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Mission
In the beginning...
	Carl Johnson retrieves his bag at Los Santos International Airport after hearing about the news of his mother's death; Carl Johnson retrieves his bag at Los Santos International Airport after hearing about the news of his mother's death
Game	GTA San Andreas
For	Carl Johnson
Location	Los Santos
Reward	$100
Unlocks	Big Smoke
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In the beginning.. is the first mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The mission begins with a significant cutscene which introduces the main characters and sets up the storyline.

Mission

The mission begins as Carl Johnson leaves Liberty City via Francis International Airport for Los Santos in 1992 after learning from his brother, Sean "Sweet" Johnson, that their mother, Beverly, is dead.

Upon arriving in Los Santos, Carl takes a taxi, only to be pulled over by a C.R.A.S.H. team led by Officer Frank Tenpenny, with Officers Eddie Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez assisting. After being carted away in their police car for allegedly carrying drug money, Carl learns that C.R.A.S.H. is framing him for the murder of Officer Ralph Pendelbury, who had only been murdered ten minutes ago (an event depicted during The Introduction). Now blackmailed for a crime he didn't commit, Carl is forced to aid C.R.A.S.H. whenever the need arises, but not before C.R.A.S.H. ditches Carl in an alleyway in Jefferson, Ballas territory.

With a BMX nearby, Carl must make his way back to his old home in Grove Street.

Script

(Carl delivers his bag at the Francis International Airport, Liberty City)

Carl Johnson: After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home.

(Carl arriving at Los Santos International Airport, and his phone rings)

Carl (phone): 'Sup?

Sean "Sweet" Johnson (phone): Carl, it's Sweet.

Carl: Wassup, Sweet, what you want?

Sweet: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.

(Carl takes a cab, which is being pulled over by a police car)

Officer Frank Tenpenny: Passenger, show us your hands.

(Carl exits the cab and slowly walks backwards towards the police car.')

Tenpenny: Stop. Get down on your knees. Now down on your stomach.

(Carl does what he is told by Tenpenny)

Tenpenny: There you go. I'll take that, Hernandez.

(Officer Hernandez gives Carl's money to Tenpenny)

Carl: Hey, that's my paper, man. That's money.

Tenpenny: This is drug money.

Carl: My money, man.

Officer Eddie Pulaski: Hey, don't worry about it, I'll fill it out later.

Tenpenny: Welcome home, Carl. Glad to be back? You haven't forgotten about us, have you boy?

Carl: Hell no, officer Tenpenny. I was just wondering what took y'all so long.

Tenpenny: Get in the car.

(Hernandez and Pulaski takes Carl to the back seat of the police car)

Carl: Ease up, man. Damn.

Tenpenny: Watch your head.

(Carl bangs his head against the police car)

Tenpenny: Oh! My bad.

(Pulaski laughing)

Pulaski (yelling at cab driver): Get outta here, you greaseball bastard! (normal voice): Stupid Mexican. (looking at Hernandez): Oh, hey, sorry.

Carl: My bag. Hey, man, my bag!

Tenpenny: How you been, Carl? How's your wonderful family?

Carl: I'm here to bury my Moms. You know that.

Tenpenny: Yeah, I guess I do. So what else you got shakin' Carl?

Carl: Nothing. I live in Liberty City now. I'm clean. Legit.

Tenpenny: No, you ain't never been clean, Carl.

(Pulaski finds a gun)

Pulaski: Well, what've we got here?

Tenpenny: This is a weapon, Officer Pulaski, that was used to gun down a police officer not ten minutes ago. Officer Pendelbury. A fine man, I might add. You work fast, nigga.

Carl: You know I just got off the plane.

Pulaski: It's a good thing we found you and retrieved the murder weapon.

Carl: That ain't my gun.

Tenpenny: Don't bullshit me, Carl.

Pulaski: Yeah, don't bullshit him, Carl.

Carl: What the fuck you want from me this time?

Tenpenny: When we want you, we'll find you. In the meantime, try not to gun down any more officers of the law. (laughing)

Carl: You can't leave me here. It's Ballas' country.

Tenpenny: I thought you said you was innocent, Carl? That you don't bang?

Pulaski (police radio): This is car 58...

Tenpenny: See you around, like a donut, Carl. (laughing)

(Carl is thrown out of the police car)

Pulaski (police radio): WHAT? Officer Pendelbury's down? We'll be right over.

