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* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unraveled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: InvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unraveled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Omarosa has become the contestant that is most associated with this show, to the point that Trump is willing to cast her for another 2 seasons of the Apprentice (in addition to the other reality shows she has been to). For some reason, Trump liked her enough to invite her to work as a White House staffer (granted, she did work in the White House before the show) for a year before being fired by John Kelly in 2018.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Omarosa has become the contestant that is most associated with this show, to the point that Trump is willing to cast her for another 2 seasons of the Apprentice (in addition to the other reality shows she has been to). For some reason, Trump liked her enough to invite her to work as a White House staffer (granted, she did work in the White House before the show) for a year before being fired by John Kelly in 2018.
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* PetTheDog: He was the only person who even vaguely tolerated Sam.
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* PetTheDog: He was the only person (aside from Troy, to an extent) who even vaguely tolerated Sam.
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* BreakoutCharacter: She's the most associated contestant for this show to the point that Trump is willing to cast her for another 2 seasons of the Apprentice (in addition to the other reality shows she has been to). Most of all, for some reason Trump liked her enough to invite her to work as a White House staffer (granted, she did worked in the White House before the show) for a year before being fired by John Kelly in 2018.
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* BreakoutCharacter: She's Omarosa has become the contestant that is most associated contestant for with this show show, to the point that Trump is willing to cast her for another 2 seasons of the Apprentice (in addition to the other reality shows she has been to). Most of all, for For some reason reason, Trump liked her enough to invite her to work as a White House staffer (granted, she did worked work in the White House before the show) for a year before being fired by John Kelly in 2018.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. [[BerserkButton Not only did Trump not like this,]] Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. [[BerserkButton Not only did Trump not like this,]] this]], Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
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* NiceGirl: Really wasn't cut out at all for the cut-throat environment of the show, and just got steamrollered by Omarosa (and to a lesser extent, Heidi) in the boardroom.
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* NiceGirl: Really wasn't While perhaps not to the same extent as Kristi, Jessie really didn't seem to be cut out at all for the cut-throat environment of the show, and just got steamrollered by Omarosa (and to a lesser extent, Heidi) in the boardroom.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted a little too well. Jessie suggested the "Divide and Conquer" strategy that caused Protege to crash and burn spectacularly in the Week 5 task, promised to back her up in the boardroom, and yet still blamed everything on Kristi in the boardroom. However, Kristi brought Heidi back instead (along with Omarosa, who was more justifiably brought back), which quickly blew up in her face.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash, which led to a net loss of $75. [[BerserkButton This did not make Trump happy,]] and he noted that Kristi was a star up until this point before firing her.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash, which led to a net loss of $75. [[BerserkButton This did not make Trump happy,]] and he noted that Kristi was a star up until this point before firing her.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted Completely averted, a little too well.rarity for this show. Jessie suggested the "Divide and Conquer" strategy that caused Protege to crash and burn spectacularly in the Week 5 task, promised to back her up in the boardroom, and yet still blamed everything on Kristi in the boardroom. However, Kristi brought Heidi back instead (along with Omarosa, who was more justifiably brought back), which quickly blew up in her face.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash, which led to a net loss of $75. [[BerserkButton This did not make Trumphappy,]] happy]], and he noted that Kristi was a star up until this point before firing her.
* NiceGirl: Kristi is easily one of the sweetest, most good-natured contestants that the show's ever seen. She may have even been a little ''too'' nice for her own good, choosing to lead by consensus and taking full responsibility for her team's loss in the fifth task.
* MsFanservice: Kristi is an incredibly beautiful woman.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash, which led to a net loss of $75. [[BerserkButton This did not make Trump
* NiceGirl: Kristi is easily one of the sweetest, most good-natured contestants that the show's ever seen. She may have even been a little ''too'' nice for her own good, choosing to lead by consensus and taking full responsibility for her team's loss in the fifth task.
* MsFanservice: Kristi is an incredibly beautiful woman.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: It was obvious that he truly, desperately wanted to work for Donald Trump. And it was also obvious that he wouldn't last five minutes if he actually did so.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after being fired, and had to be practically dragged out of the boardroom by Kwame and Bowie.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after being fired, and had to be practically dragged out of the boardroom by Kwame and Bowie.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: It was obvious that he truly, desperately wanted to work for Donald Trump. And it was also obvious that he wouldn't last five minutes if he actually did so.
so. Then again, Sam has gone on to bigger and better things since his appearance on the show, He worked as an auctioneer for a while, and is currently the Vice President of a high-end real estate company in Washington DC.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after beingfired, and had to be practically dragged out of the boardroom by Kwame and Bowie.
fired.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after being
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* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom. He defended this decision in his exit cab interview.
