81] a sold-out live radio play[15] staged recreation of Wet Hot American Summer was held at the Marines' Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, CA.

[81] Reprising their roles from the original cast were, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Samm Levine, Marguerite Moreau and Chris Meloni.

[15] Joining the cast were David Cross (as Henry), Busy Philipps (as Beth), Andy Richter (as Ron), John Hodgman (as Keith), Gillian Jacobs (as Lindsay), Joshua Malina (as J.J.), Colin Hanks (as Gary), Marc Evan Jackson (as Ben), Bruce McCulloch (as Aaron), Jessi Klein (as Abby), Craig Cackowski (as Moose), Hal Lublin (as Melvin), Annie Savage (as various parts), Zandy Hartig (as Nurse Nancy) and Bobcat Goldthwait (as Can of Mixed Vegetables).

[81] Goldthwait was backstage right before the show, on his hands and knees making a fake can of vegetables mask to wear on his head.