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6	->'''Percy''':That's not a happy ending!\
7	'''Thomas''': Ah... there will be, but that'll have to wait until next time.
8	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', "Granpuff"
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10	A commonly seen caption at the end of serial installments, especially when there's a {{cliffhanger}}. Like TheEnd, but not so final. A WillReturnCaption may be used instead. Contrast ToBeContinuedRightNow. If the last part of an episode that has more than one part is to come, the caption will instead say “To be concluded”.
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12	See also PreviouslyOn
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14	!!Noteworthy Examples:
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17	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	[+'''つづく''' = tsuzuku = to be continued+]
19	* This is common in {{Anime}} and {{Toku}} shows going back a long time, and is still seen in recent shows.
20	** A bottom-right-justified "tsuzuku" in white on a black backround is common in works directed by Creator/HideakiAnno, such as ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' and ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
21	** Nearly every episode of ''Manga/DeathNote'' ends with an ominous "tsuzuku" written in the lower-right.
22	* Every episode of ''Anime/OutlawStar'' would end with the words ''TO BE CONTINUED'' blasting onto the screen, one after the other. (The last episode did this, then followed it with an epilogue, which in turn ended with "''SEE YOU AGAIN''".)
23	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' ends each episode with an iconic, black-and-white "To be continued..." screen, spelled in English. This only happens once all of the episode's content has been presented, so if an episode goes into the ClosingCredits without showing this screen, that's the cue for the viewers to wait for TheStinger.
24	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' fans have grown to dread the anime's famous TO BE CONTINUED card, which always seems to pop up abruptly at the most suspenseful possible moment. Sometimes this is lampshaded by having it actually be part of the episode, as in one episode where the crew is on a snowy mountain; at the end of the episode, the camera suddenly pulls away to reveal someone has inexplicably written "TO BE CONTINUED" in the snow. Aside from these few variations, the card has been in non-stop use since episode 3; nearly 23 years at this time of writing.
25	** Lampshaded by Brook, who's telling his story to the Straw Hats, stopping briefly to declare "To be continued", only to be met with anger from Sanji.
26	** Sometimes the card arrived in a unique way; for example, at the end of Episode 26, when Luffy used Gum-Gum Axe on the Baratie deck, "To Be Continued" was launched into the screen by the weaves created from the impact.
27	** Another creative one is in the Enies Lobby Arc as Luffy begins his siege on the World Government fortress. He knocks a few guards away before punching at the scene which segues into the "To Be Continued" screen.
28	** When Luffy recovers after [[spoiler:being poisoned to near-death by Magellan]] by being fed mountains of food, he screams "I'm better!" as the camera zooms out to show all of Impel Down; the camera then immediately hard-zooms back to Level 5.5 and into his mouth before fading to black and showing "To Be Continued", implying that he ate the cameraman.
29	** When the first half of the series was completed, rather than do the usual "To Be Continued" shot, the episode ended with "[[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110925035638/onepiece/images/8/8d/Newworldcard.PNG Go To New World]]".
30	** A variation occurs in [[spoiler:Law's flashback. The "To Be Continued" shot in episodes 702 and 703 shows spreading white blotches which are drawn from a recurring black shot in Episode, which indicate his Amber Lead Syndrome is worsening.]]
31	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
32	** Every episode, and in English. Even though most episodes don't end on cliffhangers. Originally in all caps, it was changed to mixed case when the show shifted to widescreen. The more recent dubbed episodes have the narrator say "...as the journey continues" to coincide with this.
33	** At the end of the last episode of every "series" in Japan[[note]]Dub seasons 5, 9, and 13[[/note]], it ends with "Next Time... A New Beginning!" instead. It even does this at the end of the SeriesFinale.
34	** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'', however, ends with "And to our own way" appearing in golden letters over the sky.
35	** Similarly, final episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' replaces the traditional "To Be Continued..." with "...and your dreams!"
36	** Edited out of most of the dub "Chronicles" episodes.
37	** The ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]]'' special episodes also end this way, even though only the second one ("Time and Darkness") was continued (indirectly) by episode 3 ("Sky: Beyond Time and Darkness").
38	* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' featured Renton (along with Eureka during the second half) saying "To be continued" at the end of every episode, changing the effect based on the mood of the ending, so a cheerful episode would end with a happy exclamation and a sad one with a morose, doubtful murmur. The last episode finished with [[TheEnd "The end!"]]
39	** There were a few exceptions, however:
40	## After Holland pounded Renton into a HeroicBSOD, the episode ended with the sound of Eureka slamming the door.
41	## After Renton takes out military [=KLF=]s and then realizing that [[spoiler:actual people were piloting them]], the episode ended with the sound of Renton puking all over the place.
42	## When Eureka finds out that Renton [[spoiler:isn't on the Gekko, [[TearJerker right after]] realizing she's in love with him...]]
43	---> Renton, I want to see you.
44	## The penultimate episode has only Renton saying "To Be Continued".
