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Please. That's the saddest blanket since the AIDS Quilt.

—Luke

Lucas Philip "Luke" Dunphy is Claire and Phil Dunphy's third and youngest, though tallest child and is the younger brother of Haley and Alex Dunphy.

Biography[]

Luke was born in California, USA on November 28, 1998, and was conceived by Phil Dunphy and Claire Pritchett as their third and youngest child. In Spring Break it is implied Luke was conceived as a result of Claire's needing to get Phil to stop bagpiping.

Personality[]

Luke is a rambunctious, playful, mischievous, and immature boy who is often doing his own thing. He is also known for having low intelligence, which he has supposedly inherited from his father, who is not very smart either. This gives him innocence and leads him to not always understand the repercussions of his actions, which is clearly shown in "Coal Digger" when he announces at a family gathering that his mother thought Gloria was a gold digger, although he heard this as "Coal Digger". He is also thought to be a bit vacuous, because of many questionable actions, such as getting his head stuck in the banister and jumping on the trampoline wearing only underwear and a box on his head. Like his father, he is believed to have ADHD, as he repeatedly becomes distracted when he has to do something important. He is easily annoyed when people show intelligence: Whenever Manny says something with long words, he says 'You're making it lame again!'.

Despite his obvious lack of common sense at times as a child, Phil is very defensive of him, especially in front of Claire. Claire once said that "there's book smart and there's street smart, and then there's Luke", but Phil defensively says that "he's just like this little Einstein", where "some people say 'why?', but Luke says 'why not?'".

Season Summaries[]

Season 1
In Season 1, Luke is an immature, young and mischievous boy. He is 10/11 years old. His relationship with Phil Dunphy is very big.
Season 2
In Season 2, Luke is still a little boy and doesn't go through any major transformations,
Season 3
Luke is still immature and is currently 12/13.
Season 4
Luke is 13/14.
Season 5
He grows up and becomes more distant from family and more interested in girls. Luke is 14/15 Years old.
Season 6
Luke starts high school and starts to distance himself a bit from his father, who he has always been extremely close with. Luke is 15/16 Years old.
Season 7
Luke loses his virginity this season (Double Click), slightly upsetting Phil, this is similar to when Alex and Haley lost their virginity. Luke is 16/17 Years old.
Season 8
Luke isn't doing too well at school and his parents are afraid he won't get into college. In an attempt to look more appealing on college applications Luke runs for class president against Manny and wins the election. However Luke gets rejected from all of the colleges he applied to. Even when Phil and Claire bribe the principal of Phil's old college to let Luke in, he still decides not to go.
Luke also gets a job at Jay's country club where he makes quite a bit of money, mostly from tips. Luke is 17/18 Years old.
Season 9
Luke is 18/19 Years old.
Season 10
Luke is 19 years old, turning 20 in a Year of Birthdays.
Season 11

Luke is 21 years old and reveals that he is going to the University of Oregon.


Relationships[]

Family[]

Phil[]

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Luke has a special relationship with his father. They have more of a friendly relationship than a family one, as Phil mostly calls him "buddy". They almost have the same likes and dislikes and are most of the time seen doing something together, such as playing video games, watching TV, having adventures, playing sports, etc. However, they don't have exactly the same likes/dislikes, as in some episodes it has been shown that they share different ones:

  • In "Fizbo", it is revealed that Phil is afraid of clowns, while Luke likes them.
  • In "The Butler's Escape", Luke wants to quit magic but Phil can't accept it because he loves magic.
  • In "And One to Grow On", Phil wants to send Luke to a dance class, which he dislikes, because Phil says that he comes from a long line of dancing Dunphys.
  • Luke loves his father a lot and vice versa, as in many episodes it has been shown that his family loves him:
  • In "Phil on Wire", even though Phil is afraid of walking across a tight rope, Luke encourages him and he finally does it.
  • In "The Old Man & the Tree", when Phil attempts to meet his goal of traveling the length of home to Canada on a stair master, Luke first thinks that it's not a good idea, but later, he encourages his father to do it. However, Luke only encourages Phil because Dylan was dragging the heap of trash he forgot to take out.