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* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who really got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom. He defended this decision in his exit cab interview.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Did not contribute enough, and his admitting that he couldn't help because sales were not his forte sealed his fate (selling things well is an essential part of this show and Trump's business). He became the very first candidate to be told, "[[CatchPhrase You're Fired!]]" (which Trump hadn't actually planned on saying), and was kicked off the show at the end of it's very first episode.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Did not contribute enough, and his admitting that he couldn't help because sales were not his forte sealed his fate (selling things well is an essential part of this show and Trump's business). He became the very first candidate to be told, "[[CatchPhrase You're Fired!]]" (which Trump hadn't actually planned on saying), and was kicked off the show at the end of it's its very first episode.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates later got really annoyed. Her infamous "I think we got duped" comment after her last task set off a major BerserkButton for Trump, and, combined with her inhibiting her team, sent her packing.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates teammates later got really annoyed. Her infamous "I think we got duped" comment after her last task set off a major BerserkButton for Trump, and, combined with her inhibiting her team, sent her packing.
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* BreakoutCharacter: She's the most associated contestant for this show to the point that Trump is willing to cast her for another 2 seasons of the Apprentice (in addition to the other reality shows she has been to). Most of all, for some reason Trump liked her enough to invite her to work as a White House staffer (granted, she did worked in the White House before the show) for a year before being fired by John Kelly in 2018.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Got hit on the head with a chunk of plaster at a building site during Week 7. A medical examination found nothing wrong with her, but she constantly used it as an excuse to not do any work for the rest of her time on the show. Eventually, Trump got tired of her attempting to use it as a free pass, and fired her.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Got hit on the head with a chunk of plaster at a building site during Week 7. A medical examination found nothing wrong with her, but she constantly used it as an excuse to not do any work for the rest of her time on the show. Eventually, Trump got tired of her attempting attempts to use it as a free pass, pass and fired her.
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* MistakenForRacist: Used the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" during an argument with Omarosa, who promptly accused her of racism. At worst, she was only guilty of poor judgement in using an easily-twisted expression (which actually is a way of calling someone a hypocrite) against the sole black person on her team.
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* MistakenForRacist: Used the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" during an argument with Omarosa, who promptly accused her of racism. At worst, she was only guilty of poor judgement judgment in using an easily-twisted expression (which actually is a way of calling someone a hypocrite) against the sole black person on her team.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Nick was the only person on the team who was outright positive about his leadership, but Jason brought him back anyway. He may have thought that Nick would advocate for him to stay over Sam, in which case it would be a ''very'' early example of why that's never a good idea, since Nick immediately turned on him in the final boardroom.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Nick was the only person on the team who was outright positive about his leadership, but Jason brought him back anyway. He may have thought that Nick would advocate for him to stay over Sam, in which case it would be a ''very'' early example of why that's never a good idea, idea since Nick immediately turned on him in the final boardroom.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Did not contribute enough, and his admitting that he couldn't help because sales was not his forte sealed his fate (selling things well is an essential part of this show and Trump's business). He became the very first candidate to be told, "[[CatchPhrase You're Fired!]]" (which Trump hadn't actually planned on saying), and was kicked off the show at the end of it's very first episode.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Did not contribute enough, and his admitting that he couldn't help because sales was were not his forte sealed his fate (selling things well is an essential part of this show and Trump's business). He became the very first candidate to be told, "[[CatchPhrase You're Fired!]]" (which Trump hadn't actually planned on saying), and was kicked off the show at the end of it's very first episode.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Inverted; he was the only black man in this season's line-up, and was the last person to be fired.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unravelled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
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* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unravelled unraveled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
* EpicFail: Her final regular task on the show involved her team selling paintings. Neither Omarosa nor the rest of the team knew anything about art, and they picked a "surreal" artist with artwork that included {{Squick}}. They only sold one piece for just over $800, so they unsurprisingly blew it.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Jason had a good background, but making a critical error regarding the second task short-circuited his time on the show and got him fired from the game after two episodes.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Did not contribute enough, and his admitting that he couldn't help because sales was not his forte sealed his fate (selling things well is an essential part of this show and Trump's business). He became the very first candidate to be told, "[[CatchPhrase You're Fired!]]" (which Trump hadn't actually planned on saying), and was kicked off the show at the end of it's very first episode.