(The police car drives out of sight)

Carl (to himself): Ah shit, here we go again. Worst place in the world. Rollin Heights Balla country. I ain't represented Grove Street in five years, but the Ballas won't give a shit.

Carl (to himself, when approaching Grove Street): Grove Street - Home. At least it was before I fucked everything up.

Trivia

The 98 cent store across from CJ's house is seen when CJ is pulled out of his taxi. This means he is arrested right outside his house before being driven around Los Santos by C.R.A.S.H. and dropped off in Jefferson and forced to pedal back to Ganton.
While directed to ride the BMX, the player may ignore the instruction and resort to other means of transport to reach Grove Street. It is one of a handful of missions where this is possible.
The mission is one of two in the game where a non-motorized vehicle plays a crucial role in the main storyline, the other being "Sweet & Kendl".
Like earlier games, there is no necessity to immediately head to Grove Street. Players can virtually spend several in-game days exploring surrounding areas. However, the player's character will still starve if not fed for three days since the start of the game, and the only sources of subsidence are street vendors and vending machines, as fast food outlets remain locked until "Ryder".
In the PC version, if the host computer is not fast enough, Tenpenny will drive on before the train has finished crossing, causing the car to pass through the train.

Gallery

Eddie Pulaski holds Carl Johnson at gunpoint while Jimmy Hernandez handcuffs him as part of Tenpenny's staged arrest of him.
CJ is pulled out of a taxi by Tenpenny and his C.R.A.S.H. team shortly after returning to Los Santos.
Hernandez throws CJ out into an alleyway in the middle of Ballas turf.
CJ returns to Grove Street for the first time in five years.

