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* [[Tear Jerker]]: James McQuillan's exit after he was fired from the interview round in Season 5, shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INN0g1cqx3A here]. It even made Debra Barr cry, and she was one of the toughest contestants in the series.

** And then one series later, there's Joanna Riley's firing in the interview round. Also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]], with Lord Sugar giving one of the nicest firing speeches he's ever made.

* [[The Unfair Sex]]: In Series 8, Katie Wright wrote on her CV that "men can be manipulated". After she was fired, she was given a round of applause on You're Fired for being "a shining example for women in business" according to a female entrepreneur. Meanwhile, rival candidate Adam Cobally's heavy-handed attempts at chivalry came across as condescending and mildly sexist and were joked about every week on You're Fired. He was placed in the position where he had to defend what he said on You're Fired. He didn't do a bad job but considering that Katie didn't have to go through the same thing for a worse comment, she comes across as a [[Karma Houdini]].

* [[The Woobie]]: Tom Pellereau of series 7 is one of the most genuinely lovely people the Apprentice has featured. Never aggressive, hopelessly geeky, and completely free of even a shred of ego, he's incredibly difficult to dislike. This is further compounded by frequent bursts of adorability - from juggling oranges in the first task to making decisions by playing rock, paper, scissors. Inevitable, then, that even though he's quite perceptive, the other candidates tend to trample all over him. Melody, in particular, managed to single-handedly ruin his first turn as PM through sheer force of will.

** Helen Milligan from the same series had one of these at the worst possible time. Having gone through the process with a near-flawless track record, the obvious thing to ensure her hiring in the final episode (which in this series would happen to whoever suggested the best business for Lord Sugar to help set up) would have been to write a business plan for a chain of bakers, or a catering company, or anything food related since that was what her background was in. Instead, she created a plan for some weird concierge service that Lord Sugar's business experts agreed wasn't even worth the paper it was printed on, and in doing so pretty much threw away her chance of victory.

*** Could arguably be said for all the Series 7 finalists: Susan's plan of 4 million pound turnover in her first year was optimistic to say the least; Jim's wasn't researched properly and more of a social enterprise; and Tom's was [[Awesome but Impractical]] at best and mathematically flawed to boot, with him and Lord Sugar downplaying the chair idea during his exit interview in favour of his line of nail files.

'''"[[Star Wars|Jedi]]"''' Jim: I am [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]<br />

Margaret facepalms. }}