It Has Only Just Begun: Difference between revisions

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"No... it's only just begun!"

[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. This is stock phrase, used and abused and tortured to the point of cliche, possibly the most obvious comeback to someone telling you that your plans/goals/dreams are over. Over? No, they're not. They've only just begun.

[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. This is stock phrase, used and abused and tortured to the point of cliche, possibly the most obvious comeback to someone telling you that your plans/goals/dreams are over. Over? No, they're not. They've only just begun.

Sometimes used by villains before revealing the next stage of their plans, sometimes used by heroes before standing back up and dealing a righteous ass-whooping, sometimes used by other people for... ...stuff.

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[~~Sailor Moon (Manga)|~~Sailor Moon]]'' episode "The Purity Chalice"

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' episode "The Purity Chalice"

{{quote| 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! }}

* ''[[~~Yubisaki Milk Tea (Manga)|~~Yubisaki Milk Tea]]'': Touko and [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Yuki]] are playing basketball:

* ''[[Yubisaki Milk Tea]]'': Touko and [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Yuki]] are playing basketball:

{{quote| Touko: Basket number 8! You have zero! That was a "Drive fake"! Should we better stop?

Yuki: No, not yet! I first begin now!

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{{quote| '''Trudeau''': McClane, is this their final response?

'''John McClane''': No. This is only the beginning. }}

* The evil hotel room ''[[~~Fourteen Oh Eight|~~1408]]'' mocks Enslin through the ''radio'' by playing The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" repeatedly.

* The evil hotel room ''[[1408]]'' mocks Enslin through the ''radio'' by playing The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" repeatedly.

* Last lines of ''[[Attack of the Clones|Star Wars II: Attack Of The Clones]]'':

{{quote| Obi-Wan: I have to admit that without the clones, it would have not been a victory.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* The advertisements for [[~~American Chopper (TV)|~~American Chopper]] Senior vs. Junior start with "What looked like the end...was only the beginning!"

* The advertisements for [[American Chopper]] Senior vs. Junior start with "What looked like the end...was only the beginning!"

* In the last episode of the first season of ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'', the Sheriff managed to surround and kill [[Robin Hood]] ... and then the '''[[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|new]]''' Robin Hood showed up to rescue some of Robin's men. Dismayed, the Sheriff said, "Just as I'd begun to believe it was all over. It's not over. It'll ''never'' be over."

* ''[[~~Twenty Four|~~24]]'' season 7 has {{spoiler|Jonas Hodges}} saying something along these lines as he gets arrested, because he was only one member of a much larger group of villains.

* ''[[24]]'' season 7 has {{spoiler|Jonas Hodges}} saying something along these lines as he gets arrested, because he was only one member of a much larger group of villains.

== [[Real Life]] ==

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]'' has Batman and the Joker going back and forth with this.

* ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' has Batman and the Joker going back and forth with this.

{{quote| '''Batman:''' It's ''over'', Joker.

'''Joker:''' ''Over?'' Why, my [[Added Alliterative Appeal|dear delusional Dark Knight,]] it hasn't even ''begun''. }}

* ''[[Gradius]]'''s final bosses are this ''and'' [[Anticlimax Boss|total liars]] about it.

* ''[[Mega Man X|DE BADDLE HAS JUSD BEGUNNN!]]''

* [[God of War (~~Video Game~~)|The END Begins]] {{spoiler|End of God of War 2, but the battle for Olympus has just begun}}

* [[God of War (series)|The END Begins]] {{spoiler|End of God of War 2, but the battle for Olympus has just begun}}

* Used in ''[[Resident Evil 5]]:''

{{quote| '''Chris:''' It's over, Wesker!

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In ''[[Teen Titans (~~Animation~~)|Teen Titans]]'', Robin and Slade have this exchange at one point.

* In ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Robin and Slade have this exchange at one point.

* Zira says this to Simba in ''[[The Lion King]] 2''.

{{quote| '''Simba:''' Take him and get out. We're finished here.

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* In ''[[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.'

* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'': While trying to get their third brother back, one of the two Duck Brothers in "The Duck Brothers" exclaims "We have not yet begun to fight!". His inflection makes it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]].

* In ''[[Silverwing (~~Animation~~)|Silverwing]]'', when {{spoiler|Goth got himself electrocuted}}

* In ''[[Silverwing (animation)|Silverwing]]'', when {{spoiler|Goth got himself electrocuted}}

{{quote| '''Marina:''' It's over, Shade.

'''Shade:''' (grimly) No, it's just begun. }}