Video Walkthrough

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 {{infobox mission
-|name=First mission (untitled)
+|name=In the beginning...
 |game=SA
-|image=FirstMission-GTASA.jpg
+|image=FirstMission-GTASA.png
 |size=300px
-|caption=[[Carl Johnson]] confronts [[Frank Tenpenny|Tenpenny]] and his [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|C.R.A.S.H.]] team after returning to Los Santos.
+|caption=[[Carl Johnson]] retrieves his bag at [[Los Santos International Airport]] after hearing about the news of [[Beverly Johnson|his mother's]] death
 |for=Carl Johnson
-|location=[[Los Santos]]
+|location=[[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]
 |reward=$100
-|unlocks=[[Big Smoke (Mission)]]
+|unlocks=[[Big Smoke (mission)|Big Smoke]]
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-This article refers to '''the unnamed [[Opening Sequences|first mission]]''' to [[GTA San Andreas]]. The mission begins with a significant [[cutscene]] which introduces the main characters and sets up the storyline.
+'''In the beginning..''' is the first mission in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. The mission begins with a significant [[cutscene]] which introduces the main characters and sets up the storyline.
-== Mission ==
+==Mission==
-The mission begins as [[Carl Johnson|Carl "CJ" Johnson]] leave [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] via [[Francis International Airport]] for [[Los Santos]] in 1992 after learning from his brother, [[Sean Johnson|Sean "Sweet" Johnson]], that their mother, [[Beverly Johnson|Beverly]], is dead.
+The mission begins as [[Carl Johnson]] leaves [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] via [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]] for [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]] in 1992 after learning from his brother, [[Sweet|Sean "Sweet" Johnson]], that their mother, [[Beverly Johnson|Beverly]], is dead.
-Upon arriving in Los Santos, Carl takes a taxi, only to be pulled over by a [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|C.R.A.S.H.]] team led by Officer [[Frank Tenpenny]], with Officers [[Eddie Pulaski]] and [[Jimmy Hernandez]] assisting. After being carted away in their police car for allegedly carrying drug money, Carl learns that C.R.A.S.H. is framing him for the murder of Officer [[Ralph Pendelbury]], who had only been murdered ten minutes ago (an event depict during [[The Introduction]]). Now blackmailed for a crime he didn't commit, Carl is forced to aid C.R.A.S.H. whenever the need arises, but not before C.R.A.S.H. ditches Carl in an alleyway in [[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]], a [[Ballas]] territory.
+Upon arriving in Los Santos, Carl takes a taxi, only to be pulled over by a [[C.R.A.S.H.]] team led by Officer [[Frank Tenpenny]], with Officers [[Eddie Pulaski]] and [[Jimmy Hernandez]] assisting. After being carted away in their police car for allegedly carrying drug money, Carl learns that C.R.A.S.H. is framing him for the murder of Officer [[Ralph Pendelbury]], who had only been murdered ten minutes ago (an event depicted during [[The Introduction]]). Now blackmailed for a crime he didn't commit, Carl is forced to aid C.R.A.S.H. whenever the need arises, but not before C.R.A.S.H. ditches Carl in an alleyway in [[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]], [[Ballas]] territory.
 With a [[BMX]] nearby, Carl must make his way back to his old home in [[Grove Street]].
+==Script==
+(''Carl delivers his bag at the Francis International Airport, Liberty City'')
+'''Carl Johnson''': After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home.
+(''Carl arriving at Los Santos International Airport, and his phone rings'')
+'''Carl''' (''phone''): 'Sup?
+'''Sean "Sweet" Johnson''' (''phone''): Carl, it's Sweet.
+'''Carl''': Wassup, Sweet, what you want?
+'''Sweet''': It's Moms... She's dead, bro.
+(''Carl takes a cab, which is being pulled over by a police car'')
+'''Officer Frank Tenpenny''': Passenger, show us your hands.
+(''Carl exits the cab and slowly walks backwards towards the police car.')
+'''Tenpenny''': Stop. Get down on your knees. Now down on your stomach.
+(''Carl does what he is told by Tenpenny'')
+'''Tenpenny''': There you go. I'll take that, Hernandez.
+(''Officer Hernandez gives Carl's money to Tenpenny'')
+'''Carl''': Hey, that's my paper, man. That's money.
+'''Tenpenny''': This is drug money.
+'''Carl''': My money, man.
+'''Officer Eddie Pulaski''': Hey, don't worry about it, I'll fill it out later.
+'''Tenpenny''': Welcome home, Carl. Glad to be back? You haven't forgotten about us, have you boy?
+'''Carl''': Hell no, officer Tenpenny. I was just wondering what took y'all so long.
+'''Tenpenny''': Get in the car.
+(''Hernandez and Pulaski takes Carl to the back seat of the police car'')
+'''Carl''': Ease up, man. Damn.
+'''Tenpenny''': Watch your head.
+(''Carl bangs his head against the police car'')
+'''Tenpenny''': Oh! My bad.
+(''Pulaski laughing'')
+'''Pulaski''' (''yelling at cab driver''): Get outta here, you greaseball bastard! (''normal voice''): Stupid Mexican.
+(''looking at Hernandez''): Oh, hey, sorry.
+'''Carl''': My bag. Hey, man, my bag!
+'''Tenpenny''': How you been, Carl? How's your wonderful family?
+'''Carl''': I'm here to bury my Moms. You know that.
+'''Tenpenny''': Yeah, I guess I do. So what else you got shakin' Carl?
+'''Carl''': Nothing. I live in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] now. I'm clean. Legit.
+'''Tenpenny''': No, you ain't never been clean, Carl.
+(''Pulaski finds a gun'')
+'''Pulaski''': Well, what've we got here?
+'''Tenpenny''': This is a weapon, Officer Pulaski, that was used to gun down a police officer not ten minutes ago. Officer Pendelbury. A fine man, I might add. You work fast, nigga.
-==Script==
+'''Carl''': You know I just got off the plane.
-{{main|First Mission (GTA SA)/Script}}