Claire[]

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Unlike with Phil, Luke has a more familial relationship with his mother. He usually asks her help for something important, mostly for a school problem: homework, exams, projects, etc. While with Phil, for something about girls or to have fun with him. Also, when Luke does anything that makes Claire upset she gets mad at him, while Phil tries to bond with him and to not get mad at him. Despite this, Luke has demonstrated that he loves his mother in some episodes.

Manny Get Your Gun
When Claire thinks that Luke prefers his father before her, as he wanted to go with Phil to the restaurant for Manny's birthday instead of her, Luke reassures Claire that she is actually fun to make her feel better.

The Last Walt
Claire comforts Luke after he opens up about how he feels about Walt Kleezak dying, before this happens Claire thought that Luke showed no emotions because he wasn't dealing with it.

Snip
Luke first gets mad at Claire for embarrassing him at school, but later he realizes that he has been hard on her and gives her a rose to apologize.

Haley[]

Haley and Luke are happy

Haley is Luke's oldest sister, and Haley and Luke don't have as many fights as she does with Alex. In fact Luke rarely ever fights with his sisters, although they do call him names sometimes. Even though they sometimes tease each other, Luke and Haley have a good sibling relationship and they love each other very much. At times, it might be implied that Luke can at times favor Haley (a little) over Alex.

Truth Be Told
Alex and Haley have a little fun with him, and convince Luke that he was adopted by teasing him into thinking that Phil's old girlfriend Denise wanted to take him home. Meanwhile Luke is so terrified that it's a ruse that causes him to flee the room several times once Denise arrives.
Come Fly with Me
we see Haley and Luke playing a handclapping and singing game, and they seem very happy. However, this quickly turns to fighting.

Me? Jealous?
While Haley and Alex are fighting, Luke, in rage, interferes to get them to stop and tells them that they are both bad big sisters to him. Luke's words make Alex and Haley remember their old habits when they were younger, such as dressing Luke up to look like a girl, something that he is not happy about.
Baby on Board
When Luke reluctantly gives Haley her college acceptance letter, she realizes that Luke was hiding it because he's gonna miss her (although Luke denied it). And sure enough, in "Schooled", when Haley is going to college, Luke is so sad about it that he puts on a mask when he says goodbye, to which Alex makes a comment that Luke is 'literally masking his emotions' demonstrating that he really loves his sister.

New Year's Eve
Luke invites Becca along with her cousin Joyce home. Luke plans to make out with her in his room, but Haley and Alex try to interrupt them several times. Being the new adults around the house, until they just go in with laundry, Haley, trying to be her mother, tells Becca to leave. She also threatened to call her parents.

In "The Long Honeymoon" We see that Haley and Luke seem to get along really well when Alex isn't around. They seem to be perfect children when Alex is building houses for the homeless. When Alex comes back we see that Haley and Luke immediately start to fight feel stressed out again. Phil and Claire then deny that Alex is the problem in the household. But it is quite evident that Alex seems to be the problem as when Alex leaves the house for a minute, Haley and Luke start being a happy family again and this is evidently broken when Alex comes back in the house.

Alex[]

Alex is Luke's older sister, Alex and Luke don't have as many fights as she does with Haley, in fact Luke rarely ever fights with his sisters although they do call him names sometimes. Even though they sometimes tease each other, Luke and Alex have a good sibling relationship and they love each other.

Truth Be Told
Alex and Haley have a little fun, and convince Luke that he was adopted by teasing him into thinking that Phil's old girlfriend Denise wanted to take him home. Meanwhile Luke is so terrified that it's a ruse that causes him to flee the room several times once Denise arrives.

Me? Jealous?
While Haley and Alex are fighting, Luke interferes to make them stop and tells them that they are both bad big sisters to him. Luke's words make Alex and Haley to remember their old habits when they were younger and they were dressing up Luke, something that Luke is not happy about.

New Year's Eve
Luke invites Becca along with her cousin Joyce home. Luke plans to make out with her in his room, but Haley and Alex try to interrupt them several times, being the new adults around the house, until they just go in with laundry, Haley trying to be her Mother, tells Becca to leave, also then threatening to call her parents.

