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** Brent from Season 5 was regarded as The Scrappy ''by his team-mates'', though he did at least contribute the occasional good idea.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Dennis Rodman's firing in ''Celebrity Apprentice 2''. Even Annie Duke, who was one of the tougher players from that season, was visibly crying when Trump told Dennis he was fired.

* [[They Changed It Now It Sucks]]: The Los Angeles season was a pretty major case of this. There were a lot of changes that were simply pointless and/or annoying -- project managers having to do the job every week until they lost, the winning project manager getting to be a boardroom judge, the losing team having to live in tents with no real amenities -- but the major deal-breaker for most of the show's few remaining fans was that only about ten minutes per episode were devoted to the tasks, with the episodes being filled instead with longer boardroom sessions, and lengthy scenes showing the losing candidates arguing in "Tent City." It didn't help that George and Carolyn had left as well, though that one was at least due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] (George was already winding down his involvement with the show and had been replaced by Bill Rancic for much of Season 5, while Carolyn had quit the show in order to advance her own career). Even Trump himself has gone on record as saying that he dislikes this season.

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: The Los Angeles season was a pretty major case of this. There were a lot of changes that were simply pointless and/or annoying -- project managers having to do the job every week until they lost, the winning project manager getting to be a boardroom judge, the losing team having to live in tents with no real amenities -- but the major deal-breaker for most of the show's few remaining fans was that only about ten minutes per episode were devoted to the tasks, with the episodes being filled instead with longer boardroom sessions, and lengthy scenes showing the losing candidates arguing in "Tent City." It didn't help that George and Carolyn had left as well, though that one was at least due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] (George was already winding down his involvement with the show and had been replaced by Bill Rancic for much of Season 5, while Carolyn had quit the show in order to advance her own career). Even Trump himself has gone on record as saying that he dislikes this season.

* [[What an Idiot]]: Bradford in Season 2. He was in absolutely no danger of being fired after the second task, due to getting immunity from elimination after being the winning team leader on the first task -- until he decided to surrender his immunity, telling Trump that he didn't need it because he had done so well as a salesperson in the second task. Trump responded by immediately firing Bradford for his monumental stupidity.

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Bradford in Season 2. He was in absolutely no danger of being fired after the second task, due to getting immunity from elimination after being the winning team leader on the first task -- until he decided to surrender his immunity, telling Trump that he didn't need it because he had done so well as a salesperson in the second task. Trump responded by immediately firing Bradford for his monumental stupidity.

** Another immunity related slip-up was committed by Danny in Season 3. Michael had gained immunity from being the winning team leader on the second task, and used this as an excuse to do nothing but sit on his ass and throw in stupid ideas in the third task. Subsequently, Danny decided that Trump didn't ''really'' mean Michael was immune from being fired, and took him into the boardroom after their team lost the task. Needless to say, Danny was himself fired for this mistake.

** Also in Season 3, Erin was dumb enough to ask Trump "You ''have'' to listen to them (George and Carolyn)?", even though it has been clear the entire board room session that Trump was getting tired of her attitude. Carolyn was livid.

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** From Series 2: The introduction to Nargis Ara's sales pitch: "Did you know that there are six million cat owners in the UK alone?" While selling a calendar for a children's hospital no less.

* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: There was a surprisingly large [[Internet Backdraft]] over Stuart's firing in Series 6, probably even moreso than when Liz suffered a [[Shocking Elimination]] the previous week. Apparently a lot of people considered him to have been representing the "young tech geek" demographic, and were outraged that he was fired over what they saw as a minor wording detail -- seemingly failing to realize that in the business world, you do ''not'' misrepresent your company in such a blatant way and get away with it.

* [[Seasonal Rot]]: Despite being the series that saw the show go from a moderately popular niche show to being a national mega-hit (or perhaps [[~~Its~~ Popular Now It Sucks|because of that]]), most fans regard Series 4 as the show's lowest point, due to the intensely dislikeable personalities of all but a handful of that year's candidates.

* [[Seasonal Rot]]: Despite being the series that saw the show go from a moderately popular niche show to being a national mega-hit (or perhaps [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|because of that]]), most fans regard Series 4 as the show's lowest point, due to the intensely dislikeable personalities of all but a handful of that year's candidates.

* [[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.

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** Gabrielle Omar and possibly Adam Corbally in series 8. Gabrielle for being an incredibly nice person and somehow unintentionally funny, as well as rarely being seen without a smile on her face. Adam for 'always out of his comfort zone' and coming across as a genuinely nice guy on You're Fired. He even made a sweet quip after he was fired, making Lord Sugar smile.

** Lucinda Ledgerwood, too, for being the victim of a lot of bullying. Somewhat more passive-aggressive than Tom, and surprisingly bitey when provoked, she's perhaps not quite as tragic a figure as Tom, but she was bludgeoned enough to qualify.

