"Snip" is the 3rd episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 75th episode overall. It aired October 10, 2012. The episode was written by Danny Zuker and directed by Gail Mancuso.

Alex (Ariel Winter) tries to change her style and the way she dresses to fit with the cool kids at school while Haley (Sarah Hyland) asks Claire (Julie Bowen) to send her the rest of her clothes with the mail. A kid at Luke's (Nolan Gould) school is always opening his locker, but Luke is going to be prepared the next time he will attempt to do it. When Claire comes to school to drop Luke's science project, she is the one who opens the locker.

Gloria (Sofia Vergara) and Jay (Ed O'Neill) visit the doctor for a check up on Gloria's pregnancy. Everything with the pregnancy is fine but Gloria has difficulties coming to terms with the new weight she is gaining. After a day out with Manny (Rico Rodriguez), she finally accepts the fact that she is gaining weight and goes for shopping to buy some maternity clothes.

Since the moment Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire heard about Gloria's pregnancy they were thinking about Phil having a vasectomy to avoid any possible "accidents" in the future. With everything going on, Claire will not be able to make it in time and go with Phil to his doctor's appointment. He ends up going with Jay, something that makes Phil nervous. When Phil runs away from the clinic, Jay calms him down and takes him back. Claire, after a crazy day, gets there in time having second thoughts herself about Phil's vasectomy. Eventually, they walk away from the clinic with Phil not having the procedure.

Meanwhile, since Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) is now going to kindergarten and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) has lots of free time, Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) tries to steer him toward getting a part-time job. That is not an easy thing to do since getting a job was always being a sensitive topic for Cameron. Eventually, Cameron gets the job at Manny's school as the new music teacher.

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