The Long Honeymoon
We see that Haley and Luke seem to get along really really well when Alex isn't around, they seem to be perfect children, the entire family seems to fit very perfectly together when Alex is building houses for the homeless, when Alex comes back we see that Haley and Luke immediately start to fight and Phil, Claire, Luke and Haley starts to feel stressed out again, but this only starts to happen when Alex comes back with a lot of stress on her mind. Phil and Claire then deny that Alex is the problem in the household. But it is quite evident that Alex seems to be the problem as when Alex leaves the house for a minute, Haley and Luke start being a happy family again and this is evidently broken when Alex comes back in the house.

Manny
Manny and Luke at the game
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Manny is Luke's step-uncle. They are very good friends as much as they are family and get along really well, although Luke is often annoyed by Manny's opinions, as he is so much more mature than Luke. Luke and Manny care for each other very deeply. However, Luke appears to be more popular at school than him, and usually helps him to be more popular or score with a girl.

Coal Digger
This marks the first interaction between the two, when they get into a fight at school, because Manny refers to Luke as "his nephew" in front of his friends, which he dislikes and is embarrassed about. Later on they dispute the situation and realise they were stupid for fighting, Luke then states what he was joking his step-uncle about: Luke was joking Manny about how his mother is a gold digger, which is something he heard his mother call Gloria, however he hears this as "coal digger", which raises suspscion for Gloria as to whether Claire really likes her.

Virgin Territory
Luke helps him with a girl named Miranda by taking Cam's car and driving it down the block of her house to impress her.

Mistery Date
Luke helps Manny to find a girl Manny likes, attending the 3 Bar Mitzvahs where she is.

A Hard Jay's Night
Luke goes to a party against Manny's advices. Manny follows him and when they reach the door, the party host recognizes Manny but not Luke, revealing that Manny had been invited to the party making Luke feel rejected and dejected. This is because in elementary and middle school, he was much more popular than Manny, scoring with girls when he begins to be interested in them, with Manny being the awkward one. But Manny comforts him saying that if wants to keep being cool, he has to change his style like him.

Luke and Lily high-five

Lily[]

Luke was often seen to be jealous of all the attention Lily received for being the 'cute' one in the family instead of him. He and Manny used cookies that Claire made to try and lure Lily into a trap so she would spill the milk and get in trouble but Cam ended up being tricked instead. He liked to insult Lily. For example, he told Mitchell that Lily had no emotion in her eyes. The same thing happened after Joe was born, Lily became worried that he was the cute one and she was being replaced and Luke told her that they would talk.

Frank[]

Frank is Luke's grandfather on his father's side. They don't see each other as much as Luke and Jay see each other since Frank lives all the way over in Florida. But still, they have a very strong and special bond, which is probably because Frank’s personality is a lot like Phil's, who Luke also has a very special connection to. Luke even has a framed picture of Frank on his nightstand.

Love Interests[]

Becca[]

Becca first appears in New Years Eve along with her cousin, Joyce.

New Year's Eve
Luke invites Becca along with her cousin Joyce home. Luke and Becca know each other, likely from school, and they might have been dated. Luke plans to make out with her in his room, but Haley and Alex try to interrupt them several times, being the new adults around the house, until they just go in with laundry, Haley trying to be her Mother, tells Becca to leave, also then threatening to call her parents. She leaves much to the disappointment of Luke, however Becca is also quite disappointed with having to leave.

Simone[]

Simone is a girl who first and only appears in "Best Men", as Luke's date. Luke and Simone follow each other on Facebook and go to the same school. They both have a crush on each other. Phil pretending to be Luke messages Simone asking her out! Simone replies back telling him to meet her in the cafe at the mall. The date is an awkward one, but they both have a lot in common. Meanwhile, sat at another table, Phil meets Simone’s mother, Valerie. Phil unknowingly flirts with Valerie, and she likes it. Eventually, Phil mentions Claire, and revealing he is married. Valerie scolds him, as she is unmarried and not in a relationship, and thought she could be in one with Phil. Valerie then forces Simone to come home with her, and telling her Luke is not the one. But later, it is revealed that Simone thinks Luke is a bad boy, and that is why her mother took her away, and Simone wants to date Luke.

