I'd love for you guys to do a character analysis of the characters on girlfriends! Maya, joan, lynn and toni are truly fascinating.

*TROPE SUGGESTIONS:* -The Trainwreck Trope (examples: Marissa Cooper from the O.C., the Amy Schumer movie of the same name, etc.) -The Tough Guy Trope (examples: Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher, Marv from Sin City, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast) -The Sibling Rivalry Trope (examples: Zuko/Azula, Thor/Loki, Vi/Jinx, Romulus/Remus, Cain/Abel) -The Weird Boy Trope (examples: Edward Scissorhands, Sheldon Cooper, Jughead Jones)

Stop with the Toxic masculinity BS !

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One of my favorite 2nd wives in real life I'd Barbara Lewinsky, Monica's stepmom. She stuck out to ne because her aesthetic seemed more sporty 90s mom than Marcia Lewis's (Monica's mother) glamorous presentation but both moms were supportive and protective of Monica. Pictures I looked up of Barbara showed her shielding her stepdaughter from nasty paparazzi and she called out Bill Clinton as a butthead for everything. I have a soft spot for 2nd wives who are less stereotypically glam or older (Barbara looked more like she was old enough to be Monica's mom than Marcia) or less privileged (Gloria was a single mom from a working-classneighborhood) than the first. I was surprised to find out Kamala Harris is slightly older than Doug Emhoff's first wife, especially as he was an entertainment lawyer.

Isn’t Gloria younger than Claire?

@@h193013 Yep, two years younger, which I think is hilarious.

@@Xone9 Nah I was watching an episode yesterday, it's 14 months. Mitch is about two years younger than Claire 😀

@@Xone9 she's 14 months younger

I loved this episode! Especially when Gloria used the russian lines she learned on the playground

My household frequently uses the phrase "I'm going out for orange juice"

Orange Juice.

Remarriage is adultery, Romans 7 teaches that first marriage spouses are married until death do them part. Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️! Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget! So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen. ✝️❤️

Which episode is this? 😮

She didn't support Manny, she did pity him. She saw him as less just because he doesn't engage in male coded hobbies. She always shits on his poems behind his back, but could never tell him in his face

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 wtf no she doesn't

@@sadpowie watch mothers day episode

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 one episode of the thousands, they made her human, u don't think your parents did the same

@@Poppin-film there are a few other episodes where she shamed his interests. She also yelled at him because he wasn't partying. I know she's human and humans are flawed. I still enjoy her because she is so funny and entertaining. But we shouldn't praise her as a super mom

That's why I liked how Miranda in Mrs. Doubtfire didn't end back up with Daniel. It was a really believable relationship.

Or how the second husband is killed off in the story so that the first husband can swoop in.

I hate the stereotypes of the 1st husband. It's really toxic and sexist towards men.

@@pixelpulse0755 only if he has no self respect.

My favorite depiction of the second husband is the one from Freaky Friday (2003). He reassures the mother (who is actually the daughter) that he understands he’ll never be able to replace their deceased father, but instead is allowing their daughter to warm up to him whenever she’s ready on her terms, attempting to integrate into the family properly with respect to the kid’s memory of their lost parent. We need more depictions of positive male/father roles like this.

Lol, yes

I didn’t she married Jay for that reason I thought she loved him

I don't get why people think those two are usually separate both can be true at the same time. I like that plus she is fun

Of course she married him for his money.

@@Introvertsan cuz usually people don’t like to be objectified, it’s honestly insulting How would you feel if you had someone do that to you?

@luna Not to mention that there are white Latinos (especially Argentina, south Brasil, Honduras, etc...) Latino is a culture not a race. And Gloria is definitely a european looking woman (she actually looks a bit like the italian actress sophia loren)

