Modern Family
Gloria Delgado - Pritchett was one of the unspoilt characters inModern Family . She was n’t just systematically mirthful , but she was also a caring mother who only wanted the unspoilt for her kids ( sometimes a petty too much ) , a unquestionable badass who never neglect a prey , and know how much any given amount of “ horse ” was worth . She had a rich , fleshed - out backstory that only continued to expand as the serial goes on .
As the most extroverted character , Gloria has been at the heart of some ofModern Family ’s funniest episodes . While Cameron Tucker and Phil Dunphy were know for their hilarious storyline , fan should n’t kip on these hilarious plot that take Gloria .
Updated on November 28th , 2022 , by Lynn Gibbs : Gloria Delgado - Pritchett was just one part of what madeModern Familyan iconic sitcom and mockumentary . However , what separated Gloria from the likes of Mitchell Pritchett , Claire Dunphy , and even her married man Jay Pritchett was her blunt delivery , knack for reading hoi polloi , and her passionate personality . Because of these personality quirks , Gloria had some of the most uproarious plot line inModern Family .
All Gloria Wanted Was To Go Salsa Dancing
‘Treehouse’ - Season 3, Episode 7
When Jay ’s best friend Shorty and his wife Darlene went dance at a salsa club , Gloria could n’t wait to join them . lamentably , Jay hated dancing , and he worried about embarrassing himself , so he let Gloria go on her own .
He eventually matt-up bad for anguish his married woman and commence Manny and Mitchell to teach him a few salsa moves so that he could arrive at the club and surprisal Gloria . Mitch make Jay a pill that he claim helped citizenry relax up , but in realness , it was just baby Aspirin . This storyline was funny because it shed a lighter on the duad ’s deviation , but in the oddment , Gloria and Jay had a perfect relationship .
A Mother’s Day Hike Gone Wrong
‘Mother’s Day’ - Season 2, Episode 21
' Mother ’s Day ' was set on the nominal mom - centrical vacation . Gloria and Claire forced the kids to go on a hike to spend more meter together . The two mamma were sick of doing whatever their tyke wanted to do and chose their own activity instead . The Thomas Kid invariably complain while hiking and Gloria and Claire eventually determine they had enough and ditch the tiddler , continuing the hike alone .
At the top of the Benny Hill , Claire get Gloria to say something electronegative about Manny ’s poetry , which was liberating until she see Manny was put up right behind her . This was one of the worst things Claire did to Gloria because Gloria did n’t finger comfortable speaking poorly of her Word in the first plaza . She then had to spend the rest of the episode hold it up to Manny while maintain her stance as a mum .
A Surprise Pregnancy
‘Bringing Up Baby’ - Season 4, Episode 1
In the time of year 3 conclusion , as Mitch and Cam found out they could n’t have another baby , Gloria found out she was pregnant . In the season 4 premiere , she waited for the veracious time to assure Jay , fearing that he would respond negatively since he was sr. and wanted to retire . Her plot line was dread but screaming because she did n’t know how to tell her husband .
On his sixty-fifth birthday , Jay was taken out on a sportfishing tripper where Phil accidentally knock him into the water ( doubly ) . When he returned home and Gloria tell him the news , he was ecstatic . He spent the day interest about get older and now he and his married woman had a invigorated start . Although Jay andGloria made confutative parentingdecisions , there was no deny how much she loved being a mom .
She Protected Haley
‘Integrity’ - Season 6, Episode 21
The longer Gloria get to know the family she married into , the more protective she was over them . Haley was her eldest niece and the two had a pot in mutual . When Haley start working for a high - destruction designer , she felt disrespected at work and like her contributions did n’t matter .
Gloria listened to Haley and gave her some great advice about stand up for herself . Her advice , however , backfired , which lead Gloria hilariously trying to get Haley ’s chore back for her after she was burn . look Gloria jeopardize someone for the sake of her niece ( without Haley knowing ) was as screaming and terrific .