Carly[]

Carly is a girl who first and only appears in "Suddenly, Last Summer". Luke and Carly are both at Summer camp together and it is known that Luke has a crush on her.

Sienna[]

Sienna is a girl who first and only appears in "A Fair to Remember", Luke has a huge crush on Sienna, a girl from his school who has recently become the new best friend of his sister, Alex. Luke tells Sienna and Alex he has a crush on a girl, but doesn’t say it is Sienna. He gets Alex thrown in Fair County jail, to be alone with Sienna. Luke explains to Sienna that he has never kissed a girl before, and Sienna offers to be his first kiss, but only as a friend. Alex escapes from the fair jail and tells Sienna she is Luke’s crush. So then Luke tells her Alex is very unpopular and a geek, and Sienna ends her friendship with Alex and Luke.

Rhonda[]

Rhonda is a girl who first and only appears in "Spring-a-Ding-Fling".

Spring-a-Ding-Fling
Luke has a date with Rhonda for the spring dance in his High School. Claire wants to help him to score with her, so she helps Rhonda to dress more like a girl and be beautiful, as she always wears very dirty and manly clothes. Luke is not really happy with that because he preferred her the way she was and asks Claire to "fix" her. However, the two are later seen dancing together, so he may really like the new Rhonda.

Tammy LaFontaine[]

Tammy is the daughter of Ronnie and Amber LaFontaine, the Dunphy's next-door neighbors.

The Big Guns
Luke develops a crush on Tammy, watching her sunbathe on her parents boat, from his bedroom window. He tries to talk to her, while she blows him off and insults him. Alex gives Luke advice to just ignore Tammy when they see each other, which he does — which in turn bothers Tammy enough that she wants him to come back and talk to her.

Rose and Sara[]

Rose is Luke’s high school girlfriend, but Luke eventually developed a crush on a rival of Rose’s, Sara. Luke starts dating Sara, while still dating Rose. He decides to break up with her gently and wait for a while to tell her. But Alex and Haley send Rose a long text about how great she is. But Rose replies back furiously, angering Haley and Alex. Rose later tells Sara that Luke cheated on her and Sara breaks up with Luke. Luke is furious at his sisters for the text they sent Rose, and Haley and Alex offer to text Sara to get back together with him, infuriating Luke even more.

Sarah Ho[]

Luke briefly dates Sarah beginning with episode The More You Ignore Me and dances with her in Promposel.

Carla and Abby

Luke has been hitting on a girl working at a cafe, Carla. But then he meets Abby, a richer girl. He dates Carla but breaks up with her so he can date Abby, but Abby discovers mustard on Luke’s T-shirt, and she knows Luke hates mustard. Abby realizes that Luke cheated on her and she breaks up with him. (It's the Great Pumpkin, Phil Dunphy).

Danielle[]

Luke tried to seduce her in All Things Being Equal.

Janice[]

Luke dates Janice in Yes-Woman, but she breaks-up with him in The Last Halloween, because he reveals that he blows up her house several years ago, though he did not know it was her’s. Janice is 47 and Luke is 19.

Annabelle[]

Luke briefly dates Annabelle, who he met on Tinder in Can't Elope.

Sherry Shaker[]

Luke agrees to help Gloria to convince Sherry to get back on Manny's arms in Tree's A Crowd but ends up dating her instead, infuriating the Pritchett/Delgado clan.

Friendships[]

Manny[]

Manny is the son of Gloria Pritchett, who is Luke's step grandmother which makes Manny his Uncle, Luke and Manny have a great friendship as much as a family relationship. Luke and Manny care for each other very deeply. At first Luke didn't like the fact that Manny was his step uncle and dismissed anyone calling them that.

Coal Digger
Luke and Manny are in trouble for fighting in school, Manny calls him his nephew and Luke doesn't like this, Luke just hasn't gotten used to him being his Step Uncle. "Coal Digger" also marks the first interaction of any kind between these two characters, we see by the end of the episode, Luke and Manny have made up over playing games and talking about their issues.