Remarriage is adultery, Romans 7 teaches that first marriage spouses are married until death do them part. Lord Jesus Christ is coming back everyone, please don’t worship celebrities and entertainment, focus on Him alone. I promise there’s more to life than money, partying, homosexuality and music. Hell is real, repent from sinning confess your sins and ask God to forgive you, I know He will if you’re sincere. Anyone who thinks the Name of Lord Jesus Christ is a joke, boldly mocks and scorns Him or takes pleasure in people who do is in for a big unpleasant surprise on judgement day IF they don’t repent and follow Lord Jesus Christ. Hell is very hot, people please repent! In the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ, Amen 🙏💪✝️💜❤️✝️! Idolatry such as, Islam, Catholicism, Sangomaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Santa Clausism, Confucianism, New Age, Science, Evolution, halloweenism, Harry Potterism, Politics, Donald Trumpism, Easter Bunnyism and other religions/faiths that are outside Biblical Christianity lead to hell! Don’t believe them, believe the Almighty God the Father of Lord Jesus Christ, who begot Him. Our Creator, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is mighty, He doesn’t need a woman to beget a son, He is God. I choose to put my faith in a God who can do anything and everything, a God who has unlimited and infinite power to beget! So, it’s time to confess that Lord Jesus Christ is the Lord and to believe that He died and rose from the grave after three days and you shall be saved if you only obey Him by praying, worshipping, praising, reading the Bible and living holy and righteously according to the Bible. You have to endure until the end, carry your cross daily and build your relationship with God by following Lord Jesus daily until the end. You must never renounce your faith in The Lord Jesus Christ, there’s hell awaiting those who reject/deny Lord Jesus Christ and those who continue living sinfully, even the Christians who don’t want to repent will face the same fate, so please repent beloved people, in Lord Jesus Christ’s mighty and precious Name, Amen. ✝️❤️

If spanish is her second language, wouldn’t she be smarter in english?

​@@theitgirl4471 Heck, her actress's natural hair color is blonde.

Hi! I think I can answer that. I speak 4 languages, but Mexican Spanish is my native language.Regular communication in another language is easy,but when Im in a heated argument I'll stumble to express a concept that has no direct translation (e.g. 'extrenar'-to wear clothing or use something for the first time,with anticipation) . So whole I stumble for the correct word in my argument, the listener will think I'm slow or stupid, even if my ideas are valid.The monolingual will perceive the careful polyglot as stupid even if that is not the case. Because of fluency, I sound smarter conversing in Spanish & English than with native German speakers.

yeeees!! agreee! we need more!!

When was that? It was garbage for most of its run.

I've been rewatching, and I forgot how funny it is

@@williammccormick2802 Wrong.

@@JW-xd8up Okay, which part?

Is there a story of how they got together? Cause I assume it's not because he had money and she's beautiful but idj

@@DirtyPrancing In the first season, Jay said that they met at a wedding. But, in the season Joe was born, Jay said in his speech at the christening that they met while he was getting his car washed or something like that then he went to a cafe I think then heard Sonya talking and he sent over a pie, but it was Gloria who went to Jay and thank him. I'm not saying they got together because of those traits what I meant was that those are the main traits that attracted them to each other. But Jay's stability and Gloria's loving nature among their many traits are what made them fall in love. The money and beauty were just the initial attraction.

Age gap relationships 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩 🚩

Probably because Society tells us that a woman should be with an older man

That's a prejudice and mean to the parent. If you have a parent that actually loves you, works/ed to make your life better, and isn't abusive... the best version of you would celebrate their new found happiness. Age gaps are not inherently problematic, and it isn't right to condemn people just for finding love in a way that you (arbitrarily) don't like. As long as everyone involved is of age, it's morally perfectly fine. And if you're going to respond with anecdotes or sweeping generalizations, don't bother.

I don't think it matters people just want to hate the second husband or wife and blame them for why their parents are not together.

Yeah, it has to do with the idea that an age gap relationship is intrinsically abusive and that a young woman with an older man is always either a golddigger taking advantage of an older guy or a predatory man going for a naive innocent girl so an odler child may feel uncomfortable cause they feel like those are the options. In reality as long as they're both consenting adults there's no reason why the relationship have to be unhealthy and if they're happy with each other there really isn't a reason why they can't work together

That speech Gloria gave about how intelligent she is in Spanish really hit home for me. I speak a second language and always understood those feelings, both directions, but it really put it into words for me that helped a lot.

exactly! also if you're moving to a whole new place the least they can do is honestly try their best to learn your language. you give uo so much relocating so they better meet you halfway

Disgusting.

Except Alex and Haley. Very cartoonishly archetypal of the pretty air head & the lonely nerd

@@SB-xs1pn those two suffer the most but actually all the characters are stereotypes and archetypes. But that's not a bad thing I mean it's a sitcom. It's also subverting in a way for example when they suprise the audience with character traits which no one could have guessed as Jay liking dog shows and Cam being a rugby player/teacher. But it doesn't change the fact that modern family characters are tropes you have seen earlier. Dumb funny dad? Strict mom? Lonely nerds?

@@SB-xs1pn they do grow and change not much but alex and haleys role in the show is to mirror each other

@@SB-xs1pn true but as the show progresses they become less stereotypical and are very likeable

Lukes character was so butchered at the end

THIS.