45	** In fact, the Japanese voice actors picked up the habit for the DVD commentaries. They finish off with "To be continued!" every time.
46	** SequelSeries ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'' continues the tradition with new main character Ao saying the "To be continued" line. Like Renton, he has a different tone depending on the events of the episode. The first exception was in Episode 14, where the only thing heard was [[spoiler: the crackling fire from Naru's attack.]] The second was in Episode 19 which ended with [[spoiler: the sound of the Quartz exploding from Christophe's HeroicSacrifice]]. The third was in Episode 22, due to the episode's unique ending that replaced the normal credits animation.
47	* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' ends every episode with a title card flashing "to be continued" on the screen, before it melts away like old, worn film and the EndingTheme starts to play.
48	* ''Anime/TheBigO'''s ended stand-alone episodes with a black screen and the words "We have come to terms". For multipart episodes, the words would be "To be continued..."
49	* In a dub example, most episodes of ''Anime/YuGiOh''[=/=]''Anime/YuGiOhGX''[=/=]''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' will end with a To Be Continued message at the end, which were not present in the original version. Episode 223 of ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' changed this to a "To Be Concluded..." to state that the next episode was the finale.
50	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is ''very'' visually creative with its To Be Continued end of an episode.
51	** One or two episodes have even subverted this. For example, at the end of episode 27, Ichigo is by Ikkaku warned about Kenpachi, and the To Be Continued pops up over an image of Kenpachi with a sinister smile, then irises out. A few seconds later, it irises back in to a shot of a slightly bewildered Kenpachi, who has been led into another dead end by Yachiru.
52	* Episodes of ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' end with large captions of "To Be Continued" in blocky, comic book title style text.
53	* In a lighthearted contrast with the ''Death Note''/''Evangelion''/''Nadia'' examples above, ''Manga/HisAndHerCircumstances'' (also directed by Creator/HideakiAnno, like the latter two of the aforementioned anime), sets its "To Be Continued" in red, on a white background.
54	* The end of each dubbed episode of ''[[Anime/TekkamanBlade Teknoman]]'' ended with a grating voice saying "To Be Continued", as the words themselves were shown on the screen.
55	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'': Most of the episodes end with "See You Space Cowboy...". Two parts end with "To Be Continued". The final episode ends with "You're gonna carry that weight."
56	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
57	** TheNineties Canadian dub added this phrase to some ''Anime/SailorMoon'' episodes that did not originally have it.
58	** The intertitle that closes out each [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming act]] of ContinuityReboot ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' has GratuitousFrench phrase ''A Suivre'' at left, and a painted silhouette of an ArtNouveau-esque Creator/AlphonseMucha-inspired princess at right, haloed with an outer ring of planetary signs and inner painting of the Moon Castle, accented by white lilies and stenciled doilies.
59	** The second part of ''Anime/SailorMoonEternal'' ends with a white "To be continued..." caption.
60	* One signature mark of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is the "To be continued..." arrow pointing left at the end of every chapter when the current enemy is defeated. [[MemeticMutation This became the most notable example.]]
61	** The AnimatedAdaptation uses this arrow at the end of every episode (except obviously for the final episode of a story arc).
62	* Every episode of ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' ends with Luluco saying "To be continued" (directly addressing the audience at certain times), [[AndTheAdventureContinues including the finale]]. [[spoiler: The only exception is Episode 10, where she says "Never to be continued" due to her [[DeathByDespair dying of a broken heart]].]]
63	* ''Anime/{{Classicaloid}}'' is mainly an comedy/slice-of-life anime but it has a very slow developing story arc, which may be why every episode ends with "To be continued" screen. More notable is the fact that it features the music term "attacca", which directs a performer to go without pause to the next section. Quite fitting for a show focusing on classical music and composers.
64	* The ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'' episode "Intruder" ends with a white "TO BE CONTINUED" caption.
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67	[[folder:Comic Books]]
68	* ''ComicBook/CaptainGravity'': The first three issues ended with this statement, while the fourth one ended with "The End?".
69	* ''ComicBook/TheCloset2022'': Issue #2 ends with this statement accompanied by [[spoiler:Jamie being dragged off by the monster in his closet]].
70	* ''ComicBook/DanInSpace'': The first issue ends with Dan floating out in space.
71	* One story of ''ComicBook/TheFinalPlague'' ends with a guy panicking while covered in [[RaisingTheSteaks zombified]] [[SwarmOfRats rats]].
72	* ''ComicBook/TheMall2018'': Issue #1 ends with "To be continued in The Mall #2", over a picture of a recently-killed mobster.
73	* Every issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' ended with "To Be Continued--!" or "The End... For Now!" The series was, for 12 years, in constant danger of cancellation. First it was one issue of ''ComicBook/WhatIf'', then a 12-issue limited series, which expanded to an ongoing. Then it was cancelled, relaunched, cancelled, incorporated in an anthology, relaunched as a miniseries, and at last a one-shot finale that was even titled "The End". It still ended with "... For Now!"
