Getting Fired



"JETSON! YOU'RRRRRE FIRED!!!"

- Mr. Spacely firing George Jetson

Some of the fictional heroes or heroines lose their jobs.

In fiction, some heroes are portrayed having a job like regular people who have normal social lives outside of their job. There are times however, things doesn't gone smoothly during their jobs, either due to arguments with his/her bosses, being framed by rival/enemy, betrayal that done on purpose or accidental, or other misfortunes that resulting him/her being fired from their jobs.

Depend on the story's plot, the moment when he/she being fired would vary, ranging from mistake that done by him/her, frame-ups, or worse, part of conspiration that done by antagonists, either due to rivalries or the hero deemed to be endangered their plan due to risk of them uncover the truth or they may get their old jobs back.

Examples

 *  Disney/Pixar 
 * The Circus Bugs: Lose their jobs for causing P.T. Flea to burn up from a flammable fly paper.
 * Judy Hopps: Gets fired by Chief Bogo, after indirectly causing more discrimination between prey and predator.
 * Mickey Mouse: Gets fired by Crazy Pete for blowing the deal of giving away a ten-footer Christmas tree to a poor family and gets his money taken away by Crazy Pete, then he and Pluto get kicked out by Crazy Pete who has his tree lot burn to the ground seconds later.
 * Mushu: Got fired by the Fa Ancestors for not protecting one of them years ago before Mulan was born. Later, is informed that he'll get fired when Mulan and Li Shang marry.
 * Bob Parr: Gets fired for accidentally injuring his boss Gilbert Huph for his refusal to help a mugged victim outside the building.
 *  DreamWorks 
 * Turbo: Gets fired along with Chet by Carl, after destroying The Jarden with the boy's tricycle.
 *  Hanna-Barbera 
 * George Jetson: He gets fired from his boss Mr. Spacely sometimes after a misunderstanding or whenever he makes a mistake which turns out to be a disaster.


 * Wart (King Arthur Pendragon): Loses his job as duty as his boss, Sir Ector's son, Sir Kay's squire.
 * Seymour Skinner: Gets fired by Supernintendent Chalmers.
 * Inspector Gadget: Gets fired by Chief Quimby after letting Dr. Claw's henchmen steal the Protoid Laser and causing damage at the Science Convention which was because of Dr. Claw's circuit override chip that was planted on his Gadget Hat by a disguised Brick and McKibble.
 * Peter Parker: He gets fired from his boss, Mr. Aziz for being late and failing to deliver the pizzas on time due to his Spider-Man duties, along with ripping off the Joe's Pizza sticker off his helmet, enforcing the fact.


 * Lois Griffin: ?
 * President Richard Jones:
 * Osmosis Jones: Gets fired by Mayor Phlemming from the Frank Police Department for setting off the pill to pop a pimple.
 * Detective Lucky Piquel: ?
 * Miles "Tails" Prower: Gets fired from being Sonic's sidekick, for getting hurt too many times, because Sonic was doing this for the young fox's own good, trying to protect him.
 * April O'Neil: Gets fired from the TV Station by her boss Charles Pennington for disobeying his orders.
 * Eddie Brock: Gets fired for stealing a classified document while doing an interview on Carlton Drake at the Life Foundation.
 * Lucky Day, Dusty Bottoms & Ned Nederlander:
 * Mr. Bean: Gets fired for using a video camera in a shoot of a war movie.
 * Dave Seville: He gets dismissed from his other job while showing a project as the chipmunks ruin his presentation boards by colouring on it.
 * Tad Stone:
 * Bonkers D. Bobcat: Gets fired from cartoon studios as a cartoon star due to low ratings, along with his fellow co-stars, Fall-Apart Rabbit, Fawn Deer, Jitters and the other toons
 * Marty McFly:
 * Homer Simpson: Loses his job dozens of times from the Power Plant.
 * Goofy: Loses his job for goofing off and causing an accident at the toy factory.
 * Spongebob Squarepants and Squidward Tentacles: They both lose their jobs for trying to go on strike because Mr. Krabs refuses to give them their paychecks.
 * Dudley Puppy: Gets fired from T.U.F.F. for sabotaging the Country Fair while being hypnotized by Verminious Snaptrap.
 * Tom Smykowski:
 * Robert Parr: Gets fired from the Insurance Agency for accidentally injuring his boss Gilbert Huph for his refusal to help a mugged victim just outside the building.


