Piper Bauman is a character who appears in the Season 5 episode of Married... with Children titled "Kelly Bounces Back" . The part of Piper is played in the episode by Tia Carrere.
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In the episode, Kelly and other hopefuls are auditioning to be the new spokesmodel for a fancy sportscar called the Allante. Bud, who tagged along with her, begins to flirt with the other models while she prepares for her audition.
Piper, a modeling school classmate and nemesis of Kelly's, greets her before they start insulting each other. She first mocks Kelly for getting tension headaches during smiling class and then tosses her hair into Kelly's face while asking what she plans to do for the audition. Kelly then implies that Piper is a pig and that she will follow in her hoof prints, making her even more upset. They each take turns insulting each other, calling the other "Slut" and "Skank" before Kelly calls her "Can't Accessorize" which truly hurts Piper, but Kelly just smiles and walks away.
Bud then notices Piper and shamelessly flirts with her. Despite her being upset and annoyed, she tells him that she'll let him touch her hair if he leaves her alone so she can focus on the audition. He then reveals that he is Kelly's brother and that he knows Kelly will win this audition, but isn't allowed to say how. She changes her mood and flirts with Bud, touching him and talking in a sensual manner until he finally breaks and show her Kelly's signature move, The Bundy Bounce. Content with the information, she quickly leaves him.
Soon, Miss Beck, the casting director, enters with her associates and begin the audition. After a few models are cut, Bud continues to play with Piper's hair until she is called up. She tells Miss Beck that she is nervous and Kelly suggests that maybe she wouldn't be if she had worn some underwear that day. She then uses Kelly's move and receives applause from Miss Beck and her associates, while Kelly is shocked and dumbfounded. Piper then tells everyone that her move is called "The Bauman Bounce" and is essentially given a contract to sign, while Kelly is supposed to go up with her audition.
The stage fight between Kelly and Piper, where Kelly decks Piper!
Later, Marcy talks to Kelly after seeing how upset she is. She gives her advice about trying to appeal to Piper's noble side and tell her that it was wrong that she stole her move. She then tells her that as women, they need to talk it out rather than resort to violence. Despite the conversation, a violent confrontation ensues between Kelly and Piper, where Kelly strangles Piper atop of the Allante at the audition stage, then punches her multiple times before she finally knocks her out into the plants in the background.
Kelly eventually takes over the job and demonstrates the Bundy Bounce to an audience and photographers. Miss Beck stops by and congratulates Kelly, and then wonders out loud, asking what happened to Piper. Kelly, who almost let the cat out of the bag concerning the fight between she and Piper, makes an excuse for Piper's absence, saying it was "stage fight", before correcting herself and saying "stage fright"!