YES. Why isn't she out feeling joy with life, or rediscovering her own interests, or also falling in love with a better match, or any number of things.

Even as a stepmother I agree. My husband's first wife and I get along. She went and got remarried. She lets me love her kids. I think this is some made up BS by men lol.

@@JayneNicoletti That makes sense, because from the perspective of man (or anyone after a break up) he'd want to see his ex wife miserable in life without him, as revenge. Doesn't say anything good about him, really, if you think about it.

The latest Cheaper By The Dozen did this. It's nice to see first wife and second wife get along

Actually she did shame him for it. She wishes for him to be more traditionally and interested in typical male hobbies. She even wanted him to party around because she is tired of his poems. I think we can cut her some slick because there's an episode where she doesn't want to tell him this. She may not like his lifestyle but she doesn't want to hurt him or force him to change which is a kind of support

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 I've seen a lot of the show and Gloria overall supports Manny like crazy in everything. She obviously isn't perfect but even when she was annoyed at Manny's poems it was for good reason, he basically harassing the girls at his school with them. It was also just a joke for the episode, Manny is self confident despite not being typically masculine because of how much Gloria hypes him up no matter what.

@@lv4656 exactly she’s his biggest cheerleader and goes out of her way to make sure he reaches his goals like flirting with teachers or directors to get him what he wants

The flute and the Pancho scene😂😂😂🤣

Phil too, to be honest. And I really hate how Jay treats him.

She is also very caring to Claire and Mitch and I love that so much!

@@millasuini8307 yes!!

And Jay really deserves her. It could be that she offers the sexy and he offers the money, and that's it. I really admired how committed they both were to each other, and to having a better marriage than their first

Gloria Pritchett is the mother I wish I had. Or stepmother (but I don't wish my dad to any woman: he's an abusive controlling and manipulative 455h073).

In Latin America it's very common to use onomatopoeia whenever the moment requires it. For example, people on Hispaniola (where I'm from) like to use "kehekehek" to represent a coughing sound. It's little details like that that make me appreciate an actually Latina actress playing Gloria, as opposed to someone ethnically ambiguous who can get away with pretending. All the little nice touches of Sofia's heritage make Gloria more authentic.

I love this comment, I wish I could give it more likes. I'm white as goat cheese, young and afraid of becoming older a loosing my beauty, but this comment is so inspiring. (Even though I know a lot of white women that are absolutely sensual or dressed sexy in their fourties and fifties, just maybe not after that. But it's inspiring regardless.)

@@Nina-cd6uw That's what I don't understand. The Anglo woman is well seen, like Marylin Monroe, for example..

@@vanessaguimaraes01 because that's misogyny's favorite tactic? Tell any woman behind her back why aren't you more like her? While they literally just called her(either the "Good Girl"/"Bad Girl") a bitch, infront of the other woman, while also keeping up the narrative, it's a bad idea to work with her, she'll hand you over to enemy, before your back is even turned,

@@vanessaguimaraes01 Marilyn never got old

@@jennyfab312 never got the chance 😭

I’m thinking of Blended with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore

the stepmother in Juno is also a good one. she's supportive and does her best

@@moonchild977 oh yeah. I hate how I forgot her. She was great. I liked how she and Juno’s dad supported her and did not judge her. They still guided and disciplined her, but that is what parenting is. She also did not favor one kid over the other which was nice too.

elon musk's first wife has said before that she actually liked his second wife (Tallulah Riley). I think she really played an important role in taking care of their 5 sons...

Just look at how Carol Brady treated her stepsons. She was seen as their mother even though she wasn't.

She didn't "make" him do it, he decided to do it on his own exactly because he saw her need and loved her enough to put in the effort

Im too lazy to search - but I have faint memory of a old movie with Julia Robets being a cool step mom in a movie. If you wanna look for it :)

@@alexforce9 its called Stepmom (1998)

the new cheaper by the dozen

Though I am really happy for you that you have an amazing relationship with your step kids unfortunately evil step parents do exist. My mom had a terrible stepmom and it sucks that her stepmom was the reason I never got to meet my grandpa. Disney didn’t make up most of their movies but, are a retelling from past fairytales that have evil stepmoms. Though they are sanitized. Still I would love to see more shows and movies with a great stepmom. I think Disney’s enchanted sort of counts. I grew up watching the Nanny and that one main character becomes a great stepmom to her kids.

@@moondivine2288 of course they do. And evil PARENTS exist too! but those will never be represented in media made for kids. Because patents are usually the ones who pay for them to see those movies.