Walt[]

Walt Kleezak was the elderly neighbor of the Dunphys', Walt needed oxygen tanks to breathe, which Luke subsequently finds cool, it's revealed that Walt had fought in the war and had a love of playing video games with Luke:

Boys' Night
Walt makes his first appearance, Claire and Phil tell Luke not to play with him as they seem to find him creepy and think he isn't a nice person. When the Dunphy family are playing sports in their backyard, Claire bats the ball into Walts' backyard and they finish the game as Phil and Claire are afraid of going to his house to ask for it back nonetheless Luke ignores his parents and curiousity gets the better of him, as he goes around Walts' house and is the only member of his family to risk getting the ball back, Luke asks questions to Walt, at first Walt isn't very keen on Luke and doesn't trust him. Luke annoys Walt so much that he gives up and tels Luke to get his ball. Later on we see Luke come back home and tell his parents that he hung out with Mr. Kleezak in his house and Claire seems disappointed thinking that he is a creepy old man, but Luke tells them differently, as he has actually seen his persoanlity and not judged it. Claire tells Luke that he can't go back to Walts' house because he's weird. Luke then tells his parents that it's unfair and they don't know him as they're too afraid to talk to him. Claire and Phil then go over to tell him they are concerned about his friendship with their son, Walt gets offended that they think he is a pervert and he makes them leave his house. In the end, Walt stops by the Dunphy house and gives them Onions from his garden, he then tells them he used to be a fireman and he doesn't hurt kids. Feeling bad Claire and Phil invite him in but he doesn't come in. Seeing that Luke may be right and he is a kind, friendly old man and they judged him too quickly they accept him being a family friend.

Lifetime Supply
Luke asks Claire if he can invite Walt over, Claire asks Luke if he thinks it's weird to have an 85 year old best friend, Luke thinks it's cool that he's older than him and has been in the war. We later see Luke and Walt playing games on the Dunphys' couch, Phil is there with them, but it's only because of the news he thought he was going to receive and not because of supervising. When Luke takes a break for the toilet, Phil bonds with Walt over new he thinks is true: he is going to die, although Walt reassures him that the doctors told him he'd been dead 10 years ago and he is still alive.
Election Day
Phil gives Walt a ride to pick up his glasses. When Walts' tank starts to run out, Phil panics when he says that he doesn't have any more tanks at home and forgot to order them, and when he says that he needs to take his pill, which he does have, he says he needs it with food. So Phil drops him off at the polling station where they need to vote for Claire, Walt gets food to take with his pill first so that he'll be okay. Walt says that he doesn't like to vote for the government as they seem to screw him over, but since he had such a nice day with Phil, who says he thinks is a nice kid, he decides to vote for Claire, which goes against everything he believes in.
The Last Walt
In the opening scene, Phil and Claire have an "interview" where they give the news that Walt has died. Phil and Claire break the news to Luke, however, Luke says that he is OK, and just wants to get back to his videogame. Later on Phil and Claire see Luke go into Walters' house, and think he's saying goodbye to his house and spirit. Phil and Claire then see Luke come out and take Walts' TV with him. A while later Luke brings Claire to Walts' house and Claire begins to get worried when Luke doesn't want to say a few words about how he felt about Walt and thinks that he isn't dealing with it in a healthy way. In the same scene Claire realises that she can't tell people someone has died without smiling, which is a coping mechanism for her, and Luke opens up about how he feels about Walt dying, Claire then comforts him although Luke still doesn't cry.

Sexual Behaviour[]

Luke was first not so much interested about having girlfriend or seen pornography. However, as the series has progressed and he has grown up, he has shown an interest about it many times:

Not in My House
When Claire discovers a photo on her computer of a topless woman on a tractor, she assumes that Luke downloaded it since is the one who used last her computer. But Luke tells her that he did not download the photo because he thinks it's gross, as he is only a child. Claire finds out later that Phil downloaded it.

Baby on Board
When he realizes that Haley wants to live with Dylan, Luke asks her if she is 'doing sex' with him, and Claire tapes his mouth immediately.

New Year's Eve
He has a date with a girl, Becca, and he tries to make out with her in his room, although his sisters finally tell her to leave, threatening to call her parents.