 * Peter Griffin: Gets fired from the Pawtucket Brewery for causing an accident while playing with the forklift.
 * Otto Man: He loses his job for causing numerous incidents in the Springfield town square and ramming the School bus into the statue of Jebediah Springfield.
 * Dirk Diggler:
 * Sherman Klump: Gets fired for letting the hamster he used to demonstrates the youth, mutates into a monster and attacks Dean Richmond violently.
 * D.J. Drake: Gets fired for having the Batmobile demolishing the Water Tower of the Warner Bros. Studio and loses his security guard uniform.
 * Mary Jane Watson: Gets fired, because of bad views for her play and was replaced by a different actress named Andrea Rubin.
 * Max Schumacher:
 * Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: Gets fired from the Kwik-E Mart for selling expired and spoiled meat to the customers including his friend, Homer Simpson.
 * Mr. Mackey: Gets fired from his job for giving the marijuana to the class. (Which was actually Mr. Garrison who did took and smoke it and he got very high).
 * Edna Krabappel: Gets fired from her job as a teacher by Principle Skinner after Bart spikes her coffee with liquor from confiscating their cell phones and thus getting her drunk.
 * Anita Radcliffe: Gets fired from the House of Devil after she and Roger refuse to sell the 15 dalmatian puppies to Cruella DeVil.
 * Donald Ward:


 * Officer Barbrady: Gets fired from his job as a police officer by Mayor McDaniels for shooting an unarmed 6 year old Latino boy. Following that, he was temporarily reinstated to combat ISIS in SoDoSoPa. However, he was fired yet again for shooting children playing ninjas.
 * Glenn Quagmire: Gets dismissed from his job as a pilot after Peter sabotages his airplne by emptying the fuel tank, believing it will make his pickup truck fly, causing it to crash.
 * Gru and Lucy: Get fired from the AVL by its new director Valerie Da Vinci as a result of constantly failing to capture Balthazar Bratt.
 * Stewie Griffin: Gets fired at a fast food restaurant called McBurgertown for stealing food. (Even though it was due to be thrown out anyway).
 * Ron Burgundy:
 * Leni Loud: Gets fired from her job at Reiningers in which her boss, Ms. Carmichael, believes that she stole several scarves.
 * Brian Griffin: Gets fired from The New Yorker after he informs people he never graduated from college.
 * Dixie: Gets fired of Cash which she actually quits but the reason why because Copper now joined the Singin' Strays.
 * Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman & Egon Spengler:
 * Copper: Gets fired of Cash from the Singin' Strays after discovering he wasn't a stray.
 * Sybil Trelawney: Gets fired from Hogwarts by Dolores Umbridge, but later reinstated after Dolores Umbridge was removed from Hogwarts following Cornelius Fudge been overthrown by the wizarding community for failing to announce the return of Voldemort, discrediting Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore, allowing Dolores to become headmistress of Hogwarts and informing Cedric's death is a tragic accident.
 * Frank Drebin: Gets fired from the Police Squad, after misinterpreting Ludwig's presentation as a musket and jumping into the queen and slide on the table.
 * Mark Bellison:
 * Nanny Plum: Gets fired (on Christmas Eve) by King Thistle from being magic nanny and takes her wand away. But however, at the end of the episode, we don't see him showing remorse for his actions and re-hiring her.
 * Bruce Nolan: Gets fired from his job after he throws a hysterical tirade on air upon learning he was passed up the anchor job he wanted.
 * Walter Hobbs: Gets fired from Greenway Press by Fulton Greenway because of leaving his business meeting with his younger son Michael to reconcile his older son Buddy that he's not actually allowed to.
 * Jerry Maguire:
 * Danny Cat and his friends: Get fired from the Mammoth Pictures studio by their boss L.B. Mammoth after being framed by Darla Dimple for flooding a studio stage.
 * Franklin Clinton and Lamar Davis:: Get fired from Premium Deluxe Motorsport by Simeon Yetarian for not bringing the Bagger Motorcycle due to being taken by Lamar Davis and ramming Jimmy De Santa's BeeJay XL right into the window.

Quotes
"(Man: Parker. Parker! No, no, no, stop! Stop! (Peter quickly stops his bike, before getting off) Parker, you're late, man. Always late, huh?) I'm sorry, Mr. Aziz. There was a disturbance. (Mr. Aziz: Disturbance. Another disturbance. Always a disturbance with you. Come on, 21 minutes ago, in comes order. Harmattan, Burton & Smith. Eight extra-large deep-dish pizzas. In eight minutes, I am defaulting on Joe's 29-minute guarantee. Then, not only am I receiving no money for these pizzas, but I will lose the customer forever to Pizza Yurt. Look, you are my only hope, all right? You have to make it in time. Peter, you're a nice guy. But you're just not dependable. This is your last chance. You have to go 42 blocks in 7 1/2 minutes or your a** is fired. Go!) Pizza time. [Ticking Loudly] (Lady: You're late. I'm not paying for those.) (Aziz berates Peter for his failure on delivery) (Mr. Aziz: Joe's 29-minute guarantee is a promise, man. I know to you, Parker, a promise means nothing. But to me, it's serious.) It's serious to me too, Mr. Aziz. (Mr. Aziz: You're fired. Go.) Please, I need this job. (Mr. Aziz: You're fired.) Look, give me another chance. (Aziz refuses to give Peter a second chance and doesn't care since Peter is fired as he rips a Joe's Pizza sticker off of Peter's helmet, before leaving)"

