Jimmy Flipping Off Tracy — The canonical Grand Theft Auto V promotional artwork showing Jimmy De Santa on a mattress flipping off Tracy standing in the doorway

Jimmy Flipping Off Tracy

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Published March 30, 2026

Also known as: GTA V Jimmy Room Edit · Jimmy De Santa Flipping Off Tracy

Jimmy Flipping Off Tracy is a meme based on a promotional artwork for *Grand Theft Auto V* showing character Jimmy De Santa giving his sister Tracy the middle finger while playing video games in his room. Released by Rockstar Games in July 2013, the image became a popular template for edits where items in Jimmy's room (posters, decorations) get replaced with fandom-specific content. The format saw steady use through the 2010s and picked up again in 2022 with political humor and anime edits.

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Overview

The source image is an official piece of promotional art for *Grand Theft Auto V* depicting a scene inside Jimmy De Santa's bedroom. Jimmy sits in a gaming chair, console controller in hand, flipping off his sister Tracy who stands in the doorway. The room is filled with posters, snacks, and other details typical of a stereotypical gamer's den1.

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What makes the image work as a meme template is Jimmy's room itself. The posters on the walls, the items on shelves, and other background details are easy to swap out in image editors. Memers replace these elements with references to their own fandoms, interests, or jokes, essentially redecorating Jimmy's room to match whatever community or punchline they're going for. The basic scene of a gamer flipping off an intruder while absorbed in their setup gives the edit an automatic attitude.

Origin & Background

Platform
Rockstar Games (promotional artwork), Facebook (first meme edit)
Key People
Rockstar Games, 4play Facebook page
Date
2013

On July 4th, 2013, Rockstar Games published the artwork as part of a set of promotional images for the then-upcoming *Grand Theft Auto V*1. The image showed Jimmy De Santa in his messy bedroom, middle finger raised toward his sister Tracy in the doorway, while he played on his gaming console2.

The first known meme edit appeared on September 14th, 2013, when Facebook page 4play posted a version with My Little Pony posters replacing the originals in Jimmy's room. That post pulled in over 9,300 reactions and 1,000 shares over the following decade2.

How It Spread

Through the mid-2010s, the image saw scattered but consistent meme use. On March 3rd, 2014, Know Your Meme user Jarl Balgruuf uploaded a Shrek-themed version of the edit2. Two months later, on May 4th, 2014, Facebook page I Love GTA shared a post pairing the original image with a *Dexter's Laboratory* fan art recreation of the same scene by an unknown artist2.

The meme's second wave hit in August 2022. On August 9th, X user @tinywienerbabe captioned the image "baron trump sitting in his room like," tying it to the FBI raid on Donald Trump's Florida home. The post racked up over 6,800 reposts and 101,300 likes before being removed2. Around the same time, on August 7th, 2022, Tumblr user jeekoftheweek posted an *Azumanga Daioh* edit that collected over 3,100 likes and reblogs2.

The image kept circulating through 2023, used both as a straight reaction image and as raw material for new room-decoration edits2.

How to Use This Meme

The standard approach is to edit the contents of Jimmy's room to reflect a specific fandom, interest, or joke:

1

Start with the original promotional artwork showing Jimmy's bedroom scene.

2

Replace the posters on the walls with imagery from a chosen fandom, hobby, or punchline (anime series, video game franchises, sports teams, etc.).

3

Optionally swap out other room details like items on shelves, the screen Jimmy is looking at, or objects on his desk.

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The joke typically lands because the edit "reveals" what kind of person Jimmy really is based on his room's new decor, while the middle finger adds a layer of defiant pride about the interest.

Fun Facts

The original artwork was released on July 4th, Independence Day, as part of Rockstar's pre-launch promotional campaign for GTA V1.

The first meme edit appeared just over two months after the artwork dropped, before the game itself was even released (GTA V launched September 17th, 2013)2.

The most viral single use of the image wasn't a room edit at all but a simple caption tweet about Barron Trump, which hit over 101,000 likes2.

The *Dexter's Laboratory* version is unique among the derivatives because an artist fully redrew the scene in a different animation style rather than just editing the original image2.

Derivatives & Variations

My Little Pony room edit

— The original meme version, replacing Jimmy's posters with MLP imagery. Posted by Facebook page 4play in September 2013[2].

Shrek room edit

— An early variant archived on Know Your Meme in March 2014 by user Jarl Balgruuf[2].

Dexter's Laboratory fan art recreation

— A redrawn version in the style of *Dexter's Laboratory*, shared by I Love GTA on Facebook in May 2014[2].

Azumanga Daioh edit

— A Tumblr version by jeekoftheweek posted in August 2022 that gained over 3,100 notes[2].

Baron Trump political caption

— A reaction-style use captioning the unedited image as Barron Trump's room during the 2022 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, which went viral on X[2].

Frequently Asked Questions