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Crystal Clark was a fellow student at Trumaine University who was enlisted by Bud to pose as the cover girl of the Girls of Trumaine calendar he created for a entrepreneurial studies class assignment in the Season Ten episode of Married with Children titled "Calendar Girl".

Crystal was played by actress Krista Allen.

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When Kelly brings home a boy calendar titled The Buns of USC, Bud is inspired and comes up with an idea: he'll make a Girls of Trumaine calendar.

Al brings his rival and fellow shoe salesman, Floyd Babcock as well as Floyd's son, Little Floyd, (who is Bud's classmate) to observe the photo shoot at Gary's Shoes & Accessories for Today's Woman. Bud reveals that for the cover, he enlisted the lovely Crystal. Al and Floyd become smitten by her looks after Bud shows them a sample picture of her, with Al suggesting that they both dump their wives and move with Crystal to Saudi Arabia to marry her. Floyd mentions that that he can get the calendar published nationwide with some investment money and Al eagerly throws in $10. Though upon hearing the news from Bud, she suddenly has a change of heart and turns down Bud's offer.

Later, Bud tries to have a honest conversation with her to convince her that things will be ok. She kept worrying about what her parents would think, especially as Bud shows her the rather skimpy bikini she would be wearing. He tells her that parents love their children no matter what just as Al punishes Kelly upstairs for eating his last Hershey's Kisses and puts her in the Bundy will. She eventually agrees to do it, in the hopes that her parents can see the woman that she has become.

Three weeks later, the calendars are published. At the Bundy Residence, Al, Floyd, Jefferson D'Arcy and Griff look at the calendar and admire her pictures. Bud and Little Floyd arrive, with Bud revealing he got an A plus for his project, while Floyd got an A. Despite both of them passing, Floyd immediately disowns Little Floyd and declares that Bud is now Al and his son, with Bud calling them "Dads". He then tells the group that she will be doing a televised interview on Chicago Live to promote the calendar, making Al and Floyd happy knowing that they will be making some profits now.

During the interview, she reveals that Bud is a great kisser and how he helped overcome her fear, causing the guys to cheer him on. Bud thinks that she'll ask him to marry her, even dropping down to one knee on the ground and saying that he will accept her proposal.

However, as Bud eagerly awaits for the proposal, she tells the viewers that she owes her success to him and thanks him for convincing her to be proud of the woman she has become, after being born and raised as a male.

After Crystal reveals her biological sex to the audience, Al, Floyd, Jefferson, and Griff put their calendars down and look at Bud with disgust as they exit the house. Little Floyd Babcock, who had been constantly put down by his own father in comparison to Bud's success with the calendar, laughs at him before taking his exit. The visibly shocked Bud is left crestfallen, and remains in the same position long after the talk show had ended.

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