- Aziz from Joe's Pizza gives Peter Parker one last chance to deliver pizzas, before being fired, due to his Spider-Man duties.

"You certainly don't, pal, 'cause the good news is you're fired."

- Blake to all the salesmen.

"(Daffy: My chariot awaits. Yes! Bat- lights. Bat- conditioning. Bat- stereo. To the Duck Cave.) Now what are you doing? Stay away from that Batmobile! Come here! (Daffy: I'm allowed to steal. I'm a celebrity.) - Tell it to the judge! (Daffy: - Feeling pretty good about yourself?) - I am. (The Batmobile starts driving by itself) (Daffy: - You bested that dastardly duck?) - I did. (The Batmobile heads closer to a post) You're gonna offer your catch to the pretty executive?) Indeed. (The Batmobile crashes into a post while it's still driving) Miss Houghton! (Bugs and Kate see the Water Tower coming down towards them while D.J. smiles and Daffy Duck does a thumbs up) (Citizen 1: Get out of the way!) (Bugs puts himself up a little umbrella while Kate holds a surprised look before getting covered in water) (Citizen 2: Look out!) (Kate spits out a bit of water) (Bugs: Hey! What do you know? I found Nemo.) (Kate stares at D.J. with an angry look) (Daffy: I think she likes you.) Oops. (A Security Guard rips off all of Warner Bros. logos on his uniform also removing his badge) (Security Guard: Your father would be so ashamed of you.) (The Security Guard also wants his uniform handed over to him) But I was.... It was.... (The Warner Bros. gates shut after D.J. leaves)"

- D.J. Drake gets fired by having the Batmobile destroying the Water Tower of Warner Bros. Studio and loses his security guard uniform.

"You're fired!"

- Harry Tasker

"(Police Chief: JONES! MY OFFICE!) Hey, hey, who died? Other than Thrax, that is. (sees Leah) Brandy. I mean, Leah. What are you doing here? (Mayor Phlegmming, furious: You really did it now, Jones.) Mr. Mayor! I didn't see you back there. (Mayor Phlegmming: Disregarding orders, destruction, popping a pimple without a permit! What the heck were you doing there?!) (Jones is nervous) What was I doing? I was promoting good health, sir. (Mayor Phlegmming: Is that what you call it?) (Drix: Sir, he was a lethal virus. If we hadn't stopped him--) We'd be frying eggs off of Frank's dead butt! (Mayor Phlegmming: Watch it, kid, you'll cause a panic.) At least people oughta start thinking about what's going on in this body, instead of some stupid trip. (Mayor Phlegmming: Okay, Jones, you want us to start thinking? Well, here's a thought. YOU'RE FIRED!) (Ozzy becomes shocked) (Leah Estrogen, also shocked: Mr. Mayor?) (Mayor Phlegmming: Your badge, mister.) (Ozzy sadly turns in his badge in to the Police Chief's desk) Figures. I finally do something right for Frank, and I get fired. (Osmosis Jones leaves) (Leah Estrogen, sadly: Osmosis!) (Drix, trying to defend Ozzy: Please, without Jones, Frank could've been in mortal danger.) (Mayor Phlemming [chuckles]: Mortal danger? You'd love to prove that, wouldn't you, Mr. Drixenol? Keep your name in the New England Journal of Medicine? Son, do me a favor, read what it says on your arm.) (Drix: "For the temporary relief of symptoms--") (Mayor Phlemming: Exactly! Temporary! You're nothing but a wannabe. A placebo. A generic brand. Marked down, over-the-counter useless Tic-Tac.) (Drix is shocked by the Mayor's words) (Mayor Phlemming: Now, get out of my body!) (Drix sadly leaves)"

- Osmosis Jones being fired from the police after setting off the pill to pop a pimple.

