according to murray, when he attended a press conference for networks to market new seasons of television shows to the press, a reporter asked him why the show did not have any "positive female role models". murray said that he responded by stating that he had no positive role models, that people do not use cartoon characters as role models, and that television shows should not teach lessons. according to murray, after the conference some nickelodeon executives told the reporter that they had plans to place female role models in the television show and asked murray to place magdalane as a female role model. murray said that he refused to use magdalane and never used her in "rocko's modern life".