74	* At the end of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}} Beyond 3-D'', this is [[spoiler:what Superman inscribes on the slab of stone he leaves as a warning for the Monitors. The Monitors sought to control Story itself. Superman is leaving them a pointed reminder that they'll never be able to. Not forever.]]
75	* In 1977 when Marvel Comics got the rights to the Hanna-Barbera characters, certain books featured a two-page teaser of another character's book with a "to be continued" tag for that other character's book.
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78	[[folder:Fan Works]]
79	* ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'': The Season 2 special "They Come From A World Called War" ends with Major Lazarus telling Commissar Indricta that he has a plan after she introduces him to the Death Korps of Krieg. The episode then cuts to black with the caption "Continued in..." followed by the title of the next special episode "Soldiers of the Storm".
80	* ''Fanfic/SteelSoulSaga'': The second chapter, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/40308/2/steel-soul/the-story-continues-in "The story continues in..."]], of ''Steel Soul'', which links to the sequel, ''Steel Spirit'', also also the CharacterBlog, [[https://steelsweetie.tumblr.com "Ask Steel Sweetie"]].
81	* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' does a brilliant variant of this: After the end credits of episode 11 the word "Continue?" appears on screen with a big countdown below counting down from 20 seconds. Meanwhile the camera slowly pulls back to reveal an arcade machine titled [[NameDrop Sword Art Onine Abridged]]. The clock keeps counting down while the screen fades to black, and just before it should reach zero, there's the sound of a coin being inserted.
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84	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
85	* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' does not actually end on a {{Cliffhanger}}, but is instead said by Ralph near the end while returning to the Fix-It Felix console.
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88	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
89	* ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
90	** A "To be continued" card was added at the end of ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' for its VHS release, but removed for the DVD release. According to the writers, they hadn't originally intended to continue the story. If they had, they wouldn't have put Jennifer in the car.
91	** ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' has "To be concluded...", as shown above.
92	* 2021's ''Film/{{Dune\|2021}}'' has one in the form of the line "[[ItHasOnlyJustBegun This is only the beginning]]" by Chani, and the title "Dune: Part One" being revealed at the end. [[Film/DunePartTwo The second part]] is due to release in early 2024.
93	* ''Film/It2017'': With the marketing having deliberately hidden any mention of a second film featuring an adult timeline that would imply Pennywise's return, this film makes sure to exploit the SequelHook as a deliberate shock for those unfamiliar with the novel. The ending title card "IT" seems to linger for just a {{Beat}} too long, and then two extra words appear: "Chapter One".
94	* ''Film/MainStreetMeats'': After showing [[spoiler:Neddy hiding in the back of Cherry's jeep]], we're shown "To be continued in ''Main Street Meats 2: Vegas Buffet''.
95	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' ends with the words "End Part One" before going to the credits, skipping out on the VideoCredits its two predecessors ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' and ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' had. The second film of the duology will release in May 2025.
96	%%* Done in a few multi-film movies such as ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest''
97	* ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'': After the Copyright notice and MPAA logo, a logo appears with the text "A Luta Continua" - Portuguese for "The Struggle Continues" ("To be continued").
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100	[[folder:Literature]]
101	* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/FoundationSeries'': When "Literature/TheMule" was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in ''Magazine/AstoundingScienceFiction'', Part One ended with the Mule's forces conquering Terminus.
102	* Lucian's ''Literature/TrueHistory'' ends this way, claiming the adventure will be detailed in further books. Like the rest of the book, this is a lie.
103	* The ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' promotional web serial, ''Literature/SquidSistersStories'', ends on this phrase after Marie leaves for Inkopolis Square to find a youth to recruit for the task of finding her cousin and rescuing the Great Zapfish. Naturally, the game's "Hero Mode" campaign takes place immediately afterwards.
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106	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
107	!!!'''In General:'''
108	* Game shows that were interrupted due to the end of the show would be continued on the next show but did not use "To be continued" tags. The host would simply inform us that the game would resume on the next show.
109	* In Toku shows, episodes used to end with "Tsuzuku" on the right-bottom corner of the screen, but now has been changed in current ones. ''Franchise/KamenRider'' shows a still of the last scene with borders that best reflect the current rider (For example, in ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', a rocky border with the Core Medals that Eiji currently has). Franchise/SuperSentai has a line that replaced "Tsuzuku" with "After this CM, stay tuned for the next episode preview!" (or something like it), starting with Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger. Sentai after Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger but up to Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger just ends their episodes with the logo of the show instead.
110	** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' 's version actually says TO BE CONTINUED in [[GratuitousEnglish English]], despite the show being in Japanese. So does ''Series/UltramanNexus'' and oddly enough, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoForceBrave'', which is a ''Korean Kyoryuger sequel!''
111	** ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' brings back the "Tsuzuku" part.