I'm not a Latina and I don't live in America, but I'm also an immigrant and I agree. It'd mean so much to me, especially since he wouldn't have a reason to learn it other than to make me happy or to communicate with me better.

@@ahumanistpotato0501 ikr!!! (I also don't live in the U.S. btw, I live in Canada😅)

My partner and I are both Latino, but I was raised speaking Spanish and he wasn't. Hes finally been learning (he was scared for a long time bc he had that identity struggle of looking brown but being shamed for not knowing Spanish) and I'm so excited he can speak to my Papi more and I'm really happy he's going out of his comfort zone to connect to his roots and connect to my family better too like it's so meaningful man

@@alim.9801 That's great!!!! Honestly, congrats on finding a great one!!!!

@@alim.9801 i’m happy for you both! I think latino people born in the us can have it rough a lot of the time. Anglo white people aren’t gonna see you as white, and latin americans born/raised in latin america don’t see you as latino. We need more acceptance and less shaming for people in the situation like your husband.

@Rainbow Rose Princess Mishti Seriously glowing and it’s inspirational, I’m 34 and thinking goals. I think 90s cocktail attire was my favorite decade.

Mitchell can stand her, but you're right

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 Yeah Claire was the daddy's girl and Mitch was the mama's boy.

Even though what we see is for comedic effect, and I don't take away both Deedee's and Jay's toxic behaviour during their marriage, most of their problems seemed to be related to how much they struggled financially. I got the impression that Deedee didn't so much hate Gloria for being the second sexy wife, but more like she was living the life she hoped to live with Jay, without money issues. You can see those things come up in metions like how Deedee had to make due in the house and the most special thing she could do for Jay was buying the nice bread to make him a sandwich, or when Jay had to cut short a vacation, take a second job to pay his workers at Prichett's Closets. It's hard to admit, but financial problems can tear a couple down really hard. These are also things that Claire and Mitchell wouldn't pick up and by the time they were adults, wouldn't go thru those situations. Jay made the down payment for both their houses, for example.

@@lstarsabb not really Mitch was more the one Mama easily manipulated

Why are you the only one making a valid argument. This is it.

Also as a child with a horrible parent, the least they can do is die and leave you some fvcking money, what does Jay do? Make a new family and a kid so now his old kids don't get anything, they got a crappy childhood and now nothing because it'll all go to the new shiny family

I hated that she wasn't able to come to Mitch and Cam's wedding.

She's literally a narcissist 😂

Jay and Dede talk things out, recognize their problems and make a point to apologize to their kids for their behaviors in an episode in the later seasons. Also after we see Dede's last husband its revealed how she was problematic in that marriage too. just human things...

Agreed, she was nothing but supportive and kind, and a better match for Jay than Dede.

@@trinaq I can also argue she did more to support Mitchell and pushing Jay to be more progressive while Dede stirred the pot and insulted Cam.

@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 she was so supportive towards Mitchell! Also she was the first one in the pilot to congratulate him for becoming a father while Jay and Claire were shitting on him

@@hassanalkhalaf1115 I never really got Claire, so passive aggressive and wound up, like see a therapist you don't have to become your Dad.

@@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254 I like Claire as a fictional character but as a real person she must be horrible. Her life is so unfulfilled that she has to put others down

And the Mother In Law trope.

Yes! Hopefully it will sympathize with the children though and not just bash the kids like most videos that talk about overprotective parents on KZfaq.

You mean Oscar from Proud Family? That’s one

Kid: I'm leaving, I'm getting out of here! Parent: Okay, bye. Kid: You'll miss me! Parent: Won't know till you're gone. Kid: I'm really gonna do it! Parent: There's the door. Kid: I'll be good.

So true. And its younger cousins the overprotective brother trope.

Watch a sunrise at least once a day.

Don't forget Cam His overreactions helped make the show 😁😁😁

They were the best duo!

I hate that the younger wife always has to be a bombshell while it’s okay for the guy to be fat and old while contributing only slightly to the relationship. Gloria deserves a much better man as he was also racist to her heritage sometimes.

@@vhilofaye1618 they were compatible in many ways, including how they often teased each other, and when he takes it too far she corrects him. People make mistakes, people mess up. Good people recognize this and are open to criticism when they're in the wrong, which Jay usually does.