"FIRED?! You can't fire me. I quit! (Chief Quimby thinks it's okay for Gadget to quit the Riverton Police Department, and Inspector Gadget gets confused as he tries to tell the Chief of what happened at the Science Convention.) Hmm... wait a second. I don't want to quit. Besides, Chief, it's not my fault. Look what Baxter found on me. (Inspector Gadget shows the Chief the circuit override chip to prove that he has found real evidence at the Science Convention.) A circuit override chip. (Unfortunately, Chief Quimby refuses to listen and doesn't care since Inspector Gadget is fired.) (Chief Quimby, furious: I don't care! Claw stole the laser and you tarred and feathered the mayor in toothpaste... and caused $100,000 in damages.) (Chief Quimby becomes stern.) (Chief Quimby: Turn in your badge, Gadget.) (Inspector Gadget is shocked and stunned of what Quimby has said.) Oh, but, Chief, all I ever wanted to be... my entire life was a crime fighter. (Chief Quimby, still stern: Your badge.) (Inspector Gadget looks at his badge for the last time and gives his badge to the Chief as he places it on his desk and slides it to Quimby.) (Chief Quimby: Well, that'll be all... Mr. Gadget.) (Inspector Gadget leaves Quimby's office in depression, but looks at G2 one last time before leaving, knowing that she will a better police officer than him. Inspector Gadget then has all of his stuff from his office put into a box and sadly leaves the Riverton Police Department, feeling that he is no longer a crime fighter anymore.)"

- Inspector Gadget being fired by Chief Quimby for failing to stop Claw and ruining the Science Convention.

"NOW CLEAN UP THIS MESS OR YOU'RE FIRED!"

- Benson threatening to fire Mordecai and Rigby.

"(Kay: We ought to run the old geezer right out of the castle.) (Sir Ector, putting his hand on Kay's mouth: Oh, no, no, no, no, Kay. No. He might cast an evil spell on all of us. Turn us all into stone. Shh. No. No telling what the old devil might do.) He's not an old devil. He--he's good. And his magic is good, too. (Ector and Kay have stern looks on their faces.) If you just leave him alone. (Sir Ector: Now look here, Wart. That's three more demerits.) (Sir Kay: Box his ears, Dad.) Just because you can't understand something, it--it doesn't mean it's wrong. (Sir Ector: Ten more demerits.) (Wart is on the verge of tears.) You may call the rules and nobody else can say anything. (Sir Ector got more angry at the Wart.) (Sir Ector: You said a plenty, boy! All that poppin' off just cooked your goose. Kay...from now on, young Hobbs is your squire.) (Kay is satisfied.) (Sir Ector: You hear that, Wart? Hobbs is going to be Kay's squire.) Ye-yes, sir. (Kay: That'll teach you to pop off, you little pipsqueak.) (Kay slashes a mop in half with his sword.)"

- Arthur Pendragon/Wart getting fired by Sir Ector from being Kay's squire.

"Uh-oh."

- Bob Parr getting fired from Insurance for injuring his boss Gilbert Huph in a rage for his refusal to help a mugged victim.

"You're FIRRRRRRRRRED-UH."

- Mr. Humberfloob's catchphrase

"Goofy, I warned you. You're FIRED! (echoes) (the workers drag Goofy away)"

- Goofy getting fired from goofing off and causing an accident at the toy factory

"(April O Neil's answering machine beeps) (Charles Pennington: April, It's Charles. I'm sorry. I know I don't know, how else to say this. You're fired April)."

- April O'Neil getting fired by his boss Charles Pennington for disobeying his orders.

"Theo: Granted, yes, I admit that there's been a-a wee bit of damage to inventory, here, but if you'd just let me explain... (Carl: YOU'RE FIRED!) (Chet: Whoa, whoa, whoa, okay, Carl, if you just give him one more chance, I promise that this will never, ever...) (Carl: You don't understand. YOU'RE fired. "You," plural. Youse. Y'all. Both of you! (slithers away with the other snails glaring at him in anger with Chet upset) Theo: Chet, I'm so sorry. (Chet becomes angry) You have to believe me, I did't mean for this to... (Chet: All my life. (laughs) All my life, I've defended you, covered for you, stood up for you, apologized to you, and this is what I get return. Dragged down with you on your sinking ship. A nice, comfy deck chair on the S.S. Theo! Aye-aye, Captain!) Theo: I'm really sorry. (Chet: What is wrong with you?!) (Meanwhile the crow is on the roof and sees Theo and Chet) Theo: I don't know. All I know is the other night, I'm standing above the 101, and all of a sudden... (Chet: It was a rhetorical question!) (The crow flies down and snatches Chet) Theo: Chet! (Chet: Help! The world is moving!)"

- Turbo gets fired along with Chet by Carl after destroying The Jarden with the boy's tricycle.