112	!!!'''Series:'''
113	* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has one at the end of "Chapters and Choices", but luckily this episode didn't end with "OnTheNext Austin and Ally", instead showing a credits scene regarding Ally's parents. Same goes with "Proms and Promises", but ends with an argument with Dez and Chuck than a "On the Next". In both cases, many Auslly shippers were annoyed at the outcome.
114	** The series' penultimate episode, "Musicals & Moving On", do also end with this trope... before the VanityPlate shows up. And no, still no "On the next" at all. The "PreviouslyOn" for the finale doesn't even happen, but instead a repeat of the final scene before Ally continues her line from the last part of the last scene of the previous episode.
115	* ''Series/Batman1966'' ended every other episode with Batman and Robin in some dangerous situation, with the narrator saying to tune in "Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel" to see what happens next. Season Three had some three-parters.
116	* The ''Series/BroadCity'' episode "Getting There" ends with Abbi and Ilana whispering "To be continued."
117	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' had this a few times, with the very first episode and the two-part season 3 finale "Graduation Day". The rest tended to be more arc-based, and so they needed to either do it almost every episode, or never.
118	* Despite the arc nature of the show, ''Series/BurnNotice'' only did this once: at the end of the penultimate Season 4 episode, when Michael regains control of an extremely volatile piece of information that puts him right in the crosshairs of the organization that burned him (that previously wanted to use him instead of killing him). With the revelation that he's brought a literal war on his head, as the organization has more resources and ability to act freely than anyone he's faced, along with a now-active desire to kill him, he announces that "Tomorrow is going to be a long day", and the episode ends with the trope.
119	* Used on the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' series during two-part episodes, or most of them at least.
120	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' started doing this at the ends of multiparters with the beginning of the second season of the revival.
121	** The most prominent example being the end of the penultimate episode of Season 4, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]], in which the Doctor and Donna have finally found the Earth and along with it, the Doctor's beloved former companion Rose, who has been lost on a parallel world for the last two seasons. The pair begin running towards each other as fast as they can, leading every Doctor/Rose shipper to believe they would finally share their first kiss and the Doctor would confess his feelings to Rose at last — at which point a Dalek appears around a corner, shoots the Doctor, spoils the reunion, and forces a regeneration, shocking fans who believed David Tennant would be continuing in the role for at least another year. Needless to say, it was a hell of a cliffhanger, and therefore, unlike every other episode to date of New Who, did not feature clips of the next week's episode, only the words TO - BE - CONTINUED. By the way, the Doctor got better.
122	** The original run of the series had an implied ToBeContinued at the conclusion of the majority of its episodes since a single story would span multiple episodes, usually four but sometimes as few as two or as many as twelve.
123	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' used this on most of its multi-part episodes, of which there were many. But it was used most infamously on the final apisode, after a hugely dramatic moment, when the series was ''[[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancelled!]]'' Thankfully, there was a later mini-series to WrapItUp. WordOfGod stated that they had the chance to edit out the cliffhanger ending, but left it in as a TakeThat against Sci-Fi for backing out of a contract for a fifth season (and [[KickTheDog at the last possible moment, too]]).
124	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' also used it for two-part eps.
125	* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' features this in the mid-season finale of their second season. [[PlayedWith Notable]] in that the word [[TrollingCreator "Sorry"]] shortly follows.
126	** The {{season finale}} has the To Be Continued followed by "Come on, you knew this was coming."
127	** The third mid-season finale end with "[[WhamEpisode Oh Shit!!!!!!]] ... To Be Continued".
128	* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' rarely does "To Be Continued" segments, and some were usually reserved for their season finales, but they had one before that in Season 6: mainly because one of the contestants wanted to try and ''fight the host!'' After that, season 10's held quite a few extra ones itself.
129	* Every episode of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' ends with "To Be Continued...". Even the volume finales ended on to be continued.
130	* The ''Series/ICarly'' episode "iOMG" has a variant where the two-producer credits don't show up at the end, indicating a "To Be Continued" vibe. Yeah, "To Be Continued"...'' months after that episode aired.''
131	* Averted by ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Even when they have a two part episode (the season 1 and 4 finales), they never end it with "To be continued", instead just putting LOST on screen. In syndication, the two hour episodes are split up in half with "to be continued", however.
132	* ''{{Series/Merlin\|2008}}'' had "The Adventure Continues..." at the end of many episodes.
133	* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' did this for its multi-part episodes.
134	** The final episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' with this, with ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' beginning where it left off.
135	** Averted for the series finale "Rangers In Reverse". Master Vile activates the Orb of Doom, reversing time and turning everyone into children, it seems like a multi-parter, but there's no "To Be Continued" at the end of the episode, making it kind of a wham moment for everyone.
136	* The fourth and final season of ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' ended on a cliffhanger. The final episode saw Earl try to track down Dodge’a real father [[spoiler: only to discover that he is the father... and Darnell ''isn’t'' [[ChocolateBaby Earl Jr.‘s]] real father.]]
