GameStop stock surges more than 110% as ‘Roaring Kitty’ makes surprise comeback with cryptic post

GameStop shares surged as much as 110% on Monday after “Roaring Kitty,” the day trader who played a key role in the so-called “meme stock rally” of 2021, made a surprise comeback to social media — putting the squeeze on short-sellers who lost $1 billion because of the rally.

Roaring Kitty, whose real name is Keith Gill, posted a popular meme that shows a man leaning forward in his chair while holding a video game controller. The meme sparked speculation that Gill, who had not posted anything online in years, was returning to the public eye.

The meme was viewed 20 million times and received nearly 100,000 likes on X as of Monday evening. Gill did not include a caption or any other context.

“Hey bro what we buying,” one user commented on the post.

“TIME TO LOCK IN COUSIN,” another user said while posting their own version of the same meme.

Gill — who was portrayed by actor Paul Dano in the 2023 film about the meme-stock frenzy called “Dumb Money” — later posted a series of movie clips touting his apparent comeback. One of the clips showed Marvel supervillain Thanos saying “Fine, I’ll do it myself,” and another had “Breaking Bad” antihero Walter White declaring, “We’re done when I say we’re done.”