Modern Family
Summary
There are a select turn ofModern Familyepisodesthat highlight howPhil Dunphy ( Ty Burrell ) is a goofy inventor , an overeager planner , and a fiercely dedicated husband and father . Phil thinks of himself as the " coolheaded parent , " contrasting with his high-strung wife Claire ( Julie Bowen ) . Their parenting skills are tested by their three immensely dissimilar baby : social Haley ( Sarah Hyland ) , bookish Alex ( Ariel Winter ) , and adventurous Luke ( Nolan Gould ) .
The episodes that comfortably sum up Phil are the ones that focus on his relationship with his family , as well as a few that show his hairbrainiest schema . Phil ’s plans might deform into disasters , or become affectingly sweet or amorous moment that his wife and kids will always remember . Phil ’s interaction with the entireModern Familycastand his personal plot line show what a wacky but earnest case he is .
10Fizbo (Season 1, Episode)
Phil plans an extravagant birthday party for Luke.
Early inModern Family , Phil sets out to plan the best birthday company ever for his Luke , including a rock ‘n’ roll - climbing wall , a bounciness house , and a reptile exposition . This is also the first appearance of Cam ’s ( Eric Stonestreet ) clown alter - ego Fizbo . thing get out of hand when a vicious Scorpio the Scorpion escapes its cage and Luke slip and breaks his arm . Yet Phil ’s finish of hold it the great day ever for Luke is successful when Luke is thrilled that he gets a cast for his natal day . Claire and her brother Mitch(Jesse Tyler Ferguson ) also have a sweet instant where they say how much they love their enthusiastic partners .
9Hawaii (Season 1, Episode 23)
Phil and Claire renew their vows on a family vacation.
When the entire family belong on a Hawaiian vacation , Phil tries to make up for the honeymoon he and Claire never had . Their plan are thwarted by their nestling needing them . Claire wants to call it quits when Phil coiffure another wedding ceremony for them as a surprise . Phil reason out that they could n’t have a honeymoon because they never had a material wedding ( they eloped ) . Claire is so stunned that Phil says,“I still ca n’t assure if you think this is lame or cool . “Spoiler alert : she thinks it ’s nerveless . Phil and Claireare often overwhelmed by their child , but he can always create a romanticistic moment .
ABC ’s Modern Family has some quotes that will make you laugh until you cry , and the best of them come from Phil Dunphy .
8Schooled (Season 4, Episode 2)
Phil gives Haley a book of advice for college.
Phil gives Haley a al-Qur’an of"Phil’s - osophy"when she goes off to college . After they embarrass her several time in front of her peers , Haley makes her parents go home . Later , Haley cease up expect through Phil ’s Word . It contains uproarious but wise quotes like"Watch a aurora at least once a day"and"If you know something , go down it detached , unless it ’s a tiger,“characteristic of Phil ’s particular blade of parenting . Haley calls Phil and Claireand tell she loves the book .
7Party Crasher (Season 4, Episode 12)
Haley dates an older man and Phil freaks out.
Phil is especially concentrated on Haley after she gets kicked out of college . One day , Haley bring home a guy twice her old age . Claire determines that Haley is only dating him to chafe her and Philand the good course of action is to disregard it . Phil gets more stung as the sequence goes on as Claire keeps insist he say nothing or Haley will date this human everlastingly .
Phil finally snap when Haley leaves with her particular date . After bringing up several screaming , Phil - like example of times Claire has been incorrect , Phil go away after Haley . Haley then comes back , revealing that Claire ring her bluff . Phil then also comes back for the auto ticket and state that no one is good enough for Haley without realizing his daughter is mind , leading to their reconciliation .
6Valentine’s Day 4: Twisted Sister (Season 6, Episode 14)
Phil chooses Claire over Juliana.
Phil and Claire have a long - standing custom of adopting the character ofClive Bixby and Julianafor some Valentine ’s Day role - manoeuvre . Yet in season 6 , Claire begin to suspect that Phil might be more attract to Juliana than her . After their embarrassing date night , Phil says goodbye to " Juliana " in front of their house . He says,“By some cosmic miracle , there ’s a cleaning woman in that house that I still discover as sexy and exciting as the first day I fit her . " Despite their rushed marriage , Phil and Claire were always destined to stop up with each other .
5The Party (Season 7, Episode 18)
Phil and Mitchell try to hide their crime.
Phil is at a sci - fi movie with Mitch when they run into a actual estate client of Phil ’s who offers them edibles . Phil and Mitch try them , only to be muster back home second later when the fervidness warning equipment goes off and Luke does not answer his telephone . Phil and Mitch then must endure Claire ’s determination to find a party at the house when they are desperate to get back to the moviesbefore the victuals take effect . As their conduct gets more and more ridiculous , they go as far as not break the teenagers they line up hiding in Luke ’s room . Phil often ends up in uproarious , out - of - control condition position like this .
4Frank’s Wedding (Season 8, Episode 19)
Phil’s dad gets married and shenanigans ensue.
The whole family is furious at Phil for insisting they dress up in flow attire for his dad ’s ( Fred Willard ) 1920s - themed weddingwhen costumes were optional . Claire evoke that Phil need to dial back his imagination so as not to embarrass his family . Phil then tells his dada not to deform the ceremony into a skit , only for Claire to find out that the bride - to - be loves Frank ’s antics . Phil , Claire , and the kids then represent out a aspect of gangsters break apart the wedding themselves , which everyone loves . Despite the trouble it sometimes add , the kinsperson loves Phil ’s wacky gumption of humour .
3Spanks For The Memories (Season 9, Episode 15)
Phil offers Alex some sage advice.
Alex is offered a prestigious but nerve-racking internship around the same clock time that Phil gets his own magic shop . Phil is an recreational magician and Alex contribute to his passion project by help Phil win at a board game a competitor lend to his shop . Phil then tells Alex that it is ok to turn down the internshipand rest during the summer . Alex always push herself with her academic workload , and it is up to Phil and Claire to from time to time prompt her to take some metre for herself .
Modern Family is a glorious mockumentary sitcom that say the account of a lovable family across three households . There are plenty of appearance like it .
2A Year Of Birthdays (Season 10, Episode 22)
Phil becomes a grandfather and learns to play piano.
In the year lead up to the birth of Haley and Dylan ’s ( Reid Ewing ) Twin Falls , Phil learn to play pianissimo . After a failed performance at Manny ’s ( Rico Rodriguez ) birthday talent show , Phil ’s recital precipitate on the day Haley goes into labor . Phil plays " Für Elise " at rapid speed before go off to the hospital with this kinfolk . When Haley apologizes for disrupting the performance , Phil says that he now has the better goal of being the world ’s best grandpa . This episode captures both Phil carry through a personal destination while the family also experiences a milestone .
1The Last Thanksgiving (Season 11, Episode 7)
Phil and Jay’s relationship comes full circle.
Phil ’s human relationship with his father - in - legal philosophy Jay ( Ed O’Neill ) is initially tensebut evolves throughout the series . At Thanksgiving , Jay accidentally admits that he advisedly fly a model plane into Phil years earlier ( in season 1 , episode 3 ) . While Phil is angry , but he and Jay end up tie over protect their child . In the last moments of the episode , Dylan " accidentally " jabs Luke with a polo reefer when Luke says that Dylan ’s daughter is"gonna need a personality . “Phil and Jay jest , and Phil says,“He ’s gon na be a estimable dad . “Modern Familyshows how Phil and the rest of the Dunphy - Pritchett - Tucker family share funny experience like this .