The Day People Guessed Gloria Was Jay’s Wife
‘The Last Halloween’ - Season 11, Episode 5
One of the thing Gloria loved most about her kinship with Jay was that no one suspected they were husband and married woman . She ’d get all the wish in the human race , while valet de chambre assumed Jay was her father . She loved being young than him and looking a sure means .
But in time of year 11 , a server infer that Jay was her husband , which alter thing for her . She was take aback that she was get old enough for people to suspect that they were married man and married woman , not father and daughter . This fruition and her reply to the job made this a hilarious storyline that was bound to happen .
Her Denial About A Car Accident She Caused
‘Moon Landing’ - Season 1, Episode 14
While Jay and Cam accidentally bumped marginal butts in a gym locker room in season 1 ’s ' Moon Landing , ' Gloria sought legal advice from Mitchell . She claimed a recent railway car stroke she was in that the other driver was at fault . However , Manny had a different version of upshot since he was in the railcar . Manny told Mitch in private that his mother was a terrible driver and she decline to accept it .
The storyline pose funnier as the case developed . Gloria continually reject to claim responsibility for this car crash – until she barge in her car again and there was no one else around to find fault … lie to Mitchell ( and herself ) wasone of Gloria ’s large mistakes .
Gloria’s Pregnancy Hormones Made Her Even More Aggressive
‘Open House Of Horrors’ - Season 4, Episode 5
In ‘ Open House of Horrors , ’ Gloria was heavily pregnant and bothered by just about everything . However , she put a smile on and dressed up as an alien for one ofModern Family’sfunnier Halloween episodes .
Because of Gloria ’s pregnancy endocrine , Jay baksheesh - toe around her because she was more hot - headed than usual . She scolded anyone that came near her and even chased down older trick - or - treaters for throw an ballock on her door . Gloria was hilarious significant or not , but her live - headed behavior in this installment was one of her good plot line .
Gloria Hunted The Stranger Who Ruined Her Cut-Out
‘Thunk In The Trunk’ - Season 7, Episode 13
An ongoing storyline in season 7 saw Gloria depart a raging sauce business , selling jolt of her family recipe in grocery stores . In one of those stores , she provide an advertizement to put next to a big display of her sauce . It was a cardboard cutting off - out of herself , with a mechanical arm blowing a buss at potential client .
The cutting - out was getting a lot of attention from manly shopper , which made Jay covetous , so he steal the cut - out and destroy it . But Gloria did n’t know her hubby was responsible , so she began a relentless search for the culprit . When she remember it might be her business organization contender , Auntie Alice , she made a telephone call to put a hit out on her , prompting Jay to come clean . Her angriness over the trial by ordeal made it a hilarious storyline . It also bear witness a Modern side of Jay that fans rarely saw .
Gloria The Ventriloquist
‘Yard Sale’ - Season 4, Episode 6
In ' Yard sales event , ' Manny and Luke organized a chiliad sales agreement on Jay ’s private road to raise money for a charitable cause . While they were digging through some old stuff , the boy found a ventriloquist ’s dummy , and it move around out to be Gloria ’s . One of thethings that lover forgot about Gloriawas that she do as a ventriloquist for a lulu pageant in Colombia .
Her dummy was called “ Uncle Grumpy ” and he was a fussy old serviceman who complained about everything . What made this plot line so funny was that Jay was trim in the same outfit as Uncle Grumpy . In short , Gloria wed her puppet .
Did Gloria Kill The Neighbor’s Dog?
‘Unplugged’ - Season 2, Episode 5
In ‘ Unplugged,’Gloria shared another flakey account from her pastabout her uncle being bungler , so she had no fear of killing animals . This imaginativeness was arduous to block for Jay , who always call back it after seeing her vote out mouse around their grand .
But the funniest plot line that revolved around Gloria ’s comfortability with putting to death was when her neighbour ’s dog would n’t stop bark . After threatening her neighbour to take better care of his dog , the dog went mysteriously missing the next Clarence Day . Gloria never acknowledge to kill the dog but she did admit to doing something about it . The fear in Jay ’s eyes throughout the installment made the storyline all the funnier .
