Heading into tonight’s premiere of The New Celebrity Apprentice, much of the intrigue centered on what catchphrase star Arnold Schwarzenegger would use when firing a contestant to replace old star, and current President-elect, Donald Trump’s iconic “You’re fired!”

Well, wait no further. The ex-Governor of California and action superstar referenced two of his most well-known movie roles when telling Carrie Keagan it was her time to go.

“Who is taking the most risk is really what it comes down to,” Schwarzenegger told Keagan, setting up the big line. “So therefore, Carrie, you’re terminated. Now, get to the chopper!”

So, um, yeah. If you don’t know already, Arnold is calling back to his roles in the Terminator film series and Predator with that catchphrase.

Here’s some of the reaction of Twitter:

Okay this is actually exactly 50% worse than I anticipated pic.twitter.com/inM2O9XPqe — Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) January 3, 2017

Did not realize Arnold would change up The Apprentice slogan to "You're terminated." Should have seen that coming. ? — Ari Melber (@AriMelber) January 3, 2017

Love Arnold's phrase! "You're terminated get to the chopper. Jingle all the way back home. You'll totally recall this till the end of days." — Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 3, 2017

Arnold's catchphrase is seriously "Now get to the chopper"? Seriously? #CelebrityApprentice — Matt VanEpps (@VanEpidemic) January 3, 2017

Watch the clip above of his saying it, via NBC.

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