chunkee manatee memecoin: GTA VI Mascot Coin Runs 1,000% on Solana
The chunkee manatee memecoin ($Chunkee) launched on Solana early Nov 14 UTC and ran about 1,000% to a ~$406K cap, riding a GTA VI meme wave built on Rockstar merch mascots.
Early story. Some claims here are not officially confirmed yet. We update this post as it confirms.
- Chunkee the Manatee appears on a shot glass in Rockstar's "Goodtime State: Vice City" merch collection; fan sites say Rockstar has not confirmed the character is in the game.
- The token did about $585K of volume across roughly 6,121 trades, with about $47K of liquidity in its pool.
- It is part of a wider GTA VI meme wave that includes Bawsaq, a Vice City stock-market parody, and Macca The Gator.
The chunkee manatee memecoin is the latest GTA VI-themed coin to rip on Solana. $Chunkee, named after a manatee mascot from Rockstar's Leonida merch, launched early on November 14 UTC and climbed about 1,000% in its first hours, reaching a market cap near $406K by about 06:00 UTC, according to sasa.
What actually happened
The pump.fun pool for $Chunkee, contract 5ZDi...pump, opened at about 01:11 UTC on November 14, per DexScreener. The sasa token page at about 06:00 UTC showed:
- Market cap about $405.7K at roughly $0.00041 per token
- Liquidity about $47.1K
- 24-hour volume about $584.6K across 6,121 trades (3,218 buys, 2,903 sells)
- Highest recorded cap about $447.3K, about 9% above the snapshot
The project site leans hard into the lore: "Vice Beach, Leonida," a fedora, a "MOM" tattoo and the tagline "Soft body. Hard chain." It links an X account and a buy button, with no team names or roadmap. An older, unrelated $Chunkee contract from October also exists, so the ticker alone is not enough to identify the coin.
Where the manatee comes from
Fan wikis like GTA Boom and The Leonida describe Chunkee as an officially named character in GTA VI's fictional state, based on Rockstar's own merchandise store, and say Rockstar has not confirmed whether Chunkee shows up in the game itself. In other words, the meme is real Rockstar IP, but its in-game role is unknown. Trademark owners can also be unfriendly to unofficial tokens using their characters.
Fan coverage, including News About GTA, pairs Chunkee with Macca the Gator as Leonida's new mascots, which explains why both now have tokens. The $Chunkee site even name-checks the "Macca & Friends wetland crew." That cross-promotion is marketing by the token creators, not anything Rockstar endorsed.
The GTA VI meme wave
GTA VI hype is a recurring engine for memecoins. We covered earlier rounds in el gato memecoin surge and the release-date market in gta 6 delay odds. The Verge was running GTA VI preorder deals on November 13, which keeps the game trending.
Sasa's boards show the theme spreading:
- Bawsaq ($BAWSAQ), named after the in-game stock exchange, sat near a $124K cap with about $2.19M in 24-hour volume, about 59% below its $300.6K peak. Its site is a parody "Vice City Stock Exchange" priced in SOL.
- Macca The Gator ($Macca), Chunkee's mascot partner on the merch, was listed near a $2.29M cap.
- GTA6CAT ($GATO), an older coin from August, traded near an $8.8M cap with about $2M in daily volume on DexScreener.
Every GTA VI trailer, delay rumor and preorder headline spawns a fresh batch of Leonida coins. Most do not outlive the news cycle.
Reading the chunkee manatee memecoin data
Compared with many trench launches, Chunkee's numbers look less inflated: volume of about 1.4 times market cap and a near even split of buys and sells. That suggests real two-way trading rather than pure wash flow. It is still a sub-$500K token with $47K of liquidity, so a single large seller can move the price a lot. Sasa reports no buy or sell tax and no mint function, which removes two common traps but says nothing about holder concentration.
What to do as a reader
The chunkee manatee memecoin is pure fandom fuel, so treat it like a lottery ticket.
- Check the contract. Use 5ZDi...pump, not the older October $Chunkee or random copies.
- Watch the GTA VI calendar. Trailers, delays and launch news drive this entire category.
- Respect the liquidity. With about $47K in the pool, exits get expensive fast.
- Mind the IP risk. Rockstar owns the character; an unofficial token has no rights to it.
- Never chase a 10x candle. The best entries in theme waves are usually gone before you hear about them.
This is tracker data, not a recommendation. Nothing here is financial advice.
Not financial advice. DYOR, ser.