Not just older husband. You got all kinds of "average" men on tv, while wives are still hot. Take your pick: The Simpsons, The King of Queens, According to Jim... The Take even has a video that kind of tries to justify it. At least in Modern Family there's a point to it. She is in it for the money, she is a foreigner. It's believable and it's discussed within the show. But in a show like The Simpsons, you are kind of asking what Marge gets out of this marriage really and the answer is: not much.

I don't think it's tired tropes exist because they happen in real life at times just like how there are older women with younger partners

@@Introvertsan It's tired because it is overdone. WAY overdone. And very rarely is it (in TV or movies) that the woman is the older one.

Ranking of the kings is so good

Oh id love that

We have similiar taste in videos is my conclusion because i see you everywhere haha. Loved the idea tho, stan gloria

@@ishanee1d941 Omg it’s great news indeed! 👏🏽

I love the show ! It showed how blended families working together

That sounds pretty dumb, honestly.

I enjoy Meredith alot but the twins were eleven she could have reassured Haley that she wasent after Dad money and try to bond with her and all that. I don't think she and Nick would have work because she doesn't like kids. She just needed a rich guy who didn't want kids or didn't have any lol

She is justified in being upset with them but, she’s an adult. They’re kids. They don’t know how to maturely react to this situation, it’s the parents job to be understanding, help them through the process, and teach them how to react. She is becoming a part of the family. He has to parent his kids and help them accept the changes. If she wants to be a part of the family so does she.

😳... The way she treated "Halley" right of the gate was un-selfaware at best, and sociopathic at worse! As a fellow 27 year old (Meredith was 26 btw) id never antagonize an 11 year old child like that much less one whose family im gonna be sharing wtf

You said the same thing 7 times

If the first wife wasn’t the wrong choice, why would they be divorced? Come on now. People divorce because they don’t fit. And that’s the case here. I appreciate that in Modern Family they show that dede and jay struggled financially a lot and that this was one of the reasons why their marriage wasn’t that happy. They were both frustrated with each other and that’s okay. In the beginning dede seemed like the crazy first wife but you get to know her and her struggles a bit more later on in the show. And I mean this is still a sitcom. There will always be traces of stereotype writing..

Elements of Gloria's personality do follow the stereotypical Spitfire but that doesn't mean that's all she's is but they are times in the show were that part is exaggerated a little to much making it seem like that's all that she is. Especially considering that unfortunately most Latin women are portrayed as that in the media but that's just my opinion.

Did they really slam her or just say she applies to the stereotype?

She's not a real person

@@thandondlovu5392 omg Latin. It’s Latin.

It's the "Spicy "Latina" trope and The Take has done a vid about it.

Yes they both tough people she loves his toughness

He accepts her, her family and her culture with an open heart, and an open mind. He makes her laugh, challenges her, showers her with affection. When she needs something done or someone to support him (even if he and Manny don't think she's very gifted) he always comes through even if he doesn't feel like doing anything. He understands she had a hard life and a rough upbringing, so he tries to not show how scared he is of her sometimes and showers her with gifts and love.

@@susiem.2068 Yeah, I know that's how it was presented. I just always felt she cpuld do better. Lol.

@@etherealtb6021 That's interesting. What would be "better" according to you?

@@susiem.2068 Someone emotionally responsive to her, where she doesn't have to constantly pull it out. She did all the heavy lifting in that relationship. Of course, I realize most of that was for comic effect.

@@etherealtb6021 but it's realistic in the fact that men in Jay's generation weren't raised by emotionally available fathers to show affection. He's learning and growing being with Gloria even if he's bad at it at first

I agree

and as a latina, it is indeed hard enough to distinguish whos truly accepting and embracing of your background and whos actually fetishizating you, exoticizing you, thus allinating you.

@@beremeansdancing7 I thought the same and felt that in the beginning of the show that's what the writers actually did. Luckily it got better in later seasons.

@@beremeansdancing7 The whole show was about Jay fetishizing Gloria. He just started respecting her as a human in the very last ep of the show. His character development is nearly nonexistent and I’m not even start talking about how he treats Phil and Mitchell poorly throughout the show.

@@jdmmg4904 the modern family is one of the very few shows that got better over the seasons. I love all the characters growth.

There's an SNL sketch where Sofía does a parody of none other than _The Nanny_ herself: *Fran Drescher!*

Skyler worst character

Modern family broke this trope too with one of Lukes later girlfriends who's a friend of his mother. Too bad she didn't get fleshed out

you should!!! it’s so worth it, 11 seasons and i wanted more 🥺

I thought people rooted for her, atleast at first

I like her

I felt sorry for both Megan and Betty... Don was horrible!