In 2365, Data attempted to locate a comedian to help him better understand the concept of "what is funny?". Ruiz was among the holodeck program files that were contained aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The program code list for this comedian was EP-45629. (TNG-R: "The Outrageous Okona" , okudagram) This character was only mentioned in writing. This character was named for CBS Digital head of mastering Wendy Ruiz. For the remastered version of this episode, this character replaced Terri Martinez.