137	* Full-length episodes of ''Series/OddSquad'' (i.e., those that aren't in the TwoShorts format), as well as two-part episodes like the Season 3 premiere, always have this, in the form of the organization's seal spinning forward onscreen in a similar manner to the IdiosyncraticWipe seen throughout episodes, and the jackalope uttering the words "to be continued" before the seal spins backwards offscreen, a la ''Series/{{Batman\|1966}}''. When the episode returns, the same thing happens, only the jackalope says "and now, the rest of the story".
138	* The multi-part stories of ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' ("Punky Gets A Home", "Changes", etc.) had this.
139	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' referred to this in his act (in a two part episode). See above.
140	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise:
141	** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': [[Recap/StarTrekS1E11TheMenageriePartI "The Menagerie, Part I"]] ended with caption indicating the story was "to be concluded next week" over footage of Kirk walking out of the room accompanied by [[OnTheNext a voice-over from Spock]] that began "You'll learn next week...". In syndication the word "week" was clumsily edited out of the audio (the "k" of week was was still audible), and the scene was frozen just before the old "next week" caption so that a new caption reading only "to be continued" could be added. In a way this is the ur-example of the vague, temporally undefined phrase "to be continued", necessitated by the syndicated reruns not necessarily airing on a weekly basis.
142	** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' was the first ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series to go beyond {{Two Part Episode}}s with the triple-episode arc at the beginning of season 2[[note]]"The Homecoming"/"The Circle"/"The Siege"[[/note]]. It would go on to use an astonishing ''six part serial'' in the final months of the show, and was easily the most continuity-dependent Trek show ever aired.
143	** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a number of these, but most famously was the season 3 CliffHanger, "Best Of Both Worlds, Part One":
144	--->'''[[YouAreInCommandNow Commander Riker]]''': Mr. Worf... [[WhamLine Fire.]]
145	* ''Series/TheXFiles'' did this in most of their two- and three-part episodes, though there were a couple of exceptions:
146	** "Duane Barry", "Ascension", and "One Breath" are considered part of a trilogy. "Duane Barry" ends with ToBeContinued, but "Ascension" does not. This might be because the standalone episode "3" was aired and is set between "Ascension" and "One Breath", while Scully is still missing.
147	** "Gethsemane" continues into "Redux" and "Redux II", and ends with the news that Mulder has shot himself in the head. Instead of ending with ToBeContinued, "Gethsemane" simply ends with a black screen for a few seconds, followed by "Executive Producer: Chris Carter". It could have been used as a means to trick the viewers at the time into thinking that Mulder really had committed suicide and that that was the final episode.
148	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': In "A Philosophy Class and Worms That Can Chase You", this is written in a monospace font after Mary learns of Sheldon's existential crisis.
149	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' which is normally serialized in nature did this twice in season 4. One pair of episodes “I Know What You Did Last Summer and Heaven and Hell had a legitimate two parter vibe with the former episode building up to a confrontation that was not seen until the latter the following week. However bizarrely the episode In the Beginning also did this and while that episode ended with a major revelation the following episode Metamorphosis only featured Sam and Dean discussing said revelation for a few minutes while the remaining majority of the episode followed a completely different standalone plot that never even had a follow-up episode.
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152	[[folder:Magazines]]
153	* ''{{Magazine/Analog}}'':
154	** When Creator/VictorRousseau's ''Literature/TheBeetleHorde'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1930 January 1930 issue]] of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Tommy and Dodd getting attacked by a fifteen-foot praying mantis, with the text ''(To be concluded in the February Number.)''
155	** When Creator/RayCummings's ''Literature/BrigandsOfTheMoon'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1930 March 1930 issue]] of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Gregg imprisoned, but he's deliriously happy because Anita has just been revealed to be alive. Part Two (April 1930) ends with them marooned on the moon. Each time, the text at the end is ''(To be continued.)''
156	** When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1939 October 1939 issue]] of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with Kinnison watching as Madam Desplaines dies, with "END PART ONE".
157	** When Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/FinalBlackout" was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1940 April 1940]] issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with the lieutenant going to sleep, reflecting on how the war is over and England would not accept him anymore.
158	** When ''Literature/{{Slan}}'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the September 1940 issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with adult slans planning on killing the protagonist.
159	** When [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/SixthColumn'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1941 January 1941 issue]] of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with the idea that the protagonists would [[ScamReligion start a church]] and the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-]. Part Two ends with the [=PanAsian=] police rounding up the members of the religion, and again the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-].
160	** When [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/BeyondThisHorizon'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the [[Recap/Analog1942 April 1942]] issue, Part One ends with Felix Hamilton shouting YouFool at Monroe-Alpha, with [-TO BE CONCLUDED-] below.
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163	[[folder:Radio]]
164	* Every episode of CBC Radio's arts show [[http://www.cbc.ca/q/ Q]] ends with the host saying "To be continued."
