rachel appears in issue 6 of the 2017 comics as rocko's "image guru" when he goes viral. she gives him a makeover and acts as his manager whenever he made public appearances. once she sees that spunky is getting more attention than rocko, she goes mad with power and takes him to her penthouse, leaving rocko behind. she breaks the news that radvertising just cancelled his contract. rachel enjoys her life in the penthouse with spunky, and gives him luxurious treatment. rocko calls her to ask for spunky back, but she refuses and snaps her phone in half. although she treats spunky luxuriously, she denies him personal affection and refuses to let him sleep in her bed with her. rocko is forced to start a demonstration to take spunky back. again, rachel refuses, but when rocko climbs the penthouse to get him back, he falls off. spunky saves him, getting more social media attention. rachel is enraged that rocko has poached spunky from her "exploitative grasp". although she's prepared to renegotiate ralph's contract with radvertising, spunky urinates on her bathrobe as a gesture of protest and rocko respectfully declines her offer.