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* TheGenericGuy: He really didn't stand out in any way, which was a big part of the reason why he was fired.
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* TheGenericGuy: He really didn't stand out in any way, which was a big part of the reason why he was fired.
fired. He even acknowledged it.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Until Creator/GaryBusey came along, he was easily the most bizarre contestant ever to appear on the show. Among his ideas was for him, Troy and David to ''crawl'' into the first episode's final boardroom, to show how humble they were.
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* CloudCuckooLander: Until Creator/GaryBusey came along, he was easily the most bizarre contestant ever to appear on the show. Among his ideas was for him, Troy and David to ''crawl'' into the first episode's final boardroom, to show how humble they were.were (never mind the infamous attempt to sell a glass of lemonade for $1,000, which to his credit, had it been CrazyEnoughToWork, would have given the men the win).
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* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom.
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* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom.
boardroom. He defended this decision in his exit cab interview.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Nick was the only person on the team who was outright positive about his leadership, but Jason brought him back anyway. He may have thought that Nick would advocate for him to stay over Sam, in which case it would be a ''very'' early example of why that's never a good idea, since Nick immediately turned on him in the final boardroom.
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* AscendedExtra: In Season 2 he had two appearances as a guest judge, and didn't appear at all in Season 3. In Seasons 4 and 5 however, he largely took over George's role as judge.
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* AscendedExtra: In Season 2 he had two appearances as a guest judge, and didn't appear at all in Season 3. In Seasons 4 and 5 however, he largely took over George's role as judge.judge, and has gone on to be a major force on TV alongside his wife Guiliani Rancic, currently starring on Food Network.
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* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash.
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* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash.
cash, which led to a net loss of $75. [[BerserkButton This did not make Trump happy,]] and he noted that Kristi was a star up until this point before firing her.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. Not only did Trump not like this, Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. [[BerserkButton Not only did Trump not like this, this,]] Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates later got really annoyed.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after the result was announced led directly to her firing.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after the result was announced led directly to her firing.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates later got really annoyed.
annoyed. Her infamous "I think we got duped" comment after her last task set off a major BerserkButton for Trump, and, combined with her inhibiting her team, sent her packing.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after theresult result was announced ([[BerserkButton which got viewed as disloyal)]] led directly to her firing.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after the
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* RomanceOnTheSet: With Amy, which started fairly early on in the season, though ultimately didn't really go anywhere after it ended.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: With Amy, which started fairly early on in the season, though ultimately didn't really go anywhere after it ended.
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* BookSmart: Very well qualified, including a full medical degree, but that didn't help him any on the show.
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* BookSmart: GeniusDitz: Very well qualified, including a full medical degree, but that didn't help him any on the show.
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!!Bill
* AscendedExtra: In Season 2 he had two appearances as a guest judge, and didn't appear at all in Season 3. In Seasons 4 and 5 however, he largely took over George's role as judge.
* FlawlessVictory: Not ''quite'' flawless, given that his bad negotiations played a major part in his team's loss in Week 7, but he was otherwise extremely solid and consistent, and made few mistakes.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the disorganized mess that was the men's team during the first four weeks, he was the only man who seemed particularly clued-up. Even after the teams were mixed, he was one of the most level-headed candidates.
!!Kwame
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Inverted; he was the only black man in this season's line-up, and was the last person to be fired.
* TragicMistake: Not firing Omarosa condemned him to certain defeat. Though apparently, he may not have been told that outright firing her was an option...
!!Amy
* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unravelled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
!!Nick
* PetTheDog: He was the only person who even vaguely tolerated Sam.
* RomanceOnTheSet: With Amy, which started fairly early on in the season, though ultimately didn't really go anywhere after it ended.
!!Troy
* GoodOldBoy: Not so much in overall mannerisms, but his distinctive Southern accent was often a useful ice-breaker, especially when Kwame's presentation to Russell Simmons was going down like a lead balloon.
* ManipulativeBastard: Exemplified when he duped Katrina into taking a smaller and harder to renovate apartment in Week 7.