165	* ''Radio/DimensionX'''s "[[Recap/DimensionX50Nightfall Nightfall]]": At the end of this episode, the announcer says that [[AvertedTrope the series is over]], but to check newspapers and radios for when new episodes would begin.
166	* The eponymous Book of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'' would laconically inquire about the characters' predicaments at the end of a "fit" then entreat listeners to tune in to the next exciting installment a week later.
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169	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
170	* ''TabletopGame/{{Century}}''is a trilogy of games, each one taking place one century after the previous. As a result, the first two installments have "To Be Continued" printed on the side of the box.
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173	[[folder:Theatre]]
174	* At the end of the first act of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'', the narrator says "to be continued" as a beanstalk springs up behind the characters. This is the only suggestion until the second act that the ensemble's concluding declamation, "And HappilyEverAfter!", is mistaken. This line was added after the out-of-town tryouts because many audience members left at the end of the first act assuming the happy ending was the end of the show.
175	* ''Theatre/SweetCharity'' has a "TO BE CONTINUED" sign appear at the moment of PseudoCrisis that ends the first act.
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178	[[folder:Video Games]]
179	* Cases in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series work like this. They are built like chapters, so each time the player finishes an important part of the story/investigation, they will be met with a "To Be Continued" screen, followed by a save prompt.
180	* Done at the end of each episode of ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' aside from the ends of each act to make the parallels to being an interactive Anime or Japanese Drama series more obvious.
181	* The original mod release of ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' did this after the credits, as reassurance that the missing Xen chapters would be added in the future.
182	* ''VideoGame/{{Breathless}}'' concludes with a cliffhanger with these three very words. Said continue never happens since the company who made the game folded shortly afterwards.
183	* ''VideoGame/{{Breed}}'' ends with the narrator announcing "To Be Continued", word-for-word, the moment a gigantic Breed monster suddenly awakens in the mothership's bowels. And then the game ends abruptly right there.
184	* The [[Platform/Nintendo64 N64]] version of ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' featured "To be continued" at the ending credits. Rare was indeed working on a sequel to the game called ''Donkey Kong Racing'', which was planned for a release on the Platform/NintendoGamecube. However, it became {{Vaporware}} when Rare was bought out by Microsoft. As a result, the "To be continued" was removed from the credits in the DS remake of the game.
185	* A number of Dinamic games end on the promise of a continuation, including ''Army Moves'', ''Navy Moves'' and ''Rescue from Atlantis'' (whose sequel was never made).
186	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'', a prequel to the first ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' game, ends with the message "To be continued in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''".
187	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' was the first ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game to end with this trope proper. It was quite the disturbing one, since the game ends with a BadEnding caused by a TimeCrash, along with Serah dying and Lightning being reduced to a crystal stasis. ''Good lord''.
188	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV [[DownloadableContent Episode Ardyn]]'' [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this]]. By virtue of its nature as a prequel to the events of the game proper, the episode's final scene is a truncation of the scene immediately before the FinalBoss fight (and the {{Superboss}} of ''Episode Ardyn'' is a PerspectiveFlip of said fight). Consequently, the episode ends on "To Be Continued in [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Chapter 14]] of ''Final Fantasy XV''.
189	* The same thing happens in the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', ending with "To be continued in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''".
190	* ''VideoGame/TheGirlAndTheRobot'': The game ends with [[spoiler:the girl falling into the steep cevernous drop after the [[BigBad Woman In Black]] drops her off it, and stabs the robot in the back, shutting it down]]. After the credits roll, "To Be Continued" is seen in the corner of the screen.
191	* As the Main Story Quests in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' get periodical updates, the game will display a message regarding "new chapters will be added" if the player has managed to catch up with the latest Main Story Chapter.
192	* In the ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' Arcade FightingGame by Capcom, the To Be Continued sign pops up after the match ends as a MythologyGag.
193	** The gag was carried over into ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle'' at the end of the ''[=JoJolion=]'' story, as opposed to the regular "Part Completed" screen for the previous stories.
194	* ''Letters from Nowhere'' ends with a postmark that says "LFN - To be continued."
195	* Seen at the end of ''VideoGame/MegaMan6''. Since Dr. Wily is behind bars and the game involved Mr. "X", some fans thought the direct sequel was ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X\|1}}'', but the classic series later continued with ''VideoGame/MegaMan7''.
196	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' uses this a few times near the end of the game's first half: once after rescuing Code Talker before the transport chopper is attacked by metallic archaea, once before Snake fights Sahalanthropus, and once after the credits role before the game's second half begins.
197	* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}} 2'' finished [[TheStinger its post-credits epilogue scene]] with To Be Continued. ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', on the other side of the ocean, had the phrase replaced with The End?[[note]]Which turned out to be an ominously prescient move on the part of [=EarthBound=]'s translators.[[/note]]
198	** ''VideoGame/Mother3'' played with this trope. After Lucas pulls the final Needle and the dragon wakes up, after some events, the player is left with a black screen with simply "END ?" on it. No cast, no credits. Just that. A regular player can end the game right there, HOWEVER, a more curious gamer can find out that the player has entered "the world of MOTHER 3" and can control himself/herself for the true ending.
