Jetson! You're fired!

Jetson! You're fired! is one of the series' running gags that is shown in The Jetsons.

About

Through the series Mr. Spacely would threaten to, or actually, fire his employee George Jetson whenever he doesn't get his way. In the end, Spacely would let George keep his job.

Season 1

Episode 1 = Rosey the Robot (1962)

Reason for firing

When Mr. Spacely invites himself over at the Skypad Apartments for dinner, he mistakes George of working for Rosey the Robot instead of him, which angered Spacely.

Result

After Rosey clobbers Mr. Spacely's head with an upside down pineapple cake for being harsh on George, he tells him not to move and remember himself as he was fired. However, when Rosey thinks that she ruined the dinner for the Jetsons, she runs away from home and then Spacely gives George a call on the phone and tells him that he is rehired. Spacely also adds that the upside down pineapple cake was delicious, even when he got clobbered with it, and he wishes to come over to the Skypad Apartments again for dinner someday as long as Rosey is okay with that.

Season 2

Episode 5 = SuperGeorge (1985)

Reason for firing

George unintentionally destroyed Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc. during a presentation with the board of directors regarding a merger with Nebulous Nifty.

Result

Mr. Spacely unethically risked his savings, his stocks, and even dragged his wife and Ms. Galaxy into it by forcing them out of their personal property so he could bet on the Jupiter Juggernaut. Spacely won the bet, but the factory was destroyed a second time by Nebulous Nifty. He fired George again apparently because George was supposed to demonstrate against Nebulous Nifty (despite George obviously being spellbound by them).

Episode 6 = Family Fallout (1985)

Reason for firing

When George's family and Mr. Spacely's family are against each other on a TV game show, George fears that Mr. Spacely will fire him if he wins.

Result

After George answered the final question correctly, with a sore throat, he and his family won the grand galactic prize, but Mr. Spacely fired him while choking him. But when George chose what was behind the force field (which upset Jane) it was revealed to be a new food processor, which they needed since the old one was broken. Mr. Spacely rehired George as he and his family won the prize, which was revealed to be a lifetime supply of Cogswell's Cogs.

Episode 13 = Dance Time (1985)

Reason for firing

George went to a very important meeting with his shoes stuck to his feet.

Result

Not knowing that the shoes were the source of the dancing, George was recruited to be a famous dancer, "George Jetson Dance King" in front of a large audience. This audience included the same board of directors and guests from Spacely's meeting. George was rehired the moment these members became fans.

Episode 15 = Winner Takes All (1985)

Reason for firing

When George is chosen to represent Spacely's Space Sprockets in a Olympic-themed showdown with Cogswell's Cogs, (a robot hand pressed yes for George while the others employees press no) Spacely threatened to fire him if he loses the games.

Results

When George lost the final challenge to Orville, Spacely fired him, however when it was discovered that Cogswell used the old twin switcheroo during the game by having Orville replace his brother Wilbur in the final challenge, Cogswell was disqualified and Spacely won and not only rehired George but also gave him a bonus on his check.

Episode 17 = The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane

Reason for firing

When Space discovered that George lied about being sick so that he and Jane can get married when he discovered that the minster who married them is a fake.

Results

When Jane wondered where Mrs. Spacely is (since he lied to her as went to Las Venus for the weekend instead of working) and rehired him back, then told him he got the weekend off as Jane also added she will have breakfest with her on monday.

Episode 26 = Haunted Halloween (1985)

Reason for firing

If George couldn't find a magician for the kids for the annual Halloween party and find an amazing costume so he could win the costume contest that he and Cogswell bets on every year, George would allow Mr. Spacely to fire him.

Results

George kept his job when he asked the wax museum magician for the special effects he used to perform the magic at the party and when he found Mr. Spacely a unique costume (which was an Orbitty costume). However, when Cogswell arrived with the same costume, he told Spacely that the rules of the bet was in case of a tie, the bet goes to last years winner, in which Cogswell won the bet which made Spacely angry.

Episode 27 = Astro's Big Moment (1985)

Reason for Firing

When Mr. Spacely assigned George to be the judge for the annual Spacely Space Sprockets Space Dog Show, he threatened to fire him if George didn't pick his wife's poodle Fifi to win. At the same time, he was pressured by his family to make sure Astro would win and was threatened by a mobster named Mangler Mars to make sure Starbite would win for his fiancé.

Result

George did not get fired because Mr. and Mrs. Spacely had to drop out of the dog show when Fifi was going to give birth to puppies.

Episode 31 = Team Spirit (1985)

Reason for Firing

When Mr. Spacely assigned George to be the star pitcher for their company spaceball team against Cogswell Cogs, he declared that this was no game, this was war. Mr. Spacely gave a cutthroat gesture to George which indicates that he'll be fired if they lose the company spaceball game against Cogswell Cogs.

Result

George wins the spaceball game for the Spacely Sprockets team and was able to keep his job. Mr. Spacely asked George where did he get his burst of energy. George said that he just eaten some homemade cookies. Mr. Spacely would make George a vice-president if he finds the recipe for the homemade cookies. Unfortunately, the cookbook was gone and Elroy gave the rest of the cookies for Astro to eat.

Episode 35 = Grandpa and the Galactic Goldigger (1985)

Reason for Firing

Mr. Spacely wants Montague to date his mother in law, but a date was arranged with Nova Neutron instead. Since Mr. Spaceley was hoping that Montague would marry his mother in law in order to get her to move into his house instead of Spacely's, it resulted in Jetson losing his job again.

Result

A con artist known only as "Tyco" was planning to rob Mr. Spacely's house. He got the address from Montague and Nova, who decided, along with George, to tell Mr. Spacely. And then Spacely decided to let Tyco into his Mother In Law's part of the house.

Episode 39 = Judy's Elopement (1985)

Reason for Firing

When Mr. Spacely heard that his Nephew Sam would elope with Mr. Cogswell's daughter Asteroid, he blamed George since he was in charge of watching over Sam and threatens to fire George if they got married. At the same time, Cogswell added that he will make sure George never finds another job again in the whole galaxy.

Results

Mr. Spacely didn't fire George when he discovered that it was his nephew that caused the damages at the factory (which George was given the blame for) and Mr. Cogswell unknowingly hired Sam to work for him, thinking he was a good worker.

Season 3

Episode 2 - ASTROnomical I.Q. (1987)

Reasons for Firing:

Mr. Spacely was suddenly allergic to dogs and orders George to send Astro outside. This caused George to fumble up the assembly line, thus costing him his job.

Results

In the end, sprocket cookies are high sellers, so Spacely hires George to run the cookie division.

Films

Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988)

Reason for Firing

When Mr. Spacely saw that George was in jail on the news and said that he works for Spacely Sprockets, he went to the police station and fired him, so that Spacely Sprockets would not be in trouble, and he refused to listen to George's explanation.

Results

Near the end of the film, Mr. Spacely rehired George when Spacely Sprockets sponsors a benefit concert starring Judy Jetson and Billy Booster, thinking it would be a great promotional idea for the company.