!!Katrina
* SacrificialLion: A consistently strong performer, but late in the season she happened to end up in the same boardroom as Amy, whose track record until that point had been totally flawless, which resulted in Katrina getting fired instead.
!!Heidi
* TheLadette: Stood out as being the least lady-like of the women -- aside from Omarosa, albeit for completely different reasons -- having a much harder personality and less traditionally feminine style.
* SirSwearsALot: Was known to drop a ClusterFBomb or three per episode.
!!Omarosa
-->Also ''Celebrity Apprentice 1'' and ''All-Star Celebrity Apprentice''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not nearly in evidence as much as in her ''Celebrity Apprentice'' appearances, but she was willing to do anything to secure her survival and make the other candidates look bad.
* TheLoad: She single-handedly destroyed any chance of Kwame winning the final task (though granted, Bill would probably have won anyway).
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Got hit on the head with a chunk of plaster at a building site during Week 7. A medical examination found nothing wrong with her, but she constantly used it as an excuse to not do any work for the rest of her time on the show. Eventually, Trump got tired of her attempting to use it as a free pass, and fired her.
!!Ereka
* MistakenForRacist: Used the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" during an argument with Omarosa, who promptly accused her of racism. At worst, she was only guilty of poor judgement in using an easily-twisted expression (which actually is a way of calling someone a hypocrite) against the sole black person on her team.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. Not only did Trump not like this, Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
!!Tammy
* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates later got really annoyed.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after the result was announced led directly to her firing.
* OneHitWonder: In-universe; in the second episode she produced one of the best advertising campaigns in the show's run, but other than that was at best unspectacular, and at worst extremely annoying.
!!Jessie
* NiceGirl: Really wasn't cut out at all for the cut-throat environment of the show, and just got steamrollered by Omarosa (and to a lesser extent, Heidi) in the boardroom.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Was ready and willing to throw Kristi under the bus in Week 5, despite Jessie's ideas playing a major part in the team's defeat.
!!Kristi
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted a little too well. Jessie suggested the "Divide and Conquer" strategy that caused Protege to crash and burn spectacularly in the Week 5 task, promised to back her up in the boardroom, and yet still blamed everything on Kristi in the boardroom. However, Kristi brought Heidi back instead (along with Omarosa, who was more justifiably brought back), which quickly blew up in her face.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash.
!!Bowie
* TheGenericGuy: He really didn't stand out in any way, which was a big part of the reason why he was fired.
!!Sam
* CloudCuckooLander: Until Creator/GaryBusey came along, he was easily the most bizarre contestant ever to appear on the show. Among his ideas was for him, Troy and David to ''crawl'' into the first episode's final boardroom, to show how humble they were.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: It was obvious that he truly, desperately wanted to work for Donald Trump. And it was also obvious that he wouldn't last five minutes if he actually did so.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after being fired, and had to be practically dragged out of the boardroom by Kwame and Bowie.
!!Jason
* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom.
!!David
* BookSmart: Very well qualified, including a full medical degree, but that didn't help him any on the show.
* RedShirt: He was so far out of his element on the show that it was both funny and kind of tragic.
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* AscendedExtra: In Season 2 he had two appearances as a guest judge, and didn't appear at all in Season 3. In Seasons 4 and 5 however, he largely took over George's role as judge.
* FlawlessVictory: Not ''quite'' flawless, given that his bad negotiations played a major part in his team's loss in Week 7, but he was otherwise extremely solid and consistent, and made few mistakes.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the disorganized mess that was the men's team during the first four weeks, he was the only man who seemed particularly clued-up. Even after the teams were mixed, he was one of the most level-headed candidates.
!!Kwame
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Inverted; he was the only black man in this season's line-up, and was the last person to be fired.
* TragicMistake: Not firing Omarosa condemned him to certain defeat. Though apparently, he may not have been told that outright firing her was an option...
!!Amy
* BoringInvincibleHero: Subverted. During the actual tasks there was never any point where it looked like anyone but her would win. She got through to the interviews while winning all but one task (albeit screwing up pretty badly as project manager on the one she lost), but unravelled pretty badly in the actual interviews, and failed to make the final.
!!Nick
* PetTheDog: He was the only person who even vaguely tolerated Sam.
* RomanceOnTheSet: With Amy, which started fairly early on in the season, though ultimately didn't really go anywhere after it ended.
!!Troy
* GoodOldBoy: Not so much in overall mannerisms, but his distinctive Southern accent was often a useful ice-breaker, especially when Kwame's presentation to Russell Simmons was going down like a lead balloon.
