creator joe murray provides the voice of rachel. writer martin olson created rachel and based the character's personality on joe murray's personality; olson also used the character to satirize murray's experiences with nickelodeon. when murray created the first episode with rachel, the directors and artists, enamored with the story, became involved in the production. olson asked murray to voice rachel. on his website murray wrote, "i don't consider myself a voice actor, but this one i did."