+'''Pulaski''': It's a good thing we found you and retrieved the murder weapon.
+'''Carl''': That ain't my gun.
+'''Tenpenny''': Don't bullshit me, Carl.
+'''Pulaski''': Yeah, don't bullshit him, Carl.
+'''Carl''': What the fuck you want from me this time?
+'''Tenpenny''': When we want you, we'll find you. In the meantime, try not to gun down any more officers of the law. (''laughing'')
+'''Carl''': You can't leave me here. It's Ballas' country.
+'''Tenpenny''': I thought you said you was innocent, Carl? That you don't bang?
+'''Pulaski''' (''police radio''): This is car 58...
+'''Tenpenny''': See you around, like a donut, Carl. (''laughing'')
-==Quick walkthrough==
+(''Carl is thrown out of the police car'')
-# Get familiar with the controls, and mount the bicycle.
-# Follow the blip on the map to the "[[CJ]]" icon, Carl's Mom's House on Grove Street.
-==Detailed walkthrough==
+'''Pulaski''' (''police radio''): WHAT? Officer Pendelbury's down? We'll be right over.
-===Getting familiar===
-After the introductory cinematic scene, CJ begins his first mission.  The player will find themself in Jefferson Alley (the territory of the [[Ballas]], a rival gang), with [[Money|$350]] and no weapons.  As there is no immediate danger to CJ's safety, it's advisable for the player to take a few moments to familiarize themself with the controls, the pause options, and the [[Radar]]. Once comfortable, mount the [[BMX]] with the blue cone marker hovering over it.
-===Pedaling your way home===
+(''The police car drives out of sight'')
-Follow the roads to "CJ" icon on the map. It is southeast of the starting location. It is advisable to read the bicycling tips that pop-up as the player rides, especially if this is their first time playing this mission.
-Optionally, before heading for the map icon, the player can take a detour for extra items.  After mounting the bike, leave the alley and go around the corner on the left to the red building, [[Jefferson Motel]].  Climb the stairs to find a [[MP5]] on the roof.  Continue on the way to the map icon, but look beneath the bridge overpass near Carl's Mom's House for [[Armour]] and a [[Micro SMG]].  There's also a [[9mm pistol]] in a back-yard nearby and a [[Tec-9]] on Sweet's house roof.
+'''Carl''' (''to himself''): Ah shit, here we go again. Worst place in the world. Rollin Heights Balla country. I ain't represented Grove Street in five years, but the Ballas won't give a shit.
-Enter the Grove Street cul-de-sac, and walk into the round red mission marker to complete this mission and begin [[Big Smoke (Mission)]].
+'''Carl''' (''to himself, when approaching Grove Street''): Grove Street - Home. At least it was before I fucked everything up.
-== Notes ==
+==Trivia==
-* While directed to ride the BMX, the player may ignore the instruction and resort to other means of transport to reach Grove Street. It is one of a handful of missions where this is possible.
+*The 98 cent store across from CJ's house is seen when CJ is pulled out of his taxi. This means he is arrested right outside his house before being driven around Los Santos by C.R.A.S.H. and dropped off in Jefferson and forced to pedal back to Ganton.
-* The mission is one of two in the game where a non-motorized vehicle plays a crucial role in the main storyline, the other being "[[Big Smoke (mission)|Sweet & Kendl]]".
+*While directed to ride the BMX, the player may ignore the instruction and resort to other means of transport to reach Grove Street. It is one of a handful of missions where this is possible.
-* Like earlier games, there is no necessity to immediately head to Grove Street. Players can virtually spend several in-game days exploring surrounding areas. However, the player's character will still starve if not fed for three days since the start of the game, and the only sources of subsidence are [[Vendors|street vendors]] and [[Vending Machines|vending machines]], as fast food outlets remain locked until "[[Ryder (mission)|Ryder]]".
+*The mission is one of two in the game where a non-motorized vehicle plays a crucial role in the main storyline, the other being "[[Sweet & Kendl]]".
-* In the PC version, if the host computer is not fast enough, Tenpenny will drive on before the train has finished crossing, causing the car to pass through the train.
+*Like earlier games, there is no necessity to immediately head to Grove Street. Players can virtually spend several in-game days exploring surrounding areas. However, the player's character will still starve if not fed for three days since the start of the game, and the only sources of subsidence are [[Vendors|street vendors]] and [[Vending Machines|vending machines]], as fast food outlets remain locked until "[[Ryder (mission)|Ryder]]".
+*In the PC version, if the host computer is not fast enough, Tenpenny will drive on before the train has finished crossing, causing the car to pass through the train.
-== Gallery ==
+==Gallery==
-<center>
+{| align="center"
-<gallery>
+|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
-FirstMission-GTASA2.jpg|C.R.A.S.H. throws Carl out into an alleyway in the middle of Ballas turf.
+File:FirstMission-GTASA2.png|[[Eddie Pulaski]] holds [[Carl Johnson]] at gunpoint while [[Jimmy Hernandez]] handcuffs him as part of Tenpenny's staged arrest of him.
-FirstMission-GTASA3.jpg|Carl returns to Grove Street for the first time in five years.
+File:FirstMission-GTASA3.png|CJ is pulled out of a taxi by [[Frank Tenpenny|Tenpenny]] and his [[C.R.A.S.H.]] team shortly after returning to Los Santos.
+File:FirstMission-GTASA4.png|Hernandez throws CJ out into an alleyway in the middle of Ballas turf.
+File:FirstMission-GTASA5.png|CJ returns to Grove Street for the first time in five years.
 </gallery>
-</center>
+|}
 == See also ==
+*[[First Mission (GTA SA)/Script|Mission script]]
 *[[The Introduction]]
+==Video Walkthrough==
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+{{GTASA missions}}
 [[Category:Missions in GTA San Andreas]]
+[[Category:Introductions]]