Under Pressure
He and Manny go on a double date with twins, Zoe and Piper. At the end the date, the twins ask Luke and Manny if they want to back to there house and make out and they accept their offer.
Australia
During their family trip to Australia, he and Manny go to a nudist beach to see topless women.

Double Click
Luke loses his virginity in this episode and disappoints Phil.

Trivia[]

  • Season 3 and 4 are the only seasons that Luke has appeared in every episode for.
  • He is only a month younger than Nolan Gould, the actor who portrays him.
  • "Come Fly with Me" and "Bixby's Back" are so far the only episodes where Luke appears but has no dialogue.
  • According to Alex, he and Phil may have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) ("Starry Night").
  • He is named after his great-grandfather on Claire's mother's side, Lucas Williams ("Dance Dance Revelation".), who, according to Jay, was a huge racist.
  • He uses a retainer ("Go Bullfrogs!").
  • He is allergic to soy ("Arrested").
  • He was born on November 28th, 1998. ("A Game of Chicken").
  • He has seen the movie "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", and has stated that he liked it. ("Summer Lovin").
  • He and his step-uncle Manny, both say that adding salt to chocolate milk makes it more tasteful and interesting. ("The One That Got Away").
  • By Season 10, Luke has lost his virginity. Luke tells Alex after Manny reveals he had sex with his girlfriend, that she is the last virgin, insinuating that he is not one. Luke - ("Kiss and Tell")
  • Luke's first vaccination was when he was 6 because his parents forgot to get him vaccinate before. ("Sarge & Pea")
  • Luke wrote a song about how much he loves his father named "Luke Loves Daddy". - ("The Graduates")
  • Luke’s height is 5'9"
  • Luke's favorite Toy Story character is Woody. ("Someone to Watch Over Lily")
  • Medical information revealed in ("A Game of Chicken")
    • When he broke his arm and went to the hospital for surgery in ("Fizbo") he wasn't given any pain medication but he was administered ibuprofen.
    • He sleeps 8 hours a night (on average)
    • On February 2, 2018 he fell down some stairs and broke some of his fingers, he went to the hospital for this.
    • Luke rates his own diet on a scale of good - poor as fair.
    • His phone number is (818)-555-0152 .
    • He has all his standard vaccination shots.
  • Despite Luke being openly heterosexual, Luke has sometimes expressed some interest in men.
    • In The Last Thanksgiving, Luke seemed to like that Neil was really close to him while cooking.
    • In The Prescott, Luke says that he will have sex with the man (played by David Beckman) while Manny have sex with the woman (played by Courteney Cox).

Character Development[]

From Season 1 Luke is known to be very simple minded and quite dumb, doing things that could lead to disaster but never actually did. This doesn't change much, but it progresses throughout Season 5 and after.

The Verdict
Luke proves to his father that he is right about a person who he thinks has conned his Dad for money. While Phil tells him not to be so cynical Luke doesn't give up proving to his father that he is right and soon the audience is made to believe that it's evident that he is in fact right and the guy who Phil gave money to had conned him for $40 and a little extra. However at the end Luke is proved wrong when the guy tells the he is Dr. Monty the person who was in the hospital the day Luke was born as a midwife.

Quotes[]

Season 1[]

Quote1 Manny: I know what all of you are thinking: my jacket is wrinkled. I would have ironed it, but someone here thought it would be a great idea to use the iron to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
Luke: I had bread. I had cheese. I had an iron. What was I supposed to do?
Quote2

From Hawaii

Quote1 Manny: Don't you want to keep the room neat? We might have to entertain.
Luke: Who would we entertain?
Manny: I saw twin girls over at the kid's club. I thought we might reserve a spot by the pool, send them a couple of virgin mai-tais. They might be interested in two sophisticated guys like us.
Luke: [Wearing a shower cap and flippers and holding a hair dryer] I am a bathroom Martian. Beep boop beep! I come from the great toilet nebula. Beep boop bop beep!
Quote2

From Hawaii

Quote1 Phil: I just want to say I'm sorry. I never meant to blame you for that whole picture thing. Your mom sort of thought it was yours and I should have stopped it, but I didn't.
Luke: So what was the picture of?
Phil: Well, it was a woman on a tractor, and she had her shirt off.
Luke: Was it hot?
Phil: Okay, we're being honest here. Umm... this particular woman - well, my tastes do run to the curvy, and the cowboy had did not hurt one bit. Couple that with the cut-off jeans - and you were asking about the weather, weren't you?
Quote2

