The Beginning of the End

The Beginning of the End is the sixteenth episode of RU🅱️Y and the prologue of Season 3.
==Summary==
===Cold Open===
There was no Cold Open in this episode.
===Plot===
==Transcript==
==Characters==
===Major Characters===
*Ruby Rose
*Peter Port
*Bartholomew Oobleck
*Lisa Lavender
*Weiss Schnee
*Blake Belladonna
*Yang Xiao Long
*Arslan Altan (First Appearance)
===Minor Characters===
*Jaune Arc (flashback)
*Sun Wukong (flashback)
*Velvet Scarlatina (flashback)
*Glynda Goodwitch (flashback)
*Ozpin (mentioned and flashback)
*Roman Torchwick (flashback)
*Raven Branwen (flashback)
*Susanoo (flashback)
*Murakumo Zero (flashback)
*Selvaria Bles (mentioned and flashback)
*Akatsuki (flashback)
*Chun-Li (cameo, mentioned and flashback)
*Marco Rossi (flashback)
*Leona Heidern (flashback)
*Sol Badguy (cameo and flashback)
*Ragna the Bloodedge (flashback)
*Qrow Branwen (mentioned)
*Taiyang Xiao Long
*Zwei the Doggo
*Celica Ayatsuki Mercury (cameo)
*Es (cameo)
*Yor Forger (cameo)
*Anya Forger (cameo)
*Lusamine (cameo)
*Nadir Shiko (First Appearance)
*Bolin Hori (First Appearance, death)
*Reese Chloris (First Appearance)
*Ken Masters (mentioned)
*Dr. Livesey (first appearance)
===Stands===
===Pokemon===
==Songs Used==
==Trivia==
*The prologue shares the title with a RWBY Volume 3 episode of the same name, however, since Season 3 marks the end of RU🅱️Y as a TGLMU spin-off series, this title alludes to a REAL ending for the parody.
*The reason why Lisa Lavender is hosting the tournament alongside Oobleck and Port is because TheGamerLover found interesting the discarted idea the RWBY staff had to put her as the announcer before she was replaced by the latter two in the final product, so he recycled the idea by mixing it with the official one for the parody.
==References==
*Street Fighter: Yang performs a Shoryuken on Nadir Shiko with Ken's voice clip from Street Fighter Alpha 2.
**Also, Arslan Altan says to Ruby that she must "defeat her hand to stand a chance", alluding to Ryu's infamous quote "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance", whose correct translation is "You must surpass my Shoryuken to stand a chance".
*Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: When Ruby tries to harm Arslan as she's rejecting every one of her attacks with the bare palm of her hand, the song It Has To Be This Way starts to play in the background, referencing to both the scene of Raiden unsuccessfully trying to harm Senator Armstrong and the meme alike, followed by Ruby asking "why she wouldn't get hurt", with Arslan replying by just simply saying "Chakra, little girl", referencing the famous quotes "Why won't you die!" and the following "Nanomachines, son!".
*Phineas and Ferb: When Yang reveals how she managed to outsmart everyone in the tournament, the scene changes to a marketable plushie of Yang lying on the ground, with Arslan replying that "she can't believe she fell for the old Fake Yang Xiao Long bit", referencing to the scene from the episode "Leave the Busting to Us!" where Perry tricks Dr. Doofenshmirtz with a fake Perry as a counter to Doof's fake window trick.
==Memes==
==See Also==
==Image Gallery==
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