History Main / ItHasOnlyJustBegun

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* UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill said "Now this is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

* ''Manga/YubisakiMilkTea'': Touko and [[WholesomeCrossdresser Yuki]] are playing basketball:

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': As Gendo and Fuyutsuki watch the berserk Eva Unit-01 howling against celling of the Geofront.

** In ''Adventure Comics #397'' Kara gives 'Nasty' Luthor and her bullying squad a lesson, after which she warns that she will get tougher the next time she catches them hurting someone. 'Nasty' mutters Supergirl can count on there being a next time.

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' (Cloverway American dub) episode "The Purity Chalice"

* From ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' as Gendo and Fuyutsuki watches the [[spoiler:berserk Eva Unit-01 howling against celling of the Geofront]].

** After Supergirl captures Starfire (no relation to the female Teen Titan), and her gang, the villainess assures "This is only the beginning". Ironically, Starfire would never be seen again.

-->“Its okay” Misato assured him over the comlink. “We’ll have you out of there in a couple of minutes…Shinji, Shinji you did great out there, its all over”.\\

It probably would have worried him to know his Father was thinking much the same of the Captain’s statement as he gave the main screen a smirk, before turning and walking out of the command center.

* The advertisements for Series/AmericanChopper Senior vs. Junior start with "What looked like the end...was only the beginning!"

* ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 DE BADDLE HAS JUSD BEGUNNN!]]''

* ''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond''. Commander Ian Fleming wants to investigate the German nuclear program. Naval Intelligence tells him not to bother as the war in Europe will soon be over. Fleming gives this trope in a clear reference to the upcoming ColdWar with the Soviet Union, whose advancing troops are likely to seize the intelligence for themselves. Interestingly, in real life [[SubvertedTrope Fleming was ultimately proven wrong]], at least about the Nazi nuclear program; they were decades behind the Manhattan Project and what the Soviets did manage to seize was of little value.

-->'''Batman:''' It's ''over'', Joker.
-->'''Joker:''' ''Over?'' Why, my [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal dear delusional Dark Knight,]] it hasn't even ''begun''.

* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': A second-hand source reports that during Necropolis, the Dark Judges held daily meetings to tabulate the number of citizens that had been exterminated or died that day. Invariably, Judge Death replied "Only the beginning!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', when Sophie refers to Anya and Dimitri's elopement as 'the perfect ending', the Empress corrects her, saying 'No, it's a perfect beginning.'

* The evil hotel room ''Film/FourteenOhEight'' mocks Enslin through the ''radio'' by playing The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" repeatedly.
* Last lines of ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones]]'':
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' I have to admit that without the clones, it would have not been a victory.\\
'''Yoda:''' Victory? Victory you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun the Clone War has.

* Zira says this to Simba in ''Disney/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''.

-->'''Fuyutsuki:''' It's begun, hasn't it?\\

-->'''Mimet:''' You've brought great disgrace to the honorable Bad Behavior Bureau. You must turn in your skull keychain and Fire Buster immediately.

--->'''Arthur Dayne''': And so it begins.\\
'''Eddard Stark''': ''(regretfully)'' No, so it ''ends''.

-->'''Mimet''': You've brought great disgrace to the honorable Bad Behavior Bureau. You must turn in your skull keychain and Fire Buster immediately.
-->'''Eugeal''': Not a chance! The fight has only just begun, you back-stabbing weasel!

-->'''Touko''': Basket number 8! You have zero! That was a "Drive fake"! Should we better stop?
-->'''Yuki''': No, not yet! I first begin now!
-->(Note: the quote is from the german translation. The english is a bit different.)

* Sean Devlin says this at the end of ''TheSaboteur''.

-->'''German Intelligence Officer:''' I don't know who you are or how you know to be here, but this is just the beginning.
-->'''Reese:''' Then this is going to be a long day.

''Series/TheProfessionals'' ("Private Madness Public Danger"). When [=CI5=] captures the VillainOfTheWeek, Cowley tells him it's all over. The man shouts back, "All over? IT HASN'T EVEN BEGUN YET!" as he's just activated a TimeBomb.

* ''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond''. Commander Ian Fleming wants to investigate the German nuclear program. Naval Intelligence tells him not to bother as the war in Europe will soon be over. Fleming gives this trope in a clear reference to the upcoming ColdWar with the Soviet Union, whose advancing troops are likely to seize the intelligence for themselves. Interestingly, in real life [[SubvertedTrope Fleming was ultimately proven wrong]], at least abou the Nazi nuclear program; they were decades behind the Manhattan Project and what the Soviets did manage to seize was of little value.

* Most likely, n the time it takes you to read this sentence, more content will have been added to this wiki. [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Now, compound that out for however far into the future people will still read and contribute to this wiki.]]

-->'''Arthur Dayne''': And so it begins.\\
'''Eddard Stark''': No, so it ''ends''.

* ''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond''. Commander Ian Fleming wants to investigate the German nuclear program. Naval Intelligence tells him not to bother as the war in Europe will soon be over. Fleming gives this trope in a clear reference to the upcoming ColdWar with the Soviet Union, whose advancing troops are likely to seize the intelligence for themselves.

* ''Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond''. Commander Fleming wants to investigate the German nuclear program. The commander of Naval Intelligence tells him not to bother as the war in Europe will soon be over. Fleming gives this trope in a clear reference to the upcoming ColdWar with the Soviet Union.

->'''Romanov:''' Is it done, Yuri?
->'''Yuri:''' No, Comrade Premier... it has only begun.

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* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes #24:
-->'''Jeyra Entinn''': You won '''this''' round, Legionnaries... But this is only the beginning...!\\