AP: Origins

AP: Origins is the fourth film in the AP History series, written and directed by Jacob McAuliffe and starring Greg Klusacek. It is a prequel to How to be a Good AP History Student, detailing the rise of the AP History Guy. Filming began late summer 2011, then put on hiatus for the college school year. Production resumed June 2012, and filming was completed August 2012.

The film premiered December 21st, 2012, and is now online.

Plot:
During the summer of 2007, Ballston Spa High School senior Greg Klusacek is approached by a mysterious man known as Agent H. Agent H tells Greg he works for the CIA, in charge of a top for a top-secret project called the “Project History,” a subsection of a government organization called the “Educational Protocol.” Having secretly studied Greg, the project determined he would be an ideal subject to try the “HSX” formula. HSX is a top-secret formula designed to turn poor AP History students into the best AP History students in the world. Greg hesitantly agrees and begins taking the formula, a series of daily pills.

A week later, Greg has a freak-out while hanging out with his best friend Pat, suddenly gaining all the AP History knowledge in the world. Scared, Greg punches out Pat, only to be subdued and tranquilized by Agent Alpha 4.

Alpha 4 meets up with Agent H in order to bring Greg into custody, naming him “Subject #3.” Greg wakes up and begins attacking the two, demanding to know who the first two subjects could have been. The two agents run Greg over with their car, but Greg is unharmed, a side effect of the HSX formula. Greg escapes.

Agent H is given strict orders by the President of the United States to bring Greg into custody before his existence becomes public knowledge. Agent H launches a wide spread search for Greg, forcing him to go into hiding.

Several months later, Greg is located and the agency sets up a trap, Alpha 4 forcing Pat to draw Greg out into the open or risk his family being imprisoned. Although Greg is drawn into the trap, the attempt to capture him fails, and an infuriated and betrayed Greg severely injures Alpha 4 and escapes again.

Agent H reports the failure to the president, who is confused as to why they can’t kill Greg like they did the previous subjects. According to Agent H, subjects can only be killed using resources at the Project History base. He also adds Subject #1 died shortly after his HSX procedure, the then-unfinished formula killing him. Unbeknownst to the President, Subject #1 is alive, secretly being contained at Project History headquarters. The President issues Agent H an ultimatum—another failure to capture Greg and he will be fired.

Several more months pass, now the year 2008. Greg is found hiding in a forest behind Ballston Spa High School, where Agent H and Alpha 4 confront him with Subject #1. Agent H reveals that the only way they could kill a subject was by having another equally-powerful subject kill them—Subject #1.

Agent H orders Subject #1 to attack Greg, the two fighting it out. Greg ultimately knocking the mutant unconscious, but this proves to be the final straw—Greg has a mental breakdown, vowing to force-teach everyone in the world all his AP History knowledge, exposing Project History as well as forcing his own personal demons upon everyone else. He is no longer Greg—he is now the AP History Guy.



The AP History Guy kills Alpha 4 and chases down Agent H, breaking his hand. Agent H manages to escape and orders a missile strike on the forest, seemingly killing the AP History Guy. To comfort the President’s fears that he could have survived the missile strike, Agent H enrolls a secret agent into Ballston Spa High School disguised as a student, to inform them if anything strange happens. The agent's identity is kept confidential.

Back at Ballston Spa High School, the AP History Guy emerges from the forest alive and well, ready to force-teach everyone in the school.

In a post-credits scene, the President tells Agent H an urgent message—HSX has unusual side effects when it becomes radioactive.

Cast:
Greg Klusacek.......... Greg/The AP History Guy

Brian Walker.......... Agent H

Patrick McAuliffe .......... Pat



Jon Hess.......... Subject #1

Jacob McAuliffe .......... Alpha 4

Lee Newton.......... The President

Eric Newton and Sean Maruscsak.......... Soldiers

Eric Newton and Mike Dame have brief cameos as Eric/Creepy Guy and Mike Dame respectively.

Greg's brother Quentin Klusacek has a cameo, seen climbing a tree in the background during a scene. Fictional person Alana Parsons also cameos as Subject #2, aka the "AP History Girl."

Trivia
This film beat How to be a Good AP History Student 3 for the longest production time of any Chaos Production film, taking over a year to film. Production began August 2011 and ended October 2012. Filming went on hiatus for the 2011-2012 college year.

Originally, the AP History Girl was to have a bigger part, but the role was cut down, her scenes being replaced with Pat's mid-film scenes.