From Not in My House

Season 2[]

Quote1 There's your trouble. All those negative feelings are holding you back. And what do we do with bad feelings?
[Pulls out water gun]
We shoot them out.
Quote2

From "Slow Down Your Neighbors"

Quote1 Claire: I've got it! What is the one thing a speeder can't outrun?
Luke: Bullets! A laser! Ooh, I know, a falcon! Dad, jump in.
Phil: Not a good time, buddy.
Luke: A laser falcon!
Phil: That's awesome.
Quote2

From "Slow Down Your Neighbors"

Quote1 Luke: I don't feel well.
Claire: Did you finish your milkshake?
Luke: I think that's the problem.
Quote2

From "Good Cop Bad Dog"

Quote1 [after being forced to have too much 'fun'] I'm 12, I need limits! Quote2

From "Good Cop Bad Dog"

Quote1 Manny: Alex, do you realize that in two years we'll be graduating?
Luke: Quiet, Manny. I think I'm moving the ball with my mind.
Manny: Well, I'll be graduating.
Quote2

From "See You Next Fall"

Quote1 [After walking in on Claire and Phil having sex]
Luke: What were Mom and Dad doing?
Alex: Nothing!
Luke: Whatever it was, it looked like Dad was winning.
Quote2

From "Caught in the Act"

Quote1 Did you notice that dad had the same face as when he smells a new car? Quote2

From "Caught in the Act"

Quote1 Cameron: What are we going to do?
Luke: Let's start a fire.
Cameron: No. But keep that in your back pocket.
Quote2

From "Regrets Only"

Quote1 Luke: I say we eat what we kill.
Manny: So I guess we'll be eating the mood.
Quote2

From "Mother's Day"

Quote1 Luke: Boys rule and girls drool, right dad?
Alex: You drool all the time. Mom wanted to see a specialist.
Luke: I'm still growing into my tongue.
Quote2

From "Boys' Night"

Quote1 [Along with Alex and Haley]: What's the plan, Phil? Quote2

From "The Old Wagon"

Quote1 Claire: Honey, are you wearing cologne?
Luke: No. Dad attacked the cologne guy and then hugged me.
Quote2

From "Dance Dance Revelation"

Quote1 Leave it to me. I'll just do some creative editing. Just give me two hours, then another hour. Someone get me a chocolate milk, with extra salt. Quote2

From "The One That Got Away"

Season 3[]

Quote1 You can do it, dad! You're making the impossible unimpossible! Quote2

From "Phil on Wire"

Quote1 Luke: How does he find the time to do those things?
Phil: He got divorced, so his whole life opened up. He's living the dream.
[Claire glares at him]
Phil: His dream. I'm living my dream. You're my dream.
Claire: Okay, stop.
Quote2

From "Me? Jealous?"

Quote1 I've been thinking of moving out for some time now. There's a line of ants going to a trick-or-treat bag in my closet, and I don't want to still be here when they get sick of candy. Quote2

From "When Good Kids Go Bad"

Quote1 Claire: Oh, thank God, no one's dead.
Luke: Or, we're all dead.
Quote2

From "When Good Kids Go Bad"

Quote1 Phil: [a rival realtor has stolen his account] You're not gonna believe this. Mitzi got the listing.
Claire: Oh, no, honey. That's awful!
Phil: She cheated, she lied, and she won. Kids, gather round.
Haley: Again, we are gathered.
Phil: You want to get ahead? Don't play by the rules. Turns out nice guys finish last in this cold dog-eat-dog world.
Luke: It's not fair. Why don't you play dirty, too? You could take her down.
Claire: Oh, honey, 'cause your dad is a better man than that. He has values and morals and...
Phil: Shh... You, keep talking.
Luke: Well, just off the top of my head, you could take my spy pen an record her admitting what she did. And then you could play it for those people so they'd realize what a jerk she is.
Claire: Your dad is never gonna do that.
Phil: You're a regular chatterbox today. Get me that pen!
Quote2

