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The Beginning of the End

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ7716346 ↗
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The Beginning of the End may refer to:

Film and television

Beginning of the End (film), a 1957 American science fiction film

Television episodes

"Beginning of the End" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), 2014

"Beginning of the End" (Orange Is the New Black), 2019

"Beginning of the End" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003), 2006

"The Beginning of the End" (30 Rock), 2012

"The Beginning of the End" (Amphibia), 2022

"The Beginning of the End" (Grimm), 2016

"The Beginning of the End" (Lost), 2008

"The Beginning of the End" (Merlin), 2008

"The Beginning of the End" (Ozark), 2022

"The Beginning of the End" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987), 1996

Literature

"The Beginning of the End", a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins

"The Beginning of the End", one of three titles under which the Chinua Achebe story later known as "Marriage is a Private Affair" has been published.

The Beginning of the End, a 1998 book by Angelo Quattrochi and Tom Nairn about the May 68 events in France

Music

The Beginning of the End (band), a Bahamian funk group

Albums

The Beginning of the End (Sworn Enemy album) or the title song, 2006

The Beginning of the End (UTP album), 2004

The Beginning of the End, by Dreamcatcher, 2019

Beginning of the End, an EP by Discharge, 2006

Songs

"Beginning of the End" (Status Quo song), 2007

"Beginning of the End", by Celldweller from Celldweller, 2000

"Beginning of the End", by Into Eternity from Buried in Oblivion, 2004

"Beginning of the End", by Judas Priest from Redeemer of Souls, 2014

"Beginning of the End", by Spineshank from Self-Destructive Pattern, 2003

"Beginning of the End", by Systematic from Somewhere in Between, 2001

"Beginning of the End", by Santhosh Narayanan from Jigarthanda Indian film soundtrack, 2014

"Beginning of the End", by Weezer from the Bill & Ted Face the Music film soundtrack, 2020

"The Beginning of the End", by Boogiemonsters from God Sound, 1997

"The Beginning of the End", by HIM from Greatest Lovesongs Vol.

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The public source identifies “The Beginning of the End” as wikimedia disambiguation page. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Beginning, Wikimedia and disambiguation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957, 2014, 2019, 2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Beginning, Wikimedia and disambiguation providing the first useful test.
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