199	* As of launch and going into December 2022 in ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniCrossWorlds'', at least for the global version, the complete story is not available. Players who reach the last available story quest, at around level 80-90, receive a message stating that "The next story is coming soon!" with no specified date. A major update was finally released in late December 2022, adding two expansive new areas and story content to go with them.
200	* Likewise, each level in ''VideoGame/OnePiecePirateWarriors'' ends with the series' classic "TO BE CONTINUED" card. The game even ends with another MythologyGag, with "GO TO NEW WORLD" appearing instead.
201	* ''VideoGame/{{Paranoiascape}}'' concludes with a "To Be Continued, See you Next Time!" after the final stage. However the game was designed as a standalone entry and not meant to be followed upon.
202	* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'': Almost all games (with the exception of ''Layton's Mystery Journey'') end with a "To be continued" message, teasing the next chronological game. The third game, which was the last in chronological order at the time, ends on a more vague message which wouldn't be picked up on until ''The New World of Steam''.
203	* ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIII'' ends with the hero being attacked by some sort of dark magic. The final screen shows the Ad Avis and a hooded figure looking at the hero through a crystal ball, with the words "To Be Continued in... Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness" overhead.
204	* The true ending for ''VisualNovel/SablesGrimoire: A Dragon's Treasure'' states that the story will be continued in an upcoming game called ''Project Homunculus''.
205	* In ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'', this appears at the end of every leaders' arcs. Mostly when additional chapters are stated to be added in the future.
206	* The ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' GameMod ''Mushroom Kingdom Meltdown'' has a very... strange example of this in that the 'To be Continued' screen pops up... right after what you'd expect to be the final boss intro. Oh wait, not quite the final boss, it pops up after what should be the DiscOneFinalBoss intro cutscene (what looks like half the world map is completely unexplored). Cut to credits and ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' music. It's a bit of an anti climax, and can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KWSc6XQ5rnI#t=498s seen here]] in {{LetsPlay/raocow}}'s video. Made more confusing by how the sequel doesn't quite continue from that point either.
207	* Appears at the end of Chapters 1-4 of ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', with each one describing the title of the next chapter.
208	* ''VideoGame/WanganMidnight Maximum Tune 2''[='=]s Story Mode chapter 79, featuring Tatsuya and Koichi racing against each other, ends with "TO BE CONTINUED" rather than the usual results screen. They pick up where they left off in chapter 80.
209	* Used frequently in the ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' series, typically to denote that you've reached a critical plot point too early and need to go through at least one of the other story paths before you can continue past it.
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212	[[folder:Web Animation]]
213	* Seen in many of the first Appisotes of ''WebAnimation/DaAmazinOTAdvenchr''. The first appisote stated it would be continued on “NOVEMBR 34TH 2069”.
214	* ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' uses this at the end of some episodes. Episodes III and IV, being released at the same time as V, simply had "Not The End" - but due to DiedDuringProduction, they definitely ''aren't'' going to be continued.
215	* The first installment of ''WebAnimation/{{Arfenhouse}}: the Movie'' plays with it. A scene towards the end gets interrupted with a RecordNeedleScratch sound and "TO BE CONTINUED..." appearing, and after a pause the scene resumes.
216	** The second ended with "2 B CONFREAKINTINUED!!!1" (It wasn't.)
217	* Every epiosde of WebAnimation/EVTVWeather ends with a silly variation of the words "To Be Continued".
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220	[[folder:Webcomics]]
221	* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', any strip that indicates the start of a story arc gets a "To Be Continued..." at the end, even if the story had been going on for a few strips.
222	* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/041025c For An Unnecessary Cliffhanger]]
223	* Website/PlatypusComix uses this phrase often. If the conclusion comes only a few days or weeks after the beginning, Peter Paltridge removes the phrase after the conclusion's release (most of the time).
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225
226	[[folder:Web Original]]
227	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': It appears at the ends of some stories that have multiple parts, such as:
228	** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/783 Kayda 10: There's No Place Like Poe (Part 5)]]
229	** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/782 Kayda 10: There's No Place Like Poe (Part 4)]]
230	** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/771 Kayda 10: There's No Place Like Poe (Part 3)]]: Is slightly different, using "(to be continued)", instead of "To Be Continued".
231	** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/766 Kayda 10: There's No Place Like Poe (Part 2)]]
232	** [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/766 Kayda 10: There's No Place Like Poe (Part 1)]]: Is a subversion, or something, with "END OF PART 1".
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235	[[folder:Western Animation]]
236	* Quite common in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
237	* The ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'' episode "Chipwrecked" ends with this caption, with the last thing before it is the Greens and Gloria left on the sidewalk shaking in fear at Chip Whistler's victory at taking over Big Coffee and [[CommunityThreateningConstruction the imminent destruction to the Green house and all legacy that came with it.]]