From "Send Out the Clowns"

Quote1 No offense, Dad, but I've seen you with a glue gun, and I think a nail would be harder to get out of my hair. Quote2

From "Treehouse"

Season 4[]

Quote1 Luke: Keep your eyes open.
Manny: It's not natural when you have a ball hurtling at your face.
Quote2

From "Diamond in the Rough"

Quote1 Some are born into greatness, some have it hurled at their face. Quote2

From "Diamond in the Rough"

Quote1 Manny: I'm gonna go out there and just swing for it. And if every sports movie is correct, I'm gonna hit that ball and the crowd will carry me over their shoulders chanting my name. By the way, do I have to run the bases counterclockwise of can I switch?
Luke: I don't think it's gonna matter.
Quote2

From "Diamond in the Rough"

Quote1 Manny: We're having a yard sale for social studies class to raise money for UNICEF. The point is to teach us about global altruism.
Luke: No, the point is to raise more money than Ms. Cooper's class so we get a pool and pizza party.
Manny: Your cynicism makes me sad for our world.
Luke: Ease up, Delgado. I've seen you with a pizza.
Quote2

From "Yard Sale"

Quote1 Manny: I wonder what's in there?
Luke: Wake up, Delgado. Black box? From Colombia? No more questions? It's obviously a human head.
Manny: Why is that always your first guess?
Luke: One of these days, I'm going to be right.
Quote2

From "Yard Sale"

Quote1 Manny: Whatever is in here, I'll always love my mother.
Luke: Even if it's a human head?
Manny: It's not a head.
[They open the box]
Manny: Oh, my God! It's a head!
Luke: Yes! Finally!
Quote2

From "Yard Sale"

Quote1 Phil: Luke, you clean the bathroom.
Luke: How come I have to do the bathroom?
Alex: Because you always mess it up?
Haley: Yeah. Why can't you pee straight?
Luke: Hey, I'm doing a great job from that far back.
Quote2

From "Career Day"

Season 5[]

Quote1 Phil: Dancers get all the girls, just like Kevin Bacon in Footloose.
Luke: More like Footloser.
Phil: Careful!
Quote2

From "And One to Grow On"

Quote1 Luke: This is the last time I believe any of your lies.
Phil: What choice do I have? You used to be up for anything. What happened?
Luke: It's called growing up and having my own interests, just like the preacher's daughter in your precious Footloose.
Phil: Wow, using my movie against me. [Slow clap]
Phil: Let's hear it for the boy.
Quote2

From "And One to Grow On"

Quote1 Phil: If he's old enough to watch The Walking Dead with me...
Claire: He's not.
Phil: ...he's old enough to stay home alone.
Claire: He's not.
Phil: Come on, he's not a child anymore.
[Luke falls from leaning on the stool]
Luke: I'm fine!
Phil: See how deep his voice is?
[Claire leaves, Phil rushes to Luke]
Phil: Are you okay?
Quote2

From "The Late Show"

Quote1 Phil: What are you doing?
Claire: Making sure our son knows what to do in an emergency.
[Activates smoke alarm]
Luke: Someone's at the door!
Phil: Your mother's just testing you!
Luke: That's okay, I know what to do! If I hear that I just won't answer it! I'll just hide where no one will find me!
Quote2

From "The Late Show"

Season 6[]

Season 7[]

Appearances[]

Appearances

Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Season 1 23
Season 2 22
Season 3 24
Season 4 24
Season 5 22
Season 6 22
Season 7 20
Season 8 17
Season 9 17
Season 10 16
Season 11 A 14

Gallery[]

ved Modern Family  characters
Main characters
Phil DunphyClaire DunphyHaley MarshallAlex DunphyLuke DunphyDylan MarshallJay PritchettGloria PritchettManny DelgadoJoe PritchettMitchell PritchettCameron TuckerLily Tucker-Pritchett • [PETS]: LarryStella
Recurring characters
Frank DunphyDeDe PritchettJavier DelgadoPepper SaltzmanSalAndy BaileyRonnie LaFontaineAndrewLonginesRonaldo
  1. Phil mentioned in an episode that he had a grandfather who died when he was still a child.
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