** Joy Stefanicki from Series Six is a possible inclusion, if for not being given a real chance. From what could be seen of her from her little airtime on the show and on You're Fired, she came across as rather sweet (literally bouncing up and down with excitement during the task) and non-confrontational (to the point where she raised her hand to try and make a point, while the rest of the team bickered loudly). When the girls' team descended into a massive argument mid-task and Laura, the Project Manager, left the room in tears, Joy was the only member of the team to attempt to calm her down. She also tried to break up the verbal brawl in the boardroom, but was shouted down before Karen delivered her [[The Reason You Suck Speech|take on the matter]]. Whether rightly or wrongly, this non-aggression lead to her being perceived as not contributing to the team, along with genuine indecisiveness, and she was fired that week.

** Joy Stefanicki from Series Six is a possible inclusion, if for not being given a real chance. From what could be seen of her from her little airtime on the show and on You're Fired, she came across as rather sweet (literally bouncing up and down with excitement during the task) and non-confrontational (to the point where she raised her hand to try and make a point, while the rest of the team bickered loudly). When the girls' team descended into a massive argument mid-task and Laura, the Project Manager, left the room in tears, Joy was the only member of the team to attempt to calm her down. She also tried to break up the verbal brawl in the boardroom, but was shouted down before Karen delivered her [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|take on the matter]]. Whether rightly or wrongly, this non-aggression lead to her being perceived as not contributing to the team, along with genuine indecisiveness, and she was fired that week.

** From the same series, Alex Epstein had a moment of this in the 'Fashion' task. Admittedly, he wasn't a stellar candidate, and he had made a fairly large mistake with his choice of promotional stand, but it's difficult not to feel for him when the entire team lambasted him continually for it, to the point where Paloma (PM) refused to give him credit for the TV ad that he secured which (according to Lord Sugar in 'Why I Fired Them') more than redeemed his previous mistake.

* [[What an Idiot]]: Paul Tulip had the best task record of all the candidates the second season, but did appallingly in the interviews. Upon going back into the boardroom, Sir Alan made it clear that Paul was on the verge of being fired and demanded a good reason why he should stay... to which Paul replied that most big companies would be glad to have someone like him on board, and that Sir Alan should hire him there and them because he was so awesome. Sir Alan responded to this by telling Paul to go and find one of those companies, and then instantly fired him.

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Paul Tulip had the best task record of all the candidates the second season, but did appallingly in the interviews. Upon going back into the boardroom, Sir Alan made it clear that Paul was on the verge of being fired and demanded a good reason why he should stay... to which Paul replied that most big companies would be glad to have someone like him on board, and that Sir Alan should hire him there and them because he was so awesome. Sir Alan responded to this by telling Paul to go and find one of those companies, and then instantly fired him.

** Paloma in Season 6. She hadn't done ''that'' badly as a project manager, and in the boardroom it was pretty obvious that Lord Sugar was leaning towards firing Sandeesh for her general uselessness and making some dubious claims about how Alex, the third person in the boardroom, had single-handedly lost the task for their team. For some bizarre reason, Paloma decided to interrupt Lord Sugar's "summing up" speech and rant at length about how Alex and Sandeesh both sucked and weren't fit to lick her boots -- and in doing so, pissed off Lord Sugar into firing her, which he admitted he wouldn't have done if she'd just kept her mouth shut.

*** Even after the outburst, it's implied that Lord Sugar was on the brink of firing Alex. Lord Sugar turns to Alex - "you sound like a disaster" - and the firing music swells up ominously... and then, retreats, as Lord Sugar turns his eye to Paloma. She pushed the Lord just over the edge. [[What an Idiot|What an idiot]].

*** Even after the outburst, it's implied that Lord Sugar was on the brink of firing Alex. Lord Sugar turns to Alex - "you sound like a disaster" - and the firing music swells up ominously... and then, retreats, as Lord Sugar turns his eye to Paloma. She pushed the Lord just over the edge. [[What an Idiot!|What an idiot]].

*** Bilyana from Season 8 later committed the exact same mistake, and for good measure even added in a bit of the same mistake that Summer from the fifth U.S. season made. Throughout the final boardroom, Sugar repeatedly berated Katie for not contributing to the task, and began his final speech saying that he had warned the candidates about trying to stay in the background... only for Bilyana to think he was talking about ''her'' for some bizarre reason (she'd actually been brought back because of her overly aggressive attitude, and team leader Gabrielle even acknowledged she'd sold well), and start interrupting Sugar over and over again even as he tried to get her to shut up. Unsurprisingly, this resulted in Bilyana getting the chop.

** Nicholas de Lacy-Brown in Season 4, whose attempt at defending himself from responsibility for the task's failure mostly consisted of blabbering about how he couldn't get on with people who like football. Evidently the fact that Lord Sugar owned [[British Footy Teams|Tottenham Hotspur]] for just over a decade was lost on Nicholas.