* ManipulativeBastard: Exemplified when he duped Katrina into taking a smaller and harder to renovate apartment in Week 7.
!!Katrina
* SacrificialLion: A consistently strong performer, but late in the season she happened to end up in the same boardroom as Amy, whose track record until that point had been totally flawless, which resulted in Katrina getting fired instead.
!!Heidi
* TheLadette: Stood out as being the least lady-like of the women -- aside from Omarosa, albeit for completely different reasons -- having a much harder personality and less traditionally feminine style.
* SirSwearsALot: Was known to drop a ClusterFBomb or three per episode.
!!Omarosa
-->Also ''Celebrity Apprentice 1'' and ''All-Star Celebrity Apprentice''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Not nearly in evidence as much as in her ''Celebrity Apprentice'' appearances, but she was willing to do anything to secure her survival and make the other candidates look bad.
* TheLoad: She single-handedly destroyed any chance of Kwame winning the final task (though granted, Bill would probably have won anyway).
* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Got hit on the head with a chunk of plaster at a building site during Week 7. A medical examination found nothing wrong with her, but she constantly used it as an excuse to not do any work for the rest of her time on the show. Eventually, Trump got tired of her attempting to use it as a free pass, and fired her.
!!Ereka
* MistakenForRacist: Used the expression "the pot calling the kettle black" during an argument with Omarosa, who promptly accused her of racism. At worst, she was only guilty of poor judgement in using an easily-twisted expression (which actually is a way of calling someone a hypocrite) against the sole black person on her team.
* WrongGenreSavvy: The first of many people to make the mistake of trying to bring back someone, namely Bill, as an advocate. Not only did Trump not like this, Bill refused to back her up and sided with Nick.
!!Tammy
* CloudCuckoolander: Endearingly so at first (and certainly not to anything like the extent that Sam was), but her team-mates later got really annoyed.
* MotorMouth: The ultimate cause of her downfall. Had she just kept quiet then Katrina would very likely have been fired, but her mouthing off about Katrina's leadership right after the result was announced led directly to her firing.
* OneHitWonder: In-universe; in the second episode she produced one of the best advertising campaigns in the show's run, but other than that was at best unspectacular, and at worst extremely annoying.
!!Jessie
* NiceGirl: Really wasn't cut out at all for the cut-throat environment of the show, and just got steamrollered by Omarosa (and to a lesser extent, Heidi) in the boardroom.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Was ready and willing to throw Kristi under the bus in Week 5, despite Jessie's ideas playing a major part in the team's defeat.
!!Kristi
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted a little too well. Jessie suggested the "Divide and Conquer" strategy that caused Protege to crash and burn spectacularly in the Week 5 task, promised to back her up in the boardroom, and yet still blamed everything on Kristi in the boardroom. However, Kristi brought Heidi back instead (along with Omarosa, who was more justifiably brought back), which quickly blew up in her face.
* EpicFail: The only project manager in the history of the US edition to cause her team to finish in the red. Technically they would have made a profit of $107... if not for the slight fact of someone (likely Omarosa or Kristi herself) managing to lose $183 in cash.
!!Bowie
* TheGenericGuy: He really didn't stand out in any way, which was a big part of the reason why he was fired.
!!Sam
* CloudCuckooLander: Until Creator/GaryBusey came along, he was easily the most bizarre contestant ever to appear on the show. Among his ideas was for him, Troy and David to ''crawl'' into the first episode's final boardroom, to show how humble they were.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: It was obvious that he truly, desperately wanted to work for Donald Trump. And it was also obvious that he wouldn't last five minutes if he actually did so.
* KubrickStare: Famously gave Trump one of these after being fired, and had to be practically dragged out of the boardroom by Kwame and Bowie.
!!Jason
* TragicMistake: Amidst the all-around EpicFail that was the men's four-task losing streak at the start of the season, Jason actually did a fairly decent job of leading his team. Unfortunately, he made a colossal screw-up by deciding not to speak to the client or Donny Deutsch before making their advert, and then compounded his mistake by choosing Nick, the ''only'' person on the team who got on with Sam, to accompany them back into the boardroom.
!!David
* BookSmart: Very well qualified, including a full medical degree, but that didn't help him any on the show.
* RedShirt: He was so far out of his element on the show that it was both funny and kind of tragic.
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