238	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': In all of the multi-part episodes ("Awakening," "City of Stone," "Avalon," "The Gathering," and "Hunter's Moon", all but the last part (and in some cases, the penultimate part) ended with text reading "To Be Continued." In the penultimate parts of "City of Stone" and "Hunter's Moon," the text instead said "To Be Concluded", and in "Hunter's Moon" the lines were also spoken by Jason Canmore.
239	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
240	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' subverted it. "To Be Continued... [[ToBeContinuedRightNow Immediately".]]
241	** Again in "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase". "Chief Wiggum, P.I. will return...right now."
242	** Played straight with Part 1 of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", which is the only episode of the series to end with one.
243	** Used during an act break in "Separate Vocations" when Snake is about to run Bart over with his car. After the commercial break, the next segment is opened as "Act II: Death Drives a Stick," parodying the style of Quinn Martin series.
244	* On the animated series ''WesternAnimation/COPSAnimatedSeries'', the first parts of the two-part episodes ended with "Case Continued" instead of the usual "Case Closed."
245	* A "To be continued" shows up in the end of the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Stewie Kills Lois", which strongly resembles the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: TNG]]'' "To be continued" sign, complete with the ending music from the episode "Best of Both Worlds".
246	** One is also used in "The Thin White Line" after Brian leaves the family to go find himself.
247	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
248	** It places "To Be Continued" cards at the cliffhanger endings of the first parts of all of its two-part episodes. Humorously, though, when the episodes are originally broadcasted, the two parts are aired back-to-back, and as such the plot is continued only a few seconds afterwards.
249	** In the Japanese dub of part one of both "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return of Harmony]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 A Canterlot Wedding]]", Discord and fake Cadance even say "Tsuzuku" while the card with the words つづく showed up on screen! Oddly enough, the PreviouslyOn segments for the next episodes are omitted, though...
250	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' played it straight at the end of "[[WhamEpisode Agony of a Witch]]". The last thing viewers see is Luz [[BreakTheCutie breaking down crying]] and the words "To Be Continued" over a black screen.
251	* For ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', there's "Transmission Interrupted", though these were for one 30-minute-long episode rather than the TwoShorts format. The episode would continue upon return from commercial break with the words "Transmission Re-established".
252	** If episodes ended with a cliffhanger, the words "Transmission to be continued" would appear.
253	* Although nearly every episode from the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' ends on a cliffhanger, this phrase does not appear onscreen until the season finale. That episode ends with a Skrull knocking out ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, then becoming his double.
254	* To Be Continued on tomorrow's ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''!
255	* A "To Be Continued" showed up on a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'', only the ones split into parts.
256	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': Happens in "Snow Wade and the 77 Dwarfs", at the end of the first part.
257	* Series 2 and 3 of ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'', which were serialized 5-minute episodes, affected the "To be continued" tags at the end of the first four episodes of each arc (except for the last two shows of series 2 which were extensions of series 1).
258	* In its original CBS run (and initial syndication), ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' concluded with a teaser of the next episode, followed by "To Be Continued Next Week." Cartoon Network and Boomerang runs of the show omit this altogether.
259	* "[[WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks Awww, I hate 'To Be Continued'!]]"
260	* Spider-Man says this in the first episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', leading to the next episode, LeaningOnTheFourthWall.
261	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Exit 9-B" surprisingly does not show any sort of "To Be Continued" card at the end of Part 1. Benson catches the gang, cut to longer-than-usual credits. The only way viewers know this ''is'' a two-parter is because the title card had "Part 1" in it. Both parts are usually broadcasted back-to-back, though.
262	* Some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/HarveyStreetKids'' end with a card reading "BRB!", meaning "Be Right Back".
263	* At the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' episode "Reunion," after Anne finds out that [[spoiler:Sasha allied herself with the toads and even tries to have Hop Pop executed in exchange for a trip home]], the phrase "End of Chapter One" appears right before the credits roll.
264	** The [[Recap/AmphibiaS2E36TrueColors season 2 finale]] has the caption "End of Chapter Two" appear at the very end after [[spoiler:King Andrias reveals his true nature and purpose for acquiring the music box, and Anne witnessing one of her best friends being stabbed by a beam sword by said king while attempting to (and successfully does as she collapses) get Anne home while bringing the Plantars.]]
265	* To make room for a commercial break,''WesternAnimation/VivaPinata'''s To Be Continued example just shows the last scene of the intro, along with a very short audio of the theme. Plays again when the break is over. Anyways, this is OncePerEpisode.
266	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' has done this a few times, mostly in season finales (that often turn into a DramaBombFinale and/or WhamEpisode). They usually mimic the style of the cliffhanger cards seen in ''TNG''.
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269	----
270	->''[[MemeticMutation I'll be the]] [[Music/{{Yes}} rooooundabout...]]\
271	[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure The words will maaaaaake you out n' out...]]''

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