--- description: Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed his own version of Donald Trump's famous "You're Fired" slogan, drawing from his Hollywood background title: Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals His 'Apprentice' Catchphrase image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdade87315b7d8ba0/6988b43f97cdffd3146af007/arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arnold Schwarzenegger's Version of Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ Catchphrase Is Very Schwarzenegger  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2017 12:35 PM CUT  Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold SchwarzeneggerPaul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2017 12:35 PM CUT Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday revealed his own version of Donald Trump’s famous “You’re Fired” catchphrase, drawing on his Hollywood background in his first episode as [host of ](http://time.com/4596637/donald-trump-apprentice-arnold-schwarzenegger/ "undefined")[_The New Celebrity Apprentice_](http://time.com/4596637/donald-trump-apprentice-arnold-schwarzenegger/ "undefined")_._ “You’re terminated. Get to the chopper,” Schwarzenegger told fired contestants in Monday’s episode, the first in which he took Trump’s place, [according to _The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-his-apprentice-firing-catchphrase-960290 "undefined"). The catchphrase was inspired by Schwarzenegger’s movies, _The Terminator_ and _Predator_. “We narrowed it down to, like, eight of my sayings from the movies and one other option, but even I don’t know yet,” Schwarzenegger had previously told [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-his-apprentice-firing-catchphrase-960290 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4620434/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-apprentice-catchphrase/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4620434/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-apprentice-catchphrase/"},"headline":"Arnold Schwarzenegger's Version of Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ Catchphrase Is Very Schwarzenegger","datePublished":"2017-01-03T12:35:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:30:54.094Z","description":"He debuted it Monday night","url":"https://time.com/4620434/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-apprentice-catchphrase/","keywords":["Television","Arnold Schwarzenegger","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdade87315b7d8ba0/6988b43f97cdffd3146af007/arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdade87315b7d8ba0/6988b43f97cdffd3146af007/arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The New Celebrity Apprentice - Season 15","caption":"The New Celebrity Apprentice - Season 15","creditText":"Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4620434/arnold-schwarzenegger-the-apprentice-catchphrase/","name":"Arnold Schwarzenegger's Version of Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ Catchphrase Is Very Schwarzenegger"}}]}] ```